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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.

[whimpers]

[exclaims, pants]

[groans, whimpers]

It's an outrage!

Worse than that, [stammers] it's blasphemy.

Sprocket, do you knowwhat Mr. Herman Grubtoe,

our honorable candidate for mayor, wants to do now?

He wants to chop down our tree.

[Sprocket gasps, exclaims]

That's my favorite tree.

It's where I put my clothesline. It's where I repose to cogitate.

-And it's the tree where you... [gasps]

-Well, it's your favorite tree too.-[whines, barks]

I... I agree Sprocket. But the problem is, how do we stop him?

[whines]

Oh, look. There's old Ben Stribling.

-His... His grandmother planted that tree.-[whimpers]

I bet he's going to be sad whenhe finds out Grubtoe is cutting it down.

Sprocket, I've got it. Sprocket, I've got it.

If Grubtoe wants to win the election,

then he can't cut down a treethat means so much to the local voters.

We'll keep a constant watchand see how many use its shade

or stop and admire its beauty.

Well, come on, Sprocket. I need your acute canine vision.

-[Fraggles chattering]-[Wembley] That's it!

-[Mokey] Thanks, Rita.-[Red] Come on.

-[Mokey] Okay, let's see.-[Red] Been doin' this all day.

[Wembley] That's great, Gobo!

Is this saw broken or what?

-You've really got the hang of it now.-[Gobo] Ah.

-[Red groans] Whew.-Okay, Red.

I'm ready to challenge youto the Swimming Backwards Underwater Race.

He's really ready, all right.

No one's challenging anyoneuntil I get rid of these knobblies.

-Oh.-[sighs] I just don't understand it.

They've never grown like this before. Oh!

Yeah, they are kinda bad this time, aren't they?

Bad? They're horrible! Hideous! Horrendous!

Bad? They're horrible! Hideous! Horrendous!

Oh, I hate these knobblies.

Every time we wanna havean Underwater Frolic,

they appear for no reason. Who needs 'em? [scoffs]

Oh but, Red!

That's how we know it's timefor the Underwater Frolic,

when the knobblies appear.

So you see, we do need them.

But not when they take up the whole pool!

-Good morning, everybody.-Ah!

-Juice time!-Oh boy.

[Mokey] Ooh, thanks, Boober.

Uh, juice? Now?

-[Wembley] Ah.-[Boober] Mm.

[sniffs] Uh, wh... what kind of juiceis this, Boober?

-[sniffs] Ew.-Kohlrabi.

-[Mokey] Ah.-Kohlrabi? Oh.

[sniffing]

[smacks lips, gags]

Oh, Boober. This is horrible.

[gags, coughs]

-She's right. [gags, coughs]-Oh. [stammers] I see.

-[Gobo] Yuck!-[Mokey] Well, I'm sorry.

-Ew! Yuck. Ew.-[Wembley coughs, clears throat]

-[water bubbles]-[gasps] Whoa!

-What's in this stuff, poison?-[Mokey gasps]

-Look. It's killing the knobblies.-Oh! It is? [groans]

Aw! Poor little knobblies. Oh. Aw! Poor little knobblies. Oh.

Poor knobblies nothing. Give me more of that juice!

Ah, ah, ah! Red, Red, Red.

Pruning them is quite one thing, but killing them is another.

No, no.

-[Wembley] Oh, ow!-Wembley, what are you doing?

-I'm dead. I drank the poison juice.-[Mokey] Oh, Wembley.

Wembley, kohlrabi juice is not poisonousto Fraggles, just to knobblies.

-I'm saved!-You're weird. Uh, Boober.

Pass that pitcher here.

-[Mokey] Ah, ah, ah!-[Boober] Uh, yes.

-No, Red. No, no, no.-[Boober] Huh?

No. I'm not gonna let you killinnocent knobblies.

But what about the Underwater Frolic? Those knobblies are ruining everything!

Oh. We can swim around them.

[stammers, growls]

[mimicking] "We can swim around them."

Oh, we can't. And we won't.'Cause I'm gonna get rid of them! [grunts]

-[Wembley gasps]-[stammers] I don't know, Red.

Maybe cutting them backis a better idea than killing them.

-[growls]-Ahhh!

Then again, maybe it's not.

-Boober!-Uh, yes?

-Have you got any more kohlrabi juice?-Yes.

Well, bring all you've got and pour iton these knobblies.

Well, bring all you've got and pour iton these knobblies.

Yes.

-[growls]-[whimpers] Uh...

-And we'll help him.-Yes, yes.

Mm. [pants]

Ooh! I'm gonna get rid of these knobblies, if it's the last thing I do.

Oh! [grunts]

Ooh! Oh.

[whimpers] What's going on?

[whimpering]

Oh. In my head, [pants] I see...

a giant tree. [gasps]

Oh! Ooh... [pants] Uh...

Uh, ahhh!

Oh. And now [pants] I hear a voice.

Uh, what's it saying? Uh... [gasps]

[singsong] "Follow the roots. Follow the roots."

[gasps] Could these knobbliesbe roots to something?

Huh.

[grunts] Oh.

"Follow the roots. Follow the roots."

I wonder where that voice is coming from?[inhales]

I wonder where that voice is coming from?[inhales]

Boy, look at all these knobblies. Hmm.

Oh. Whoa.

[gasps] It's that voice again.

"Follow the roots. Follow the roots."

Ah.

Hey. There's a tunnel down there.

A long, dark tunnel.

[whimpers]

Well, here goes.

"Follow the roots. Follow the roots."

Hmm.

[gasps] Wow! It looks like the trunkof an underwater tree.

Oh boy. I need some air. Mm.

[multiple voices, singsong]Follow the roots.

-Huh?-Follow the roots...

Hey! Hey, hey, hey. Look.

-Someone heard us. [ululates]-Yeah!

Where am I?

[all ululating]

The Levesque twins just leanedtheir bicycles against the tree

while they went to cutold Grandma McIntyre's lawn.

[metal clattering]

Ooh! I hate to think of poor old Grandma

pushing her own lawn mower[stammers] if Grubtoe cuts down that tree!

[Sprockett sighs, grunts]

Sprocket, you got to admit, this is pretty fascinating.

Sprocket, you got to admit, this is pretty fascinating.

I had no idea so many people or animalsuse that old tree.

[clattering]

Ah! There's Mrs. Lee. She's hanging up a campaign poster for...

Sprocket!

-That's it!-[whimpers]

My paints. Just what I need.

-Sprocket, move it.-[groans]

What's this old bone doing in there?

Sprocket, if this brilliant idea of minefor saving an old tree doesn't work,

-[chuckles] I don't know what will.-[sighs]

[all ululating]

-Isn't it amazing? It worked. It worked.-Yeah.

Our call has been answered. Yeah.

-I'll make waves to that.-Me too!

[ululating resumes]

What's going on?

Welcome, creature from beyond.

Uh, who are you? What do you want?

-Allow me to introduce ourselves.-Yeah.

-I'm Mermer Merggle.-Mm-hmm.

And that up there, that Merggle, that's Merple Merggle.

And that up there, that Merggle, that's Merple Merggle.

-That's right.-And over there, that Merggle,

that's Merkey Merggle.

-Hello.-And this is Merboo Merggle.

That's right. Thank you for coming. It's a vision come true.

Oh, and that Merggle there, that's Mervin.

Wanna buy a hat? Real cheap, seven shells.

[Merggles ululate]

-[stammers] No thanks.-And who are you?

My name is... is Red Fraggle, and I come from Fraggle Rock.

[Merggles gasp]

-I don't believe it!-[Mermer] Oh! Oh!

You have no flippers or fins.

Well, you have no legs or feet.

Well, no flippers, no fins. You can't splash. You can't swim!

-[gasps] You can't live.-[Red] Aw!

Oh, but look on the bright side: you get to wear socks.

I can see it all now.

A world with no flippers, no fins, but a whole lot of socks.

Yeah, yeah. Uh, Merboo here is keeper of the vision.

It was her idea to try to senda message through the tree.

-That's right.-See, watch? You go, uh... [grunts]

Follow the root. Follow the root. Follow the root. Follow the root.

-So, that's how you did it.-See? Yes.

Yes. Because the treeis the center of all life

and our probe into the unknown.

And look what it brought us: a finless, flipperless Fraggle.

Oh, oh. Uh, don't mind him. H-He's always grumpy like that.

It's his job. He's Seer of the Dark Side.[chuckles]

And I'm Seer of the Bright Side.

And your arrival is a wonder, a breakthrough, a pearl in our oyster.

Aw, don't be silly. Our oyster ran away weeks ago.

Uh, yeah.[stammers] What do you want from me?

Well, uh, to tell you the truth, we're a little tired

of only having each other to talk to.

And we wondered if there wasanyone out there to hear us.

Yeah. So Merboo told us to feed our treeextra-fortified food [laughs]

to make the roots go as far as they could.

Because our tree is the center of all lifeand the probe into the unknown.

[Merggles ululate]

♪ There's a place where I go ♪

♪ Where my heart starts to grow ♪

♪ And I see whatThe whole world is worth ♪

Oh, sing it!

♪ It's a tree with a view ♪

♪ It's for me, it's for you ♪

♪ It's a tree that shall be evermore ♪

♪ Tree of life, carry meTree of life, ferry me ♪

♪ Tree of life, shelter me in the strife ♪

♪ In your branches we flyln your roots we can lie ♪

♪ In the dream of the green tree of life ♪

♪ In the branches above ♪

♪ Where the sun shines in love ♪

♪ There's a time whenThe mystery is plain ♪

♪ In the roots down below ♪

♪ Where the dark tendrils grow ♪

♪ There's a place whereThe world starts again ♪

♪ Two, three ♪

♪ Tree of life, carry me ♪

♪ Tree of life, ferry me ♪

♪ Tree of life, shelter me in the strife ♪ ♪ Tree of life, shelter me in the strife ♪

♪ In the strife ♪

♪ In your branches we fly ♪

♪ In your roots we can lie ♪

♪ In the dream of the green tree of life ♪

♪ Tree of life ♪

[water sloshing]

[Merggles and Red ululate and laugh]

Let's celebrate Red Fraggle,

the brightest thingthat's ever happened to us.

[gasps] Let's have a feast!

-[Mermer] Oh, here, here!-Oh no. Not a feast.

Oh, so many shells to wash.

-Oh. A feast. Yes, yes.-[chattering]

I'll make waves to that.

-[ululating]-[Red] Uh, whoa!

Do you think there's a market for hatswhere you come from?

I'm the Seller of Hats, see, and, uh, I'm ready to expand. [chuckles]

-Yes, yes. Tell us about Fraggle Rock.-Mm.

-Ooh! Yes, do.-Fraggle Rock is a wonderful place.

A-And the most wonderful thingabout it is the Fraggles,

A-And the most wonderful thingabout it is the Fraggles,

especially my friends.

-[Boober grunting]-Whoo-hoo!

-That's it. Go on, Boober.-Whoo!

-Keep squeezing those kohlrabies.-Whoo!

Yeah, we need lots of juiceto kill off all these knobblies.

-Yeah.-Oh, I love it. I love it. [laughs]

Okay, stop now. Stop. That's enough. That's enough.

I can't rememberwhen I've had so much fun!

-[Wembley chuckles]-Yep.

-That oughta do it.-Yep.

-Okay, Wembley. Let's pour it in.-Okay.

[grunts]

-[Merggles chatter]-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So what you should really dois come back with me

and see Fraggle Rock for yourselves!

[Mermer] Oh my!

Could we? I'd love to meetall those new friends.

They sound so wonderful, so interesting, so incredibly energetic.

Oh yeah, yeah.

I'm not going anywhereon an empty stomach.

Well, who is?

Uh, Red Fraggle, why don't you comeand sit up here on the branch of honor?

Why don't you wear the shellsof friendship?

-Ooh! Thank you.-Ah.

And why don't you eat this plateof leftovers?

And why don't you eat this plateof leftovers?

-Ooh.-But you mustn't eat until we make waves.

-Ah.-Again?

[clears throat]

Today we make waves to honor Red Fraggle

and our treethat brought her here. [inhales]

[ululating]

-[branch cracks]-[Red] Whoa! Ohhh!

[gasps] Hey! What's the big idea?

What happened to that branch? As Guardian of the Tree, I need to know.

It fell all by itself.

[gasps] Oh, no!

Something horribleis happening to our tree.

Oh now, wait. As Seer of the Bright Side,

I must remind you that our treeis virtually indestructible.

Oh yeah. Well, she's right, uh, Merkey. Perhaps you are diving to conclusions.

After all, the only thing knownto Merggles that can hurt our tree

-is kohlrabi.-Kohlrabi?

-Yes.-So, look on the bright side.

There's no kohlrabi around herefor miles and miles.

-That's right.-[Red stammers]

Actually, uh, that's not quite true.-[Merggles] Huh?

Actually, uh, that's not quite true.-[Merggles] Huh?

Uh, I'm afraid I have somethingsort of, uh, icky to tell you.

[stammers] We're all gills. Speak.

-Yeah.-Well, uh, I...

I think my friends... Remember the ones I told you about?

[Merggles] Yes, yes. Yes, we do.

Well, uh, I think they may have justpoured kohlrabi juice on the knobblies.

Oh my.

Well, that's too bad for the knobblies.

But what do knobblies have to dowith our tree?

What? Oh.I think the... The knobblies are the roots.

-[Merggles shriek]-What?

Your friends poured kohlrabi juiceon the roots of our tree? [shrieks]

The fiends! The monsters! The brutes!

No. Uh, a-actually, I... I told them to do it.

-You what? You fiend!-You monster!

-You brute!-No!

[Merggles clamoring]

-Let me out! Let me out!-Never! [sobs]

We thought you were our friendand you betrayed us.

-[branch cracks]-[Merggles exclaim]

Now just look at our beautiful tree. It's dying.

Now just look at our beautiful tree. It's dying.

Oh, I knew probing the unknownwould come to no good.

-Well, look on the bright side.-What bright side?

Uh, well, give me a moment. I'll think of one.

[groans]

-Please let me go.-[Mermer scoffs]

I'll go back and tell my friends to stopkilling the roots before it's too late.

Ha! Ha! Ha! You expect us to believe that?

We welcomed you with open fins, we trusted you.

-We even liked you.-Yes.

And look what you did. You wanted to kill our tree!

-No, please!-[another branch cracks]

[Merggles exclaim]

-Oh, Merboo!-Yes?

-Keeper of the Vision...-Yes?

What do you see us doing now?

We must pack our nets and go.

-Go? Where?-To the Incredibly Faraway Lake.

No, no, no, no. That's so incredibly far away.

-We'll never make it.-I know.

We must either leave and finda new beginning...

-Yes.-...or stay and watch the bitter end.

[Merggles wailing and weeping]

For the first timeas Keeper of the Bright Side,

For the first timeas Keeper of the Bright Side,

[sobs] I can't see the bright side.

[wailing continues]

Oh, this is all a horrible mistake![whimpers]

Uh, we'll have to have some more juiceto finish off these knobblies.

-Knobblies.-Well, you're in luck.

'Cause I just got a honey of a kohlrabithat I'm just dying to squeeze.

-Oh! [laughs]-Hey, hey.

-I hope all this work makes Red happy.-Yeah, where is she, anyway?

She's probably with Mokey.

-Yeah.-Uh, excuse me. Excuse me, guys.

Have you seen Red? The Frolic is about to begin

and I have to ask herabout these decorations.

-No.-[gasps]

-We thought she was with you.-Yeah.

No. I haven't seen her for ages.

-Well, then where is she?-Well, I don't know.

-Uh, maybe we better go look for her.-Yeah. Good idea.

-Uh, Red!-Red! Red!

-Red!-Oh, Red!

-Red! Red!-Red!

Ah! Wow!

-[Merboo] Farewell, tree. [wails]-[Mermer] Goodbye, tree. [cries]

What about her? What about her?

Oh, her? Well, she'll never hurt anyone again.

-Ha!-Oh!

No! No, wait. Wait. You can't leave me here.

I'm your friend. The tree brought us together, remember?

Oh, they're gone. I've ruined everything.

Oh, tree. You got me into this. I wish you could get me out.

-[grunting]-Wait a minute. Hmm.

-Psst. Hey, Fraggle.-Uh-huh?

You wanna buy a hat? Closing-out sale. Real steal.

Uh, no thanks, Mervin. I'm thinking.

Aw, you drive a hard bargain. [grunts]

Wait a minute! Mervin, stop! Come back! Come back!

I knew you couldn't resist.

Uh, listen. If I buy one of your hats, will you push me over to the tree?

Uh, uh, no!

No, [stammers] I couldn't do that. Why, you're the enemy.

They'd never forgive me! [pants]

-Two hats?-Uh, it's a deal.

- [gasps] Great, great!-[grunts] Uh-oh. - [gasps] Great, great!-[grunts] Uh-oh.

Ah! Uh, Gobo! Wembley! Boober! Mokey! Can somebody hear me? Please!

[grunting]

-[Mokey] Red?-Oh, did you find Red?

-Uh-uh.-No, she's disappeared without a trace.

-Now where could she be?-I don't know.

-Oh, look at these poor knobblies.-Yeah.

Come on, Wembley. Let's pour in the last of this juice.

[all gasp, exclaim]

Uh, I don't know why,

but I'm getting a picture of Redin a cage,

hanging onto the branch of a giant tree.

-What?-Hmm. Yes.

And a voice is saying, "Do not kill the knobblies."

Do not kill the knobblies!

-Do not kill the knobblies!-[grunts]

You promised you'd buy two hats!

Yeah. Mervin, if I heard you, then someone in Fraggle Rock

has got to hear me. We're connected by the tree.

Follow the knobblies. Follow the knobblies!

Follow the knobblies. Follow the knobblies!

Now the voice is saying, -"Follow the knobblies."

-What?

I think it sounds like Red. Here. Yeah.

-"Follow the knobblies." -[Wembley] Oh.

-[grunts] You're right.-Yeah.

Oh, I'm gonna check this out.

-Oh, good.-In the meantime,

-don't kill any more knobblies.-No, no. We won't. No.

[grunts]

Follow the knobblies! Follow the knobblies!

[grunts] You know, you're not very nice.

Oh. Oh, Mervin. I'm sorry. But I don't want your tree to die.

Uh, here. Here. Take these for the hats.

-[grunts]-Uh, keep the change.

Uh, whoa.

-Yeah. Oh.-Oh, thank you.

Oh! Here, uh... Oh.

-Uh, one shell, two shells...-Maybe it's already too late.

Maybe the tree is dead. And it's all my fault. What can I do?

Uh...

I can try one more time.

Uh, follow the knobblies. Uh, follow the knobblies.

Follow the knobblies!

Oh no. It looks like a long dark tunnel.

Well, I'm going back up. Red can't be down there.

"Follow the knobblies."

[grunts] Or can she?

Follow the knobblies. Follow the knobblies.

Somebody, anybody! Follow the knobblies!

Mervin, what are you doing? Come away at once.

-Whoa! What's going on here?-Oh nothing. I'm doing nothing. No.

Hey. Get your hand off that tree, young Fraggle!

-Please, the tree is our only hope.-That's funny, coming from you.

[gasps]

-Gobo!-Ahhh!

[coughs] Red, where are we?

Oh no. Another one.

-We're doomed!-[Merggles clamoring]

Doomed? Who's doomed?

Gobo, did you do what I told you to do? Gobo, did you do what I told you to do?

Yeah, we stopped killing the knobbliesjust like you said.

Wait a minute. Let me get this straight.

You told them not to kill the knobblies?

You? You saved our tree? On purpose?

Yes. I may have been silly, but I'm not an enemy.

I never wanted to hurt your tree.

-But, really?-Really!

[Merggles cheering, ululating]

[Merboo] Oh, thank you.

Could someone tell mewhat's going on around here?

So, not only does the tree connectus to Merggle Lake,

but it also connects us to the Merggles.

We can hear each otherthrough the knobblies... I mean, roots.

Mm. That is the most amazing storyl have ever heard.

-[Mokey] Me too.-Me three.

-Me four.-Me five.

-[Red gasps]-Me six.

-[Red chortles]-Me Mervin.

-Anybody wanna buy a hat?-[laughter]

It's time for the Underwater Frolic!

[laughter and cheers]

And you must also realize, Mr. Grubtoe, that it is under that very same tree

that Mrs. Melon's fifth graders holdtheir nature class.

[chuckles] They may not vote, sir, but their parents do.

You agree? Excellent! Thank you, sir, and goodbye.

Sprocket, we did it.

Not only is Grubtoenot going to cut down our tree,

but he's going to plant another one.[chuckles]

And you know what I promised in return? I promised I'd hang this up.

You see, when Grubtoe heard our report, he realized our tree

was the best place in townfor his campaign poster. [chuckles]

Oh, Sprocket. Why don't you bury this old bone?

Where? Under the tree, of course. [laughs]

[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 ♪