The Leapfrog Alphabet Pal Caterpillar is supposed to teach kids the alphabet; however it seems as if one toy has other ideas. The toy has been nicknamed the cursing caterpillar as a grandfather noticed that his grandson’s leapfrog toy was saying bad words.
Knutty Frye contacted Leapfrog and told them about the cursing caterpillar; however they did not share his concern and just told him to take the toy back to the store, where he could get a full refund.
My fiance pointed this out to me after seeing how it can do this on the toy and I was shocked and we pointed it out to two Walmarts in our local areas. It’s a shame that Leap Frog has shown no concern to change or recall this toy. I definitely will not buy it for my 4 year old.
Comment by Danielle — March 18, 2008 @ 2:52 am
Well, if a toy produces letter sounds in response to keypresses, it’s not surprising that people can make it say whatever they want. Will you now be returning your child’s study PC to Dell because it has a fully functioning keyboard? Will you insist that Dell stop users from typing words like Sh** – er, like Sh** – Hey!! My keyboard’s not working!!!
Comment by Mike — August 27, 2008 @ 1:34 am
My nephew had this toy and when he wasn’t around i was doing exactly that it was great
Comment by Mike — December 7, 2008 @ 8:59 pm
My son unfortunately has the newer version of this toy, its orange now! and when you try to sound out inappropriate words it plays a little jingle and says ha ha that tickles!!!! SUX! <(that word is also blocked) lol
Comment by ruben — February 20, 2009 @ 4:43 pm
I used to have one when I was little, and it didnt swear.It was mabey just a retarded leap frog worker who thought it was funny to make new toys like that, that swear.Its to bad.
Comment by Ziza — February 17, 2010 @ 6:59 am