Original subtitles

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!

A Fraggle!

Hey, look, Ma.

I caught a Fraggle!

Dance your cares away

Worry's for another day Let the music play

Down at Fraggle Rock

Down at Fraggle Rock Down at Fraggle Rock

Down at Fraggle Rock.

You've been digging in the garden again, Sprocket?

You found something good? What did you find? Let me see.

Come on, Sprocket, let me see.

Please.

It's a horseshoe. Well done, Sprocket.

Horseshoes bring good luck. Let's see.

This was made circa 1955

out of an alloy, 91.73% iron.

It's a nice horseshoe, Sprocket. But nothing special.

Here. Fetch!

Okay, don't fetch it.

Hang it on the wall.

But be sure the ends are upso the luck doesn't run out.

Just my luck.

The beast is between me and my postcardfrom Uncle Travelling Matt.

Boober, what are you doing?

I'm knocking on my lucky flowerpot, Wembley.

It keeps beasts away.

It does?

-Do you mind if I join you?-No, come on.

The beast has moved away. I'm going in.

Remember when I said your horseshoewasn't special? Well, I was wrong.

That horseshoe is just what I needto finish my collapsible bookcase.

Can I borrow it for a few years?

I can?

Thank you, Sprocket. You're so kind.

Okay, okay, I get the message. It's your lucky horseshoe.

Okay, okay, I get the message. It's your lucky horseshoe.

Those two get strangerevery time I come up here.

Hey, Boober, what's that?

That's my lucky flowerpot.

Wasn't too lucky for the flower, eh?

Quick, grab your noses!

Rickaracka! Rickaracka!

What's that all about?

Didn't you see the rockweed? Look!

Now grab your nose and say rickarackatwice or you'll have bad luck.

That's a lot of hooey.

Yeah, I don't believe a word of it.

Rickaracka. Rickaracka.

And look! Look at this!

The rock has cracked!

The rock and who else?

You know the old saying about cracks.

"When one becomes two, run and say ooh!"

And if you don't?

If you don't, you'll end up in a Terrible Tunnel.

Boober, come off it!

-Yeah, could you give us a break?-Wembley!

Wembley, two seconds ago, you were doing the same thing as Boober.

-Yeah!-You never know what you're doing.

-No.-You wemble from one thing to the next

and back again.

You do believe in the Terrible Tunnel, don't you?

-I do, I do!-No, you don't.

I guess I don't.

-You're wembling again.-No, I'm not!

Well, maybe I am. What is the Terrible Tunnel anyway?

It's an awful, horrible curse.

Hi, guys!

Hi, Mokey.

Hey. I am going to see the Storyteller.

-Does anyone want to come along?-I do.

-I do!-I don't.

Come on, now, Boober.

You might enjoy it. Come on.

The last time I was here, The last time I was here,

the Storyteller told meall about the Golden Bean.

-I'll never forget it.-How'd it go?

I can't remember.

Coming! Coming, coming, coming!

She's coming.

I don't want any.

Just a joke!

Yes, you probably want a story, no doubt.

Well, pick a story. Any story. I know 'em all.

And if I don't, I'll fake it.

Yes. Well, what do you want to hear? The Ring of the Radish?

Once upon a time...

Wait, wait. I would like to hear aboutthe life and times of Fedora Fraggle.

Good choice. Yes.

Well, the famous Fedora Fragglewas first...

Wait a minute! I know! How about the tale of the Terrible Tunnel?

The Terrible Tunnel?

Please, anything but that! Anything!

But why? It's only a story. But why? It's only a story.

Please don't insist. Please.

We insist.

Well, then there's no way out.

Come gather round, you Fraggle clan

And hear the tale I tell

About a grand disasterAnd a wicked magic spell

About a Fraggle's bravery About a Fraggle's brain

About a mighty knight at arms The bold Sir Blunderbrain

About the tunnel back from which He never came again

About the tunnel back from which He never came again

A thousand years ago or maybe even 33

The ancient Fraggles wrestledWith a strange catastrophe

Every time they wandered downA certain tunnel lane

One by one they disappearedLike bubbles down a drain

The darkness closed around them

And they never came again And they never came again

The darkness closed around them

And they never came again

Sir Blunderbrain went bravelyTo the entrance of the tunnel

The wind was low and loathsome

And it wasn't any fun-nel

And then he heard the spiritsWho cried their sad refrain

It was all the Fraggles who had gone

And never come again Yes, all the Fraggles who had gone

And never come again

Sir Blunderbrain, he drew his sword

And took a mighty swing The tunnel drew a sword as well

And swung right back at him

And so for hours they battled

They fought with might and main

And all the while the tunnel cried

"You'll not go home again"

Yes, all the while the tunnel cried

Ye'll nae gae home again

At last Sir Blunderbrain

He brought the tunnel to its knees

He cried, "Give me my Fraggles He cried, "Give me my Fraggles

Or I'll slice you up like cheese"

And so the tunnel coughed them up

They all went home again

Except our mighty heroThe brave Sir Blunderbrain

For the tunnel sucked him under

-And he never came again-Where'd everybody go?

The brave Sir Blunder stumbled And he never came again

All ye Fraggles blubberFor he'll not come home again

And as for the Terrible Tunnel, no one has ever found it since.

Ever?

Ever.

So it's all made up, right?

You believe what you want, my friend,

but somewhere in this rocklurks the Terrible Tunnel.

Good night.

Wow!

Hidey! Hidey!

Ho!

I tell you, Wembley, it's just a story.

-Yeah, a really scary story.-Scary is not the word.

If that tunnel is real, it could kill us all, anywhere, anytime.

The horror of it!

Wembley, you don't know what you're saying.

Look. They're playing hidey ho.

-Come on. Let's play.-Oh, no.

Hidey!

Ho!

Hidey!

Ho!

-Ho.-Got you!

Oh, no.

Well, Wembley, you're it.

Start counting.

-Wembley, what's happening?-I hate being it.

Here, take my lucky flowerpot. It might help. Here.

-Thanks, Boober.-Count, Wembley.

Right.

One. Two. Three. Four. Five. One. Two. Three. Four. Five.

Hidey!

Ho!

Ho.

Hidey!

Ho!

Ho.

Hidey!

-Ho!-Ho.

Hidey, hidey!

Ho!

Hidey!

Ho!

Hidey!

Ho.

Hidey!

Ho.

Hidey!

Ho. Ho.

Gosh, this Fraggle sure knows how to hide.

I wonder where I am.

Hidey, hidey, hidey, hidey, hidey!

Ho.

I'm not scared of staying out

Or hanging round when ghosts appear

I'm not scared of anything Except of being here

I'm not scared of skeletons

Or spooky caves or big black cats

I'm not scared of anything

Except a thing like that Except a thing like that

Help!

It's no good, Sprocket. I've tried everything.

What this collapsible bookcase needsis a horseshoe.

Now, pass it over, please.

You're being very difficult today.

I know. How about a nice bribe? I mean, trade.

I'll give you my favorite screwdriverfor your horseshoe.

Well, my drill?

My garden shears.

I know. What about my ceremonial mask?

How about my slippers? How about my slippers?

Good for chewing.

Slippers and the quiltyou like to snooze on.

The slippers, the quilt...

A week's supply of tennis balls.

Sprocket, you drive a hard bargain.

-Where is Wembley?-Wembley!

Maybe he forgot he was it and hid instead.

-You know Wembley.-Yeah. He'll be back.

I tell you what. Let's wait for him here.

I'll read the postcardfrom my Uncle Travelling Matt.

-Good.-Wembley!

"Dear Nephew Gobo,

The other day I saw something so strange, I just had to write to you about it."

It all started when I discoveredan enormous Fraggle Pond.

As you can imagine, I felt very, verycomfortable being around water again.

Hi! Isn't the Fraggle Pond lovely today?

I saw many creatures who make their homesaround this pond,

I saw many creatures who make their homesaround this pond,

but the strangest inhabitants of thisregion are the hole-sewing creatures.

Apparently, holes are very powerfulin this world.

So powerful, in fact, that these creatures devote their lives

to ridding the world of holes.

First they sew them together,

and then they loadthe captive holes into boats,

take them out into the middleof the Fraggle Pond and dump them in.

I'm not sure why a simple holeis so dangerous.

"But I think holes are best avoided, don't you?

I'll write again soon. Love, your Uncle Travelling Matt."

You couldn't make up anything that weird.

Hey, guys, I can't find Wembley anywhere.

Excuse me. Pardon me,

but have you seen a little Fraggleabout this high, green hair...

Doozers can't help us.

He'll be okay. He has my lucky flowerpot.

- No, I don't. I dropped it.-You what? - No, I don't. I dropped it.-You what?

-I dropped it, Boober. I'm sorry.-That's okay. I always carry a spare.

Wembley, where have you been?

You were it, remember?

But I found the Terrible Tunnel!

-You didn't!-But I did!

A big black hole opened upand tried to swallow me.

Just like Sir Blunderbrain.

Let's be honest.

You never know what you're talking about.

You can't help it. It's just the way you are.

Wembley, listen to me. Now, concentrate.

Maybe you did find the Terrible Tunnel, and maybe it was so powerful

that it broke my lucky flowerpot.

Now, Wembley, what I think isyou had a horrible, terrifying nightmare

manifesting the darker sideof your character.

-But... And besides, there is no Terrible Tunnel.

Yes, there is. Wembley saw it.

Come on, Boober. Wembley doesn't know what he saw.

Okay, okay, maybe he did see a Terrible Tunnel,

Okay, okay, maybe he did see a Terrible Tunnel,

but he didn't see the Terrible Tunnel, because there isn't one.

Now don't you thinkthat he had a mysterious dream?

-Well, possibly.-Now, wait a minute!

You guys are wembling.

Now, I know what I saw, and I'll prove it.

I'm gonna find the Terrible Tunnelif it's the last thing I do.

-But, Gobo, I did see the Terrible Tunnel.-You think you did, Wembley.

-I'm going back there.-Wembley, don't!

Boober, you're justthe Fraggle I need to see.

You know all about lucky flowerpotsand rickaracka, rickaracka and stuff.

-Yeah?-Well,

if I'm going to the Terrible Tunnel, what do I need to know?

You should knowthat it's bad news, Wembley. Bad news.

If you step upon a crack

You'll break your mother's back

If a bee flies round your head

You'll spend a week in bed Every day in every way

The universe will make you pay

Every day the curse gets worseThey say Every day the curse gets worseThey say

It's gonna be bad news, bad news All day

You gotta be real careful, huh?

Hey, Wembley. Don't listen to him.

What do you mean, Gobo?

If you walk into a truck It means your eyes are shut

If you swim where sharks are thick

-It means you're off your stick-I see.

If you meet a tiger in the zoo

And try to teach him cootchie-coo

And ask him kindly not to chew on you

Then it's gonna be bad news, bad news It's true

Oh, no! Does that meanthere's a tiger in the Terrible Tunnel?

If a raven should appear You're bound to shed a tear

Always keep a-runnin'From the Terrible Tunnel

Or you'll fall in up to here

Every day, come smile or frown

The universe will drag you down

Every day the fear and dread are near Every day the fear and dread are near

It's gonna be bad news, bad news All year

-Doesn't sound too nice, Boober.-It's horrible.

It's gonna be bad news Bad news all year

So that's why I'm not goinganywhere near the Terrible Tunnel.

Then, Gobo, will you come along? Please?

All right, but I'm telling you, we won't find anything.

You could find monstersand horrible ghouls

and creeping, crawling repulsiveness.

I think I'll come along!

-Let's go, then!-Wait, wait, wait.

Do yourselves a favor and tie a knotin your tails for protection.

-Boober!-Just do it, Gobo. I beg you.

-It can't hurt.-Ouch!

What's worse, a little knot in the tailor a gruesome death?

Come on.

Yeah.

And this is where I heardthe creepy voice.

Gobo, I remember this dent in the wall.

You didn't scare me. Come back.

Then I went... that way. Yeah.

Hey, come on, Red. Let's go find Wembley.

Wembley!

Wembley!

I'm here, Gobo.

Hey. Is this where you saw the... whereyou thought you saw the Terrible Tunnel?

Look! There's the flowerpot I dropped.

-Listen.-That's just Red playing another joke.

This place is not nice.

What was that? What was that?

I think I'll tie a knot in my tail, just for fun.

That's just an old story.

The sound seems to be comingfrom over here.

No, don't touch that, Gobo!

Red, grab my tail!

Hang on!

Hang on, Red!

We're almost there! We'll make it! We're making it!

We're making it!

Is everybody okay?

Let's get out of here!

One knot for Gobo. One knot for Red. One knot for Gobo. One knot for Red.

One knot for Wembley. Two knots for Boober.

Boober, what have you doneto your beautiful tail?

It's the least I could do for our friends.

Mokey, they're not back yet. The Terrible Tunnel has devoured them.

I'm sure of it. They're gone! Lost forever!

They probably just stopped off at the...

We found the Terrible Tunnel.

Wembley was right.

You mean you battled the Terrible Tunnel, and you lived to tell it?

That's what we did, all right.

Well, well, well!

That's certainly an unprecedented event.

We'll have to change the story now, won't we?

-Yeah!-Yes, we will. No delay, no delay.

Let me see. Yes.

Come gather round, you Fraggle clan

And hear the tale I tell And hear the tale I tell

About a grim disasterAnd a wicked magic spell

No, wait, wait. It wasn't a grim disaster.

-No. We escaped.-Wembley saved us. We're here.

-Yeah.-Oh, yes, so you are. So you are.

Then how about this?

I know.

Come gather round, you Fraggle clan

And hear the tale I tell About a mighty triumph

And the one who broke the spell

The tunnel nearly slew himAs it slew Sir Blunderbrain

He trembled and he wembledAs he walked in paths of pain

His wine-dark muscles faltered

As he fought with might and main

But then he heard my storyWith its echoing refrain

A bolt of strength renewed him

And he burst right through his chains

And he gathered up the prisoners

And he brought them home again

Yes, he gathered up the prisoners

And he brought them home again And he brought them home again

Gosh, gee... Wembley, sorry I gave yousuch a hard time.

For once, you did knowwhat you were talking about.

Ah, well. It's never happened before.

I guess next time, I'll know better.

Next time?

There. How about all of this and my dinnerfor your horseshoe?

Thank you, Sprocket. Thank you.

I'll put the lucky horseshoe in place.

There! My collapsible bookcase is complete.

And it works. And it works.

It works.

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 Let the music play

Down at Fraggle Rock

Down at Fraggle Rock

Down at Fraggle Rock