That’s Superfrog. He’s flying away after preventing his arch-nemesis Lex Lizard from sabotaging the launch.
Rocketfrog: band name!
For the win.
I would’ve gone with a quasi-Far Side reference: Yeeeeeeeeee-ha!!!
… Finding it sad that people don’t feel sorry for the poor bugger, who was in the wrong place, at the wrong time. 
Is that what they call a “hop into space”?
Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride continues to be a Florida tourist favorite.
No, he’s just pinin’ for the fjords!
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can so–
Our little froggy friend is no more
But he believed he could fly
And for a moment he touched the sky
The perils of long-distance relationships…
There is a lot of jealousy in the toad community over this.
In a related story, the Calaveras Competition Committee is expected to issue a ruling on the legality of the jump assist method.
Sad? I’m envious. I’d love to go into space, and if the only way is on the outside of a rocket, that’s good enough.
There is this one.
My reference to that pic in post #5 above was far too subtle, I should have included a link. 
Or this one.
Oops, Mr. Toad took his wild ride in Virginia (Wallops Island), not Florida.
He’s gone where no frog has gone before. He’s entered the Undiscovered Country.
Hmm, I wonder if PETA will have anything to say about this.
Ground control to Major Frog…
About the bat on Discovery:
“The animal likely perished quickly during Discovery’s climb into orbit.”
Does anyone else get the feeling that they’re lying? It just sounded like the same… tone(?) my mom used when I dropped my hamster when I was 8, and he died 2 days later:
“Do you think dropping him is what killed him?”
“Oh, no sweetie. I think it was just his time.”:rolleyes:
Great. One of my best agents gone.