History Main / BewitchedAmphibians

* Witches and Wizards alike in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' can do this, but tend not to because it takes a lot of effort. Granny Weatherwax, particularly, prefers to simply make the victim ''think'' they've been transformed.

** In ''Discworld/WitchesAbroad'', the witch [[spoiler: Lily Weatherwax]] inverted this trope, turning a frog into a prince so he could rule as a figurehead under her control.

* One early {{Dilbert}} [[http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1990-05-24/ arc]] has him dating a witch who turns him into a frog to get rid of an annoying fly.

-> '''Peasant''': [[BlatantLies Well, she turned me into a newt]]!......................I got better!

-> '''Peasant''': [[BlatantLies She turned me into a newt]]!

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'', the little witch who lives in the woods seems only to make spells that [[BalefulPolymorph turns the victim/customer]] [[EverythingsWorseWithBears into a bear]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'', the little witch who lives in the woods seems only to make spells that [[BalefulPolymorph turns the victim/customer]] [[Everything'sWorseWithBears into a bear]]

* In ''Disney/{{Brave}}'', the little witch who lives in the woods seems only to make spells that [[BalefulPolymorph turns the victim/customer]] [[Everything'sWorseWithBears into a bear]]

* In ''Disney/Brave'', the little witch who lives in the woods seems only to make spells that [[BalefulPolymorph turns the victim/customer]] [[Everything'sWorseWithBears into a bear]]

* In ''CrashBandicoot3Warped'', getting hit by a wizard's "energy blast" in Medieval stages turns him into a frog, costing you a life.

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* In ''OBrotherWhereArtThou'', a retelling of ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', Delmar is at one point convinced the three "sirens" (seductive washerwomen) have done this to Pete. In fact, they've turned him in to the authorities.

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* In ''Disney/TheBlackCauldron'', Fflewddur Fflam gets turned into a frog by one of the witch sisters who wants to eat him, but he gets changed back by the one who has a crush on him.
* ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', naturally. Both main characters get turned into frogs by [[BigBad Dr. Facilier]].
* In ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} Shrek the Third]]'', King Harold gets turned [[InvertedTrope back]] into a frog after being turned into a human by the Fairy Godmother.

* Frog in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' got his moniker and his shape from Magus, the DiscOneFinalBoss, who saw the young Glenn as a harmless foe and wanted to humiliate him. If [[spoiler: you let Frog kill Magus in the DuelBoss near the end of the game, he will have reverted to his original form by the end credits]].

* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has a CLEESH spell which transforms the target into a random amphibian.

** In ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'', Lord Vetinari spends most of the book as a small yellow lizard after refusing to submit to the Sourcerer.

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* In ''Literature/CharmedLife'', Gwendolyn turns one of the maids into a toad, having previously claimed that her bulging eyes make her look like one already.

---> '''Ridcully:''' Oh, ''please'' sue the University! We've got ''ponds'' full of people who've tried to sue the University!

Whether the victim [[NoOntologicalInertia turns back when the spellcaster dies]] varies.

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* In Disney/{{The Black Cauldron}}, Fflewddur Fflam gets turned into a frog by one of the witch sisters who wants to eat him, but he gets changed back by the one who has a crush on him.
* ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', naturally. Both main characters get turned into frogs by [[BigBad Dr. Facilier]].

* Whenever the various sorcerers of ''the {{Belgariad}}'' are in trouble, the first thing nearby {{muggles}} suggest is that they transform the enemy into [[BalefulPolymorph something harmless]], usually with a mystical hand gesture. Polgara once turned a Cherek king into a man-sized frog so that he would take her seriously.
* Witches and Wizards alike in the ''{{Discworld}}'' can do this, but tend not to because it takes a lot of effort. Granny Weatherwax, particularly, prefers to simply make the victim ''think'' they've been transformed.

** In ''Going Postal'', one of the bankers threatens to sue Unseen University in the heat of the moment. Archchancellor Ridcully's reply?

** In ''[[{{Discworld}} The Wee Free Men]]'', the toad who joins forces with Tiffany and the pictsies used to be a human lawyer, until he helped a client sue her own fairy godmother. Bad move.
* Morwen, the resident good witch in ''the EnchantedForestChronicles'', is offended at the suggestion, although she considers doing it to Arona Vamist because he irritates her so much. Her cats encourage it as they want something to play with.

* [[TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]] has jokingly threatened to turn people into toads. Though it's an empty threat as unwilling transformations are against the White Council's laws.
* In Pamela Dean's ''Secret Country'' books, a character uses "Shan can turn you into a toad!" as an expression of annoyance, referring to a legendary wizard named Shan.

* In ''[[{{Dragaera}} Yendi]]'', it's mentioned that Sethra Lavode, one of the world's most powerful sorcerers, sometimes turns intruders into jhegaala. The jhegaala is an animal that metamorphoses repeatedly in its life, but resembles a toad at one of its life-stages. Also, the Sorceress in Green threatens to turn Vlad into a newt in the same novel; his retort is a ShoutOut to the Crowner, above.

* TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms got some of this: From the introduction of ''Volo's Guide to All Things Magical'', 2 ed. --
-->'''Elminster''': To readers who trust in the sword or the dagger and hope to find in these pages a guide to how to lay mages low, I tender the following piece of very good advice: "Wizards? Avoid 'em. Life's better when ye're not a frog." That anonymous trail saying of the Sword Coast lands has been around a long, long time, but it is best never forgotten--if ye take my point.

* ''DungeonsAndDragons'' ForgottenRealms setting, supplement ''Pages from the Mages''. During the course of a feud between the wizards Phelpar of Rassatan and Selvar of Taruin, Phelpar turned Selvar into a frog. Selvar had to hop many miles to reach a cave where he had hidden a cache of magic that could return him to normal.
* In the 5th and 6th editions of ''{{Champions}}'', the superheroine Witchcraft is built as a standard superhero-mage ... but has a spell to turn people into frogs. One of the "cure" conditions is even being kissed.

** In FinalFantasyIX, Regent Cid was tranformed into an Oglop by his wife as a punishment for infidelity. Dr Tot attempts to concoct a potion that will restore him to human form... which turns him into a frog instead.

* ''WorldOfWarcraft'' plays this straight as an arrow with the Shamans' Hex ability. Mages get [[BalefulPolymorph something similar]], but it turns their targets into sheep...or monkeys, penguins...you get the idea.

* In ''Escape From VideoGame/MoonbaseAlpha'', Deadly Doris (an animated television set, possibly inspired by Evil Edna in ''WillowTheWisp''), has a chance of turning the player into a frog when she attacks.

* In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestV'', the witch in the forest has turned numerous people into frogs, and can turn Graham into a frog as well.

* In ''DungeonKeeper'' wizards and similar creatures get turned into a frog and back while being tortured.

* ''KingdomOfLoathing'' has a CLEESH spell which transforms the target into a random amphibian.

* An {{Inversion}} in the {{Simpsons}} Treehouse of Horror parody of HarryPotter: students are expected to turn frogs (presumably of original frog descent) into princes.

* In a FracturedFairyTale from ''RockyAndBullwinkle'' a princess finds a prince which has been turned into a frog. He wants her to kiss him to turn him back into a prince but she refuses. "A talking frog! I'll make a fortune!"

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} Shrek the Third]]'', King Harold gets turned [[InvertedTrope back]] into a frog after being turned into a human by Fairy Godmother.

* ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', naturally. Both main characters get turned into frogs by Facilier.

* An odd example (subverted inversion?) is in ''VideoGame/Glover''. You can cast the frog spell onto witches, but they will reverse the spell right back at you.

** In FinalFantasyIX, Regent Cid was tranformed into an Oglop by his wife as a punishment for infidelity. Dr Tot attempts to concoct a potion that will restore him to human form... which turns him into a frog instead.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyDimensions'':
** The witch Styx turns the world-famous bard Eduardo into a frog after promising him a way to be together with the mermaid he loves. The spell is only broken by [[TrueLovesKiss the mermaid's kiss]], with the twist being [[spoiler: that the mermaid is actually his mother and the kiss is on the forehead.]]
** There is also a dungeon where the party must turn themselves into frogs to proceed, probably as a deliberate MythologyGag to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII''.

In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'', the witch protagonist Charlotte learns how to cast a Toad Morph on herself and Jonathan to aid their progress. Backtracking with the spell is required to reach the best ending.

Almost the first thing that [[EverybodyKnowsThat everybody knows]] about WizardsAndWitches is that they [[BalefulPolymorph turn people into amphibians]]: usually FrogsAndToads, with the occasional salamander, although the exact form varies. It's their standard party trick, the sorcerous equivalent of [[PullARabbitOutOfMyHat pulling a rabbit out of a hat]]. This is so well-known that anybody faced with a WickedWitch is likely to beg her not to do this, at which point she'll probably do something much worse instead.

Whether the victim [[NoOntologicalInertia turns back when the spellcaster dies]] varies. Note that, while several species of ''real'' amphibian have skin that's [[KillerRabbit poisonous to the touch]], this trope generally assumes the finished product is both harmless and defenseless.