Frog and Toad Are Friends (1985)

Hal Smith: Toad

Quotes 

• Toad : [having trouble thinking of a story to tell Frog while he's sick]  I'll go out on the front porch and walk up and down. Perhaps that will help me to think of a story.

• Frog : [seeing Toad standing on his head]  Why're you standing on your head?

  Toad : [as he grunts a couple of times]  I hope that if I stand on my--head, it will help me to think of a--a story.

• Frog : [seeing Toad pour a glass of water over his head]  Wh--Why're you pouring water over your head?

  Toad : [as he continues pouring glasses of water over his head]  I hope that if I pour water over my head, brrr--it will help me to think of a story.

• Frog : [seeing Toad starting to bang his head against the wall]  Wh, Wh--Why're you banging your head against the wall?

  Toad : [banging his head against the wall multiple times]  I hope that if I bang my head--oh--against the wall, it will help me to think of a story.

• Frog : [recovering from his illness]  Uh-uh, I'm feeling much better now, Toad. I don't think I *need* a story anymore.

  [gets out of bed] 

  Toad : [feeling dizzy as he plods to bed]  Then you get out of bed and let *me* get into it, because now--I--feel--terrible.

• Narrator : Toad and Frog went for a *long* walk. At last, they went back home to Toad's house.

  Toad : Ohhhh, drat! Not only do my feet hurt, but I have lost one of the buttons on my jacket.

  Frog : Oh, well, don't worry. We'll go back to all the places where we walked. We'll soon find your button.

• Frog : [as he finds a black button]  Oh, ha-ha, uh, here's your button!

  [dashes to Toad and gives the button to him] 

  Toad : [seeing it's the wrong button]  Frog, this is not my button. This button is black. My button was *white*.

  Frog : Oh.

• Sparrow : [flying down with a button in her beak and placing it before Toad]  Excuse me, did you lose a button? I found one.

  Toad : [going to the sparrow and picking up the button to examine it]  *This* is not my button. This button has *two* holes. My button had *four* holes.

• Raccoon : [coming out from behind a tree with a square button]  I heard that you were looking for a button. Here is one that I just found.

  Toad : [going over to the raccoon and seeing another wrong button]  This is *not* my button. This button is *square*. My button was *round*.

• Frog : [finding another button, thinking it's Toad's]  Oh! Ho-ho, Toad'll be so pleased.

  [clearing his throat and calling for Toad] 

  Frog : Toad!

  [Toad comes over] 

  Frog : Toad, here's your button!

  Toad : [examining the button]  Ohh, this is not my button. This button is *small*. My button was *big*.

• Narrator : [after Toad runs home and slams his door, frustrated at not finding his button until he sees his lost one on the floor, making him gasp]  There, on the floor, he saw his white, four-holed, big, *round*, THICK--button.

  Toad : Ohhh, it was here all the time. My, what a lot of trouble I have made for Frog.

• Frog : [searching the riverbank for another button, then finds it and runs back to Toad]  Oh no, we'll never--oh--ooh, ooh, this has gotta be it! Toad, Toad, here is your button!

  Toad : Ooooh--hoo-hoo-hoo, this is *not* my button! This button is *thin*! My button was *thick*! The whole world is covered with buttons, and not one of them is mine!

  [blubbers in frustration as he runs home] 

  Frog : [disappointedly]  Toad...