Sasha Waybright is a major character in Amphibia, serving as the central antagonist of Season 1, one of the secondary antagonists of Season 2 and a major character in Season 3.
She turned out to be a main character since "True Colors". She is a 13-year-old human girl who is the childhood best friend of Anne and Marcy. She formerly attended Saint James Middle School until getting teleported to Amphibia, along with her two friends. She is the 1st Lieutenant and remained Captain Grime's second-in-command during his plan to raid Newtopia. After seeing the error of her ways Sasha decides to redeem herself by protecting Wartwood Swamp and leading its citizens to fighting against the corrupted monarch King Andrias.
Appearance[]
Body[]
Sasha is a teenage girl of tall height, taller than Marcy and Anne, with a slender build. She has blonde hair tied in a ponytail with a long bang parted to the right side of her head, a beauty mark underneath her left eye, and almond-shaped brown eyes. As of "Barrel's Warhammer", Sasha's arms have noticeably gained muscle mass due to her tense training.
In "Reunion", she gets a visible scar on her right cheek from her fight on top of Toad Tower with Anne when Anne's sword scraped against her cheek.
Clothing[]
Sasha wore a schoolgirl uniform as her everyday outfit back home. It consists of a white shirt with a pink collar and an "SJMS" (St. James Middle School) crest covered by a dark blue jean jacket, a short pink skirt, white socks, and a pair of black Mary Jane shoes with small heels. She wears a purple scrunchie in her ponytail.
As of "Anne of the Year", she wears brown armor over gray clothing, a black cape, a large brown pauldron on her right shoulder, and a studded belt with a holster and pink heron sword attached. Her dagger with holster is located at her back. She also wears wraps on her right hand, a glove on her left hand, and armored boots.
In "Toadcatcher", she still wears her armor, but damaged without the pauldron or cloak, and she now wears two gloves. Her only weapon is still her pink heron sword.
In "Barrel's Warhammer" she now wears red armor with slightly lighter coloring and has gone back to wearing a cloak and only one glove. Her new cloak and pauldron on her right shoulder have an eye-like symbol painted on them by Percy; she also has a smaller shoulder pad on her left shoulder. Her hair scrunchie is now dark brown.
Additional features[]
In "Best Fronds", she has two stains on her uniform. Her left sock also has a stain. Her skirt has small triangular snips off the bottom of it. Her jacket has stitches as well as visible scratches. She has both of her black Mary Jane shoes.
Sasha's other outfits include when she wears a pink robe in the episode "Reunion". She also wore a black stitched hood in "Anne of the Year" when she and Anne were finally reunited. She was fully armored during the Toad Tower battle with a sword in the sheath of her armor.
Personality[]
Sasha is characterized by her charming attitude and is a rule-breaker, as she eagerly encouraged Anne to steal the music box back on Earth. She is a charismatic and manipulative girl. She is able to form connections easily as shown in the episode "Prison Break", where she was able to maintain good relations with most of the soldiers who had captured her and later Captain Grime as well. In "Reunion", it's shown that Sasha has a great amount of control and influence over the school body, as when she enters the scene, a side character named Vince is shown playing a guitar solo for her.
She is also very persuasive. Sasha was able to persuade Grime into letting her free if she helped protect his fort against the herons, as well as advising him to be more caring and kind to his soldiers to gain their respect. This influence can also be matched with her manipulative behavior, as she was able to pressure Anne Boonchuy to steal the Calamity Box against her will.
While she might seem selfish acting in such ways, she is also presented to be caring towards her friends Anne and Marcy. At the end of the episode "Prison Break", Sasha is seen holding a picture of her friends and her, saying to herself that she would find them and take them back home. Her caring attitude can also be attributed to her persuading Grime to be more affectionate for his soldiers. In "The Third Temple", Sasha's fierce sense of protection that she has over her friends is prominent - as she is willing to help Marcy maneuver out of the way when a boulder is heading towards her. In the same episode, it is revealed that Sasha originally met the girls on a playground back in kindergarten when she saw the two being bullied by two teenagers. Sasha proceeds to engage in a quarrel with the teenagers, even in spite of the fact that she injured herself. This shows her sense of protection she has around the girls. However, in "Reunion", Sasha demonstrates a controlling and domineering personality as she not only convinced Anne to skip class back home, but she also forced her to ditch her 13th birthday party. Not only that, but she is capable of striking fear into her friends, especially if they undermine her authority. However, in the same episode, Sasha has a change of heart when she realizes how cruel she was to Anne, even going so far as to sacrifice her own life to save her friend when Toad Tower collapsed.
She doesn't want to lose Grime like she lost Anne as she came to see him as a friend and wants to help him achieve his goals but is starting to question herself while doing so. While she was deceiving Anne in order to gain access to Newtopia Sasha obviously felt deep guilt for doing so. When Anne also points out that it wasn't just the Toad Tower incident; the fact was that Sasha had pushed her around her whole life and Sasha with true remorse admits she was right, showing that she genuinely wants to redeem herself.
It's revealed that her determination has always inspired Anne and Marcy, and also that Sasha believes that by being in control she can provide her friends with success, but in "Battle of the Bands", Sasha begins to realize that sometimes she doesn't have to be in control, and that supporting her friends can be just as fulfilling as winning.
In "Turning Point", after fleeing to Wartwood she became truly ashamed because the frogs she once wronged were accepting of her because of her connection to Anne. After reading Anne's journal she realized that her controlling ways blinded her to the true meaning of friendship. Understanding what needs to be done and wanting to be someone better that deserves to call herself Anne's friend she vows to protect the citizens of Wartwood with her last breath.
Trivia[]
- In the Main Theme, Sasha's physical appearance differs from the final. This is possibly due to it being a completely different animation studio.
- When Anne tries to disrespect Sasha's orders, she'll give her a glance and say "End of discussion" making Anne very nervous and allow Sasha to control her.
- As of the first season along with Anne, she is the only other human character to appear in Amphibia, as Marcy hasn't appeared anywhere besides in the flashback. However, Marcy finally appears in the second season.
- In "Best Fronds", when Sasha was locked up she was seen without her jean jacket, but it returned in "Prison Break".
- Another error like above occurred at the beginning of "Best Fronds" during the flashback. Sasha is seen without her jacket during the pan over the three girls, with the jacket appearing after Anne opened the Calamity Box.
- Clothing similar to Sasha's school uniform was shown by Carbon Costume for fans who want to cosplay as her.
- As of the episode "Toadcatcher", Sasha appears to have a scar on her right cheek, caused during the events of "Reunion".
- It is revealed by herself that back home she's the captain of the cheerleaders in her school and top scorer in Super Dance Fusion in "Toadcatcher".
- Like Anne, Sasha has been repressing her emotions ever since the events of "Reunion".
- Sasha has been shown through her expressions to have guilt, remorse, trauma, and sadness over what occurred between her and Anne at Toad Tower and has realized she's been a bad friend. She's repressing those feelings because "It's easier than facing reality".
- Sasha is a B student.
- Her favorite food is the orange chicken.
- Anne and Sasha's next encounter after "Reunion" was described by Matt Braly as being "volcanic", referring to the episode "The Third Temple".
- Sasha has been confirmed by Matt Braly to develop and change as a person throughout the course of the series.
- With the Sasha Theme Song Takeover, she got her own version of the main theme.
- According to her Theme Song Takeover, she is a practitioner of tai chi.
- It was revealed by Matt Braly that Sasha was based on a friend of his, who was similar in terms of personality.
- According to a Reddit AMA, Matt Braly has stated that other than DDR, Sasha only plays video games when Marcy gets her to.
- Although she doesn't play video games regularly, Braly has stated she owns a PSVita.
- In the end, it was revealed she is bisexual in The Hardest Thing.
Sasha's Pokemon[]
- Venusaur
- Seviper
- Machamp
- Seismitoad
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