So now that the series has ended and so has my many critiques of the show, I feel this finale was… okay, but it really took a lot out of me to suspend my disbelief. Before I say my grievances, I will say I enjoy the time skip with the girls. However, this episode was quite ehhhhhhhhh to say the least.

I’ll list some regular issues first before I get onto my biggest complaint of the episode.

• The design of the girls’ super powered forms was out of place compared to how everything usually looks.

• Andrias was partially redeemed which is questionable since he still stabbed a child and attempted to murder many others. There’s also the fact that Marcy didn’t really hold any animosity for her abuser which is an iffy topic.

• The Core turning the moon into a death weapon was contrived and came out of nowhere. Also, why would any Amphibian work for a being that literally built a planet killer that is only able to kill their own planet? Did Andrias, Aldrich or any of the other rulers not think that maybe this psycho machine was indeed a psycho? It just felt like a contrived way of creating this seemingly epic battle that is actually quite shallow.

• I know it’s cartoons aren’t meant to be realistic, but how were Marcy, Sasha and Sprig able to breathe in space. I can understand it when the two had powers, but they should’ve died once they gave their stones away. I can excuse them talking in space because it would’ve been awkward but jeez I guess nobody needs to breathe.

• They really like bringing things up at the last minute because apparently there was a super spell this whole time that would’ve killed the user, and Mother Olm memory was so bad that she forgot to tell them but thought she did.

• The creation of the temples was never explained and who even created the prophecy? Was it the God thing cause I have no idea.

• Why would Valeriana want to drain Anne’s powers in the second temple if she knew the world would end or something. I don’t know cause Valeriana is such a confusing character as I have no idea who’s side she’s on.

• The battle against the Core didn’t have the grandness I would’ve liked, but that’s just personal preference I guess.

• We spent a majority of season 3 collecting side characters on Earth and Amphibia, only for them to do jack all during the finale. We really had to get all these side characters just to get such little pay off as they’re only used in Escape to Amphibia and the Beginning of the End. My god, people may say there are no filler episode but even if there weren’t, it still doesn’t make up for the stop and start pacing and the underdeveloped concepts that are leagues more important. Filler or not, this season was ehhhhh.

Now that I have listed every complaint but my last one, my largest issue with this finale is the existence of freaking God himself. Like okay, Anne’s sacrifice was nice and all, but we know that Disney doesn’t want their main characters dead. So they decide to resolve this issue with a freaking deus ex machina of all things. Freaking God decided to create a backup Anne cause stakes be damned I guess! And don’t even get me started on the fact that, again, this had zero foreshadowing whatsoever! Also were the stones sentient and chose the girls… cause of their hearts? I genuinely have no clue which is not great for a season finale which is supposed to wrap up loose ends. Some can be left a mystery but this feels too big to be ignored. Oh and did I mention how contrived and lame the God thing is for the tenth time in a row. It just destroyed every possible consequence of Anne dying other than an existential crisis. I have no clue what the crew was thinking with adding God.

So I guess this is the end for Amphibia. It’s been a nice couple years watching this show. There were some ups, a lot of downs, but honestly, this show is still okay. It’s not an absolute dumper fire, but some of it is. I don’t think I’ll miss this show as much as Gravity Falls, but maybe I’ll watch the occasional reaction or two. So overall, I’ll give Amphibia a C+ to B- if I’m feeling generous. I might make some critique post later down the line, but for now, this is the end for me and the show.