Fraggle Rock (1983–1987): Season 1, Episode 24 - New Trash Heap in Town - full transcript

[upbeat music playing]

♪ Dance your cares away

♪ Worry's for another day ♪

♪ Let the music play ♪

♪ Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

I Work your cares away ♪

♪ Dancing's for another day ♪

♪ Let the Fraggles play ♪

We're Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober, Red!

-Whoopee!
-Wowee!

Ooh, a Fraggle!



[chuckles] Look, Ma. I got a Fraggle!

Argh!

Whoopee!

♪ Dance your cares away

♪ Worry's for another day ♪

♪ Let the music play ♪

♪ Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

Down in Fraggle Rock.

-[Sprocket grunting]
-[door opens]

Hello, Sprocket, old boy.

[chuckles] Wait till you see
what I've got.

I've got ice cream, cakes, cookies,
chocolate bars, potato chips.

Oh, and I've got doggie delights
for my very best friend.



[chuckles] Quite a feast, eh, Sprocket?

[barks]

And it's all for the sake of science.

Oh, Sprocket,
you can forget all that exercising stuff.

With my new invention,
exercising is passe.

Dieting is for the dogs.

Well, no, I mean,
it's no longer necessary, thanks to this,

my miracle diet drink.

It's my own recipe.

It's distilled from the finest rutabagas.

Yeah, I know, I hate rutabagas,
but that's the whole idea.

You've heard of fighting fire with fire,
haven't you?

Well, I am fighting food with food.

This is the miracle diet
the world has been waiting for.

Just one sip before each meal,
and the more you eat, the thinner you get.

[Doc grunts]

Fetch me a cookie, Sprockie, my boy,
will you?

Oh, I can feel the pounds
disappearing already.

[Gobo] Well, that's the last
of Mokey's rutabaga soup.

-I wouldn't count on that.
-Oh.

Yeah, if she doesn't stop,
I'll be as fat as a Gorg.

You might even be as fat
as the one that thumped you.

-[laughing]
-Very funny, Wembley.

Why don't we just forget about soup?

Hi, Gobo. I brought you some more
of my rutabaga soup, Gobo.

-[Wembley laughing]
-I know it will make you feel better.

-Oh, you shouldn't have, Mokey.
-[chuckles] Yeah.

Oh, it was no bother at all.

-No bother.
-I'd even stay here and keep you company,

if I didn't have something urgent
to attend to.

-What, something urgent?
-Mmm-hmm.

I have decided to paint
the first-ever portrait

of the hairy-chested batworm.

But no one's ever seen
a hairy-chested batworm.

They only come out at night.
When will you sleep?

I won't. I shall stay awake
for the sake of science.

Wow!

Besides, I don't like the nightmare
we've all been having lately.

-[shudders]
-I'm tired of that nightmare, too.

Everybody's having it
since you got thumped.

Yeah, if it wasn't for my leg,
I'd go to the Trash Heap

and find out what to do about it.

Oh, no, Gobo, you can't go back
to the garden. It's much too dangerous.

Yeah, I know that's what everyone thinks,
but, um...

Well, I'm not going anywhere
until my leg...

[groans]

Listen, why don't you read
one of your Uncle Matt's postcards?

Maybe it'll take your mind off your leg.

[sighs] Maybe you're right.

-Yeah.
-[Gobo groans]

[Wembley grunting]

[Gobo] Hmm.

"Dear nephew Gobo,
outer space is very big."

[Matt] /t can sometimes be quite tiring
just finding places to explore.

[groaning]

[grunts] Oh, my poor aching feet.

An explorer's feet
are his most valuable asset.

And I was giving mine a well-earned rest,
when I saw a most peculiar sight.

It was a strange, bouncing thing,
followed by more strange, bouncing things

with huge tails.

It wasn't until I saw their pouches
and the little passengers inside,

that I realized
what these bouncing things were.

Transportation systems.

"Love, your Uncle Traveling Matt."

Well, that didn't exactly take my mind
off my leg, Wembley.

-[snoring]
-Wembley?

[snoring]

Sweet dreams, Wembley.

[snoring]

[groaning]

Hey, hey, Marjory,
are you sure this is gonna fit?

Do not worry, Gunge, I know your nose
like the back of my hand.

Oh, sure she does.
Look what she's done for me.

Well, but, Marjory,
it's nice to see you enjoying yourself,

but aren't you worried about the Fraggles?

Why should I be worried?
Finally, I have some free time.

Time to express myself.
Ah, you boys should get a hobby.

You would see what I mean.

But, Marjory, you're our Oracle.

Yeah, giving advice is in your blood.

You can't be satisfied with hobbies.

Oh, Gunge,
this is going to be stunning on you.

Well, I guess I'll just wait right here.

[sighs in contentment]

[yawning]

Oh! Oh, my goodness! No.

I must stay awake for the... for the...

[grunts] For the sake of...

[sighs]

science.

[humming]

[chuckling]

-Uh-oh! [crashes]
-[Mokey screams]

[grunting]

Whoops. [chuckles]

Oh, my goodness! I'm sorry,
[stutters] I wasn't expecting you.

[chuckles]

I mean, I was expecting you,
it's just that I... [panting]

Oh, dear.
Could you come a little this way?

Perfect.

[grunts]

Oh, my!
This is going to be a lovely portrait.

Smile.

[chuckling]

[snores]

[distant laughter]

[grunts] Yeah!

[Fraggles screaming]

Okay, you Fraggles. I'm busting in here
and now I'm going to thump all your legs.

[laughing]

Do not be afraid, little Fraggles.
It is only a dream.

But listen to me.

This is a great opportunity for you.

A chance to look for wisdom
within yourselves.

Do not worry.
You will come back to the garden someday.

Until then, I will be knitting up a storm.

You should see what I'm doing in Argyle.
[chuckles]

Anyway, remember,

-look for wisdom within yourselves.
-[Fraggles snoring]

[batworm chuckling]

[Red] Gobo!

-Run, Gobo! Gobo, wake up!
-[Boober] Wembley, please!

Huh? What? What? What's happening?

That's what we came to tell you.
We're having a meeting about the dream.

-Yeah.
-I hate meetings.

-A meeting about the dream?
-Yeah.

I hate dreams even more.
They're strange and scary!

-Boober, why do we need a meeting?
-Yeah.

Well, we have to figure out
what the Trash Heap meant.

She said there's a new way to find wisdom.

Yeah, and it has something to do
with Argyle socks.

Come on. [whooping]

-[Red] Boober!
-Oh, all right.

Hmm. I don't know
what everyone's making such a fuss about.

The dream just said
we should think for ourselves.

[groans]
I guess it can't hurt to talk things over.

[grunts]

All right, all right.

Now, as the world's oldest Fraggle,

it seems to me
that I'm the only one clear-headed enough

to interpret this dream.

[Fraggles laughing]

What's the matter?

Don't they recognize the world's oldest
Fraggle when they see him?

They recognize you all right.

It's the clear-headed part
they're not sure about.

That's different. Now, where were we?

The dream said we should look
for wisdom within ourselves.

Well, what are you waiting for?
Start looking!

[Fraggles chattering]

I don't think they know
what they're looking for, Your Agedness.

Of course they know what
they're looking for. They're looking for--

What are you looking for?

A Fraggle in Argyle.

A Fraggle with wisdom.

A Fraggle that can solve

-everybody's problems.
-Yeah.

That's something
that no Fraggle has ever done before.

Then that's it. You're looking
for a Fraggle who's done something

that's never been done before.

-[Mokey] Hi, everybody. I've done it.
-[Fraggles gasp]

The first-ever portrait

of the never-before-seen
hairy-chested batworm.

[Fraggles cheering]

[all chanting] Mokey! Mokey!

[chanting continues]

This is the way, Sprocket,

-a diet without any cares and woe.
[Sprocket grumbles]

Puts me right in the mood
for a slice of apple pie.

Any pie left, boy?

[Sprocket whimpers]

Oh, I tell you, I'm feeling slim and trim.

Where's that pie, boy?

[Sprocket whimpers]

I don't believe it.

What's happened to all my diet food?

[barks]

[grunting]

Okay. I'll show you.

Fetch me my rutabaga juice.

After that, I'm gonna need a little snack.
It's part of the program.

-What do you suggest, Sprocket?
-[barks]

[grunting]

[barking]

Excellent idea!

I'll order a pizza. Fetch me the phone.

[Sprocket whimpering]

Well, I'll give it a try, but--

No buts about it, Mokey Fraggle.
You're the new Trash Heap.

-Well, if you insist.
-We do.

Now start solving problems.

Wow.

Oh, Wembley.

-Isn't it exciting?
-Oh, yeah, very.

I am just thrilled to be able to take on
this awesome responsibility.

Awesome. Awesome.

[stutters] To try and bring light
into the Fraggle darkness,

-to ease the Fraggle mind.
-Ease.

Oh, I don't expect to make
a real difference at first.

-No, no.
-Just an occasional pat on the head.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Now and then, a kind word.

-But someday, far, far into the future--
-[distant clamoring]

-Uh-oh.
-Fraggles will look back and say--

[stutters] Mokey. Mokey.
Don't think you'll have to wait that long.

-[Fraggles clamoring]
-[Mokey] Please.

-I will have time for you all.
-Time for all?

Okay, okay, okay!
Let's get some order around here.

Now, weight problems,
that line over there.

Silly problems, that line way over there.

Personal problems, that line over there.

If you're not having any fun,
it'll be that line over there.

You look like you're not having any fun.
Why don't you go over there?

-Excuse me.
-Now-- Well, yes, what?

-Where do I go?
-Uh, what's your problem?

It's miscellaneous.

[grunting in frustration]
Stand in any line!

Okay, uh, Fraggles with pet problems,
over there.

And pets with Fraggle problems--

You are in the presence
of the all-knowing,

all-seeing,
maybe the all-seeing and then all-knowing.

-[all clamor]
-Maybe it's the all-hearing.

-Whatever. Yeah, oh, yeah.
-Uh, Wembley...

-I'll take care of this, Wembley.
-Oh, okay.

-[clamoring stops]
-What can I help you with?

Oh, please, Madam Mokey,
my pet thimblebug has run away!

-Oh, please!
-Oh, oh, that's terrible.

-Uh, let me think, um--
-What about my thimblebug?

Did she say thimblebug?
I've got a room full of thimblebugs.

Oh, what can I do? Please tell me, please!

Well, why don't you give
your thimblebugs to this Fraggle?

Do you like thimblebugs?

-l love thimblebugs.
-Oh, she's done it.

She's solved the problem.

[all cheering]

And the Trash Heap has spoken. Yeah! Yeah!

[Fraggles chanting] Mokey! Mokey! Mokey!

[grunts] I hope I don't have to use
these crutches for too long.

-l knew it. I knew it.
-What's wrong?

This. It's the shirt you were wearing
when you were thumped.

Oh, don't remind me.

I used too much bleach
trying to get the grass stains out.

I'm gonna go see Mokey and ask her
for help with my laundry problems.

Boober, that's ridiculous!
You know more about laundry than anyone.

-You don't need Mokey's advice.
-Well, she is the new Trash Heap.

That does it!

I'm gonna have to go up there
and see what's going on for myself.

[grunting]

Ask her if she believes
in cold-water washing.

Mokey buttons!
Get your Mokey buttons right here.

Right here, get your Mokey buttons.

Mokey buttons, get them while they're hot!

Only one to a customer,
unless you want two.

Mokey buttons! Mokey buttons!
Get your Mokey buttons right here!

I've never seen anything like this.

What's gotten into everyone?

♪ We found a way to live on easy street ♪

I No more troubles, no more cares
And woes ♪

♪ Oh, happy day
It's made our lives complete ♪

♪ ‘Cause easy is the only way to go ♪

♪ A way, yay, yay, yay, yay ♪

♪ Way to go
Let me hear somebody here ♪

♪ We found a way ♪

♪ Found a way ♪

♪ To live on easy street ♪

♪ No more troubles
No more cares and woes ♪

♪ No more cares and woes ♪

♪ Oh, happy day

♪ It's made our lives complete ♪

♪ ‘Cause easy is the only way to go ♪

I Waytogo lr

♪ Found a way ♪

♪ To live on easy street ♪

♪ No more troubles
No more cares and woes ♪

♪ No more cares and woes ♪

♪ Oh, happy day

♪ It's made our lives complete ♪

♪ ‘Cause easy is the only way to go ♪

I Waytogo lr

♪ A way, yay, yay, yay, yay ♪

I Waytogo lr

♪ We found a way ♪
♪ Oh, happy day ♪

♪ To live on easy street ♪
♪ We found a way ♪

♪ No more troubles
No more cares and woes ♪

♪ We saw the light ♪
♪ Oh, happy day ♪

♪ Oh, happy song ♪
♪ It's made our lives complete ♪

♪ Easy is the only way to go ♪
♪ And now we go ♪

♪ Feel free to go

♪ Yay, yay, yay, yay ♪

♪ Awaytogod

-l have tried baking soda--
-Mmm-hmm.

-Salt.
-Mmm.

-Even lemon juice.
-Oh.

Nothing works.

[sobbing] It's so depressing.

Oh, Boober, Boober,
I hate seeing you so unhappy.

I don't mind being unhappy.

I just can't bear the thought
of a laundry failure

at this point in my career.

-[continues crying]
-Oh, well, Boober, perhaps this is a sign

that you have come to a point in your life
when you must grow, must change.

But I don't know how to change.

Oh, well, that's easy.

You give up laundry.

[Fraggles clamoring]

-That's crazy.
-Hey, watch it!

That's an Oracle you're talking to.

Yeah, Gobo. Mokey knows all and sees all.

-Or is that, uh, shows all--
-l1 don't care what it is.

Mokey, you can't tell Boober
to give up laundry.

-Laundry's his life.
-Life.

Really, Gobo, I don't think
you should question my judgment.

After all, we, we Oracles work
in mysterious ways.

[Fraggles agreeing]

What do you think, Boober?

Well... I think you'd have to be nuts
to go against an Oracle.

If Mokey says I should give up laundry,
then I'll do it.

[cheering]

I made him happy. You see, Gobo?

I see a big mess, that's what I see.

-Really, Gobo. You, you don't understand.
-[Fraggles clamoring]

The dream said I should help the Fraggles.

That's not what the dream said at all.

And it looks to me like you're having
too much fun to care about the truth.

-[Mokey] Gobo.
-[Fraggles booing]

[Fraggles chanting] Mokey! Mokey!
Mokey! Mokey! Mokey!

[whispering] Wembley, Wembley,
I can't find her anywhere.

Oh, what do we do now?

Uh, uh... stall them.

-Oh! [shuddering]
-Yeah.

Hey, hey, everybody.

[stutters] Did you hear the one
about the Fraggle who ate his socks?

[Mokey] Gobo.

How could you say
all those terrible things about me?

I thought you were my friend.

I am your friend. That's why I want
to stop you from hurting the Fraggles.

I'm not hurting them. I am helping them,
like the Trash Heap said.

Mokey, the dream said
the Fraggles should look

for wisdom within themselves.

Yes, and then?

That's it.

[stutters] Well, what about the part
about me?

Your name didn't even come up.

You mean... I'm not an Oracle.

Oh, Gobo. Oh, Gobo, you were right.

This is a big mess
and, and it's all my fault.

Don't worry, Mokey, it will be all right.

But how?

[stutters] The Fraggles no longer want
to think for themselves...

I don't know how to change that.

Well, we'll just have to come up
with a plan together.

You'll help me?

[grunts]

Sure. I said I was your friend, didn't 1?

[sighs] Oh, Gobo.

♪ Ever since my life began ♪

♪ There've been times
I need somebody here ♪

♪ To help me understand ♪

♪ I can find my plan
With a helpin' hand from you ♪

♪ Your help will do

I And I'll be here to help you, too ♪

♪ Ever since my time was new ♪

♪ There's been things
I need somebody here ♪

♪ To help me try and do ♪

♪ I can see them through
With a helping hand from you I

♪ Your help will do

♪ And I'll be here to help you through ♪

I And I'll be here to help you, too ♪

♪ Ever since the world was made ♪

♪ There's been times
A person needs to find ♪

♪ A friend who's not afraid ♪

♪ And I know!'ll do the things
I've got to do ♪

♪ Workin' with you ♪

♪ I've got a helping hand ♪

♪ Waiting to hold your hand ♪

♪ I've got a helping hand for you ♪

♪ I've got a helping hand ♪

♪ Waiting to hold your hand ♪

♪ I've got a helping hand for you ♪

-[Fraggles clamoring]
-[Wembley] She'll be back.

[Red] Yeah, don't worry.

Oh, look!

-She's here!
-[Fraggles cheering]

If this doesn't get them
to stop listening to me, nothing will.

Yeah, go for it, Mokey.

[Red] I'm glad she showed up.

My fellow Fraggles,
I have been off meditating

upon the problem of Gobo Fraggle.

As you know, Gobo is afraid to go out
into the Gorgs' garden

because he has been so badly thumped.

Well, that's just common sense.
You can't blame Gobo for that.

Yes, so I have devised a plan
that will enable Gobo to face his fears.

Wow!

Gobo will challenge Junior Gorg to a duel.

-[Fraggles exclaim]
-That's right.

Tomorrow morning at dawn,

Gobo will hobble out
on his little bitty crutches

-and insult the Gorg.
-[crashes]

-[Red exclaims] What?
-[Wembley] Don't do it, Gobo!

-[Red groans]
-I must, and I will.

-Mokey, you don't mean it.
-No...

[Mokey] I do mean it.

I am the Trash Heap.

-Well, then, I'm going with him.
-Me, too!

Well, we've all got to go sometime,
may as well be for a friend.

[all] Yeah.

[Mokey] Attention, attention,
attention, everybody.

Wait, wait, wait, my fellow Fraggles.

There's just one more teeny little thing.

Um... everyone must be blindfolded.

[Fraggles exclaiming]

All right, Mokey Fraggle.
This has gone far enough.

That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

-[giggles] It is, isn't it?
-Now, listen up, and listen to me.

I don't know
who started this silly business,

but Mokey Fraggle is no Trash Heap.

That's right.

My fellow Fraggles, all the dream said was
we must look for wisdom within ourselves.

-[all agreeing]
-That's what it said.

But what if we have a problem
we can't solve?

Then we'll just have to go
to the real Trash Heap,

no matter how scary the garden is.

Unless you want to talk to me about it.
There's wisdom in age, you know.

[Fraggles laughing]

Oh, all right, have it your own way.

Boy, duel a Gorg blindfolded.
I never heard of anything so silly.

[laughs]

[Fraggles laughing]

-[Gobo] Glad it's over?
-[Mokey] Oh, yes.

-Mokey?
-Hmm?

I just want to tell you
that, well, you were terrific.

[sighs] Oh, Gobo.

Well, so were you.

-lgiggling]
-Huh? Hey!

Oh, no fair running, eh?

-What do you think, is it me?
-Uh, we miss the advice business, Marjory.

-The tension.
-The action.

-The roar of the crowd.
-Yeah.

Huh, do I know all?

-Yeah.
-Do I see all?

-Yeah.
-Sure.

Then believe me, the Fraggles will be back

as soon as they need to know
something that makes the risk worthwhile.

[Boober] Oh, Madam Heap, I have a problem
only you can solve.

What can I do about these grass stains?

See?

-[panting]
-l want to thank you, Sprocket,

for running over to Shimmelfinney's

and borrowing
that cup of maple syrup for me.

[chuckles]

Those pancakes were delicious.

Well, now it's time to see
the miraculous results from my new diet.

I've gained 12 pounds!
There's something wrong with this scale.

[barking]

-Oh, you think so, do you?
-[barks]

I tell you, my rutabaga diet plan
is foolproof.

You've lost seven pounds.
How did you do that?

[barking]

Oh, I don't get it.

-You ain't even on a diet.
-[sighs]

[music playing]

[scatting]

♪ Dance your cares away

♪ Worry's for another day ♪

♪ Let the music play ♪

♪ Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Dance your cares away

♪ Worry's for another day ♪

♪ Let the music play ♪

♪ Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Down in Fraggle Rock ♪