History VideoGame / FrogFractions

* {{Feelies}}: None exist, obviously, this being a free browser game, but the [[spoiler:text adventure game segment]] identifies the "out of order" sign as being the one included in the non-existent box.

* InMemoriam:
-->''In memory of Beard #2''\\
''2007-2012''

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:The villain turns out to be the original Hop, who mass-produced clones of himself to regain some excitement in his life.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Like a Billion]]''[[http://twinbeardstudios.com/frog-fractions Frog Fractions]]'' is a Flash Game from Twin Beard Studios that parodies the everloving hell out of {{Edutainment Game}}s, among other things.

* SuperOCD: Toby, who finds enjoyment in organizing junk drawers, and is always seen with a Rubik's Cube-esque puzzle at hand.

* ExpositionFairy: Your assistant in Glittermitten Grove. She sticks around once it becomes [=TXT=] World.

* OddlyNamedSequel: Released under the name ''Glittermitten Grove'' to [[StealthSequel hide its connection to the first game.]]

** ''Videogame/{{ZZT}}'' for the main interface of "TXT World"
** One room features the blinking text "[[Videogame/{{Adventure}} Created by Warren Robinett]]". The bridge from the same game is also a crucial and similarly game-breaking item.

* StealthSequel: In probably one of the most nonsensical ways imaginable, ''Frog Fractions 2'' was stated from the beginning of its Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign to not have a "normal" release, with the game intended to not have ''any'' elements hinting at it being a sequel. The insane AlternateRealityGame that ensued, in which players connected various real-world incidents to pieces of online paper trails, had the end-goal of revealing the "location" of ''Frog Fractions 2''; the ZZT World game hidden in ''Glittermitten Grove'', a game released by a ''completely different developer unrelated to Twinbeard'', was revealed to be where the sequel was.[[spoiler:.. except Twinbeard confirmed it to not be ''Frog Fractions 2'', but ''Frog Fractions'' '''''3'''''. The ARG itself, with its own insane running plotline, was the true ''Frog Fractions 2'', revealing ''Glittermitten Grove'' to be a ''StealthSequel'' '''''to a StealthSequel''''', in an absurd, real-life example of ItsTheJourneyThatCounts.]]

* StealthSequel: In probably one of the most nonsensical ways imaginable, ''Frog Fractions 2'' was stated from the beginning of its Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign to not have a "normal" release, with the game intended to not have ''any'' elements hinting at it being a sequel. The insane AlternateRealityGame that ensued, in which players connected various real-world incidents to pieces of online paper trails, had the end-goal of revealing the "location" of ''Frog Fractions 2''; the ZZT World game hidden in ''Glittermitten Grove'', a game released by a ''completely different developer unrelated to Twinbeard'', was revealed to be where the sequel was.[[spoiler.. except Twinbeard confirmed it to not be ''Frog Fractions 2'', but ''Frog Fractions'' '''''3'''''. The ARG itself, with its own insane running plotline, was the true ''Frog Fractions 2'', revealing ''Glittermitten Grove'' to be a ''StealthSequel'' '''''to a StealthSequel''''', in an absurd, real-life example of ItsTheJourneyThatCounts.]]

* StealthSequel: In probably one of the most nonsensical ways imaginable, ''Frog Fractions 2'' was stated from the beginning of its Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign to not have a "normal" release, with the game intended to not have ''any'' elements hinting at it being a sequel. The insane AlternateRealityGame that ensued, in which players connected various real-world incidents to pieces of online paper trails, had the end-goal of revealing the "location" of ''Frog Fractions 2''; the ZZT World game hidden in ''Glittermitten Grove'', a game released by a ''completely different developer unrelated to Twinbeard'', was confirmed by WordOfGod to not be ''Frog Fractions 2'', but ''Frog Fractions'' '''''3'''''. The ARG itself, with its own insane running plotline, was the true ''Frog Fractions 2'', revealing ''Glittermitten Grove'' to be a ''StealthSequel'' '''''to a StealthSequel''''', in an absurd, real-life example of ItsTheJourneyThatCounts.

''Frog Fractions 2'' [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/475057068/frog-fractions-2 was]] Website/{{Kickstarte|r}}d and turned into an ARG that spanned two years. In December 2016 it was finally released and discovered, included as a secret in a [[TastesLikeDiabetes children's game]] by the name of ''[[http://store.steampowered.com/app/536890/ Glittermitten Grove.]]''

* NiceHat:
** The DLC gives Hop one... [[StealthSequel right]]? True to word, however, Hop does wear the hat throughout most of the game.
** [[spoiler:His wife, Hattie, has an Indiana Jones hat, and later a Demiurge crown made at least partially of her excavation team]]

* ArtifactTitle: Contains no fractions, and the only frogs are one in a totally optional hidden minigame (an LCD version of ''Frog Fractions'') and one near the end of the game.

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:The final Korn fact is that Korn was the dying dream of the last mammal on the planet after a disastrous asteroid impact. Then there's a massive quake, the world starts falling apart, and you make a mad dash for the final mindstone... smash to Glittermitten Grove, followed by the credits. Once the credits finish, Glittermitten Grove accelerates to ludicrous speed (filling the screen with butterflies) until hitting Year 0000000000, where ''that'' world has, evidently, been engulfed by its sun.]]

* LittleKnownFacts: A running gag, this time about the history of the NuMetal band {{Music/Korn}}.

* DeconstructionGame

!!Tropes fractioned in the second [[spoiler:(third?)]] game include:

* GameplayRoulette: [[spoiler:Oh brother, and how. Starts as a ShallowParody of edutainment games, then becomes a BulletHell shooter, followed by a VisualNovel segment, back to a parody edutainment game, then a maze game with art game aesthetics, a [[InteractiveFiction text adventure]], a parody edutainment game yet again (as part of a JokeLevel), a ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' clone, and ends with a pastiche of ''Lemonade Stand'' where you sell bug porn.]]

* PlayingGamesAtWork: [[spoiler:Draggy plays a version of solitaire with Uno and TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering cards mixed in, with the cards spilling out of the monitor once he wins.]]

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Hop looks the same as he did in the original game, his wife is a pixel art cat, and October (AKA "Toby") is drawn in a cartoony manner similar to the frog on the title screen.

In August 2020, the first game was [[UpdatedRerelease re-released]] on Steam as ''Frog Fractions: Game of the Decade Edition'', alongside $10 cosmetic DLC... [[StealthSequel that's actually an entirely separate game taking place after the original Frog Fractions]].

* OverlyLongGag: The credits start off normal until you see the phrase Assistant Director. This is where every backer is named in the credits like in your average kickstarter game. This game does that but adds on Assistant to the Assistant Director and then Assistant to the Assistant to the Assistant Director and then Assistant to the Assistant to the Assistant for all the remaining backers even going as far as to occasionally [[spoiler:pop up a Netflix prompt asking if you're still watching Frog Fractions 3.]]

** You can import a Videogame/MassEffect2 save game, and if you do, you can find a digression much later in the game involving some of the characters from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. [[spoiler:If you want to find the Super Soapstone, pay close attention to which characters are mentioned in the digression about donuts when choosing your ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' save file...]]
** Aside from the obvious segment that crosses ''VideoGame/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego'' with Literature/DantesInferno, the music for that part is Rockapella from the ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego'' TV series mixed with Gregorian Chant.

** One of the minigames consists of chasing a thief through the nine circles of [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante's Inferno]]. If you pay attention to the interface, and are familiar with the original incarnations of the series in question, you'll realize you're playing "[[spoiler:Where the Hell is Franchise/CarmenSandiego?]]"
** Meanwhile, another game has you teeing off your Xenomorph roommate. [[spoiler:In other words, [[VideoGame/AlienIsolation Alien: Irritation]].]]

* TimeSkip: This mode takes place months after the original Frog Fractions; most notably, Hop is married, has a child, and is no longer [[spoiler:President of Bug Mars, though he still has a live-in Secret Service agent watching over his family]].

** Starting with when Edutainment games don't actually require any grasp of the subject matter. Fractions occur throughout the game but having knowledge of fractions is in no way required or rewarded by the game nor is ignorance of them penalized.
** Also of games that create false goals. In one segment of the game, you manage investments. It doesn't matter at all if you run a surplus or a deficit.

** Videogame/{{ZZT}} for the main interface of "TXT World"
** One room features the blinking text "[[Videogame/{{Adventure}} Created by Warren Robinett]]".
*** The bridge from the same game is a crucial and similarly game-breaking item.

** Aside from the obvious segment that crosses VideoGame/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego with Literature/DantesInferno, the music for that part is Rockapella from the Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego TV series mixed with Gregorian Chant.
** And those are just the really obvious ones...

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:The villain is defeated when [[{{Jerkass}} the heckler's]] limit break aggravates every single Hop clone, leading to a stampede that tramples him as well.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: The heckler. Just one sentence is as irritating as losing a fruit.

* ProsceniumReveal: The mode starts out almost identical to the default game (the only differences being a hat, and [[ChekhovsGun smell list]]). But when "Draggy" appears, he's obviously just a puppet. And then a heckler interrupts the BulletHell segment to complain about your hat, which continues until Hop gets irritated enough to break character and argue with him. The camera pull back to reveal the stage, just as Hop leaps into the audience. [[ShowWithinAShow The whole opening scene was just a performance based on Hop's past adventure.]]
* PrisonersDilemma: Not shown, but referenced off-hand. [[spoiler:Hattie usurps Ialdabaoth as the Demiurge by beating him at a game of "Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma," whatever that means.]]
** [[spoiler: Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma is a version of the game where the Prisoner's Dilemma is played in multiple rounds, with the "score" of each round being held over.]]

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Hop's opinion of [[spoiler:his Secret Service agent]], Carl, particularly since [[spoiler:he's not even the president anymore]].
** [[{{Jerkass}} The heckler]] is also considered to be this, [[spoiler:though he ends up being KilledOffForReal in the final battle]].

* NiceHat: The DLC gives Hop one... [[StealthSequel right]]? True to word, however, Hop does wear the hat throughout the whole of the game.

* StealthSequel: In probably one of the most nonsensical ways imaginable, ''Frog Fractions 2'' was stated from the beginning of its UsefulNotes/{{Kickstarter}} campaign to not have a "normal" release, with the game intended to not have ''any'' elements hinting at it being a sequel. The insane AlternateRealityGame that ensued, in which players connected various real-world incidents to pieces of online paper trails, had the end-goal of revealing the "location" of ''Frog Fractions 2''; the ZZT World game hidden in ''Glittermitten Grove'', a game released by a ''completely different developer unrelated to Twinbeard'', was confirmed by WordOfGod to not be ''Frog Fractions 2'', but ''Frog Fractions'' '''''3'''''. The ARG itself, with its own insane running plotline, was the true ''Frog Fractions 2'', revealing ''Glittermitten Grove'' to be a ''StealthSequel'' '''''to a StealthSequel''''', in an absurd, real-life example of ItsTheJourneyThatCounts.

In August 2020, Frog Fractions 1 was [[UpdatedRerelease re-released]] on Steam as ''Frog Fractions: Game of the Decade Edition'', alongside $10 cosmetic DLC... [[StealthSequel that's actually an entirely separate game taking place after the original Frog Fractions]].

!!Tropes contained in ''Frog Fractions With A Hat''.

* HumanityEnsues: The frog becomes human at one point. Fortunately, it's [[spoiler:AllJustADream.]]