Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
| Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Jim Henson |
| Developed by | NBC Studios |
| Voices of |
Bob Bergen Townsend Coleman Barbara Goodson Michael Laskin Mona Marshall Patricia Parris Rob Paulsen Patrick Pinney Stu Rosen John Stephenson |
| Theme music composer | Margaret Loesch |
| Opening theme | Fraggle Rock |
| Ending theme | Fraggle Rock (instrumental) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Jim Henson Margaret Loesch |
| Producer(s) | Mark Johnson |
| Location(s) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Camera setup | multi-setup |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Marvel Productions Jim Henson Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC (United States) |
| Original release | September 12 – December 5, 1987 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Fraggle Rock |
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series is an American animated preschool children's television series based on the original live action version of the same name created by Jim Henson. NBC aired this spin-off program on Saturday mornings for one season during 1987. The show was later rerun on The Disney Channel from May 5, 1990 to June 1995.
The animated series followed the same formula as the HBO original live-action series, including the same theme song but arranged by Margaret Loesch. Many episodes consisted of two 15-minute stories; however, a few presented a single full 30-minute plot. The animated version carried on the tradition of original songs, with at least one tune per episode (including a few recycled from the puppet version, such as "Let Me Be Your Song").
In its original run, the animated episodes were book-ended by footage of the original puppet version of Uncle Traveling Matt, introducing the show from Doc's workshop. The animated version of Fraggle Rock was cancelled after only one season (13 episodes).
The most noticeable difference is that unlike the live-action version, the animated version of Doc is shown from the neck down, much like Nanny on Muppet Babies.
Big Trouble for a Little Fraggle: When a magic stone starts to make Wembley grow fast, he runs out of Fraggle Rock and into the Gorgs' Garden where Junior Gorg mistakens him for a cousin Gorg. Meanwhile, Sprocket tries to use a plant-growing light after he was insulted by Ned Shimmelfinney.
The Great Radish Round Up: Pa Gorg has Junior Gorg replace all the radishes with Banoony Berries (the very smell that can make Fraggle sick) and placed all the radishes in the shed. Inspired by one of Uncle Traveling Matt's postcards about cowboys, Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober, and Red plan to use hats to lure the radishes back to them. The Doozers also have a plan to reclaim the radishes since Banoony Berries also makes them sick.
A Fraggle for All Season: Inspired by the ancient Fraggle philosophers, Mokey decides to find a Fraggle for All Seasons yet finds possible candidates in her four friends.
The Best of the Best: Red's own Record Breaking Day occurs as she tries to break last year's records which causes problems for her four friends.
Gobo's Song: When Gobo begins to question his importance of drawing up maps, he is visited by Cantus the Minstrel. Cantus places Gobo into a trance where Gobo awakens in the time of prehistoric Fraggles where he befriends prehistoric versions of his four friends.
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