Wednesday Weekly Wishlist: NCIS' Abby Sciuto

Last night was NCIS night in this house, as it was the season's premiere (as well as the spinoff's, NCIS: Los Angeles): my Sweetheart and I are both fans of the show, and my daughter already loves the opening credits' music.

Which brings me to tell you about our recent trip to IKEA. (I can already here you say "Huh?") As we were looking around in the kids section, I spotted this cute Hippopotamus plush toy:


I immediately though: "Bert, the farting hippo". Now if you don't follow the show, you will need me to explain. On NCIS, the forensics specialist is a cute Goth girl named Abby Sciuto. Abby wears her hair in pigtails, dog collar necklaces, platform shoes, pretty much only owns black and red clothes, preferably with skulls printed on. She believes in Santa Claus, bowls with Nuns, volunteers for Habitat for Humanity, drives a hearse, loves tattoos and drinks Caf-Pow, a fictional energy drink, by the bucket. On Episode 1 of Season 7 (not to say, last night's episode), Tony DiNozzo describes her as thus:

Abby Sciuto : NCIS resident forensic scientist, heart and soul; paradox wrapped in oxymoron, smothered in contradictions and terms; sleeps in a coffin; really the happiest goth you’ll ever meet.

Pauley Perrette as Abby Sciuto, NCIS (2003)

My Sweetheart and I both love the character of Abby, and I would very much like to make myself an "Abby" costume eventually (it's an excuse to get and wear more Goth clothes). In fact, a few weeks ago, I bough myself a gorgeous Italian made, long white jacket that makes me look like a million bucks (for only 45$ CAD - and the original price was 120$ CAD, which makes it even better), and my Sweetheart thought it was the beginnings of an "Abby" costume (for which I would get a real lab coat and not use my beautiful jacket).

So what about the Hippo? Abby has a Farting Hippo plush toy called Bert, and the IKEA one is a dead ringer for it, although it doesn't fart, which is fine by me really.

Pauley Perrette as Abby Sciuto, holding "Bert the Farting Hippo", NCIS (2003)

Don't you think they look the same? Besides, an original "Bert" can cost up to 100$, where as the IKEA Hippo is 12.99$ CAD. But because I decided to be good, and because we were there for baby things, I didn't buy it. So Friends and family, if you are wondering what to get me for Christmas, here is nice, inexpensive idea.