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Hopkin Green FrogHopkin green frog was an Internet phenomenon, begun by the finding of a small flyer penned, apparently, by a child. In response to the childlike phrasing and amusing wording of the original flyer, countless Photoshopped clones were created. The original flyer, and its many clones, are archived at lostfrog.org. The text of the flyer reads: - if I looking for frog
- him name is hopkin green frog
- I lost my frog
- Love, Terry
- P.S. I'll find my frog
- Who took my frog
- Who found my frog
Also included are the author's phone number and address, and crude side- and front-on drawings of a frog. The phone number on the flyer has been edited in most Internet versions to be incomplete, though originally it had the proper seven digits. The actual origins of the flyer were researched by an independent blogger, who lends some light onto the subject of Hopkin on his own blog. The article is located at http://mike.whybark.com/archives/001951.html. According to his research, Hopkin Green Frog was never a real frog, but was a small stuffed toy. Hopkins the frog, as he was properly named, was offered in McDonalds Happy Meals in December 2001 as part of an assortment of eight different animals to promote Toys 'R' Us stuffed toy line, Animal Alley. Reportedly, the young man who penned the flyer was a sixteen-year-old who suffered from autism. He has a new frog. The original story of the discovery of the Hopkin Green Frog flyer can be found at http://www.livejournal.com/users/citizenkafka/57348.html. External Links #"Him Name is Hopkin Green Frog" is a flash animation by Shmorky made for the website Something Awful; it parodies the letter as if it were a mystery story.
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