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When a cowboy rides into Alphaland, it's time for OU and OY to round up some cows. Yee-haw!
Season 4
Episode 13
Air Date July 2nd, 2013
Level Blue Level 5
Learning Competency Digraphs OY, OU, OW, and OI
Writer Joe Elliot
Director Jez Hall
Cowboy is the thirteenth episode of the fourth series of Alphablocks. It is the 91st episode overall and the final production of the show until Band Together in 2021.
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 find a real cow and he cowboy lassoes it in. They need 999 more to go. 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!"
Ow (stealth word)
Toy
Boy
Cow
Cowboy
Loud
Sound
Found
Thousand
Total words: 8
A, D, F, L, S, and digraph TH only say their sound in this episode.
This is the second episode to have four of the same Alphablocks in one episode (including in digraphs), with the first being Fox and the third being Band Together.
E, G, J, K, M, P, Q, R, V, X, and Z are absent in this episode.
E is the only vowel who did not appear in this episode.
Although the diphthong OI appears at the beginning of this episode, it is not used in any words.
This was the last episode to have the original animation technology until Band Together.
This is the only TV appearance of diphthongs OY and OU.
This is the third episode where a compound word is made without Plusman, the first is Bee, the second is Birthday Girl and the fourth and so far final instance is Making Friends.
H only appears as part of the digraph TH in this episode.