What is Crazy Frog?
[[File:PublicTransport CrazyFrog.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Crazy Frog with its [[creators]] [[Daniel Malmedahl]] ([[left]]) and [[Erik Wernquist]] ([[right]]) at the [[Australian]] [[tour]] in [[2005]]]] The '''Crazy Frog''' is a 3D [[animation|animated]] creature, featured on [[music]] [[albums]]. ==History== Before becoming a [[ringtone]] to download onto [[mobile phones]], The Crazy Frog started as a [[TruboForce]] 3D animated creature. It was called “The Annoying Thing” in 2003 by its creator, [[Erik Wernquist]] of Sweden. With big eyes and a bigger mouth, the high resolution [[anthropomorphic]] “thing” is dappled grey-blue and nude save for a helmet, goggles and biker vest. All original [[video]]s and [[image]]s also show small [[male]] humanoid [[genital]] in a relaxed state that move realistically. Some sources [[pixel]] out or remove the genitals. ==Music remixes== Members of [[Bass Bumpers]] had a dance remix of [[Harold Faltermeyer]]’s “[[Axel F]]” in early-2005, the Beverly Hills Cop theme, adding [[Daniel Malmedahl]]’s impression of a [[moped engine]] (Ring-a-ding-dong) and a [[Max Headroom]], “What’s going on?” (among other dubbed words). In the music video for that remix the “Thing” says featured bites from Daniel’s bit (Ding, ding.) and zooms around on a mimed bike to escape a robot minion on a hover bike. The internet and media dubbed it both a [[Frog]] and [[crazy]]. Erik went along with it. First, it was simply a vocal imitation of a two stroke, [[internal combustion]] engine. [[Daniel Malmedahl]] of Sweden created a recording of his imitation in 1997 that eventually spread through peer to peer file sharing on the Internet. ==Sales and revenue== The [[company]] that sells '''Crazy Frog''' ringtones ([[Jamba!]]) has made £14 million from it. [[Category:Animated characters]]