Talk:Frogs in culture

Vandalism

Caught some today doing research about frogs in film. Someone typed "Penis!" in the end of the music section, fixed. Dasbrick 05:43, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Potential of this article

Article is really just a list of barely related facts at this point. Subject has potential, not realized.Bjones 16:49, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

I absolutely agree. However, it was also rather too much to remain in the Frog article, which, it was decided, should focus on the biology. - Samsara _contrib ^talk 16:53, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Frog character in Chihiro

Since we've got a few examples from Asian cultures in this article, we may want to expand on that. I seem to remember a frog-like character from Spirited Away aka Chihiro. Does anyone remember details of this? - Samsara _contrib ^talk 16:33, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Frogs and the French

I recall reading that the origin of "Frog" as an appellation for the French was an aristocratic analogy of themselves as frogs and the peasantry as toads, rather than the place of frogs' legs in French cuisine. I can't find a source right now so I haven't edited the article, but it may be worth looking at. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.70.80.115 (talk) 18:03, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

We don't eat frogs, anyway (they are quite tricky to catch after all). Arronax50 (talk) 00:30, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Moving Content

The following was in the Frog article, which is far too full already. I am currently cleaning it out, and will add this to this article if I get the time. If I don't, here it is if someone else feels proactive. --liquidGhoul (talk) 11:36, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

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Frogs and the French

Though not especially common, the French dish known as cuisses de grenouille (frog legs), is taken as indicative of French cuisine. This is a possible source of the English use of the derogatory nickname "frogs" for French people. It may also stem from the fact that, before they adopted the Fleur de Lis as their symbol, the frog served as an avatar for the French kingdom.

In the 80's, the French satirical version of the Muppet Show, named Le Bébête Show, portrayed socialist president François Mitterrand as Kermitterand in reference to Kermit the Frog.

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References

Romani and frogs

The Romani consider frogs bearers of bad luck, and will try to avoid them at all costs. In fact, some individuals use pottery frogs with that intent - perhaps someone may develop this with other sources but a newspaper article? 2.80.1.45 (talk) 09:03, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Please restore the Section on Frogs in Popular Music

• "Did you ever hear about the frog who dreamed he was a king, and then became one?" Neil Diamond.
• "I'm in love with a big blue frog." Joan Jett, the Muppets, etc.
• "Jeremiah was a Bullfrog." Das Baz, aka Erudil 04:19, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Frogs in video games

In the introductory paragraphs, frogs in video games are briefly mentioned as subjects of cruelty. While this may be true of Ribbit King (which I understand to be a type of golf with frogs for golf balls), I do not see that this is the case with the classic Frogger.

In Frogger, one assumes the role of the frog and one's objective is to navigate across a heavy traffics road from one side to the other. The win-state, which through basic design is implied as being the optimal outcome, is to survive the journey across the road.

One is not coaxing or coercing the frog to traverse the road, nor is one violently forcing it to. One assumes direct control of the frog, meaning that within the game-world, the players is the frog. A natural empathy occurs through this, and not only would I thusly argue that Frogger not only doesn't feature frogs merely as subjects of cruelty, but that it serves as an emergent narrative about how difficult it can be for a frog to live surrounded by a human world.

For these reasons, I ask that a suitably qualified Wikipedian rectifies this mistake by rewording the phrase in question. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.114.162.13 (talk) 22:05, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Possible update: Portland Frog / Operation Inflation

See Operation Inflation for possible updates to this article. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 18:25, 24 October 2025 (UTC)