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[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 ♪