Humpty (2011):
narrator: "All the King's Horses and all the King's Men couldn't put Humpty together again."
Note: In addition to the narrator's closing lines reciting the nursery rhyme, Humpty makes many bitter, derogatory statements about "the king" when speaking to the Officer.
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."
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