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[upbeat music playing]

♪ Dance your cares away ♪

♪ Worry's for another day ♪

♪ Let the music play ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Work your cares away ♪

♪ Dancing's for another day ♪

♪ Let the Fraggles play ♪

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

-[female Fraggle] Whoopee!-Wowee!

Ooh, a Fraggle!

[Gobo groans]

[chuckles] Hey, look, Ma.

-I caught a Fraggle!-[screams]

[Gobo] Whoa! Whoopee!

♪ Dance your cares away ♪

♪ Worry's for another day ♪

♪ Let the music play ♪

-Yahoo!-♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪ ♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

Down at Fraggle Rock.

[Sprocket sneezes]

[sniffles]

[Doc] Sprocket, can you open the door, please?

[gasps] Attaboy. Thank you.

[Sprocket grunting]

Talk about heavy!

It's the new automatic pie-maker

that Ms. Ardath has orderedfor the kitchen at the Captain's Inn.

She asked me to put it together.

What's this? Oh, instructions.

"First open the box." Ha!

"And the washers and the nuts go togetherwith the bolts." [chuckles]

Obvious stuff. All obvious stuff.

I can't wait to try this pie-maker out.

What's this?

Sprocket, I've already lookedat the instruction booklet.

Dozens and dozens of delicious apple pies. Dozens and dozens of delicious apple pies.

Sprocket, are you forgettingthat I am a charter member

of the Tinkerers and Inventors Society?

Why, I'm virtually a founding father.

All right! Sorry, I may have gone wrong before,

but putting something like this togetheris a piece of cake.

-[Sprocket groans]-Or should I say, a piece of pie.

[Doc chuckling]

[Wembley] Okay, Gobo. Here's another riddle.

[Gobo] Okay, coach.

Eat a red radish or have a bad dream.

What makes one like the other seem?

[Gobo] Uh. When either is done, you're the happy one.

-Right!-Boy, you're in great shape.

But your answer doesn't have to rhyme, does it, Gobo?

No, I was just stretchingthe old mental muscles.

-Ah! Okay. Well, here is one.-Muscles.

What's always roundwith a surprising sound?

Oh!

Hey, no fair! You answered the riddle.

Gobo's the one in training to solvethe riddle of Rhyming Rock.

Gobo's the one in training to solvethe riddle of Rhyming Rock.

-What?-An O is always round,

and we say it when we're surprised.

Get it?

[together] Oh!

-Right.-[Red chuckles]

[chuckles] Oh.

[humming]

[laughing] I got another riddle, you are gonna love it!

-[Gobo] Huh?-Quiet!

All creatures pause to listento the riddle,

when first approaching Rhyming Rock.

[ticking]

[Rhyming Rock] Bing bong.

Sing song.

Ding dong.

Gong.

-Wow.-Yes.

-Today's riddle's a tough one, eh?-Yeah.

Hey, you should have heard yesterday's.

"Ring ring, hop hop, diddley-bop, stop."

-You must be Herkimer.-That's right.

And welcome to the legendary Rhyming Rock.

-Oh. [chuckles]-One of the eight.

- Or is it nine? Maybe ten?-Well. - Or is it nine? Maybe ten?-Well.

-Yeah.-Anyway.

One of the wonders of Fraggledom!

I am Gobo. This is Red and Wembley.

-Hi.-Hi. [chuckles]

Well, pleased to meet you. I am the caretaker here.

The one who keeps this wonderlooking so wonderful.

-You do too.-Yes. Yes.

So, what brings you here, beyond the obvious, of course?

I wanted to hear the rhyme.

Well, you picked a good day for that.

Yeah, the rock's really rhyming today.

Yeah and then I wanna tryto solve the riddle.

Yes. Yes. Oh, yeah and you'll do it too.

What?

Do the riddle. Solve the riddle.

-Yeah!-Oh, no!

No. No. No!

-Huh?-No. No. No!

Out. Get out! Out. Move it! Shoo!

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about despair and weeping.

About the gnashing of teethand the tearing of hair.

Frankly, I've had enough of it.

So, if you can't just enjoy the rock,

for what it is, leave! Come on. On your way.

But I have a right to try to solve... But I have a right to try to solve...

No one ever solves the riddleof Rhyming Rock!

-[Wembley sighs]-Come on. Talk to him, will you?

He can't possibly succeed.

Why not?

Because the riddle changes every day.

And you only get three tries at it.

-And if you're wrong...-What?

You never get to try again.

The rock completely ignores you forever!

Oh! The fresh-faced young Fragglesl have seen strut in here

only to fail and leave as depressed, dithering dimps. [sobs]

Yeah. But if I guess...

Yeah, it says rightin the Book of Fraggle Lore,

"Weary traveler, heed this rhyme. And you will dance in time."

-Dance in time. Wow!-Yeah.

Yeah, exactly.

-Okay champ, time to tackle that riddle.-Yeah.

But you won't solve itand then you'll weep and moan,

and carry on like all the otherfailed Fraggles. [sobbing]

and carry on like all the otherfailed Fraggles. [sobbing]

And I am sick of that.

So beat it! Scram! Vamoose.

But Gobo's been in trainingfor this for ages.

-That's right.-Tell him, Gobo.

-Yeah. Stand back.-[Wembley] Go get 'em.

-I am gonna solve the riddle.-Yeah.

Okay.

[Rhyming Rock] Sing song.

Ding dong.

Gong.

A stalactite!

Bong.

Sing song.

-Ding dong.-[groans]

A stalactite?

Why didn't you discuss that answerwith your coach or me first?

But it made sense to me.

Bing bong, sing song and ding dong

are the sounds of a stalactite dripping.

It always makes senseto the fool who says it.

"Stalactite." Ha!

Do you know how many Fraggleshave guessed that, huh?

Come on! If you are going to guess,

-at least come up with something fresh!-Okay. Okay. Relax. Relax. Just...

- Yeah. Yeah. Come on.-Concentrate. - Yeah. Yeah. Come on.-Concentrate.

Yeah.

[Rhyming Rock] Sing song.

Stalagmite?

[whines]

One more and that's it, it, it, Mr. Smarty Hat.

Your name will be Gobo Failurefrom now on.

Come on, come on! I'm waitingfor that final pearl from your lips.

Come on.

Gobo, you're not losing your nerve, are you?

No, but I wanna go back down to the rockand check with the Storyteller.

There's gotta be a better wayof going about this.

Yeah, well, remember, you've only got today.

Once you start guessing, you get those three guesses in one day

and that's it.

I know. I know.

He knows. He knows.

Well, don't hurry back!

We don't want any riddles solvedaround here. Thank you very much. Ha!

Hmm. Another way of solving a riddle, eh?

If you know of one, Madame Storyteller.

Ah, riddles are very tricky.

-You're telling me.-Yeah.

Did I ever tell you the story about Mattand the riddle-solving spell?

Did I ever tell you the story about Mattand the riddle-solving spell?

Uncle Matt discovereda riddle-solving spell?

-My Uncle Matt?-His Uncle Matt?

-The irresistible same.-Wow!

This all took place many years ago, of course,

when Matt was, if you can imagine it,

even more devastatingly charmingand debonair than he is today. [laughs]

-Hard to imagine.-Yeah.

-He shared a room with his Uncle Gobo.-Oh, that's my great uncle.

-I'm named after him.-We know. We know.

-I didn't know you knew.-I knew you didn't know she knew.

-Well, on this particular day...-Yeah.

Uncle Gobo was just finishingsorting out his rock collection.

There! A whole day's workto sort out all these,

but it was worth it.

Just one more piece

and I can start writing my entryon Fraggle rocks

for the Fragglepedia.

Uncle Gobo. Uncle Gobo!

[sighs]

Uncle Gobo, look.

Look at this astonishing book I found. Look at this astonishing book I found.

It's full of wonderful magic spells...

How many times have I told younot to do that?

Three times?

Don't come in here like thatand don't yell!

A thousand pardons, Uncle. A thousand pardons.

-A thousand... Yes. Good.

You get on with saying them, while I'll go get the final rock I need

for my collection. [scoffs]

And while I'm gone,

don't let anything happento my rock collection

or your name will be Rock Fuzz.

Got that? Rock Fuzz.

Yes, Sir. Rock Fuzz!

Oh, dolt!

Rock Fuzz.

But you didn't look at this bookthat I found.

It's full of wonderful magic spells like,

like this one. A spell to solve any riddle.

-Hello, Matt.-[screams]

Don't come in here like thatand don't yell.

Don't come in here like thatand don't yell.

I just dropped by to see, if you want to go down to Kissing Chasm.

You're the Storyteller, you must know lots of riddles. Ask me one.

-What?-Yes, go on. Any riddle.

Okay.

Why is a book about Fraggleslike the Great Hall?

Oh! That's a good one.

I haven't the faintest idea.

But don't tell me. Don't tell me.

Let's see.

"Mumba, gumba, dinky-doo.

Pants for me. Answer you!"

[magical chime]

A book about Fragglesis like the Great Hall

because they're both fullof Fraggle tales.

Oh, Matt! You're right. You're so right.

-I am?-[kisses] You're wonderful.

Well, of course I am.

Oh, my! Could that Fraggle hug!

Wow! Come on, Wembley.

Let's go find that spell book.

Right. Right.

[Storyteller chuckles]

Kissing Chasm?

Oh, brother.

I'm gonna go home, too.

Hmm? Hey! Hey, wait!

That's just half the story.

You haven't heard the most important part!

Dreadful things can happen.

Do you hear me? Dreadful things!

Oh, my dear! Oh, dear!

You see, Sprocket, every machine has its own logic.

An instruction booklet is rarely necessary

for an experienced crafts personlike myself.

Now to turn on the machine.

[rattling]

That doesn't sound right.

I'll make a few adjustments.

There, that should do it.

Turn it on, Sprockie.

- [laughing]-That is not funny, Sprocket. - [laughing]-That is not funny, Sprocket.

[Gobo] Where is it? Where is that book of spells?

-Uh.-Nope.

Shouldn't you keep in training, Gobo?

I mean, suppose you don't find the book? Or the spell doesn't work?

I'll find it and it will work. That book's got to be in here somewhere.

Well, I think you should keep your riddlerin shape.

Now try this one. [clears throat]

Summer sun or winter snow

how knows the radish when to grow?

Come on. This is an easy one. How knows the radish when to grow?

Wembley, I'm trying to findthe spell book.

No matter what season it is, the radish is always ready.

Ready, ready and red. Ready red. Get it? Get it?

Okay, Wembley, but that's got nothingto do with the riddle at Rhyming Rock.

-Well.-Yeah, that riddle was more a...

-"Ding ding, bong bong and..." -Bong bong.

Here it is!

The secret spell book.

-Wow!-Yeah. Now I'll be able to find out

the riddle of Rhyming Rock.

-Oh, boy!-Then I'll feel fine.

Just like in the old song. Just like in the old song.

-Hey, Wembley?-The old song?

♪ You can wine and dineAnd you think you're fine ♪

♪ But you won't be fineTill you find, the secret rhyme ♪

Come on Wembley, we are going to Rhyming Rock.

Okay.

♪ Well, you sit beside a riverAnd you think it's all there is there ♪

♪ But suddenly it hits you ♪

♪ As the blue goes by, it's in the sky ♪

♪ It's flowing, a blowingA growing all the time ♪

♪ And the whole world chimesWhen you find the secret rhyme ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Well, you can huff and puffAnd do all that stuff ♪

♪ But it ain't enoughlf you muff the secret rhyme ♪

[saxophone playing]

♪ Miss Anna B. BananaClimbing up a ladder ♪

♪ Suddenly it grabbed herAs I climb and climb ♪

♪ Suddenly it grabbed herAs I climb and climb ♪

♪ I see that I'm like a treeLike a bee like the sea ♪

♪ Climbing all the timeAnd the whole world chimes ♪

♪ And it winds in the secret rhymeWell, you can wine and dine ♪

♪ And think you're fineBut you won't be fine ♪

♪ Till you find the secret rhyme ♪

Yeah! We are going to find it too, Wembley.

Yeah!

I can feel that happy endingright around the corner, eh, Wembley?

-You bet!-[Herkimer yells]

Just resting my eyes. Just resting my eyes.

We caretakers never cease, you know.

We're as much of a wonderas the wonders we maintain.

-Yeah.-So, it's you.

Out! Out you go, you troublemaker! Out.

We don't want you riddle-solving typeshere at Rhyming Rock.

But I've got the foolproof wayof solving...

That's what every foolish Fragglewho ever came here thought.

Begone. Shoo!

-Scat. Scat.-I found the spell that solves riddles.

I just have to cast the spell.

That's all he's got to do. That's all he's got to do.

-A spell, huh?-Yeah.

-It's one my Uncle Matt discovered.-Yeah.

-Hey, you need a warm-up riddle, Gobo?-No, I don't think so.

-Oh, but thanks anyway, coach.-Oh, thanks.

Okay. Everyone stand back.

"Turn around once, rotate your head,

then shimmy while repeatingthe following phrase."

-Wow! Neat?-No.

"Neat" is a descriptionof how I keep this place.

"Weird" is a descriptionof what he's talking about.

Right, right.

"Mumba, gumba, dinky-doo.

Pants for me and answer you!"

[magical chime]

-[Wembley] Whoa!-[Herkimer screams]

[coughing] Oh. Whoa.

What happened?

What happened? You want to know what happened?

What happened? You want to know what happened?

You just ruined one of the wondersof Fraggledom.

That's what happened!

Oh, brother.

-Where's Wembley? Wembley!-Huh?

[Wembley] Help! Get me out of here! I'm trapped!

-Oh, Wembley, what have I done?-You vandal! You beast!

[Wembley] I'm okay. I'm just trapped forever.

Don't worry, Wembley. I don't understand what went wrong.

I did the spell exactly the way it said.

And you ruined Rhyming Rock. It won't rhyme anymore.

And it's your fault. Yours!

Oh, Wembley.

Don't worry, Wembley.

I'll get you out. I'll get you out somehow!

-[Wembley] Oh, hurry.-[Herkimer] We'll get you out.

-[Red] Oh, Wembley.-Yeah.

You young Fraggles are always doing this.

Running off before you hearthe whole story.

But how was I to knowthe spell would fail?

And Wembley would be trapped.

You should always know enoughto always listen to the whole story.

What is the whole story, Madame Storyteller?

- Yeah.-Well, to continue... - Yeah.-Well, to continue...

You know what an impetuous youth Matt was.

Well, not as impetuous as some of uswould have wished. [chuckles]

Anyway, naturally having usedhis riddle-solving spell once,

when his Uncle Gobo returned...

It's quiet.

The cave must be clear!

What a beauty!

-Ask me a riddle.-[yelps]

Any riddle you choose.

By the great rock. By every tunnel that ever bent.

What did I do to deserve this?

What did I do to deserve this? Wait. Don't tell me the answer.

[sighs] Has the lad finally crossedthat fine line into total madness?

"Mumba, gumba, dinky-doo.

Pants for me, answer you!"

Looking like a definite yes from here.

[magical chime]

What happened?

My rock collection!

You've destroyed my rock collection!

-I see.-Let me at him!

[Storyteller] Oh, no. Control yourself, Uncle Gobo!

[Uncle Gobo] No. Let me go.

But I don't understand. I did everythingjust the way it was written.

[Storyteller] And he had, too.

Oh, that's just like what happened to me.

If only poor Wembley and Ihad stayed and listened

to the rest of your story.

-Yeah, but what went wrong?-Well, it wasn't a riddle. Was it?

Uncle Gobo had only asked a question.

But then, that must mean Rhyming Rock'snot a riddle either.

Obviously! Magic is like medicine.

The right pill for the right ill.

And the right spell for the right problem.

So what did Travelling Matt doto fix things up?

-Yeah.-Just what young Gobo's gonna have to do.

You've heard the story. Now read the book. You've heard the story. Now read the book.

[muttering]

-Oh! Sorry, sorry.-I'm sorry.

So anyway, Gobo, did youfind something in that spell book?

-I'm reading. I'm reading.-Okay.

I hope Wembley's okay.

Everything will be all right. It's gotta be.

-Well...-I'm on the last page.

Okay.

There's a spell at the very end labeled,

"Spell to reverse the effectsof other spells."

-It should help.-Yeah.

Yeah.

I've dedicated my whole lifeto keeping this wonder

in smooth, clean, running order.

It's not as though there are wonders

just lying aroundfor the taking, you know.

[Wembley] Gosh! I feel awful about this.

-I mean, me being Gobo's coach and all.-Exactly.

I mean, tell me, what am I supposedto say when Fraggles come to visit, huh?

-"Welcome to a former wonder"?-[Wembley groans]

"See the Fraggle, pinned under the rock"? "See the Fraggle, pinned under the rock"?

Fraggle under a rock?

A real Fraggle Rock.

[laughs] Want a permanent job?

[Wembley]No, I've already got one, thanks.

I'm the sirenfor the volunteer fire department.

Ah. Too bad.

[all breathing heavily]

Don't worry, Wembley. I'll have you out of there in a jiffy.

Yeah, Gobo's got this new spellthat will fix everything.

-[Wembley] Great.-[Herkimer] Ha!

I hope this works.

Okay, everyone. Stand back.

-Okay.-Okay.

"You answer me for pants.

Doo-dinky, gumba, mumba!"

[magical chime]

[gasping]

You did it, Gobo! You did it!

Thank the rock I did. Whew!

-[all cheering]-[kissing]

You're back! You're back! Oh!

-Boy, Gobo, you're terrific.-Terrific?

Why, you goofy little green Fraggle, pal!

I'm the idiot that got you into that fixin the first place.

Yeah, but you're the onewho got me out of it too.

Come on. Let's head backto the Great Hall.

-Yeah.-Leave?

Oh, just when I finally figured outthe secret of Rhyming Rock?

-What?-What?

He's cracking up!

Well, we know it's not a riddleor the spell would have solved it.

It's got to be instructions.

[stutters] Quick, get him out of here, before he causes more damage.

There's what I need! A bell!

Oh, no. No, no, no, no.

But I know what the rock is saying!

I don't care what it's saying.

I like it just the way it is. Get out.

"Bing bong" and "ding dong"are bell sounds.

A gentle ring and a hard ring.

And in between I just have to sing a song.

You're taking an awful chance, Gobo.

But I know I'm right.

[Rhyming Rock] Gong.

Bing bong.

Sing song. Sing song.

Ding dong.

Gong.

Bing.

Bong.

Sing song.

Sing song.

[groans] I warned you! I warned you!

Gobo's onto something.

♪ Dance your cares awayWorry's for another day ♪

♪ Let the music playDown at Fraggle Rock ♪

Sing... dong.

Ding dong.

Ding dong.

Dong!

[Herkimer] Oh!

You ruined it!

-[sobbing]-[amiable music playing]

Look! Look!

-[gasping]-I don't know.

-Pretty!-Music.

-The most marvelous music.-Yeah.

And I can't help myself.

I got to dance.

-Me, too!-Oh, boy.

[all laughing, cheering]

Well, I'll be!

"Weary traveler, heed this rhyme

and you will dance in time!"

Well, it was a lot of work, Sprocket. But at least,

at least it's running smoothly now.

It should be ready any minute.

There! It's done!

Oh, boy! Oh, boy!

[both laughing]

Well, Sprocket.

At least, oh, it cooks very well.

Here, have a taste.

Yeah, you're right, I suppose I should read the book.

After all, there's no substitutefor the whole story.

Is there, Sprocket?

[upbeat music playing]

[scatting]

♪ Dance your cares away ♪

♪ Worry's for another day ♪

♪ Let the music play ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Dance your cares away ♪

-♪ Worry's for another day ♪-[Red] Whoopee!

♪ Let the music play ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪