The Dish and the Spoon are a couple of characters from Hey Diddle Diddle to appear in Mother Goose: Rhymes To The Rescue.
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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 dish and the spoon may be a running, married couple, but no matter where they go, they can always find a way back. Accompanied by the cat, the cow, and the little dog, these two helpful housewares can show that they're more than a match for those heartless Ill Wills. Even though the dish and the spoon have no legs, they can sure get around.
The Dish is magenta and pink with arms, red lipstick, and blue nail polish. She wears a purple skirt and short purple arm sleeves. The Spoon is silver with a sky blue handle with arms. He wears a white collar and a red bowtie.
Appearances[]
In the movie, the Dish and the Spoon's rhyme is mentioned by Old MacDonald. Later, they and their friends are greeted by Old Mac. The Dish, the Spoon and their friends even sing their rhyme as part of "The Nursery Rhyme Medley".
As soon as the Ill Wills take control of Rhymeville, the Dish and the Spoon are no longer allowed to run away (Yet, the Spoon can't figure out why they're supposed to run away even though the Dish reminds him that it's part of the rhyme). They, the Cat, the Cow, and the Little Dog 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 while realizing that they must believe in themselves to save their home, the Spoon gives advice by explaining that they should believe in themselves in order to save Rhymeville and the Dish compliments him. With that, 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. The married kitchen couple explains that they were chased by Ill Wills on their way back, but were too fast for them. 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 Dish uses herself as a shield to stop the Wills and the Spoon uses himself as a catapult to fling them away.
As soon as all the Ill Wills are gone, Mother Goose decrees that and she her Rhymesters shall continue to do their rhymes. The Dish and the Spoon are even seen at the celebration party in Old King Cole's castle; after the party, the Dish, the Spoon and their friends return home to continue acting out their rhymes. In the end, the Dish, the Spoon, and the other Rhymesters wave goodbye to the viewers.
Video Games[]
The Dish and the Spoon appear in the video game as two of the playable characters both played as one once they and their pals are freed from imprisonment in Hey Diddle Diddle Valley. Their abilities are to run while the Dish can use herself as a shield and the Spoon can use himself as a catapult.
Trivia[]
- The Dish and the Spoon are not imprisoned in the movie, they are in the video game until released.
- They are the second couple to be played as one in the video game while Mary and her little lamb are the first.
- In some versions, the Dish is male and the Spoon is female. Sometimes, they are both male or female and sometimes they're both inanimate objects. Sometimes, the Dish carries the Spoon while running away while in one illustration, the Spoon rides the Dish like a horse. Either way, they still act out their part of the rhyme.