“ |
Hey Anne... Maybe you're better off without me. |
” | —Sasha willing to let herself fall from the Toad Tower, separating herself from Anne again. |
“ |
Oh, Anne. I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have tried to be in control again. In the end, where did it get me? ...Well that ends now! I wanna be someone better. Someone that deserves you. I know what I have to do. |
” | —Sasha's redemption in "Turning Point". |
“ |
I am NOT that person anymore! |
” | —Sasha defeating the Core while declaring that she's no longer the hostile and deceitful person she once was. |
Sasha Elizabeth Waybright is a major character of the Disney Channel animated series Crossover Time.
She is a 13-year-old girl who is the childhood friend of Anne and Marcy. She stumbles upon a magical chest that takes her, Anne and Marcy to Amphibia and became the First Lieutenant and Captain Grime's second in command. She represents the Pink Gem of Strength on the Calamity Box.
She is voiced by Anna Akana, who also voices Gloria Sato from Big City Greens.
Appearance[]
Sasha is a medium height teenage girl with a slender build, fair skin, long blonde hair that tied back into a high ponytail, and has a beauty mark under her left eye.
After her duel with Anne at Toad Tower, she now has a scar on her right cheek.
Sometime after she formed the Wartwood Resistance Sasha has let hair down and is shown to have grown slightly longer. Ten years later, she would cut it short.
Clothing[]
When she initially comes to Amphibia, she wears her schoolgirl uniform. It consists of a light blue-gray shirt with a pink collar and "SJMS" coat covered by a jean jacket with rolled-up sleeves beneath her elbows, a short pink skirt, light blue socks and dark gray Mary Jane shoes.
As of "Anne of the Year", Sasha started dressing up in brownish toad armor with a single bronze pauldron on her right shoulder, one glove on her left hand, parts of her arms covered in leather, wears armored boots, a greyish browns skirt, a spiked belt and dark gray hooded cloak after becoming Captain Grime's second-in-command.
In "Toadcatcher" she still wears her armor, but without the pauldron or cloak and she now wears two gloves.
In "Barrel's Warhammer" she now wears 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 has an eye like symbol painted on them by Percy; she also has a smaller shoulder pad on her left shoulder.
Prior to "Commander Anne" She started to wear a new pauldron that is similar to the one that the Frobots have, but on the left shoulder, this time and now has a fur cape. Sasha now wears, leather armor, boots, a clawed left glove with blue outline, an armored right wristband, and a left armband and her skirt has been replaced with a fur one. In "Sprivy" she started wearing a dark pink heron circlet.
Personality[]
Sasha is a charismatic and persuasive girl who is somewhat of a rule-breaker to boot, as she eagerly encouraged Anne to steal the music box. Although she comes off as manipulative and selfish, she is not without a caring side, having promised to herself that she will find her friends who also got stuck in Amphibia and take them back home, as well as persuading Grime to be more affectionate for his soldiers.
Bio[]
Sasha is one of Anne's classmates, and her close friend. On Anne's 13th birthday, she and Marcy got Anne to steal a magic music box, which sent all of them to Amphibia. Shortly after arriving, Sasha was captured and imprisoned by Grime. She quickly earns Grime's favor and becomes appointed as his second-in-command, working alongside him to find her lost friends and bring them back home, even if it means putting the Plantars at risk. She represents the pink gem of strength on the Calamity Box.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Power of the Pink Gem: First seen in "Barrel's Warhammer", the Calamity Box has given her the power of strength, evidenced by her eyes glowing pink like her gem. She likely lost her power in "The Third Temple" when the gem got recharged.
Abilities[]
- Psychological Warfare: Sasha is persuasive, manipulative and deceptive being able get others to do what she wants. Her domineering nature allowed to push Anne around for years before Anne finally broke free of her influence. She was able to trick General Yunan long enough to defeat her.
- Combat Capabilities: Sasha is a natural fighter as first seen in "Prison Break"; showing great strength agility, speed, ingenuity and ferocity. She can also use the moves she learned as a cheerleader in battle. Her skills as a warrior improved greatly during her time as Grime's second-in-command.
- Swordsmanship: After her training with the toads Sasha became a very capable swordsmen being able to fight Anne who also became a highly accomplished swordsmen during her time in Amphibia on equal grounds.
Weapons[]
- Swords: The pink sword, along with her armor, was first given to Sasha by Captain Grime after helping him and his army ward off a pair of herons. Ever since, Sasha has used the sword as her primary weapon of choice. Throughout time, Grime and Sasha's friendship developed more than just for using one another for their own games and after helping Grime raise a rebellion, take over Newtopia and overthrow King Andrias, Grime decided to give her another sword as a gift, hence her silver sword.
- Dagger
Relationships[]
Anne Boonchuy[]
Sasha and Anne have been known to be well acquainted with one another ever since kindergarten. During Anne's 13th birthday, she encouraged Anne to ditch school for the day and have fun. She is also indirectly the reason Anne was brought to Amphibia, because had she not forced her to go with her to get the box their friend Marcy texted about as a mocking present, Anne would've gone home for her birthday party, and thus still be on Earth. While Sasha was locked away at Toad Tower, she still had the hopes of finding Anne and their friend Marcy and getting back home together. However, it is implied that Sasha holds a manipulative relationship with both girls after having suggested to a toad named Grime to "Get them to love you, and they'll do anything for you," which she most likely learned during her friendship with Anne and Marcy.
Even so, in spite of here manipulative traits and the fact she pressured Anne to steal the music box, it's none the less showed that she genuinely loves her friends very much, and has deeply missed them and worried for their safety after their separation in the world of Amphibia and has sworn to find them. Later in "Anne of the Year", she was excited to see Anne and they embraced their reunion with open arms.
However, in the special episode "Reunion", Sasha attempted to manipulate Anne into joining the Toad Army and execute Hop Pop, as she knew Hop Pop was one of the main reasons citizens of Amphibia were rebelling against the toads. She also didn't care about the Amphibian citizens of Wartwood, believing they were nothing but a bunch of slimy frogs. Because of these circumstances, Anne refused, breaking the friendship between the two and causing them to fight, choosing the Plantars and Wartwood citizens over her. Anne proved to be victorious and stated to Sasha that she wasn't going to let her push her around any longer, while Sasha does nothing but glaring at her spitefully after she lost. But as that was happening, the Tower began to collapse and Sasha was about to fall until Anne had caught her just in time. Knowing Anne and the Plantar family couldn't hold her weight for all of them to climb back up, Sasha said to Anne with parting words and tears in her eyes "Maybe you're better off without me," and willingly let go to fall to her death. Luckily, Grime had caught her before she reached the ground, and Anne could only tearfully watch as Grime took the unconscious Sasha away into the forest followed by the Toad Army.
After regaining consciousness, Sasha began repressing her true feelings/emotions towards what happened between her and Anne.
They would encounter each other again in "The Third Temple" where Sasha apologizes to Anne in an effort to use her and Marcy to get into Newtopia for Grime's invasion plan. During the trial Sasha tells Anne that she can tell that she still doesn't trust her even after she apologized. Anne then points out that it wasn't just the Toad Tower incident; it was the fact was that Sasha had pushed her around her whole life and Sasha, with the few scraps of humility she had left, agreed, much to Anne's shock. When it seemed hopeless, Anne gave Sasha the motivational speech she needed, and told her that she still trusts her despite all that has happened. After the temple's trial had ended, Anne finally accepts Sasha's apology. Even though her ruse worked, Sasha is shown to have true remorse for her deception towards Anne. In "The Dinner", Sasha explains that she is not very sure about herself because she doesn't believe she is capable of becoming a better person, and expresses shame that her friends have found ways to change and grow while she herself could not figure out how. Realizing that all Sasha wants is to be there for them, Anne and Marcy assure her that neither of them want to leave her behind and agree to be there for each other. Sasha sees that Anne is no longer the shy girl who she needed to protect back on earth and the two agree to try and make things work between them. In "Battle of the Bands", Sasha starts to feel more comfortable with Anne making her own decisions.
Their rekindled friendship shatters, however, in "True Colors" once Sasha reveals she was only using her and Marcy to get to Newtopia to overthrow King Andrias and take over Amphibia while refusing to accept her friends are growing backbones, with Anne calling her a horrible person and ending their friendship to the point where she refuses to believe her when she warns her about King Andrias' true sinister nature, which causes Sasha to reflect later on and take in consideration Anne being right about her. Once Anne finds out Sasha was right about Andrias, she puts aside her differences with her, freeing both her and while Grime frees himself from the ropes, afterwards they fight off Andrias' robots together.
After retreating to Wartwood, Sasha went along with Grime's lie towards the citizens of the town so they can lay low. However, Sasha became guilty for lying to the citizens of Wartwood as they kept being nice to her and reminding her of Anne, which overwhelmed her because of how she lied and hurt her. Through the consequences of her actions, Sasha realized that she doesn't want power anymore as she had enough of lying, controlling others and being selfish to them as well. After Grime encouraged her to enter the Plantar home, due to hesitating before, Sasha was convinced to do so as she finds Anne's journal and reads about the day before they arrived to Newtopia as she breaks down and realized what she threw away just so she can be in control again. Sasha not only decided to find a way to set things right with Anne but protect Wartwood for her sake.
Once Anne returns to Wartwood in "Commander Anne", the two do become friends again with Sasha initially wanting Anne to lead the resistance as a way of making amends and fearing her toxic nature would make her unfit to be leader, though Anne helps her realize she really has changed in not being a controlling person as before and decide to co-lead the resistance together, thus reconciling each other while accepts Anne that she has changed for the way she is. While they do have their bumps here and there such as disagreeing on Sasha's decision to let the Resistance team handle themselves in "Sasha's Angels" when the Marauders capture them and Anne assuming Sasha's attempt at letting her lead in "Commander Anne" was manipulation, the two get along better than before.
10 years later, even after fell into different friend groups during high school they are still Best Friends and as close as ever hanging out whenever possible. After meeting up with Marcy, the three of them Retook their "BFF" photo as adults from many years ago.
Marcy Wu[]
Sasha and Marcy have also been friends since childhood, as she met her alongside Anne. However, Sasha gets annoyed with Marcy's clumsiness and being in the zone. Also, Sasha pushed Marcy around, just as she does with Anne. Despite this, Sasha does care about Marcy, as she was determined to look for her alongside Anne when they were brought to Amphibia. According to Matt Braly, Sasha and Marcy, on Earth, had a very understanding and focused relationship, with both knowing the other's strengths. While Anne proved to be the heart of their group, and therefore needed to be manipulated by Sasha into doing what she wanted, Sasha could be very open with what she wanted with Marcy, with the smart girl always ready to follow through on her friend's plans. In effect, Sasha almost saw Marcy as more of an adult than Anne despite her clumsiness. At times, Anne almost became a messenger between the two. Ultimately, Marcy and Sasha saw each other as equals.[4]
After reuniting with her friends in Amphibia, and she learned that Marcy and Anne were working together without her, Sasha was visibly upset as she believed that she now lost both her human friends. Despite this, Sasha was relieved to see that Marcy was okay, and they compliment each other's new outfits. Although Sasha was actually using Marcy and Anne to get into Newtopia, she shows guilt about deceiving both of them. However, Sasha fears that Marcy would stand up to her like Anne did, and is secretly determined to make sure that doesn't happen. Despite this, Sasha does notice Marcy's growth as a person and understands that even though she has changed, this doesn't mean she's not her true self.
After finding out that Marcy stranded her and Anne in Amphibia on purpose with her, Sasha was angry and hurt at Marcy for taking her away from her life back home. However, Sasha still cared for Marcy after seeing her getting injured and captured by King Andrias and also blamed herself for it. Although she is still upset with her for sending her and Anne to Amphibia in the first place, she does understand that she never meant to cause serious harm towards them. Sasha also intends to rescue Marcy from King Andrias, and make amends with her as well. In "The Beginning of the End", though, she admits to Anne that while she understands why Marcy did what she did, she began to have mixed feelings if she could forgive her, or even believe their friendship will go back to the way it was, but Anne reassures her that making amends with her is possible, which helps regain her confidence to believe that too. She is later horrified to discover that the Core has taken possession of Marcy.
After saving Marcy from the Core, Sasha tells Marcy that she and Anne forgive her for everything and is overjoyed that Marcy is alive and back with them.
10 years later, despite separation, Marcy and Sasha are still close friends and Marcy visits whenever possible. During the reunion 10 years after the move, Marcy contemplates staying in California longer than she initially planned and Sasha welcomes her to stay at her place as long as she wants.
Grime[]
Sasha was Grime's captive for a little over a month among the other toad warriors at Toad Tower. Initially, Grime despised Sasha for her encouragement on other toads to leave the tower, but he began to see her as a useful ally during an attack on the tower by large flesh-eating herons. She also taught him a tactic on how if you say nice things to others, they would do anything for you in return. Grime decided to use that tactic on the other toad warriors, which gave them the courage to fight back against the herons. After the battle was won, Grime encouraged Sasha to stay at Toad Tower for the time being as his second-in-command, believing they could not only restore order to the Valley, but can also help Sasha in finding her friends in the process, to which Sasha agreed.
Sasha was the one who suggested the banquet idea to Grime, believing it to be a good tactic to lure the frogs of Wartwood to Toad Tower to ambush them and kidnap Hop Pop, whose actions resulted in rebellions spreading across the Valley. However, the plan ended up in failure instead and the tower began to collapse due to One-Eyed-Wally's boomshrooms. As the tower was collapsing, Grime noticed from below of Sasha's predicament on top of the tower and jumped to save her from hitting the ground as she fell. It is unknown whether or not he did this because of their grown relationship, or because he simply needed her for his future plans although it's implied that it's the former. He then carried the unconscious Sasha into the forest with his remaining soldiers, leaving Anne with a disgusted stare from afar. When Grime was carrying Sasha, he looked up at Anne while growling with an angry expression like he was outraged at her because he thought that she may have pushed Sasha off the tower and caused Sasha's accident.
She doesn't want to lose Grime, since he's currently the only friend Sasha believes she can count on. She tries to do the best for him and protect him from harm. Sasha goes extreme preparing for trouble now that Grime is considered a traitor and now wanted over Amphibia. She feels that Grime shouldn't be lazy, even having the last two Toad Army recruits start a fake duel in front of him. Later, General Yunan entered the scene after overhearing Grime's current location. Sasha and Grime flee and Grime knows Sasha is distracting herself from the fight with Anne. Sasha tells Grime she's not only preparing and distracting herself because of the fight, she is preparing so she can keep Grime safe and she doesn't want to lose another friend. This makes Grime fueled up, and they team up and defeat Yunan and start on a plan to take over Newtopia and let the toads rule over all of Amphibia. They continue to support each other throughout season 2 and 3. Grime even gives her a second sword as a gift once they do take over Newtopia briefly and both end up fighting off Andrias' forces together alongside Anne and the Plantars as well as starting a resistance in Wartwood.
Grime initially planned to ditch Wartwood when receiving his sister Captain Beatrix's invite to join her underground toad army, but would not leave without Sasha, especially while she was dealing with the guilt of her actions. He sends her into the Plantars's home to face her inner demons, sincerely asking her to join him when she's done. When she takes a stand against a large frobot sent to destroy Wartwood and her, Grime joins the fight since Beatrix, despite having her own soldiers and equipment, did not have Sasha.
When battling Darcy (a.k.a. Marcy controlled by the Core), Grime willingly puts himself in harm's way to save Sasha, losing his left arm in the process. He then tells her how much his life improved since they met. Once the time comes for the girls to return home, Sasha and Grime attempt to stoically say their goodbyes, but fail miserably and openly bawl about how much they will miss each other, with Grime promising to find Percy and Braddock for her and tell them that she will miss them too, ending with more hugging and bawling.
Percy and Braddock[]
Sasha had befriended the two during her time at Toad Tower and were the only ones besides Grime who joined her after they fled from Frog Valley. However, in "Barrel's Warhammer", when trying to get support for Grime's rebellion, she put her friends in terrible danger, which caused them to leave her, causing a regretful Sasha to waver and question her ideals. Before heading back to Earth, Grime agrees to fulfill Sasha's request to apologize to Percy and Braddock for her and tell them that she'll never forget them.
Plantar family[]
Sasha was unsympathetic towards the Plantars when she first met them. Sprig tried to befriend her and was cordial towards her, but she reacted cold and uninterested in him. Sasha was willing to sacrifice Hop Pop to the Toad Army to reach her goal. When Sprig called her out as a bully for how she treated Anne, she did not hesitate to attack him, only to be stopped by Anne. After the duel at Toad Tower, she has great resentment towards them because Anne sided with them over her and she believes they turned Anne against her. Even after Sasha claims to have turned a new leaf in "The Third Temple", she still doesn't hold a very high opinion of them especially during "The Dinner" where she is annoyed by them taunting her over her previous actions to the point where she loses her temper during a game of Drawsidoodle. They eventually forgive her and become put aside their differences with one another once Andrias' true nature is revealed in "True Colors" and team up to fight the bigger threat. When they return to Amphibia in "Commander Anne", her relationship with them does improve with her being more respectful to them and them respecting her as a leader and overall get along fine with one another aside from being annoyed at Sprig for prioritizing spending time with Ivy over the mission in "Sprivy".
General Yunan[]
Sasha mocked Yunan when she first met her, but soon realized how skilled and dangerous the Newt general was and tried fleeing with Grime, but then decided to make a stand and fight. Yunan proceeds to join the effort to stop her and Grime's plan to invade Newtopia in "True Colors" and silences her when Sasha tries to warn Anne once more about Andrias, but when Sasha is proven to be right she teams up with her and Grime to stop the king and his Frobots.
King Andrias[]
Sasha was the first of the 3 human girls to learn of King Andrias' true intentions. Sasha supported Grime's goal to overthrow King Andrias and was pleased to invade his home. However, when Sasha realized King Andrias' true sinister motives after finding a mural hidden under a deceptive tapestry, she did everything she could to stop him from putting his plans into motion only to fail due to her losing the trust of Anne yet again. When Andrias reclaimed the throne and revealed his true intentions to follow in his ancestors' footsteps by journeying to other worlds and conquering them, beginning with Earth, Anne and Sasha informed the king that they would stop him, which led to him showing off his might by destroying a toad tower with his castle's gigantic laser cannon; witnessing this Sasha declared the giant newt king insane and after Anne gives her another chance, she decides to oppose him for all the right reasons this time.
In many ways, King Andrias is a dark reflection of what Sasha could've been had she not reformed and made amends with Anne, because he also had friends who he felt turned their back on him, most likely due to his misdeeds.
Citizens of Wartwood[]
Sasha originally felt nothing for the villagers in the small farm town, even help Grime hold Wartwood prisoner. She was very condescending towards them, not even bothering calling them "slimy little frogs" without any hesitation whatsoever unlike Anne who considers them as her friends. But after fleeing from Newtopia Castle, she was amazed at their kindness and now knowing the consequences of her actions she became overwhelmed with guilt. Not wanting to make the same mistakes again and realizing that she truly needs to change herself, Sasha takes her first step in becoming a better person by telling the citizens of Wartwood the truth. However, much to her surprise, Sasha was easily forgiven by the citizens of Wartwood as she was honest with them and for defending them from invading Frobots. Through those events, Sasha becomes Wartwood's newest protector in Anne's absence and inspires her newfound friends to fight back against King Andrias' tyranny alongside her and Grime. Through Anne's influence, Sasha has complete confidence and trust in the Wartwood Frogs as she comes to care for them, even though she has to make tough decisions with them.
Lysil and Angwin[]
Sasha, Anne and the Plantars came the the twin olms to see if they knew anything about Mother Olm. When She heard they were banished from the city of Proteus, the human girl sympathize with their plight because Sasha has come to believe in second chances and feels sympathy for those who have also done selfish choices and mistakes, which she shows to Lysil and Angwin and stood up for them.
Quotes[]
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End of discussion... |
” | —Sasha's catchphrase. |
“ |
Oh my gosh! Marcy says she found the perfect gift for you downtown; (laughs) a frog music box for the frog lover. Mm, I wonder if those gems are real. |
” | —Sasha showing the photo of the Calamity Box. |
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Because the last time I was in charge, I ruined our friendship! |
” | —Sasha telling Anne why she can't accept the helmet. |
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It doesn't matter what she thinks of me! I'm here to save her and stop you! |
” | —Sasha about to battle the Core/Darcy |
Behind the scenes[]
Name and basis[]
Sasha's name is an anglicized form of German Saskia, where it originally meant "a Saxon woman". It is also a commonly used Slavic name. Her middle name, Elizabeth, is a variation of the Hebrew name Elisheva (אֱלִישֶׁבַע), meaning "My God is an oath."
Sasha's surname, Waybright, is an anglicized form of German Weibrecht or Weybrecht, from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements wig ("battle" or "war") and berht ("bright"). This fits Sasha, seeing as she is a warrior/soldier. According to Matt Braly, her middle and surname is a tribute to Elizabeth Waybright Taylor, one of the show's head development executives.[5][6]
In a reddit AMA, Matt revealed that Sasha was based on a friend of his, who was similar in terms of personality.[1]
Voice[]
Sasha is voiced by Anna Akana.
Debut[]
Sasha first made a cameo in "Best Fronds". Her formal introduction to her character was in the episode "Prison Break".
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Trivia[]
- Minutes after the premiere of the series finale, Matt Braly confirmed that Sasha is bisexual on Twitter.
- Sasha's voice actress is Japanese-American.
- The episode Froggy Little Christmas implies that Sasha's parents are either divorced or separated. The tie-in book Marcy's Journal: A Guide to Amphibia later confirms that they are divorced, with her father remarried and her mother having a long-term boyfriend with kids.
- Sasha's favorite food is orange chicken.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Braly, Matt (August 22, 2020). "I'm Matt Braly, creator and executive producer of Amphibia - Ask me anything!!!" (Reddit post). Retrieved on December 8, 2021. “I had a friend who was like this. Good intentions...bad execution.”
- ↑ Marcy's Journal: A Guide to Amphibia by Matt Braly and Adam Colás. December 6, 2022. Published by Disney Press. Entry(s) 129. ISBN: 978-1484711392.
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/amphibia/comments/if9xa2/ever_since_matt_braly_confirmed_on_the_ama_that/
- ↑ Sit Down and Think (June 1, 2021). "Sit Down and Think With Amphibia Creator Matt Braly (34:33)" (Video). YouTube.
- ↑ "I'm Matt Braly, creator and executive producer of Amphibia - Ask me anything!!!". Reddit (August 22, 2020). “I knew a Wu, and Sasha's last name was the maiden name of one of the show's development executives, Elizabeth Taylor. There would be no Amphibia without Elizabeth so it felt right.”
- ↑ Darya Baj (December 7, 2021). "Matt Braly on Amphibia — Culture, and Alienation — the Metaphorical and Fantastical". Medium. Retrieved on December 8, 2021.