Rip Rat

Rip Rat is a male rat character who first appeared in JumpStart Kindergarten: Why Did the Bus Stop?. He subsequently appeared in the game based on that video, JumpStart Learning Games: Phonics.

Appearance
Rip Rat has pale gray fur, a large black nose, and a tiny tuft of orange hair on the top of his head. He wears a large tattered yellow hat with green and blue patches, an orange shirt, and blue overalls.

Personality and Characteristics
Rip Rat lives on a farm where vowels are taught. He has a friendly, easy-going disposition.

In Games
In JumpStart Learning Games: Phonics, Rip Rat appears in the Farmer MacDonald's Barn activity, where he will drop various objects that the player must either catch or avoid, depending on whether they go with Hattie Hen's instructions.

In Videos
In JumpStart Kindergarten: Why Did the Bus Stop?, Rip Rat appears during the "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" song sequence. He asks Old MacDonald for a question. Old MacDonald asks Rip Rat for the same question. Rip Rat says the answer and he starts to laugh.