Fraggle Rock

For the animated television series, see Fraggle Rock (animated TV series).

Fraggle Rock
File:Fraggle Rock.jpg Title card
Created by	Jim Henson
Starring	Gerard Parkes
Voices of	Jim Henson Dave Goelz Kathryn Mullen Jerry Nelson Karen Prell Steve Whitmire
Country of origin	Canada United Kingdom United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	96 (List of episodes)
Production
Production locations	Toronto, Canada
Running time	25 minutes per episode
Production companies	The Jim Henson Company HiT Entertainment HBO Original Programming
Original release
Network	CBC (Canada) HBO (USA) ITV, Cartoonito (UK)
Release	January 10, 1983 – March 30, 1987
Related
The Muppet Show

Fraggle Rock is a children's television series with a total of 5 seasons and 96 episodes. The series originally ran from January 10, 1983 to March 30, 1987 on CBC Television in Canada, ITV in the UK, HBO in the United States and TV1 in New Zealand. Nickelodeon repeated it in the UK from 1993, as did Boomerang and Cartoonito later. As of 2008 Fraggle Rock showed in the US on The Hub, UK on POP! and Tiny Pop, in Australia on Boomerang and in Canada on Teletoon Retro. In 2010 the show was rebroadcasted on the new children's channel Hub. The series was created by Jim Henson, primarily featuring a cast of "Muppet" creatures called Fraggles. Writers included Henson, Jerry Juhl, and Jocelyn Stevenson, with songs by Philip Balsam and Dennis Lee. It was one of the first shows to be co-produced by HIT Entertainment since its foundation in 1989 when it was called Henson International Television, the international arm of Jim Henson Productions. The recent distribution (Fraggle Rock 25 Years, Complete Series Collection) shows that the aired season four (January through March 1986) and aired season five (January through March 1987) were produced, and designed, to be one final season.

Jim Henson articulated a vision of Fraggle Rock as depicting a colorful and fun world; "It is a high-energy, raucous musical romp. It's a lot of silliness. It's wonderful." The series plays out in a world with a relatively complex system of symbiotic relationships between different "races" of creatures, an allegory to the human world, where each group was somewhat unaware of how interconnected and important they were to one another. Creating this allegorical world allowed the program to entertain and amuse while seriously exploring complex issues of prejudice, spirituality, personal identity, environment, and social conflict. Fraggle Rock generally refused to over-simplify any individual issue, instead simply illustrating the consequences and inherent difficulties of different actions and relationships.

The show became a worldwide hit, like Sesame Street and The Muppet Show. The "Fraggle Rock Theme" reached number 33 in the British music charts during the phenomenon.

The television show

Fraggle Rock made its debut on January 10, 1983 and the final episode aired on March 30, 1987 — after four seasons and a total of 96 episodes. A co-production between former British ITV production-company Television South (TVS), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, United States pay-television service Home Box Office and Henson Associates (later Jim Henson Productions), the show was filmed on a Toronto sound stage, (later at Elstree Studios, London). The avant-garde poet bpNichol worked as one of the show's writers. In the early days of development, the script called Fraggles "Woozles" pending the devising of a more suitable name.

International co-productions

The producers made the series with the intention of it airing in various forms internationally. That concept grew out of Duncan Kenworthy's experience adapting Sesame Street to the requirements of foreign markets. The human "wraparound" segments were produced separately in several countries, with the intention that the child viewer would always be able to relate to the world of the program. However, in the Australian, New Zealand, Dutch, Irish, Scandinavian, Spanish and Eastern European shows, the North American human surroundings were used. The series has appeared now in over ten countries and languages.

The British version presents Fraggle Rock as a rocky sea-island with a lighthouse; it used as an actual shown location St. Anthony's Lighthouse located near Falmouth in Cornwall. The wraparounds featuring the inventor "Doc" (Gerard Parkes) in North America are replaced in the UK by the character called "The Captain" (played by Fulton Mackay, and after Mackay's death by first John Gordon Sinclair as "PK" and later Simon O'Brien as "BJ") who lives in the lighthouse along with his faithful dog Sprocket, who sometimes sees the Fraggles but never seems to get his owner's attention in time. The rock is known as Fraggle Rock by the humans. In the German version, the action takes place beneath the workshop of the inventor Doc, played by Hans-Helmut Dickow. In France, the wraparound segments take place in a bakery.

Michael Frith (Jim Henson's creative director) took inspiration for the setting of Fraggle Rock from the Crystal Cave in Bermuda, known during his childhood in Bermuda.

Episodes

Main article: List of Fraggle Rock episodes

The inhabitants of Fraggle Rock

Fraggles

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Example of Fraggle dreamsharing as seen in "Boober's Dream."

Fraggles, humanoid creatures about 18 inches tall, come in a wide variety of colors and have tails that bear a tuft of fur on the end. They live in a system of caves called Fraggle Rock - caves filled with all manner of creatures and features, and which seem to connect to at least two different worlds that exist in different dimensions of time and space. Fraggles live a very carefree life, spending most of their time playing, exploring, and generally enjoying themselves. However, that does not make them by any means irresponsible or simple: they maintain a fairly complex culture and society, with each Fraggle having a particular responsibility to uphold. The series presents Fraggles as curious, clever, brave and quick to act in an emergency. They have basic skills with tools and with crude machinery, and even the concept of war is familiar enough to them (although wars between Fraggles are very rare). Fraggles live on a diet of vegetables, especially radishes and "doozer sticks" (see below). Fraggles have the ability to "share dreams"; if they touch their heads together before falling asleep, one can enter the dream of the other Fraggle. More than one Fraggle at a time can enter a single Fraggle's dream, provided all the participants' heads are touching.

The series focused on one group of Fraggles in particular: Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober and Red. They form a tight-knit group of friends, and each has a distinct personality.

• Gobo (Jerry Nelson) - The "leader" of the five main Fraggles. He is unusually level-headed and practical for a Fraggle, prefers to control most situations. He plays a guitar (made from a gourd) and often goes on trips to explore the lesser-known tunnels of Fraggle Rock, apparently more out of a sense of obligation to his Uncle Traveling Matt than from personal inclination. An unfailing pragmatist, he resists the influence of his friends. Gobo has an orange complexion and purple hair, and wears a yellow sweater with a brown vest: in early episodes he used to wear a dark magenta jacket.
• Mokey (Kathryn Mullen) - Mokey represents a highly spiritual and artistic, hippie-type (she recites poetry, sketches and paints), and usually remains quiet and contemplative, though even she can get annoyed from time to time. She functions as the optimist of the group, trying to see the best in everyone and everything, and comforting her friends when no such "bright side" can be found. According to episode 15, Mokey can make friends quite easily because of her optimistic personality. Though spiritual and serene, Mokey has the dangerous job of procuring radishes from the Gorgs' garden. Mokey has mauve skin and light blue green hair; she wears a greyish brown cardigan. She also wears the pop-top from a soda can as a necklace pendant.
• Red (Karen Prell) - In direct contrast to her best friend Mokey, has an exuberant and athletic nature; she is one of the best swimmers among the Fraggles. Mo Rocca described her on VH1's I Love the 80s: Strikes Back as the "Buck the establishment Fraggle" (comparable to Peppermint Patty of the Peanuts Gang). She is also highly cynical of her friends' plans and ideas and often teases Gobo about his Uncle Traveling Matt (occasionally yawning while he reads the postcards). Red, like Gobo, wants to be in control, and there is often friction between them over who should be the one in charge. During the course of the show, Red and Mokey become roommates. Red has a yellowish orange hue, red hair, and wears a red sweater.
• Wembley (Steve Whitmire) - Gobo's room-mate and best friend, appears nervous and pathologically indecisive (mostly because he doesn't want to hurt anyone's feelings; saying "yes" to someone means saying "no" to someone else). In fact, "to wemble" is a Fraggle verb meaning "to be indecisive" (though the episode "The Secret of Convincing John" points out that to not be able to choose, one must first understand ALL the possibilities, suggesting an "up" side to the condition). Starting with the episode "The Thirty-Minute Work Week" and in later episodes, Wembley works with the fire department as their siren. Wembley looks greenish-yellow, with yellow hair. He wears a white shirt with palm trees on it, which he refers to as his "banana shirt". As quite a talented percussionist, he often plays bongo drums.
• Boober (sometimes named Beef) (Dave Goelz) - His cardinal traits include depression and worry, and he most enjoys washing socks  – Fraggles, however, do not seem to use footwear most of the time (possibly he collects them). Boober almost always expresses a negative attitude, and displays hypochondriac tendencies (he is apparently allergic to dogs) and he expresses deeply ingrained superstition. Boober is Fraggle Rock's most talented cook and does everyone's laundry, and has a penchant for singing the blues. Boober is greenish-blue with reddish-orange hair, and always wears a red hat and brown scarf. He is the only primary Fraggle whose eyes remain invisible, and he prefers to live on his own, although he is close friends with both Red and Wembley.

Secondary Fraggles

• Cantus (voiced by Jim Henson) and the Minstrels - Cantus and the Minstrels continually travel to different parts of the cave, and stop several times at Fraggle Rock. They encourage the Fraggles to find their own songs, which culminate in "Our melody/come and sing it with me/It's a song where you know you'll belong.../'Cause you know we belong to the song."
  • Brio the Minstrel (Terry Angus) - A Fraggle who is one of the Minstrels following Cantus. Brio is a bespectacled Fraggle who plays the cymbals. According to puppeteer Terry Angus, Brio is also the only female minstrel, conceived by Jocelyn Stevenson to balance the gender ratio. She first appeared in the Fraggle Rock episode "The Minstrels."
• Cave Fraggles - Deep in the caves of Fraggle Rock lives another group of Fraggles that are known to other Fraggles as Cave Fraggles (as shown in the episode "Fraggle Wars"). Enemy Fraggles live in a place they call Fraggle Cave. The Enemy Fraggles are dull and seem to be a lot like Doozers in a way that neither have a lot of fun.
  • Cave's Oldest Fraggle (Tim Gosley) - She urges her group of Cave Fraggles on to combat against the opposition as seen in "Fraggle Wars." Ultimately, humor prevails, and both Cave's Oldest and World's Oldest can only express disdain for modern youth.
  • Beige Fraggle (Richard Hunt) - One of the Cave Fraggles from the second season Fraggle Rock episode "Fraggle Wars". He is in charge of guarding Mokey when she is captured and kept prisoner in a cage. Beige tries very hard to be a tough, efficient Security Fraggle, but secretly begins to feel sorry for Mokey. When war threatens to break out between the Cave Fraggles and the Rock Fraggles, Beige finds the courage to help Mokey and, with Red's help, stop the battle before it starts. Like Red, however, his name is the same as his color, except his is the same color as his skin, and Red's is the same as her hair. While Mokey was being kept in the cage, she and Beige discussed the differences between their two cultures. Beige demonstrates the Cave Fraggles' unique sense of humor with the song "Ho Ho Ho (What a Funny World It Is)." One joke they find particularly amusing goes, "I met a man who had a son, he also had a daughter too!"
• Chuchu Fraggle - Appeared in "Playing Till It Hurts" and has extremely large, yellow teeth, which are knocked out in the course of the episode.
• Clerk Fraggle (Dave Goelz) - Clerk Fraggle is responsible for taking attendance at the meetings of the Fraggle Rock Volunteer Fire Department as seen in the Fraggle Rock episode "The Thirty-Minute Work Week."
• Convincing John (Jim Henson) - An evangelist-like Fraggle, uses his fast-talking musical numbers to convince Fraggles to do anything, from getting Red to wear a blindfold to getting all Fraggles to stop eating Doozer constructions (and, subsequently, to start eating them again). "He could convince a Gorg that he's a Doozer!" Convincing John lives some distance away from the rest of the Fraggle warren: it is suggested that this status is something akin to exile, or quarantine, given Convincing John's propensity to convince people to do things at random. He does, however, have a trio of backing singers/dancers who are almost his acolytes, though when not performing, they are aware of his true nature and are less than impressed.
• Eminent and Venerable Council of Sages - The council comprises the first three Fraggles to show up for a hearing. It is composed of the dopey Lambo (Richard Hunt), Hambo (Steve Whitmire) and an unnamed sleeping female Fraggle (Sharon Lee Williams). Red brings Mokey before the council when she mistakenly thinks Mokey has stolen her radish bars as seen in "Red-Handed and the Invisible Thief."
• Felix the Fearless (Bob Stutt): A tan Fraggle with green and gray hair who serves as head of the Fraggle Rescue Squad. He possesses a high-pitched voice which contrasts with his name and reputation (as well as his over-sized outfit), and values bureaucracy over practical methods. He appeared in "Marooned" and "Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water."
• Feenie Fraggle (Jerry Nelson) = A good-natured but rather slow-witted Fraggle. Best friend to Large Marvin Fraggle.
• Firechief Fraggle (Richard Hunt) - Firechief Fraggle heads the Fraggle Rock Volunteer Fire Department, and swears Wembley in as a new member, allowing him to be the siren.
• Gillis Fraggle (Richard Hunt) - A lavender Fraggle with green hair. He wears a black jacket and a pair of half-moon glasses. Gillis is the resident musician of Fraggle Rock, but unlike the Minstrels, he lives in the Rock full-time. His first appearance was in the episode "Uncle Matt Comes Home" where he conducts a song to welcome Uncle "Traveling" Matt back to Fraggle Rock. In the Fraggle Rock episode "The Secret Society of Poobahs," Gillis was the Beggler-Beg of the Poobahs. Gillis' name is a reference to Fraggle Rock music arranger Don Gillis.
• Henchy Fraggle (John Pattison) - Henchy Fraggle acts as assistant to the World's Oldest Fraggle. His role is to correct The World's Oldest Fraggle, and then get hit in the nose with his cane after he exclaims, "I know that!"
• Iain Reid Fraggle (Dave Goelz) - Also known as The Fisherman, Iain would appear from time to time, always boasting about "the one that got away." Generally unkempt in appearance. Under went a dramatic change of appearance between series 2 and 3 when his hairstyle was changed from long and straggly to very short. It has been rumored that this was due to an accident with a lit cigarette.
• Keith Beresheim - Legendary Fraggle who is best known for repeatedly quoting historic movies, and repeating his catch phrase "That's for the authorities to figure out."
• Large Marvin Fraggle (Dave Goelz) - A fat Fraggle who loves snacking and also swimming. He is a long-time nemesis of Red Fraggle.
• Lou "Louise" Fraggle (Cheryl Wagner) - A female Fraggle who becomes Wembley's girlfriend in the episode "We Love You Wembley".
• Marlon Fraggle (Steve Whitmire) - An odd-looking Fraggle, resembles Peter Lorre. He wants to form a cult, has "ideas about behavioural modification" (in "The Finger of Light"), and carves a sculpture out of radishes for his turn as Moon Greeter ("Capturing the Moon"). As Fraggles go, he's probably the closest they come to evil.
• Old Gypsy Lady (Kathryn Mullen) - The only gypsy lady in Fraggle Rock, and walks with a wooden leg and a squeaky shoe. Boober pretends to be the Old Gypsy Lady when Sidebottom comes along to try and convince him to have some fun. However, he is caught in his lie when, at the end, the Gypsy Lady arrives.
• Pipebangers - The Pipebangers are Fraggles who come out after the King Gorg takes his daily bath and empties the Fraggle's pond, sing and repeatedly bang on the pipes in the wall until the pond fills with water again.
  • Archbanger Fraggle (Jerry Nelson) - The head of the Pipebangers, who have the job of refilling the Fraggle Pond with water when it runs low. He does this by leading the Pipebangers in a ritual that involves striking the pipes in Fraggle Rock with sticks. The noisy pipes lead Doc to believe that there is a problem with his boiler, which he consequently empties. The Fraggles, however, believe the appearance of water to be magically related to the Pipebangers' actions. In his only appearance, in the Fraggle Rock episode "Let the Water Run," the Archbanger Fraggle is shocked when the water doesn't flow out of the pipes, despite repeated banging; he is unaware that Doc is fixing his boiler. When Red brings back an umbrella from Doc's Workshop, the Archbanger insists on using it to bang on the pipes, claiming, "I know a sacred banging stick when I see one." Doc turns his boiler on at the very moment that the Archbanger begins to strike the pipes with the umbrella, and the Fraggles' faith in the pipe-banging ritual is restored. He also appeared in the animated version of Fraggle Rock, in the episode "Mokey's Flood of Wizard." For the 100th pipe-banging, the Archbanger wants a special ceremony, and is persuaded to allow Mokey to recite a poem for the occasion. The recitation, or so the Fraggles assume, is the cause of a flood, which spreads throughout the cavern. The Archbanger re-appeared in "The Great Fraggle Freeze."
• Rock Hockey Hannah (Kathryn Mullen) - Red Fraggle's role model and a famous sports figure in Fraggle Rock. She appeared in "Playing Till It Hurts" where she attended a Rock Hockey Game where Red was supposed to play in until she injured herself and took the place of one of the teammates. She did congratulate Red when she knew when to give up when Red got even more injured during the game.
• Rumple Fraggle (Gord Robertson) - He is a friend of Large Marvin who wears an aviator's hat and goggles. In the Fraggle Rock episode "Wembley and the Great Race," Rumple bets Boober Fraggle radishes on who they think will win the race.
• Side Bottom (Dave Goelz) - Functions as Boober's alter ego. He is funny, loud, and messy, unlike Boober. He sometimes appears during Boober's dreams and causes problems.
• Sir Blunderbrain (Steve Whitmire) - A brave Fraggle who appeared in a legend told in the Fraggle Rock episode "The Terrible Tunnel." According to the Storyteller Fraggle, Sir Blunderbrain ventured into the Terrible Tunnel but "never came home again."
• Storyteller Fraggle (Richard Hunt in the first appearance, Terry Angus in later appearances) - She lives somewhere in the Fraggle tunnels and tells the Fraggles the story of the Terrible Tunnel. She has an infatuation with Gobo's Uncle Traveling Matt which comes to light while she is telling the story of Uncle Matt's first adventure. She has a crush on Uncle Matt.
• Tosh Fraggle (Trish Leeper) - A friend of Boober's. He has a pet Beast.
• Uncle Gobo (Jerry Nelson) - Uncle Traveling Matt's uncle, Gobo's great-uncle and greatest Fraggle explorer only seen in flashbacks, as seen in the Fraggle Rock episode "Born to Wander".
• Uncle "Traveling" Matt (Dave Goelz) - Gobo's famous explorer uncle, spends most of the series in "Outer Space" (his perspective of the human world) and sends postcards back to his nephew describing his adventures there. He interacts with and often ends up interfering with the daily lives of humans, known to Fraggles as the "Silly Creatures". He sometimes refers to himself as "Matthew": he identifies the room filled with entrances to "Outer Space" as the "T. Matthew Fraggle Room." His name puns on "traveling matte."
• Wizard (Richard Hunt) - The Wizard supposed master of prestidigitation who visits Fraggle Rock occasionally to show off his magic tricks, which include the "Blooming Flower" trick and the "Double Twisted Over Back Flip While Escaping from Ropes and Waiting to Be Eaten While You're All Tied Up" trick. He is also fond of using smoke pellets to create the illusion of magic happening when he really hasn't done anything. The Wizard's incantation while performing magic is "Horse enchiladas, ho-ho!" Without his glasses and false beard, the Wizard closely resembles Wembley Fraggle. In the second season episode "The Wizard of Fraggle Rock," he fools Wembley into switching places with him. Wembley wants the other Fraggles to give him attention and praise; the Wizard hopes to escape from the Poison Cackler that is pursuing him.
  • 7-Words-Max (Dave Goelz) - The Wizard's lackey who is easily excited and loves to boast about the Wizard's accomplishments.
• World's Oldest Fraggle (Dave Goelz) - He serves as elder for the Fraggles, often officiating at ceremonial events and emergency meetings. He first appears in the episode "The Finger of Light." The World's Oldest Fraggle is obviously greatly respected by the Fraggles, but he's not their leader. His role seems to be mostly ceremonial; he presides over games and leads meetings a lot, but he doesn't make rules for anyone.

Doozers

Within Fraggle Rock lives a second species of small humanoid creatures, the pudgy, green, ant-like Doozers. Standing only 6 inches (150 mm) tall (knee-high to a Fraggle), Doozers in a sense represent anti-Fraggles; their lives are dedicated to work and industry. Doozers spend much of their time busily constructing all manner of scaffolding throughout Fraggle Rock using miniature construction equipment and wearing hard-hats and work boots. No one but the Doozers themselves seem to understand the actual purpose of their intricate and beautiful constructions.

Often they accompany their building with marching songs and various Doozer chants. To ensure that they always have a steady stream of work to do, Doozers build their constructions out of an edible candy-like substance (manufactured from radishes) which is greatly enjoyed by Fraggles. They actually want the Fraggles to eat their constructions because "architecture's supposed to be enjoyed" and also so they can go on to build again. This is essentially the only interaction between Doozers and Fraggles; Doozers spend most of their time building, and Fraggles spend much of their time eating Doozer buildings. They thus form an odd sort of symbiosis. In one episode, the flavor of the Doozer sticks is augmented by adding other flavors, such as tomato and mustard.

This symbiosis becomes integral to an episode where Mokey calls upon the Fraggles to stop eating the Doozers' constructions - because they spend so much time making them. Fraggle Rock quickly fills with constructions and the Doozers have no space left in which to build. After running out of space, the Doozers finally decide to move on to a new area because the Fraggles won't eat their constructions, and there is even a tragic scene with a mother explaining to her daughter about how things don't always work out but that they will find a new place to live where their constructions will get eaten. Overhearing this, Mokey realizes that she has inadvertently disrupted a vital symbiotic relationship through ignorant good intentions. As a result, Mokey frantically rescinds her prohibition and encourages the Fraggles to gorge on the structures — just in time to persuade the Doozers to stay.

At one point a series of Fraggle Rock books appeared, one entitled "The Legend of the Doozer Who Didn't." This book details the story of a Doozer who went against Doozer tradition when he stopped working and going to school. According to this book, a Doozer who doesn't "do" becomes a Fraggle — though "All Work And All Play," a second-season episode of the show, unmasks this as merely a story that Doozer parents tell their children to teach them the value of hard work: no Doozer seriously believes it.

The series had several episodes that featured a Doozer as a main character, a young female named Cotterpin.

Known Doozers

• Angle Doozer -
• The Architect (Jerry Nelson) - The designs all of the Doozers' constructions. He also becomes Cotterpin's mentor in episode 32.
• Baby Doozer -
• Bailiff Doozer (Mike Petersen) - Bailiff is involved in Cotterpin's trial.
• Board Doozer -
• Bulldoozer (Tim Gosley) -
• Cotterpin Doozer (Kathryn Mullen) - Cotterpin a rather rebellious young Doozer, has a stubborn streak. She's possibly the only Doozer who interacts with the Fraggles on a fairly regular basis. In episode 32 she becomes an apprentice to The Architect, because of her passion for drawing, and maintains friendships with Red, Boober, and Wembley.
• Crosscut Doozer (Kathryn Mullen) -
• Crusty Doozer (Steve Whitmire) - Originally one of the Doozers left behind in the Cavern of Lost Dreams (the original Doozer Cave) alongside Yeaster Doozer.
• Derrick Doozer -
• Drillbit Doozer - He was mentioned by Cotterpin in the episode "Boober and the Glob."
• Flex Doozer - He gets covered by Boober's lucky hat in the episode "You Can't Do That Without a Hat."
• Flange Doozer (Steve Whitmire) - Flange is Cotterpin's father and often works as a Doozer foreman.
• Hammerhead Doozer -
• Judge Gavel Doozer (Karen Prell) - Judge Gavel Doozer presides over Cotterpin's trial.
• Lock Doozer - He is one of the Doozers eaten by The Glob.
• Modem Doozer (Karen Prell) - Modem is Wrench Doozer's mother and an occasional Doozer forewoman, which at least once led to a rivalry with Flange.
• Rotary Doozer (Sandra Shamas) -
• Scoop Doozer -
• Spanner Doozer -
• Tumbrell Doozer (Gordon Robertson) - Tumbrels Doozer tries to get the Architect to get rid of Cotterpin as his apprentice as seen in "The Trial of Cotterpin Doozer."
• Turbo Doozer (Richard Hunt) - Turbo Doozer introduces Wrench to flooping, which is a dangerous pastime because it causes hiccups, a potentially disastrous condition for Doozers given their small size.
• Tweezer Doozer -
• Wingnut Doozer (Karen Prell) - Wingnut Doozer is Cotterpin's mother.
• Wrench Doozer (Dave Goelz) - Wrench Doozer is Cotterpin's best friend and Modem Doozer's son.
• Yeaster Doozer (Sandra Shamas) - Yeaster is one of the Doozers originally left behind in the Cavern of Lost Dreams (the original Doozer Cave) alongside Crusty Doozer.

Gorgs

On the outside of another exit from Fraggle Rock — through a well — live a small family of Gorgs, giant furry humanoids standing 22 feet (6.7 m) tall. The husband and wife of the family consider themselves the King (portrayed by Gordon Robertson and voiced by Jerry Nelson) and Queen (portrayed by Trish Leeper and voiced by Myra Fried in 1983, Cheryl Wagner in 1984-1987) of the Universe, with their son Junior (portrayed by Rob Mills in Season 1-4, Frank Meschkuleit in Season 5, voiced by Richard Hunt) as its prince and their heir, but to all appearances they really work as simple farmers with a rustic house and garden patch. The second episode of the first season reveals that the Gorgs have never actually met anyone besides themselves in years ("I've never met a real subject before!"), suggesting that King and Queen of the Universe are self-bestowed titles. The Gorgs regard Fraggles as pests, as they steal radishes. In one episode it is revealed that the Gorgs use radishes to make "anti-vanishing cream" that prevents them from becoming invisible. Thus, the three main races of the Fraggle Rock universe — Fraggles, Doozers and Gorgs — are all dependent on the radishes for different reasons. While the King and Queen consider the Fraggles disgusting vermin, Junior enjoys chasing, catching and keeping them like pets, much like a boy would lizards and bugs ("Look, Maw! I caught a Fwaggle!"). Junior is clearly lacking in friends, so it is arguable that he pursues the Fraggles just so he has someone to talk to. The Gorgs were developed by art director Douglas Cook in the Isle of Wight.

As the series progresses, we learn that at the beginning of time a god-like character placed the Gorgs to rule over the universe until he returned. We also get a few various visitors from the rest of the Gorgs' world. In one episode, a frog-like con-man named Wander McMooch temporarily tricks the Gorgs out of their castle so he can raze the forest to build a village. This implies that other people (and indeed, other Gorgs) live in that world: at least enough to fill a village. This conflict is resolved when the con-man finds out there are hundreds and thousands of Fraggles living around the Gorgs' castle. He seems to view Fraggles to be pests, like rodents, and gives back the castle. Significantly, this implies that Fraggles live scattered all over the Gorgs' world, are generally considered to be pests by everyone (not just Ma and Pa Gorg) and most of all, it is rare to find such a large collection of Fraggles in one place.

In one of the final episodes, all leaves suddenly drop from 'The Nirvana Tree' in the Gorg's Garden, which is the traditional sign that the reigning King must surrender his throne to the crowned prince. But after eating the last Nirvana leaf, Junior shrinks to fraggle size, sees the realm from their point of view (including a consultation with the Trash Heap), and upon regaining his Gorg stature, invites his fraggle friends to his coronation, at which time he immediately disbands the Gorg's monarchy, introducing a fraggle-like society where all creatures are socially equal.

Marjory the Trash Heap

Marjory, The Trash Heap

The Trash Heap, a wise being (referred to as an "oracle"), serves as the garbage dump of the Gorgs. She and her heckling heralds live near the Gorg's garden, and she gives the Fraggles guidance and advice, which the Fraggles regard with reverence, although they do not worship her. She also appears to have some magical abilities (specifically telepathy and the ability to teleport items or Fraggles), although she does not often use them. Sometimes she knits to pass the time. She has an uncle named Maximillian, whom she refers to as "Uncle Max". Jerry Nelson voiced Marjory the Trash Heap.

Philo and Gunge

The heralds of the Trash Heap, they often introduce her as the "all-knowing, all-seeing Trash Heap!" They supply humor, bad jokes, and puns. Although Gunge portrays himself as the brains of the pair, neither ever really prove a great help. They watch over the Trash Heap; if they were to leave for a long time, she would begin to die out. When she finishes speaking, they announce, "The Trash Heap has spoken! Nyeah!" Philo and Gunge had two episodes of the series devoted to them: "Home Is Where the Trash Is" and "Gunge the Great & Glorious". After Fraggle Rock ended, Philo went into retirement, but Gunge appeared on Dinosaurs and Mopatop's Shop. Philo was played by Dave Goelz and Gunge was played by Richard Hunt.

The Silly Creatures of Outer Space

Gobo's uncle Matt, known as Traveling Matt, has gone into "Outer Space" (as Fraggles call the human world) to explore, and he regularly sends postcards back to Gobo. The name "Traveling Matt" puns on the special-effects technique for combining objects (such as spaceships and starry background): known as a traveling matte. Humans are known to Fraggles by the name "Silly Creatures", bestowed by Matt after observing and interacting with them in his travels. His letters to Gobo describe his interactions with "the silly creatures", often showing an extreme lack of knowledge of the subject at hand; for example, one episode has him watching two teenage girls chewing bubble gum, and upon seeing them blow bubbles, believes that the gum (which he thinks of as food) has caused their tongues to inflate and explode. There was one time, however, when Matt showed a rather astute grasp of the situation. During one of his travels he came upon a group of smokers or as he called them "mouth burners" he correctly concluded that the practice was extremely unhealthy and attempted to save one of them by pouring water on his cigar. This resulted in his being forcibly ejected from the gathering.

The North American version shows the connection between Fraggle Rock and Outer Space as a small hole in the wall of the workshop of an eccentric inventor (and former barber) called "Doc" (portrayed by Gerard Parkes), and Gobo must go out into Doc's workshop to retrieve the postcards from the wastebasket where Doc throws them. Doc remains unaware of the Fraggles' existence, but his dog Sprocket (voiced by Steve Whitmire) has seen them and attempts in vain to prove their existence to his master. The last episode reveals Doc's true name: Jerome Christian (or Crystal, according to the official Encyclopedia Fragglia). In the second-to-last episode, he finally learns that the Fraggles exist and befriends them. Matt also returns home to Fraggle Rock.

Doc has a friend named Ned Shimmelfinney. At first, Sprocket hates Shimmelfinney who has a cat named Fluffanella. Sprocket makes a face and choking gestures every time Shimmelfinnie's name is mentioned. He stops doing this after Doc and Shimmelfinnie have a fight in "The Great Radish Famine." In the last episode, Ned Shimmelfinney moves to the desert for his health causing Doc and Sprocket to go with him.

Doc also helps out Ms. Betty Ardath, who moves into his neighborhood in episode 44. She runs a bed-and-breakfast called "The Captain's Inn". Sprocket has a crush on her pet Airedale Marigold just as Doc has a crush on Betty.

Other characters and creatures

• Aretha (Sharon Lee Williams) - A cave creature, accompanies Gobo when he sings "Only Way Home" in "Sir Hubris and the Gorgs.
• The Avalanche Monster (Bob Stutt) - It consists of a terrible pile of walking boulders. This creature has very poor eyesight but quite acute hearing, and lives in Avalanche Pass, on the Wonder Trail.
• Baby Tree Creature (Karen Prell) - It is a type of Gorg bird that is seen in "Wembley's Egg."
• Balsam the Minstrel - An unidentified insect-like creature that is one of the five Minstrels, plays the bongo drums.
• Beastie (Karen Prell) - Tosh Fraggle's pet that resembles a lion.
• The Beast of Bluerock - The Beast of Bluewrock lives in a mysterious lair that is only visible for the two days after the Doozer equinox, and then unseen for another year: later proven to be the fear in the Fraggles' hearts, a test by the Trash Heap.
• Begoony (John Pattison) - Begoony is a magical rabbit-like creature that Mokey befriends in "The Incredible Shrinking Mokey." He had been abandoned by others before and tried to keep Mokey from abandoning him by shrinking her and trapping her in a small house.
• Blue Dragon (Rob Mills) - Blue Dragon is the creature that Red encounters in one of the worlds beyond the magical arches of the T. Matthew Fraggle Room in "Red's Blue Dragon."
• Blustering Bellowpane Monster (Tom Vandenberg) - The Blustering Bellowpane Monster is the creature which blows Boober's lucky hat off his head in "You Can't Do That Without a Hat."
• Brool the Minstrel (Tim Gosley) - Brool is one of the five Minstrels. He plays a string instrument that looks like a large guitar.
• Clinging Creepers - Killer weeds that can spread quickly. They are stoppable only by flowers. Bouquet brigades formed in order to hang flowers throughout the rock to repel the creepers.
• Cooties - Cooties are creatures whose sting causes Rock Fever.
• Ditzies - Ditzies are tiny creatures that give off light. They live off music and are the source of all light in Fraggle Rock as seen in "The Day the Music Died."
• Dreedlebugs - The Dreedlebugs build nests which are good for making ink.
• Enigma Fish -
• Flutebird (Kathryn Mullen) -
• Flying Batworm (Steve Whitmire) - Flying Batworm is a nocturnal creature also known as the Hairy-Chested Flying Batworm.
• Food - Food is a strange, brown creature that makes his appearance many times in Fraggle Rock.
• Gaga Bugs - The Gaga Bugs have a bite that causes insanity.
• Giant Bolo Monster -
• The Glob - A giant rolling blob of generally amorphous shape, nevertheless has some kind of mouth somewhere. In "Boober and the Glob," the Glob comes in and eats Doozer after Doozer. The Fraggles finally find a way to get the Glob to regurgitate all the Doozers by telling jokes and getting the thing to laugh very intensely.
• Gridgen Spiders -
• Honkfish - The Honkfish inhabit the river near the Gorgs' Castle. They swim around a bend and get stuck once a year.
• The Inkspots (Rob Mills and Gordon Robertson) are little creatures with bulging eyes who appear in the background of various episodes.
• The Invisible Garboil - A fearsome demon of Fraggle lore, lives in the Great Outer Maze. No-one knows its size or shape — due to its invisibility. Gobo accidentally releases it but tricks it back into its rocky tomb.
• Lanford (Rob Mills) - Lanford is Mokey's pet plant, a Night-Blooming Yellow-Leaved Deathwort. Though they have moments of reconciliation, for the most part Lanford and Red do not get along.
• The Last of the Lilly Creatures (Bob Stutt) - A purple sea-monster. Red discovered it in the episode "Red's Sea Monster."
• The Magical Spider-Fly (Richard Hunt) - A flying insect that can turn into an avuncular Fraggle-like being and grant wishes.
• Mama Tree Creature (Kathryn Mullen) - The Mama Tree Creatureis a kind of Gorg bird.
• Mavis, the Magic Mirror (Sandra Shamas) - Mavis is a magical mirror which Red and Cotterpin encounter in episode 84.
• Mean Genie (Richard Hunt) - The Mean Genie is found by Wembley in "Wembley and the Mean Genie." He is a rude and selfish bully who exhibits bad behaviors such as painting graffiti, breaking things, and drinking radish beer.
• Merggles - They appear in "Beyond the Pond" when roots are taking over the pond and Red tries to kill them, yet when she touches the roots she receives the message "follow the roots" and indeed does follow the roots to find a new land inhabited by Merggles who are like Fraggles but have fins instead of legs.
  • Merboo Merggle (Kathryn Mullen) - Merboo is a prophet.
  • Merkey Merggle (Rob Mills) - Merkey is the seer of the dark side.
  • Mermer Merggle (Steve Whitmire) - Mermer is the leader of the Merggles.
  • Merple Merggle (Nikki Tilroe) - Merple is always happy and also the seer of the bright side.
  • Mervin Merggle (Jerry Nelson) - Mervin sells hats.
• Mirkmonster (Bob Stutt) - An enormous creature that appears only as an arm and longer than a handful of Fraggles. It appears in "A Cave of One's Own."
• Moss-billed Flubberducks -
• Mudwell the Mudbunny (Richard Hunt) - A creature whom Wembley meets, has a very short life-span. He dies, leaving Wembley to learn about life's greatest mystery. It is revealed that when a Mudbunny dies, it is reborn as a Lizard (Rob Mills).
• Murray the Minstrel (Steve Whitmire) - One of the five Minstrels and "second in command" to Cantus, plays a guitar.
• Papa Tree Creature (Steve Whitmire) - The Papa Tree Creature is a kind of Gorg bird.
• Plants of the Cave of Boredom/Forgetfulness - The Plants of the Cave of Boredome/Forgetfulness are carnivorous plants that release a gas (or a form of pollen) that causes anyone who breathes it in to forget absolutely everything. Eventually, the victim reaches the point where they forget how to stand up and the plants move in and eat them.
• Poison Cackler (Tim Gosley) - The Poison Cackler is a large, fearsome, scorpion-like creature who enjoys eating smoke bombs.
• Purple Sproingers - The Purple Sproingers are jellyfish-like creatures that float through the air. They are actually metamorphosed Toe Ticklers.
• Rock Clingers - The Rock Glingers live in the Crystal Cavern. If a Rock Clinger falls in love with a Fraggle, the creature will follow that Fraggle everywhere.
• Rockbeetles -
• Rumblebugs - The Rumblebugs are bugs that create humming sounds.
• Screaming Iceworms -
• Singing Cacti - The Singing Cacti have a song that mesmerizes all those who hear it. They live on the Wonder Trail.
• Skenfrith (Dave Goelz) - Skenfrith is a magical creature whose appearance and personality are altered depending on what those around him believe or imagine.
• Terrible Tunnel - The Terrible Tunnel may or may not be considered a creature (it's unknown whether it is actually alive or not), but it is terrible. It is a long, cobweb-encrusted tunnel that leads to a large head-shaped boulder. If the boulder is touched, it snaps open like a set of jaws and pulls any unfortunate creature into it with a powerful vacuum. Wembley, Gobo, and Red barely escape from it. So far, they're the only ones who have.
• Thimblebeetles - The Thimblebeetles otherwise known as "Thimblebugs".
• Toe Ticklers - The Toe Tickers are fuzzy caterpillar-like creatures that are despised by the Gorgs since they eat flowers. However they eventually pupate and turn into flying jellyfish-like creatures (Purple Sproingers) which the Gorgs admire as beautiful creatures of the skies (much in the same way that humans look upon caterpillars and butterflies).
• Wander McMooch (Bob Stutt) - Wander McMooch is a terrible warty creature who lives in some form of swamp or bog. He first appears in "Junior Sells the Farm" where he tries to swindle the Gorgs out of their homestead. He seems to have some prior experience with Fraggles because he hates them. He is revealed to be an old nemesis of Marjory the Trash Heap and enslaves Philo and Gunge when they leave home for greener pastures in "Home is Where the Trash is". When the Fraggles discover this predicament (Marjory is sure they are in trouble but unclear in what way), it is up to them to track down McMooch and assail him with a barrage of mushy sentiments and hugs and kisses (which he despises) to get him to free Philo and Gunge.

Home video

Australia

Fraggle Rock is available in its entirety on DVD in Australia (Region 4) from Magna Pacific. Sold as four season box sets, each set contains one season across four discs. "The Complete Fourth Season" set actually contains the complete fourth and fifth seasons. These releases contain the American broadcast version of the episodes and have no special features.

A set of plush dolls of Gobo, Wembley, Boober, and Red were released by Sababa Toys, each accompanied by a DVD featuring two episodes of the show and one episode of the animated series.

UK

A selection of episodes was released on VHS HIT! Entertainment . A petition to have Fraggle Rock released on DVD was run on the web for many years; until 2004 the only DVD release had been in the UK, a "best of" collection of 12 episodes in a grainy transfer from the VHS release. TVS, the original broadcasters, has passed through several owners since 1992 and of the 96 episodes, only 12 master copies are so far known to still be in existence. HIT Entertainment has tried unsuccessfully to locate the missing tapes, including extensive enquiries with The Jim Henson Company both in the UK and the US.

When UK television channels wish to broadcast the show, they are forced to use US versions; such was the case with Cartoon Network in 2004.

USA

HIT Entertainment released the first 3 seasons of Fraggle Rock on DVD in Region 1 between September 2005 and September 2007. They also released a complete series box set on November 4, 2008 but did not release the final season in a separate release. Season 4 had originally been scheduled to be released on the same day as the complete series set but at the last minute it was scrapped and was never released. Fan response to this decision was very negative and several online petitions were launched in protest .

On August 10, 2009, Lionsgate Home Entertainment announced that they had reached a deal with The Jim Henson Company to acquire the rights to release Fraggle Rock on DVD. They subsequently released the final season on DVD for the very first time on November 3, 2009. They also re-released The Complete series collection with new packaging (due to numerous complaints about the previous release) on the same day.

DVD Name	Release Date	Ep #	Additional Information
Fraggle Rock: Complete First Season	September 6, 2005	24	Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock notepad, Behind the Scenes Documentary narrated by Jim Henson, Interviews with the cast and creators, Deluxe collectors box.
Fraggle Rock: Complete Second Season	September 5, 2006	24	Jim Henson's Creatures and places of Fraggle Rock notepad, Steve Whitmire's Home Videos, Deluxe Collectors Box and tribute to Jerry Juhl.
Fraggle Rock: Complete Third Season	September 11, 2007	24	All-new featurettes and interviews with Fraggle Rock cast and creators, Deluxe embossed collector's packaging.
Fraggle Rock: The Complete Final Season	November 3, 2009	24	All-new featurettes and interviews with Fraggle Rock cast and creators.
Fraggle Rock: Complete Series Collection	November 4, 2009	96	All 96 Episodes in one collectible Package Art, Original Fraggle Rock Illustrated Poster, All New Featurettes and Interviews with Fraggle Rock cast and creators.

Syndication

After the show ended on HBO in 1987, the channel started to rerun the series. In the late 1980s, it ran on TNT, and in the early 1990s, it aired on the Disney Channel. From 1999 until 2001 the show moved to Odyssey Network, recently purchased by Henson & Hallmark. However, after Hallmark took full control they discontinued the reruns.

In 2007, Fraggle Rock reruns aired on television in several countries.

On July 23, 2007, Boomerang started repeating episodes of the North American co-production of Fraggle Rock in the UK.

On October 24, 2007, The Australian Broadcasting Corporation begins repeating episodes on the digital-only ABC2 channel.

On September 20, 2007, TVNZ 6 in New Zealand began airing episodes daily.

The series has aired on Teletoon Retro in Canada daily since 2008.

In October 2010, Fraggle Rock reruns returned to U.S. airwaves on The Hub, the newly launched cable-network jointly owned by Hasbro and by Discovery Communications.

Cast

Cast

• Gerard Parkes - Doc
• Jerry Nelson - Gobo Fraggle, Pa Gorg, Marjory the Trash Heap, Architect Doozer, Feeny Fraggle, Balsam the Minstril, Uncle Gobo
• Dave Goelz - Boober Fraggle, Uncle Travelling Matt, Philo, Wrench Doozer, Worlds Oldest Fraggle, Large Marvin, Sidebottom
• Steve Whitmire - Wembley Fraggle, Sprocket, Flange Doozer, Murray the Minstril
• Kathryn Mullen - Mokey Fraggle, Cotterpin Doozer
• Karen Prell - Red Fraggle, Wingnut Doozer, Fluffinella, The Beast, Modem Doozer
• Richard Hunt - Junior Gorg, Gunge, Gillis Fraggle
• Myra Fried - Ma Gorg (season 1)
• Cheryl Wagner - Ma Gorg (seasons 2-5)
• Jim Henson - Convincing John, Cantus the Minstrel
• Terry Angus - Morris Fraggle, Storyteller Fraggle, Brio the Minstril
• Tim Gosley - Brool the Minstril, Poison Cackler
• John Pattison - Henchy Fraggle, Begoony
• Patricia Leeper - Tosh Fraggle, Ma Gorg (body), Mokey Fraggle (right hand)
• Bob Stutt - Felix the Fearless, Wander McMooch, The last of the Lilly Creatures
• Rob Mills - Lanford, Junior Gorg (body, seasons 1-4)
• Gord Robertson - The Inkspots, Rumple Fraggle, Tumbrell Doozer
• Anthony Asbury - Pa Gorg (assistant), Murray the Minstril (The Honk of Honks only), Background Fraggles
• Frank Meschkulheit - Junior Gorg (body, season 5)
• Fulton Mackay - The Captain (UK version)
• John Gordon Sinclair - PK (UK version)
• Simon O'Brien - BJ (UK version)

Spin-offs

Animated series

Main article: Fraggle Rock (animated TV series)

An animated Fraggle Rock series aired for one season on NBC's Saturday morning lineup in 1987.

Feature film

In September 2005, The Jim Henson Company announced that it was working on a film adaptation of Fraggle Rock, known as Fraggle Rock: The Movie, with the aim of a release in 2009. The story allegedly involves the original Fraggle characters. As of October 2006 this is still current and the BBC reports that the film will be set in the human world with Frank Zappa's son at the helm. As of October 20, 2006 - according to Darkhorizons.com - "Henson's company has hired executive producer Ahmet Zappa (The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless) to write a treatment for the film which will be a full-length live-action musical fantasy starring the underground dwellers who venture out into the human world. Henson Co. co-topper Lisa Henson is producing, whilst Brian Henson will exec produce."

In May 2008 it was announced that The Weinstein Company will be distributing the Fraggle Rock movie. The film is being written as a live-action musical by Cory Edwards, who will also direct. The film will be produced by The Jim Henson Company; Ahmet Zappa is still executive producing along with Brian Inerfeld. The film will involve all of the core characters from the series. The story will take the characters "outside of their home in Fraggle Rock, where they interact with humans, which they think are aliens." Karen Prell and Dave Goelz will return for the film as Red Fraggle, Boober Fraggle, and Uncle Traveling Matt, respectively.

In 2009, the movie was in production and will be released in 2011. According to Edwards, delays in actual filming were due to script notes.

Unlike previous film adaptations of television series from the 1980s, the movie will not render the main characters in CGI. According to Cory Edwards' blog, Gerry Parkes will not reprise his role as Doc, the American human character, for the movie.

The songs of Fraggle Rock

Music played a central part in Fraggle Rock. Every episode featured two or three original songs co-written by Canadian poet Dennis Lee and Philip Balsam, as well as incidental music. Several episodes (usually involving Cantus and the Minstrels) focussed primarily on music - such as Red Fraggle's attempt to find "her song" for the Fraggle Medley, or the effect of music on the breaking of winter or the presence of light in Fraggle Rock.

Album releases

KOCH Records released Fraggle Rockin': A Collection, a three-disc box set of Fraggle Rock music, on October 30, 2007. The collection allegedly featured "restored and remastered" versions of three original Fraggle Rock LPs. The collection is also reported to include "special liner notes featuring rarely seen photos, contributions from the original composers and even sheet music for select songs." The main portion of these liner notes, called "Getting Down at Fraggle Rock," features an interview with Philip Balsam and Lawrence S. Mirkin and is written by Mike Petersen and Saul Pincus.

Song list

Song list

• Fraggle Rock Theme Song
• Afraid to Be Afraid
• All Around the World
• Bad News
• Ball of Fire
• The Ballad of Sir Blunderbrain
• Beetle Song
• Brave Alone
• Brave Boy, Jump Up
• Bring Back the Wonder
• Catch the Tail by the Tiger
• Cave Flute
• Choose-Right (Up-Tight Move-Now) Blues
• The Clown Concerto
• Convincing John
• Count on Me
• Dixie Wailin’
• Do It On My Own
• Doom Dee Doom (March Alone)
• Doozer Building Song (We'll Work Together Building Shapes in the Air)
• Doozer Gong Music
• Doozer Knitting Song
• Doozer March Song (Set Your Shoulder)
• Down in Fraggle Cave
• Dream Girl Lover
• Dream a Dream (and See)
• Dreaming of Someone
• Dum De Dum
• Dum De Dum II (I Wish I Had a Genie)
• Dum of a Son of a Gun
• Dump the Stuff Out (Yucky for Sure)
• Easy is the Only Way to Go
• Everybody's Doin' It
• Eye to Eye
• Face Facts, Pack Snacks, Make Tracks
• Feel So Bad
• The Fireman's Anthem
• Fly to the Sky (Learn to Fly)
• Follow Me
• Follow the Road
• Follow Your Heart
• Fraggle Rock Rock
• A Fraggle You Can't See
• Friends Till the End
• Friendship Song
• Front 'N' Back Patter Song (Turn Around Now!)
• The Garbage of Time
• Get Blue (Goin' Down the Road)
• Get Goin’
• Go with the Flow
• Good-bye, Good-bye (Just a Rainbow in the Sky)
• The Gorg's Lament (O World O Time O Woe)
• The Gypsy Song (I Sniff the Rose)
• Help Me for a Change
• Helping Hand
• Here to There
• Hip Hip Hooray
• Ho Ho Ho (What a Funny World It Is)
• Home
• I Knew I Was Good
• I Seen Troubles
• I Swear (To Be Fair)
• I'm Never Alone
• I'm Not Scared
• I'm a Little Stew Pot
• If It Happened to You
• Inny Minny Cow Cow
• Is It True?
• The Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
• The Joy
• Just Don't Know What Time It Is
• Just a Little Wimp
• Kick a Stone
• Learn to Love a Wimp
• Let Me Be Your Song
• A Little Doozer Music
• Lose Your Heart (And It's Found)
• Lost and Found
• Lover, Lover, Number 9
• The Me I Wanna Be
• Magic Be with You (Last song, appeared in the episode "Change of Address")
• Mokey's Jam Session
• Muck and Goo
• Music Box
• Music Makes Us Real (Ping!)
• Noodlin' Nut
• Now You See Me (Now You Don't)
• Now's the Time for Parting
• Once Upon a Time (I Knew My Name)
• One and One (I'm the One that Won!)
• Only Way Home
• Our Melody
• Pantry Chant
• Party Hard (Who Knows What You See)
• Pass It On
• (Today Has Been) A Perfect Day
• Perfect Harmony
• Pipe Bangers Theme
• Please/See/Feel the Water Run
• Pukka, Pukka, Pukka Squeetily Boink
• Ragtime Queen
• Recruiting Song (Heed the Drumbeat Now)
• Remembering Song (Na-Na-Na)
• Rev
• The Rock Goes On
• Rollin', Rollin' On
• The Rules Song (I'm the Leader Now)
• Rumble Bug Hum
• Sail Away
• Share and You're Not Alone
• Shine On Us Now (Moon Come Soon)
• Shine On, Shine On Me
• Sing It and Say
• Sing That Law Again
• (Sleep By the) Light of the Moon
• Somewhere There's a Special Place
• Sorrow and Shame
• Spring Cleaning
• Stuff Samba
• Sunlight and Shadow
• Sweet, Sweet Little Treat
• There's a Lot I Want to Know
• Time to Live as One
• Trash is Back in Town
• Turn Your Buttons Down
• Water Drip Song
• The Way I've Got to Go
• Welcome Back, Uncle Matt
• Wembley, Wembley, Number 9
• Wemblin' Fool
• What If
• What If a Friend
• What an Awful Day
• Why?
• Wise to Myself
• Without a Hat
• Workin’
• Yes, We Can
• Yucky!
• Closing Theme

Soundtrack musicians

• Don Gillis - musical director
• Bernie LaBarge - guitar
• Michael Francis - guitar
• Bob McLaren - drums
• Ray Parker - keyboards
• Tom Szczesniak - bass guitar
• Dick Smith - percussion

Interactive Books based on Fraggle Rock

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• Fraggle Rock: The Great Fraggle Travel Race

Books based on Fraggle Rock

Books based on Fraggle Rock

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• The Radish Day Jubilee, Sheilah B. Bruce, Lawrence DiFiori 1983
• Red and the Pumpkins, Jocelyn Stevenson, Kelly Oechsli 1983
• They Call Me Boober Fraggle, Michaela Muntean, Lisa McCue 1983
• Wembley Fraggle Gets the Story, Deborah Perlberg, Steven Schindler 1984
• Gobo and the River, Joseph Killorin Brennan, Diane Dawson Hearn 1985
• Marooned in Fraggle Rock, David Young, Barbara McClintock
• Best Friends, Jocelyn Stevenson, Sue Venning 1984
• Boober Fraggle's Celery Soufflé, Louise Gikow, Kelly Oechsli 1984
• Danger: Boober Cooking, Louise Gikow, Kelly Oechsli 1984
• Boober Fraggle's Giant Wish, Jocelyn Stevenson, Jeffrey Severn 1984
• If I Were King of the Universe, Danny Abelson, Lawrence DiFiori 1984
• The Legend of the Doozer Who Didn't, Louise Gikow, Barbara McClintock 1984
• No One Knows Where Gobo Goes, Mark Saltzman, Peter Elwell 1984
• The Tale of Traveling Matt, Michaela Muntean, Lisa McCue 1984
• Traveling Matt's Adventures in Outer Space, Michaela Muntean, Lisa McCue 1984
• What Do Doozers Do?, Michaela Muntean, Sue Venning 1984
• What's a Fraggle?, Louise Gikow, Barbara McClintock 1984
• Wembley's Egg, Laura Phillips, Sue Venning 1984
• The Cave of the Lost Fraggle, Michael Teitelbaum, Peter Elwell 1985
• Follow That Fraggle, Louise Gikow, Barbara Lanza 1985
• Mokey's Birthday Present, Ellen Weiss, Elizabeth Miles 1985
• Waggleby of Fraggle Rock, Stephanie Calmenson, Barbara McClintock 1985
• Why Wembley Fraggle Couldn't Sleep, H. B. Gilmour, Barbara McClintock 1985
• Goodnight Wembley Fraggle, H. B. Gilmour, Barbara McClintock 1985
• Cotterpin's Perfect Building, Ellen Weiss, Lauren Attinello 1986
• Wembley and the Soggy Map, Louise Gikow, Lisa McCue 1986
• Wembley Fraggle and the Magic Stone, Louise Gikow, Lauren Attinello 1986
• Gobo and the Prize from Outer Space, Lyn Calder, Frederic Marvin 1986
• The Case of the Missing Socks, Rebecca Grand, Jeffrey Severn 1986
• Wembley Fraggle's Big, Bigger, Biggest, Harry Ross, Larry DiFiori 1988
• The Fraggles Alphabet Pie, Harry Ross, Larry DiFiori 1988
• The Fraggles Counting Book, Harry Ross, Larry DiFiori 1988
• Mokey Fraggle's New Colors, Emily Paul, Larry DiFiori 1988
• The Fraggles Cooperate, Harry Ross, Larry DiFiori 1989

The Star Comics imprint of Marvel Comics published two separate Fraggle Rock comic-book series. The first series lasted 8 issues, the second series lasted 6 issues.

In early 2010, Archaia Studios Press published their first three-issue series of "Fraggle Rock." The issues were also collected in a hardcover edition ("Volume One"). A second series, also consisting of three issues, is slated to start on November 2010.

Current location of Fraggle Rock puppets

As of 2009, as part of the Jim Henson Foundation's donation of puppets to the Center for Puppetry Arts, the Atlanta museum displays many of the original puppet characters from Fraggle Rock in their exhibition Jim Henson: Wonders from his Workshop.

In other media

• Before its background appearance on Fraggle Rock, Food first appeared on Saturday Night Live with the Muppets during the "Land of Gorch" sketch. It also made a cameo in The Muppet Show and was recycled as Zsa Zsa Porkmustard in the "Science Fiction" episode of The Jim Henson Hour as well as an undersea creature cameo in the "Aquatic Life" episode. Poison Cackler was also recycled as JoBeth Garfdoohoo in the "Science Fiction" episode.

• Jerome "Doc" Christian, Sprocket the Dog, Gobo Fraggle, Wembley Fraggle, Boober Fraggle, Mokey Fraggle, Red Fraggle, and Uncle Traveling Matt appeared in A Muppet Family Christmas. Doc and Sprocket rent the farmhouse of Fozzie Bear's mother while she plans to go to Malibu until Fozzie shows up with his friends. Kermit and Robin find a Fraggle Hole in the basement and enter Fraggle Rock where they encounter the five main Fraggles. During the Christmas Medley, the five main Fraggles come up to investigate the music as Uncle Traveling Matt is shown sitting next to Doc. During this Christmas special when it came to him meeting Fozzie and his friends, Doc asked Sprocket if they are anything like those Fraggles he keeps telling him about. Judging by that comment, it is assumed that the events of this episode take place sometime during the Fraggle Rock series.

• Mokey Fraggle made a cameo appearance in The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson alongside the other Muppets in the tribute song to Jim Henson.

• The puppets for Begoony, Mudwell the Mudbunny, Murray the Minstrel, and the Inkspots make cameo appearances in The Muppet Christmas Carol. Begooney was shown as the child of the characters depicted by Mudwell and Murray. Wander McMooch and Brool the Minstrel make cameo appearances as one of the guests at Fred's party.

• The puppets for Begoony and Mudwell the Mudbunny were later used as one of the pirates of the Hispaniola in Muppet Treasure Island. The puppets for Brool the Minstrel, Murray the Minstrel, and Wander McMooch were used as one of the pirates that attacked the Admiral Benbow Inn. The Inkspots were sighted here as well.

• The puppet for Begoony later make various appearances in Mopatop's Shop. Blustering Bellowpane Monster was later recycled as the character Singalotti. The Inkspots were used here as well. Murray the Minstrel was used as Mr. Seed in the episode "The Seed." Beastie was used as Rude Dude.

• Large Marvin Fraggle made an audience cameo in Muppets Tonight. Blustering Bellowpane Monster and the Inkspots also made appearances in the show as well. Poison Cackler appeared in episode 4 in a background appearance in the "Tales from the Vet" segment.

• Fraggle Rock is parodied in the Robot Chicken episode "Monstourage" with Gobo Fraggle voiced by Chris Evans, Mokey Fraggle voiced by Emmanuelle Chriqui, Wembley Fraggle and Boober Fraggle voiced by Drew Massey, Red Fraggle voiced by Seth Green, and Jerome "Doc" Christian voiced by Michael Chiklis. In a segment that parodies Fraggle Rock in the style of Watership Down, Doc tells an exterminator that his dog Sprocket has been barking down a hole stating that something must be down there. The exterminator first throws a flashlight-like object down there so that he can see where he can throw the grenade and ducks himself and Doc out of the way. As the Fraggles are enjoying their day, the grenade explodes in Fraggle Rock causing the Fraggles to scramble to get out of the cave-in. Out of the Fraggles, Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober, Red and three nameless Fraggles make it out while the rest are trapped in the cave-in. Gobo vows to find a new home for the surviving Fraggles using the guides of the postcards he gets from Uncle Traveling Matt. Though Wembley starts to have bad visions of what's to come, the other Fraggles give him a kick in the crotch. When it came to crossing a road, Gobo's postcard from Uncle Traveling Matt refers to the cars as "Beep-Beep-Outta-the-Way-A*******." When it comes to crossing, two cars crash killing a green Fraggle. Then the Fraggles are chased across the water by Sprocket who ends up killing a purple Fraggle. When they arrive at a farm, a pink Fraggle is killed by a trap near a radish patch. When they find a cave under the radish patch, the surviving Fraggles make it their new home where Gobo plans to repopulate the Fraggles (which makes Red and Mokey nervous as they are the only females in the group). Wembley's latest vision ends up a good one until an oil rig drills into the cave causing the Fraggles to emerge from the oil rig on top of the oil and then hit the ground already dead.

• In recent years, a new Red Fraggle puppet was built to be used by Karen Prell at live events including Comic-con.

• The Jim Henson Company's YouTube page later showed two clips featuring Mokey, Red, and Boober (reprised by Kathryn Mullen, Karen Prell, and Dave Goelz) after Fraggle Rock had ended. Mokey is trying out for script writing, Red plans to join a Canadian Hockey Team, and Boober is trying to get a part in any upcoming movies.

External links

Fraggle Rock on Muppet Wiki

• Fraggle Rock at IMDb
• Template:Tv.com show
• Chris Vaughn's Fraggle Rock Page includes lyrics, credits