Talk:Frogs in popular culture

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[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Rename article?

Shouldn't this article be called "Frogs in culture"? It contains sections on the Bible, and I wouldn't call that popular. It also restricts the scope of the article, as frogs have been part of culture for a long time. --liquidGhoul 13:20, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi liquidGhoul. The reason for the choice was to avoid the term "culture", which can refer to domestication and husbandry and is thus confusing. I'm happy to change the name to something more general, but I oppose the phrase "Frogs in culture" for that purpose. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 18:10, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hopkin_Green_Frog

does it deserve mentioning as an internet phenoenon ? —This unsigned comment was added by 83.24.12.124 (talk • contribs) 19:10, 27 March 2006.

I'd say no. It does not seem significant. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 18:05, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)


[edit] 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.[1]

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.