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This list of fictional frogs and toads is one of a series of lists of fictional animals. Frogs and toads have frequently appeared in both children's and adult's literature and other fictional works. [1] [2]
This list is restricted solely to notable frog and toad characters from notable works of fiction. Characters that appear in multiple media will have separate listings for each separate appearance, while instances in which a character has appeared in several separate works in a single medium, only the earliest will be recorded here.
This section lists frog and toad characters from animated works including CGI, stop-motion animation, traditional animation including television shows and feature-length films.
Name | Show/Film | Notes |
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Aogaeru | Spirited Away | A minor character in the film. This frog spirit guards the bridge that Haku and Chihiro must cross when Chihiro has first arrived in this spirit world, and has to go meet with Yubaba. |
Bev Bighead | Rocko's Modern Life | Bev "wears the pants" in the family; she demonstrates a loud, domineering manner and she keeps Ed in line. Despite all these, though, she has shown that she loves her husband very much. Beneath her ugly exterior and grating voice, she is friendly, and a closet party animal [3] |
Byonko | Zatch Bell! | A mamodo frog who serve the main villain Milordo-Z. He have a yellowish-green spellbook and a slime-based spells. |
Ed Bighead | Rocko's Modern Life | Ed Bighead is an employee at a large corporation. He is cruel, petty, bossy, and has a terrible temper; in fact, the only people that he fears are his wife, Bev and his boss, Mr. Dupette. He particularly dislikes Rocko and his friends, Heffer Wolfe and Filburt. He usually yells at anyone he sees, and grumbles bitterly under his breath at any situation he finds even slightly troubling. |
Flip | Fiddlesticks | an animated cartoon character created by American cartoonist Ub Iwerks. He starred in a series of cartoons produced by Celebrity Pictures and distributed through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1930 to 1933. The series had many recurring characters besides Flip, including Flip's dog, the mule Orace, and a dizzy neighborhood spinster.The series was revived in the 1960s television show, Hoppity Hooper |
Frog | WordWorld | A very intelligent and clever WordFriend. He is hydrophobic due to the water's slimy texture on his skin, and tends to say "Water, yuck." He is also the least courageous of all the other his WordFriends and lives in a LOG. |
Hypnotoad | Futurama | A large toad with pulsating, multicolored eyes, which emits a loud, ominous buzzing noise. It has the power to hypnotize almost any living thing at will, even mass numbers of creatures. The Hypnotoad first appeared in "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid", in which it hypnotized a flock of sheep to herd themselves into a pen and close the door behind them, the panel of judges to win the pet show and then the audience of the pet show to force their approval of that victory. It later acquired its own television show, Everybody Loves Hypnotoad, in which it hypnotizes the audience. The Futurama: Bender's Big Score DVD includes a full 22-minute episode. [4] [5] [6] |
Jason Funderberker | Over The Garden Wall | Jason Funderberker (aka Kitty, Wert, Wert Jr, George Washington, Mr. President, Benjamin Franklin, Dr. Cucumber, Greg Jr, Skipper, and Ronald) is Greg's pet frog throughout Over The Garden Wall. Greg continually renames the frog throughout the series, before eventually settling on Jason Funderberker in the final episode. |
Michigan J. Frog | Looney Tunes | A male frog who wears a top hat, carries a cane, sings pop music, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley hits, and other songs from the late 19th and early 20th century while dancing and performing acrobatics in the style of early 20th century vaudeville. Also formally served as the mascot for the former WB Television Network. |
Jean-Bob | The Swan Princess | Jean-Bob is a frog who came from France. He is Odette's, Derek's, Speed's Alise's, Prince Li's, Princess Mei Li's Chen Ru's and Puffin's friend. |
King Harold | Shrek 2 & Shrek the Third | Harold is a frog who was turned into a human by the Fairy Godmother's magic, meaning he could live out his life as king of Far Far Away. Harold is a human for the majority of the second Shrek film, until the end where the Fairy Godmother is vaporized, meaning he is returned to his natural state of being a frog. Harold dies near the beginning of Shrek the Third, not before informing Shrek of another possible heir to the throne, Arthur Pendragon. |
Kermit the Frog | The Muppets | |
Keroppi Hasunoue | Sanrio | A small frog with a v-shaped mouth and big eyes who is friends with Hello Kitty and lives in Donut Pond. |
Principal Pixiefrog | My Gym Partner's a Monkey | As his last name implies, he is a Pixie Frog. As a strict but fair administrator he runs a tight ship, which is somewhat remarkable considering he could easily be squashed underfoot by most of his students and the rest of the faculty. |
Slippy Toad | Star Fox | Inventor and mechanic on the "Star Fox" team. |
Sprig Plantar | Amphibia | A 10-year-old pink male anthropomorphic frog sporting green aviator goggles, an open jacket and matte black shorts. He serves as a guide, friend and surrogate brother for protagonist Anne Boonchuy after she gets trapped in Amphibia. He is an energetic frog who has an affinity for the fiddle and uses a slingshot as a weapon. |
The Toad | Flushed Away | A big, pompous amphibian wanting the entire rat population to be killed off so he can make room for his hundreds of offspring. Voiced by Ian McKellen. |
Name | Book | Author |
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Brer Bull-Frog | The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus | Joel Chandler Harris |
Bufo the toad | The Kine Saga | A. R. Lloyd |
Bunda the Marsh Frog | The Kine Saga | A. R. Lloyd |
Dan'l Webster | The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County | Mark Twain |
Frog and Toad | Frog and Toad | Arnold Lobel |
Genesis Frog | Homestuck | Andrew Hussie |
Glubbslyme | Glubbslyme | Jacqueline Wilson |
Grandfather Frog | Thornton Burgess Bedtime Stories | Thornton Burgess |
Jeremy Fisher | The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher | Beatrix Potter |
Mr. Toad | The Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame |
Old Mr. Toad | Thornton Burgess Bedtime Stories | Thornton Burgess |
Oykamon | Mariel of Redwall | Brian Jacques |
Toad | The Animals of Farthing Wood | Colin Dann |
Trevor | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | J.K. Rowling |
Froggy | The Land of Stories | Chris Colfer |
Name | Comic/Manga | Creator |
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Genghis Frog | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Kevin Eastmen / Peter Laird |
Keronians | Keroro Gunso/Sgt. Frog | Mine Yoshizaki |
Pepe | Boy's Club | Matt Furie [7] |
Name | Television Show |
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Big Old Bullfrog | Bear in the Big Blue House |
Kermit the Frog | Sesame Street and The Muppet Show |
Robin, Kermit's nephew | The Muppet Show |
Leapovitch the Frog, | Jim Henson's Animal Show |
Mavis the Frog | Jim Henson's Animal Show |
Name | Musical piece | Artist | Notes |
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Crazy Frog | A frog who originated from ringtone TV spots for Jamba! and was later featured in a series of CGI-animated music videos where it covered well known pop hits. The character was insanely popular in the mid-2000s. |
Name | Game |
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Battletoads | Battletoads |
Slippy Toad | Star Fox |
Superfrog [8] | Superfrog |
KeroKeroKeroppi | Kero Kero Keroppi no Bouken Nikki , Kero Kero Keroppi no Daibouken , and Sanrio World Smash Ball! |
Pyribbit | Kirby Triple Deluxe |
Poison Croakom | Kirby and the Forgotten Land |
Name | Myth |
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Heqet | Egyptian mythology |
Kek | Egyptian mythology |
Jiraiya | Japanese folklore |
Tiddalik | Australian indigenous mythology |
Water leaper | Welsh folklore |
Loveland frog | American folklore |
Name | Notes |
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Crapaud | Heraldic beast |
Dat Boi | Internet Meme |
Pepe the Frog | Internet meme |
Coleman Frog | Fredericton giant famous frog |
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