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[[Image:Rubberduckie.jpg|thumb|250px|Rubber Duckie as a "celebrity veejay" on ''[[Shalom Sesame]]'' ]]
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[[Image:Rubberduckie.jpg|thumb|300px|Rubber Duckie as a "celebrity veejay" on ''Shalom Sesame''.]]
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[[Image:Rubberduckieplayskool.jpg|thumb|300px|Ernie's Rubber Duckie, as sold by Hasbro.]]
'''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 (song)|Rubber Duckie]]", but the duck has also figured in "[[Put Down the Duckie (song)|Put Down the Duckie]]," "[[D-U-C-K-I-E]]," "[[Do De Rubber Duck]]", and "[[The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree]]". In ''[[Christmas Eve on Sesame Street]]'', Ernie trades Rubber Duckie to [[Mr. Hooper]] in order to get a present for [[Bert]] for [[Christmas]].
 
 
[[Image:OriginalRubberDuckie-NEW.jpg|thumb|300px|The original Rubber Duckie.]]
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[[Image:Rubberduckie1970.jpg|thumb|300px]]
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[[Image:2059x.jpg|thumb|300px]]
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[[Image:Bert and Ernie.jpg|thumb|300px]]
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[[Image:Ernie&RubberDuckie-2009.jpg|thumb|300px|The newest Rubber Duckie.]]
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[[Image:Ernie'sOriginal-Quietscheetnchen.jpg|thumb|300px|Ernie's Rubber Duckie, as sold by Igel.]]
   
 
'''Rubber Duckie''' is [[Ernie|Ernie's]] toy duck and most treasured possession. Ernie has expressed his fondness for his duckie in several songs, most famously "[[Rubber Duckie (song)|Rubber Duckie]]", but the duck has also figured in "[[Put Down the Duckie (song)|Put Down the Duckie]]," "[[D-U-C-K-I-E]]," "[[Do De Rubber Duck]]", and "[[The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree]]". In ''[[Christmas Eve on Sesame Street]]'', Ernie trades Rubber Duckie to [[Mr. Hooper]] in order to get a present for [[Bert]] for [[Christmas]].
In storybooks, Rubber Duckie is sometimes pictured as being more of a pet than a toy; he often has eyes that seem to focus, as if he were more-or-less alive. For example, in the 2002 book ''[[Elmo Look and Find]]'', Rubber Duckie is visited by dozens of his "duckie friends", who play with him in [[Ernie|Ernie's]] bathtub. His friends include [[Grubby Duckie]], [[Lucky Duckie]] and [[Duckleberry Swim]].
 
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In storybooks, Rubber Duckie is sometimes pictured as being more of a pet than a toy; he often has eyes that seem to focus, as if he were more-or-less alive. For example, in the 2002 book ''[[Look and Find Elmo]]'', Rubber Duckie is visited by dozens of his "duckie friends", who play with him in [[Ernie|Ernie's]] bathtub. His friends include [[Grubby Duckie]], [[Lucky Duckie]] and [[Duckleberry Swim]]. Rubber Duckie's anthropomorphization goes as far back as 1977, when [[Joe Mathieu]] drew him in a state of fear in ''[[The Sesame Street Mix or Match Storybook]]''.
   
 
==History==
 
==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.
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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.
 
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.
 
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.
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Ernie's Rubber Duckie was originally an actual squeak toy (manufactured by Alan Jay Clarolyte<ref>[http://www.duckplanet.com/cgi-bin/dbb1/YaBB.pl?num=1336603199 Duckplanet.com Forum]</ref>) that [[Jim Henson]] purchased in 1969. Because this specific rubber duckie design has long been obsolete, prop-makers have refurbished the duck in succeeding years, creating a rubber mold around the original toy and painting over it. The rubber ducks used nowadays do not actually squeak. A helper off camera makes the squeak noise.
   
 
==Other Rubber Duckies==
 
==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 ''[[Jim Henson's Bedtime Stories|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]]''. However, as [[Bert]] said in [[Episode 0406]], he doesn't have a rubber duckie, and doesn't want one. However, in the song "[[I Gotta Be Clean]]",
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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 ''[[Jim Henson's Bedtime Stories|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]]''. However, as [[Bert]] said in [[Episode 0406]], he doesn't have a rubber duckie, and doesn't want one. However, in the song "[[I Gotta Be Clean]]", [[Bert]] actually has a Rubber Pigeon.
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[[Bert]] actually has a Rubber Pigeon
 
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[[Dr. Bunsen Honeydew]] finds his lost Rubber Duck in the ''[[It's Story Time]]'' short story, "Where's Beaker?"
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The [[Pajanimals]] have at least three of them. Two of them can be seen sitting in the windowsill above their bathtub in the song "Stick to the Plan" and in the "Bathtime Boogie" song in the full series. A third sits inside a toy boat on the edge of the bathtub.
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==Notes==
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*The original Rubber Duckie, in blue, was used in [[:Image:Beau Standing.jpg|a promotional shot]] for [[:Category:The Muppets Characters|The Muppets]] together with [[Beauregard]].
   
 
==Book appearances==
 
==Book appearances==
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*''[[The Sesame Street Storybook]]'' (1971)
 
*''[[Sesame Street Finger Puppets (book)|More Sesame Street Finger Puppets]]'' (1972)
 
*''[[Sesame Street Finger Puppets (book)|More Sesame Street Finger Puppets]]'' (1972)
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*''[[The Sesame Street 1, 2, 3 Storybook]]'' (1973)
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*''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Bert's Big Band Paint-with-Water Book]]'' (1976)
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*''[[The Sesame Street Postcard Book]]'' (1976)
 
*''[[Ernie and Bert's Counting Book]]'' (1977)
 
*''[[Ernie and Bert's Counting Book]]'' (1977)
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*''[[The Sesame Street Mix or Match Storybook]]'' (1977)
 
*''[[The Sesame Street Cookbook]]'' (1978)
 
*''[[The Sesame Street Cookbook]]'' (1978)
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*''[[The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook]]'' (1978)
 
*''[[The Case of the Missing Duckie]]'' (1980)
 
*''[[The Case of the Missing Duckie]]'' (1980)
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*''[[Early Bird on Sesame Street]]'' (1980)
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*''[[I Can Do It Myself]]'' (1980)
 
*''[[The Sesame Street Dictionary]]'' (1980)
 
*''[[The Sesame Street Dictionary]]'' (1980)
 
*''[[A Day in the Life of Oscar the Grouch]]'' (1981)
 
*''[[A Day in the Life of Oscar the Grouch]]'' (1981)
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*''[[Prairie Dawn's Upside-Down Poem]]'' (1981)
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*''[[Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (book)|Christmas Eve on Sesame Street]]'' (1981)
 
*''[[Ernie's Bath Book]]'' (1982)
 
*''[[Ernie's Bath Book]]'' (1982)
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*''[[Sesame Street coloring books|First Day of School]]'' (1982)
 
*''[[One Rubber Duckie]]'' (1982)
 
*''[[One Rubber Duckie]]'' (1982)
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*''[[Puppy Love]]'' (1983)
 
*''[[The Sesame Street Word Book]]'' (1983)
 
*''[[The Sesame Street Word Book]]'' (1983)
 
*''[[A Baby Sister for Herry]]'' (1984)
 
*''[[A Baby Sister for Herry]]'' (1984)
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*''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Grover's Book of Colors]]'' (1985)
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*''[[Baby Animals on the Farm]]'' (1986)
 
*''[[Sesame Street ABC]]'' (1986)
 
*''[[Sesame Street ABC]]'' (1986)
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*''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Through the Year]]'' (1986)
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*''[[Sesame Street coloring books|A Rainy Day on Sesame Street]]'' (1987)
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*''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Shape Up!]]'' (1987)
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*''[[Sesame Street coloring books|A New Playground on Sesame Street]]'' (1988)
 
*''[[Happy Mother's Day!]]'' (1989)
 
*''[[Happy Mother's Day!]]'' (1989)
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*''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Museum of Monster Art]]'' (1990)
 
*''[[My Name is Ernie]]'' (1991)
 
*''[[My Name is Ernie]]'' (1991)
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*''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Mini-Boxes to Color &amp; Share]]'' (1992)
 
*''[[Elmo's Big Lift-and-Look Book]]'' (1994)
 
*''[[Elmo's Big Lift-and-Look Book]]'' (1994)
 
*''[[Rubber Duckies Don't Say Quack]]'' (1994)
 
*''[[Rubber Duckies Don't Say Quack]]'' (1994)
 
*''[[Elmo's Lift-and-Peek Around the Corner Book]]'' (1996)
 
*''[[Elmo's Lift-and-Peek Around the Corner Book]]'' (1996)
 
*''[[Where's the Duckie?]]'' (1996)
 
*''[[Where's the Duckie?]]'' (1996)
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*''[[Elmo Loves You!]]'' (1997)
 
*''[[Tubby Time for Little Ernie]]'' (1998)
 
*''[[Tubby Time for Little Ernie]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Elmo Look and Find]]'' (2002)
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*''[[123 Sesame Street (book)|123 Sesame Street]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Elmo Good Night Stories]]'' (2006)
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*''[[Look and Find Elmo]]'' (2002)
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*''[[Friends All Day]]'' (2002)
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*''[[Elmo Good Night Stories]]'' (2006)
 
*''[[Elmo's Piano]]'' (2007)
 
*''[[Elmo's Piano]]'' (2007)
 
*''[[Elmo's World Super Sticker Book]]'' (2007)
 
*''[[Elmo's World Super Sticker Book]]'' (2007)
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*''[[Yucchy! Yucchy!]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[Yucchy! Yucchy!]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[Big Bird's Tree-Trimming Party]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[Big Bird's Tree-Trimming Party]]'' (2008)
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*''[[Love, Elmo]]'' (2009)
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[Rubber Duckie (song)]]
 
*[[Rubber Duckie (song)]]
 
*[[Ernie and Rubber Duckie Bumpers]]
 
*[[Ernie and Rubber Duckie Bumpers]]
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*[[Muppets' transitional objects]]
   
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==Sources==
<gallery>
 
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<references/>
Image:OriginalRubberDuckie.jpg|The original Rubber Duckie
 
</gallery>
 
   
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rubber Duckie Duck}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rubber Duckie Duck}}
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Characters]]
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Characters]]
 
[[Category:Muppet Props]]
 
[[Category:Muppet Props]]
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[[Category:Toy References]]

Revision as of 22:08, 11 May 2014

Rubberduckie

Rubber Duckie as a "celebrity veejay" on Shalom Sesame.

Rubberduckieplayskool

Ernie's Rubber Duckie, as sold by Hasbro.

File:OriginalRubberDuckie-NEW.jpg

The original Rubber Duckie.

Rubberduckie1970
2059x
Bert and Ernie
Ernie&RubberDuckie-2009

The newest Rubber Duckie.

Ernie'sOriginal-Quietscheetnchen

Ernie's Rubber Duckie, as sold by Igel.

Rubber Duckie is Ernie's toy 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," "Do De Rubber Duck", and "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree". In Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, Ernie trades Rubber Duckie to Mr. Hooper in order to get a present for Bert for Christmas.

In storybooks, Rubber Duckie is sometimes pictured as being more of a pet than a toy; he often has eyes that seem to focus, as if he were more-or-less alive. For example, in the 2002 book Look and Find Elmo, Rubber Duckie is visited by dozens of his "duckie friends", who play with him in Ernie's bathtub. His friends include Grubby Duckie, Lucky Duckie and Duckleberry Swim. Rubber Duckie's anthropomorphization goes as far back as 1977, when Joe Mathieu drew him in a state of fear in The Sesame Street Mix or Match Storybook.

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.

Ernie's Rubber Duckie was originally an actual squeak toy (manufactured by Alan Jay Clarolyte[1]) that Jim Henson purchased in 1969. Because this specific rubber duckie design has long been obsolete, prop-makers have refurbished the duck in succeeding years, creating a rubber mold around the original toy and painting over it. The rubber ducks used nowadays do not actually squeak. A helper off camera makes the squeak noise.

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. However, as Bert said in Episode 0406, he doesn't have a rubber duckie, and doesn't want one. However, in the song "I Gotta Be Clean", Bert actually has a Rubber Pigeon.

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew finds his lost Rubber Duck in the It's Story Time short story, "Where's Beaker?"

The Pajanimals have at least three of them. Two of them can be seen sitting in the windowsill above their bathtub in the song "Stick to the Plan" and in the "Bathtime Boogie" song in the full series. A third sits inside a toy boat on the edge of the bathtub.

Notes

Book appearances

See also

Sources