Fraggle Rock (1983–1987): Season 2, Episode 16 - Junior Sells the Farm - full transcript

[upbeat music playing]

I Dance your cares away ♪

I Worry's for another day

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I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

I Work your cares away

I Dancing's for another day

I 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!

I Dance your cares away ♪

I Worry's for another day

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I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

Down in Fraggle Rock.

What do you mean
you're not interested in this?

I bought it for you.
I's from the Dog Chow collection.

Well, you know,
that canine mail-order house.

"Tomorrow's gear for today's dogs."

This is the Clark McElford
fully automatic dog feeder.



[barks]
-"It's fully programmable.

Dispenses dried or canned dog food
one to three times a day."

[grunts]
-Three.

Oh, give me your dish, Sprockie,
and we'll try this.

I don't know if you've noticed,
but sometimes, I forget to feed you.

I get absent-minded.

I caught me some Fraggles!

[Pa Gorg] Junior! Stop catching Fraggles

and come hold the ladder for me
like you promised.

Can't you ever do anything right?

-I catch Fraggles beautifully.
-[Red and Mokey yelling]

[Red] How are you at letting us go?

Oh, this is terrible.

Oh, gee, I don't know, Red.

I mean, I have this new way
of looking at life.

Il say. Through bars.

Oh, no, no. Sort of,
at the larger picture.

I mean, I believe that if we are kind
and loving and caring Fraggles,

nothing truly bad can ever happen to us.

So being trapped by Gorgs
and locked in a cage is not a bad thing?

Well, maybe it just seems bad
at first glance.

And at second glance, and at third--
[yelling]

I almost forgot you. [chuckling]

[Red and Mokey yelling]

[Pa Gorg] Oh, this palace
is falling apart.

I tell you, son, if I could,
I'd sell this place.

What? Daddy, you wouldn't sell the palace.

[Pa Gorg] Whoa! Grab the ladder.

-Okay.
-[Pa Gorg] That's better.

And put down those Fraggles.

You're getting too old
for catching Fraggles.

I'm only 473.

[Pa Gorg] When I was your age,
I'd given up my childish ways.

I was courting your mother.

Junior, when are you going to find
a princess and get married?

-Oh, Daddy.
“Whoa!

It's okay, I got it.
-[Pa Gorg groans]

Where is he?

Did it hurt?

Junior, you are a dunderheaded lummox.

Oh, listen, Daddy,
if you want me to marry a princess,

Il marry a princess.

Oh, little Junior, my baby.

But, Ma, where do I get one?

The only way you could
ever find a princess

would be to get some Peas of Power.

Peas of Power?

Oh, surely you remember
the old legend, Junior.

A young Gorg prince in days gone by
would plant a magic pea seed.

And it would grow during the night.

And upon the coming of the dawn,

the first rays of the sun
would transform the plant

into a beautiful Gorg maiden.

[Pa Gorg] A bride for the Gorgic prince.

[Ma Gorg sighs]

Yes, sir, that and the one
about the little girl

with the red hood are my favorites.
[chuckling]

If only I could find some Peas of Power.

Someday, you'll find a bride, son.

[scoffs] That dunderheaded lummox
can't find his own feet.

gasps]
-I can, too. They're right, uh...

Come, my queen, cute person.
It's time for our afternoon walk.

[both chuckling]

Junior, you guard the castle
against all enemies

ill we get back.
Okay.

Now there's a job I know he can do.

But we haven't seen an enemy
in six generations.

-That's why I know he can do it.
{Ma Gorg] Ah!

Oh, I'l show him.

I'l find the Peas of Power.
Il find them.

Yeah. A dunderheaded lummox
couldn't do that.

[gasps] Wait. Maybe they're
in the garden shed.

[both chuckling]

Okay, you guys wait here
while I get me some Peas of Power.

[gasps] Oh, look!

[grunts] We can cut our way to freedom.

Red, I really feel you're being
very defensive about this.

Defensive?
Mmm.

Mokey, we have been captured by the Gorgs.

Well, I know. I mean,
on the surface, but don't forget,

no harm can befall us if we are kind
and loving and caring Fraggles.

I am worried about becoming

kind and loving and caring
smudges on the floor.

Yeah, well... [gasps] Red, look!

It's perfect.

Superb country.

We'll level those hillsides,
divert the river, burn the forest.

Ah!

[zooms]

Then the village can go
in the low area over here,

and all that hillside
will be gingerbread houses.

Ah, it's a wilderness
begging to be spoiled.

[zooms]

[gasps] Mother of mud hens!

That looks like a Gorg castle.

We'll have to tear it down.

Red, did you hear that?

No one is easier
to do business with than a Gorg.

They're all dunderheaded lummoxes.

Not a single Pea of Power.

Oh, rats! There goes my chance
to prove to Daddy I'm not a lummox.

[laughing]

Oh. What ho and hello there.

McMooch is the name. Wander McMooch.

Oh. Junior. Junior Gorg.

Mr. Junior, you look terrific.
I've never seen you looking better.

You've never seen me at all.

Then you know I speak the truth.

-Oh, yes. [chuckling]
[zooms]

You're wondering why I'm here.

No, I'm wondering why you're not here.

-[McMooch zooms]
[exclaims]

And, boy, you get around.

I happen to be in the market
for an old and beautiful royal castle.

Oh, sorry. All we have is an ugly one.

I don't think you understand.

[zooms]

I'd like to buy this place.

[zooms]

You would?

This palace is falling apart.

I tell you, son, if I could,
I'd sell the place.

Hey, hey, hey, are you kidding me?

Hmm... Stonework crumbling.

[zooms]

Dry rot has come and gone.

[zooms]

It's perfect. I'd give anything for it.

Anything?

Here's a sack of gold.

Oh, I'm not interested in gold.

Now, if you could get me
some Peas of Power.

Peas of Power?

Yeah, you know, the ones
the Gorgs of old used

to grow brides for themselves.

Oh, those Peas of Power.
I remember them now.

I'l get some for you.

[zooms]

[chuckles] He's getting them.
Oh, wait till Daddy hears.

-Oh, joy!
{McMooch zooms]

Would you settle for
the Broccoli of Power? Eh...

I guess not.

[zooms]
[chuckling]

I wasn't born yesterday, you know.

I am 473.

[McMooch zooms)

Look what I got. [chuckles]

Oh, boy! Oh, boy! Oh, boy!

-Hey, hey, hey, hey!
-[McMooch zooms]

Here you are.

A sack of the legendary Peas of Power.

Oh, boy! Oh, boy! Oh--

Oh, wait.

Mr. McMooch, at this time,
I must ask you a very shrewd question.

Which is?

Are you telling me the truth?

Would I lie?

Then we have a deal.

-Solemn Oath of the Gorg?
-You betcha.

[both] Hey, Nonny, Nonny, Nonny.

Hey, Nonny, Ha Cha Cha.

Shake.

[laughing] Peas of Power.

I'l be here at daybreak tomorrow
to take possession.

We'll be packed and ready to go.

-See you then.
[zooms]

Mommy and Daddy will be so proud.
[laughing]

All right, Sprocket,
we're ready for the first test.

Your automatic dog feeder
is loaded with dog food,

the quartz clock is set,
and here it is, dinnertime.

[dog feeder whirring]

Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute.
This isn't right.

-['l hit the override switch.
[barking]

[beeping]

Obviously, there's some trouble
with the can-opener subsystems, Sprocket.

Tell you what, we loaded
some dry dog food into the machine too.

Now is dry dog food okay
for dinner tonight?

[barking]
-In a second,

you'll have all the dry dog food
you could possibly want.

[dog feeder beeping]

[dog feeder fizzling]

Actually, you've got more dry dog food
than you could possibly want.

[dog feeder fizzling]

Aw, Sprockie.

[Junior in singsong voice]
I got the Peas of Power.

I got the Peas of Power.

Oh, those peas are just a legend.

-That Gorg got cheated.
[gulps]

Oh. Shh! Here come the other ones.

Oh, duckykins, it is always a pleasure
to spend an afternoon with you,

strolling by the riverside.

-It was—
[gasps] Oh!

What is this?

Junior?

Junior, come here this instant!

Oh, Ma, Pa, boy, am I happy to see you.

I have such wonderful news.

Junior, I hope your news explains

why all of my lovely possessions
are lying in the front garden.

Oh, it does, Ma. It does.

Well, out with it, boy.
What is this wonderful news?

I sold the castle. [chuckling]

[both gasp]

You...

sold...

the...

castle?

Uh...

Yes, sir.

Sort of. [chuckles nervously]

The home of the King of the Universe?

The ancestral manor house?

The only home we've ever had
and ever will have?

You sold that castle? [gasps angrily]

Yep.

Oh!

But, Daddy, you said you'd sell the place
if you could find someone to buy it.

-Your Serene Highness.
[panting]

If our son has sold the castle,
it must be for a price beyond all measure.

A... a fabulous treasure.

Oh, you betcha,
my silver-tongued mommy and queen.

Oh, I doubt that.

But okay, lummox.

What didst thou sell the castle for?

Come here. You won't believe this.
Come here.

Okay, you won't believe it.
Come here. Come here.

[laughing]

Behold.

[chuckling]

-[Ma Gorg gasping]
-You sold your birthright

for a sack of peas?

[stuttering] But they're Peas of Power.
You told me to get them.

The Peas of Power are a legend, a story.

Does your mother look like

she started life
as some dad-blamed petunia?

Gee, I never thought of that.

Well, we aren't giving up the castle,
and that's that.

We'll cancel the deal.

We'll refuse to sell.

Uh... Daddy, I...

I swore the Solemn Oath of the Gorgs.

[gasps]

[screaming] Oh!

The Solemn Oath of the Gorg
cannot be broken for any reason.

You dunderheaded lummox!

Allis lost.

Oh, I don't even know what a lummox is.

Besides, [stuttering]
they must be Peas of Power.

Mr. McMooch said they were.

Oh... know. ll do it.

Il prove that I'm right.

I will grow me a bride tonight.

[ow hooting]

All right, girls.

Now, which one of you is it gonna be?

[music playing]

It's just you and me, kid. [chuckling]

7 Cross my heart and tell a lie

7 Cross my eyes and hope to die 0

I I've been dreaming something nice I

I Dreaming dreams of paradise

I Make-believe upon a star}

I That's where all the sweet dreams are ♪

I She's the one I'm longing for

I Longing, but I'm only lonely 2

I Only when I make-believe

7 She comes down to comfort me ♪

7 Dream-gir! lover, are you lonely too?

I Ooh! Ooh! ¥

I I'm so big, and she's so bold

I We can't make it, I've been told

I Still 1 love her in my heart?

I Dreamgirl lover, do not part}

I Dreams are dreams, and I am itchy

I For a love so true and twitchy ♪

I That my mind is sure to go crazy }

I But I'm only lonely

I Only when I make-believe

7 She comes down to comfort me ♪

7 Dream-gir! lover, are you lonely too?

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Now, grow, little pea bride,

because when you do,
my daddy will see I'm not a lummox.

[chuckling]

[Mokey] Hey. Hey, it's no use, you know.

-They're only ordinary peas.
-[whispers] No, no.

What?

-Mokey, you are talking to a Gorg.
-Uh...

Red, he has to know.
But do you have to tell him?

Truth is truth, Red. I can't keep silent.

[stuttering] Wait. What's going on?
Why is a Fraggle talking to me?

Because that Mr. McMooch
is a mean and vicious creature.

Those are not magic peas.

I'm sorry, but we heard him say so, right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Then... Then the Gorgs are doomed
to wander the universe?

Freezing and homeless?

And it's my fault.

[crying]

Oh, wait, come on now.

Let's not think of this
as a blaming situation.

I mean, consider the alternatives. Um...

How can you get your castle back?

I can't. Oh, I'm a dunderheaded lummox.

You know, you're really taking
a very self-destructive attitude.

I'm already destroyed.

No, you're not. Why...

Well, you may not be
the most intelligent creature

in the whole world,
but you have many special qualities.

Oh, boy.

Just focus on those qualities
and use what you have.

-Yeah. Yeah, the Fraggle's right.
-Mmm-hmm.

Yeah, I can still win
if I use what I have.

Oh, that's the spirit.

I'l use you. [chuckling]

[gasps] What?

Shh!

Well, is it done yet?

It's nearly dawn.

[Red] Not yet.

“Where did you get this pea plant?
-Yeah.

I found it in the garden.
I transplanted it.

Well. We only have a few more
of these rhinestones

to slip into the pea pod. Hmm?

Okay, little pea pod, say "Aah."

[Red] Now, let's rehearse this
one last time.

At dawn, when the plant
doesn't tum into a princess,

what do you do?

Oh, yeah. I, uh...

Uh, ooh...

Oh, I remember. I remember.

Yes, I break open the pea pods,

and I say, "Oh, Mr. McMooch,
you have cheated me.

This magic pea plant
does not produce brides.

This magic pea plant
only produces rhinestones.”

No, no, no. Diamonds.
You call the rhinestones diamonds,

-you dunderheaded lummox.
-Uh...

He'll get it right when the time comes.

And then, Mr. McMooch will trade you
back the castle

-for the diamond plant. Hmm?
-Right.

And in retum for all this,
you'll let us go.

-Don't forget that part.
“Yes.

Yeah, sure, sure, sure. You're free to go.

Oh, boy,
Mommy and Daddy will be so proud of me.

Ooh, ooh. Shh.

Good moming, Gorgs.

I'm here to take possession of the castle.
[laughing]

[melancholic music playing]

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I Tis time to part, I know I

I My heart is starting to feel fow

Now, now, Mother.

JO world}?

♪ Otime?

♪ Owoe?

I The eavestroughs are bending
The chimney needs mending

I The plumbing is ending

I It's no use pretending

I When drops keep descending real slow

[zooms]

I Tell them, "Whoa, whoa, whoa"

As they flow

I Yes, it's, "Whoa, whoa, whoa"

As they flow

♪ Be nice to the flowers ♪

2 I smelled them for hours ©

I Be nice to the bathtub }

7 Where Pa made his flab thud 7

I Be nice to our house when we go ♪

I Crying, "Woe, woe, woe"!

IAswego?

I Yes, it's, "Woe, woe, woe"!

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JO world}?

♪ Otime?

♪ Owoe?

[McMooch zooms)

[chuckling]
[gasps]

Nearly dawn now.

Oh, all right. Don't rub it in.

Here, sir, is the key to the castle.

Don't lose it.

And don't use it.

The lock's been broken
for the last 12 generations.

Oh, I don't care about all that.
I'l just tear it all down anyway.

Oh! [crying]

Don't say things like that
in front of her.

[sighs frustratedly]

I hope this works.

[humming]

Ah, here we go.

What's that?

Oh, this?

Oh, I planted it last night.

It's one of the Peas of Power.

You planted them so soon?

[softly] Bad news. Come the dawn,
he'll know those peas aren't magic.

Mmm. I just couldn't wait to see
my beautiful Gorg bride.

Besides, she can help
push the wheelbarrows.

Uh, listen, it might take a while

for that plant to tum into a bride.
Oh, several days.

Oh, no, no, no.

The pea sprouts overnight
and tums into a maiden at dawn.

tll happen in a couple of minutes now.

[chuckles nervously] Well, I suppose
you folks are eager to get started.

[softly] Got to move them out before dawn.

Always less traffic on the roads
early in the morning.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
We can't leave yet.

I gotta let my pea plant
turn into a bride.

Oh, Junior, did you plant
one of those ridiculous pea seeds?

Why, yes, I did. [chuckling]

And now,
as the first rays of the sun appear,

it will turn into a bride.
-[Pa Gorg groans]

Come on, ditzy brain, we're free.

I know, I know,
but I want to see what happens.

Here comes the sun. [chuckles]

[rooster crowing]

[Ma Gorg crying]

But...

Why, it didn't work.
McMooch laughing]

Yeah, well, don't get excited.

This pea plant didn't tum into a bride.

Well, all that happened was that...

the peas turned into diamonds.

They turned into diamonds?

[both] They turned into diamonds?

You cheated me.

[McMooch zooms)

Uh, wait. Wait. There's been an error.

Yes, indeed, you've got the wrong kind
of magic peas there.

The deal is off.

I'll take them back.

Hmm? Let me get this straight.

You want to take back
the pea seeds that grow diamonds,

and you'll give us the castle?

That's right.

Oh, well, seems like a fair deal.

[both] Hey, Nonny, Nonny, Nonny.

Hey, Nonny, Ha Cha Cha.

[Ma Gorg squealing excitedly]

Peas that grow diamonds. [chuckling]

Uh-oh.

Wait a minute.

These are rhinestones.

Why, they do look like rhinestones,

like the ones I have in my sewing basket.

Ma, don't tell him that.

This is all a trick
to cheat me out of the castle.

Junior, you dunderheaded lummox,

no one would fall for a trick that stupid.

Well, it's not all my fault.

[stuttering] The Fraggles helped me
think of it.

Fraggles? I hope there aren't
any Fraggles around here.

Well, sure, there are.
There are tons of them.

Yuck! That's awful.

What's the matter?

Don't you like Fraggles?

Like Fraggles?

No, I hate them.

Imagine not liking Fraggles.

[chuckling] Well, I got to use what I got.

Whoa!

[Red and Mokey yelling]

Okay, guys, just act scary. [chuckles]

There's nothing worse
than having Fraggles in your garden.

Oh!

How about Fraggles in your pockets?

[Red and Mokey] Booga, booga, booga!

[yells] Two of them?

Oh, no. There are more than two.

We got thousands of Fraggles, lummox.
-Thousands. [chuckles]

[Junior laughing] In a minute, you'll have
Fraggles dancing in your hair

Hair.
-and bouncing on your tummy.

Tummy.

-Fraggles climbing in your ears
Ears.

and crawling up your legs.

[screams] Let me out of here!

I'm never coming back to this awful place.

[zooms]

Thank you very much, Fraggles.
You can go home now.

[Mokey] You're very welcome.

[Red] Come on.

Oh, son of mine, you've saved
the ancestral home of the Gorgs.

Oh. [chuckling]

Junior, I never thought
I'd live to say this,

but that was brilliant.

Well, thank you, Daddy.

Thank you very much. [chuckles]

[Doc] There's a phrase in Latin
that fits the occasion, Sprocket.

Caveat emptor.

It means, "Let the buyer beware."

We just made a bad bargain.

Oh, that automatic dog feeder
couldn't feed anything.

And here's something else
an automatic dog feeder can't do.

Oh, Sprockie!

[barks]
Well, bon appétit.

[slurping]

[music playing]

[scatting]

I Dance your cares away ♪

I Worry's for another day

I Let the music play }

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

I Dance your cares away ♪

I Worry's for another day

I Let the music play }

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪