Series synopsis
Fraggle Rock is an American kids family sci-fi & fantasy comedy television series that premiered on HBO on January 10, 1983. It ended on March 30, 1987. It was created by Jim Henson. It stars Gerard Parkes, Jerry Nelson, Steve Whitmire and Karen Prell.
The Fraggles are a fun-loving community of creatures who live in a subterranean fantasy land where they love to play, sing and dance their cares away, sharing their world with the tiny Doozers and the giant Gorgs. The series teaches empathy and tolerance and encourages children to understand people different from themselves.
Premise
The Fraggles are a fun-loving community of creatures who live in a subterranean fantasy land where they love to play, sing and dance their cares away, sharing their world with the tiny Doozers and the giant Gorgs. The series teaches empathy and tolerance and encourages children to understand people different from themselves.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Gerard Parkes as Doc
- Jerry Nelson as Gobo Fraggle / Marjory the Trash Heap / Pa Gorg / Uncle Gobo Fraggle / Mervin Merggle / Fishface / Parrot / Architect Doozer / Feenie Fraggle / Radio Announcers (voice)
- Steve Whitmire as Wembley Fraggle / Sprocket the Dog / Mermer Merggle / Crusty Doozer / Venerable Sage Hambo / Murray the Minstrel / Flange Doozer / Sir Blunderbrain / Club Member #3 (voice)
- Karen Prell as Red Fraggle / Balsam the Minstrel / Wingnut Doozer / Judge Gaval Fraggle / Marly Fraggle / Gorg's Killer Souffle / Wingnut Fraggle / Fluffinella / Modem Doozer / The Beast / Baby Tree Creature (voice)
- Dave Goelz as Boober / Uncle "Traveling" Matt / Side Bottom / The World's Oldest Fraggle (voice)
- Kathryn Mullen as Mokey Fraggle / Cotterpin Dozer / Crosscut Doozer / Merboo Merggle / Rock Hockey Hannah / Wimple Fraggle / The Old Gypsy Lady / Sally Spotless / Tammy Shrub / Baby Doozer / Doozer #2 (voice)
- Cheryl Wagner as Muppet Performer / Ma Gorg / Bonehead Fraggle / Lou Fraggle (voice)
- Bob Stutt as Muppet Performer / Felix the Fearless / Wandering McMooch / Last of the Lily Creatures / The Avalanche Monster / Bigmouth Fraggle (voice)
Supporting cast
- Richard Hunt as Junior Gorg (himself) / Gunge / Mudwell the Mudbunny / Herkimer Fraggle / The Spiderfly / Gillis Fraggle / Turbo / The Genie / Purple Fragglette / Fire Chief Fraggle / Flex Doozer / Background Fraggles (voice)
- Jim Henson as Cantus the Minstrel, Convincing John, Additional Muppets (voice)
Guest cast
- Jim Henson as Cantus the Minstrel, Convincing John, Additional Muppets (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 96 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 24 | January 10, 1983 | July 4, 1983 |
| Season 2 | 24 | January 2, 1984 | June 11, 1984 |
| Season 3 | 22 | December 24, 1984 | May 27, 1985 |
| Season 4 | 13 | January 6, 1986 | March 31, 1986 |
| Season 5 | 13 | January 5, 1987 | March 30, 1987 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Beginnings Gobo's Uncle Matt discovers the opening to Outer Space and sets off to explore it, leaving Gobo behind to explore Fraggle Rock and pick up the postcards Matt will send. |
January 10, 1983 |
| 2 |
Wembley and the Gorgs Wembley agrees with everyone, including the Gorgs, who decide he makes a great loyal subject. |
January 17, 1983 |
| 3 |
Let the Water Run Red's Swimming Extravaganza is canceled when the Pool goes dry and there's no water to fill it. |
January 24, 1983 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wembley's Egg Wembley tries to take care of a baby Tree Creature when its egg falls down the well and into the Fraggle Pond. |
January 2, 1984 |
| 2 |
Boober Rock Boober's had enough of the noise of Fraggle Rock, so he moves to the Caves of Boredom. |
January 9, 1984 |
| 3 |
The Trash Heap Doesn't Live Here Anymore Ma Gorg wants a gazebo, so Junior has to get rid of the Trash Heap. Wembley and Boober have to figure out how to save her by themselves. |
January 16, 1984 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Bells Of Fraggle Rock It's winter time in Fraggle Rock, and Cantus arrives to help the Fraggles celebrate the Festival of the Bells. However, Gobo's holiday spirits aren't up and he's forgotten the true meaning. So to make this holiday extra special, he decides he's going to find the Great Bell of Fraggle Rock and bring it back before the celebration begins. But the Rock grows colder, and as Red, Mokey, Boober and Wembley wait, they grow closer to becoming frozen. Cantus goes to find Gobo and bring him back, but Gobo's still wanting to bring the Great Bell back. Will he be able to bring the bell back before his friends freeze? Or will he finally understand the true importance of the Festival of the Bells? |
December 24, 1984 |
| 2 |
Red-Handed And The Invisible Thief Red absolutely loves her radish bars (which are the equivalent of Pop-Tarts in our world). So when she sees that whenever she wakes up from sleeping that her bars are missing, she sets out to find the crook, which leads her to think her roommate Mokey stole them. She also gets Gobo to hide in a hole outside her room to watch and see if it really is Mokey; after Gobo gets distracted from reading a postcard, the bars go missing again, but Gobo claims he didn't see anything. So finally she gets Wembley to stay the night with her to catch the thief, and what Wembley finds ends up being quite surprising. |
January 7, 1985 |
| 3 |
Boober And The Glob It's Joke Day in Fraggle Rock, and Boober's trying to get out before his friends find him and make him participate in the holiday he hates. But before he leaves, a huge purplish-pink glob rolls into the Great Hall. Boober ends up meeting Cotterpin Doozer as well, and the Doozers are on their way to start building near the Blob. However, the Glob starts to eat the Doozers, one by one, and soon enough, Cotterpin's inside the Glob too. Even though a part of Boober really just wants to run away and pretend it isn't happening, he's forced into action and must find a way to set the Doozers free. |
January 14, 1985 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sprocket's Big Adventure After Doc pulls up the floorboards in the workshop, Sprocket enters Fraggle Rock. |
January 6, 1986 |
| 2 |
Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water Wembley's got a special talent; he can hear water in the rock walls. But when Gobo and Red don't believe him, he sets out to prove he's right. When water finally breaks out, the Fraggles discover that this type of water is special. But when the water starts to cause rock quakes and Gobo falls into the cracks, is it finally time to shut down the fun? |
January 13, 1986 |
| 3 |
Sidebottom Blues Boober worries that he bores his friends, leading to the return of his alter ego, Sidebottom. Doc, meanwhile, pretends to be an old sailor. |
January 20, 1986 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mirror, Mirror It's Red's 28th birthday in a row since the Festival of the Bells when she finds a magic mirror (named Mavis) that leads her to a very special birthday party. |
January 5, 1987 |
| 2 |
The Riddle of Rhyming Rock In setting out to solve the riddle of Rhyming Rock, Gobo learns from the Storyteller about a book of magic spells his Uncle Matt discovered. The book includes a spell for solving riddles. But he doesn't hear the whole story and when he uses the spell everything goes wrong and Gobo has to find a way to right the damage he has done. |
January 12, 1987 |
| 3 |
The Voice Inside Gobo doesn't believe he has an "inner voice" so he doesn't heed the warning that he, Sprocket and Wrench Doozer might be in danger. |
January 19, 1987 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | HBO |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 10, 1983 |
| Last aired | March 30, 1987 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday |