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References to and Quotes about
all the king's horses

Greedy Humpty Dumpty (1936):
last lines of film, recited by chorus: "And all the king's horses / And all the king's men / Couldn't put Humpty together again!"

Humpty (2011):
narrator (at end of film): "All the King's Horses and all the King's Men couldn't put Humpty together again."

Note: Officer from Department of King's Horses steps in, and asks Humpty to come down the wall. Horses can be heard briefly in background.

Humpty Dumpty (1935):
Chorus (singing the popular 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."

NCIS - Season 1, Episode 21 (11 May 2004): "Split Decision":
Abby Sciuto: "Even though the drive was reformatted, all the information it contained is still here. It's just a matter of Humpty-Dumptying it."
DiNozzo: "I thought they couldn't put Humpty Dumpty back together again."
Caitlin Todd: "That's because the king only had horses and men."