History Music / CrazyFrog

* UnknownRival: The Annoying Thing is blissfully unaware that someone is out there trying to kill him, only knowing that a bunch of robots are after him and that he can occasionally take control of them. "Funny Song" takes it to an absurd degree in which the Annoying Thing manages to foil the Drones and their plan to attack while being tripping out on alien mushrooms.

* UnknownRival: The Annoying Thing is blissfully unaware that someone is out there trying to kill him, only knowing that a bunch of robots are after him and that he can take control of them.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In ''Tricky'', the main antagonist has created a company called Space-Y, which according to it's tagline is "Space travel for the Ultra Rich" -complete with usual skull logo-, implying he's trying make a profit from space travel. ''A Ring Ding Ding Ding'' implies that that they're intending to build a colony on Mars
* CoverVersion: Virtually all of the Crazy Frog's songs were covers, and were merely techno versions of popular songs with samples of the original "Annoying Thing" sound peppered rhythmically throughout.

* HumongousMecha: Druing ''Popcorn'', a giant robot is seen being constructed, supervised by a Boss Drone and his henchmen and activates at the end of the music video, seemingly crushing it's master at the end. It appears again several years later in ''Everybody'' where it tries and fails to find and kill it's target.

* SpaceEpisode: The entirety of "A Ring Ding Ding Ding" takes place in space after the end of "Tricky", in which The Annoying Thing stumbles across a Space-Y battleship and ends up avoiding an army of Drones, ending with him being flung to Mars.

After a long period of inactivity, Crazy Frog's Website/YouTube channel ([[https://www.youtube.com/user/CrazyFrogVEVO found here]]) suddenly became active once more in 2018, with a documentary on the character's creation being released and new activity popping up on various parts of his account. This would eventually culminate in the [[https://twitter.com/TrueCrazyFrog/status/1253008412046241796 announcement of a new album]].

* TheBusCameBack: After 12 years of absence, The Annoying Thing returned with a track called Tricky, which also involved him dealing with Drones and his unknown enemy.

[[caption-width-right:280:Pictured: the most controversial [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative ringtone mascot made a music artist]]. Not Pictured: [[{{Bowdlerize}} his penis]].]]

-->-- '''Axel F'''

Crazy Frog (also known as The Annoying Thing) began in 1997 as a widely-shared audio file of Swedish teen Daniel Malmedahl imitating the two stroke engines on his friends' motorcycles. In 2003, animation student and fellow Swede Erik Wernquist used the sound to create "The Annoying Thing", a minute-long computer animation test, pairing the sound up to the design of a grotesque frog-like creature. Wernquist credited the audio to "anonymous" at the time, but later credited Malmedahl when he saw the animation and gave Wernquist permission.

A year later, the two creators sold the character and sound to ringtone service Jamba!/Jamster who rechristened the character "The Crazy Frog", turning the sound into a hugely successful ringtone. The character was popular enough that Jamster eventually produced a techno cover of Harold Faltermeyer's [[Film/BeverlyHillsCop "Axel F"]] with samples of the sound, complete with a music video. It was popular enough to keep Music/{{Coldplay}}'s "Speed Of Sound" off the #1 spot on the UK Singles chart, reach a moderate #50 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and eventually warrant two albums worth of similar covers. A [[https://youtu.be/jwI1j7sslYI cover]] of the synthpop classic "Popcorn" had some success, but it was mainly limited to Europe.

The character spawned a few toys and [[VideoGame/CrazyFrogRacer two video games]] before [[FifteenMinutesOfFame fading into obscurity]].

After a long period of inactivity, his Website/YouTube channel ([[https://www.youtube.com/user/CrazyFrogVEVO found here]]) suddenly became active once more in 2018, with a documentary on the character's creation being released and new activity popping up on various parts of his account. This would eventually culminate in the [[https://twitter.com/TrueCrazyFrog/status/1253008412046241796 announcement of a new album]].

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The BigBad is so determined to kill Crazy Frog in ''A Ring Ding Ding Ding'', that he has the ship's cannons open fire on The Annoying Thing. It's implied that doing so is overloading the ship's power core, and the song ends up with the ship destroyed after trying to capture the frog with the tractor beam.

* PowerWalk: After sending out all their henchmen to kill The Annoying Thing, there are several shots in ''A Ring Ding Ding Ding'' of the Drones doing this.

Crazy Frog (also known as The Annoying Thing) began in 1997 as a widely-shared audio file of Swedish teen Daniel Malmedahl imitating the two stroke engines on his friends' motorcycles. In 2003, animation student and fellow Swede Erik Wernquist used the sound to create "The Annoying Thing," a minute-long computer animation test, pairing the sound up to the design of a grotesque frog-like creature. Wernquist credited the audio to "anonymous" at the time, but later credited Malmedahl when he saw the animation and gave Wernquist permission.

A year later, the two creators sold the character and sound to ringtone service Jamba!/Jamster who rechristened the character "The Crazy Frog," turning the sound into a hugely successful ringtone. The character was popular enough that Jamster eventually produced a techno cover of Harold Faltermeyer's [[Film/BeverlyHillsCop "Axel F"]] with samples of the sound, complete with a music video. It was popular enough to keep Music/{{Coldplay}}'s "Speed Of Sound" off the #1 spot on the UK Singles chart, reach a moderate #50 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and eventually warrant two albums worth of similar covers. A [[https://youtu.be/jwI1j7sslYI cover]] of the synthpop classic "Popcorn" had some success, but it was mainly limited to Europe.

* KillerRobot: The robots that are sent to hunt the Crazy Frog in "Axel F," also appearing in various other music videos.

* TheBusCameBack: After 12 years of absence, The Annoying Thing returned with a track called Tricky, which also involved him dealing with Drones and his unknown enemy.
* TheHeavy: The Drone seen in ''Axel F'' serves as this due to them being the one that chases The Annoying Thing throughout the video. Later videos revealed that it is only one of many Drones.
* TheFaceless: The bounty hunter the Drones work for is never shown beyond his arms.
* UnknownRival: The Annoying Thing is blissfully unaware that someone is out there trying to kill him, only knowing that a bunch of robots are after him and that he can take control of them.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In ''Tricky'', the main antagonist has created a company called Space-Y, which according to it's tagline is "Space travel for the Ultra Rich" -complete with usual skull logo-, implying he's trying make a profit from space travel.

* {{Mascot}}: For Jamba!/Jamster at its height. Later replaced by Music/{{Schnuffel}}.

A year later, the two creators sold the character and sound to ringtone service Jamba!/Jamster who rechristened the character "The Crazy Frog," turning the sound into a hugely successful ringtone. The character was popular enough that Jamster eventually produced a techno cover of Harold Faltermeyer's [[Film/BeverlyHillsCop "Axel F"]] with samples of the sound, complete with a music video. It was popular enough to keep Music/{{Coldplay}}'s "Speed Of Sound" off the #1 spot on Billboard and eventually warranted two albums worth of similar covers. A [[https://youtu.be/jwI1j7sslYI cover]] of the synthpop classic "Popcorn" had some success, but it was mainly limited to Europe.

* CorruptCorperateExecutive: In ''Tricky'', the main antagonist has created a company called Space-Y, which according to it's tagline is "Space travel for the Ultra Rich" -complete with usual skull logo-, implying he's trying make a profit from space travel.

* SkeletonMotifs: The logo seen on all of the Drone types is a skull.

* AnimalsLackAttributes: Averted, at least at first.

** The original animation of the character gave him a very visible penis. It remained all the way up to the "Axel F" video until MoralGuardians complained and it was digitally removed.

* TheFaceless: The bounty hunter the Drones work for is never shown beyond his arms.

* UsefulNotes/NineHundredNumber: Crazy Frog was heavily popularized as the mascot of Jamba!/Jamster, the most infamous of the companies operating in the SMS text message version of this trope/market.

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* UsefulNotes/NineHundredNumber: Crazy Frog was heavily popularized as the mascot of Jamba!/Jamster, the most infamous of the companies operating in the SMS text message version of this trope/market.

A year later, the two creators sold the character and sound to ringtone service Jamba!/Jamster who rechristened the character "The Crazy Frog," turning the sound into a hugely successful ringtone. The character was popular enough that Jamster eventually produced a techno cover of Harold Faltermeyer's [[Film/BeverlyHillsCop "Axel F"]] with samples of the sound, complete with a music video. It was popular enough to keep Music/{{Coldplay}}'s "Speed Of Sound" off the #1 spot on Billboard and eventually warranted two albums worth of similar covers. A cover of the synthpop classic "Popcorn" had some success, but it was mainly limited to Europe.

* YourMimeMakesItReal: Crazy Frog has been shown to be able to conjure a pretty fast invisible "imaginary" car when he needs to, most notable in [[https://youtu.be/k85mRPqvMbE Axel F]].

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Frogs do not have external genitalia, as fertilization occurs externally.

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-> '"This is the Crazy Frog!"'
--> '''Axel F'''

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[[caption-width-right:300:Pictured: the most controversial [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative ringtone mascot made a music artist]]. Not Pictured: [[{{Bowdlerize}} his penis]].]]