History Recap / FraggleRockS1E8TheTerribleTunnel

* BravadoSong: Wembley sings "I'm Not Scared" to try to keep his spirits up in the spooky cave he's wandered into during the game of Hidey-Ho (an out-of-water version of Marco Polo). It fails, especially when he turns and sees the Terrible Tunnel.
-->'''Wembley:''' ''[singing]'' I'm not scared of skeletons or spooky caves or big black cats.\\
I'm not scared of anything...\\
''[[[BatScare Yells as bats fly past him.]]]''\\
'''Wembley:''' ...except a thing like that!\\
''[The Terrible Tunnel growls from behind him, opening its gaping maw. He turns just as the wind starts, trying to suck him in. His hair stands on end, and he drops Boober's [[GooDluckCharm lucky flowerpot]].]''\\
'''Wembley:''' [[BigWordShout H-h-h-HELLLLLP!]] [[TheScream AAAAAAHHHHHH!]] ''[Runs off.]''

* BlindMistake: Wembley accidentally wanders into a strange tunnel because he's blindfolded, due to being It in a game of Hidey-Ho, an out-of-water version of Marco Polo. On top of that, the Terrible Tunnel keeps calling, "Ho!" in response to Wembley's shouts of "Hidey!" and Wembley thinks it's one of the other Fraggles playing. Not long after taking the blindfold off, he discovers the Terrible Tunnel.
-->'''Wembley:''' Hidey!\\
'''The Terrible Tunnel:''' ''HOOOOOO-oooo!''

* BravadoSong: Wembley sings "I'm Not Scared" to try to keep his spirits up in the spooky cave he's wandered into during the game of Hidey-Ho. It fails, especially when he turns and sees the Terrible Tunnel.

* PainfulRhyme: The Storyteller has a bit of trouble rhyming one of the words in the ballad when she gets to the part about his journeying to rescue the Fraggles trapped in the Terrible Tunnel.

* PainfulRhyme: The Storyteller makes one while singing about Sir Blunderbrain.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on, Boober tells Wembley and Gobo that they'll end up in a terrible tunnel if they don't run and say, "Oooh!" when one crack in the wall becomes two. A while later, Wembley accidentally discovers the Terrible Tunnel and nearly gets caught by it.

'''Wembley:''' ''[calling after them]'' Yeah, I don't believe a word of it! ''[whispering to the rock weed]'' Rikka rakka!

'''Wembley:''' No, I'm not! ''[A {{beat}}.]'' [[ImmediateSelfContradiction Well, maybe I am...]]

'''Gobo, Mokey, Red, and Boober:''' ''[in unison]'' ''Next'' time?

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Subverted. Gobo refuses to believe Wembley's claim of seeing the Terrible Tunnel, despite the fact that they live in a world full of magical caves and creatures. At the end, Wembley shows it to him, and he apologizes for doubting him.

* TakeMyHand: A variant. When the Terrible Tunnel starts to suck Red in, Wembley yells for her to grab his tail.

'''Wembley:''' [[BigWordShout H-h-h-HELLLLLP...!]] [[TheScream AAAAAAHHHHHH!]] ''[Runs off.]''

'''Wembley:''' [[BigWordShout H-h-h-HELLLLLP...!]] ''AAAAAAHHHHHH!'' ''[Runs off.]''

'''Gobo:'''You're wembling again!\\

* OpinionFlipFlop: When Boober tells Gobo and Wembley that failing to grab your nose and say, "Rikka rakka" twice when you see rock weed will bring bad luck...
-->'''Gobo:''' Ah, that's a lot of hooey. ''[He follows Boober offscreen.]''\\
'''Wembley:''' ''[calling after them]'' Oh, yeah! I don't believe a word of it. ''[whispering to the rock weed]'' Rikka rakka, rikka rakka!

'''Boober:''' You know the old saying about cracks. When one becomes two, run and say, "Ooo!" ''[He starts to run around.]'' Ooo, ooo, ah, ah!\\

'''Boober:''' If you don't, you'll end up in a terrible tunnel! Ooo, ooo, ah, ah!\\

'''Wembley:''' ''[calling after them]'' Oh, yeah! I don't believe a word of it. ''[whispering to the rock weed]'' Rikka rakka!

'''Wembley:''' Oh, yeah! I don't believe a word of it. ''[whispering to the rock weed]'' Rikka rakka!

* OpinionFlipFlop: Wembley keeps doing this, especially when Boober and Gobo argue over whether or not the Terrible Tunnel is real.
-->'''Gobo:''' You're wembling again!\\
'''Wembley:''' No, I'm not! ''[A {{beat}}.]'' [[ImmediateSelfContradiction Well, maybe I am...]]

'''Gobo:''' The rock and who else?

''[The Terrible Tunnel growls from behind him, opening its gaping maw. He turns just as the wind starts, trying to suck him in. His hair stands on end, and he drops Boober's lucky flowerpot.]''\\

* GoodLuckCharm: Boober has a lucky flowerpot. Later on, he lends it to Wembley.

* FearSong: The song "Bad News" is about Boober's superstitions, Gobo's skepticism of them, and Boober's dread of the Terrible Tunnel.