05x08 - Mokey, Then and Now

[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.

[Doc] Well, Sprocket, there it is.A model of an authentic time machine.

Oh, I hope Ms. Peeliewallie likes it.

-It's for her class play.-[murmurs]

Hey, wouldn't it be fun to travel in time?

'Course you wouldn't really go anywhere.

No, no, because the past and the futureare happening here now in the present.

It's all a question of perception.I thought dogs knew stuff like that.

[murmuring]

Hey, Sprocket, why don't you go in?

Sure, go on. See what you can see. Go on.

-[chuckles]-[barks]

Now, why don't I press one of the buttons,the one marked "Not too distant future."

-[electricity crackling]-[whimpering]

[barking]

-[howling]-[door opens, closes]

-[beep]-[crackling stops]

[whimpering]

Sprocket,where have you been all these years?
Sprocket,where have you been all these years?

[gasping]

[Boober] Oh, Mokey, do we have to?I-- I feel silly.

-Yeah, you look silly too. [laughs]-Wembley.

[Mokey] Boober, come on.

You promised you'd be in my new play,A Legend Called Blundig.

-Blundig.-Blundig.

Now, I am Blundig.Boober, you're Ruffchin.

-Ruffchin.-Wembley, you are Noneck.

But Mokey, what has your play got to dowith going to some scary cave

dressed in silly robes?

Well, Boober, according to my research,

this is the very cave in which Blundig,great and wondrous leader,

suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

-Wow. Poof.-Mm-hmm.

-It's the perfect place to rehearse.-Perfect.

-Ooh! I forgot of one thing.-Ooh, what?

Let's see now.You two have to wear... these.

-[gasps]-This is for you.

-Oh, wow.-And this is for you.

-Thank you.-Oh, Mokey, do we have to?

Oh, yes you do, Boober. You see, Blundiglived at a time when Fraggles were bald.

-Uh-huh.-They all wore hats in order to keep warm.

-Oh!-Yes.

According to my research,anyone with hair was instantly banished.
According to my research,anyone with hair was instantly banished.

-Well, better bald than banished.-Oh, yes.

-Oh, ha-ha.-That's what I say.

-Ha-ha.-Okay. Come on.

-Come on. Let's go.-Don't push.

-[Mokey sighs]-[Boober gulps]

[Wembley] Oh, boy. [chuckles]

[Mokey] Shh. We're in the Sacred Cave now,so be serious, okay?

[Boober] Oh, seriously, Mokey,I don't wanna do this.

-Mokey? Who's Mokey?-Huh?

I am Blundig, great and wondrous leaderof the Fraggles who were bald.

-Mokey. Mokey. Look at that weird drawing.-[all gasp]

-[Mokey] Look at that.-[Wembley] Wow.

Oh, Boober, that's not weird.

It's wonderful, mysteriousand somehow familiar.

I think it looks like a Fragglewith lots of hair.

Spriglette, please.This is no time for flooburps.

What are you saying?

Well, Blundig lived in a timewhen Fraggles were bald.

She talked funny. [giggles]

Well, I live in a timewhen Fraggles are scared, and I'm leaving.

-Oh, Boober. Boober...-Oh.

Please, no, Boober. I-- I know Fragglesdon't tell each other what to do,
Please, no, Boober. I-- I know Fragglesdon't tell each other what to do,

so I'm asking you, nicely,please do it for me.

-Please. Please, come on. Come on.-Oh, come on. Come on.

-Okay.-Oh, good. Say your line. Say it. Say it.

-All right. I am Ruffchin...-Yes.

...friend to Noneck and helper to Blundig.

-Very good.-Stop that.

Okay. Now we must formthe sacred boomadoom.

-So just take your hands here.-Hold hands.

-[Wembley] Okay.-No, wait. Ready?

-[Boober sighs]-[all chanting]

[chanting continues]

-[Boober] Oh, my gosh.-[Wembley coughing] Oh.

[Mokey] What happened?

[Boober] I'm sorry, Mokey.I'm getting out of here.

[Wembley gasps] Look!

-That weird drawing. It's gone!-[Boober gasps]

-It is. That's funny.-No, it's not. Goodbye.

-Listen.-[chanting in distance]

-[Mokey gasps]-What's that?

It sounds like-- like "Hooba ookaban."

-It must be the others rehearsing, but...-Wow.

...I don't remember writing"Hooba ookaban."

-Whoa.-Well...
-Whoa.-Well...

[Wembley] Well...

[all chanting]Hooba oogabong! Hooba oogabong!

[shrieks, laughs]

Yaba-yaba-yaba-yow!

-[chanting continues]-Ooga-waga-waga-waga!

Oh, please tell methis is part of your play.

Please tell me it's part of your play.

Well, Boober,it didn't use to be, but, uh,

the creative processis a very strange thing.

But, uh, what are they doing?

-Stop.-Fishface say stop!

[chanting stops]

-Run.-Fishface say run!

[all chattering]

-Are you seeing what I'm seeing?-If it's totally crazy, yes.

-What's going on?-Look.

[crash]

It Blundig.

-[all gasp]-What?

-[slow drumbeat]-[all] Hooba.
-[slow drumbeat]-[all] Hooba.

She comes. At last she comes to rule us.

[grumbles]

[grunts] But I rule here.

It cannot be her. She just a legend.

-Hooba. [chuckles]-[both grunt]

Oh. Oh, my goodness gracious. Hmm.

-Are you Blundig?-[shrieks] Y-Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

-Well, uh... Yes. Yes, I am. I mean, I---Hooba, Blundig,

great and wondrous leader.I wait all my life for this moment.

-Hooba, Hooba, Hoo---Oh-- [chuckles]

Uh, Hooba to you too.

-We're dreaming, right?-Where's Red? Where's Gobo?

-"Gobo"? Did you say "Gobo"?-[all groaning]

[all] Oh, no!

-[stammering] What's wrong with them?-What isn't?

-You utter sacred word.-[shivering]

[whimpers] But all I said was,"Where's Red? Where's Gobo?"

-[clamoring]-Oh, no!

Oh. [chuckles]
Oh. [chuckles]

No, that's not a sacred word.That's just, uh, Gobo's name.

-[all] Gobo!-[clamoring]

Uh, I think we better get out of here.

Good idea. [chuckles nervously]

Whoa. Not so fast, you two. Look!

[all shivering]

You said "Gobo.""Gobo" mean "Take off your hat."

That is right, so we take hats off to you,

even though it cold enoughto freeze heads.

Uh, the evidence is all in.This is neither a play nor a dream.

-[shivering]-They're all bald.

-Bald?-Bald.

Oh!

-Are you two thinking what I'm thinking?-Well, are you--

-Uh---[yelps]

Anybody know a good barber?

-We're in the wrong time.-[all chanting] Hooba oogabong!

-[screams]-Hooba oogabong!

[Boober] Hooba.

Oh, yes, Sprocket, many thingshave changed

since you stepped into that time machinelo these many years ago.

For one thing, Shimmelfinneyand his cat, Fluffinella, moved away.
For one thing, Shimmelfinneyand his cat, Fluffinella, moved away.

[gasps, sighs]

Oh, yes. I would have moved with them,

but I just wanted to wait herejust in case you came back.

-[moaning]-And come back you did.

Yes. Well, I suppose you want to get backto the good old days

and leave me here to reminisceand drink...

-[gasps]-...my tea.

Well, goodbye, Sprocket,and thanks for coming back.

[mutters]

I don't believe it. Why,we are actually back in the time

-when Fraggles were bald.-[both whimpering]

-Mokey, I'm scared.-Well, uh, me too.

Oh, come on, you guys. Just calm down.

I am sure if we just tell 'emwhat happened, they'll help us out.

-Oh, yeah.-Huh?

-Oh.-[yelps]

-Oh, hi, Fishface.-Hi, Fishface.

[nervous laughter]

Legend say one day great Blundigcome to rule Fraggles.

-Uh...-So you have come?

-[chuckles]-Uh...
-[chuckles]-Uh...

That means I am no longergreat and wondrous leader.

[all coughing]

Um, uh, yeah. What exactly would happenif I were not Blundig?

Oh?

We tie you to rock for trying to fool us.

-[all gasp]-[growls]

-Foolabool!-[drums beating]

-[all] Foolabool!-Don't-- Don't worry.

-She's Blundig, all right.-[Wembley] Yes, yes. Yeah.

-Yeah.-Doomba.

-Yeah, yeah.-Yeah, uh, boomboom.

[Fraggle laughing]

-What was that?-Noodlenose. He laugh.

Did you hear what they said?

Well, we were just trying tospeak the language.

-Yeah.-Mokey, what did we say?

-What did we say?-Ooh, uh... Let's see, uh...

-[Boober] Oh, stop it.-Yeah, uh...

According to my research,

uh, "doomba" means, uh, "breakfast"

-and, uh, "boomboom" means "hat rack."-[Noodlenose chuckles]

-Well, what's so funny about that?-It's your accent. [laughs]

Stop. No one laughs.
Stop. No one laughs.

-[gasps] Why not?-[snickering]

-It is law.-Aw, you're joking.

We no joke. It banned.

A legend like you ought to know that.

[laughing]

-Seize him!-Oh. [laughs]

Whoa, whoa. Wait. What are you doing?

-Yeah, uh---[Boober] Little help?

Wait. I, the great Blundig,

demand that you let Noodlenose go. Hmm.

-What?-[Wembley yelps]

-You are not great Blundig.-Huh?

You were just about to tell me so,weren't you? Weren't you?

Uh... No.

-So you are Blundig?-Uh...

-Yes. Yes. Mm-hmm. Yes.-[Boober] What?

-Then prove it.-[Wembley] Oh.

Move the sacred boulders.

-Oh, boy.-[shudders]

[cackles]

-Sure. Sure. No problem. Hmm.-Huh?

-You fail, you are a has-been.-[gasps]

-Oh.-He's wrong.

-I'm not a has-been. I'm a will-be.-Oh.

-Or a never-was.-Oh, now, don't worry. Don't worry.

I'm sure there's something in my notebookabout moving boulders.

-What does it say?-Let's see. Eh...

-What...-[all yelp]

...are you doing?

Uh... Just, uh, consultingthe, uh-- the, uh, legendary, uh...

-Rumpoop. [chuckles]-Huh?

Ah.

-Legendary Rumpoop.-[all chuckle nervously]

-Carry on.-[all exhale]

Oh, my. [exhales] Let's see here. Yeah.

-Let's see.-What does it say?

Oh, uh... Oh, oh, here it is.

It says, "The great Blundig causedthe sacred boulders to be moved."

-It just doesn't say how.-Oh, too bad.

[sighs] Oh, well.I'll just have to do the best I can.

-Well...-Well, don't you worry about a thing.

-I'm sure you'll be wonderful.-Right-o.

-Yes, and so will you.-[stammers] What? Me?

-And you.-Us?

Uh-huh. Just follow me and do what I do.
Uh-huh. Just follow me and do what I do.

-You---[exhales]

[exhales]

[drums beating]

[music playing]

♪ Who do you do?We do voodoo ♪

♪ We do voodoo ♪

♪ Who do you do?We do voodoo ♪

-♪ Some are there and some are here ♪-[Boober, Wembley repeat lyrics]

♪ And some will soon appear ♪

♪ One's a leader, one is not ♪

♪ And one will lead the rock ♪

♪ Eye of bat, ear of toadHoppin' down the dusty road ♪

♪ Lizard, gizzard, beetle stewThese will bring good luck to you ♪

♪ It's true ♪

♪ True voodoo ♪

♪ Caterpillar, caterwaul ♪

♪ Crawling up the garden wall ♪

♪ Song of shadow, air of rain ♪
♪ Song of shadow, air of rain ♪

♪ These will make you strong againIt's true ♪

♪ True voodoo ♪

-[Wembley, Boober yelp]-[clattering]

♪ See the happy servantsIn the king's parade ♪

♪ They are not afraid to promenadeThey've got it made ♪

♪ You can strut your stuffIf you will follow me ♪

♪ So I hope that we can live in harmony ♪

-♪ Harmony ♪-Uh, Wembley!

♪ Eye of bat, ear of toadHoppin' down the dusty road ♪

♪ Lizard, gizzard, beetle stewThese will bring good luck to you ♪

♪ It's true ♪

♪ True voodoo ♪

♪ It's true ♪

♪ True voodoo ♪

[song ends]

Boulder!

Now is the time.

Move!

-Uh, move!-Move!
-Uh, move!-Move!

-It's not moving.-Uh--

-You failed!-But I--

You are notthe great and wondrous Blundig.

-[all clamoring]-I remain leader.

-Well, I---Tie them to a rock.

-What?-[all] Tie them to a rock.

Now, now, wait. Wait.You don't understand.

-Uh, there's been a mistake.-You lie.

-Tie 'em to a rock!-[all] Tie 'em to a rock!

No, no, wait. Please wait.You see, we are from the future.

Yes, yes. This is Boober,that's Wembley and I'm Mokey.

[clamoring]

-[chuckling]-Huh?

You know as well as I dothat Mokey is not a name.

-[chattering]-It's not?

Mokey means "Put on your hat."

And Wembley mean"No scratch nose in public."

-Really?-And you know what Boober mean?

-Remind me.-It mean...
-Remind me.-It mean...

-"Tie 'em to a rock."-What?

Oh, no!

-Yes!-[all] Tie 'em to a rock!

-[clamoring]-[Mokey] No! No!

-[laughs]-[Wembley, Boober grunting]

Oh, this is not funny.

Even if it were, I can't laugh.

[laughs]

[groans] What is the matter with that guy?

We're tied up in a cavein the middle of nowhere,

some time in the distant past,and he's hysterical.

Oh, I can't help it. I love to laugh.That's why I'm here.

But what about you?

-Who?-Well, aren't you the great Blundig?

-Oh, boy.-Oh. [chuckles] Yeah, sort of.

Uh, actually, not really,but when you get right down to it,

no.

Oh, I see. Impersonating a legend.

Almost as heinous a crime as laughing.

-[Mokey groans]-Hey.
-[Mokey groans]-Hey.

Hey, this-- this cave is like...

-It's like Gobo's and my room.-Huh?

Oh, yeah.

-Yeah, it is.-Yeah.

Uh, look... [stammers]That's where our beds will be.

-Mm-hmm.-Our beds.

And that's the nookwhere we'll build our fire.

-Oh, yeah.-The nook.

If-- If I ever get back to get some wood.

-Oh.-Oh, Wembley.

-I miss Gobo.-Aw.

[Mokey] Yeah.

But Gobo's not even born yet.

-Kinda strange, huh?-[music playing]

♪ I can hear our future callingLike a love song ♪

♪ I can feel it stir in every breathI breathe ♪

♪ But it seems like every timeWe get the words wrong ♪

♪ And I don't know where to goAnd the time goes by so slow ♪
♪ And I don't know where to goAnd the time goes by so slow ♪

-♪ And it feels so near ♪-[humming]

♪ But it's still so far ♪

♪ And it feels so near ♪

♪ Still so far ♪

[sighs]

[grunts]

Oh, listen, you guys.

Last time we were in our own time,we were in the Sacred Cave, right?

And I just knowif we could get back there,

we could get back to our own time and--

[gasps] Look!

Oh! Now we can get backto the Sacred Cave!

-Come on, Wembley.-[Boober] Untie my hand.

-[Mokey] Yeah. I got you.-Okay, I'm ready. Let's go.

-Whoa. Look at this.-Come on, Wemb. Come on.

-Attaboy. Push.-We gotta push it.

[all grunting]

-Harder!-Push harder.
-Harder!-Push harder.

-[all straining]-[Wembley groans]

-[Mokey] It's useless.-[all panting]

[Boober] Darn it.

[all groaning]

I'm sorry, you guys. It's all my fault.

-Oh. No, it's not.-Oh.

Yes, it is.

-Yes, it is.-[crying]

[sighs]

-Of course. That's it.-Huh?

We have been so silly.

-Us?-Us?

-Yes.-Huh.

We had had our hats on the whole time.All we have to do is take them off,

show we have hair,and they'll know we're from the future.

But let me remind you that if they seeour hair, we will be banished forever.

-Oh.-Boober, what do you think this is?

Waltzing in the moonlight?

Excuse me for interrupting,but did I hear you say that you have hair?

-Uh-huh.-Could I see it? I need a good laugh.

-[laughs]-Yeah, uh, well,

-what's so funny about hair?-Are you kidding?

-Yeah.-Hair is the funniest thing there is.

Hair will make anybody laugh.

-Anybody?-Yup.

Hmm.

-[rumbling]-Ah.

Hooba, oh, great Blu-- [clears throat]

I mean, Hooba, oh, Blundig.

You not so great now, huh?

Oh, I don't know.What do you think about this?

-[gasps]-Gobo!

[exclaiming] Oh! Oh!

Hair! Hair! [laughs]

-[all laughing]-Ah. Wembley.

-Yes. Yes.-Come on. Let's go.

-All right.-Come on, Wemb.

[laughter continues]

-Jump.-Fishface say jump.

[all] Jump, jump, jump...

-Don't jump.-Fishface say--

-Oogabong!-Oogabong!

You.

-You escape?-Mm-hmm.

-How you do that?-Well, it was really quite simple.

We just went gobo.

[all murmuring] Gobo?

-[yelps]-[all screaming]
-[yelps]-[all screaming]

-Gobo!-Gobo!

[all laughing]

[snickering]

Eh-- [laughs]

-[all laughing]-He's laughing.

[laughing continues]

-Ooh... Ooh. Oh.-[rumbling]

She made Fishface laughand the sacred boulders move.

-Oh, yeah.-She must be Blundig.

-Well...-Hooba, Blundig...

-Yes, well---Great and wondrous leader.

-Yes, uh, Hooba.-Hooba.

-Thank you. Thank you.-[all chanting] Hooba.

Yeah, to you too. Hooba. Yeah, thank you.

Someone help me out, now!

I order you to stop this at once.

Forget it, Fishface.Ancient prophecy is fulfilled.

You no longer great and wondrous anything.

-[laughs]-No!

-Afraid so.-We told you we weren't fooling.

-Fooling.-[laughs]

-Tie him to a rock.-Okay. Our turn.

Okay.

-[grunts]-[all chanting] Tie him to a rock.
-[grunts]-[all chanting] Tie him to a rock.

-[groans]-[laughs]

Tie him to a rock! Tie him to a rock!

No, wait. Hold it. Wait--Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Stop!

-Oh, yeah. Stop.-[chanting stops]

Um, I have a small suggestion.

-[all] Hooba. Hooba.-Hooba, thank you.

Um, in the future,when Fraggles have hair,

we also haveno great and wondrous leaders.

No great wondrous leaders?

Mm-mmm. No.

You see, we each lead ourselves,and we all lead each other.

-You do?-Mm-hmm.

So, uh, my suggestion isgive up great and wondrous leaders.

But-- But what will we do?

Uh, you'll...

dance your cares away.

-[all] Oh.-Worry's for another day.

-[all] Ah.-Let the music play.

-[all] Oh.-[Mokey] Down in Fraggle Rock.

-[grunts]-[chattering]

Yeah. What-- What do you think?

It most inspiring thing I ever hear.

-Oh!-[all cheering]
-Oh!-[all cheering]

-That's nice. Yeah, thank you.-Dance cares away.

-[all] Hooba. Hooba.-Hooba. Yeah, yeah. Uh, Hooba. Hooba.

Yes, very good.

[laughs] Hooba.

-Hooba!-Hooba.

-Hooba!-Hooba to you.

-[Mokey] Ta-ta.-[Wembley] Hooba. Hooba.

[giggles] This will give that old Fishfacesomething legendary to remember us by.

Oh, hurry, Mokey. Hurry. [laughs]

Hey, that's the weird drawing.

-Now we can go home at last.-Yes.

Mokey, please. I just saywe form the boomadoom and go home.

Boomadoom.

Okay, okay. [inhales]

Hooba. [laughing]

-Come on. Hurry, Mokey.-Hurry.

-Let the boomadoom be formed.-Okay.

-Okay. All right. Ready?-[all chanting]

[chanting continues]

-[Boober] Are we home?-[gasps]

-Boober?-Gobo?

[coughing]

-Boober!-Gobo!

-[chuckles]-Red, hon.

We've been looking all over for you guys.

Everybody's waiting to seethis play of yours.
Everybody's waiting to seethis play of yours.

-My play?-Remember? A Legend Called Blundig?

Oh, remember it? She is it. [laughs]

-What are you talking about?-Well, let me explain.

-We only came out here to rehearse...-[Gobo] Yeah?

And not only did Ithrow out all your dog food,

but I gave away your favorite dog bone.

You really don't want to go backin that time machine,

go back to the timewhen I didn't have a beard?

Mm-mmm.

Okay, Sprocket, I give up.

-This is not really the future.-[gasps]

[murmuring]

-[laughing]-When did you know?

[imitates slurping]

[chuckles] Well, serves me rightfor messing around with time machines.

Who needs them anyway?I can see the future right now.

I see a man, his dog, a cup of teaand not a beard in sight.

[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 ♪