Michigan J. Frog

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Michigan J. Frog is a classic Warner Bros. cartoon character, best known as a top-hat-wearing frog who sings and dances extravagantly but only in front of the person who discovers him.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anthropomorphic frog
cartoon character
fictional character
animationDirectorOfDebut Chuck Jones NERFINISHED
animationStudio Warner Bros. Cartoons NERFINISHED
appearsIn Another Froggy Evening NERFINISHED
One Froggy Evening NERFINISHED
The WB network idents
Tiny Toon Adventures NERFINISHED
associatedWithFranchise Looney Tunes NERFINISHED
Merrie Melodies NERFINISHED
associatedWithStudio Warner Bros. NERFINISHED
characterArchetype trickster
characterType comic character
color green
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Chuck Jones NERFINISHED
Michael Maltese NERFINISHED
culturalStatus cult cartoon character
definingTrait appears ordinary and silent to everyone else
performs only for the person who finds him
eyeColor black
firstAppearance One Froggy Evening NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceYear 1955
gender male
hasCatchphrase Everybody do the Michigan Rag!
humorStyle situational irony
inspiredNetworkBranding The WB frog idents and promos
mascotEndYear 2006
mascotStartYear 1995
notableFor singing and dancing only in front of his discoverer
wearing a top hat and carrying a cane
originalMedium animated short film
productionCompanyOfDebut Warner Bros. Cartoons NERFINISHED
recognizedBy animation historians as one of the greatest cartoon shorts characters
settingOfDebut American city in the late 19th to early 20th century
shortFilmDebutRuntime approximately 7 minutes
signatureOutfit top hat
signatureProp cane
songPerformed Hello! Ma Baby NERFINISHED
Largo al factotum NERFINISHED
The Michigan Rag NERFINISHED
species frog
usedAsMascotFor The WB Television Network NERFINISHED
voiceType singing
writerOfDebut Michael Maltese NERFINISHED

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Chuck Jones directedCharacter Michigan J. Frog