True Colors

"True Colors" is the twentieth episode and the season finale of the second season of the American animated television series Amphibia, and the 40th episode of the series overall. The episode was written by Michele Cavin and Jenava Mie and directed by Kyler Spears and Jenn Strickland. The episode aired on May 22, 2021, and it garnered 330 thousand viewers when it premiered. The episode revolves around Anne and her friends arriving at Newtopia in their quest to return home, leading to a set of fateful discoveries and betrayals as they discover that someone else has set other plans for her and her friends in motion. The episode received widespread critical acclaim for its fluid animation, voice acting, character development, mature themes, dark tone, emotional depth, action sequences, choreography, cinematography, musical score, scale, writing, storytelling and cliffhanger. Many fans and critics have called it one of, if not the best, episodes of the series. Plot The episode begins with a flashback of Marcy at the library reading about the Calamity Box when she gets a text message from Sasha about Anne's birthday. She later gets another text message from her parents about something important. After talking with them, which seems to lead to an argument between them, Marcy runs out of her house in tears until she arrives at a thrift store with the Calamity Box inside. She texts Sasha about the perfect birthday present for Anne.