History Recap / FraggleRockS3E9TheSecretSocietyOfPoohbahs

'''Mokey:''' [[BigWhat WHAT?]]\\

* TheBard: Mokey, who often writes poetry.

* PlayingSick: While Mokey is helping Red rehearse the speech for the trial, Boober enters, asking why Mokey is speaking in a secret language. Trying to keep the trial a secret, they both pretend that Mokey is deliriously ill. Boober thinks it must be galloping tongue fever and just happens to have the only cure with him: [[SoupIsMedicine hot soup]]. When Mokey eats it, it turns out to be okra soup—and when Boober takes her gagging noises and throat-clutching as a sign that she needs more of it, she immediately says she's cured.

'''Red:''' Uh... she was not! Uh... actually, she's delirious. Oh, terribly ill, with a dreadful fever.\\

** For her morning jog, Red wears her visor from [[Recap/FraggleRockS2E21WembleyAndTheGreatRace "Wembley and the Great Race."]]

* InsigniaRipOffRitual: Doc is invited to join a lodge called "The Royal Order of Chipmunks" and is given a helmet with (fake) chipmunk ears. In the middle of the initiation ceremony, though, he bursts out laughing. The Chipmunks are so angry about this that they not only reject him but rip the ears off his helmet.

** Ufflefluff is spoken the same way.
--->'''Mokey:''' Ufflefluff?\\
'''The Vanguard:''' That's ight-rufflefluff!

'''The Vanguard:''' That's ight-Rufflefluff!

Having been granted possible entrance into the Secret Society of Poohbahs, Mokey tries to be as serious as possible, against Red's claims that the society is silly. After failing her initiation, and then being put on trial along with Red for breaking one of their rules, Mokey manages to pass and gets into the society.

'''The Vanguard:''' That's ight, Rufflefluff!

-->'''Mokey:''' ''[after watching Red juggle bowls of soup]'' You Fraggles can't be serious. You've ''got'' to be kidding me!

'''The Vanguard:''' That's ight, rufflefluff!

* PigLatin: To speak Oopidad, just take the first consonant sound of a word, put it on the end, and add "oopidad." For instance, "Red" would be "Ed-Roopidad."

Having been granted possible entrance into the Secret Society of Poohbahs, Mokey tries to be as serious as possible, against Red's claims that the society is silly. After several rejections, and then being put on trial along with Red for breaking some of their rules, Mokey manages to pass and gets into the society.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When bringing forth Mokey and Red for the trial, [[spoiler: the Royal Vanguard, who is acting as judge, accidentally refers to Red as "Fritz." Come the end of the episode, a few minutes later, Red is revealed to have become a Poobah the week before]].

* HowIsThatEvenPossible: After Mokey receives her invitation to join the Poohbahs and tells Red about it, accidentally breaking the command to tell no one, Red says not to worry, because there's no way the Poohbahs can know. In the next scene, when the Poohbahs are bringing Mokey forward to see if she's worthy to join them, the Poohbahs' Mind Reader [[spoiler: —Red in disguise—]] declares Mokey unworthy because of her telling Red of the invitation. Her Fraggle-head staff even [[BlowingARaspberry blows a raspberry]] at Mokey.

* StaffOfAuthority: The Vanguard carries one.

* SeriousBusiness: Everything the Poohbahs do.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When bringing forth Mokey and Red for the trial, [[spoiler: the Poobah Judge accidentally refers to Red as "Fritz." Come the end of the episode a few minutes later, Red is revealed to have become a Poobah the week prior]].

'''The Beggler-Beg:''' ''[to Mokey]'' Prepare yourself! Return tomrorrow night, and bring your roommate, Red!\\
'''Mokey:''' Red must come, too?\\

* WardrobeMalfunction: While Mokey is pleading to be allowed to join the Poohbahs, her mask keeps falling off.

'''Another Fraggle:''' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Linoleum]]!\\

-->'''Beggler-Beg:''' The trial of Mokey Fraggle shall now begin! All Poohbahs should be present. The judge will call the roll...\\
'''Vanguard:''' Allllll present shall reply by saying "present," and allllll absent shall reply by saying "linoleum"! Fritz?\\

'''Vanguard:''' Fritz?\\

'''Vanguard:''' Fritz?\\

'''Vanguard:''' Fritz?\\

'''Vanguard:''' Fritz?\\

'''Vanguard:''' Ah, that Fritz, he's never here when you need him. And finally, Fritz, Fritz, Fritz, Fritz, Fritz, and Fritz!\\

'''Vanguard:''' Mmmmmmmm. ''[Turns to the Beggler-Beg.]'' All present and accounted forrrrrr... except for Fritz!\\
'''Beggler-Beg:''' Thank you, Fritz.

-->'''Beggler-Beg:''' Too late! There is no way for you to join our ranks... short of undergoing the trial!\\

'''Beggler-Beg:''' You would be willing to undergo... the trial?\\

* WardrobeMalfunction: While Mokey is being brought forward to see if she is worthy to join the Poohbahs, her mask keeps falling off.

-->'''Mokey:''' I'll do anything to become a Poohbah!

* ComicallySerious: The Poohbahs.

* InitiationCeremony: Mokey's trial and [[SecretTest secret test]] are basically this.

* {{Uncoffee}}: One Doozer serves another "a cup of the hot stuff."