1 | A webcomic created by Tropers/NewtonTheNewt. Frog endures his friend Newton's crazy sense of humor and awful puns. Wise Old Bullfrog, a self-proclaimed philosopher, and Angry Betta, a bitter Siamese fighting fish support the strip as recurring characters. |
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3 | The first season introduces these four characters and ''develops'' them, for lack of a better word. There's no storyline; it's a [[NotableGagPerDayWebcomics Gag Per Day]] comic. |
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5 | Read it at [[http://newtonthenewt.deviantart.com/ deviantArt]] or at [[http://newtonthenewt.comicdish.com/ ComicDish]]. The deviantArt page includes [[http://newtonthenewt.deviantart.com/journal/ a blog]] with occasional humor entries, which are a heckuva lot better than this article. |
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8 | ! This series provides examples of: |
9 | * ButtMonkey. Turtleye, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=8o4ikr2x6pfv0tntegsphcbz&page=1 out of canon.]] |
10 | * {{Catchphrase}}. Wise Old Bullfrog: "Indeed!" |
11 | * CloudCuckooLander. Newton. |
12 | * DrillSergeantNasty. |
13 | ** Angry Betta, the fighting fish. |
14 | ** Especially in [[http://newtonthenewt.comicdish.com/?pageID=15 this strip]]. |
15 | * GlassesPull. [[spoiler: "''Classified'' ads".]] |
16 | * GoneHorriblyWrong. The Theatre/{{Macbeth}} one. |
17 | * KnowNothingKnowItAll. [[http://newtonthenewt.comicdish.com/?pageID=4 Wise Old Bullfrog]]. |
18 | * NegativeContinuity. |
19 | ** Newton fails high school science in one strip and is lecturing a class in another. |
20 | ** Also, Bullfrog flips between taking college classes and applying to ''teach'' college classes. |
21 | * PrivateDetective[=/=]AmateurSleuth. Turtleye, complete with fedora and longcoat. |
22 | * RuleOfFunny: In particular, WaterIsAir. There is only one strip in which it matters whether the characters are underwater or not. |
23 | * StraightMan. |
24 | ** Frog. |
25 | ** At the moment he's also the OnlySaneMan. |
26 | * ShoutOut. |
27 | ** To Creator/DavidLynch's ''[[http://newtonthenewt.comicdish.com/?pageID=5 Angriest Dog In the World]].'' |
28 | ** One strip has a fish with muscular arms as a reference to [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner TROOOOGGGDOOOR!!]] |
29 | ** [[http://newtonthenewt.comicdish.com/?pageID=12 Maxell logo]]. |
30 | ** Literature/OliverTwist ''and'' Music/TomLehrer in [[http://newtonthenewt.comicdish.com/?pageID=55 one strip?]] You might think [[NewtonTheNewt the author]] had [[PopculturalOsmosis read the book, but he hasn't.]] |
31 | * WhiteGloves. Frog and Newton always wear white gloves. |
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