Junior thinks that the dummy is a real fraggle and that it is dead. She defends her poem saying that it has to be long to give the birds time to migrate (ugh.) The dummy gets tossed to trigger the trap, and Mokey hides because she doesn’t want to talk to her friends. They notice Mokey and she runs off crying that they don’t like her poetry, even Gobo. (You know I’d point this out as Gobo dickishness, but a four hour long poem that sounds stereotypically emo does sound pretty rough to sit through.) They’re all laughing (even Wembley, remember when I said one of his weaknesses is that his inability to stand up to peer pressure makes him do mean things sometimes?) Red then says that Mokey’s poems aren’t much either to which Gobo laughs and asks if they remember the one about “white birds and death” that she recited yesterday. Boober says that Mokey’s poems are better than her plans, and Mokey has approached and can overhear them. Gobo tries to say that they shouldn’t knock it until they hear it. Well, they’re still bored and complain that waiting for Mokey’s plan is useless because it probably won’t work. Matt, continuity will make you look like a worse fool, you SHOULD look distraught. "Anything but that!“ This time, Matt has mistaken an ice cube for a magical cold rock that cries when it is "stolen.” Since later we find out that Fraggles know what fucking ice is this is really stupid even for him. She laments that she wants to “Do something, anything!” Of course, Gobo says they should read Uncle Matt’s postcard. Meanwhiler, since Gobo has promised to wait for Mokey to go sailing the other Fraggles are bored, especially Red. Meanwhile Doc tries to apologize to Sprockett who has moved to the front step in the rain and refuses to hear any of it. I guess Mokey would be one who would sing “Oh give me a clone of my own flesh and bone…” And since she’s the “creative one” she names the ragdoll…rags. She also calls it pretty and says she’ll miss it when she’s gone. We find out that Mokey has sewn a lifesize dummy of herself. She agrees and hopes that he’ll be proud of her (ick?) He makes her promise to come afterwards and sail with them. Gobo volunteers to “take care of this.” Mokey refuses his help, but do note that he doesn’t apologize for blowing her off.
She laments that they never like her plans, and when they can’t contradict that statement, she says “it’s fine” and walks off, leaving everyone staring in horror that she might plan behind their backs. Red even farthur says that Mokey’s plans are worse than garlic gumdrops after Mokey protested that they didn’t even hear it. They start to talk over her, and when she points out that radishes are her job and she has a plan Boober says “It’ll never work.” and Red replies with “You tell her, Boober.” Geez, you two get along enough to insult someone together, now?
The others are not interested in listening to her plans. When he realizes they’ll die without radishes, and Wembley points out that without the Trash Heap there’s no wisdom he wails “We’ll die without even knowing why!”) She goes to tell her plan to the others who are building the boat (even Boober who is in fine form. Realizing that sacrifice is painful, she gets a better idea.
So to prove that she’s not only a worthless poet she…pictures herself as a sacrificial princess who will throw herself into the trap for the good of all. She realizes that the Gorg would remove the trap if he caught a Fraggle. Mokey decides to prove that she’s capable by solving the problem herself. Ma wonders why Junior wants to catch Fraggles anyway, and Junior just says “because they’re there.” He has baited it with a garlic gumdrop, which Mokey finds disgusting. Well at the exit to the garden she finds that Junior has put out a trap. Mokey doesn’t help her case by repeatedly saying she can build “belts” and wondering what the difference is. And they are like all "oh god no please don’t” well, more like gently telling her to stick to poetry and art. Red and Gobo are building a boat and Mokey says she’ll help them out after she gets radishes. Going so far as to say “sometimes I wonder why I even keep a dog at all. He has apparently tried everything and nothing has helped. The episode opens with Doc having the hiccups and being cranky about it. I don’t hate Mokey, for all that I joke about her, I do wish they were using her better. As of season one she is pretty much a joke character. And you know what’s a shame is that they didn’t spend any time making her “helpful” before showing how often it blows up in her face. This is not just a joke or a running gag: this is a canonical character trait.
7 notes FebruDanielle Watches Fraggle Rock : Season 1 - Episode 22 : Mokey’s Funeral
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