The Frog King

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**The Frog King** is the first episode of the third and final season of American McGee's Grimm and is based on the fairy tale *The Frog Prince*.

## Characters

**NOTE** This list only includes the characters that played an active role in the story and does not include side characters or Grimm.

* The Princess
* Frog King
* The King

## Plot

### Light Version

A beautiful princess is playing with her golden ball when it falls into a well. Once she reach the well she can't grab it, but instead finds a talking frog. The frog says he'll get the ball but only if she does something for him, this being to be loved, sit at her table, eat her food and sleep in her bed. The Princess promises and the frog jumps in and retrieves the ball, stating that he'll see the Princess at dinner. Later, the frog is blocked from entering by a royal guard but the frog threatens the man and he scurries off allowing the frog inside the castle. During dinner the frog stuffs his face with the king praising the frog. The frog reveals to the king that he hasn't eaten proper food for years and survived off of what laid about. Once done, the Princess brings the frog to her bedroom, however, once it tries to make advances to her, she slaps him, which somehow turned the frog human again. Here, the Frog King explains that he was turned into a frog by a witch and needed the curse lifted. The Frog King and the Princess get married and run off to the Frog King's kingdom.

### Dark Version

An unloved and isolated Princess plays with a ball all by herself, suffering greatly from depression. The ball is lost once she loses it in a well where she is greeted by a disgusting looking talking frog. The frog promises to get the ball as long as he is rewarded, the Princess offers herself and the frog agrees but as long as she washes herself first. The frog enters the well and kills a giant rat before retrieving the ball. Despite being unwanted, the frog turns up for dinner and takes over proceedings, eating all the food greedily. The frog brings along "family" who happen to be giant frogs themselves. The Princess disgusted by what she sees pretends to be ill and needing self isolation for several days, just to get away from the frog. She runs away to her bedroom but the frog follows her. The frog flirts with her but she doesn't know how to respond, deciding to kiss the frog, which turns him into a ghastly green human. Surprised by this she decides to marry the Frog King as it is her escape from her miserable home for an unknown future with a human frog person.

## Levels

### Scene 1

Grimm starts off in the swampy land outside the castle as he goes to the Princess and turns her ball, which she uses as a weapon against the royal guards, killing them, but she loses the ball in the well. Grimm navigates across wooden platforms, but the platforms get taken out by trees or alligators making the journey harder, but he eventually arrives and transforms the Frog King.

### Scene 2

Down the well and in the sewers, Grimm first breaks down a wall before ending up in a larger room, forced to jump on frog heads and avoid hazards, just to break down another wall, this time creating a platform to go upwards. As Grimm makes it upwards, the sewage rises and Grimm is forces to run up spiral stairs and jumping platforms to get to safety before ending the journey on a wooden raft with the Frog King, peeing into the mouth of an alligator who throws the two away.

### Scene 3

Grimm is in the castle garden, Grimm goes around and converts all the frogs to help the Frog King amass an army to kick down the castle doors. Next, Grimm must navigate all across the castle with all the frogs to ruin the dinner the royals are having. As a result, the frogs make a mess and the Princess pukes from how disgusting it was.

### Scene 4

The Princess runs away from the Frog King as Grimm continues his rampage through the castle. The Princess tries to get rid of Grimm and the Frog King by rolling giant frogs down the stairs, but they get closer and closer, heading through a side entrance and climbing up via some jumping puzzles to the top and to the bedroom. The scene ends with the Princess being disgusted and kicking the Frog King, which turns him human.

### Scene 5

The Princess and the Frog King runs off to get married at his kingdom, Grimm navigates across the swamps and helps the two lovebirds get across. Grimm sets fire to a bunch of Venus fly traps before jump across to summon a giant alligator, riding away in its jaws.

### Scene 6

They arrive at the King's castle where there are celebrations. Grimm ravels through the castle grounds and eventually inside, then down to the cellar where there are toads trapped in cages. Grimm unleashes all the toads and transforms two guards into frogs. Grimm then enters the hall and transforms all the guests into frogs and toads, ruining the wedding.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode to have scene cards and titles
* Throughout the game there is a slimy effect on screen.