02x09 - The Great Radish Ball

[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.

[grunts, chuckles] Hey! Hope you're ready
to get some compliments

at the Radish Ball.

'Cause the whole night's gonna be like,

"Hey, love the new hair tie, Wembley."
[chuckles]

[chuckles] Yeah! It's gonna be like,
"Fresh look, Gobo."

[Gobo chuckles] Yeah.

Oh, hey, Boober. You look great.

Well, the Radish Ball comes
but once a year,

so I'm gonna make it the best night ever.

Ah. It's fun to see you so happy, Boober.

Well, I'm glad it's fun for you because
it's incredibly uncomfortable for me.

In fact, reality check, these caves
could collapse on us at any moment.

[sighs] There we go.

- Balanced perspective.
- [both] Mmm.

Okay, I'm gonna go
and put the finishing touches on my cake.

It's shaped like a radish,

which is so obvious
that it's kind of unexpected. [chuckles]

- Oh, yeah. [chuckles] Bye, Boober.
- [chuckles]

I just love seeing the pep in his pop.

- As much as you love...
- Hmm?

- [gasps]
- ...this cape?

- Hey! Whoa! [chuckles]
- Yes! Exactly like that! [chuckles]

- It spins real nice, huh? Whoa. Whoa.
- Whoa! [chuckles] That's good.

- [Gobo] That's my favorite part.
- [chuckles] Yeah.

[Doc] This pillow fort has made for
such a fun day. Hmm? [chuckles]

[gasps, chewing]

Feels like a vacation. [gasps]
Or should I say, "vay-cushion"? [chuckles]

[chuckling]

[sighs] I gotta say,
I'm not ready for tomorrow.

- Lab in the morning...
- [grunts]

...volunteering at the high school,
and then a shift at the diner.

- I wish I could just stay in here forever.
- [grunts]

Or should I say, "fort-ever?" [chuckles]

As in pillow fort?

No, I shouldn't.
That one's not as good. [sighs]

Anyway, I guess we should clean up.

[gasps, barking]

[gasps] Are you suggesting that
instead of cleaning up,

we add to the fort
and keep this perfect day going?

Oh. Time to turn this pillow fort
into a pillow palace. [chuckles]

[howls]

- [Fraggle 2] Look out below!
- [grunting]

[exclaims, chuckles] Wow.

Looks great in here, Mokey.

I breathe in your praise
and exhale some back to you.

- Great entrance, Red.
- Thanks.

I am so jazzed about the Ball tonight!

- [both chuckle]
- [Boober] Hey, Moke.

- Oh.
- Can I snag one of these radishes?

[sighs] I must've miscounted.

I need one more to finish my cake topper.

Uh, that's kitchen lingo for
the thing you put on top of a cake.

The day I say no to sharing with a friend
is the day someone is impersonating me.

So, you better get busy finding
the real Mokey.

- [chuckling]
- So, y-yes?

- Yeah.
- Oh. Thank you.

Ah. [chuckles]

So, uh, now you're...

- you're short a radish, huh?
- Yeah.

Oh, but I can't go to
the Gorgs' Garden right now,

I have party vibes to set.

- I'll do your radish run. I'm your gal.
- Mmm. [gasps]

That's kind of you, Icy.
But I don't want you

- to miss any of the Ball.
- No.

Oh, I don't mind.
Honestly, I'm a terrible dancer.

- Oh, I doubt that.
- Yeah.

[grunting, vocalizing]

- Wow.
- Ver... very interesting.

[stammers] Wow.

I'll go snag a bushel.

Let me just change
out of my formal clothes

and into my radish-gathering clothes. Hmm.

[grunts, groans] Okay, off I go.

- [chuckles] Oh, I hope she finds some.
- Mmm, radishes. Oh, yes!

Last time I was in the Gorgs' Garden,
it was slim pickings.

[Junior Gorg chuckling]

Junior!

Wha... [stutters] Yes, Pa? [pants]

I told you to water these darn
strawba-berries a-a blundred times.

Uh, but I've been watering

- the strawba-berries, Pa. Look.
- You what? Hmm?

[stammers] The water's not working
and nothing new is growing.

- Hmm. Mmm.
- [gasps]

Do you think it's because of all
the Gorg-A-Max we used?

What-What? No, son. Gorg-A-Max has been
used by generations of Gorgs.

Why, if I've learned one thing
in my impressive life, it's this:

keep doing the same thing, over and over.
Never change. Double down!

- Double down, hey?
- Mmm, yeah.

Now let's put twice as much Gorg-A-Max
in the garden, son.

[chuckles] Okay. You're so smart, Pa.
You're the smartest.

Yeah, you're very right about that, son.

Well, I guess that that
makes you smart too. [grunts]

[grunts] Okay. Yeah, oh... Mmm...
Back to work. [chuckles] Double down.

- [Pa Gorg] Double down. Double down.
- [Junior Gorg] Double down.

[Junior Gorg] Double-double down.

- [Doozer 1] Extraction complete.
- Send it to processing.

It's a bit gray.

- [Doozer 2] Smells weird too.
- [Doozer 3] Process anyway.

- [Doozer 4] Processed.
- Send cubes to packaging.

- [humming] Hmm.
- [sighs] I miss building, sir.

I know we're Doozers
and our main thing is working,

but don't you find this work
sort of repetitive?

Cotterpin, let me be frank with you.

And I don't mean the silly character
I sometimes do, called Frank.

I mean "frank" as in "to the point."
You've got to move with the times.

Radishes are disappearing

and strawberry delivery service
is all we have.

But, what if we worked on a way
to regrow radishes?

You know,
I actually started this experiment...

[gasps, as Frank]
Experiment? No, back to work.

- Huh?
- [normal voice] I'm being the other Frank.

He's silly, but he's also
laser-focused on productivity.

- [chuckles] Yeah, it is fun. Frank is fun.
- [Cotterpin groans]

[gasps] Wow.
Boober, that cake looks amazing.

- Whoa.
- Whoa. Luscious.

- [fanfare playing]
- [gasping]

- Hi, I'm Barry Blueberry.
- And I'm Sherry Contrary.

And we're honored to be the first
to welcome you to the Great Radish Ball.

Actually, Barry,
we might not be the first.

Someone may have welcomed them
on the way in.

- [chuckles] So glad you're here, Sher.
- Mmm.

And now,
it brings me great joy to introduce...

Actually, it brings me even greater joy
to introduce...

[both] ...Jamdolin and the Troubadours!

Greetings, my fabulously furry friends.

Salutations to one, salutations to all.

Now, let's let it loose.

'Cause it's time for the Radish Ball!

[rock song playing]

♪ Gather 'round you Fraggles far and near
Let me tell you Fraggles why we're here ♪

♪ Once upon a time, I was a cluck ♪

♪ All I had was no fun, lousy luck ♪

♪ Then I changed my tune and now I say ♪

♪ Fun is here to stay ♪

- ♪ Now my life is different every day ♪
- ♪ Now my life is different every day ♪

- ♪ Now I live my life a better way ♪
- ♪ Now I live my life a better way ♪

♪ Every time the clouds
Start showing through ♪

♪ I just grab some paint
And paint 'em blue ♪

♪ Fun is fun and fun is when you say ♪

♪ Fun is fun and fun is when you...
Fun is here to stay ♪

Gimme!

♪ Hot fun, cold fun
Fun so funny anyone can play ♪

- Anyone can play that game.
- Gimme.

♪ Bought fun, bold fun
Ain't it fun that fun is here to stay ♪

♪ Fraggles come for fun
From near and far ♪

♪ Fraggles know that fun is
What they are ♪

- ♪ No one could be dumb enough to say ♪
- ♪ No one could be dumb enough to say ♪

- ♪ Fun can come in any other way ♪
- ♪ Fun can come in any other way ♪

- ♪ Give me Fraggles brave enough to say ♪
- ♪ Give me Fraggles brave enough to... ♪

♪ Fun is here to stay ♪

Gimme.

♪ Hot fun, cold fun
Fun so funny anyone can play ♪

[Red chuckles] Whoo!

Yeah. Gimme.

♪ Bought fun, bold fun ♪

♪ Ain't it fun that fun is here to stay ♪

♪ Fun is here to stay ♪

[laughs]

- [Fraggles panting, chuckling]
- Yeah, you got moves.

[chattering indistinctly]

Wow. Wow, uh... I mean, wow! It's not
like me to say it three times, but wow.

[all chuckling]

But wait, four.
That's how great the ball was.

- [Gobo] Yeah.
- [all chuckling]

Deep down,
I know I could've danced harder

- but I don't believe in regrets.
- Mmm.

- Well, there's always next year.
- Mm-mmm.

- Yeah.
- You can set your baloobius to it.

As long as there's radishes,
there will always be a Radish Ball.

- Yeah. [gasps]
- [shouting]

- Huh?
- They're gone! The radishes are gone.

- What?
- What the...

I looked high, I looked low, I looked to,
and you better believe I looked fro.

[gasps]

There's not a single radish
in the Gorgs' Garden.

- [shouts] Or anywhere else! Gone!
- Wha...

- [Fraggles clamoring]
- No!

- What do we do?
- No.

Is this because I had a good night?
And I'm being punished?

Oh, no, no. This is too big.
This can't be true. [yells]

- No, Boober. No, that's not...
- [grunts] Sorry, Wembley. [pants]

Sprocket, we are making
serious pillow progress.

- [barking]
- Whoa, check it out...

- I'm the pillow president. [chuckles]
- [chuckles]

Ask not what your pillow fort
can do for you,

- but what you can do for your pillow fort.
- [barks]

[barks] After a hard day of presidenting,

I could use a refreshing dip
in our pillow pool! Get in here!

[whimpering, growls]

[exclaims]

[chuckles] Ooh! Wanna stay up
and watch a movie?

In a pillow movie theater
that we build right now?

- [barks]
- Oh.

[sighs] This is the life, Sprock.
Who says this day ever has to end? Hmm.

[panting, whimpering]

Someone must've stashed some...
[grunts] ...radishes around here some...

Ow! My toe. [grunts]

[panting] Now, Boober.
Let's just take a breath, okay?

- And we'll figure this out.
- [Boober groans]

- [exclaims] What in the...
- [gasps] What's that?

What is this?

It's one of those tubes Wembley
and I found a while back.

You jump in, and whoosh!
It takes you someplace else.

Well, maybe it can take me
to where there's some radishes.

- Wha...
- No! Boober, no!

- Gobo. Whoa!
- No, Red, Red, Red!

- No, Mokey. [groans]
- [grunts]

[panting] Me!

[Fraggles shouting]

[all] Whoa!

- [grunting] Whoa. What was that?
- We're back here again?

I don't know, but it wasn't radishes,
I'll tell you that much.

- [fanfare playing]
- [all gasp]

- Hi, I'm Barry Blueberry.
- [Sherry] And I'm Sherry Contrary.

And we're honored to be the first
to welcome you to the Great Radish Ball.

[cheering]

- [stammers] What's going on?
- Yeah.

[stutters] I think that the tube took us
back to the beginning of the night.

So glad you're here, Sher.

So, we went in that tube and flew through
time and now we're in the before time?

[all] Whoa.

You know,
I actually do feel younger. [chuckles]

Huh. You think every time
we go into that tube, we can...

we can just start the night over again?

- Oh.
- Ah.

Let's find out.

[Fraggles shouting]

[Gobo grunts] Oh!

[Fraggles grunting, panting]

- [fanfare playing]
- It worked. [chuckles]

- Hi, I'm Barry Blueberry.
- And I'm Sherry Contrary.

And they're honored to be the first
to welcome us to the Great Radish Ball!

- Wha...
- Uh, don't worry, you'll do it again.

- Boober, what are we doing?
- Yeah.

Whatever we want. Don't you see?
Tonight never needs to end.

And more importantly, we'll never have
to face a tomorrow without radishes.

So, let's have the best night ever!
[chuckles]

- [rock song playing]
- [Fraggles cheering]

Hey yo, Gobo! Come join me.

Oh, I wish I had my guitar.

Hmm? [gasps] Tube! [chuckles] I love it!

[Fraggles cheering, laughing]

Hey yo, Gobo. Come join me!

- Let's rock.
- Yeah.

- [Icy Joe shouting]
- [music stops]

They're gone!

The radishes are gone.

- I looked high, I looked low. I...
- Uh, yeah, Icy.

We're not gonna be doing
that tonight. Hmm.

- Hmm?
- Tube!

[Fraggles cheering, laughing]

- Tasty the radish cake. Ah. [hums]
- Ooh. Thank you.

Piece of cake?

- [gasps] Mmm.
- [chuckles]

[hums] Oh, no.

[stammers] Just a second. Tube!

[Fraggles cheering]

- Here you go. [sighs]
- [grunts]

Enjoy.

[both chuckling]

- [shouting]
- [music stops]

- They're gone! The radishes are...
- Tube.

- [Fraggles cheering]
- [Mokey] I love it!

Here's a magic trick. Think of a number,
any number. Hmm. Now, what is it?

Twenty six gagillion.

Tube!

Think of a number, any number.
Is it twenty six gagillion?

[yelps]

[stammers] Tube!

Think of a number, any number.
Is it twenty six gagillion?

- [gasps]
- Wow, kismet, huh? The universe, right?

- [cheering] Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
- [thuds]

Whoa. [grunts] Tube!

[cheering]

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! [grunts]

- [gasping]
- Huh?

[groans] Tube!

[cheering] Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo.

Nailed it.

- [chuckles] Huh?
- [Icy Joe shouting]

Wait, before you say anything,
I need you to dance.

- [gasps] Yes!
- ♪ Bought fun, bold fun ♪

- ♪ Ain't it fun that fun is here to stay ♪
- [vocalizing]

♪ Fun is here to stay ♪

[laughing]

[Fraggles sighing]

All right, let's go again.

Tube!

- [stammers] No, no. No more tube.
- Huh?

- Uh, Boober, we're pretty tired.
- Mm-hmm.

Let's just hit the hay
and let tomorrow happen.

Yeah, and then we can try to figure out
what's going on with the radishes.

One more tube?

No.

- Half more tube?
- [all] No!

But I don't wanna face tomorrow.

I-If we stay here, we'll never have
to deal with the radish problem.

Don't you see that what I'm saying
is both good and kind of the only option?

Boober, I know you're scared. We all are.

- [stammers] Hey, you know what might help?
- Oh, boy. Here it comes.

My uncle Matt's latest postcard, hey.

Promise me we're not going to
repeat this part, okay?

Eh. "Dear Nephew Gobo.

I recently was tasked
with taming a wild beast."

[crying]

[Matt] Though other explorers attempted
to conquer the beast,

none could do it
with my grace and dignity.

[crying continues]

Help me!

Oh, yes, I also have thumbs.
Mine are just busy right now. [whimpers]

[Matt] I did such a great job
taming the beast

that the head silly creature asked me
to stay forever.

- Mm-mmm. Mm-mmm.
- [chuckling]

But I knew I had to go.

No! [groans]

Help me, Patches! Help me.

[Matt] Because sometimes the bravest thing
to do is gracefully move on.

And when you do,
the rewards become obvious.

"Like this Loop of Eternity,

which I send to you as a reminder
to always move forward." Huh.

"Love, Your Uncle Traveling... Oh no,
the beast is coming right at me!

Patches, no! Uh... Nope, just a shadow.
Everything is A-okay.

- Always move forward. Love, Uncle Matt."
- Uh-huh.

[Boober] You're right, Gobo.

I hear what you're saying.
It's clearly time to move on.

[sighs] Okay, good. Now... [groans]
...how about we seal up this tube

and call it a night, hey?

- Yes.
- Yeah, good idea.

Oh, hey, we can use this boulder.
Come on. Yeah.

- Perfect. Perfect, yeah.
- Let's see, if we all do it together...

[Wembley] Um.

- [Fraggles grunting]
- [Red] C-Coming through.

- [grunts] ...two...
- [grunting continues]

...one.

[Fraggles groaning, panting]

- Uh, guys. Where's Boober?
- Yeah?

- What?
- [Bobber] Whoo-hoo!

- I think he's in there!
- We gotta get him out! Come on.

- Oh, no, no, no!
- Move it.

[Fraggles groaning, straining]

We're coming, buddy.

[cheering]

Whoa! Oof!

[groaning] Whoo. [chuckles]
We're back! [chuckles]

[sighs] Sorry, I just really wasn't ready
for tomorrow. [chuckles]

Buds? Where is everyone?

[gasps] And where's the Tube?

[whimpers]

[all groaning]

- Oh, it's stuck.
- It's stuck.

- I just said that.
- So did I.

But if it's stuck,
how's Boober gonna get out of there?

- I don't know!
- I don't know!

[panting] Okay, I'm repeating things.
I hear that.

- [sighs]
- [groans]

[fanfare plays]

- Hi, I'm Barry Blueberry!
- And I'm Sherry Contrary!

And I'm alone in a different timeline.

- What?
- [yelps]

Uh, it's kinda hard to explain.

I was the only one who jumped
in the Tube and they sealed it off.

So now I'm separated from them.
Stuck in tonight. [sighs] Maybe forever.

Ah.

What?

♪ I guess I'd always thought it'd be
The perfect day ♪

♪ Wake up every morning and celebrate ♪

♪ Radishes forever
Doesn't that sound great? ♪

♪ And do it over and over and over again ♪

♪ Now it feels like this
Is never gonna end ♪

♪ And I'll be stuck forever here
Without my friends ♪

♪ And now I wish I listened to the
Things they said ♪

♪ Not do this over
And over and over again ♪

♪ I'm trapped inside a time loop ♪

They're gone!

♪ I don't know if I'll ever get out ♪

[groans] I've seen this all before,
I can't take it anymore. Whoa!

Oh, here we go again! Ah!

♪ Guess I'd always thought it'd be
The perfect day ♪

- [chuckles]
- ♪ Wake up every morning and celebrate ♪

- What?
- ♪ Radishes forever ♪

♪ Doesn't that sound great?
And do it over and over and over again ♪

♪ But now it feels like this is
Never gonna end ♪

- [chuckles]
- ♪ And I'll be stuck forever here ♪

- ♪ Without my friends ♪
- What?

♪ And now I wish I listened to the
Things they said ♪

♪ Not do this over
And over and over again ♪

♪ I'm trapped inside a time loop ♪

They're gone!

I don't know if I'll ever get out of here.

I've seen this all before,
I can't take it anymore.

Oh, no, no. Not again, not again. Ah!

♪ I guess I'd always thought it'd be
The perfect day ♪

- [chuckles]
- ♪ Wake up every morning and celebrate ♪

- What?
- ♪ Radishes forever ♪

♪ Doesn't that sound great?
And do it over and over and over again ♪

♪ Now it feels like this
Is never gonna end ♪

♪ And I'll be stuck forever here
Without my friends ♪

♪ And now I wish I listened to the
Things they said ♪

♪ And do this over
And over and over again ♪

♪ Do this over and over and over again
Do this over and over and over again ♪

[pants, sighs]

- [Cotterpin] Come on, radishes.
- Huh?

- [Cotterpin] Grow, grow, grow.
- Radishes? [gasps]

- Hey, Cotterpin. [grunts]
- Huh?

Did you say you're growing radishes?
Like, new ones?

Uh, trying to. I'm using something called
hydroponics. Can I show you?

- Uh, nah. I'm not interested.
- Okay.

I'm just joking. I am very interested.

Do Doozers use sarcasm?

No, we don't.

- Uh-huh.
- Okay.

So, the soil in the Gorgs' garden
can't grow radishes anymore.

But, with this, you can grow things
in water without soil.

- Oh.
- Come on, little radish.

You're stronger than you were yesterday,

and tomorrow,
who knows what hope you'll bring?

Tomorrow?

A tomorrow that won't come
if I keep reliving today out of fear.

[whimpers]

[grunts] Thanks, Cotterpin.

Uh, for what?

[Boober panting]

[groans] Oh. Oh, come on. [grunts]

Where's that tube?

[sighs, grunts]

[grunts]

[sighs] And how do I get back
to my friends? [sighs]

- [Fraggles grunting, groaning]
- Oh, boy.

[grunting] Good idea using
your Uncle Matt's Loop of Eternity

- but it's not enough.
- I know.

We're gonna need help from someone
with super Fraggle strength.

- Someone with an old-timey strong build.
- Yeah.

[shouting]
They're gone! The radishes are gone!

I looked high. I looked low. I...

All due respect, Boober needs help now
and there's no time. Help us.

Yeah, over there. Come on.
You push, we'll pull.

[all groaning]

[whimpering] I want outta here.

I'm ready to face tomorrow
with my friends. Oh. [whimpers]

[gasps] Gobo!

[Gobo] Boober!

You're here?

We're headed to tomorrow!

Which is our today!

Well, actually it's still the same day,
though a bit later!

- Just grab on!
- [shrieks]

[grunts]

[Gobo] Let her rip, Icy Joe!

- [Boober] Whoa! [grunts]
- [yelling, groaning]

[Fraggles groaning, panting]

You guys saved me.
[sighs] I'm sorry I jumped back in.

I was so worried about what a
radish-free Fraggle Rock would look like...

[sighs] ...I didn't wanna face tomorrow.

- [sighs]
- [Boober] But tomorrow's where hope lives,

so that's where I wanna go.

And I'm ready to face whatever
the future brings...

- Yeah.
- ...as long as I'm with my friends.

- Aw.
- Yeah.

Wow, Boober.

- You did a lot of growing in that tube.
- Mm-hmm.

Well, living the same day over and over
leaves a lot of room for introspection.

Mm-hmm.

- It's also really exhausting. [sighs]
- Mm-hmm.

- Can we go to bed now?
- Yes!

I thought you'd never ask! [chuckles]

- Ooh! Slumber party?
- Yeah! Come on! [laughs]

- [Fraggles cheering, laughing]
- [Gobo] Can't wait!

Is someone gonna tell Icy Joe
what's going on? [grunts]

Hello? [groans]

[inhales deeply, sighs]

[barking]

Whoa. Is it tomorrow?

Wow. Look how nice a day it is. [chuckles]

[Sprocket grunts]

Wait. I get to go to my lab today.

I love that.
And then I get to teach high school kids.

That's cool.
And then I get to work at the diner

and maybe eat pancakes on my break.

- [howls]
- [Doc chuckles]

It's gonna be a great day.
Thanks, Sprockie. [chuckles]

I was stuck on worrying about tomorrow,
but now that it's today,

it's where all the fun stuff happens.

- [gasps] And you made me coffee.
- [barks]

Hmm. I don't know what that is
but that's definitely not coffee.

- [whimpers]
- [chuckles]

[sniffing, gags]

[Fraggles snoring]

[fanfare plays]

[Fraggles exclaiming]

- [Barry] Hi, I'm Barry Blueberry.
- [Sherry] And I'm Sherry Contrary.

- [whimpers] Oh, no. Not again.
- [Red gasping]

And we're honored to be the first
to welcome you to the Great Radish Ball...

cleanup party!

[Barry, Sherry laughing]

Well, that was some pause before you said
"cleanup party," huh, Barr?

Well, I'm a presenter, Sherry.
I weave a story with my words.

[both laughing, sigh]

[Fraggles sighing]

Well, that's not coffee.