I think it’s a rule that, if you’re going to bring the Fabulous Frog-Man into your comic, you have to give him an opportunity to redeem himself and do something legitimately heroic. Like the old, “five reels of vice, the sixth of virtue,” Hollywood rule that I don’t remember well enough to quote exactly, or even Google correctly. If it’s not a rule, it probably should be!
Most every character, I give their dialogue two passes, to try and tighten it up as well as I can, but with Frog-Man, I completely indulge myself and let my instincts rule the day, writing his dialogue. You can probably tell that I, more or less, let him write himself.
One of the fun things about building a body of work is getting to look back and discover patterns and routines you fell into, without even recognizing it; hopefully it’s fun, at least, and not paralyzingly embarrassing. As I was writing the alt text for this strip, it occurred to me that I’ve borrowed, “I can’t stand it!” from Peanuts at least twice now. I wonder what I’ll notice I’ve done next!