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Encyclopedia > Frogs in popular culture

Frogs feature prominently in folklore and fairy tales in many cultures, such as the story of The Frog Prince, up to modern-day popular culture. They tend to be portrayed as benign, but ugly, and often clumsy, but also with hidden talents. Distribution of frogs (in black) Suborders Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia - List of Anuran families The frogness babe is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning tail-less from Greek an-, without + oura, tail), formerly referred to as Salientia (Latin saltare, to jump). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A fairy tale is a story, either told to children or as if told to children, concerning the adventures of mythical characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others. ... The Frog Asks To Be Allowed To Enter The Castle - Illustration For The Frog Prince by Walter Crane 1874 The Frog King (German: Der Froschkönig), also known as The Frog Prince, is a fairy tale, best known through the Brothers Grimms written version. ... Popular culture, sometimes abbreviated to pop culture, consists of widespread cultural elements in any given society. ...


Michigan J. Frog, featured in a Warner Brothers cartoon, will only perform his singing and dancing routine for his owner. Once another person looks at him, he will return to a frog-like pose, and begin calling. The Frog Prince is a fairytale of a frog who turns into a handsome prince once kissed. Slippy Toad, a character from the Star Fox series of computer games, is a talented mechanic, but mediocre pilot, who often ends up needing to be rescued by his team mates. Kermit the Frog, on the other hand, is a conscientious and disciplined character of Sesame Street and The Muppet Show; while openly friendly and greatly talented, he is often portrayed as cringing at the fanciful behaviour of more flamboyant characters. Michigan J Frog in the short One Froggy Evening. ... Warner Bros. ... The Frog Prince - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Slippy Toad is a fictional anthropomorphic frog (although often presumed to be a toad because of his name) character from the Star Fox series of video games. ... The Star Fox series ) is one of Nintendos many famous video game franchises. ... Kermit singing Bein Green in the first season of Sesame Street. ... Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ... The Muppet Show was a television program featuring a cast of Muppets (diverse hand-operated puppets, typically with oversized eyes and large moving mouths) produced by Jim Henson and his team from 1976 to 1981. ...


The theme of transfiguration of and into frogs also features prominently, as in The Frog Prince, but also in fantasy settings such as in the Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger videogames that sometimes include magic spells that turn people into frogs. The word Transfiguration means a changing of appearance or form. ... For other uses, see Fantasy (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Final Fantasy franchise. ... Chrono Trigger ) is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... The spell is a magical act intended to cause an effect on reality using supernatural means of liturgical or ritual nature. ...


Frogs are popular subjects of experimentation, as in scientific demonstrations of nerve action and diamagnetism, and cruelty, as in video games such as Frogger and Ribbit King. Frogger is an arcade game introduced in 1981. ... Ribbit King is a videogame released in June 2004 for PlayStation 2 and GameCube. ...


Frogs are also used as symbols of disgust due to their moist skin that can be perceived as slimey, and the sometimes repugnant secretions, especially of toads. In the Bible (Exodus 8) a plague of frogs is sent upon Egypt. For other uses, see Green slime (disambiguation). ... This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library. ... Exodus is the second book of the Torah, the Tanakh, and the Old Testament. ... The Plagues of Egypt (Hebrew: ), the Biblical Plagues or the Ten Plagues (Hebrew: ) are the ten calamities inflicted upon Egypt by God in the Biblical story recounted the book of Exodus, chapters 7 - 12, in order to convince Pharaoh[1] to let the Israelite slaves leave. ...


Frogs are eaten, notably in France. One dish is known as cuisses de grenouille, frogs' legs, and although it is not especially common, it is taken as indicative of French cuisine. Thus frogs are sometimes used to represent French people. French cuisine is considered to be one of the worlds most refined and elegant styles of cooking. ...

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Urban myths

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  • The behavior of frogs illustrating nonaction is a myth:
Take a pot of hot water and a frog. Throw the frog into the pot. What do you think will happen? The obvious, of course: the frog will jump out. Who likes hanging around in a pot of hot water? Now ... take a pot of cold water, put the frog in it, and place the pot on the stove. Turn on the heat. This time something different will occur. The frog, because of the incremental change in temperature, will not notice that it is slowly being boiled. (from "Life and Death in the Executive Fast Lane" by Manfred Kets de Vries)

Professor Doug Melton, Harvard University Biology Department, says, "If you put a frog in boiling water, it won't jump out. It will die. If you put it in cold water, it will jump before it gets hot -- they don't sit still for you."[1] See boiling frog for more discussion. Image File history File links Michigan J. Frog in the Looney Tunes short One Froggy Evening. ... Image File history File links Michigan J. Frog in the Looney Tunes short One Froggy Evening. ... Michigan J Frog in the short One Froggy Evening. ... The word mythology (from the Greek μυολογία mythología, from mythologein to relate myths, from mythos, meaning a narrative, and logos, meaning speech or argument) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use the supernatural to interpret natural events and... The boiling frog story states that a frog can be boiled alive if the water is heated slowly enough — it is said that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will never...

  • Frogs fall from the sky in various urban myths and notably in the movie Magnolia. This may derive from incidents when frogs are picked up by a tornado, or when a sudden migration of frogs happens overnight. This has also happened with fish.


Magnolia is a 1999 drama film, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. ... A tornado in central Oklahoma. ... For other uses, see Fish (disambiguation). ...


Frogs in Egyptian mythology

To the Egyptians, the frog was a symbol of life and fertility, since millions of them were born after the annual inundation of the Nile, which brought fertility to the otherwise barren lands. Consequently, in Egyptian mythology, there began to be a frog-goddess, who represented fertility, named Heget (also Heqet, Heket), meaning frog. Heget was usually depicted as a frog, or a woman with a frog's head, or more rarely as a frog on the end of a phallus to explicitly indicate her association with fertility. A flood (in Old English flod, a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow, float) is an overflow of water, an expanse of water submerging land, a deluge. ... The Nile (Arabic: , transliteration: , Ancient Egyptian iteru, Coptic piaro or phiaro) is a major north-flowing river in Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. ... Egyptian mythology or Egyptian religion is the succession of tentative beliefs held by the people of Egypt for over three thousand years, prior to major exposure to Christianity and Islam. ... Statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture For the 1934 film, see, see The Goddess (1934 film). ... In Egyptian mythology, Heget (also Heqet, Heka, Heka) was a goddess of death and childbirth, depicted as a frog, a woman with a frogs head, or a frog on the end of a phallus. ...


The Ogdoad are the eight deities worshipped in Hermopolis. They were arranged in four male-female pairs, with the males associated with frogs, and the females with snakes In Egyptian mythology, the Ogdoad are the eight deities worshipped in Hermopolis. ... Black siltstone obelisk of King Nectanebo II. According to the vertical inscriptions he set up this obelisk at the doorway of the sanctuary of Thoth, the Twice-Great, Lord of Hermopolis. ... Distribution of frogs (in black) Suborders Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia - List of Anuran families The frogness babe is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning tail-less from Greek an-, without + oura, tail), formerly referred to as Salientia (Latin saltare, to jump). ... Infraorders and Families Alethinophidia - Nopcsa, 1923 Acrochordidae- Bonaparte, 1831 Aniliidae - Stejneger, 1907 Anomochilidae - Cundall, Wallach & Rossman, 1993 Atractaspididae - Günther, 1858 Boidae - Gray, 1825 Bolyeriidae - Hoffstetter, 1946 Colubridae - Oppel, 1811 Cylindrophiidae - Fitzinger, 1843 Elapidae - F. Boie, 1827 Loxocemidae - Cope, 1861 Pythonidae - Fitzinger, 1826 Tropidophiidae - Brongersma, 1951 Uropeltidae - Müller, 1832...


Hapy, was a deification of the annual flood of the Nile River, in Egyptian mythology, which deposited rich silt on the banks, allowing the Egyptians to grow crops. In Lower Egypt, he was adorned with papyrus plants, and attended by frogs, present in the region, and symbols of it. Hapy, meaning runner, was a solar deity in Egyptian mythology, and the symbolisation of the annual flood of the Nile River, which deposited rich silt on the banks, allowing the Egyptians to grow crops. ... There is also Nile, a death metal band from South Carolina, USA. The Nile in Egypt Length 6 695 km Elevation of the source 1 134 m Average discharge 2 830 m³/s Area watershed 3 400 000 km² Origin Africa Mouth the Mediterranean Basin countries Uganda - Sudan - Egypt The... Egyptian mythology or Egyptian religion is the succession of tentative beliefs held by the people of Egypt for over three thousand years, prior to major exposure to Christianity and Islam. ... For other uses, see Papyrus (disambiguation). ...


Frogs in ancient Greek literature

  • The combat between the Frogs and the Mice (Batrachomyomachia) was a mock epic, commonly attributed to Homer.
  • The Frogs who wanted a King is a fable, attributed to Aesop. The Frogs prayed to Zeus asking for a King. Zeus set up a log to be their monarch. The Frogs protested they wanted a fierce and terrible king, not a mere figurehead. So Zeus sent them a Stork to be their king. The new king hunted and devoured his subjects (as many human kings also do).
  • The Frogs is a comic play by Aristophanes. The choir of frogs sings the famous line: "Brekekekh, koakh-koakh."

(Gr. ... For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... Aesop, as depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel in 1493. ... The Statue of Zeus at Olympia Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in Ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th century engraving Zeus (in Greek: nominative: Zeús, genitive: Diós), is... Greek Wikisource has original text related to this article: The Frogs Frogs (Βάτραχοι (Bátrachoi)) is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. ... Sketch of Aristophanes Aristophanes (Greek: , ca. ...

Frogs in media

Manga and anime

  • Sgt. Frog (Keroro Gunso)
    Sgt. Frog (aka Sergeant Keroro [ケロロ軍曹 "Keroro Gunsō"], portrayed by Kumiko Watanabe) is a humorous frog-like alien invader who winds up on Earth in the manga and anime series of the same name created by Mine Yoshizaki in 2004. Keroro licensed product merchandise is immensely popular on both sides of the Pacific.
  • Yokozuna is a Sumo-Wrestling Frog in the manga/anime series One Piece.
  • The character Jiraiya in the manga/anime series Naruto calls himself the Toad Hermit. He has an established blood contract with the toads and can summon them at any time. In the series, the giant Chief of the Toads is the powerful Gamabunta. His son is Gamakichi, whom Naruto saves from Gaara. This leads to Gamabunta helping Naruto to fight against Gaara.
  • Naruto owns a money-purse in the shape of a frog. He calls it "Gamma" in Japanese, "Froggy" in English.
  • The character Anita King in the manga series Read or Dream and the anime series R.O.D. the TV has an obsession with collecting frog-themed items such as stuffed toys and clothing with frog designs.

Image File history File links Froggunso. ... Image File history File links Froggunso. ... “Keroro” redirects here. ... Kumiko Watanabe , born October 7, 1965) is a seiyÅ« born in Chiba, Japan. ... Mine Yoshizaki (吉崎観音 Yoshizaki Mine, born December 2, 1971) is a manga artist who first started his career by making doujinshi based on video games. ... A coffee mug bearing the logo of a company or organization is a common example of product merchandising. ... Jiraiya ) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Naruto created by Masashi Kishimoto. ... Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump Shonen Jump BANZAI! Shonen Jump Weekly Comic Original run November 1999 – Ongoing No. ... In the anime and manga series, Naruto, summons are entities conjured up by the user to aid them in battle or to perform a technique that the summoner cannot perform as easily by themselves. ... Gaara ) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Naruto created by Masashi Kishimoto. ... Read or Dream (Shin Read or Die) is a manga about the Three Sisters Detective Agency, Anita King, Michelle Cheung and Maggie Mui. ... R.O.D.: The TV (2003) is a 26-episode TV anime series about the adventures of three paper-using sisters, Michelle, Maggie and Anita, who became the bodyguards of Sumiregawa Nenene, famous Japanese writer. ...

Restaurant

  • There is a grill/restaurant/bar called Senor Frog's, which is mainly Mexican themed. You can also buy merchandise, which has the mascot, Senor Frog, on most of the things.

Señor Frog’s is a Mexican-theme franchised infamous party scene[1] bar and grill in tourist destinations throughout Mexico, the Caribbean, South America, and the United States. ...

American comic books

  • King Solomon's Frogs appear in Marvel Comics.
  • Casper the Friendly Ghost, in his comic book, once met an enchanted Dragon and helped him to break the spell and return to what he really was - a frog. The kind-hearted spirit asked the amphibian if he would not prefer to remain a Dragon. The frog replied he would rather be what he really was.
  • In Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai, a good sorcerer named Sasuke (not to be confused with Sasuke in Naruto) rides a gaint frog when he goes to battle against Spider Demons.

King Solomons Frogs are two magical amphibians who were once in the service of Solomon, King of Israel, and are now in the service of TChalla, King of Wakanda. ... This article is about the comic book company. ... Casper the Friendly Ghost is the main character of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. ... For other uses, see Dragon (disambiguation). ... Usagi Yojimbo (Japanese: 兎用心棒 rabbit bodyguard,) is a comic book series created by Stan Sakai. ... Stan Sakai (born 1953) is a third-generation American of Japanese descent. ... Sasuke can refer to: The following people: The Great Sasuke — A Japanese professional wrestler. ... Sasuke can refer to: The following people: The Great Sasuke — A Japanese professional wrestler. ... Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump Shonen Jump BANZAI! Shonen Jump Weekly Comic Original run November 1999 – Ongoing No. ...

Literature

The Front page of booklet for The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County... Can A CON CON a CON? The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is an 1867 short story by Mark Twain. ... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[1] better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. ... The Frog Asks To Be Allowed To Enter The Castle - Illustration For The Frog Prince by Walter Crane 1874 The Frog King (German: Der Froschkönig), also known as The Frog Prince, is a fairy tale, best known through the Brothers Grimms written version. ... Viktor Vasnetsov The Frog Tsarevna 1918 The Frog Princess is a fairy tale that exists in many versions from several countries. ... A fairy tale is a story, either told to children or as if told to children, concerning the adventures of mythical characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others. ... For other uses, see Kiss (disambiguation). ... (Gr. ... (Helen) Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English author and illustrator, botanist, and conservationist, best known for her childrens books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit. ... Toad of Toad Hall is one of the play versions of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. ... The Wind in the Willows is a classic of childrens literature by Kenneth Grahame. ... Mowgli by John Lockwood Kipling (father of Rudyard Kipling). ... Embossed cover from the original MacMillan edition of The Jungle Book, 1894, based on art by John Lockwood Kipling (Rudyards father) For other uses, see The Jungle Book (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ... Chocolate Frog is an independent record label formed in 2001 by the singer Fish. ...

Film

  • Flip the Frog, star of an Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation. Also a character in some of Eric W. Schwartz's animations, inspired by the MGM character but with more anthropomorphism.
  • Tijuana Toads
  • Frog is a 1987 film featuring the frog Prince Giuseppe (aka Gus), voiced by Paul Williams[2].
  • 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.
  • In Spirited Away, the male workers at the bath-house Aburaya, where the main character Chihiro is employed, appear to be half-humanoid, half-frog hybrids, though one of the workers is a normal frog dressed in blue that can talk.
  • In the popular Flash Cartoon Awesome Dome, the mascot of the dome is a creature named Ugly the Frog.
  • In the poorly-known animated film Freddie as F.R.O.7, the title character is a prince transformed into a frog working as a secret agent.
  • The 2006 Little Red Riding Hood spoof, Hoodwinked, features an anthropomorphic frog, named Nicky Flippers, who is on the woods' police force.
  • In the documentary film An Inconvenient Truth, the boiling frog was cited as an allusion to the situation humans and global warming.
  • Meet the Robinsons features a swing band/mob group of genetically enhanced frogs, the group led by a frog named Frankie.
  • Jabba the Hutt in the Star Wars series looks like a frog and has a name that means "frog" in Yiddish.
  • In the Shrek series of films, Shrek's father-in-law is a King who used to be a Frog, and reverts to his Frog form. He dies, in fact, as a Frog.

Flip the Frog and his girlfriend. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... Eric W. Schwartz is an American cartoonist who is the creator of Sabrina Online, a furry webcomic, and Amy the Squirrel, an unofficial mascot for the famous Amiga computers. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Tijuana Toads was a series of 17 theatrical cartoons produced at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and released through United Artists. ... Paul Hamilton Williams (born September 19, 1940, in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American composer, songwriter, and actor. ... Le Bébête Show was a satirical puppet show shown on television. ...   IPA: (October 26, 1916 – January 8, 1996) was President of France from 1981 to 1995, elected as representative of the Socialist Party (PS). ... Spirited Away, originally known in Japan as Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi ), is an Academy Award winning 2001 film by the Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli, written and directed by famed animator Hayao Miyazaki. ... Freddie as F.R.O.7 is a 1992 British animated film written and directed by Jon Acevski. ... A depiction by Gustave Doré. Little Red Riding Hood is a famous folktale about a young girls encounter with a wolf. ... Hoodwinked! is an American computer-animated family comedy produced by Blue Yonder Films with Kanbar Entertainment. ... Anthropomorphism, also referred to as personification or prosopopeia, is the attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, forces of nature, and others. ... An Inconvenient Truth is an Academy Award-winning documentary film about climate change, specifically global warming, presented by former United States Vice President Al Gore and directed by Davis Guggenheim. ... Meet the Robinsons is a computer-animated film and the 46th animated feature produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. ... Jabba the Hutt is a fictional character in George Lucass science fiction saga Star Wars. ... Star Wars is an epic space opera saga and a fictional universe initially developed by George Lucas during the 1970s and expanded since that time. ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ... This article contains a plot summary that is overly long or excessively detailed compared to the rest of the article. ...

Television

Froggy the Gremlin was a character on the Smilin Eds Gang radio and TV show and later Andys Gang TV show in the 1940s and 1950s. ... Buster Brown is a comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard Felton Outcault which is known for his association with the Brown Shoe Company. ... The 1950s decade refers to the years 1950 to 1959 inclusive. ... Hoppity Hooper was an animated television series produced by Jay Ward in 1964, originally broadcast on ABC and later syndicated under the name Uncle Waldo. ... John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters created by Jim Henson and the company he created. ... Kermit singing Bein Green in the first season of Sesame Street. ... Robin The Frog Robin, sometimes known as Robin the Frog is a Muppet, created by Jim Henson and performed by Jerry Nelson. ... Warner Bros. ... Michigan J Frog in the short One Froggy Evening. ... Michigan J. Frog One Froggy Evening is an approximately seven-minute long Technicolor animated short film written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones. ... Adam Park is a fictional major character from the universe of the American childrens television franchise Power Rangers, played by Johnny Yong Bosch. ... Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is a live-action television and movie series, based on the Super Sentai series Kyōryū Sentai Zyu-Ranger, literally Dinosaur Task Force Beast Rangers and often abbreviated as ZyuRanger (after the Kunrei-shiki romanization). ... Dennis the Menace is a daily syndicated newspaper comic strip originally created, written and illustrated by Hank Ketcham since March 12, 1951, which made its debut in only 16 newspapers. ... Budweiser is an adjective in German describing something from the city ÄŒeské BudÄ›jovice (German: Budweis) in the Czech Republic. ... Dead Like Me is an American television comedy-drama starring Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin as grim reapers in Seattle, Washington. ... Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse was a childrens cartoon television show that was syndicated in 1960. ... Beavis and Butt-head was an American animated television series created by Mike Judge. ... Frog Baseball was a cartoon short created by Mike Judge and was the first cartoon to feature Beavis and Butt-Head. ... Kelloggs Sugar Smacks is a sweetened puffed wheat breakfast cereal. ...

Music

The Frogs are an American rock music band founded in 1980, in Milwaukee. ... Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area  Ranked 23rd  - Total 65,498 sq mi (169,790 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 310 miles (500 km)  - % water 17  - Latitude 42° 30′ N to 47° 05′ N  - Longitude 86° 46′ W to 92° 53′ W Population  Ranked... 1867 edition of the satirical magazine Punch, a British satirical magazine, ground-breaking on popular literature satire. ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ... For other uses, see Race (disambiguation). ... Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950, in Chobham,[1] Surrey, England) is an English musician. ... Alternate cover 2002 reissue cover Us is the sixth studio album (and ninth album overall) by British rock musician Peter Gabriel, originally released in 1992. ... redirect Victorian eramonkey ... An early 20th century post card documents the problem of unwanted pregnancy. ... Crazy Frog is an animated character used in the marketing of a ring tone based on The Annoying Thing, a computer animation created by Erik Wernquist. ... For the band, see Cartoons (band). ... There are various versions. ... Joy to the world is a song written by Hoyt Axton, and made famous by the band Three Dog Night. ... Three Dog Night is an American rock and roll band, best known for their work from 1968-1975 but still making live appearances as of 2007. ... Europop refers to a style of pop music that developed in Europe throughout the 1970s which emphasized catchy beats, slick songs and frothy lyrics. ... The Presidents of the United States of America are a Seattle grunge pop band best known for their quirky, often nonsensical songs that defied the typical sound of most bands from the Pacific Northwest at the time. ... This page is about the rock band. ... Peace Frog is a 1970 song by The Doors which appears their album, Morrison Hotel. ... This article is about the grunge band. ... Incubus (IPA: /ɪŋkjubÉ™s/) is a five-piece American alternative rock band based out of Calabasas, California. ... Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter and sometime Actor. ...

Video games

Battletoads was a video game franchise by Rare Ltd. ... Frog is a playable character in Squaresofts Chrono Trigger. ... Chrono Trigger ) is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. ... Frogger is an arcade game introduced in 1981. ... Centipede by Atari is a typical example of a 1980s era arcade game. ... The Atari 2600, released in October 1977, is the video game console credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... Ribbit King is a videogame released in June 2004 for PlayStation 2 and GameCube. ... “PS2” redirects here. ... The Nintendo GameCube , GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation era. ... This article is about the sport. ... Genera See text. ... Slippy Toad is a fictional anthropomorphic frog (although often presumed to be a toad because of his name) character from the Star Fox series of video games. ... The Star Fox series ) is one of Nintendos many famous video game franchises. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Beltino in Star Fox: Assault Beltino Toad is the Research Director for the Cornerian Defense Forces in the Star Fox series of video games and is also Slippy Toads father. ... SuperFrog is a 2D Platform game developed for the Amiga and then converted for PC, developed by Team 17 Software in 1993. ... Team 17 logo used on Amiga games Team17 Software is a video game company, which grew from 17Bit Software, an Amiga PD/Demo user-group in the late 1980s. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... The Sonic the Hedgehog series is a franchise of video games released by Sega starring their mascot character Sonic the Hedgehog. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Other characters in Sonic the Hedgehog. ... Poliwag Nyoromo in original Japanese language versions) is one of 493 fictional species of Pokémon in the Pokémon franchise. ... Poliwhirl (ニョロゾ Nyorozo in Japan, Quaputzi in Germany and Tetarte in France) is a Water Pokémon. ... Poliwrath (ニョロボン Nyorobon in Japan, Quappo in Germany and Tartard in France) is a fictional character from the Pokémon franchise. ... Politoed (ニョロトノ Nyorotono in Japanese, Quaxo in German and Tarpaud in French) is a fictional character of the Pokémon franchise. ... Croagunk , Gureggru in original Japanese language versions) are one of the 493 List of Pokémon – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards created by Satoshi Tajiri. ... Toxicroak , Dokurog in original Japanese language versions) are one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar[1] Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media, created by Satoshi Tajiri. ... The official Pokémon logo. ... This article is about the first game in the series. ...

Frogs in scientific demonstrations

A live frog levitates inside a 32 mm diameter vertical bore of a Bitter solenoid in a magnetic field of about 16 teslas at the Nijmegen High Field Magnet Laboratory. Movie
A live frog levitates inside a 32 mm diameter vertical bore of a Bitter solenoid in a magnetic field of about 16 teslas at the Nijmegen High Field Magnet Laboratory. Movie

Frogs have been featured in studies of diamagnetism in biological organisms. As such those organisms were submitted to a large magnetic field (several Teslas) produced by a Bitter electromagnet and found levitating due to the diamagnetic features of water (as well as any other substance that is). Apparently a frog was used for the following reason as described by a researcher: "We were amazed to find out that 90% of our colleagues did not believe that we were not joking that water can levitate. It became obvious to us that it was important to make scientists (as well as non-scientists) aware of the phenomenon. We levitated a live frog and other not-very-scientific objects because of their obvious appeal to a broader audience and in the hope that researchers from various disciplines, not only physicists, would never ever forget this often neglected force and the opportunities it offers."[3] Image File history File links Frog_diamagnetic_levitation. ... Image File history File links Frog_diamagnetic_levitation. ... A Bitter electromagnet or Bitter solenoid is a type of electromagnet made of metal plates and insulating spacers stacked in a helix configuration, rather than coils of wire. ... SI unit. ... Levitating pyrolytic carbon Diamagnetism is a form of magnetism that is only exhibited by a substance in the presence of an externally applied magnetic field. ... The tesla (symbol T) is the SI derived unit of magnetic flux density (or magnetic induction). ... A Bitter electromangnet is an electromagnet made of plates of metal rather than coils of wire. ...


Frogs in confectionery

Three Freddo Frog flavours: Strawberry, Dairy Milk and Milky White Freddo Frog advertisement from 1930 Cadburys Freddo Frog was invented in the 1930s by Harry Melbourne, an employee of MacRobertsons Chocolates. ... Crunchy Frog is a fictional type of confectionery originating from a Monty Python sketch. ... Monty Python, or The Pythons, is the collective name of the creators of Monty Pythons Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. ... In the fictional Harry Potter series, many magical objects exist for the use of the characters. ... For other uses, see Candy (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ...

Trivia

  • The French custom of eating frog legs is the 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.

A bag of frog legs from Vietnam. ...

See also

  • Ethnoherpetology

Ethnoherpetology is the study of the past and present interrelationships between human cultures and reptiles and amphibians. ...

References

  1. ^ Next Time, What Say We Boil a Consultant. Retrieved on 2006-03-10.
  2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162334/
  3. ^ http://www.hfml.ru.nl/froglev.html

Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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