Raiding the Base (episode)

**Raiding the Base** is the nineteenth episode of the series *Anonymous Frog.* It focuses on the Frog's attempt to steal a time machine from Area 15, a government base.

## Plot

#### Frog News

The Anonymous Frog, still on TV with his deal with Beggenrun, now acts as a news anchorman for *Frog News.* He gets annoyed about the use of a spinning and flashing intro, and threatens to take away Harry's zucchinis.

The Anonymous Frog then finally gets to the news, where a viral video shot in Area 15 where Reddit user u/Jaded\_Detective\_4271 walks up to the Area 15 gates and shows off a time machine and steals a jar. The Frog then leaves the newsroom hoping to get the time machine for himself.

Knowing he can't do the job on his own, the Frog then goes to Dinendash and asks Jared Jones for help, in exchange for $10,000. Initially, he refuses on account of three past actions that resulted in his firing,

* Botching an investigation, ie. getting emotional over a story the Frog found on Reddit and letting him go.
* Wasting a nuke on a monkey's paw
* Opening the gates for some idiot with a cellphone (who then recorded the footage and posted it to Reddit under the username u/Jaded\_Detective\_4271).

In an attempt to coax Jared into his plan, the Frog threatens to pay his brother James $20,000 to do the raid, where Jared finally accepts.

#### The Raid

Now at Area 15, the Anonymous Frog and Jared have to get past a fence, where the Frog gives the viewers a chance to help them. There are three options that can be picked. This interactive section is completely optional and if nothing is selected, the video plays as usual.

As the duo make their way to the retina scanner, James watches surveillance footage of them and proceeds to go after them, passing by a row of captured subjects.

The duo finally arrive at the hidden vault. Hearing James walk into the room, the Anonymous Frog hides in the time machine. Meanwhile, James notices Jared is back at Area 15 and convinces him to betray the Frog in exchange for his job back. Accepting the new offer, both agents join forces and attempt to convince the Frog to exit the time machine and surrender. Not wanting to give in, the Frog attempts to use the time machine, despite it being locked. He then pulls out a key from his backpack and unlocks it, finally able to escape with the time machine.

#### Time Destination

The Anonymous Frog gets transported to the year 2070, where he gets captured by G-900 robots.

## Characters

#### Main Characters

* The Anonymous Frog (protagonist)
* Dr. Moles (antagonist)

#### Supporting Characters

* Jared Jones
* James Jones

#### Minor Characters

* Swiper
* G-900s
* Harry Ellis
* Backpack

#### Cameos

* Dream
* Frank Wurst
* GeorgeNotFound
* Red Crewmate
* Cyan Crewmate
* Blackfrog
* Map

#### Mentioned

* Henry Stickmin
* Pink Impostor
* Dr. Doofenshmirtz

## References / Trivia

* The video was released on YouTube on September 20th 2020, exactly one year after the date of the infamous Area 51 raid meme. However, the video was released on Newgrounds on the 19th, and the interactive sections were uploaded on the 18th.
* The logo used for Frog News was inspired by Charmx. In addition, Harry was watching a Charmx video while on the job.
* There are 4 prison cells James walks by.
	+ The first cell contains GeorgeNotFound.
		- It is said that he's the biological template for Project G300.
		- George's name tag reads A113, a number frequently used by Pixar and other animators.
		- George's ID number reads 7 14 06, which if translated to letters, reads out as GNF, an acronym
	+ The second cell contains two dead crewmates from *Among Us*
		- The government detected paranormal activity in both crewmates, a reference to how crewmates in *Among Us* can still do tasks.
	+ The third cell contains Frank Wurst spinning around constantly
		- Frank is listed as Subject #A113
		- His high gluttony was detected by an anonymous source using a "Sandwich-detector-inator", referencing Dr. Doofenshmirtz from *Phineas and Ferb.*
		- Below his bio is the phrase "Only a small percentage of viewers call this number", referencing Dream's quote from most of his videos
			* The number itself, 555-418-5113, also references Dream. When converted into letters, the numbers 4, 18, 5, 1, 13, become 'DREAM'
	+ The fourth cell contains Blackfrog, who has no visible description or ID, but does have a lock on his cell.
* The retinal scanner is called the iScan, using similar naming as Apple products
* The G-300 to 900 robots are inspired by the Terminators from the *Terminator* series.
	+ The visor from the G-300 resembles the visor on the crewmates from *Among Us*
		- It is named the *Geothermal Experimental Optic Retina Goggle Extension,* or *G.E.O.R.G.E,* also referencing GeorgeNotFound
		- The visors are orange, just like George's colourblind glasses.
	+ The head of all units are possibly inspired by *Robocop.*
* The credits reference various celebrities, YouTubers, influencers, fictional characters, etc.
	+ The Anonymous Frog's credit it attributed to Jimmy Donaldson, the real name of MrBeast
	+ Frank Wurst's credit is attributed to Felix Kjellberg, the real name of PewDiePie
	+ James Jones is credited as Vin Diesel, whom both are bald
	+ The Backpack is credited as Charli D'Amelio, a popular TikTok influencer
	+ James Jones is credited as Ewan McGregor, the Scottish actor who played Obi Wan Kenobi in the *Star Wars* prequel trilogy.
	+ Blackfrog, despite having no speaking roles, is credited as Microsoft Sam, an old text to speech program.
	+ Dr. Moles is credited as Michael Reeves, a tech YouTuber who builds machines, whom Dr. Moles was based off.
	+ The G-900 is credited as George H Davidson, GeorgeNotFound's real name.
	+ The time machine is credited as Monsieur Bacteria, a 'French doppelganger' to MrBeast, created as a joke.
	+ John Connor, a primary protagonist in the *Terminator* franchise, is credited as a cameraman,
	+ Map and Swiper remain uncredited.

## Trivia

* The Reddit account Jaded\_Detective\_4271 is a real account, with the Area 15 video posted on September 4th 2020. It was used on Twitter to promote the episode
* Jared is the first character in the series to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, he only wore it at Dinendash. When he arrives at Area 15, he's not wearing his mask anymore.
* This is the first episode to use music exclusively from the YouTube audio library. *Frog TV* and *How to Make an Anonymous Frog Episode* used music from BenSound, while *The Anonymous Frog Show* used Kevin MacLeod music.
* This is the second episode to have an interactive section with multiple endings.
* This is the first *Anonymous Frog* video to be shown on Newgrounds, released one day before its YouTube release.
* The first letters of each *Special Thanks* credit spell out Tasmania

## Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://twitter.com/AnonymousFrogYT/status/1306798017907847169