03x11 - Gobo's School for Explorers

[bunniefuu]

[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.

[knocking]

-[Sprocket murmurs]-[chuckles]

[howling]

Hi, Sprockie.

Oh, have I got somegood
news for you, boy.

That's the last timeyou'll
have to knock at that door.

From now on, you'll be able to
letyourself in and out of the workshop.

-[sniffing]-I was down at
the local discount house,

and I found this terrific
kitby Mr. Doggie Door.

[Sprocket murmurs]

Funny, I've been meaningto
install something like this for years,

but I never got
around to figuring it out.

Now I don't have to.
I don't have to bother,

because the people at Mr. Doggie
Doorhave figured it out for me.

-All we gotta do is follow
these rules.-[Sprocket sniffing]

-[barking]-Oh, Sprockie!

Will you stop barkingat
that hole in the wall?

Hmm, the old, hairy creatureis
sure in a nasty mood today.

-[all agreeing]-He could
eat a Fraggle in two bites.

-[Mokey] Oh!-Oh, that
hairy creature isn't so scary.

Stay back, Red. Stay back, Red.

Come on. He's way overon
the other side of that...

-[barking]-[Red yelps]

-[whimpering]-[Red]
Oh, my. [panting]

See? I told ya.

You've gotta knowwhat
you're doing out there.

-[Red groans]-How
do you do it, Gobo?

Aw, gee, I don't know, Mokey.

I've never given it
much thought. I just do it.

Wow.

-You hear?-What, what, what?

-It stopped making
the angry noise.-Oh, oh.

-Now he's going
back over there.-Huh?

I'll just wait till he turns
around, and then...

-[Doc] French,
German...-[growling, sniffing]

Italian, Japanese, Arabic.

Oh, where are those
English instructions?

Oh, here they are.

Sprocket, get over here.
I'm doing this for your benefit.

-The least you can do
is pay attention.-[groans]

[barking]

Yes, Sprocket, I know. The
doggie door should be down there.

What do you think I am, stupid?

Here, anchor the
end of this tape here.

Now, you measure
either three feet,

or the nearest... half the
distance from the nearest corner.

Or the nearest... half the
distance from the nearest corner.

[barking]

Oh, Sprocket,
what are you doing?

You think I should just cut a holedown
there to be done with it, don't you?

Well, the people at Mr. Doggie
Doorare experts. We don't have to think.

[barking]

Gobo, that was amazing.

-Mm-hmm! Yeah.-Ah,
it's no big deal,

if you know how to do it.

-Oh, hey, look at
this.-[Gobo gasps]

"Dear Nephew Gobo..."

[Matt] Today I discovereda
school for explorers

where little Silly Creatures
are trainedfor lives of adventure.

I could tell by her
protective headgear

that the teacher in charge
of this schoolwas a real pro.

Of course, she knew immediately
thatshe was in the company of an equal.

[screams]

Gobo, someday let's
starta school for explorers.

I even wrote a book, The
Secret Rules of Exploring,

and left it back
home in my sock box.

In fact, this teacher urged meto
impart some words of wisdom.

In fact, this teacher urged meto
impart some words of wisdom.

And I was only too
happy to comply.

I have a few simple
rulesfor this kind of obstacle.

Whoa, whoa.

Watch carefully, and you'll be
ableto follow in my footsteps.

[screams]

And judging by their reaction,

-they seemed to be
very grateful.-[laughing]

"Love to all, your
Uncle Travelling Matt."

The Secret Rules of Exploring!

-Yeah.-Wow!

-Wow!-I gotta check that out.

[Mokey, Wembley] Mm.

Suddenly, I'm in the
mood for a swim.[sighs]

Oh, never mind her.
Let's go find that book!

-Oh, goody!-Oh, boy.

The Secret Rules
of Ex... [gasps]

Oh.

For once in my life, I'm not
gonnabump my head on this stupid pipe.

Ha! Ha!

-[thuds]-Oh!

-[clangs]-Ow! Oh! Oh, no.

-[Gobo] This is
incredible!-[Fraggles] Wow!

Uncle Matt has written out rules

for exploringall the
great routes in the rock.

For exploringall the
great routes in the rock.

[all exclaiming]

Why, look. Here's Crystal
Canyonand Blue Rock.

-[Boober] Blue
Rock?-And the Echo Hole.

-[all exclaiming]-Gobo, do
you realize what this means?

Why, we could learn these secret
rulesand become explorers too.

-Yeah!-[all agreeing]

I don't know, guys. I'm
not much of a teacher.

Oh, Gobo, Gobo,
you must teach us.

Otherwise, a great tradition of
adventurewill simply disappear.

-Please, please.-Come
on, please.

Gee, I wouldn't
want that to happen.

Yahoo! We're all gonna
learn to be explorers!

-[all cheering]-[Boober]
Hey, Red!

[Wembley] Oh, great.

Red, Gobo is gonna teach
us allto become explorers!

-[gasps]-[Mokey] Yes.

Red, he's going to passthe
explorer's torch on to us.

That'll be the day. Gobo can't
eventeach himself how to whistle.

-[Wembley gasps]-Is that so?

-Ha!-Yeah. Let's
see you whistle.

-Come on, show
'em.-[clears throat]

[crowd chattering]

[blowing air]

[crowd laughing]
[crowd laughing]

Well, what's so important about
whistlinganyway, Miss Moss Mouth?

Yeah, Miss "Moth Mouse," uh,
Gobo found this incredible book

in the back of Matt's socks box.

[sniffs] Yuck!

Indeed.

[laughs]What a riot!
Let me see this thing.

Just hold your thimble
bugs, Miss Know-It-All.

The rules in this secret book
hereare not for just any Fraggle.

-Uh-uh.-Oh, is that so?

-Well, then who are they for?-A
very special kind of Fraggle.

-Yeah.-[crowd] Yeah.

My Uncle Matt says
soright here on page one.

♪ There's a story goin'
roundAbout a hero of history ♪

♪ Well, I guess I better tell
youThat the hero of the story is me ♪

♪ And if you want to
understandAll the hullabaloo ♪

♪ Then it's time that you
heardWhat I'm sayin' to you ♪

♪ If you got what
it takes to grow ♪

♪ You gotta take
what you got and go ♪

♪ And if you got what it
takesThen you take what you got ♪

♪ And get goin' ♪

-♪ Doodly-doo, doodly-doo
♪ -[Gobo] ♪ Mm-hmm ♪

-♪ Doodly-doo, doodly-doo
♪ -♪ Well, I told you once ♪

♪ And I don't want to tell you twice ♪
♪ And I don't want to tell you twice ♪

♪ I got a heart full of firel got
a head full of good advice ♪

♪ You know, the world's
plumb fullOf goldarn fools ♪

♪ Tryin' to run your lifeWith
their gosh darn rules ♪

♪ If you got what
it takes to grow ♪

♪ You gotta take
what you got and go ♪

♪ And if you got what it
takesThen you take what you got ♪

♪ And get goin' ♪

-♪ Doodly-doo, doodly-doo
♪ -[Gobo] ♪ Mm-hmm ♪

♪ Doodly-doo, doodly-doo ♪

Load 'em up forGobo's
School of Exploring!

Ha-ha!

♪ So if you want to get aheadGet
a load of what I'm tellin' you ♪

♪ Don't you listen to the liesThat
the world keeps sellin' you ♪

♪ And don't hang
aroundWith all of them fools ♪

♪ Come and get a
ganderAt the golden rules ♪

♪ And if you got
what it takes to grow ♪

♪ You better take
what you got and go ♪

♪ And if you got what it takesThen
take what you got and get goin' ♪

-♪ Doodly-doo, doodly-doo
♪ -♪ And get goin' ♪

♪ Get goin' ♪

[all cheering]

[Fraggle] Yeah! Let's go!

[grunts]

Oh, uh, Gobo, um...

Where are we going?

-Ah. [clears
throat]-[Fraggle] Oh, where?

"Anyone wishing to learn these
rulesshould begin with an expedition

to the Hole to Who-Knows-Where."

[crowd exclaiming]

The Hole to Who-Knows-Where!

But that leads to
who knows where.

[all] Yeah.

Yep, that's right.

I'll just take this mapwith the
rules on it along and get going.

Um, Gobo. Uh...

Isn't that maybe just possiblya
little bit dangerous for beginners?

Well, you can't learn the
ruleswithout taking the risks.

[Red groans]

Anyone else coming along?

-[Red grunts]-Uh-uh.

The Hole to Who-Knows-Whereis
way too scary. I'm gettin' out of here.

Um, well, for any of you who are kind
oftoying with the idea of staying behind,

I might just be coaxedinto
setting up a school for laundry

right here in the Great Hall.

-[Fraggle]
Laundry?-[crowd chattering]

Yeah! Come on.

That's more fun than exploring!

[Red sighs]

Those secret rules
better be good.

Are you sureyou've
got what it takes, Red?

The first rule is, "When you put
onyour pack, you can never turn back."

The first rule is, "When you put
onyour pack, you can never turn back."

-[Wembley] Hmm!-Oh, after
you, O passer of the torch.

[Mokey] Yay!

-Onward to the Hole to
Who-Knows-Where!-Yes!

Wait, wait, wait. We can'ttake a
step until we check these rules.

-[Wembley] Oh.-Rule
number two says,

"Begin every expeditionby
following your nose."

-[Mokey] Ah.
Um...-[Wembley] That way.

Ah.

Uh, hey, hey. Uh...

[sighs]

This may not be as
simple as I thought.

Hey, come on back here.

[Sprocket panting]

Now, that's the center
of the hypotenuse.

I've checked all my
measurementsthree times.

It must be right.

[barking]

Yes, Sprocket, I know.

That's where the doggie
dooris supposed to go.

Don't you think the peopleat
Mr. Doggie Door know that?

[murmurs]

I've no idea what this hole
is for, but they do. They must.

-They're world experts in
the field.-[Sprocket murmuring]

Well, nothing can go wrongas
long as I follow their rules.

Well, nothing can go wrongas
long as I follow their rules.

[whirring]

[Sprocket yelps, whimpers]

[Gobo] Sure is great
having these rules.

Why, we don't
even have to think.

Right, Wembley?

[grunting] Right, Gobo.

Oh!

[grunting] I'm sure
gladl'm tied onto you,

'cause... [grunts] 'cause you knowthe
way to Who-Knows-Where. [chuckles]

Well, according to
Uncle Matt's rules,

"The rope's gotta be long,
and it's gotta be strong.

Everything's right
if the knot is tight."

Let's see. Normally
I'd go this way.

-But... [grunts]

[Mokey] Whoa!

Oh! Oh! Oh, my goodness.

Go slower, Mokey. I
just stubbed my toe.

[Mokey] What? I can't
hear you. My hat's too tight.

-[Red] Go slower!
[groans]-[Mokey] Go lower?

What do you want me to do?
Crawl on my hands and knees?

-Aah!-I'm sorry, Wembley.

-Come on, you two, pay
attention.-Huh? Pardon?

Gobo's looking
at the secret rules.

Ah.

[groans] And I'm looking at a hatband.
[groans] And I'm looking at a hatband.

How am I supposed to learn how
to bean explorer? I can't even see.

-Oh.-Yeah, and
I can't even hear.

Well, what do you
expect me to doabout it?

Matt's third rule of exploringis
right here in black and white.

"Never go exploringwithout
protective headgear."

Yeah? Well, my head is so
protectedthat my ears fell asleep.

Well, look. These things
are regulation, Mokey.

They're from my Uncle
Matt'sprivate collection.

And your Uncle Mattis the
greatest explorer who ever lived.

-What?-Exactly. Right, Wembley?

Right. Right.

-Wembley's a very
promising explorer.-[mocking]

Hut! Hut!

Now... [clears throat]

I'd normally take this tunnelto
the Hole to Who-Knows-Where,

but Matt has a
rule written here:

"Always begin an expeditionby
taking the first left turn."

Sounds good to me.

You know, Gobo, these rules
arespectacular. I've learned tons already.

Okay, let's move out.

-Yeah. Hear that? Let's
move out. [yelps]-What?

-Mokey, you still there?-Huh?
What? Did you say something?

I said... [screams]
I said... [screams]

[Gobo]Keep going.
We're almost at the top.

♪ When the path
is steep and stony ♪

♪ And the night is all around ♪

♪ And the way that you
must takels far away ♪

♪ When your heart
is lost and lonely ♪

♪ And the map cannot be found ♪

♪ Here's a simple little
spellThat you can say ♪

♪ You gotta face facts ♪

♪ Act fast on your own ♪

♪ Preparation,
perspirationDynamite determination ♪

♪ Pack snacks,
make tracks all alone ♪

♪ Don't be cute, time to scoot ♪

♪ Head out for
your destination ♪

♪ Face facts, act
fast on your own ♪

Mm-hmm.

♪ Preparation,
perspirationDynamite determination ♪

♪ Pack snacksMake tracks all alone, ha! ♪
♪ Pack snacksMake tracks all alone, ha! ♪

♪ Chase the futureFace
the great unknown ♪

♪ Face facts, act
fast on your own ♪

♪ Preparation, perspiration ♪

♪ Dynamite determination ♪

♪ Pack snacks,
make tracks all alone ♪

♪ Chase the future ♪

♪ Face the great unknown ♪

♪ Chase the futureFace
the great unknown ♪

[Wembley screams]

Thanks.

[scatting]

[panting]

All that singing and
dancingsure made me thirsty.

Mm-hmm.

-My mouth is as dry
as Doozer dust.-Yeah.

Ooh! My nose tells me there'sa
pool of sweetwater right up ahead.

-Oh!-[Mokey] My favorite!

[grunting]

[Red] Mm, we're getting
closeto that sweetwater.

-I can smell
it.-[Mokey] Oh! Me too.

[Wembley] Oh, boy. [panting]

Oh, I'm gonna drink
till my ears go ping.

My ears are already going
ping. I'm gonna drink until I...

My ears are already going
ping. I'm gonna drink until I...

Don't drink that water!

-What?-What?

But, Gobo, we are parched.

Besides that, we're thirsty.

Oh, so am I. But
Uncle Matt's rules say,

"Never drink where
the moss grows pink."

-What?-Oh, come
on. Get serious, Gobo.

This is sweetwater.

We've been drinking
it all our lives.

That's right. Your nose tells
youit's the sweetest water around.

-[Wembley] Oh!-Never
mind what your nose tells ya!

It says right here...

-Gobo, I think that's a
dumb rule.-[Wembley] Oh.

You know what I think?

I think you think too much.

Look. These rules were writtenby
the greatest explorer that ever lived.

And if you want to follow in
hisfootsteps, you'll do just as they say.

-[Red groans]-Right, Wembley?

Right.

[Red whimpers]

Now, uh... [clears
throat]according to Matt's route,

-there's a pond of good
drinking water...-Huh?

Right at the top of this cliff.

-Where?-What?

[Wembley] Oh, no.

[all panting]

Come on. This is a bit
steeper than I thought.

Come on. Keep going.

[Wembley panting]

I start to get dizzywhen
I get too thirsty, Gobo.

I'm going to... I... I...

[Gobo] There you go,
Wembley, thinking too much.

[Wembley] But, Gobo, I'm starting
to getthe twirlies. And... And...

[Gobo] Wembley, just
becauseyou got the twirlies

doesn't mean you can drop out.

[Wembley] Drop out?

I don't want to drop...

[Mokey screams]

[Mokey] Oh! Oh.

[Mokey] Wembley fainted!

Wembley, are you okay?

[Mokey grunting]

[grunting]

Wembley. There. Come on, buddy.

Don't worry. Look.

Look, my Uncle Matt has it
writtenright here in his rules.

"Water is best
at Clifftop Rest."

The pool must be around here somewhere.
The pool must be around here somewhere.

-[Wembley groaning]-Um,
do you smell what I smell?

-Yuck! Oh!-[Wembley groans]

Ew! Stinkwater!

-Ew! Yuck!-[Red] Oh!

[chuckles nervously] Yep. Uh, well,
that's stinkwater, all right. [chuckles]

I'll be doggone.

Well, I guess we
better just push on.

I mean, the first rule of exploring
is, "When you put on your pack"...

Gobo, those rules
are ridiculous!

They don't work.

What do you mean,
"They don't work"?

They got us this
far, didn't they?

But who knows where we are.

We're on our way to
Who-Knows-Where.

But where is
Who-Knows-Where, Gobo?

-Oh, who knows?-[Mokey sighs]

I'm just following the rules.

[wind whistling]

There. You hear that sound?

I bet that's the windblowing down
the Hole to Who-Knows-Where.

-[Wembley coughs]-Come on, guys.

We can't turn back
now. Right, Wembley?

Well, actually, I'm...
I'm pretty thirsty, Gobo.

You know what we're going to do, Gobo?
You know what we're going to do, Gobo?

We're going to use our heads and go
backdown and drink at the sweetwater pool.

Right, Wembley?

Right, Gobo.

Right.

[Gobo groans]

[Red grunts]

[stammers] What
about you, Mokey?

Um, uh...

Gobo, I...

I guess we... we really don't
havewhat it takes to be explorers.

[sighs]

Yeah.

Yeah, I guess it does take a certainkind
of Fraggle to follow these rules.

[Red] Yeah. One who can't
eventeach himself how to whistle.

Is that so?

[blowing air]

Uh... Uh...

You can probably still getinto
Boober's school of laundry, Red!

I think it's more your speed!

[Red] Oh!

[Red grumbling, grunting]
[Red grumbling, grunting]

[panting]

You should stick
those stupid rules

back in Uncle Matt's sock
boxwhere they belong!

Gobo, Gobo, please
come back with us.

[Gobo] No way!

When you put on your
pack, you never turn back.

I'm headed for...

For Who-Knows-Where.

-Whew!-[wind whistling]

[grunting]

[scoffs] That Red has
got some nerve, boy,

criticizing my
Uncle Matt's rules.

[scoffs]

Well, I guess not every Fragglecan
follow in my Uncle Matt's footsteps...

[screams]

[Red] He's old enoughto
take care of himself.

Let's go down the
hill and get a drink.

Um, Red, aren't you
forgetting something?

-Oh, yeah. The stupid
rope.-[Mokey] Mm-hmm.

The last Fraggle in the worldl
want to be tied to is Gobo.

-[Mokey] Yeah.-Phooey,
the knot is stuck.

[screams]

-Red?-Red?

[Red grunts, yelps]

[screaming]

[Red whimpering]
[Red whimpering]

Are we still alive?

Well, I think so.

We sure fell a long way.

[gasps] Oh!

Help! Help!

Help!

They can't hear us.

What are we gonna do now?

Who knows where we are?

I'd say we're about
halfwayto Who-Knows-Where.

Now don't start that
again, Gobo Fraggle.

We're... We're standingon
a tiny ledge of rock

in the middle of nowhere,
and it's all your fault!

-Aw.-[Red whimpers]

Why did everything go so wrong?

All I was trying to do
wasfollow my Uncle Matt's rules.

-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!-Red!

[rocks clattering]

Red...

I'm...

I'm sorry I got us
into all this trouble.

Well, maybe sometimesrules
aren't enough, Gobo.

Well, maybe sometimesrules
aren't enough, Gobo.

Yeah, these stupid things.

If I'd been paying
attentionto what I was doing,

none of this would
have happened.

[whistles]

Did you catch that?

Yeah, you whistled. But I
don'treally think this is the time...

-No. I'm not talking
about the whistle.-What?

I'm talking aboutthe way
that paper drifted down there.

[chuckles]

Yeah! Let's empty out our packs.

-Suddenly, I've started
to think again.-Huh?

I want you to pay particular
attentionto the high elbow action

as demonstrated by Tosh here.

You see, it's the high elbow actionthat
gives you that scrubbing power.

[Mokey whimpering]

Well, well, well. I see you two havefinally
decided to join my laundry class.

-Who-Knows-Where!
[whimpers]-Who?

- Gobo! Red and Gobo!-What?
- Gobo! Red and Gobo!-What?

-Yes!-Where?

Red knows. Gobo knows.

-What? Gobo
knows?-[Wembley] No, no, Red...

[Boober] Quick!
Come here, you guys.

-Shake him upside
down.-[Mokey] Oh, yes.

Oh, oh. Thanks. [pants]

Gobo and Red fell downthe
Hole to Who-Knows-Where.

-[all exclaiming]-Quick!
Laundry school dismissed!

-Sound the alarm!
Oh!-[alarm blaring]

This is the weirdest
looking thingl've ever seen.

It'll never work.

It should work, Red.
I've thought it out.

It'll work.

Mm.

Maybe.

But what if it doesn't?

We'll drop like a stone.

[sighs]

But even if it does
work, we'll end up...

-Who-Knows-Where.-Who-Knows-Where.

It's been good knowing you, Red.

-[sighs]-Better hold on tight.

Yeah.

One... One...

two...

[both] three!

There simply must be a rule
in herethat tells you what to do.

Turn the page! It could
be on the next page.

Gobo, look. I can see
Who-Knows-Where!

-You're not gonna
believe it!-Huh?

- Here it is in the index. "Holes."
- What? What?

"Holes in socks, holes in
radishes, holes in cheese"...

Keep looking, Boober.
There must be a rulein

there somewhere
to tell us what to do.

-Keep looking.-[Gobo]
I don't believe it!

-[Wembley shouts]-[Gobo]
I don't believe it!

[all] Ooh!

[all cheering]

[Boober] Oh, are they
all right? Are they okay?

-[Red] Whoo!-[cheering
continues]

[Boober] We thought you fell
downthe Hole to Who-Knows-Where.

We did.

But this isn't Who-Knows-Where.
This is the Great Hall.

Well, maybe this isyour
uncle's idea of a joke.

[Wembley] Oh!

You always find out something
newwhen you go exploring.

Gobo, you are the greatest
explorerwho has ever lived.

[laughter] [laughter]

Maybe someday, Wembley.

But I've still got an awful
lot to learn. Right, Red?

Well, at least you taught
yourselfhow to whistle.

-Hey, I did, didn't I?-Really?

-[Red] Yeah.-[Wembley]
Let's hear it.

[whistling "Down
at Fraggle Rock"]

[all cheering]

[Doc] Cut the hole, put it
in place, tighten the screws.

That's all there is to it.

Well, it's probablyin the
instruction booklet somewhere,

-but who knows where?-[whining]

Never mind. I figured it out
myself, Sprockie, and it works.

Isn't it odd, Sprockie?

I mean, the way I
stoppedthinking for myself

as soon as I started
followingsomeone else's rules.

-Well, aren't you going
to test it?-[whimpers]

Oh, I'm sorry, boy.
There aren't any rules.

Go on, boy. Figure
it out for yourself.

[gasps, murmurs]

[barks]

Attaboy, Sprockie! [laughs]

Ah, that's right, fella.
Oh, you are a clever dog.

Ah, that's right, fella.
Oh, you are a clever dog.

[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 ♪