[1] Colonel Francis Cecil Ricardo (1852–1924), the first owner of a car in Cookham in Berkshire, where Grahame wrote the books is also thought to have been an influence.

In the novel Toad becomes obsessed with motor cars after one runs him and his friends off the road in his caravan.

Toad is a passionate driver and crashes at least eight motor cars before his friends step in and encourage him to change his ways.

[citation needed] William Horwood wrote several children's novels, Tales of the Willows, continuing the original story.

[4] The 2013 graphic adventure video game The Wolf Among Us, based on the Fables comic book series, features Mr. Toad as "a foul-mouthed taxi-driver" voiced by Chuck Kourouklis.