Joseph Blanchette

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Joseph "Legendary Frog" Blanchette is a Flash artist, who is particularly well known within the Newgrounds 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.

Contents

1 Selected works

1.1 Ark and Kerrigan
1.2 One Ring to Rule Them All
1.3 Video game parodies

2 Selected collaborations
3 External links

Selected works

A scene from Kerri's Big Invention

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.

[Senya's Movie Reviews] - Blanchette described this cartoon as a "half parody, half review" of the movie, Alien vs. Predator.

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.

[One Ring to Rule Them All 3] - Sauron's evil friend, Melkor, from college has come for a visit, and Wayne has gone on a date with "hippie elf chick".

Video game parodies

Spoofs of The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, and World of Warcraft.

[Final Fantasy Tribute: Chocobo Robo Voice] - Plays the OCRemix remix Final Fantasy 7 '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".

[The Return of Ganondorf] - Ganondorf comes back to Hyrule, remarkably nice, but Link is hell-bent on proving that Ganondorf is still evil.

[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 [link]-[link] (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.

[Resident Evil Code: Veronica Flash Edition] - This cartoon parodies the opening scenarios in .

[It Came From the World of Warcraft: When Gnomes Fly] - An overeager gnome from Azeroth thinks his new invention is the answer to all his problems.

Selected collaborations

[The Matrix Has You] (with Chris Boe, John and Richie Zirbes, Luke de Ayora, Metal Maverick, and Super Flash Bros) Lead by LegendaryFrog.

[The Matrix Still Has You] (with Cycon, Gerkinman, Joanime, and Serge) Lead by LegendaryFrog.

The 10 Second Showcase (with many different flash artists)

There's Something About Halo 2 (with MetalMaverick, Headshot, Super Flash Bros, Rubber Ninja.) Lead by Rubber Ninja.

One Love Collab (with many different flash artists) Lead by Gerkinman.

External links

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