Joseph "Legendary Frog" Blanchette is a graphic design artist, who is particularly well known from the webpage www.ugoplayer.com community. His body of work includes spoofs of popular movies and video games (including
The Lord of the Rings and
The Legend of Zelda), as well as original work such as his ‘Ark and Kerrigan’ series. His movies have received well over 10 million views on Newgrounds and UGOPlayer.
Selected works
Ark and Kerrigan
Stories involving original characters.
Kerrigan and the Frog - Kerrigan finds a birthday surprise, but a frog spoils her plans for it.
All Your Pie - Ark tries his best not to eat Kerrigan's freshly-baked blueberry pie.
Kerri's Big Invention - Kerrigan tries to invent something new that will make millions, while Ark is confounded by a classic puzzle.
Legendary Tales - Shorts featuring various members of the Ark and Kerrigan cast
One Ring to Rule Them All
Spoofs of The Lord of the Rings.
One Ring to Rule Them All - A short where
Sauron hires a new helper, Bob the goblin, after losing the one ring. They order an evil pizza and find out that the "
Union of
Orcs" is on strike.
One Ring to Rule Them All 2 - Sauron and Wayne the Goblin capture Frodo and Sam, but their victory may be short-lived. Also features Gollum and Leonard Nimoy.
One Ring: Special Edition - An expansion of the first One Ring Movie. Bob is replaced by Wayne, and the artistry is re-done. Furthermore, the evil pizza, called "Pizzar the Foul", has anchovies.
Final Fantasy Tribute: Chocobo Robo Voice - Plays the
OC ReMix remix Final Fantasy 5 'ROBOVoice' while a multitude of Final Fantasy characters dance in the background. The song tells a story of an obsessed Final Fantasy fan.
I Am Resident Evil - This short features the primary protagonists of the Resident Evil games, along with their allies, making testimonies about how well they would serve game players. It all ends with
Alfred Ashford, the primary antagonist of RECV, making a long speech on his family history through the end, further continuing his monologue with complaints about being "out of time".
Final Fantasy VII: All About Random Battles - An educational film instructing
Cloud Strife on how to deal with his universe's random battles. Included is "Materia Madness", a mini-game featuring
Sephiroth which unlocks a new bonus film each time a level is completed. Such films include Cait Sith in a casino, a parody of the famous Cloud and Aeris date scene, and others.
Metal Gear Crisis
1.1 and
1.2 (Writer; animated by NALO) - This is a two part spoof of Metal Gear Solid.
Resident Evil Flash Edition - This is a spoof of the introductory cutscene from the original Resident Evil for PlayStation.