01x07 - Flight of the Flutterflies

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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!

Junior!

Hello!

My radish.

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.

The Troubadours are here.

It's the Troubadours.

It must be New Day's Day.

-It must be New Day's Day.
-Yes. Yep, yep. Yes.

Mr. Jamdolin.

Is it true, Mr. Jamdolin?
Is it really New Day's Day?

It's New Day's Day, little one.

It's time to have some fun.

Get it, two times.

So brothers. Sisters!

Inbetwixters. Hit it!

Let's have some fun.

What is this? Why is this?

Can't an unfrozen explorer get some rest?

New Day's Day's the best holiday.

You're gonna love it, Icy Joe.

It happens
when the flutterflies are ready to hatch.

The Troubadours come to town.

All right!

They bring a special box
filled with flutterfly cocoons.

-That's right.
-And we have a huge party.

All night!

-Yeah. It's awesome.
-It's the most fun.

It's absurd.

Wha...

What? It's not for me.

So, it's a holiday devoted to hope
and new beginnings.

Yes. See, Icy Joe gets how ridiculous
the whole thing is.

I love it!

Icy Joe is all about new beginnings.

I was frozen and mean,
but now I'm thawed and super nice.

New Day's Day just isn't my thing.

I'll be spending the holiday
elbow-deep in laundry.

Thank you so much.

Boober.

Excuse me.

So, now what?

Okay, my Fraggle puppies,
it's time for the Skitter Scatter.

The Skitter Scatter's a game.

We all chase a rock,

and whoever catches it
gets to release the flutterflies.

I want to release the flutterflies.

I want it. It's who I am.
It's what I want.

It's what we all want.

Before you release the flutterflies,
you get to give a speech.

I love speeches.

I hate speeches.

I have to give a huge presentation
in front of all my professors.

And if it doesn't go well,
my entire academic career is ruined.

No biggie.

Hey.

Instead of laughing,
how about you make yourself useful

and let me practice
my presentation for you?

All PhD candidates are competing
for lab space, which I'm going to need

if I'm ever going to discover
the bacteria that can eat microplastics.

Wha... Where are you g...

Dressing like my professors
to make the practice seem real.

I appreciate that.

I don't know what the Liberty crown
has to do with it, but just... You do you.

H2... Oh!
I didn't see you there.

My name is Spaghetti.
Nope. That is not a name. My name is Doc.

Actually, that's not my name,
that's a nickname I call myself.

Be embarrassing if I said that
in front of all of you.

So, professies...
my goal is to find and replicate

a bacteria
capable of degrading microplastics.

Okay. One second.

I got this. It's gonna be fine.

No, no.

Okay.

Dear Diary... I mean, teachers.
I mean, thank you for coming.

I love you. Did I just say "I love you"?

No. I have to go. It's time.

Okay.
Maybe got the bad stuff out, right?

Bad dress rehearsal, great show.
It's gonna be fine.

Wish me luck.

Yeah.
That skittish stone's mine this year.

-Really?
-Yeah...

So, if I get the rock,

I get to give a toast
and let the flutterflies loose?

-And you get a hat.
-Yeah.

-My friend and I love hats.
-Yeah.

Anyway, Icy Joe,

keep your eye on me
if you wanna learn a thing or two.

Yeah, Red is good.

But...

I think this is my year.

Gobo.

Gobo.

Come on, Boober.
You can't miss the Skitter Scatter.

I hear you. But quick question.

Why?

I... I couldn't catch that stone,
even if I wanted to, which I don't.

These are laundry hands.

Well, some say the stone finds you.

It definitely does.

Thing's got a mind of its own.

Come on,

I'm not saying anything
you wouldn't say yourself.

Well, while the stone "finds" somebody...

...I'm gonna find myself
a full day of laundry to do.

But...

-Should be fun.
-I hope so.

I'm worried about Boober.

He's so down on the holiday. Honestly,
I don't know if I'm gonna have any fun...

-Are we ready?
-Yeah!

Yes!

I have a question about a pressing matter.

When I say "skitter," what you gonna do?

Scatter!

Let's go!

Over there! Oh, boy!

Which way? Which way?

Choose me. Choose me!

Do you see it? Where'd it go?

-Don't let it get away! Come on! Come on!
-I'm gonna get it first!

-I'm gonna get it first!
-No. I got, I got it, I got it!

In what way?

In what way could I have abandoned
my laundry to do the Skitter Scatter?

I have scarves in here.

Scarves. Multiple.

Boober, the stone chose you!

Remind me to get that hole fixed.

Boober.

Is this a magical moment or what?

I guess I choose "what".

Come on. It'll be fun and easy.

You do a little toast, open the box...

...the flutterflies fly out,
then it turns into a party,

and everyone dances hard.
Like really hard.

The kind of dancing
where you become the music.

Mokey, trust me.

I'll mess it up.

Boober, you tell yourself
these negative stories.

Here, let's try rewriting this one
in a positive way together.

Tell me what you think is gonna happen.

Well...

if I had to narrow it down...

...I'll be so nervous,
I'll trip and fall on my nose.

And then everybody's going to laugh at me
and my bent schnoz.

Schnoz!

Or they're laughing with joy.

Because you fell on a tuft...

...of quick-grow flowers.

That was great.

I love it when things work out.

And now it's an uplifting story.

See what I did there?

Uplifting.
Like how the flowers lifted you back up.

Yep. I got it. I got it.
But it's not an uplifting story.

It's a terrible one
because quick-grow flowers make me itch.

But that starts a new dance craze.

This is the dance of my generation.

I love you, Boober.

And then we all get radishakes.

When did you get here?

I heard you guys doing stories,
and I wanted in.

Okay, fine. Radishakes. I like those.

-Yeah.
-See, there's the positive.

You didn't let me finish.

I like them so much
that I'll drink mine too fast,

and I'll get hiccups.

I'll get the full-body hicks,

which means I won't be able to open
the flutterfly box.

New Day's Day will be ruined
and become Boober's Day.

The day Boober ruined everything.

Why'd you ruin everything, Boober?

You're the worst.

Ever!

None of that is going to happen.

-You don't know that.
-No. You don't know that!

It's not always the worst-case scenario!

See, now I just want radishakes.

Hey, hey. No peeking. Go on.

New Day's Day! New Day's Day!

New Day's Day!

Hey, flutter bud bud.
Getting all juiced for your big toast?

I just want all this flutterfly,
New Day's Day stuff to stop.

Hey there, glummy bear.

Life's like a river.

It may be full of twists and turns,
but it just keeps flowing.

Don't fight the flow. Just go, you know?

No.

Well, let me put it another way.

Two, three, four.

When every dream you had

Has gone from good to bad

Get a move on

Go with the flow

When every road you choose
Gives the loser's blues

Get a move on

Go with the flow

Well, then you try all day

You try all night

You try until you drop
And still it don't come right

If you're gonna grow

You know you gotta
Go with the flow

When the dark comes down
The night is all around

Get a move on

Go with the flow

You know you can't pretend
You're looking straight at the end

Get a move on
Go with the flow

Well, when you're deep in fear
Up to here

The end of everything
Is in the atmosphere

If you're gonna grow

You know you gotta
Go with the flow

Get a move on, get a move on
Go with the flow

Get a move on, get a move on
Go with the flow

-Talk to 'em now
-Get a move on, get a move on

And when the world won't work

You're feeling like a jerk

Get a move on
Go with the flow

And when it's down the tubes

You're feeling like a boob

Get a move on
Go with the flow

When everything's goodbye

You're ready to die

You wouldn't give a nickel
For a apple pie

-If you're gonna grow
-Grow! Grow! Grow!

You know you gotta
Go with the flow

Get a move on, get a move on
Go with the flow

-Say it again now
-Get a move on, get a move on

-Go with the flow
-Talk to 'em now

Get a move on, get a move on
Go with the flow

That's right
That's right

That's right

-So, how you feeling now, bud?
-Good. I know what I have to do.

good.

Is there anything songs can't do?

Gather round, freaky Fraggles.
The main event's about to waggle.

Boober will do a toast
to make us go "whee!"

Then the flutterflies will go
flee-dee-dee-dee.

Yeah. Hey. You excited, bud?

Is he okay?

-He just loves this holiday.
-Yeah.

Hey, do you think Doozers have holidays?

-I hope so. They work so hard.
-Yeah.

We are having a good time. We are dancing.

Work the dance floor.
Work, work the dance floor.

-Work. Work.
-Happy Helmet Appreciation Day!

Happy Helmet Appreciation Day.

Yas.

-I guess we'll never know.
-Yeah.

Hey, it's starting!

Now presenting the Fraggle with the most.

It's über, super Boober
with the New Day's Day toast.

Yeah!
Come on, let's bring him out here.

Boober's got this, right?

Yeah. He'll rise to the occasion.

Yeah!

And he didn't show up to the occasion.

Yeah.

Like the song says, "Go with the flow."
And I'm flowing away from New Day's Day.

Yeah.

I don't know.
I just hope he comes soon, you know?

-Me too.
-Yeah.

So what now?

Should one of us open the flutterfly box?

I'll do it.

Yes.

Okay.

Sorry, ice Fraggle.
The stone picked Boober.

It's all right, buddy.
She didn't know.

Flutterflies! Flutterflies!

Boober's probably just running late.

Don't worry. I'll stall.

I'm an amazing storyteller.

I don't have a story.

Ran up before I had one.

Be right back!

Well...

Hi, everyone.

Well, how about
while we're waiting for Boober,

I'll share the latest
from my Uncle Travelling Matt?

-Yeah. Good idea.
-Yeah. Let's see.

"Dear Fraggles..."

It actually says, "Dear Nephew Gobo..."

but, I adjusted on the fly.

I, Yeah.

It's hard being away from the Rock
on New Day's Day,

the celebration of new life.

I wanted to find
some version of that here,

amongst the Silly Creatures,

but things were at a standstill.

Wake up! Life is for the living!

I was feeling discouraged
until I saw it.

New life in its purest form.

Out of my way, sir.
I have new life to see.

Helloo.

Adorable.

How do you create these bundles of joy?

Yes.

From the goop of nothingness
to birth and then to flight.

It was all so beautiful...

...and fragile.

The cycle of life.

I love bubbles!

Yeah, he didn't even sign this one.
He got so excited.

Okay, here we go.

Get ready to be amazed.

Pretty good, right?

-Flutterflies! Flutterflies! Flutterflies!
-Oh, boy.

What does it mean?

-It's never done that before.
-Sounds like they're angry.

Chill, babies, it's a holiday.

Well,
maybe we could redo the Skitter Scatter

and let someone else open the box.
Would that work, Jamdolin?

Jamdolin? Wh... Wh... Where'd he go?

Okay! Story time!

So, I was...

Still don't have one!

Well, have you heard the one
about the dozing Doozer?

Yep!

No holidays, no hassle.

I'm blissfully alone. Yeah.

I just said I'm blissfully alone,

so...

Now, where was I?

Great.

I know. Hey, what's that...

...over there?

I've got it.

How did you know it was me?

Because she picked you.

Why me?

I don't even... Like this holiday.

The holiday is about hope
for new days ahead.

What's wrong with that?

Well, I don't like blindly hoping
good things will happen.

I like to think through everything
that could possibly go wrong

so I'm ready for anything.

And that's... That's how I feel safe.

I hear you, hat guy.

Boober.

Hat guy...

...did you anticipate
having this conversation with me?

Well, I don't know.

How about me?

Yeah, she can talk.
I mean, usually just to me, but...

But hat guy's bringing
some frustrated voice out of me today,

-for real!
-For real!

-For real!
-For real!

-There's nothing wrong with who you are.
-Yeah.

You can worry, fear, fret,
but just also be honest

that you don't know everything
that's going to happen.

And that includes some good things.

So, you came here to tell me that?

Yeah. And you're the only one
who can open the flutterfly box,

and it's getting ready to explode.
Might be a mess for you and your friends.

-What? We gotta go! We gotta go!
-Let's rock! Let's roll!

No. There's gotta be a way
to get those flutterflies to fly.

Everybody try a toast!

-Okay. Okay.
-Yeah.

Hi.

I-I-I saw a bird once,
and it looked at me,

and I was like,
"Do I control the birds now?"

Happy New Day's Day!

-Nothing. Okay, Red?

-Come on, come on.
-My name's Red.

That's not a toast. That's a fact.

Let's face it.

We need Boober...

...and there's no way he's gonna come.

Well, that may not be the case.

Boober!

I was thinking.

And it's that...

Well, it's that...
unexpected things can happen.

Maybe hope just means being okay
not knowing what will happen

because life is...

...unpredictable.

But it's also amazing.

A-And maybe I can just try and enjoy it
as it unfolds around me

and the Fraggles that I love.

Happy New Day's Day.

Happy New Day's Day.

There they are.

Yeah. Nice job, bud.

All right!

Let's put some royal jelly
on these sweet licks!

I can feel a fresh start in the air

I can tell that this will be our year

Everybody's smiling ear to ear

Ear to ear
Ear to ear

Ear to ear! Yeah!

All I feel is hope down deep inside

'Cause every day gets better over time

It just feels so good to be alive

So good
So good

So good!

Today is New Day's Day

It's time to celebrate

It's hard to replicate

And it's only getting
Brighter and lighter

It's New Day's Day

And I don't feel the weight there
On my back

With every step I take
A smoother path

And I hope this feeling
Lasts and lasts

And lasts
And lasts

And lasts

Sometimes it's the things
That you can't see

That live inside your heart eternally

And something about this day
Feels good to me

So good
So good

So good!

Today is New Day's Day

Yeah!

It's time to celebrate

It's hard to replicate

When it's only getting brighter

It's only getting lighter

The energy gets higher and higher

It's New Day's Day

Boober.

How did you get rid of your fear enough
to do that?

I-I didn't.

My fear was with me the whole time.

It's, It's a part of me.
I just didn't let it be everything.

That's the best, most hopeful
New Day's Day toast I ever heard.

It was?

Well,
remind me when I forget I did that.

-Okay?
-I promise.

Okay.

I promise too.

Sorry. You two were having a moment.

-Well.
-Well.

I see that now.

Carry on. That was awkward.

-Wow!
-Wembley!

Happy New Day's Day!

So beautiful.

-Happy New Day's Day to us all!
-Yeah.

And to all, a New Day's Day!

What?

Look at that.

That's right, Sprocket!

My presentation went...

...terribly.

But I'm happy because, look,

the worst case did happen,
and I'm still here.

Sure, they denied my lab space request...

...but setbacks are a huge part of science,

and... ...that was a setback.
At one point,

I put my grandma on speakerphone
and introduced her to everyone.

But it's not the end.
This is the beginning.

Because you know
when big discoveries are made?

When you suit back up and keep going.

And if I can get through
an embarrassment like that,

I can do anything.

This calls for a celebration.

Sprocket, may I have this dance?

Tomorrow is a new day, Sprocket!

And I can't wait!