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Face Like a Frog

159 statements
30 feature instances
4 referencing feature instances

Face Like a Frog	type	TVTItem
Face Like a Frog	label	Face Like a Frog
Face Like a Frog	page	FaceLikeAFrog
Face Like a Frog	comment	Face Like a Frog is a very surreal animated short made in 1987 by Sally Cruikshank (the same animator behind Quasi at the Quackadero). It's about a frog named Max who is enticed by a female frog named Gluey into entering a haunted house. Or something.It has a score by Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo. It can be seen in its entirety here.
Face Like a Frog	fetched	2023-08-30T06:14:45Z
Face Like a Frog	parsed	2023-08-30T06:14:45Z
Face Like a Frog	processingComment	Dropped link to DerangedAnimation: Not a Feature - ITEM
Face Like a Frog	isPartOf	DBTropes
Face Like a Frog / int_1b2b1d2c	type	Violation of Common Sense
Face Like a Frog / int_1b2b1d2c	comment	Violation of Common Sense: The short ends with Max being convinced to board a subway with Gluey that is going to Hell... solely because it has a stop at Miami Beach.
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Face Like a Frog / int_1b65dfad	type	The Cameo
Face Like a Frog / int_1b65dfad	comment	The Cameo: As mentioned below, Anita and Snozzi from the Quasi shorts are also passengers on the subway.
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Face Like a Frog / int_1ba8eb64	type	Visual Pun
Face Like a Frog / int_1ba8eb64	comment	Visual Pun: The word "HEX" is written atop Gluey's house. A hex on our house, indeed.
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Face Like a Frog / int_1e8f4221	type	Fingore
Face Like a Frog / int_1e8f4221	comment	Fingore: During "Don't Go in the Basement", when the lizard tries to press the elevator button for the basement, a bird bites his finger off.
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Face Like a Frog / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
Face Like a Frog / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Man: Max... to a point.
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Face Like a Frog / int_25c60be7	type	Only in Florida
Face Like a Frog / int_25c60be7	comment	Only in Florida: Apparently, Miami Beach is on the same subway line as Hell.
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Face Like a Frog / int_27a40541	type	Furry Confusion
Face Like a Frog / int_27a40541	comment	Furry Confusion: Gluey, an anthropomorphic frog, has a small, non-sentient alligator for a pet.
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Face Like a Frog / int_58977071	type	Creepy Jazz Music
Face Like a Frog / int_58977071	comment	Creepy Jazz Music: The soundtrack was done by Oingo Boingo, and it adds to the surreal imagery throughout the short. The music is especially jazzy in the number "Don't Go in the Basement", which is sung by a creepy lizard-like creature who seems to be wearing a suit.
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Face Like a Frog / int_59a9605d	type	Never Smile at a Crocodile
Face Like a Frog / int_59a9605d	comment	Never Smile at a Crocodile: Gluey keeps one as a pet.
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Face Like a Frog / int_6d7026fa	type	Punny Name
Face Like a Frog / int_6d7026fa	comment	Punny Name: Played with when it comes to Gluey. After introducing herself to Max, he says "I'll stick with you."
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Face Like a Frog / int_7f08fec3	type	The Fashionista
Face Like a Frog / int_7f08fec3	comment	The Fashionista: Gluey likes to change her clothes, a lot. "I have to change" "Don't change"
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Face Like a Frog / int_81867cc	type	Warning Song
Face Like a Frog / int_81867cc	comment	Warning Song: When Max tries to go into the Haunted House's basement (because the door says there's a phone down there, and he wants to call someone), a lizard man comes out of nowhere and sings the number "Don't Go in the Basement", which is all about the lizard ordering Max to stay out of the basement for vague reasons. At the end, we learn that the basement contains a train to Hell.
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Face Like a Frog / int_82accf22	type	Gainax Ending
Face Like a Frog / int_82accf22	comment	Gainax Ending: And beginning, and middle.
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Face Like a Frog / int_853b7948	type	Ambiguously Evil
Face Like a Frog / int_853b7948	comment	Ambiguously Evil: The lizard who sings "Don't Go in the Basement." He does a lot of evil-looking grins and other behaviors suggesting that he's up to something, and the song has all the creepy flair of a typical Villain Song... but he doesn't seem to do anything other than tell Max to stay out of the basement, and then say uh-uh at the end, when Max and Gluey go into the basement and take the train to Miami Beach.
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Face Like a Frog / int_95be648c	type	Creepy Basement
Face Like a Frog / int_95be648c	comment	Creepy Basement: An entire song is dedicated to how you must never go into it, but we never really find out why. The fact that it apparently has a subway that goes to Hell may have something to do with it, though.
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Face Like a Frog / int_9bee1a7f	type	Eldritch Location
Face Like a Frog / int_9bee1a7f	comment	Eldritch Location: The whole world Max occupies seems to be one.
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Face Like a Frog / int_9dab0a6e	type	Continuity Nod
Face Like a Frog / int_9dab0a6e	comment	Continuity Nod: Anita from Cruikshank's previous shorts Quasi at the Quackadero and Make Me Psychic makes a cameo at the end of the film.
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Face Like a Frog / int_a04eb363	type	Lizard Folk
Face Like a Frog / int_a04eb363	comment	Lizard Folk: A chameleon-like one sings a song instructing Max to avoid the basement.
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Face Like a Frog / int_b032e4ed	type	Ms. Fanservice
Face Like a Frog / int_b032e4ed	comment	Ms. Fanservice: Gluey parodies this.
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Face Like a Frog / int_b8dbbc07	type	Ink-Suit Actor
Face Like a Frog / int_b8dbbc07	comment	Ink-Suit Actor: The lizard who sings "Don't Go in the Basement" sports fiery red "hair" like Danny Elfman.
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Face Like a Frog / int_bd5ddcc4	type	Banister Slide
Face Like a Frog / int_bd5ddcc4	comment	Banister Slide: Max and Gluey start doing this at one point, though the stairs disappear and the banister very quickly just becomes a squiggle in space... Later on, the lizard sings about this in "Don't Go in the Basement":
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Face Like a Frog / int_bef696dd	type	Mind Screw
Face Like a Frog / int_bef696dd	comment	Mind Screw: Duh.
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Face Like a Frog / int_c6e0455d	type	Afterlife Express
Face Like a Frog / int_c6e0455d	comment	Afterlife Express: The basement contains a train to Hell... but it makes a stop at Miami Beach.
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Face Like a Frog / int_cdfe12c3	type	Nothing Is Scarier
Face Like a Frog / int_cdfe12c3	comment	Nothing Is Scarier: The lizard never explains why you shouldn't go into the basement.
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Face Like a Frog / int_dcbe8a6e	type	Chekhov's Gunman
Face Like a Frog / int_dcbe8a6e	comment	Chekhov's Gunman: It's easy to miss, but in the shot after the one where Max opens the "Family Tree" book, there is a painting on the wall depicting the singing lizard, a full minute before the lizard makes his official appearance to sing the musical number.
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Face Like a Frog / int_e32c80d9	type	Going Commando
Face Like a Frog / int_e32c80d9	comment	Going Commando: "And I'm not wearing underwear!"
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Face Like a Frog / int_ea7e8d30	type	Witch Classic
Face Like a Frog / int_ea7e8d30	comment	Witch Classic: One of the house's residents is a short frog in a dark purple dress and witch hat.
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Face Like a Frog / int_f9439c84	type	Haunted House
Face Like a Frog / int_f9439c84	comment	Haunted House: The central location of the short.
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Face Like a Frog / int_fc9b6be5	type	Foe Romance Subtext
Face Like a Frog / int_fc9b6be5	comment	Foe Romance Subtext: Danny Elfman's character is the closest thing the short has to an actual antagonist, and he gets quite intimate with Gluey. For that matter, Gluey isn't exactly opposed to his advances.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Face Like a Frog	hasFeature	Ambiguously Evil / int_45464205
Face Like a Frog	hasFeature	Creepy Jazz Music / int_45464205
Face Like a Frog	hasFeature	Short Film / int_45464205
Face Like a Frog	hasFeature	Warning Song / int_45464205

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