Fraggle Rock
TV Show • 1983
ReportThe 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.
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
A common, heartbreaking theme in song lyrics (most blatantly "Sorrow And Shame" from "Red's Sea Monster", "You're On Your Own" from "The Voice Inside" and "Petals Of A Rose" from "Change of Address") is the concept of your friends leaving or betraying you, though within those episode plots things do get better. Mudwell's death in "Gone, But Not Forgotten", which I've mentioned here a million times already, is made even more heartbreaking by the circumstances: Mudwell leaves Wembley without a proper goodbye or explanation, but he demands to get both and follows Mudwell. He only realizes why the rude goodbye was in order when he sees his new best friend dying on the cave floor...
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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S3
E20
Begoony is forgiven by the end of "The Incredible Shrinking Mokey" despite his gaslighting, though his actions are still seen in a bad light.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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sillygirl1234
Mokey is gaslit/emotionally manipulated in "The Incredible Shrinking Mokey'
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While there is no explicit abuse unlike the the Pa and Junior relations in the reboot (in the original Pa still calls Junior stupid a lot, but deep down he does truly love him, and it's for "dysfunctional family" comedy and not drama like Back to the Rock plays it - still, keep in mind that in "The Garden Plot" Pa Gorg sings an entire song about how much he hates his stupid son that, while very, VERY darkly comedic, was intense enough to get pulled from later prints of one of the albums in the 80s) Uncle Matt's Uncle Gobo from his youth (seen via flashbacks in "Born To Wander" and a few scenes in "The Riddle of Rhyming Rock") is constantly yelling at Matt, even calling him a demon sometimes. As Uncle Gobo was Matt's father figure, this makes his scenes very uncomfortable and veeeeeery close to verbal abuse.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Are there abusive parents?
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See "is a child abused".
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Is an animal sad?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
Sprocket sometimes... :(
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Are rabbits harmed?
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S4
E21
As I stated elsewhere on the page, RIP Mudwell from "Gone, But Not Forgotten". He does not look much at all like a rabbit, but is canonically a "mudbunny" notheless.
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Does a pet die?
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S4
E21
Mentioned, not shown. In "Gone, But Not Forgotten" Gobo reminisces about his dear pet rockbeetle that is no longer with him.
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Does a dragon die?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
S2
E20
It is still worth noting that in "A Cave Of One's Own", Red reads a book where a dragon is getting violently slain out loud.
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Are there spiders?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
One of the cave creatures is a black fuzzy ball that moves in a very daddy long legs-like fashion. In "Scared Silly" Wembley puts fake spiders on Boober's bed, but he isn't at all affected because he finds the scare very predictable.
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Are there snakes?
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S3
E12
In "Scared Silly". But it's very cartoony and colorful.
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Are there bugs?
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sillygirl1234
The Toe-Ticklers are caterpillar-like in appearance.
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AlmightyKingPrawn
S1
E13
Though it is worth noting that once the love potion takes effect in "We Love You Wembley" and everyone in Fraggle Rock falls in love with him, they get very... touchy-feely, to Wembley's distress.
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Is someone restrained?
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S2
E2
In "Boober Rock" there are killer vines that tie up all of the main Fraggles except Boober.
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
Still, see "is someone sexually assaulted" just in case.
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Does a head get squashed?
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His head is not squashed, but In "We Love You Wembley" Wembley loses balance while holding a large rock and falls, being crushed down by the rock in the process (not at all graphic). Another fraggle helps him and he is okay.
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Are there dislocations?
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See "is there a broken bone" just in case.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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sillygirl1234
In "Marooned," the oxygen in the cave Boober and Red are trapped in appears to deplete.
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Does someone break a bone?
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In the episode "New Trash Heap in Town" Gobo's leg is broken by a Gorg (offscreen), he is in visible pain and is seen bedridden and on crutches during the span of the episode. While not a broken bone, in "Blanket of Snow, Blanket of Woe" Red twists her ankle ice skating, her leg is bandaged, she also in very visible pain.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Uncle Matt in his segments in "Boober and the Glob", "Playing Till It Hurts", "A Brush With Jealousy" (escalator in that case), and "The Trial of Cotterpin Doozer". Played for laughs (they literally just throw the puppet downstairs and film the felt tumbling down lol).
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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S1
E21
Uncle Matt in his segment in "Gobo's Discovery" when the farmer mistakes him for a sheep.
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Does a kid die?
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sillygirl1234
No age is given, but in "Gone But Not Forgotten," Mudwell the Mudbunny passes away and Wembley goes through a realistic grieving process
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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S1
E8
Sir Blunderbrain in "The Terrible Tunnel".
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Does a major character die?
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It is still worth noting that while not a major character in the series as a whole, Mudwell IS major to the episode he's in, and therefore his death still hits hard.
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Does someone die?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
See "does a non-human character die".
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Does a non-human character die?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
Famously, in "Gone, But Not Forgotten", Mudwell the Mudbunny dies. There is not a single dry eye in the house for that one, so heads up before watching. While relayed to us through a silly song and nowhere near as sad, it is heavily implied that Sir Blunderbrain (a Fraggle) died in the Terrible Tunnel from the episode of the same name. The show does get dangerously close to killing off all of Fragglekind at times, notably in "The Day The Music Died", "The Bells of Fraggle Rock", and (probably the most depressing case of this, as another heads up) "The River of Life", but they live. "Marooned" discusses death enough to feel like a 20 minute version of the incinerator scene from Toy Story 3, but fortunately, Red and Boober are rescued.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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sillygirl1234
In "Fraggle Wars," Mokey is held hostage by cave fraggles. She is rescued.
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Fear
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S1
E18
Uncle Matt encounters them for his segment in "The Minstrels".
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
Plenty. It is a major part of Fraggle Rock's setting and characters frequently go swimming and diving.
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Is someone possessed?
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S3
E9
In "Wembley and the Mean Genie", the genie possesses everyone in Fraggle Rock except Wembley to be his... totalitarian army? Rock concert audience? Both at the same time? I don't know. It looks like a Pink Floyd video lol.
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Gross
Is someone eaten?
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S3
E3
"Boober and the Glob" has the glob eat several Doozers. It spits them up unharmed by the end of the episode.
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Law Enforcement
Is there incarceration?
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Mokey is kept as a POW in "Fraggle Wars". All is well by the end, though. Even her jailer, Beige, seems distressed by the situation and likely did this against his will as part of the war. Gobo gets jailed in "The Cavern of Lost Dreams", but Cotterpin breaks him out. "Mokey, Then And Now" has Mokey, Wembley, Boober, and Noodlenose jailed by the ancient Fraggles due to their then-illegal laughter.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
Boober/Sidebottom, if unintentionally due to it being sort of a metaphor for many different things, is actually handled quite well. (Disclaimer: I'm a singlet and this is based on what little I know about DID. I have seen multiple DID systems in the fandom praise them for what it's worth.)
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S1
E21
"I know that no one's made of steel
I sometimes think that nothing's real"
- Gobo, Once Upon A Time (I Knew My Name)
I sometimes think that nothing's real"
- Gobo, Once Upon A Time (I Knew My Name)
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Is there misophonia?
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Sometimes you can hear the Fraggles chew the Doozer sticks.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
One could make arguments for the anxiety issues of Boober and to a lesser extent Wembley, but everyone treats them with lots of love and respect and they get through it all :)
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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sillygirl1234
Boober is prone to panicking.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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S2
E6
"When I wake I see/One more mystery/While our lives run, is there someone dreaming you and me?" - lyrics to "Dream A Dream And See".
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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S1
E24
In "New Trash Heap In Town" Ma Gorg says in a brief line that she is skipping lunch to lose weight.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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sillygirl1234
In "Marooned," Red and Boober are stuck in a cave. Both seem to fear they may not make it out alive, but in the end, they are okay.
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Are there underwater scenes?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
S4
E20
After many scenes of characters that are in the water or go underwater, but we don't get an underwater view, the shot gets pulled off in "Beyond The Pond".
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Is there screaming?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
Rarer than most kid's shows, but sometimes. Notably, Wembley works at the fire department... as the siren. As in, he screams fire siren noises at the top of his lungs.
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
S4
E15
Not a direct one, but the same effect: Gobo says the final line of "The Riddle of Rhyming Rock" ("Heed this rhyme, and YOU will dance in time!") staring and pointing directly at the audience.
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Is someone watched without knowing?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
Probably other cases too, but off the top of my head Uncle Matt "researches" many silly creatures (humans) from afar in his segments.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
S2
E23
See "is there hate speech". Clearly unintentional, and the show's messages against racism and for peace still ring true, but the depiction of The Old G**** Lady in "Boober's Quiet Day" is quite cringeworthy by today's standards.
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Are there fat jokes?
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S5
E4
While reoccurring minor character Large Marvin is characterized as being highly unintelligent, for the most part that is all that jokes about him are about and he is also shown to be a skilled swimmer and respected as such. The exception is a joke in "The Trial of Cotterpin Doozer" where, when Marvin tries to go into the Doozer courtroom and gets stuck, Feenie comments that he might be too fat. Marvin agrees, and then, rather stereotypically, proceeds to beg Feenie to feed him crackers. There is also, near the beginning of "The Garden Plot", a scene that isn't a joke but just plainly a fat shaming scene where Red angrily calls Gobo fat and says he should be put on a diet, which she doesn't apologize for and it isn't even mentioned again, with no impact on the plot afterwards.
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Is there hate speech?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
S2
E23
This is a show that is incredibly against racism, promotes world peace, and as a whole has aged really well, but it should be noted that being of its time a character in "Boober's Quiet Day" is exclusively referred to as "the old g**** lady". I am certain that this was the writing team simply being unaware of how the Romani people feel about that word, as it is unfortunately still used to this day by many.
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Is religion discussed?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
There is something of a "Fraggle spirituality" implied throughout. It doesn't seem like an organized religion but rather spiritual beliefs about the likes of music and, based on Mokey's bizarre morning ritual in "A Cave of One's Own", a "spirit of the cave". Multiple times has the gospel genre or gospel-inspired songs been used for songs sung by less trustworthy characters (eg Convincing John, The Wizard of Fraggle Rock) or when the Fraggles are misguided about something (eg "Easy Is The Only Way To Go" from "New Trash Heap In Town" when Mokey is falsely considered an oracle, "Follow The Road" in "Manny's Land of Carpets" when the Fraggles discuss leaving Fraggle Rock), make of that what you will lol. ("Shine On Me" from "The Day The Music Died", meanwhile, is an undeniably positive gospel-ish song and there might be others I'm forgetting. I doubt a genre of music in a non-religious context triggers anyone, but I'm saying all this just in case.)
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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When someone cries they are to be sympathized with in this show, regardless of gender.
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Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
Implied sometimes for the World's Oldest Fraggle and used for humor.
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Social
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Is existentialism debated?
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This is a pretty existential show.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
I mean, you will cry a lot, but it's a happy ending.
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Vehicular
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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S1
E11
The Uncle Matt segment in "Catch The Tail By The Tiger" has him in the belief that this is car language.
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