02x07 - This For That

[bunniefuu]

[music starts]

-[barking]
-Whoa!

♪ Dance your cares away ♪

-[cheers]
-♪ 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. Whoo!
-[Gobo] Whoopee!

[Red] Whoo-hoo!

-[Pa Gorg] Junior!
-[chuckles]

Hello!

[grunts] Aw. 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.

-[radio beeps]
-[Wrench] Wrench to base.

We're dropping into Whistling Hollow now.

[Architect, through radio]
Good. Find us some gusties.

[gasps] We got something.

-[wind blowing]
-[Turbo] Oh, wow.

[Wrench] Look at all that wind!

-[Turbo] It's the mother lode!
-[Wrench] Yeah.

[Fraggles chattering]

Little did they know they were in the lair

-of the Gigglepus!
-[Gaggles gasping]

[Gaggles giggling]

-Whee!
-[laughs, gasps]

I'm having the time of my life. [groans]

[Mokey chuckles, hums]

-Oh, hey, Mokey. Where you heading?
-[gasps]

Oh, I'm off to paint a giant mural
honoring Lanford. You wanna help?

Uh...

Oh, as much as I want to help you
honor the plant

that terrorizes me night and day...

-[chuckles]
-...I promised Pogey

I'd teach him a new swim stroke. Hmm.

-Ah.
-Hi, Red!

-[Mokey gasps]
-Goggled up and ready!

[Fraggles chuckle]

Yeah, maybe we'll help later.

Right now,
I'm working on a song for Wembley...

-Yeah. Yeah.
-...and it's a doozy.

-[Mokey, Red gasp]
-That's the name.

-"A Doozy." [chuckles]
-Yeah. Yeah.

♪ Have you heard the "newsie?"
Our friendship is a doozy ♪

And then probably something about "woozy"
or "dance the onesie-twosie."

-I don't know. I'm working on it.
-Take your time. You can't rush genius.

[Gobo] Ah, yeah.

-Okay. Well, maybe I'll see you later.
-Whoo! [chuckles]

-Bye.
-[chuckles]

-Hey, Boober. [stutters] You busy?
-[humming] Hey.

Yeah, big time.

-I'm making backwards soup. Whoa. [grunts]
-Oh.

Whoa. You okay?

[chuckles] Yeah, this is all part of it.

[laughs]

-[sniffs, mumbles, humming]
-Pizza coupon, delete.

Ad for a sleeping bag I already own,
delete.

Job offer, delete.

-[gasps] Wait! No.
-[yelps]

Don't delete. "Un-delete."

[chuckles] Sprocket, look.
I got a job offer.

-[exclaims]
-I applied on a whim.

-I didn't think I'd actually get it.
-[grunts, panting]

Look, a real job in the sciences
for a company that does hydrodynamics.

[Doc sighs]

-Okay, a company that makes yachts.
-[grunts, exclaims]

[sighs] They wanna make the yachts...

[sips, smacks lips, sighs]

You're fantasizing about being on a yacht,
aren't you?

-[whimpers]
-We are not getting a yacht.

-You understand that, right?
-[groans]

It's just a job
for a yacht-making company.

-[whimpers]
-But it is a big deal

to get a job offer
before I even finish my PhD.

-[chuckles]
-[barks]

Though... [sighs] ...if I take it,

I'll have to give up volunteering
at the high school.

-[Sprocket whimpering]
-And I love doing that.

-[sighs] This is tough, Sprock.
-[sighs]

-How will I decide? [sighs]
...[whimpers, sighs]

[laughs]
Look at all these big berries, Pa!

-[laughs] Yeah.
-Yep. The Gorg-A-Max is working,

-just as I knew it would.
-[chuckles] Yeah.

I'm not king of the universe for nothing.

[chuckles] Oh, yeah...
Whoa. Hey, look, a little one too.

-[chuckles] Hey there, little berry.
-Get that little berry out of here.

We're a big-berry castle.

Now toss that on the reject pile.

-Aye-aye, Pa. [chuckles] Yeah.
-Mmm. Good job, Son.

-Thanks.
-We're BBO now. Big berries only.

[chuckles] Lanford, my leafy love.

-This design came to me in a dream...
-[Lanford groans]

...and soon it will be a reality
on that rock!

Well, maybe not soon. But what is soon
in the grand scheme of things, hmm?

But for real, we have so much to do.
Let's get started.

[chuckles] Okay, um...

Bye-bye, baby berries. Hmm. Bye-bye.

-[rumbling]
-Huh? Uh... [gasps]

[Junior Gorg chuckles] Yeah.

Oh, no. They're coming this way!
[exclaims]

Oh, no! [yelps]

Mmm? Oh, that wasn't close at all.

[gasps] So many strawberries.

-[voice] Hello?
-[gasps, yelps]

-Is anyone out there?
-Wha... Uh...

-Help!
-Oh, no! Oh, oh!

-Here, let me...
-Yes.

-[strains]
-Oh. Like that. [strains]

-[yelps] Oh. Thank you so much.
-[panting, sighs]

Oh, that was terrifying.

I was walking along, and I got swept up
in an avalanche of berries.

-[chuckles] But you saved me.
-[chuckles]

What can I give you?
Oh, you like my hat? I'll give you my hat.

You don't have to give me anything.
I'm just glad you're all right.

-Well, yes, thanks to you.
-[chuckles]

Uh, I must give you something. I... [gasps]

-What about these berries?
-[grunts]

Take these berries.
Please take these berries!

Um, sure. [chuckles] I'm Mokey.

[gasps] What a coincidence.
That's my name too.

-[shrieks]
-[gasps] No, it's not.

That avalanche must have
really turned me around. [chuckles]

-[chuckles]
-I'm Pryce. [gasps]

Oh, what are you working on here?

-Oh, it's gonna be a mural.
-Ah.

It's taking a while, though,
'cause I'm doing it by myself.

-Ooh, strawberries.
-[gasps]

[gasps] Can I have one?

-Of course. Help yourself.
-Mmm. Thank you.

Ooh. Scrumptious.

-[gasps] Interesting.
-Hmm?

-That Fraggle wanted a berry.
-Mm-hmm.

You have all these berries,

and you could use some help
with your mural.

[gasps]
Yes. I also love listing true things.

Wha... Hear me out.

What if instead of just giving
that strawberry away,

-you exchanged it for some help?
-[gasps]

That's how we do it where I'm from.
It's a system called "this for that."

-[blabbers, imitating Pryce]
-Yes!

-I'll tell you about it, but...
-[gasping]

Uh, well, do Fraggles
around these parts like songs?

Oh, Pryce. Pryce, Pryce, Pryce.

-[chuckling, grunts]
-Yeah. We like songs. [chuckles]

-Well, then follow me. [humming]
-[gasps, chuckles]

[grunts]

♪ Let me tell you
'Bout the very best system I know ♪

♪ If you're looking for help
Here's the way you should go ♪

♪ If you've got a strawberry
A basket or two ♪

♪ You could trade it
For a mush melon, rock ♪

♪ Or maybe even something brand new ♪

Li... Listen up.

♪ It's the best way around
I'll say it again ♪

♪ If you need some help painting
Trade with a friend ♪

♪ If you give them two berries
They can give you two hands ♪

♪ I swear you're gonna love it
Once you understand ♪

♪ It's the most amazing thing
In all the land ♪

♪ All right! ♪

♪ This fantastic, marvelous and magic
Promise, you will be ecstatic ♪

♪ Fraggles, Craggles, once you have it
You will see ♪

♪ Take a bushel full of bonkleberries
Trade it for some fresh strawberries ♪

♪ You've just seen the system
Known as "this for that" ♪

♪ So, now you've got the wisdom
You can trade instead of giving ♪

♪ It's the perfect way of living
It's called "this for that" ♪

♪ If you got a cool rock
But you need some more moss ♪

♪ With a bit of "this for that"
You can get what you want ♪

♪ Or if strawberries
Are your heart's desire ♪

♪ You can help your friend paint
And get 'em in no time ♪

♪ It's the greatest thing invented
Some may say that it's momentous ♪

♪ Fraggles, Craggles
Once you've learned it ♪

♪ You will see ♪

♪ Take a bushel full of bonkleberries
Trade it for some fresh strawberries ♪

♪ You've just seen the system
Known as "this for that" ♪

♪ So, now you've got the wisdom ♪

♪ I can trade instead of giving ♪

♪ It's the perfect way of living
It's called "this for that" ♪

♪ This for that
This for that, yeah! ♪

[Pryce, Mokey chuckle]

-[cave creatures chuckling]
-[gasps] Wow. What a fascinating system.

-[Pryce] Mm-hmm. Hmm.
-[sighs, gasps]

[humming] Excuse me, hi. Um, I heard
there were strawberries around here.

Uh, can I have one?

-Of course... [gasps]
-[clears throat]

-If you help me with my mural?
-Huh?

-This for that?
-Sure, seems fun! [hums]

-It's working!
-I know!

[both chuckling]

-[Wrench] Now where...
-[Turbo grunts, sighs]

-Great work, Trench and Wurbo.
-Uh, Wrench and Turbo.

Oh, they're here too? Good.

Now that we've tracked the gusties,

we can direct them to our turbine
for renewable power.

So let's collect them
with that new gustie sucker thing...

-Mmm.
-Wha... Uh, what are we calling it?

That New Gustie Sucker Thing.

Really? Who named it?

-You did, sir.
-Hmm. Perfect.

Start her up.

Here we go! Yeah!

-Whoa, whoa. Okay. Whoa, whoa!
-[Wrench] Wow.

-[speaks indistinctly, cackles]
-Wow! Whoa. Yeah!

-Look at you go! All right! [chuckles]
-[Turbo cackling] This is awesome! Yes!

-Hmm. I think it's going well. Mm-hmm.
-[Cotterpin] Mm-hmm.

Here we go, Sprock.
We're gonna make this decision.

[barks]

-Pro-con scale.
-[barks]

Reasons for taking the job
on the pro side,

reasons for not taking the job
on the con side.

-[grunts]
-It's fun, it's visual, it's effective.

-[chuckles] I'll say it. We're geniuses.
-[grunts, barking]

Okay, okay.

First up on the pro side is this boot,

representing the fact
that if I take the job,

I can walk away
from my pirate-waitressing gig. Huh?

-[grunting]
-Ooh. Also, I can buy new boots.

-[Sprocket grunts]
-But this clock goes on the con side

because I'm not sure

if working for a yacht company is
how I want to spend my time.

-[Doc chuckles]
-[laughing]

-[clicks tongue] Ugh, even Steven. [sighs]
-[groans]

Sprock, how will we ever decide?

Ooh! [humming]

Again, dude, not getting a yacht.
Bark twice if you understand me.

-[barks, barks]
-Okay. [inhales deeply]

-[humming, chuckles] Oh.
-[Gobo] This is really coming together.

-[Gobo] What beautiful brushwork, Wembley.
-[chuckles] Berries for my buds.

W... [chuckles]
We don't need any strawberries.

Yeah. This is the most fun I've had
since the last time I had fun.

-[chuckles] Mm-mmm.
-I didn't get any strawberries for that.

Oh, but it's my way of saying
I value your contribution.

[grunts] This for that.

-[babbles, imitating Pryce]
-Mm-hmm.

Huh, value.

You know, my uncle Matt was just talking
about that in his latest postcard.

-I don't wanna hear about that.
-What?

-[Pryce grunts]
-I'm kidding! [cackles]

I want to hear everything.

-Tell me, tell me.
-[chuckles] Okay.

-[chuckling]
-[Wembley] Read it! [chuckles]

Um. [clears throat] "Dear Nephew Gobo

and any other Fraggles
who might be listening."

-That's you, pal. Yeah.
-[gasps]

[Matt] The other day, I found myself
in a sleepy little town

with almost nothing going on.

Hmm.

[Matt] But what I did find
was Silly Creatures

struggling to get a grip on gravity.

[cheering]

That's when I spotted
something of incredible value...

[exclaims]

Some rare and beautiful paper.
I had to have it.

[gasps, clears throat]
Explorer coming through. Excuse me.

-[whimpering] Whoa! [struggling]
-[dancers cheering]

[Matt] While I elegantly attempted
to reach the treasure,

kind Silly Creatures fed my hat.

They obviously thought it was hungry.

[grunts, gasps]

[Matt] Unfortunately,

another explorer with an elaborate
contraption got to it before I could.

Wait, wait! No, I saw it first!

[Matt] They knew a valuable piece of paper
when they saw it.

And what was I left with?

[scoffs] Hat food. It didn't appeal to me,
probably because I'm not a hat.

"But I send it to you, Nephew.

Feed it to your many hats

and tell them your Uncle Traveling Matt
says, 'You're welcome, hats.'"

-Huh. Hmm.
-[Wembley chuckles]

-[both grunt]
-[Wembley chuckles]

-[chomps]
-Here you go.

Uh, what's that for?

Well, for reading the postcard.
I found it quite valuable.

Wait, so we can get strawberries
for doing other things,

not just working on the mural?

Abso-fruit-ly,
"this for that" works for everything.

[babbles, imitating Pryce]

[both gasp]

Wait, are we getting an idea

or are we just looking at each other
'cause it's fun?

Both! Come on.

[grunts, imitating Gobo]

-[laughs] Have fun.
-[chuckles] This for that. I like it.

Cotterpin for Measure.
Measure, do you copy?

Go for Measure.

That was a two-second "go" by the way.

We have the wind
that we'll be converting to power.

Prepare the radishes for high-efficiency
Doozer stick production.

Copy that.

-One hitch, we're almost out of radishes.
-[Cotterpin] Huh.

Attention all radish collectors!

Check every harvesting site, I repeat,
check every harvesting site.

Every harvesting site!

Uh, you said that three times.

I know! It's an emergency!

[Fraggles chattering]

♪ Their name is Pogey
Not Hoagey or Togey ♪

♪ That's P-O-G-E-Y
Oh, yeah! Ha! ♪

-Wow! Thanks, Gobo.
-Aw, sure.

-That's my new favorite song!
-[chuckles]

-I'm Pogey!
-I know!

Oh, wow! [gasps]

[grunting, hums]

-[gasping]
-[chuckles]

Oh, my. [chuckles] How did you... [mutters]

-[sighs] Here's your berry. Well earned.
-[gasps]

-[Wembley chuckles]
-What is this?

You're getting berries
for doing the stuff you always do?

Oh, well, actually, Red,

it's a very sophisticated system called
"this for that" and basically...

Yeah, yeah. I got it.

Two strawberries for one dive!
Three gets you four!

Four gets you a dive and a swim
to the end of the pond! Whoo-hoo-hoo!

Can you imagine doing work
just to get something in exchange?

Work itself is the reward.
Everybody knows that.

Honestly, I don't know
why Fraggles do half the things they do.

[grunts]

[humming] Ah? Hmm.

Ah. It is wondrous to behold,
isn't it, Lanford?

-[sighs]
-[mumbles]

Hey, Mokey. Can I paint some?
I need to get some strawberries.

What? You don't like strawberries.

[chuckles] You're right.

But the Bubble Bubbies
who make my soap stone... [sighs]

...they won't do it
unless I give them a strawberry.

-They won't?
-No.

-Nah!
-Can't do it, tall stuff.

[laughs]

[sighs] Things have really changed
around here.

-[Lanford grunts]
-Really? They have?

Next in line, step right up!

If you wanna dive,
have those berries ready!

Red?

-Thank you!
-[exclaims, groans]

I'll tell you the secret of life
for a strawberry.

-All right. What's the secret of life?
-What?

I don't know, do you?
I'll give you a strawberry if you tell me.

-Oh, no.
-Yeah, all right.

-[slowly] Then the Gigglepus giggled.
-[gasps]

-[laughing]
-[sighs]

-Okay, chapter seven...
-[sighs]

Whee!

-Whoa! Oh, no, my hat! [grunts]
-Here you go.

Oh, I can't take it.

I gave Grizzard my last strawberry
for this ride,

so I have nothing left to give you
for your help.

You think you owe me something
for my help? No, no, no, no, no!

[Barry Blueberry]
It was then that Mokey realized

the "this for that" system
had infected Fraggle Rock

-in ways she could no longer control...
-[grunts, gasps]

-...threatening their communal way of life.
-[sighs]

-That good? Can I have my berry now?
-[gasps]

-[laughs]
-[sighs]

Barry want his berry.

-...eight, nine, ten!
-[Philo, Gunge giggling]

-[Gunge] She's never gonna find us.
-Dirty or not, here I trash!

-Philo, you're in the pizza box.
-Huh?

-Gunge, you're under the lampshade.
-What?

[laughing]

Wh... Huh? How did you know?

[grunts]
These were the perfect hiding spots.

I am all-seeing and all-knowing.

-[groans]
-Plus, you pick the same spots every time.

-[Philo] Mm-hmm.
-[Gunge] Blah.

Oh, little Fraggle,
your sighs are so heavy,

they're fogging up Gunge's sunglasses.

-Oh, no. That's just cheese residue.
-It's a Gouda.

[laughs] Yeah.

Madam Trash Heap,
I'm worried Fraggle Rock has lost its way.

-Compelling.
-Quite the opening line. Gripping.

Everyone's demanding strawberries
for things we used to do

just because they made us happy.

[clicks tongue]
Ah, the old "this for that" system.

-Fraught. Mmm.
-Oh, dubious.

Let me ask you something, young Fraggle.
What do you value?

Oh. Well... [chuckles] ...so many things, I...

Okay, well, I'll go.

-I value Philo.
-[gasps]

-I value Gunge.
-Aw.

They make me feel
like the luckiest all-seeing,

all-knowing trash heap in the world.

Oh, Marjory.

But you're the only all-seeing,
all-knowing trash heap in the world.

-So? I'm still the luckiest.
-[scoffs]

I have the most valuable thing
in the world, and I ain't talking berries.

Now, again, Mokey Fraggle.
What do you value?

[gasps]

-[whimpering]
-[Doc] Ugh. I still can't decide

whether to take this job
or keep volunteering at the high school.

-[sighs]
-I mean, something's gotta tip the scale,

but what's it gonna be?

[Sprocket whimpers]

Ugh, delivery.
Maybe the job's salary will tip it.

-[grunts, groans]
-If we have money, we can move

and stop getting packages
for some guy named Gobo Fraggle.

-Oh, hang on. This one's for me.
-[grunts]

[gasps] Aw.
It's from my high school students.

-[exclaims]
-[clears throat] "Dear Miss Doc."

[chuckles] Do they actually think
my last name is Doc?

-We'll fix that.
-[grunts]

"We were inspired by your lessons
on renewable energy

and wanted you to see this diorama
of tidal currents

we observed at the beach."

Aw, I'm getting through to them.

[sighs] I may not be getting money but
I'm getting something way more valuable.

-Okay. It's a clump of wet sand...
-[grunting]

...but they tried.

-Ha! Decision made. [chuckles]
-[groans]

[clicks tongue] Oh.

We'll go on a boat someday, Captain.

-[chuckles]
-[barks, panting]

-[blows]
-[shouts]

Attention, everyone!
Big event in the Great Hall.

-Oh, I'm abso-fruit-ly buzzing. [chuckles]
-How many strawberries do we need?

The more you give, the more you get.

-[Fraggles] Oh.
-Mm-hmm.

I want to show you the most valuable thing
in the world...

What is it? What is it?

I bet it's Lanford related.

Do you remember the mural
we painted for Lanford?

Told ya.

Icy Joe?

-[Icy Joe] Ooh, okay.
-[Lanford grunts]

[straining] Coming through.

-Huh?
-Mm-hmm.

This mural is now
officially a communal table.

Everyone please place your strawberries
on top of it.

What's happening?

What are we going to get?

You get this.

Isn't this what we all used to value
more than anything? Just being together?

-Huh?
-Ah.

-[Red] Huh? [sighs]
-[Wembley] Huh?

♪ Every place I go
No one seems to know ♪

♪ Everything is always the same ♪

♪ Still I need to trust
In the best of us ♪

♪ Can't we change the rules of the game? ♪

♪ It's time for everyone ♪

♪ Time to live as one ♪

Strawberries are to eat.

We don't need them to tell us
things have value.

Boober loves making soup.
Gobo loves writing songs.

And Red loves diving.

Love is the value.

-We're a community.
-[Fraggles murmuring]

♪ Watching here and there
No one seems to care ♪

♪ We could tear the whole thing apart ♪

-[babbling] ♪ Can't we pay the price ♪
-Mm-hmm.

♪ Make a sacrifice ♪

[both] ♪ Though we're different
Right from the start ♪

-♪ It's time for everyone ♪
-[Fraggles] ♪ It's time for every ♪

♪ It's time for everyone ♪

-♪ Time to live as one ♪
-♪ It's time to live as ♪

♪ It's time to live as one ♪

-♪ It's time for everyone ♪
-♪ It's time for every ♪

♪ It's time for everyone ♪

[all] ♪ Time to live as one ♪

You wanna know the real secret to life?

Of course. I've been waiting all day.
[laughs, grunts]

There's only one true "this for that."

The more love you give,
the more love you get.

-[gasps] Oh. Aw. [kisses]
-Mm-hmm. [squeals]

♪ Needle fights the thread ♪

♪ Baker works the bread ♪

[both]
♪ Wind and wave make w*r on the sea ♪

♪ Nature knows the way ♪

♪ Shows us every day ♪

[both]
♪ To join us though we still disagree ♪

-♪ It's time for everyone ♪
-♪ It's time for every ♪

♪ It's time for everyone ♪

-♪ Time to live as one ♪
-♪ It's time to live as ♪

♪ It's time to live as one ♪

-♪ It's time for everyone ♪
-♪ It's time for every ♪

♪ It's time for everyone ♪

♪ Time to live as one ♪

Pryce,
I know "this for that" means a lot to you,

and I appreciate
you're sharing it with us.

It's just not how we do things here.
I'm sorry.

Oh, please don't apologize.

You all showed me an amazing,
new way to be,

-and I didn't have to give you anything.
-Mm-mmm.

-I got your friendship for free. [gasps]
-Mm-hmm.

The Fraggles where I come from
are going to love it.

-[laughs]
-Oh. Thank you.

-Aw.
-[Pryce] Bye, everyone.

[gasps]
See, we already have what we value...

No idea where I'm going.

-[Gobo] Uh...
-[Wembley chuckles]

We already have what we value.

-I arrived in an avalanche. Don't mind me.
-We... [clicks tongue]

Love, friendship, songs, berries,
and radishes, of course. [laughs]

Could you just point me
in the right direction?

-Okay. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah.
-Or we could... Thank you.

[Cotterpin]
How is the radish search going?

Have you found anything
in the Gorgs' garden yet?

No radishes, base, I repeat,
no new radishes are growing.

That's strange.

Uh, it's actually Periscope Doozer, ma'am.
Uh, Strange is off sick.

Oh, my. [clicks tongue]

All Doozers on deck
to investigate the radish problem.

[shouting] What do we do with the gusties?

Uh, please keep them for now.

-Release them for now? Okay.
-[Architect Doozer] No. I-I said don't...

-No, no. Oh!
-No. That's not what he s...

-[air lock hissing]
-[Architect] Oh, dear. [shouting]

[Doozers screaming]

[screaming]

[screaming]

-Oh, no!
-That can't be good.