Frogger makes no sense.

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It just occurred to me--the frog gets killed if it jumps in the water. Its a FROG FSS. It should be just fine in the water!

Frogger was one of the first computer games I played, and programmed a version of; and I never spotted that!

Maybe a frog's breathing works differently when it grows to the size of a car?...

Well, think about it: It would make even less sense to have the frog jumping on logs and such that are simply floating above an endless abyss or the Grand Canyon or something.

I guess they could have used a river of acid or something... but then how are those other animals in there?


It's funny though, how videogame characters in general just sort of have this total inability to swim. Like, they can handle falls from incredible heights and fireballs to the face, but if they so much as put a toe in the water they just get sucked in by a mysterious force and drown.

Except Mario. He always just said "screw the rules", could breathe underwater and even throw fireballs at fish. Just because he bloody well felt like it.

LOL frogs do most of their respiration through the skin and it has to be wet to work their lungs are small and primitave.

It's possible that upon jumping into the water, Frogger was nailed by a predatory fish.

don't try to make logical sense of video games


you'll enjoy them much more that way

Actually it could make sense.

First of all, frogs do need water, but they also need to get out of water, or they can actually drown.

Second, the water could be poisoned/polluted. Frogs and other amphibians are very sensitive to pollutants (like acid rain), and would be the first to suffer the consequences.

Although he seems to drown/ get poisoned very quickly, maybe time moves differently in Froggerland?

That's what I always assumed, that Frogger just gets eaten if he falls in.

In Frogger II: Threedeep, there's an underwater portion.