Frog and Toad

Frog and Toad

Updated Oct 18, 2020 at 07:38AM EDT by shevyrolet.

Added Apr 24, 2017 at 10:19AM EDT by Matt.

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About

Frog and Toad refers to a series of memes that feature illustrations from Arnold Lobel's children's book series Frog and Toad.

Origin

The characters Frog and Toad first appeared in author and illustrator Arnold Lobel's 1970 children's book, Frog and Toad are Friends.[1] Lobel published three more books featuring the eponymous character: Frog and Toad Together (1972), Frog and Toad All Year (1976), and Days with Frog and Toad (1979).


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On September 29th, 2010, redditor RocketRobinhood[2] posted the cover of Frog and Toad Together on /r/pics subreddit of with the words "FUCK THE POLICE" photoshopped underneath the characters riding a tandem bicycle. Before archiving, the post received more than 790 points (87% upvoted). In the thread, Redditor TheJeffAnema[3] made mention that this and other Frog and Toad images were a commonly found on 4chan, "Ever heard of 4chan /b/? I'm pretty sure I see this picture on there every time I venture over there."


F--- THE POLICE

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At the start of 2013, an image[7] (shown below, left) from the Frog and Toad Together began appearing on Tumblr with a comment from Tumblr user ambisgrus, which said, "No image has ever described my life quite so well." Although the original post is no longer available, the image has been shared thousands of times. A post from the Facebook group Tumblr Made Me Do It,[7] indicates that when the Tumblr account ruinedchildhood shared it, the post received more than 841,000 notes. On June 24th, Tumblr user Hotelmario[6] (shown below, right) posted a close up of Toad eating cookies with the caption "We must eat dongs." By April 2016, the post had received more than 35,800 notes.


"We must stop eating!" cried Toad as he ate another ambisagrus no image has ever described my life quite so well We must eat dongs

On May 7th, 2015, Instagram user @girlwithnojob[5] posted a photo from Frog and Toad Together in which the character eat cookies as Toad says "We must stop eating." @girlwithnojob captioned it "My life. In a photo." Within two years, the image had received more than 31,300 likes.


"We must stop eating!" cried Toad as he ate another.

The subreddit /r/frogandtoadmemes[4] launched on April 18th, 2017. Within the first week, the community had more than 1,100 subscribers.

Notable Examples


"Go to the Jedi Temple," said Toad. "Do what must be done." SAVAG E Toad "We must stop shitposting!" cried Toad as he shitposted again. AND NOTASINGLE F--- WAS GIVEN ON THAT DAY quickmeme com


"We must stop eating!" cried Toad as he ate another. "What the f--- do you think you're doing?” said Cookie Monster Dem lads have arrived Oh snap what be the news! George Washington crosses the Delaware River Christmas Day 1775, colourized

External References

[1] Wikipedia – Frog and Toad

[2] Reddit – Indeed, fuck 'em.

[3] Reddit – TheJeffAnema's Post

[4] Reddit – /r/frogandtoadmemes

[5] Instagram (via Wayback Machine) – @girlwithnojob's Photo

[6] Tumblr – Hotel Mario's Post

[7] Facebook – Tumblr Made Me Do It's Post

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