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The first story arc of the Batman and Robin comic book by Grant Morrison features a villanous character with the name and appearance of Mr. Toad. After Batman and Robin interrogate Toad, he's revealed to be in cohoots with Pyg.
In Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series, Miss Havisham and Mr. Toad engage in an ongoing series of car races.
A gravestone for 'Mr. Toad' is shown among the other fables buried at The Farm in Bill Willingham's Fables series.
In Ep. 2.02 of Downton Abbey, the Dowager Countess of Grantham(played by Maggie Smith), frustrated at her granddaughter's new-found love of driving, exclaims, "Edith, you are a Lady, not Toad of Toad Hall."
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