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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]
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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 | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Baron Silas Greenback | Danger Mouse | (voiced by Edward Kelsey): The recurring villain and Danger Mouse's archenemy; a toad with a wheezy voice, although, sometimes, he was referred to as a frog. Known as Baron Greenteeth in the unbroadcast pilot episode. Commonly known as the "Terrible Toad". In America, "Greenback" is slang for dollar bill in many regions, adding to the sense of his commercial greed. Allegedly, he turned to a life of crime as a schoolboy when other children stole his bicycle and let all the air out of its tyres. |
| 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] |
| Bullfrag | Ben 10: Omniverse | The Incursan transformation of Ben Tennyson, which resembles a humanoid frog with black sunglasses. |
| Bullfrog | Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix | An anthropomorphic French frog and member of the Brotherhood of Assassins |
| Byonko | Zatch Bell! | A mamodo frog who serve the main villain Milordo-Z. He have a yellowish-green spellbook and a slime-based spells. |
| Chauncey "Flat-Face" Frog | Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse | The recurring arch-enemy who appears in nearly every episode, Chauncey is a chortling, cigar-smoking, derby-hatted criminal mastermind whose voice was based on Edward G. Robinson. Voiced by Johnny Holliday, who also composed the show’s theme music. |
| Demetan | Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog | Titular hero in the 39-episode series. |
| Dr. Slick and the Street Frogs | The Comic Strip (TV series) | A group of hip hop frogs who are trying to make it big in the rap industry. They are led by Dr. Slick and star in a segment in the series. |
| Croaker (Frog) | Maya the Bee | A green frog who lives in the pond with green eyes, long tongue, and one of the main antagonists. |
| 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 |
| Gamatatsu | Naruto | A frog Gamatatsu is Gamakichi's brother. He is a bit on the dim-witted side and when he is summoned, all he is concerned with is where he can find food. He has a very short attention span and is often oblivious to the danger around him, but despite that he does have a caring heart and will help out if he can. |
| Gamakichi | Naruto | Gamakichi is one of Gamabunta's children. He is a lot smaller than his father but he is more sociable. Though he is a little rough around the edges, Gamakichi is quite witty and sometimes a bit of a smart-ass. |
| Gamabunta | Naruto | Gamabunta is the chief toad of Mt. Myōboku and father of Gamakichi and Gamatatsu. He serves as the main summon of Master Jiraiya, with the attitude of an old yakuza gangster. Though once his respect is earned, he becomes a valuable ally in combat. |
| Prince Fredric | Freddie as F.R.O.7 | A prince who, after discovering his parents were killed by an evil enchantress is transformed into a frog. |
| 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. |
| Hoppity Hooper | Hoppity Hooper | a plucky frog who often gets into misadventures with his friends as they try to seek fortune through jobs and schemes. |
| 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. |
| Jean-Bob | The Swan Princess | A French frog who mistakenly believes he is a prince. Voiced by John Cleese. |
| Jelly | Breadwinners | Swaysway and Buhdeuce's pet frog |
| Kermit the Frog | Muppet Babies | An animated cartoon baby version of the puppet character Kermit the Frog, the pragmatic Everyman protagonist |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Mr Witherspoon | BoJack Horseman | |
| Tiana and Prince Naveen | The Princess and the Frog | Two characters who are magically turned into frogs. |
| Princess Attea and Emperor Milleous | Ben 10: Omniverse | They are the rulers of the Incursians, a race of bloodthirsty, warmongering aliens with the appearance of anthropomorphic frogs. |
| 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. |
| Toro and Pancho | Tijuana Toads | 2 toads who try to catch their prey to no avail. |
| Toadborg | Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars | A large, purple cyborg toad who is second-in-command under the series' main antagonist, KOMPLEX. Toadborg was a new character created for the animated TV show and did not appear in the original Continuity Comics series. |
| Tubb | Rubbadubbers | A male anthropomorphic pink toy frog with a Scottish accent; de facto leader of the Rubbadubbers and has a cotton swab for his prize possession. |
| Typhoon Toad | The Comic Strip (TV series) | An anthropomorphic toad and the town's DJ who's also a friend of the Street Frogs. |
| Name | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Genghis Frog | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Kevin Eastmen / Peter Laird |
| Throg | Thor | Walt Simonson |
| Keronians | Keroro Gunso/Sgt. Frog | Mine Yoshizaki |
| Pepe | Boy's Club | Matt Furie[7] |
| Name | Television Show |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||
| Jeremiah (Bullfrog) | Joy to the World | Three Dog Night | Referred to in "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night: "Jeremiah was a bullfrog. Was a good friend of mine. Never understood a single word he said but I helped him drink his wine." |
| Name | Game | Frogger | Atari | 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! |
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Crapaud | Heraldic beast |
| Dat Boi | Internet Meme |
| Pepe the Frog | Internet meme |
| Coleman Frog | Fredericton giant famous frog |
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