The Cow that jumps over the moon is a character from Hey Diddle Diddle to appear in Mother Goose: Rhymes to the Rescue.
Background[]
Hey, diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
The cow is a marvelous mooing jumper, especially over the moon. She is never bossy but graceful. With the cat, the little dog, the dish and the spoon at her side, she can stand up to those naughty Ill Wills. This bounding bovine can definitely get around because of what talent she has.
The Cow is a white cow with a pink udder, a pink snout, gray hooves, and brown spots, including one shaped like a moon. She wears a cowbell around her neck and on her body is a large ballerina costume.
Appearances[]
In the movie, the Cow's rhyme is mentioned by Old MacDonald. Later, she and her friends are greeted by Old Mac. The Cow and her friends even sing their rhyme as part of "The Nursery Rhyme Medley". As soon as the Ill Wills take control of Rhymeville, the Cow is no longer allowed to jump over the moon. She, the Cat, the Little Dog, the Dish and the Spoon team up with Old MacDonald, Hickory Dickory Dock, the Itsy Bitsy Spider, Mrs. Pumpkin-Eater, Mary with her little lamb, Little Jack Horner, Humpty Dumpty, the Lion and the Unicorn as they make it past every obstacle the Ill Wills set up for them with the Cat, the Little Dog, the Dish, and the Spoon riding on the Cow. When the gang decides to rest for the night, the Cow grazes with Marshall and the little lamb. While the friends realize that they must believe in themselves to save their home, the Hey Diddle Diddle characters act out their rhyme so that the Cow, the Dish and the Spoon can spread the word. While Mary heads off to school with her lamb, the Cow returns with the Dish and the Spoon to Old Mac's posse to rest before continuing their journey. When Mary is captured by the Ill Wills, Old Mac and his gang follow her lamb to find the paper fortress. They enter the fortress disguised as a giant centipede; once inside, the rhymesters take off their disguise and free their friends. But before they can escape, the Ill Wills trap them refusing to let them continue their rhymes since the Wills hate rhymes and children. While Mother Goose goes after Commander Will, the Rhymesters take on the other Wills. The Cow defeats the Ill Wills by taking them in her mouth and jumping into space with them. As soon as all the Ill Wills are gone, Mother Goose decrees that and she her Rhymesters shall continue to do their rhymes. The Cow is even seen at the celebration party in Old King Cole's castle; after the party, the Cow and her friends return home to continue acting out their rhymes. In the end, the Cow and the other Rhymesters wave goodbye to the viewers.
Video Games[]
The Cow appears in the video game as a playable characters once she and her pals are freed from imprisonment in Hey Diddle Diddle Valley. Her abilities are to jump over the moon, land on enemies, and squirt milk.
Trivia[]
- The Cow is seen on all fours, but is on two legs when she jumps over the moon or squirts milk in the video game.
- The Cow squirting milk in the video game is a reference to the Barnyard video game.
- She is a little similar to Otis, Ben, Daisy, Bessy, and the Jersey Cows from Barnyard.
- The Cow is not imprisoned in the movie, she is in the video game until released.
- She always talks more cow-like when she says anything that sounds like moo.
- She is the only cow in the film that can talk while the cow on Old MacDonald's farm only moos.