Rubber Duckie (duck)
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Rubber Duckie is Ernie's bathtoy duck and most treasured possession. Ernie has expressed his fondness for his duckie in several songs, most famously "Rubber Duckie", but the duck has also figured in "Put Down the Duckie," "D-U-C-K-I-E," and "Do De Rubber Duck." In Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, Ernie trades Rubber Duckie to Mr. Hooper in order to get a present for Bert for Christmas.
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History
A Rubber Duck is, as you might have guessed, a toy made out of rubber in the shape of a duck. It would bob happily atop the water in which you bathed, staring at you with happy eyes.
Though known to many as Ernie's toy on Sesame Street, the rubber duckie existed as early as the 1920s. These days, Rubber Ducks are actually made out of a thick vinyl, as it is cheaper and more durable than rubber. Most come with a nozzle (usually at the bottom) so that if you squeeze the duck, it will squeak a happy noise at you.
Other Rubber Duckies
Ernie is not the only Muppet to have a Rubber Duckie. In Sesame Street, Special, it's revealed that Hoots the Owl has a Rubber Duckie of his own. In Where's Beaker?, it's revealed that Dr. Bunsen Honeydew has a Rubber Duckie. A special Rubber Duckie with invisibility spray was used by Fozzie Bear in Muppets From Space. A Rubber Duckie was also a prize on Guy Smiley's game show "The Trading Game". However, as Bert said in Episode 0406, he doesn't have a rubber duckie, and doesn't want one.
Book appearances
- The Sesame Street Cookbook (1978)
- The Case of the Missing Duckie (1980)
- The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
- A Day in the Life of Oscar the Grouch (1981)
- One Rubber Duckie (1982)
- The Sesame Street Word Book (1983)
- A Baby Sister for Herry (1984)
- Happy Mother's Day! (1989)
- My Name is Ernie (1991)
- Rubber Duckies Don't Say Quack (1994)
- Where's the Duckie? (1996)
- Tubby Time for Little Ernie (1998)
- Elmo's World Super Sticker Book (2007)
- Friendly, Frosty Monsters (2007)
- Sesame Street Super Sticker Book (2007)
See Also
 The original Rubber Duckie |
