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* The movie features Dante and Randal working at a Mooby's restaurant after the [[Quick Stop Groceries|Quick Stop]] featured in [[Clerks.]] goes up in flames, making Mooby's the setting of Clerks II. |
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Revision as of 20:47, 27 August 2006
Mooby the Golden Calf is a fictional children's television character featured in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse, most notably in the film Clerks II. The anthropomorphic cow, a reference to the Old Testament story of the golden calf that was worshipped as a graven idol, parodies Barney the dinosaur and elements of Disney.
The Mooby empire
The character, created in 1989 by a former kindergarten teacher, was first featured on a local television program, and later on the nationally broadcast "Mooby Fun-Time Hour." Spinoffs include 16 records, two feature films, eight prime-time specials, videotapes, at least one CD, Mooby Magazine, and "MoobyWorld" theme parks on both coasts; there is also a Mooby's fast-food chain.
Mooby even has his own theme song, a la the "Mickey Mouse Club March," that is featured in Dogma and on the film's soundtrack. Its lyrics suggest demands of veneration and worship.
Sidekicks
A few other characters are mentioned in the lyrics of the "Mooby the Golden Calf" song, and appear on posters in the boardroom scene of Dogma:
- Pat-Pat, "the king of all the monkeys"
- Surly, "the duck who won't fly south"
- Enoch, "the Bible-quoting aardvark"
- Little Eddie Dentures, "the cat inside your mouth"
In the Askewniverse
- Fallen angels Bartleby and Loki read about the Mooby media empire and pay a visit to Mooby Corp. headquarters. The two burst into a meeting and accuse the board of raising up the golden calf as a false idol; citing that and a multitude of other sins, Loki opens fire and kills all of the directors, saving only the secretary who has been deemed innocent (save for not replying with a Bless you to Loki's sneeze). He then offers her gum.
- The main characters eat breakfast at a Mooby's restaurant (complete with playground equipment shaped like a meat grinder).
- Silent Bob wears a Mooby cap throughout this movie, as well as Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Clerks II.
- The golden mooby statue that was splattered with blood in the boardroom scene is on display at Smith's Red Bank, New Jersey comic book store, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash. Merchandise in the form of figurines, clothing, etc. festooned with Mooby is available for purchase at the store.
- In "The Last Episode Ever" a fan at the comic-con is wearing a Mooby's shirt.
- Jay uses an Internet kiosk at a Mooby's restaurant to read message-board postings, and to respond that the people insulting him "are the ones who are the ball-lickers". Jay and Silent Bob also meet Sissy, Chrissy, Missy and Justice at the restaurant.
- Silent Bob is seen wearing a Mooby hat throughout the film, purchased in the comic book series chasing dogma.
- During the backlot chase, a costumed Mooby character is accidentally shot while taping a TV special.
- The Mooby statue adorning the front of the restaurant is in the same pose as the Buddy Christ statue from Dogma.
- After the Quick Stop burns down, Randl Graves and Dante Hicks relocate to a Mooby's fast food restaurant.