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December 31, 2022 1:50 PM

ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD, the unofficial mascot of the Texas Christian University HornedHYPNO Toads football team, which is having an improbably good run this season. (SLNYT / archive.today)

The hype video in the article is a thing to behold as it manages to cram a lot of awesome into forty-five seconds. Sadly, it appears to be unlinkable. As a consolation prize, witness that scene in Willy Wonka where Gene Wilder is clearly under the influence of a certain amphibian.

posted by snortasprocket (15 comments total)

All glory to the Hypnotoad
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 2:59 PM on December 31, 2022 [1 favorite]

𝕬𝖑𝖑 𝖌𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖞 𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕳𝖞𝖕𝖓𝖔𝖙𝖔𝖆𝖉

🅐🅛🅛 🅖🅛🅞🅡🅨 🅣🅞 🅣🅗🅔 🅗🅨🅟🅝🅞🅣🅞🅐🅓


𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓰𝓵𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓗𝔂𝓹𝓷𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓪𝓭
posted by lalochezia at 3:01 PM on December 31, 2022 [5 favorites]

Great mascot, yes.

But #GoBlue. Let’s go Michigan Wolverines!
posted by JoeXIII007 at 3:04 PM on December 31, 2022 [3 favorites]

But #GoBlue. Let’s go Michigan Wolverines!

FTFY

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posted by lalochezia at 3:10 PM on December 31, 2022 [8 favorites]

Just in case you were interested in the hypnotoad drone and taking a very deep dive on how it was constructed, this guy has you covered:

Everybody Imitates Hypnotoad
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 3:14 PM on December 31, 2022 [12 favorites]

I'm disappointed there doesn't seem to be subliminal messages there

There ᴬˡˡ ᵍˡᵒʳʸ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ʰʸᵖⁿᵒᵗᵒᵃᵈ
Are ᴬˡˡ ᵍˡᵒʳʸ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ʰʸᵖⁿᵒᵗᵒᵃᵈ
No ᴬˡˡ ᵍˡᵒʳʸ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ʰʸᵖⁿᵒᵗᵒᵃᵈ
Subliminal ᴬˡˡ ᵍˡᵒʳʸ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ʰʸᵖⁿᵒᵗᵒᵃᵈ
Messages ᴬˡˡ ᵍˡᵒʳʸ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ʰʸᵖⁿᵒᵗᵒᵃᵈ
In ᴬˡˡ ᵍˡᵒʳʸ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ʰʸᵖⁿᵒᵗᵒᵃᵈ
Any ᴬˡˡ ᵍˡᵒʳʸ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ʰʸᵖⁿᵒᵗᵒᵃᵈ
Of ᴬˡˡ ᵍˡᵒʳʸ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ʰʸᵖⁿᵒᵗᵒᵃᵈ
This ᴬˡˡ ᵍˡᵒʳʸ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ʰʸᵖⁿᵒᵗᵒᵃᵈ
Mediaᴬˡˡ ᵍˡᵒʳʸ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ʰʸᵖⁿᵒᵗᵒᵃᵈ
posted by lalochezia at 5:18 PM on December 31, 2022 [5 favorites]

i demand unreasonable subsidies to the brain slug planet
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 6:32 PM on December 31, 2022 [2 favorites]

It’s a lizard, not an amphibian, dammit!
posted by TedW at 9:47 PM on December 31, 2022

Drone: One of my audio channels makes that noise unless I plug something into the input. (I still haven’t figured out what is feeding back. Did not think to check for toads.)
posted by aesop at 6:21 AM on January 1, 2023

I'm currently rewatching all of Futurama for the 4th (5th? 6th?) time, I think you know why.
posted by tommasz at 6:50 AM on January 1, 2023 [1 favorite]

I grew up a bit west of Ft Worth. Horny toads (as we called them) were in our neighborhood. They move slow and are easy to pick up and hold; they're pretty docile. We would help them find ants. They're not longer present there. Alas.
posted by neuron at 9:03 AM on January 1, 2023 [5 favorites]

I demand that mass hypnosis be restored to its original and natural place, politics.
posted by hypnogogue at 10:14 AM on January 1, 2023

While horned lizards cannot hypnotize you they can shoot blood out of their eyes, which is pretty metal.

Neuron you will be happy to know of multiple programs aimed at restoring horned lizards to their habitats like this one.
posted by emjaybee at 2:14 PM on January 1, 2023 [3 favorites]

In addition to re-introduction programs, apparently horned lizards have been introduced to the South Carolina coast. As always when it comes to moving species around I do not know if it is a good thing, but certainly seems more benign than, say, pythons in the Everglades.
posted by TedW at 2:32 PM on January 2, 2023

More info on introduced horned lizards in the southeast.
posted by TedW at 2:36 PM on January 2, 2023