Editing Flashlight Frog

[[File:SPOILER FlashlightFrog Final1whitelogo.png|thumb|right|Spoiler previewed November 2024]]'''Flashlight Frog''' is a [[Creatures|Creature]] in the [[MetaZoo Trading Card Game]], based off of the [[:Category:Creatures from Cameroon, Africa|Cameroon]], [[:Category:Creatures from Africa|Africa]] cryptid of the same name. Its [[Aura Types|Aura Type]] and many other details about it are unknown at this time.

Flashlight Frog was introduced in November 2024, as a pre-release promotional preview.<ref name="1ig">Official MetaZoo TCG [@officialmetazootcg]. (2024, November 25). "🌟 MetaZoo is RETURNING!! 🌟Click the Link in the bio for the official announcement from GQL CEO Richard Arons." [Photo]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/DC0MhCbvrRv/</ref> It was the first Creature previewed by [[GameQbator Labs Inc|GameQbator Labs]] after their acquisition and [[MetaZoo Trading Card Game#GamesQbator Labs Era (2024 - Present)|revival]] of the MetaZoo TCG. It had previously appeared as a [[Legacy:Beasties|Beastie]] [[Legacy:Pages (Cards)|Page]] of the [[Legacy: Forest Aura|Forest]] Aura type in the [[MetaZoo Trading Card Game#MetaZoo Games Era (2020 - 2024)|original]] MetaZoo game, after debuting in the [[Legacy: Fan Art Contest 2022 (Mini Set)|Fan Art Contest of 2022]].

== Description ==
[[File:SPOILER FlashlightFrog Final1whitelogo.png|200px|thumb|right]]The Flashlight Frog appears as a bulbous amphibian with the features of a frog and the body shape of a toad. It has green skin, and a long yellow tongue. It glows from the inside so brightly that its belly is white, and beams of light emerge from its eyes - just like the beams of a flashlight.
== History ==
The Flashlight Frog has appeared in both the [[MetaZoo Trading Card Game#MetaZoo Games Era (2020 - 2024)|original]] and [[MetaZoo Trading Card Game#GamesQbator Labs Era (2024 - Present)|revival]] versions of the [[MetaZoo Trading Card Game|MetaZoo TCG]].
=== MetaZoo Games (2020 - 2024) ===
The Flashlight Frog debuted as a playable [[Legacy: Beastie|Beastie]] [[Legacy:Pages (Cards)|Page]] in 2022 as part of that year's [[Legacy: Fan Art Contest 2022 (Mini Set)|Fan Art Contest]] [[Legacy: Mini Sets|mini set]], appearing on the card [[Legacy: Flashlight Frog (Fan Art Contest 2022)|Flashlight Frog (Fan Art Contest 2022)]]. As with all cards in this mini set, there was one version of the card featuring the winning artwork by [[Corey Peralta]] from the Fan Art Contest, and another version of the card featuring an [[Legacy: Flashlight Frog (Fan Art Contest 2022) - Alternative Art|alternative artwork]] done by [[MetaZoo Games LLC|MetaZoo Games']] [[MetaZoo Illustrators|illustrator]] [[PONCHO]].

=== GamesQbator Labs (2024 - Present) ===
The Flashlight Frog was first previewed on November 16, 2024, as part of an announcement in the official MetaZoo [[Official MetaZoo Discord Server|Discord server]]. It was the first [[Creatures|Creature]] revealed as part of the revival by [[GamesQbator Labs Inc|GamesQbator Labs]], the first reveal of a [[MetaZoo Illustrators#Returning Illustrators|returning illustrator]] with the announcement of PONCHO's return, and the first example of an illustrator redoing artwork for a Creature they had previously worked on, as PONCHO had illustrated the alternative artwork for Flashlight Frog in the 2022 Fan Art Contest mini set as well.

== Origin ==
The Flashlight Frog [[Creatures|Creature]] that appears in the MetaZoo trading card game game is based upon the real-world cryptid known as the Flashlight Frog.
== Printings & Appearances ==
This list features all known instances of this Creature appearing on [[MetaZoo Trading Card Game|MetaZoo]] products.
=== Card Printings ===
This Creature has had the following cards named after it;
* None yet!

=== Card & Product Appearances ===
This Creature has been otherwise referenced or seen in products, or the artwork or text of the following cards;
* None yet!

=== Legacy Appearances (2020 - 2024) ===
In the first version of MetaZoo, this Creature had the following legacy cards named after it;
* [[Legacy: Flashlight Frog (Fan Art Contest 2022)|Flashlight Frog (Fan Art Contest 2022)]]
* [[Legacy: Flashlight Frog (Fan Art Contest 2022) - Alternative Art|Flashlight Frog (Fan Art Contest 2022) - Alternative Art]]

== Gallery ==
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File:SPOILER FlashlightFrog Final1whitelogo.png|Current Version by [[PONCHO]]
File:SPOILER image 4.png|2022 Version by [[PONCHO]]
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* The Flashlight Frog was the first Creature previewed by GamesQbator Labs after their acquisition of MetaZoo.
* Preview of Flashlight Frog's new artwork was used to announce PONCHO's return to illustrating MetaZoo.

== References ==
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[[Category:Creatures]]
[[Category:Creatures from Cameroon, Africa]]
[[Category:Creatures from Africa]]
[[Category:Creatures that were also Beasties]]