Clyde Frog was one of Eric Cartman's stuffed toys along with Rumpertumskin, Polly Prissypants, Peter Panda, and Muscleman Marc. It was known as Eric's most favorite toy, as evidenced in "Die Hippie, Die", where he says a tearful farewell to Clyde Frog before he goes on a dangerous mission.
In some episodes, when Eric was alone, he would ask Clyde Frog for advice, and he seems to have seen the stuffed animal as a friend as seen in "Die Hippie, Die".
Background[]
Clyde Frog on South Park Studios.
Clyde Frog first appeared in the Season One episode, "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty S***". He was one of the stuffed animals at a tea party in Cartman's backyard. When Clyde Frog was asked by Eric what he thought about him, his reply was "I think you're a big fat piece of crap". In the episode "The Wacky Molestation Adventure" he is seen in Mayor Cartman's office, and in the episode "The Jeffersons", in the toy grab machine at Mr. Jefferson's house you can see Clyde Frog inside it in many scenes. Clyde Frog was torn apart in "Tonsil Trouble", when an enraged Kyle ripped Clyde's head off as payback when finding out that Cartman had infected him with HIV, but Clyde Frog makes an appearance in-tact in the Season Thirteen episode "Dances with Smurfs". In Season Fourteen DVD, Clyde Frog was in a deleted scene for "201". He is also seen in the basement in "The Last of the Meheecans".
He ends up dying in the episode "1%". However, he can be seen in the Coney Island Hotdog with Rumpertumskin in "City People" so it is possible that Cartman had replaced them with a duplicate.
In South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!, Clyde Frog is the trophy given to the player if they get a silver medal.
Death[]
Clyde Frog "died" in the Season Fifteen episode "1%". He was murdered at the hands of Cartman, where Clyde was sliced open and nailed against a tree. He pretended it was Polly Prissypants, after he was told to grow up and "killed" all of his stuffed dolls in a very dramatic way. He was the first out of Cartman's toys to "die".
Appearance[]
Clyde Frog is an anthropomorphic, stuffed frog. He has a green body, a pink mouth, and a red tongue. In "Cartman Joins NAMBLA", and in "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty S***", Clyde Frog's body was colored differently, it was more gray than green.
Prominence[]
- "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty S***" - Seen at Cartman's tea party.
- "Cat Orgy" - As Artemus Clyde Frog in Cartman's reenactment of the movie Wild Wild West.
- "Cartman Joins NAMBLA"
- "Fat Camp"
- "The Wacky Molestation Adventure" - Seen in Mayor Cartman's office.
- "Super Best Friends"
- "Professor Chaos"
- "A Ladder to Heaven"
- "The Jeffersons" - Clyde Frog toys are seen in the toy grab machine at Mr. Jefferson's house.
- "Die Hippie, Die" - Cartman tearfully bids farewell to Clyde Frog before exterminating the hippies.
- "Tonsil Trouble" - His head is ripped off by Kyle.
- "Dances with Smurfs" - Appears in the background of Cartman's morning announcement videos.
- "201" - Appears in a deleted scene.
- "The Last of the Meheecans" - Seen in the basement.
- "1%" - He is murdered along with the rest of Cartman's toys.
- "City People" - Seen in the background after Cartman and Liane bought Coney Island Hotdog, next to Rumpertumskin.
Movies[]
- South Park: Post Covid - Seen as a ragdoll on Hackelm Cartman's pacifier.
- South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid - Seen as a ragdoll on Hackelm Cartman's pacifier.
Trivia[]
- Clyde Frog is based on a character of the same name from a children's educational program from the early 1970s called The Clyde Frog Show.
- Clyde Frog's design vaguely resmbles Kermit the Frog from The Muppets.
- Cartman referred to him as "Artemus Clyde Frog" while playing Wild Wild West in the Season Three episode "Cat Orgy". As this was the first time Clyde Frog had been directly referenced, many viewers came to believe this was the toy's name. However, Cartman was merely referencing the character "Artemus Gordon" from the movie - he also referred to Polly Prissypants as "Salma Hayek" (who acted in the film) and to himself as "James West, cowboy and rap star" (Will Smith's character).
- Clyde Frog can be seen on the inside of the Low Forum Adidas Cartman shoes, with Polly Prissypants, Peter Panda, and Rumpertumskin.
- A lighter colored version of Clyde Frog can be seen in a claw machine at the Jefferson Residence in the episode "The Jeffersons".
International Names[]
| Language | Name | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| French | Monsieur Croa | Mr. Croa[note 1] |
Notes[]
- ↑ Onomatopoeia for croaking