Gentleman Frog Meme Template

This image is known as Colonel Toad, Sir Toad, or the frog in a suit sitting in a chair. Know Your Meme traces its online appearance to a 2011 Etsy print and Pinterest sharing; it says the watercolor was based on Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’s 19th-century portrait of French journalist Louis-François Bertin. The meme became more widely used from 2020 and is commonly paired with the phrase “Gentlemen, it is with great pleasure to inform you that X,” often for wholesome or amusing announcements. The CSV’s attribution to Mr. Toad from The Wind in the Willows is unsupported and does not match the documented image history.

A seated anthropomorphic toad in a dark formal suit and waistcoat, posed in a chair against a plain muted background. Large top and bottom caption bands frame the portrait, whose reserved, dignified pose supports mock-formal announcements.

The top caption announces the formal setup, often using or echoing “Gentlemen, it is with great pleasure to inform you that…” The bottom caption completes the announcement with a piece of good, amusing, or unexpectedly mundane news. The humor comes from the stately delivery giving ordinary news ceremonial importance.

1. Top announcement lead-in, usually a formal address or “great pleasure to inform you” setup.
2. Bottom caption completes the announcement with the news or reveal.

• Sharing an eagerly anticipated update
• Announcing a small personal win with mock ceremony
• Celebrating a wholesome or amusing everyday event
• Making a playful announcement to a group

• Do not put the news in the top line and the announcement lead-in below it.
• Do not leave the lower caption as an unrelated detail; it should complete the announcement.
• Avoid using the image’s formality to make hostile or exclusionary claims.
• Do not identify the toad as Mr. Toad from The Wind in the Willows; that attribution is not supported by the documented origin.