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--->'''The Captain:''' ''[gasps as he is awoken, only to find Sprocket howling]'' '''''OH, SPROCKET!''''' ''[angrily throws newspapers onto his desk]'' Sprocket, for heaven's sake, you nearly scared the life!

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--->'''The Captain:''' ''[gasps as he is awoken, only to find Sprocket howling]'' '''''OH, SPROCKET!''''' ''[angrily howling] '''OH, SPROCKET!''' [angrily throws newspapers onto his desk]'' Sprocket, for heaven's sake, you nearly scared the life!
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--->'''The Captain:''' ''[gasps as he is awoken, only to find Sprocket howling]'' '''OH, SPROCKET!''' ''[angrily throws newspapers onto his desk]'' Sprocket, for heaven's sake, you nearly scared the life!

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--->'''The Captain:''' ''[gasps as he is awoken, only to find Sprocket howling]'' '''OH, SPROCKET!''' '''''OH, SPROCKET!''''' ''[angrily throws newspapers onto his desk]'' Sprocket, for heaven's sake, you nearly scared the life!

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* CrisisCatchandCarry: When Junior gets his head stuck in the well, the World's Oldest Fraggle yells, "It's a monster! Run for your lives!" Most of the Fraggles start running, but Wembley is [[DeerInTheHeadlights too petrified to move]], so Mokey carries him away.


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* DeerInTheHeadlights: When Junior gets his head stuck in the well, the World's Oldest Fraggle yells, "It's a monster! Run for your lives!" Most of the Fraggles start running, but Wembley is too petrified to move, so Mokey carries him away.

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* DeadpanSnarker:

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* DeadpanSnarker:CrisisCatchandCarry: When Junior gets his head stuck in the well, the World's Oldest Fraggle yells, "It's a monster! Run for your lives!" Most of the Fraggles start running, but Wembley is [[DeerInTheHeadlights too petrified to move]], so Mokey carries him away.
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Missing Reflection is when a mirror doesn't provide a vampire with their reflection.


* MissingReflection: The Fraggles think the moon in the sky is the Gorg Moon and that its reflection is the Fraggle Moon. When the reflection is covered by Junior's head, then by clouds, they assume the Fraggle Moon was stolen.
* MistakenForThief: The Fraggles think Junior has stolen their moon, although he hasn't.

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* MissingReflection: MistakenForThief: The Fraggles think the moon in the sky is the Gorg Moon and that its reflection is the Fraggle Moon. When the reflection is covered by Junior's head, then by clouds, they assume the Fraggle Moon was stolen.
* MistakenForThief: The Fraggles think Junior has stolen their moon, although he hasn't.
stolen.

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* CircleOfShame: Nearly all the Fraggles at the Festival laugh at Gobo's idea of capturing the moon.
-->'''Gobo:''' Well... well, what's wrong with the idea? I mean, in my dream, it was wonderful!\\
''[The assembled Fraggles start laughing harder.]''


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* TheFreelanceShameSquad: Nearly all the Fraggles at the Festival laugh at Gobo's idea of capturing the moon.
-->'''Gobo:''' Well... well, what's wrong with the idea? I mean, in my dream, it was wonderful!\\
''[The assembled Fraggles start laughing harder.]''

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'''Henchy:''' [[AsideComment They are listening.]]\\

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'''Henchy:''' [[AsideComment ''[whispering]'' They are listening.]]\\\\



* CorrelationCausationGag: When Junior gets his head stuck in the well, blocking the Fraggles' view of the moon, they think this means he's stolen it.
-->'''Gobo:''' We'll set you free if you give us back our moon!\\
'''Mokey:''' ''[whispering]'' Set him free? We can't do that!\\
'''Gobo:''' Shhh!\\
'''Junior:''' Give you the moon? I can't do that!\\
'''Gobo:''' Can't or won't?\\
'''Junior:''' Uh... both?\\
'''Gobo:''' See? He ''does'' have it!



* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: In his latest postcard, Traveling Matt tells of his trip to Rainbow Farms (a chicken farm), where he thinks rainbows are hatched from eggs.

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* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: In his latest postcard, Traveling Uncle Matt tells of his trip to Rainbow Farms (a chicken farm), where he thinks rainbows are hatched from eggs.eggs. While waiting for one to hatch, he falls asleep. When he wakes up, he is disappointed to see the empty eggshell, but then looks out a window and sees a rainbow.
-->'''Uncle Matt:''' ''[voiceover]'' Oh, how quickly they grow up!
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* CaneFu: The World's Oldest Fraggle keeps doing this to Henchy.
-->'''World's Oldest Fraggle:''' The ceremony will now begin. Listen up!\\
'''Henchy:''' [[AsideComment They are listening.]]\\
'''World's Oldest Fraggle:''' Don't sass me! ''[He bops Henchy on the head with his cane.]''


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* LargeHamAnnouncer: The World's Oldest Fraggle.
-->'''Henchy:''' The World's Oldest Fraggle will now welcome you to the monthly Festival of the Fraggle Moon!\\
'''World's Oldest Fraggle:''' Welcome to the monthly Festival of the Fraggle Moon!

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* BerserkButton: In the UK version, the Captain is visibly startled to the point of ''rage'' when Sprocket wakes him up a second time when howling in terror at his sleep-aid record.
-->'''The Captain:''' ''[gasps as he is awoken, only to find Sprocket howling]'' '''OH, SPROCKET!''' ''[angrily throws newspapers onto his desk]'' Sprocket, for heaven's sake, you nearly scared the life!

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In the UK version, the Captain is visibly startled to the point of ''rage'' when Sprocket wakes him up a second time when howling in terror at his sleep-aid record.
-->'''The --->'''The Captain:''' ''[gasps as he is awoken, only to find Sprocket howling]'' '''OH, SPROCKET!''' ''[angrily throws newspapers onto his desk]'' Sprocket, for heaven's sake, you nearly scared the life!



-->'''Mokey:''' Last month, Finny Fraggle wrote and recited seventy-four verses of an ode to the moon. It was rapturous.\\

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-->'''Mokey:''' ** Red makes a snarky comment about the previous month's Moon Greeter.
--->'''Mokey:'''
Last month, Finny Fraggle wrote and recited seventy-four verses of an ode to the moon. It was rapturous.\\
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* MassOhCrap: All the Fraggles, when their moon disappears.

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\n* MassOhCrap: All the Fraggles, when their moon disappears.disappears, and when they see Junior staring down at them after he gets his head stuck in the well.
-->'''World's Oldest Fraggle:''' It's a monster! Run for your lives!
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-->'''The Captain:''' Next time there's a full moon, I'm the one that'll do the howling.

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-->'''The --->'''The Captain:''' Next time there's a full moon, I'm the one that'll do the howling.
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* BerserkButton: In the UK version, the Captain is visibly startled to the point of ''rage'' when Sprocket wakes him up as second time when howling in terror at his sleep-aid record.

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* BerserkButton: In the UK version, the Captain is visibly startled to the point of ''rage'' when Sprocket wakes him up as a second time when howling in terror at his sleep-aid record.



** The Captain has his own snark at the end of the UK version of the episode. He's finally managed to get Sprocket to go to sleep and is visibly weary and all he can say is this:

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** The Captain has his own snark at the end of the UK version of the episode. He's finally managed to get Once Sprocket to go to sleep and is has finally fallen asleep, all his visibly weary and all he master can say is this:
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** The Captain then realizes that the gramophone has kept Sprocket howling. He then removes the disk and angrily ''smashes'' it.

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** The Captain then realizes that the gramophone has kept Sprocket howling. He then removes the disk and angrily ''smashes'' it.
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* BerserkButton: In the UK version, the Captain is visibly startled to the point of ''rage'' when Sprocket wakes him up as second time when howling in terror at his sleep-aid record.
-->'''The Captain:''' ''[gasps as he is awoken, only to find Sprocket howling]'' '''OH, SPROCKET!''' ''[angrily throws newspapers onto his desk]'' Sprocket, for heaven's sake, you nearly scared the life!
** The Captain then realizes that the gramophone has kept Sprocket howling. He then removes the disk and angrily ''smashes'' it.

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**The Captain has his own snark at the end of the UK version of the episode. He's finally managed to get Sprocket to go to sleep and is visibly weary and all he can say is this:
-->'''The Captain:''' Next time there's a full moon, I'm the one that'll do the howling.
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* NiceHat: The World's Oldest Fraggle wears one, as do Henchy and the other Fraggles who open the ceremony.
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* StargazingScene: At Pa's suggestion, Junior counts the stars to keep himself awake.

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* StargazingScene: At Pa's suggestion, Junior counts begins counting the stars to try to keep himself awake.awake. It doesn't work.

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* CountingSheep: Inverted. Pa pulls Junior out of the well, then suggests he count the stars to keep himself awake so he won't have nightmares about Fraggles (which he always has on the night of a full moon). It doesn't work, though, and Junior falls asleep in the garden.


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* StargazingScene: At Pa's suggestion, Junior counts the stars to keep himself awake.
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* AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption: Wembley does this when Gobo laments that they'll never see the moon again.
-->'''Gobo:''' Well, there's nothing left for us to do.\\
'''Mokey:''' There must be.\\
'''Gobo:''' We have to go home and tell the Fraggles they'll never see their moon again.\\
'''Mokey:''' No, Gobo! I just don't believe it. You can't take the moon away from the Fraggles. Why, that beauty is part of us! It's inside you. It's inside me...\\
'''Wembley:''' ''[who has just taken the lid off]'' It's inside the barrel!


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* HypnosisProofDogs: Doc plays a hypnotic recording to try to help Sprocket sleep. It works only on Doc, though.


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* WarmMilkHelpsYouSleep: It doesn't help Sprocket, though.
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* NiceHat: The World's Oldest Fraggle wears one, as do Henchy and the other Fraggles who open the ceremony.


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* UnconventionalFoodUsage: As a way of honoring the moon, a Fraggle called Weird Marvin once made a statue out of carved radishes.
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* PajamaCladHero: A non-heroic example. Junior is wearing radish-print pajamas.

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