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Fraggle Rock

The Challenge

Season 1, Episode 14, Aired Apr 11, 1983

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Red challenges Gobo's leadership, resulting in a quarrel that lands them in a dangerous situation. Doc buys a computer and challenges Sprocket to a game on it.

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Jim Henson

Cantus The Minstrel / Cov
Myra Fried

Ma Gorg
Townsend Coleman

Gobo / Wrench / Architect
Richard Hunt

Beige Cave Fraggle, Firechief Fraggle, Gillis Fraggle, Gunge, Herkimer Fraggle, Junior Gorg, Magical Spider-Fly, The Mean Genie,
Dave Goelz

Boober Fraggle, Large Marvin Fraggle, Philo, Sidebottom, Skenfrith, Uncle "Traveling" Matt Fraggle, The World's Oldest Fraggle,
Jerry Nelson

Archbanger, Architect Dozer, Feenie Fraggle, Fishface Fraggle, Gobo Fraggle, Marjory/Marjorie The Trash Heap, Mervin Merggle, Pa

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Summary:
Red challenges Gobo's leadership.
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Doc and Sprocket:
Doc and Sprocket have a new computer and a new game, which causes some unfriendly competition.
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Postcard:
Smokers as Mouth-Burners
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Trash Heap:
- none -
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Notes:
Ma Gorg has the head she'll have for the rest of the series, though her voice hasn't changed yet.
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Theme(s):
leading vs. being bossy
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Principal Character(s):
Gobo and Red
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Director:
George Bloomfield
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Writer(s):
Jerry Juhl
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Songs:

1. Noodlin' Nut [01:15]
Singer(s): Gobo and Boober (instrumental)
Notes: Gobo on his gourd guitar and Boober on his washboard
2. Dum Dee Dum II (I Wish I Had a Genie) [01:55]
Singer(s): Junior Gorg
Notes: different words than in episode 7
3. Dixie Wailin [02:54]
Singer(s): Boober, Gobo and Red

Special Appearances:

* Locations:
o The Yellow Cavern
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QUOTES (5)
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- Red: When did you learn a funeral dirge? Boober: I composed it in honor of my own departure. Junior: Hey, pick up the tempo, will ya? I like a funeral dirge you can dance to!
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- (Junior is sitting on the basket the Fraggles are trapped in) Red: Junior! Junior Gorg! Can you hear me? Junior: Wow! My bottom is talking to me!
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- Boober: Argument nothing, it's an attempted coup! Good grief! The very fabric of society is disintegrating! I know, but I have great sympathy. The Grim Reaper comes to us all!
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- Junior Gorg: I don't wanna die! I have other plans! Junior Gorg: That's the best laugh I've had since I dropped dead!
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- Gobo: What? You, the leader? You couldn't lead your way out of a Doozer construction! Red: You couldn't lead water down a waterfall!
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- Featured Songs: "Noodlin' Nut", "Dum De Dum II (I Wish I Had a Genie)", and "Dixie Wailin'"
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- Even though Mokey was mentioned, she does not appear in this episode.
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- The puppet look of Ma Gorg changes in this episode and remains this way the rest of the series.
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