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Cowboy is the thirteenth episode of the fourth series of Alphablocks. It is the 91st episode in the series overall, the final episode of Series 4, and the final episode of the show until Band Together in 2021.

Synopsis[]

When a cowboy rides into Alphaland, it's time for OU and OY to round up some cows. Yee-haw!

Plot[]

O duplicates himself into four. When U, W, Y, and I watch, the O's fall over, sticking them together into vowel digraphs (OU, OW, OY, OI). When OU and OI leave, T comes up and holds hands with OY.

t-oy, TOY!

A toy appears. T leaves. B joins in.

b-oy, BOY!

A human boy appears. B asks what a boy is. The boy says he is one. C appears.

c-ow, COW!

A cow appears. "Wow! Do it again!" says the boy.

c-ow-b-oy, COWBOY!

The boy turns into a cowboy and a ranch, named the Thousand Cow Ranch, appears. The boy sets off to round up a cow. Passing OU, he asks them if he can help. The boy offers them a hat. While looking for a cow, they pass D and L.

l-ou-d, LOUD!

The cow belts out a loud MOO!, startling L, OU, D, and the cowboy. They chase the cow, while L walks away. N, who is playing the harmonica, joins in. Then they hear a sound like a rattlesnake. It's actually S shaking a rattle.

s-ou-n-d, SOUND!

They hear a moo. But the sound actually comes from a moo box. While continuing the search, F flies in.

f-ou-n-d, FOUND!

They found a real cow! The cowboy lassoes it in. They need 999 more to go. But where can they be? Deputy TH marches in, S flies in, and A drops in.

th-ou-s-a-n-d, THOUSAND!

Nine hundred and ninety-nine more cows appear, totalling up to a thousand cows! And they're all glad to be here in the Thousand Cow Ranch. Everyone tosses their hats and shouts "YEE-HAAAA!"

Learning Objective[]

This episode introduces the digraphs '-oy-' and '-ou-' and the words toy, boy, cow, cowboy, loud, sound, found and thousand.

Characters (in their order of appearance)[]

Digraphs[]

  • OU
  • OW
  • OY
  • OI
  • TH

Words[]

  • Toy
  • Boy
  • Cow
  • Cowboy
  • Loud
  • Sound
  • Found
  • Thousand

Trivia[]

  • Total words: 8.
  • E, G, J, K, M, P, Q, R, V, X, and Z are absent in this episode.
    • Another common "-oy" digraph word is JOY, but J doesn't appear in this episode because jaybird isn't supposed in the episode.
    • Another common "-ound" word family word is ROUND, but R doesn't appear in this episode because she's too piratey.
  • A, D, F, L, S, and digraph TH only say their sound in this episode.
  • E is the only vowel who did not appear in this episode.
  • This is the only TV appearance of diphthongs OY and OU.
  • This is the second episode where a compound word is made without Plusman.
  • H only appears as part of the digraph TH in this episode.
  • Diphthong OI also appears in The End, where only two words are made. In this episode, no words are made with the diphthong, as it only appears in the beginning.
    • It's unknown what I is doing in the beginning.
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