This article is about the real-world species. For the enemy fromYoshi's Story, seeFrog (Yoshi's Story). For thepest fromLuigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, seeFrog (Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon).

Frog
Artwork fromSuper Mario Odyssey
First appearance	Super Mario Kodansha manga (Super Mario Kart 1) (1993)
Latest appearance	Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)
Derived subjects Bopping Toady Coin Coffer Frogog Frogoon Frog (Yoshi's Story) Frog Pirate Jumper Hopgoon Horned frog Kleptoad Lump Malodorous Fibbian Pea Frog Ribbite Rolling Frog
Relatives Tadpole
Notable members Frog Sage Frogfucius' Student Soundfrog Wart Winky

Frogs appear in theSuper Mario franchise with varying roles. The first appearance of an anuran creature in aSuper Mario game wasSuper Mario Bros. 2, which marked the debut ofWart, though non-sapient generic frogs would first appear inSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island as minor interactive elements.

History[edit]

Yoshi franchise[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island /Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]

InSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island andYoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, green and brown frogs appear as ambient species. They mainly inhabit wet climates, such asWorld 3. They are seen hopping continuously in one direction, switching directions wheneverYoshi approaches them. They can disappear by jumping into a body of water. However, they will respawn in their initial spot after Yoshi leaves and returns in their area. Additionally,Frog Pirates are a larger variety of frogs that grabBaby Mario using their tongues if a Yoshi approaches. The mid-boss of this world is known asFroggy. Unlike the other bosses, this one does not get altered by Kamek's magic.

Yoshi's Crafted World[edit]

Yoshi standing on a frog

Origami frogs appear inYoshi's Crafted World in the levelHoppin' Higher. In this game, they constantly jump in one spot. If Yoshiground pounds them, they hop higher.

Mario Party 2[edit]

InMario Party 2, in the ending cutscene played after finishing a game onHorror Land,Wizard Bowser turns a greenKoopa Troopa into a frog. However, the winner of the game then appears to turn the Koopa back to normal and engages in a duel against Wizard Bowser. Bowser loses and gets turned into a frog himself before hopping away.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]

Frog Sage

Frogfucius' Student

InSuper Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, two friendly non-playable characters, theFrog Sage andhis student, and two enemies,Frogog andRibbite, are sentient frogs. The Frog Sage resides atTadpole Pond, watching over theTadpoles that also live there, and providesMario's party with information, while his student can be found at theelder's house inSeaside Town andexchanges items forFrog Coins.

Frogs begin their lives as Tadpoles, just as in the real world.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

In an E3 demo ofPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door,Hooktail had a strong dislike toward frogs. In the final release, while Hooktail is still afraid of frogs in other translated versions of the game, the English version was changed and she was given a hatred of crickets instead. In theNintendo Switch remake, Hooktail now has a weakness to frogs in all versions of the game.

Diddy Kong Racing /Diddy Kong Racing DS[edit]

InDiddy Kong Racing andits Nintendo DS remake, several frogs live in the pond in the hub. One of these frogs, who has a tell-tale red crest upon its head, is actuallyDrumstick, who has been put into frog form byWizpig. He can be freed if the player runs over him with a car.

Super Mario Odyssey[edit]

Mario as a captured frog

Small, harmless frogs appear inSuper Mario Odyssey, where they can be found inBonneton,Lake Lamode,Honeylune Ridge, and theDarker Side. They can becaptured by Mario andCappy, and are the first captureable beings in the game. As such, capturing a frog inTop-Hat Tower of the Cap Kingdom for the first time plays a special cutscene as Mario enters the frog. Frogs only move within a small area with tiny hops, and occasionally jump. Additionally, in Top-Hat Tower, percussion instruments are added to the music whenever a frog is captured, and Mario can jump on the frogs to receive acoin. Some frogs wear small top hats, which is noted by a souvenir description to be a defense mechanism. These hats have to be knocked off to capture them, which can be done with an initialCap Throw or by jumping on them.

When captured, frogs move somewhat slowly by default but candash by holding or. While a frog can already jump quite high, the player can shake their or to perform a High Jump, which has the frog do a back flip as it goes even higher. Mario can defeatMini Goombas by simply running into them while being a frog, due to how they move with hops. Frogs are so light they do not weigh down platforms that sink while Mario stands on them. Frogs can swim on the surface of water without sinking. Frogs cannot unearthrocks.

APlush Frog is a souvenir for the Cap Kingdom. According to the Moon Kingdom brochure, the frogs there were brought by the Moon's first pioneers; seeing a "Moon Frog" is said to be a good omen.

In this game, the frogs resembleJapanese tree frogs.

Gallery[edit]

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  Super Mario Kart 1

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  Puzzle fromMario's Picross

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  Model fromDiddy Kong Racing

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  Mario Party Advance

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  Artwork fromLuigi's Mansion Arcade

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  Artwork fromSuper Mario Odyssey (captured frog)

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  Artwork fromSuper Mario Odyssey (captured frog)

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  Artwork fromSuper Mario Odyssey (captured frog)

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  Crazy Cap icon fromSuper Mario Odyssey (Plush Frog)

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  Dialogue sprite fromSuper Mario Odyssey

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  Screenshot fromSuper Mario Odyssey

Names in other languages[edit]

References[edit]

Frog coverage on otherNIWA wikis:

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Nookipedia

Zelda Wiki

• Amphibians
• Earth animals
• Forms
• Capturable
• Diddy Kong Racing
• Donkey Kong species
• Super Mario Odyssey species
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars species
• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island species