Comment on Also literally known as the Horror Frog

ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Smoogs@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m pretty sure its the other way around: this frog would have been the inspiration for the character.

  animals often are. especially unusual ones.

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  • Binturong@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Maybe the other animal named just wolverine was the inspiration too…

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    • Smoogs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      a combo. Pretty sure wolverines don’t break their own bones to grow knuckles

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      • Binturong@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Well the comic character also doesn’t do that, so that kinda is my point actually. Maybe we can compromise on Wolverfrog.

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  • OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Actually, the name wolverine frog is a direct reference to the comic book character.

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    • Smoogs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      frog has been around well before the comic book character.

      the character trait idea could have come from the frog. authors do this all the time

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      • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Do you think it’s been called “wolverine frog” since the moment it existed?

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      • OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Well yeah, the frog has been around. The name Wolverine frog is more recent than that though. More frequently it’s called a hairy frog.

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