Original subtitles

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!

A Fraggle!

Hey, look, Ma.

I caught a Fraggle!

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

Down at Fraggle Rock.

Hello, Sprocket. How are you?

I know you do like Christmas, don't you?

It's a wonderful time of the year,

even if the days are getting shorterand colder.

Today is December 21st.

Yeah, we've come to the winter solstice.

Solstice.

Here, let me show you.

See, around this time of the year,

our part of the worldis tilting away from the sun.

So we get less heat and winter comes.

Now when the tilt stops,

that's the solstice.

Means standing still.

Sprocket, solstice.

See? Standing still.

Well, you know, for hundreds of years all through history,

Well, you know, for hundreds of years all through history,

at this time of the year, people have had...

You can move now.

People have had festivals.

Take the Romans.

They called their festival Saturnalia.

They had gamesand feasts and presents.

Sound familiar?

You know, Sprocket, you are smarterthan the average sheep dog.

That a boy.

It's getting colder.

Almost time for the Festival of the Bells.

What's the point?

Ding-dong, ding-dongDing-dong, ding-dong

Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong Whoa. Whoa.

Come on, Gobo, we have to rehearse.

Wait a minute, Wembley.

-No, come on. We have to rehearse.-I don't wanna rehearse the Weeba Beast.

Come on! Weeba, weeba, weeba.

The best partof being part of the Weeba Beast

is that the costume is so nice and warm.

I'm glad you like it, Boober.

I think this costume expressesthe essence of the Weeba Beast

and captures its true mythos.

And the flippers are neat, too.

We're here. We're here.

-Whoops.-We're here.

Well, it's about time.

Well, we're ready to rehearse.

Speak for yourself, Wembley.

Oh. Okay.

I like the Weeba Beast traditionalmost as much as I like ringing a bell.

Oh, yeah.

You like the costume, Gobo?

Yeah.

Well, the flippers... I mean, it's... It's fine.

Put on the head, Gobo.

Let's rehearse our dancebefore Cantus gets here.

-Yeah, come on.-Yeah.

Let's dance.

-Here we go.-Ready?

-Weeba weeba!-Weeba weeba.

Weeba weeba! Weeba weeba!

Weeba weeba!

Weeba... Weeba weeba!

-Weeba weeba!-Weeba weeba.

Gobo, what's wrong?

You're supposed to say "weeba" with the rest of us.

Yeah, come on.

I don't wanna do this.

-Come on. It's fun.-It's warm in here.

This is silly.

Weeba weeba!

-Weeba weeba!-Weeba weeba!

Weeba...

Weeba weeba!

Weeba weeba.

Weeba weeba!

Whoa, I love it.

That was wonderful.

I can't wait. I can't wait.

You won't have to.

It's getting colder, and the rock is slowing down.

-Cantus will be here soon.-Yeah.

Listen. The Fraggle horn. Cantus is coming.

What'd I tell ya?

-Let's go.-Okay.

All right.

After you.

Ouch. You stepped on my foot.

-Turn around.-Come on.

Come on.

Hey, come on, Gobo. The festival's starting.

Wembley, what's the use?

The Festival of the Bell is silly.

It's a waste of time.

Gobo, the rock will fall on you, saying things like that.

Wembley, haven't you ever thoughtabout the legend?

Well, sure. Haven't you?

Yes. And it doesn't make any sense.

Sure, it does. Listen, listen.

At the heart of the rockthere lies a bell.

The bell must ring once every year,

once every year, when the rock slows down.

Yeah. That's when it gets really cold.

If the bell didn't ring, the rock would freeze,

the rock would freeze and stop forever.

Maybe even longer, Gobo.

Yeah, that's the story, all right.

Gobo, Gobo, that is not just a story. That's the truth.

Now, come on. Come on.

Wembley, it's all a party game.

-Okay, there's a lot of fun in it, -Yeah.

-but what's it for?-What... Where's the Great Bell?

Well, it's at the heart of the rock.

So they say.

But no one's ever seen it.

-Well...-Look, Wembley.

I found this mapin a file marked "Very Old Stuff."

I found this mapin a file marked "Very Old Stuff."

-Wow.-It's a map of the whole of Fraggle Rock.

-The whole...-And the center of the rock

is just about here.

Oh, yeah.

I've looked and I've looked,

and there's nothing written hereabout a Great Bell.

Well, look for yourself.

-What do you see?-Well.

It's hard to read,

and there are a lotof twisty tunnels and...

-Yeah.-and tiny rooms, and...

and at the center, a cave kind of shaped like a bell.

-A what?-What? What?

Shaped like a bell.

You're right.

I can't believel never saw this here before.

Me neither.

I found it.

Gobo? Wembley?

What are you two doing?

The festival is about to begin.

He doesn't wanna come, Red.

Well, you didn't use the right argument.

Turn around.

You're going.

Not now, Red.

-Yes, now.-No, look.

I found it.

-Who cares?-No, look. Wait.

-No.-But, no.

-Come on.-Wait.

That Red can be very persuasive.

To the festival!

Weeba. Weeba weeba weeba.

Weeba.

Come on, Gobo. It's almost time.

Red, you don't understand.

A most amazing thing has happened.

-Move.-I've been studying this map,

and I think I can find...

You guys, Cantus is almost here.

How can you rush when it's so cold?

Listen. It's Cantus.

There's a rhythm, there's a rising

There's a dream of greenThat needs to wake

A password and a promise

That the earth will never, ever break

It's coming, feel it humming

In the hearts we shareWith rock and sky

So raise your voices high

There's a rhythm, there's a rising

There's a dream of greenThat needs to wake

A password and a promise

That the earth will never, ever break

It's coming, feel it humming

In the hearts we shareWith rock and sky In the hearts we shareWith rock and sky

So raise your voices high

There's a rhythm, there's a rising

There's a dream of greenThat needs to wake

A password and a promise

That the earth will never, ever break

It's coming, feel it humming

In the hearts we shareWith rock and sky

So raise your voices High

Hark, Fraggles.

-Hark.-Hark, Cantus.

I'm happy to be here with you todayfor the Festival of the Bells,

the most wondrousof all Fraggle celebrations.

The same goes for us, too. Right, Gobo?

-Yeah, sure, but... I know, Gobo.

It's hard to register enthusiasmwhen you're freezing to death.

Well, the rock is slowing down.

The ceremony must begin.

Excuse me, but...

The giant Weeba Beast guarded the bellin the days when the rock was small.

The giant Weeba Beast guarded the bellin the days when the rock was small.

-Yeah.-I know, I know.

And look, I've got proof... Now that the rock has grown,

and layers of stone cover the Great Bell,

we no longer travel to the heart.

At least not on foot.

No, no.

Instead, we remember.

Remember. I love that part.

All Fraggles the rock overring their bells...

-Yeah.-all together,

all at the same time.

Our bells wake the Great Bell.

-Yeah.-Yeah.

The Great Bell rings,

and the rock keeps movingfor another year.

Isn't it fantastic?

Now it grows colder.

Let the festival begin.

-No. Wait.-What?

Have you ever seen the Great Bell?

Not with my eyes.

Well, then how do you knowit really exists?

Gobo, what are you saying?

We see with our eyes,

we know with our hearts... we know with our hearts...

outside, inside.

There. He answered your stupid question.

What kind of an answer is that?

The kind that follows your question.

Well, I've got a better answer.

I'm going to bring youthe Great Bell of Fraggle Rock.

What?

Why do you want to look for somethingthat's so easily found?

So I can see it, and...

and show everybody that it really exists,

so this holiday will mean something.

-But, Gobo, it already means something.-Yeah.

You will find the Great Bellat the heart of the rock.

I know. And that's where I'm headed.

But, Gobo, what about the festival?

What if you're not back in time?

-We'd have to ring the bells without you.-Yeah.

It's either that or freeze.

Don't worry, I'll be back in time.

So wait. Wait until I bring you the bell.

But you could take forever.

The heart of the rockmay be farther away than you think.

Then again,

it may be closer.

Well, I've got my maps.

I know exactly where I'm going.

So promise. Promise you'll wait.

-Not on your... We promise, Gobo.

Okay. Now, don't worry.

I'll be back in time.

I promise.

Hundreds of cultures have festivalsat this time of the year, Sprocket.

I thought, for a change, we'll celebrate them all.

It's a piñata.

It's a Mexican Christmas decoration.

One of the guests at the Captain's Inngave it to me,

a Señor Gomez.

It's a decorationfilled with gifts and candy.

Yes.

And you give a person or a dog a stick,

and he tries to break the piñatato get the gifts out.

Oh, no, no, no, no.

That'd be too easy.

You have to be blindfolded.

There we are now.

Now, you give it a try.

Seems to me, Sprocket,

there's a winter solstice tradition...

similar to breaking the piñata.

I'll try and find it here.

True, Sprocket.

Some primitive tribesbang pots and pans to make the sun rise,

but that's hardly the sameas the piñata tradition.

Am I mistaken, or is it getting colder in here?

It always gets colderas the rock slows down.

Wembley, how could you have promised Gobowe'd wait for him?

But he promised to bring usthe Great Bell of Fraggle Rock.

Fantastic.

So why couldn't he have goneon his heroic search days ago?

-Well... On his own time.

We do the things we have to do

when we have to do them.

Not sooner, not later.

Well, I thinkwe're gonna have to ring the bells

a little bit on the sooner side.

Gee, I wonder what it's likebeing frozen forever.

Gee, I wonder what it's likebeing frozen forever.

I wonder what it's likebeing able to feel your hands and feet.

I think we should put onthe Weeba Beast costume now.

For luck?

No, for warmth.

I think we should go get Gobo and drag him back here.

I'm gonna go find him.

No one must leave.

The tunnels are too cold now.

You'll freeze.

But what about Gobo?

He didn't even take his mittens.

I will find Gobo.

You will wait here.

We do not have much time, and we must use all of it.

But what if the...

But what if the rock stopswhile you're gone?

Yeah.

There will be motion in the stillness,

as there is music in the silence.

Gee.

Isn't it comfortingreceiving such a wise message?

Whatever it meant.

Well, I think we should juststart the festival, and ring the bell.

But we promised.

You promised.

Hey, now wait a minute.

I'm sure Cantus knows what he's doing.

Well, maybe,

but he didn't take his mittens, either. But he didn't take his mittens, either.

I don't care if everyone's angry.

They won't bewhen I bring back that Great Bell.

Why, they'll all be proud of me.

We'll all ring our bells, and...

Why, maybe I'll even get to ringthe Great Bell myself.

Slippery.

Whoa!

I'm surprised he got this far.

He may be as determined as he is wrong.

I admire that.

It grows colder.

I should have brought my mittens.

Does it seem even colder?

Well, maybe it's justyour imagination, Red.

Well, then is it her imagination

that's making it so hard to move?

What if Gobo doesn't come back in time? What if Gobo doesn't come back in time?

Bless you.

I, for one, do not want to sit here and freeze

just to keepyour ridiculous promise, Wembley.

Gobo will be back soonwith the Great Bell.

And then we'll ring our bells.

Let's do something to keep our spirits up.

-Bless you.-Hey...

Did I tell you the latest postcardfrom Gobo's Uncle Travelling Matt?

Stand by. Spirits going down.

Let's see.

Dear Nephew Gobo,

Fraggles are not alone in celebratinga holiday during the time of the cold.

Even the Silly Creatures do it.

Fortunately, I was so cleverly disguised, I was able to stay and observe.

Let the celebration begin.

But none of our traditions were observed.

Instead, some Silly Creatures appeared,

left milk and cookies to cook by the fire, left milk and cookies to cook by the fire,

and hung their clothes in the living room.

I waited and waited, but nothing else happened.

What's the matterwith you Silly Creatures?

Where are the bells? Where are the Weeba Beasts?

Is this any way to run a holiday?

Really, Nephew Gobo, I miss the normaltraditions of Fraggle Rock.

But I could get used to these.

No way could I get used to this.

It's getting colder.

Yeah, but it'll all be better soon.

What if it isn't?

What if Cantus doesn't find Gobo?

What if we don't ring our bells in time?

What...

What if the rock stops?

And...

Well, I'm not going to let it happen. Well, I'm not going to let it happen.

I'm going to get my bell,

promise or no promise.

I can't.

I can make it.

I can make it.

I can.

I...

I can't.

Oh, no. There goes my map.

Now I'll never find the way.

What are you?

Say something.

Listen.

It's Cantus.

What are you doing here?

Listen. Listen.

Listen to what?

All I can hear are my teeth chattering.

You should've brought your mittens.

Now you tell me.

Listen.

The bell.

I knew I could find it.

This is it, the cave of the Great Bell,

right where the map said.

You've reached your goal.

Now let's go back. Your friends are waiting.

They're waiting to see the Great Bell.

And I'm gonna bring it to them.

You don't need to bring it to them. They already have it.

Aren't you gonna help me?

I just did.

It's coming free.

What?

What?

The cave is...

is empty.

There... there is no bell.

It's all a lie.

There is no Great Bell.

What am I gonna tell the others?

Cantus, all of a sudden, it seems so...

cold.

What seems, is.

It is the time.

The rock stands still.

That isn't true.

That's just a story.

So you say.

Behold.

Hey, everybody,

I've been to the cave of the Great Bell, and there's no...

Oh, no.

Boober, Mokey. Boober, Mokey.

Red.

I didn't mean to...

Oh, no.

Wembley.

Poor Wembley.

How did this happen?

You tell me.

We didn't get back in time.

We didn't have our festival.

But what difference does that make?

There is no Great Bell.

Are you sure?

Well, I followed the map.

You were with me.

I've been to the center of the rock.

But have you beento the heart of the rock?

I don't understand.

Listen, and hear what I say, for a change.

Last year, there was no Great Bellin that cave of yours,

and the rock did not stop, did it?

No, but...

Last year, the cold came and it went away, just as it always has.

What is different this year?

Nothing,

except... except...

we didn't ring our bells.

But what good does ringing bells do?

There's no Great Bellat the center of the rock.

But there is a Great Bellat the heart of the rock.

Wembley?

Wembley. He's moving.

It's working.

The Great Bellis at the heart of the rock.

I went to the center.

Not the heart.

The heart is...

Is here. Here.

Wembley. Wembley, ring your bell.

Oh, yes.

The Great Bell is...

is my bell.

It's Wembley's bell.

Our bells keep the rock moving.

-It's our music that keeps the rock alive.-Gobo.

Ring those bells!

It's good to have you back, Gobo.

It's good to be with you, Wembley,

at the heart of the rock.

Listen.

Church bells, Sprocket.

Isn't it wonderful?

I think we've done a good job.

We have traditional holiday decorationsfrom all over the world.

You mean to sayyou haven't broken that piñata yet?

Yeah, bells are usedin many holiday traditions.

Look, Sprocket.

Look.

Dog bones for you, and...

a pair of mittens for me.

What a wonderful Christmas this will be.

Merry Christmas, Sprocket.

Merry Christmas.

Raise your voices high Raise your voices high

There's rhythm, there's a rising

There's a dream of greenThat needs to wake

A password and a promise

That the earth will never, ever break

It's coming, feel it humming

In the hearts we shareWith rock and sky

So raise your voices high

There's a rhythm, there's a rising

There's a dream of greenThat needs to wake

A password and a promise

That the earth will never, ever break

It's coming, feel it humming

In the hearts we shareWith rock and sky

So raise your voices High