05x02 - The Riddle of Rhyming Rock

[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.

[Sprocket sneezes]

[sniffles]

[Doc] Sprocket, can you
open the door, please?

[gasps] Attaboy. Thank you.

[Sprocket grunting]

Talk about heavy!

It's the new automatic pie-maker

that Ms. Ardath has orderedfor
the kitchen at the Captain's Inn.

She asked me to put it together.

What's this? Oh, instructions.

"First open the box." Ha!

"And the washers and the nuts go
togetherwith the bolts." [chuckles]

Obvious stuff.
All obvious stuff.

I can't wait to try
this pie-maker out.

What's this?

Sprocket, I've already
lookedat the instruction booklet.

Dozens and dozens of delicious apple pies.
Dozens and dozens of delicious apple pies.

Sprocket, are you forgettingthat
I am a charter member

of the Tinkerers and
Inventors Society?

Why, I'm virtually
a founding father.

All right! Sorry, I may
have gone wrong before,

but putting something like
this togetheris a piece of cake.

-[Sprocket groans]-Or
should I say, a piece of pie.

[Doc chuckling]

[Wembley] Okay, Gobo.
Here's another riddle.

[Gobo] Okay, coach.

Eat a red radish or
have a bad dream.

What makes one
like the other seem?

[Gobo] Uh. When either is
done, you're the happy one.

-Right!-Boy, you're
in great shape.

But your answer doesn't
have to rhyme, does it, Gobo?

No, I was just stretchingthe
old mental muscles.

-Ah! Okay. Well,
here is one.-Muscles.

What's always roundwith
a surprising sound?

Oh!

Hey, no fair! You
answered the riddle.

Gobo's the one in training to
solvethe riddle of Rhyming Rock.

Gobo's the one in training to
solvethe riddle of Rhyming Rock.

-What?-An O is always round,

and we say it when
we're surprised.

Get it?

[together] Oh!

-Right.-[Red chuckles]

[chuckles] Oh.

[humming]

[laughing] I got another
riddle, you are gonna love it!

-[Gobo] Huh?-Quiet!

All creatures pause
to listento the riddle,

when first approaching
Rhyming Rock.

[ticking]

[Rhyming Rock] Bing bong.

Sing song.

Ding dong.

Gong.

-Wow.-Yes.

-Today's riddle's a
tough one, eh?-Yeah.

Hey, you should have
heard yesterday's.

"Ring ring, hop hop,
diddley-bop, stop."

-You must be
Herkimer.-That's right.

And welcome to the
legendary Rhyming Rock.

-Oh. [chuckles]-One
of the eight.

- Or is it nine? Maybe ten?-Well.
- Or is it nine? Maybe ten?-Well.

-Yeah.-Anyway.

One of the wonders
of Fraggledom!

I am Gobo. This is
Red and Wembley.

-Hi.-Hi. [chuckles]

Well, pleased to meet
you. I am the caretaker here.

The one who keeps this
wonderlooking so wonderful.

-You do too.-Yes. Yes.

So, what brings you here,
beyond the obvious, of course?

I wanted to hear the rhyme.

Well, you picked
a good day for that.

Yeah, the rock's
really rhyming today.

Yeah and then I wanna
tryto solve the riddle.

Yes. Yes. Oh, yeah
and you'll do it too.

What?

Do the riddle. Solve the riddle.

-Yeah!-Oh, no!

No. No. No!

-Huh?-No. No. No!

Out. Get out!
Out. Move it! Shoo!

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about
despair and weeping.

About the gnashing of
teethand the tearing of hair.

Frankly, I've had enough of it.

So, if you can't
just enjoy the rock,

for what it is, leave!
Come on. On your way.

But I have a right to try to solve...
But I have a right to try to solve...

No one ever solves the
riddleof Rhyming Rock!

-[Wembley sighs]-Come
on. Talk to him, will you?

He can't possibly succeed.

Why not?

Because the riddle
changes every day.

And you only get
three tries at it.

-And if you're wrong...-What?

You never get to try again.

The rock completely
ignores you forever!

Oh! The fresh-faced young
Fragglesl have seen strut in here

only to fail and leave as
depressed, dithering dimps. [sobs]

Yeah. But if I guess...

Yeah, it says rightin
the Book of Fraggle Lore,

"Weary traveler, heed this
rhyme. And you will dance in time."

-Dance in time. Wow!-Yeah.

Yeah, exactly.

-Okay champ, time to
tackle that riddle.-Yeah.

But you won't solve itand
then you'll weep and moan,

and carry on like all the
otherfailed Fraggles. [sobbing]

and carry on like all the
otherfailed Fraggles. [sobbing]

And I am sick of that.

So beat it! Scram! Vamoose.

But Gobo's been in
trainingfor this for ages.

-That's right.-Tell him, Gobo.

-Yeah. Stand
back.-[Wembley] Go get 'em.

-I am gonna solve
the riddle.-Yeah.

Okay.

[Rhyming Rock] Sing song.

Ding dong.

Gong.

A stalactite!

Bong.

Sing song.

-Ding dong.-[groans]

A stalactite?

Why didn't you discuss that
answerwith your coach or me first?

But it made sense to me.

Bing bong, sing
song and ding dong

are the sounds of
a stalactite dripping.

It always makes senseto
the fool who says it.

"Stalactite." Ha!

Do you know how many
Fraggleshave guessed that, huh?

Come on! If you
are going to guess,

-at least come up with something
fresh!-Okay. Okay. Relax. Relax. Just...

- Yeah. Yeah. Come on.-Concentrate.
- Yeah. Yeah. Come on.-Concentrate.

Yeah.

[Rhyming Rock] Sing song.

Stalagmite?

[whines]

One more and that's
it, it, it, Mr. Smarty Hat.

Your name will be
Gobo Failurefrom now on.

Come on, come on! I'm waitingfor
that final pearl from your lips.

Come on.

Gobo, you're not losing
your nerve, are you?

No, but I wanna go back down to
the rockand check with the Storyteller.

There's gotta be a better
wayof going about this.

Yeah, well, remember,
you've only got today.

Once you start guessing, you
get those three guesses in one day

and that's it.

I know. I know.

He knows. He knows.

Well, don't hurry back!

We don't want any riddles solvedaround
here. Thank you very much. Ha!

Hmm. Another way
of solving a riddle, eh?

If you know of one,
Madame Storyteller.

Ah, riddles are very tricky.

-You're telling me.-Yeah.

Did I ever tell you the story about
Mattand the riddle-solving spell?

Did I ever tell you the story about
Mattand the riddle-solving spell?

Uncle Matt discovereda
riddle-solving spell?

-My Uncle Matt?-His Uncle Matt?

-The irresistible same.-Wow!

This all took place many
years ago, of course,

when Matt was, if
you can imagine it,

even more devastatingly charmingand
debonair than he is today. [laughs]

-Hard to imagine.-Yeah.

-He shared a room with his Uncle
Gobo.-Oh, that's my great uncle.

-I'm named after
him.-We know. We know.

-I didn't know you knew.-I
knew you didn't know she knew.

-Well, on this
particular day...-Yeah.

Uncle Gobo was just
finishingsorting out his rock collection.

There! A whole day's
workto sort out all these,

but it was worth it.

Just one more piece

and I can start writing
my entryon Fraggle rocks

for the Fragglepedia.

Uncle Gobo. Uncle Gobo!

[sighs]

Uncle Gobo, look.

Look at this astonishing book I found.
Look at this astonishing book I found.

It's full of wonderful
magic spells...

How many times have
I told younot to do that?

Three times?

Don't come in here
like thatand don't yell!

A thousand pardons,
Uncle. A thousand pardons.

-A thousand... Yes. Good.

You get on with saying them,
while I'll go get the final rock I need

for my collection. [scoffs]

And while I'm gone,

don't let anything
happento my rock collection

or your name will be Rock Fuzz.

Got that? Rock Fuzz.

Yes, Sir. Rock Fuzz!

Oh, dolt!

Rock Fuzz.

But you didn't look at
this bookthat I found.

It's full of wonderful
magic spells like,

like this one. A spell
to solve any riddle.

-Hello, Matt.-[screams]

Don't come in here
like thatand don't yell.

Don't come in here
like thatand don't yell.

I just dropped by to see, if you
want to go down to Kissing Chasm.

You're the Storyteller, you must
know lots of riddles. Ask me one.

-What?-Yes, go on. Any riddle.

Okay.

Why is a book about
Fraggleslike the Great Hall?

Oh! That's a good one.

I haven't the faintest idea.

But don't tell
me. Don't tell me.

Let's see.

"Mumba, gumba, dinky-doo.

Pants for me. Answer you!"

[magical chime]

A book about Fragglesis
like the Great Hall

because they're both
fullof Fraggle tales.

Oh, Matt! You're
right. You're so right.

-I am?-[kisses]
You're wonderful.

Well, of course I am.

Oh, my! Could that Fraggle hug!

Wow! Come on, Wembley.

Let's go find that spell book.

Right. Right.

[Storyteller chuckles]

Kissing Chasm?

Oh, brother.

I'm gonna go home, too.

Hmm? Hey! Hey, wait!

That's just half the story.

You haven't heard
the most important part!

Dreadful things can happen.

Do you hear me? Dreadful things!

Oh, my dear! Oh, dear!

You see, Sprocket, every
machine has its own logic.

An instruction booklet
is rarely necessary

for an experienced
crafts personlike myself.

Now to turn on the machine.

[rattling]

That doesn't sound right.

I'll make a few adjustments.

There, that should do it.

Turn it on, Sprockie.

- [laughing]-That is not funny, Sprocket.
- [laughing]-That is not funny, Sprocket.

[Gobo] Where is it?
Where is that book of spells?

-Uh.-Nope.

Shouldn't you keep
in training, Gobo?

I mean, suppose you don't find
the book? Or the spell doesn't work?

I'll find it and it will work. That
book's got to be in here somewhere.

Well, I think you should
keep your riddlerin shape.

Now try this one.
[clears throat]

Summer sun or winter snow

how knows the
radish when to grow?

Come on. This is an easy one.
How knows the radish when to grow?

Wembley, I'm trying
to findthe spell book.

No matter what season it
is, the radish is always ready.

Ready, ready and red.
Ready red. Get it? Get it?

Okay, Wembley, but that's got nothingto
do with the riddle at Rhyming Rock.

-Well.-Yeah, that
riddle was more a...

-"Ding ding, bong bong and..."
-Bong bong.

Here it is!

The secret spell book.

-Wow!-Yeah. Now
I'll be able to find out

the riddle of Rhyming Rock.

-Oh, boy!-Then I'll feel fine.

Just like in the old song.
Just like in the old song.

-Hey, Wembley?-The old song?

♪ You can wine and
dineAnd you think you're fine ♪

♪ But you won't be fineTill
you find, the secret rhyme ♪

Come on Wembley, we
are going to Rhyming Rock.

Okay.

♪ Well, you sit beside a riverAnd
you think it's all there is there ♪

♪ But suddenly it hits you ♪

♪ As the blue goes
by, it's in the sky ♪

♪ It's flowing, a blowingA
growing all the time ♪

♪ And the whole world chimesWhen
you find the secret rhyme ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Well, you can huff and
puffAnd do all that stuff ♪

♪ But it ain't enoughlf you
muff the secret rhyme ♪

[saxophone playing]

♪ Miss Anna B.
BananaClimbing up a ladder ♪

♪ Suddenly it grabbed
herAs I climb and climb ♪

♪ Suddenly it grabbed
herAs I climb and climb ♪

♪ I see that I'm like a
treeLike a bee like the sea ♪

♪ Climbing all the timeAnd
the whole world chimes ♪

♪ And it winds in the secret
rhymeWell, you can wine and dine ♪

♪ And think you're
fineBut you won't be fine ♪

♪ Till you find
the secret rhyme ♪

Yeah! We are going
to find it too, Wembley.

Yeah!

I can feel that happy endingright
around the corner, eh, Wembley?

-You bet!-[Herkimer yells]

Just resting my eyes.
Just resting my eyes.

We caretakers never
cease, you know.

We're as much of a wonderas
the wonders we maintain.

-Yeah.-So, it's you.

Out! Out you go, you
troublemaker! Out.

We don't want you riddle-solving
typeshere at Rhyming Rock.

But I've got the
foolproof wayof solving...

That's what every foolish
Fragglewho ever came here thought.

Begone. Shoo!

-Scat. Scat.-I found the
spell that solves riddles.

I just have to cast the spell.

That's all he's got to do.
That's all he's got to do.

-A spell, huh?-Yeah.

-It's one my Uncle
Matt discovered.-Yeah.

-Hey, you need a warm-up
riddle, Gobo?-No, I don't think so.

-Oh, but thanks anyway,
coach.-Oh, thanks.

Okay. Everyone stand back.

"Turn around once,
rotate your head,

then shimmy while
repeatingthe following phrase."

-Wow! Neat?-No.

"Neat" is a descriptionof
how I keep this place.

"Weird" is a descriptionof
what he's talking about.

Right, right.

"Mumba, gumba, dinky-doo.

Pants for me and answer you!"

[magical chime]

-[Wembley]
Whoa!-[Herkimer screams]

[coughing] Oh. Whoa.

What happened?

What happened? You want
to know what happened?

What happened? You want
to know what happened?

You just ruined one of
the wondersof Fraggledom.

That's what happened!

Oh, brother.

-Where's Wembley? Wembley!-Huh?

[Wembley] Help! Get me
out of here! I'm trapped!

-Oh, Wembley, what have I
done?-You vandal! You beast!

[Wembley] I'm okay.
I'm just trapped forever.

Don't worry, Wembley. I don't
understand what went wrong.

I did the spell
exactly the way it said.

And you ruined Rhyming
Rock. It won't rhyme anymore.

And it's your fault. Yours!

Oh, Wembley.

Don't worry, Wembley.

I'll get you out. I'll
get you out somehow!

-[Wembley] Oh,
hurry.-[Herkimer] We'll get you out.

-[Red] Oh, Wembley.-Yeah.

You young Fraggles
are always doing this.

Running off before
you hearthe whole story.

But how was I to
knowthe spell would fail?

And Wembley would be trapped.

You should always know enoughto
always listen to the whole story.

What is the whole story,
Madame Storyteller?

- Yeah.-Well, to continue...
- Yeah.-Well, to continue...

You know what an
impetuous youth Matt was.

Well, not as impetuous as some
of uswould have wished. [chuckles]

Anyway, naturally having
usedhis riddle-solving spell once,

when his Uncle Gobo returned...

It's quiet.

The cave must be clear!

What a beauty!

-Ask me a riddle.-[yelps]

Any riddle you choose.

By the great rock. By
every tunnel that ever bent.

What did I do to deserve this?

What did I do to deserve this?
Wait. Don't tell me the answer.

[sighs] Has the lad finally
crossedthat fine line into total madness?

"Mumba, gumba, dinky-doo.

Pants for me, answer you!"

Looking like a
definite yes from here.

[magical chime]

What happened?

My rock collection!

You've destroyed
my rock collection!

-I see.-Let me at him!

[Storyteller] Oh, no.
Control yourself, Uncle Gobo!

[Uncle Gobo] No. Let me go.

But I don't understand. I did
everythingjust the way it was written.

[Storyteller] And he had, too.

Oh, that's just like
what happened to me.

If only poor Wembley and
Ihad stayed and listened

to the rest of your story.

-Yeah, but what went wrong?-Well,
it wasn't a riddle. Was it?

Uncle Gobo had
only asked a question.

But then, that must mean
Rhyming Rock'snot a riddle either.

Obviously! Magic
is like medicine.

The right pill
for the right ill.

And the right spell
for the right problem.

So what did Travelling
Matt doto fix things up?

-Yeah.-Just what young
Gobo's gonna have to do.

You've heard the story. Now read the book.
You've heard the story. Now read the book.

[muttering]

-Oh! Sorry, sorry.-I'm sorry.

So anyway, Gobo, did youfind
something in that spell book?

-I'm reading. I'm reading.-Okay.

I hope Wembley's okay.

Everything will be
all right. It's gotta be.

-Well...-I'm on the last page.

Okay.

There's a spell at
the very end labeled,

"Spell to reverse the
effectsof other spells."

-It should help.-Yeah.

Yeah.

I've dedicated my whole
lifeto keeping this wonder

in smooth, clean, running order.

It's not as though
there are wonders

just lying aroundfor
the taking, you know.

[Wembley] Gosh! I
feel awful about this.

-I mean, me being Gobo's
coach and all.-Exactly.

I mean, tell me, what am I supposedto
say when Fraggles come to visit, huh?

-"Welcome to a former
wonder"?-[Wembley groans]

"See the Fraggle, pinned under the rock"?
"See the Fraggle, pinned under the rock"?

Fraggle under a rock?

A real Fraggle Rock.

[laughs] Want a permanent job?

[Wembley]No, I've
already got one, thanks.

I'm the sirenfor the
volunteer fire department.

Ah. Too bad.

[all breathing heavily]

Don't worry, Wembley. I'll
have you out of there in a jiffy.

Yeah, Gobo's got this new
spellthat will fix everything.

-[Wembley] Great.-[Herkimer] Ha!

I hope this works.

Okay, everyone. Stand back.

-Okay.-Okay.

"You answer me for pants.

Doo-dinky, gumba, mumba!"

[magical chime]

[gasping]

You did it, Gobo! You did it!

Thank the rock I did. Whew!

-[all cheering]-[kissing]

You're back! You're back! Oh!

-Boy, Gobo, you're
terrific.-Terrific?

Why, you goofy little
green Fraggle, pal!

I'm the idiot that got you
into that fixin the first place.

Yeah, but you're the
onewho got me out of it too.

Come on. Let's head
backto the Great Hall.

-Yeah.-Leave?

Oh, just when I finally figured
outthe secret of Rhyming Rock?

-What?-What?

He's cracking up!

Well, we know it's not a riddleor
the spell would have solved it.

It's got to be instructions.

[stutters] Quick, get him out of
here, before he causes more damage.

There's what I need! A bell!

Oh, no. No, no, no, no.

But I know what
the rock is saying!

I don't care what it's saying.

I like it just the
way it is. Get out.

"Bing bong" and "ding
dong"are bell sounds.

A gentle ring and a hard ring.

And in between I just
have to sing a song.

You're taking an
awful chance, Gobo.

But I know I'm right.

[Rhyming Rock] Gong.

Bing bong.

Sing song. Sing song.

Ding dong.

Gong.

Bing.

Bong.

Sing song.

Sing song.

[groans] I warned
you! I warned you!

Gobo's onto something.

♪ Dance your cares
awayWorry's for another day ♪

♪ Let the music playDown
at Fraggle Rock ♪

Sing... dong.

Ding dong.

Ding dong.

Dong!

[Herkimer] Oh!

You ruined it!

-[sobbing]-[amiable
music playing]

Look! Look!

-[gasping]-I don't know.

-Pretty!-Music.

-The most marvelous music.-Yeah.

And I can't help myself.

I got to dance.

-Me, too!-Oh, boy.

[all laughing, cheering]

Well, I'll be!

"Weary traveler, heed this rhyme

and you will dance in time!"

Well, it was a lot of work,
Sprocket. But at least,

at least it's running
smoothly now.

It should be ready any minute.

There! It's done!

Oh, boy! Oh, boy!

[both laughing]

Well, Sprocket.

At least, oh, it
cooks very well.

Here, have a taste.

Yeah, you're right, I suppose
I should read the book.

After all, there's no
substitutefor the whole story.

Is there, Sprocket?

[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 ♪