style="font-size: larger;" | Animals Of Farthing Wood Character

Name:	Toad
Species:	European Green Toad European Green Toad The species group of the green toads is an anuran group toad found in mainland Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. They live in many areas, including steppes, mountainous areas, semi-deserts, and urban areas...
Seasons:	1, 2, 3
First Appearance:	The Wood In Danger (1x01)
Last Appearance:	Bully-Bully-Bully (3x13)
Mate:	Paddock
Offspring:	Various unnamed tadpoles

Toad is a fictional character

Fictional character

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 from the animated children's television series The Animals of Farthing Wood based upon the books of the same name by author Colin Dann

Colin Dann

Colin Dann is an English author. He is best known for his The Animals of Farthing Wood series of books, which was subsequently made into an animated series....

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Although Toad lived for the duration of the animated series, he died in the final book which took place in White Deer Park, Battle For The Park.

Season 1

In the first episode of the cartoon, 'The Wood In Danger', Toad makes his first appearance. Much to everybody's surprise, Toad arrives in the middle of a meeting, called by Fox

Fox (Farthing Wood)

Fox is a fictional character from the animated children's television series The Animals of Farthing Wood based upon the books of the same name by author Colin Dann....

 and Badger

Badger (Farthing Wood)

Badger is a fictional character from the animated children's television series The Animals of Farthing Wood, based upon the books of the same name by author Colin Dann....

, about the destruction of Farthing Wood by developers. Toad had been missing from the Wood for some time, Toad explains how he was captured from his pond and kept in a jam jar, eventually ending up in a Nature Reserve named White Deer Park. Once Toad is informed of the perilous situation, he suggests that they all travel to White Deer Park, to which the majority of the animals agree with.

Toad acts as a guide for the rest of the animals on their journey to White Deer Park, having made the journey back from White Deer Park once before. He is often criticized by Owl and Adder for being too pompous and an unreliable leader. At one point, Owl blames Fox and Vixen's encouragement of him for this. Toad is a reliable guide for the most part, except for just after the river, when Badger takes over as leader. At this point, Toad struggles to overcome the homing instinct that is leading him back to Farthing Wood. He is also criticized for not realizing a river would be an obstacle to the animals, and for not knowing the humans were building a motorway.

Season 2

Toad is angry when Adder eats one of the resident Edible Frogs and is seen comforting them. He insists that the snake should be making friends. Toad is among those who go into hibernation soon after arriving in White Deer Park. He is later overwhelmed by his homing instinct, compelling him to return to Farthing Wood. Before he gets too far along, he is captured by a human boy and placed in a jar. His friends rescue him, and in the process, Toad meets a young female named Paddock, who agrees to become his mate.

Season 3

Toad befriended Spike, one of the rats who invaded White Deer Park. Although initially acting as a spy, Toad's friendship eventually prompts Spike to turn against Bully, the rats' leader, and side with the inhabitants of White Deer Park.

Books

He was much like his TV counterpart and guides the Farthing wood animals to White Deer Park. He happily lives through all the books until in the final one against the Rats he is killed by the chief rat, Bully. To avenge his death Vixen kills Bully and chucks the rat's life-less body over the boundary fence signalling that the rats have lost and they had better leave (which they did).