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Frogger

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“ Frogger is a lean, green, bug-eating machine; the coolest and fastest frog in the pond. Known for his acrobatic moves and fearlessness, he has only one weakness: A childhood accident has left him deathly afraid of water. „
~ Official description from Swampy's Revenge

Frogger (フロッガー Furoggā?) is the main and titular protagonist of the Frogger series. He is a quick, agile and determined frog who is always in search for adventure. Despite his courage, however, he has one weakness: a childhood accident where he almost drowned left him deathly afraid of water. He was introduced in the 1981 arcade video game Frogger by Konami, which became an instant hit and saw ports on many gaming consoles and home computers.

Official bios

Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge

"Frogger is a lean, green, bug-eating machine; the coolest and fastest frog in the pond. Known for his acrobatic moves and fearlessness, he has only one weakness: A childhood accident has left him deathly afraid of water."

Frogger: The Great Quest

"Frogger is the cool character that you now control! He's on a quest to find the Princess of his dreams and to become her Prince. He has 3 magical gifts from the Fairy Frog Mother to aid him in his quest. He can also "spit" frog goobers to hit enemies and objects as well as bloat himself with air to float for extended distances from his jump."

—In-game description from the "Collection" menu

Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog

"Frogger is a happy-go-lucky frog who has yet to experience the real world. He is naïve in many ways, but he is also full of strength and courage. At times, Frogger's curiosity gets the better of him, so he needs to exercise caution and patience when dealing with things outside of Firefly Swamp."

Frogger's Journey: The Forgotten Relic

"Our adventurous hero. Frogger came all the way from Firefly Swamp to Kabohti to see his grandfather."

The Rescue, Helmet Chaos, Ancient Shadow

"Our hero, who somehow always gets thrown in the middle of a great adventure, is both courageous and adventurous (but also a little bit on the goofy side). Memories of an early near-drowning incident have left him scarred, and to this day, he does not swim."

Description

Frogger is a green, anthropomorphic frog. Best known as the namesake of the classic 1981 arcade game, he has gone on to star in a series of video games spanning numerous platforms. These games almost always involve hopping around on an invisible grid while avoiding obstacles and battling enemies by using what's available in his environment. Frogger is a registered trademark of Konami.

Personality

Frogger is generally a happy-go-lucky, kind-hearted, brave, and adventurous frog that cares deeply for his friends. He goes to great lengths to keep them tight and never takes his loyalty to them for granted. He occasionally shows a timid side when a good friend is in trouble such as when Lily got abducted in The Rescue or when he himself faces uncertain danger. However, he is too determined to easily give up on pursuing a mission. Once Frogger is suspicious that something is not right, he is quick to get to the bottom of it even if he discovers a more sinister plot along the way.

According to the instruction booklet for Helmet Chaos, the question, "Whoever heard of a frog that doesn't swim?" embarrasses him.

Character design

Over the course of his video game career, Frogger has undergone a series of design changes, some more drastic than the others. Frogger's initial appearance was that of a semi-regular-looking frog, with following titles following a similar design, though sometimes in a more cartoonish way.

Frogger's first major redesign took place in 2001 with the release of Frogger: The Great Quest, where he was given an anthropomorphic design along with an attire that consists of white t-shirt, a brown vest, and blue shorts.

In Frogger's Adventures: The Rescue from 2003, his look changed to a stronger appearance. As defender of Firefly Swamp, his many new adventures took him through many titles taking place in this universe that extended from 2001 to 2005, before a reboot in 2007 with the more kids-oriented title My Frogger: Toy Trials, bringing him back to his original design to some extent.

Another reboot took place in 2011 with the release of Frogger 3D for the Nintendo DS, with following titles usually portraying Frogger with unique designs each, but usually resembling more his original arcade game version.

Quotes

Frogger's Adventures: The Rescue

  • "I got to do this."
  • "Lumpy, you sound great! I'm happy to hear that. You had me worried for a while."
  • "If it's a foot race, I'm your frog."
  • "Oh, wow. That was such a rush, but I'm always happiest when I'm back home with my friends."

Other appearances

See also: References

As one of the more influential characters from the golden era of video games, Frogger has made numerous guest appearances and cameos in various forms of entertainment media, including not only games, but also films and TV series, often reenacting his appearance in the original Frogger arcade game.

Wreck-It Ralph

Frogger makes a cameo appearance along with Dig Dug and the Angel Kids in this film at the Game Central Station, hopping away from Ralph upon seeing him. His iconic 8-bit hopping noise can be heard as he hops away from Ralph.

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Trivia

  • Frogger's inability to swim (in certain games) is ironic because many real-life frogs are excellent swimmers.
    • To address this, many of Frogger's official profiles appearing on game manuals state that his hydrophobia originates from an accident he had when he was young where he almost drowned. The first game to state this was Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge.
    • Despite this canonical inability to swim, there are some games where Frogger can swim without any issues (ThreeeDeep!, The Great Quest, Frogger Advance).
    • Yet in a few other games (The Forgotten Relic), Frogger can overcome this phobia and be able to explore the bottom of the ocean by wearing a diving suit complete with a big glass helmet.
    • Older instruction manual descriptions (Atari 2600) instead state that Frogger can't swim because the river's current is too strong.
  • Despite Frogger's personality having evolved to become a lively, adventurous and justice-seeking character, at the beginning of many games, he can be found just relaxing, lying on a lounger and taking the sun outside his house in Firefly Swamp. This running gag is especially true for games from the 2003 to 2005 era (The Rescue to Helmet Chaos).
  • In Pop'n TwinBee, a game also by Konami, a mechanical frog-like boss named Furogga (Furoggā is the Japanese name for Frogger) is likely a reference to Frogger.
  • In Airforce Delta Storm, also by Konami, the Flogger J aircraft was localized to English as "Frogger J"; while this may just be a mistranslation due to the letters L and R sounding the same in the Japanese language, it is also possible that this was intentional to reference the character and series of the same name.

References

  1. ↑ By Scat in Frogger: The Great Quest.
  2. ↑ By Dr. Wani in a casual derogative manner in Frogger: Ancient Shadow.
  3. ↑ By Lucy in My Frogger: Toy Trials.
  4. ↑ By Lumpy.
  5. ↑ Frogger turns into a human after being kissed by Princess Joy in Frogger: The Great Quest. However, this status is not retaken in any of the sequels and is possibly considered non-canonical.
  6. ↑ Frogger: The Great Quest
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Frogger (Game Boy Color) | Revisional Differences

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