Humpty Dumpty is a traditional English nursery rhyme character, an egg who sits on a wall, has a great fall and cannot be put together again. The rhyme has been printed since the late eighteenth century and remains widely taught to young children. Online, the name alone has become shorthand for any clumsy fall or fragile character in trouble. Short clips using the name travel easily on soundboards and in edited videos because the reference is instantly understood across generations, even without hearing the rest of the rhyme.