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~ The Core revealing itself to have Aldrich's psyche.
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We're not Marcy, not anymore. We are a collection of Amphibia's greatest minds, uploaded into a unified consciousness.
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~ The Core explaining what it is to Anne and Sasha.
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FOOLS! You cannot stop… A GOD!
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~ The Core taunting the Calamity Trio as they try to stop it from colliding with Amphibia.
The Core, also known as Darcy while inhabiting Marcy Wu's body, is the overarching antagonist of the Disney Channel series, Amphibia.
It is a digital amalgamation of Amphibia's greatest minds and past rulers, including King Aldrich, and the secret true ruler of Amphibia, that seeks to dismantle the prophecy that brought the girls to Amphibia and conquer the multiverse. As mentioned prior, its matrix was temporarily uploaded into the body of one of the girls, Marcy, in order to further this goal. It is the former master of King Andrias and the archenemy of the Calamity Trio.
The Core originally appeared as a mechanical cephalopod-like creature with nine orange eyes and tentacles on the side of its spherical body. It is of massive size, towering over Andrias, who himself is much larger than humans.
Upon possessing Marcy, the Core (then known as "Darcy") now has her body in black armor, while also controlling her via an olm-like helmet with ten orange eyes, to which was also attached a cable. After being defeated by Sasha, the Core was then reduced to just the helmet, which produced spider-like legs.
The helmet then propelled itself to the moon, which it modified long ago as a super-weapon. Upon attaching itself to it, the moon revealed several eyes resembling its own.
Personality
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It's afraid of being destroyed, of being irrelevant. It will do whatever it takes to defeat us and claim the stones as its own. If that means destroying an entire civilization, then so be it.
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~ Marcy Wu describing the Core's mind.
Early on, it had no clear personality besides being a manipulative whisperer, pulling the strings behind Andrias. Once it takes control of Marcy, however, the Core is established to be sadistic, as shown when it mocks Andrias' failed attempt in killing Anne with the Santa Claus robot, saying that he's not as much of a king as he thought he was. Later on, the Core inherits some of her quirks and mannerisms, becoming a bit more laid back and goofy, but it is still established to be a destructive and malevolent being who is out to conquer the multiverse by any means necessary and not to be taken lightly.
Much like Aldrich and the past kings before him, the Core has gotten too used to the idea of being an invincible conqueror due to the long history of multi-dimensional conquest of Amphibia to take into consideration scouting the Earth properly before initiating the invasion, leading to it thinking humans are weak. Furthermore, despite getting a glimpse into Earth's technology in the form of Marcy's smartphone, the Core arrogantly states that Earth technology is pathetic while ignorantly never realizing that the smartphone is not military technology as well as the fact that how much humans have advanced in the past 1,000 years. While its army's technology is actually good enough to indeed defeat humanity's efforts, it underestimates Anne, Sasha and their determination with the Core ending up losing its Marcy body and driving it to try and crash its artificial moon into Amphibia to kill everyone out of spite for being thwarted.
Powers and Abilities
As a device meant to carry the minds of many for eternity, the Core's initial frame was possibly built to have incredible endurance. And by possessing so many minds, of which were the greatest in Amphibia, it also had phenomenal intelligence, though it was impaired by its own arrogance. It was also large in size, allowing it to easily overpower smaller individuals.
After possessing Marcy Wu, the Core, then known as "Darcy" was able to read all her memories and gain insight on them. With her knowledge, it was able to predict the strategy that the heroes made to defeat it and obtain the box, allowing it to easily thwart them. Darcy also had great combat prowess and skill using a scythe, able to fight off both Sasha and Grime at the same time, and was also able to manipulate mechanical tentacles and cast illusions. However, as Anne pointed out, it only knew what she and Sasha were capable of before it uploaded itself to Marcy. In addition, Darcy's helmet was dependent on an extension cord linking it to the castle, and once it was severed, she was expelled from Marcy's body.
Once the Core connected itself with Amphibia's moon, which was converted into a superweapon, it gained complete control over it, capable of sending it hurdling into the planet below to wipe out all life. It was also able to unleash several bio-mechanical monstrosities within to act as its guards. Due to its incredible mass, the Calamity Trio, even after gaining super-powers and with the help of several robots, were not able to stop it, thus forcing Anne to use the full power of the gems herself to destroy the moon and the Core with it at the cost of her own life.
Quotes
As Darcy
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Why, hello there.
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~ The Core after becoming Darcy.
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That… was pathetic, and you call yourself a king.
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~ Darcy mocks Andrias' failed attempt to kill Anne.
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As we thought, this technology is pathetic!
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~ Darcy inspects Marcy's phone.
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Darcy: Hmm, good question, big guy. Why don't you call us… Darcy! Andrias: Darcy? Darcy: Yeah, you know, like, "Dark Marcy". It's a reference to one of Marcy's favorite video games. We searched her memories and the name appeals to us.
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~ Darcy tells Andrias how to call them while in Marcy's body.
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No, no, no. This is her body, but we got her locked in a little room up here. We're the ones in control. Although we've inherited some of her… quirks.
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~ The Core explaining Marcy's current status.
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So, we need to purge our system of some excess data, redundant memories, that sort of thing. This requires a full system reboot, and you're the only one we trust to… Andrias?
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~ Darcy instructs Andrias.
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Alright! You did it! Gold star for you, bud. But now that that's taken care of, who's ready to finally… start… invading… Earth?
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~ Darcy after reboot.
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Hello, girls. Nice of you to fall for our trap.
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~ Darcy meets captured Anne and Sasha.
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Your friend? Don't be silly. You're not friends. Not anymore. And examining Marcy's memories, it's doubtful you ever were.
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~ Darcy mocks Sasha about her friendship with Marcy.
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Ah, the famous Anne: dumber than a bag of rocks. And yet, somehow, this rebellion's last hope. Oh! Which reminds me...
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~ Darcy taunts Anne for her failed plan.
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Frogs, toads, and newts of the Resistance, your leaders have been captured! Your rebellion is over!
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~ Darcy forces the Resistance to retreat.
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Darcy: Then all that's left is for us to do what you could not: kill Anne [Everyone gasps.] Darcy: It's been risky enough using the box up until now: we don't what will happen as long as she holds a piece of its power.
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~ Darcy plans to kill Anne.
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Amusing! You wish to beg?
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~ Darcy sadistically speaks to Anne, before attempting to kill her.
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Darcy: Unprecedented. We cannot reach a consensus. Therefore, we must confirm the energy can be safely extracted before killing her. Anne: Wait, did I seriously outsmart you? Darcy: You only bought enough time to watch your planet fall. We look forward to dissecting you… alive! Guards, have the rest of them fitted for collars immediately. Andrias, portal, now. It's time.
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~ Darcy decides to deal with Anne and her friends later, before beginning their invasion.
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Speaking of eggs, how about a show of force!
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~ Darcy releases the Giant Herons on the city.
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Congratulations, big guy! After a thousand years, you finally made amends. Ah, and isn't it grand? Who needs friends when they have everlasting power?
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~ Darcy to Andrias during their invasion.
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You're kidding us! They escaped?!
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~ Darcy seeing Anne and her friends have escaped and are fighting the Frobot army.
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Dropping by without calling? How rude. Then again, we're not surprised. Marcy always said you were kind of a brute.
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~ Darcy to Sasha after she reentered the castle.
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Well, then… let's rumble, girl-friend.
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~ Darcy prepares to fight Sasha and Grime.
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Oops! Looks like he's disarmed. Get it: DIS-ARMED!?
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~ Darcy sadistically jokes about slicing off Grime's left arm; their most infamous line.
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It can't be… Aldrich, your son is losing the will to fight! That weakling! Hey, Sasha, as a fellow control freak, you'll probably really appreciate this!
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~ Darcy realizes that Andrias lost will to fight, before trying to mind-control him.
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Andrias, stand up and fight, YOU PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A KING! We are all you need! We are all you will ever HAVE!
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~ Darcy tries to control Andrias.
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You missed.
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~ Darcy taunting Sasha, thinking that they dodged her attack.
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My connection! YOU FOOL! Do you have any idea what you've done?! NOOOO! NOOOOOO, AAAAHHHHH!!!
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~ Darcy’s villainous breakdown and last words after Sasha cuts off their connection.
As the Core/King Aldrich
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FOOL! The only thing waiting for you out there is rejection and misery! Even if your friends win, your parents will still tear the three of you apart.
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~ The Core trying to manipulate Marcy to join it.
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Incoming targets. Deploying defenses.
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~ The Core upon seeing the Calamity Trio coming towards it.
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The Core: Andrias! Andrias: Father? The Core: Help us… save us… and you can finally join us… forever!
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~ The Core trying to convince Andrias to help it.
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The Core: Useful? You could have been immortal! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! Andrias: Something I should have done a long time ago: standing up TO YOU!
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~ The Core after Andrias defies it.
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Whelp. You dare use Amphibia's greatest treasure against us?
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~ The Core's last words before Anne destroys it.
Trivia
The Core is alluded to in the intro sequence, which depicts figures resembling Anne, Marcy, and Sasha battling against a large toad-like creature with gems for eyes and fire in its hands, although this differs from its actual design.
According to Amphibia's creator, Matt Braly, this "monster" on the mural represents the combination of evil and greed on Amphibia, something that has to do with the existence of the Core in the first place, as the amphibians in the past were all arrogant and greedy conquerors according to Mother Olm.
The prophecy likely refers to the one seen in Andrias' journal, which when translated from Amphibian text states "Three stars burning bright, come from beyond to expel the night. Whether they fight or embrace the fall, their choice shall determine all".
The Core's appearance may be inspired by Lavos from Chrono Trigger as well as the moon that Majora summoned in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
It is likely that the voice heard before Darcy's reveal in the Season 3 trailer is the Core's real voice.
It was later revealed that the voice belonged to King Aldrich, who is indeed a part of the Core's hive mind.
The Core's referred name Darcy (after possessing Marcy Wu) can mean "descendant of the dark", relating to the fact that it is the avatar of malevolent figures from across Amphibian history. Ironically, the name all rhymes with Marcy.
The amount of eyes the Core has constantly changes. Though it appears to be based on what body it inhabits.
During its debut appearance, its machine form had 13 eyes. When it returns in "Olivia & Yunan", it has only had 7 eyes. When it appears in "The Core & The King", it had 9 eyes.
As Darcy, it has 11 eyes.
As the helmet, it has 10 eyes.
As Aldrich, it has 11 eyes.
When it becomes the moon, it has around 35 eyes, possibly more as we only saw one side of its moon form.
As Andrias' crown, it has only one eye.
If one would assume the Core's eye represented its contained minds, then the number of people uploaded into the Core is 35 or higher. While it is true some forms have more eyes than others, it's most likely for simplicity's sake so the entire body won't be filled with eyes or to not overwhelm the design artists with far too many eyes.
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