Gummy frog

Gummy frog カエルグミ Frog gummy
MVMS Artwork of a green frog from Magical Vacation Artwork of a green frog from Magical Starsign
Language(s)	None
Notable Members	Gummy Frog

Gummy frogs are a species and type of item in Magical Vacation and Magical Starsign.

Profile

Gummy frogs are magical gummy creatures that contain the souls, or life force, of frogs. They live by feeding on fresh air, and come in a number of flavors. The main three are melon-flavored green frogs, soda-flavored blue frogs, and strawberry-flavored red frogs (a mutation of blue frogs). It was speculated that they were somehow related to the primary colors of light, but this theory was proven unlikely. Gummy frogs have no language and only speak in ribbits (ゲロゲ～ロ, gerogēro).

Gameplay

In both games, gummy frogs can be eaten in and out of battle to restore a character's HP.

Magical Vacation

Gummy frogs can be obtained in a variety of ways, mainly from shops, enemy drops, or by catching them in the field. Alternatively, if the party uses an HP Pot with Pistachio, and they own 20 or less frogs, Pistachio's special power will retrieve three frogs from the pot, with their color determined by the party's report card grade.

If too many frogs are caught in the field and/or purchased from shops, the player is less likely to befriend love spirits, but they are safe to obtain from chests, enemy drops, searching on the magic bus, and Pistachio's special power. Once all seven love spirits have been acquired, gummy frogs can be caught with no consequence, as catching them is required to make dark spirits appear. The number of frogs caught is visible on the report card. Excessively catching gummy frogs also makes them less likely to appear and respawn, since every frog in the field has a set lifespan.

Magical Starsign

In the field, Mokka can use his wild magic to topple every frog in within a certain area, the protagonist's dark wild magic makes gummy frogs vanish, and Kir retrieves red frogs from HP Pots. They also have set life spans, and gradually disappear if too many are caught.

By not capturing or purchasing gummy frogs, the party is able to obtain the egg characters Star or Pooka, depending on the protagonist's starsign, by talking to Filamen in Sparklin Palace. The safest ways to obtain frogs is from chests, enemy drops, Kir's out-of-battle ability, searching on Neumann, and reflex guarding during swinger's frog toss attack.

Descriptions

Descriptions
Magical Vacation	カエルの魂（命）が宿ったグミ。緑・青・赤の全部で３種類。光の三原色との関係が話題になったこともあるが、あまり関係ないらしい。 TrTranslation: Gummies housing the souls (life force) of frogs. The three types are green, blue, and red. Some argue it relates to the primary colors of light, though it seems unlikely.

Other appearances

Sword of Mana

A GummiFrog in Sword of Mana

Gummy frogs appear as items in Sword of Mana, known in the English localization as GummiFrog. Instead of restoring HP, eating a GummiFrog maximizes the consumer's Deathblow gauge.

Nomenclature

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	カエルグミ Kaerugumi	Frog gummy
English	Gummy frog
French	Crapaud	Toad
German	Frosch	Frog
Italian	Ranagum	Frog gummy
Spanish	Rana	Frog