Humpty Dumpty (original)

Humpty Dumpty is a character in a Mother Goose nursery rhyme created in England. He is depicted as an anthropomorphic or personified egg. Anecdotally, this name was used as a song in 1986 by the Canadian Hi-NRG group Rainbow.
== Appearance and Personality ==
Humpty-Dumpty (a talking egg, like in the rhyme), was a friend of Mother Goose who fell off a wall and cracked.
==Nursery Rhyme==
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses,
And all the king's men,
Couldn't put Humpty together again.
==Origin of the Phrase==
Brewer's Dictionary explains Humpty Dumpty as being a corruption of "humped and dumpy" and defines it as another name for an egg.http://www.bartleby.com/81/8601.html
==Description==
Humpty Dumpty grows from an egg that Alice purchases from the Sheep's curiosity shop at the end of Chapter Five. He perches himself atop a nearby wall and begins instructing her (nonsensically, of course) in matters of grammar and semantics. After Humpty Dumpty's Recitation|reciting a poem]], which he explains "was written entirely for (Alice's) amusement," he promptly says, "Goodbye," and shakes her hand in parting. She add, "...till we meet again," but Dumpty explains that he cannot recognize faces and would not know her should he see her a second time. He then closes his eyes and grows silent. After waiting for him to speak again, Alice walks away and Humpty Dumpty falls off the wall and breaks. He is listed in Through the Looking-Glass' dramatis personae as the Red Queen's rook.
==Other appearances==
* In the sequel of Seeing Redd, known as Arch Enemy, Humpty Dumpty is re-imagined as Mutty P. Dumphy, who is described as a diminutive hairy-cheeked man with a single eyebrow and a head which resembled the rounded point of a gwynook's egg.
* In Batman comics there is a villain known as Humpty Dumpty, also known by his alter ego Humphry Dumpler, is a hulking man with an egg-shaped head who has a knack for disassembling and reassembling machines.
* In the erotic anime "Miyuki-chan in Wonderland", a woman named Humpty Dumpty controls the chessboard while sitting inside an over-sized egg. She has elegant white hair along with a long dress and a scarf.
* He also appears in the anime adaption by Nippon Animation "Fushigi no Kuni no Alice".
* Humpty Dumpty also appears as half-broken and smoking a cigar in the video game "American McGee's Alice." He will occasionally pick at his injury, causing him to shout in pain. He seems fairly oblivious to Alice's presence, even if she tries to use any of her weapons on him.
* Humpty Dumpty was portrayed by W. C. Fields in the 1933 Paramount film version of "Alice in Wonderland."
* In the 1998 version of "Through the Looking Glass", Humpty was played by Desmond Barrit.
* In the 1990 North American Cinar and Little Golden Book video, The Real Story Of Humpty Dumpty, Humpty saved Princess Allegra from Glitch the witch and the witch's poison custard pie. He was voiced by Mark Hellman.
* In the 1987 North American Wee Sing movie, King Cole's Party, Humpty took Mary and Jack and Jill and Little Boy Blue to Old King Cole's party in London, England. He was portrayed by David Richard Heath.
* In the 1991 North American Good Housekeeping Kids Klassics Kids Sing Along episode, Melody Magic In Toyland, the sequel to the 1990 North American Good Housekeeping Kids Klassics Kids Sing Along episode, Melody Magic In Musicland, Humpty sang the I'm A Good Egg song on his wall in order to teach everyone much about how to be good egg friends. He was portrayed by Joe Mundi. 
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