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Face Like a Frog
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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. | |
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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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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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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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Only Sane Man | |
Face Like a Frog / int_24321e44 | comment |
Only Sane Man: Max... to a point. | |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Eldritch Location | |
Face Like a Frog / int_9bee1a7f | comment |
Eldritch Location: The whole world Max occupies seems to be one. | |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ambiguously Evil / int_45464205 | |
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