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* GutFeeling: At first, Ma doesn't believe that the evil sorcerer exists. But when Pa returns home and says that Junior wasn't by the swamp, Ma has a horrible feeling that something has happened to him.
-->'''Ma:''' Then something's happened to him! I can feel it!

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* GutFeeling: At first, Ma doesn't believe that the evil sorcerer exists. But when Pa returns home and says that Junior wasn't by the swamp, Ma has a horrible feeling that something has happened to him.
him. Subverted when it turns out he had fallen asleep on the roof.
-->'''Ma:''' Well, it's about time you got home. Did you find your silly sorcerer?\\
'''Pa:''' No, but he can't elude the Ruler of Fire and Air forever, by golly, by gum!\\
'''Ma:''' I don't believe the sorcerer even exists. Besides, Junior would take care of him. ''[There's a short {{beat}} as she realizes what she's saying.]'' Where is Junior? Didn't you tell him to come home and help me?\\
'''Pa:''' Well, no. He wasn't by the swamp.\\
''[Ma gasps and tosses away the laundry basket.]''\\
'''Ma:'''
Then something's happened to him! I can feel it!
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* GutFeeling: At first, Ma doesn't believe that the evil sorcerer exists. But when Pa returns home and says that Junior wasn't by the swamp, Ma has a horrible feeling that something has happened to Junior.

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* GutFeeling: At first, Ma doesn't believe that the evil sorcerer exists. But when Pa returns home and says that Junior wasn't by the swamp, Ma has a horrible feeling that something has happened to Junior.him.
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* GutFeeling: At first, Ma doesn't believe that the evil sorcerer exists. But when Pa returns home and says that Junior wasn't by the swamp, Ma has a horrible feeling that something has happened to Junior.
-->'''Ma:''' Then something's happened to him! I can feel it!
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* BecomingTheMask: Sprocket reluctantly pretends to be a cat in an effort to cheer up Shimmelfinney when Fluffinella is at the vet's. But by the time he gets home, he thinks he ''is'' a cat. Doc manages to snap him out of it when he feeds him cat food, but Sprocket keeps meowing out of habit.

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* BecomingTheMask: Sprocket reluctantly pretends to be a cat in an effort to cheer up Shimmelfinney when Fluffinella is at the vet's. But by the time he gets home, he thinks he ''is'' a cat. Doc manages to snap him out of it when he feeds him cat food, but Sprocket keeps meowing Sprocket, out of habit.habit, lets out another meow.
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* BecomingTheMask: Sprocket, pretending to be a cat in an effort to cheer up Ned Shimmelfinney when Fluffinella is sent to the vet, keeps on acting like a cat. Doc manages to snap him out of it when he feeds him cat food, but Sprocket keeps meowing out of habit.

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* BecomingTheMask: Sprocket, pretending Sprocket reluctantly pretends to be a cat in an effort to cheer up Ned Shimmelfinney when Fluffinella is sent to at the vet, keeps on acting like vet's. But by the time he gets home, he thinks he ''is'' a cat. Doc manages to snap him out of it when he feeds him cat food, but Sprocket keeps meowing out of habit.

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After a radish explodes out of a pot and gives him a bonk on the head, Boober gets amnesia. His friends try to help him remember who he is by taking him to the entrance to the Gorgs' garden. Pa and Ma, who believe an evil sorcerer was passing by, panic when they can't find Junior, assuming the sorcerer has transformed him. Boober comes to the conclusion that ''he's'' a Gorg and goes out to Pa and Ma, who think he's Junior.

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After a radish explodes out of a pot and gives him a bonk on the head, Boober gets amnesia. His friends try to help him remember who he is by taking him to the entrance to the Gorgs' garden. Pa and Ma, who believe an evil sorcerer was passing by, panic when they can't find Junior, assuming the sorcerer has transformed him. Overhearing their conversation, Boober comes to the conclusion that ''he's'' a Gorg and goes out to Pa and Ma, who think he's Junior.



* AmnesiacDissonance: After the other Fraggles are captured, Boober decides to open the cage so that Pa and Ma can thump them. Before he can open it, he stresses out and collapses. When he wakes up, he remembers that the other Fraggles are his friends and helps them escape.



* AmnesiacDissonance: After the other Fraggles are captured, Boober decides to open the cage so that Pa and Ma can thump them. Before he can open it, he stresses out and collapses. When he wakes up, he remembers that the other Fraggles are his friends and helps them escape.
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-->'''Ma:''' ''[crying]'' Junior! My baby!\\

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-->'''Ma:''' ''[crying]'' ''[[[InelegantBlubbering bawling]]]'' Junior! My baby!\\
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* LazyBum: Pa lounges in the sun while Boober squeezes garlic juice for him and tends the garden.

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* LazyBum: LazyHusband: Pa lounges in the sun while Boober squeezes garlic juice for him and tends the garden.

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* ContinuityNod: The song "I'm a Little Stewpot" uses the same tune as "Remembering Song," from the episode [[Recap/FraggleRockS2E2BooberRock "Boober Rock."]] Both songs are intended to help Boober get through amnesia, and both end up failing to keep his memories.

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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
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The song "I'm a Little Stewpot" uses the same tune as "Remembering Song," from the episode [[Recap/FraggleRockS2E2BooberRock "Boober Rock."]] Both songs are intended to help Boober get through amnesia, and both end up failing to keep his memories.memories.
** Junior had fallen asleep on the roof while dusting the parapets. [[Recap/FraggleRockS3E15TheBattleOfLeakingRoof "The Battle of Leaking Roof"]] has stated that Junior isn't afraid of heights.
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* BecomingTheMask: Sprocket, pretending to be a cat in an effort to cheer up Ned Shimmelfinney when Fluffinella is sent to the vet, keeps on acting like a cat. Doc manages to snap him out of it when he feeds him cat food, but Sprocket kept meowing out of habit.

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* BecomingTheMask: Sprocket, pretending to be a cat in an effort to cheer up Ned Shimmelfinney when Fluffinella is sent to the vet, keeps on acting like a cat. Doc manages to snap him out of it when he feeds him cat food, but Sprocket kept keeps meowing out of habit.
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-->'''Junior:''' Oh, hello, Daddy dear. Hi, mommy dearest!

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-->'''Junior:''' Oh, hello, Daddy dear. Hi, mommy Mommy dearest!
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* ShoutOut: To the book Literature/MommieDearest, by Christina Crawford. When the real Junior wakes up from his [[AnOddPlaceToSleep nap on the castle roof]]...
-->'''Junior:''' Oh, hello, Daddy dear. Hi, mommy dearest!
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* ChildrenDoTheHousework: Downplayed. Ma is seen doing the laundry and cooking, but both she and Pa make Boober tend the garden and clean the castle, just as they've always done to the real Junior.
-->'''Pa:''' Now, while I contemplate my next royal decree, why don't you see if your mother needs any help?\\
''[Boober heads off toward the castle, groaning.]''\\
'''Boober:''' Brother, oh brother, oh brother! This being a Gorg is hard work.
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His friends return to the garden, planning to capture him and bring him back to the Rock. Boober, overhearing them, thinks they're going to steal radishes and makes a counter-plan. When the others catch him, he pretends to remember them and tells them to wait a minute while he gets a radish. On Boober's signal, the Gorgs drop a cage on his friends. While discussing with the Gorgs what to do with the other Fraggles, Boober stresses out and collapses, then recovers and remembers everything. Junior, who had fallen asleep on the roof while dusting the parapets, appears at last. Boober frees his friends, and the Fraggles make their way home, joking about the adventure.

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His friends return to the garden, planning to capture him and bring him back to the Rock. Boober, overhearing them, thinks they're going to steal radishes and makes a counter-plan. When the others catch him, he pretends to remember them and tells them to wait a minute while he gets a radish. On Boober's signal, the Gorgs drop a cage on his friends. While discussing with friends, and he and the Gorgs what decide to do with thump them. Before he can open the other Fraggles, cage, Boober stresses out and collapses, then recovers and remembers everything. Junior, who had fallen asleep on the roof while dusting the parapets, appears at last. Boober frees his friends, and the Fraggles make their way home, joking about the adventure.

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* MistakenForThief: When Boober overhears his friends' plan to bring him back to the Rock, he thinks they're plotting to steal radishes.



* WrongAssumption: When Boober overhears his friends' plan to bring him back to the Rock, he thinks they're plotting to steal radishes.

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* MistakenForTransformed: Pa and Ma think an evil sorcerer has turned Junior into a Fraggle. He was really up on the roof and had fallen asleep while dusting the parapets.



* WrongAssumption:
** Pa and Ma think an evil sorcerer has turned Junior into a Fraggle. He was really up on the roof and had fallen asleep while dusting the parapets.
** When Boober overhears his friends' plan to bring him back to the Rock, he thinks they're plotting to steal radishes.

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* WrongAssumption:
** Pa and Ma think an evil sorcerer has turned Junior into a Fraggle. He was really up on the roof and had fallen asleep while dusting the parapets.
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WrongAssumption: When Boober overhears his friends' plan to bring him back to the Rock, he thinks they're plotting to steal radishes.
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'''Ma:''' Oh! You mean... my gorgeous son is now... ''ugly''? Ohhhhh! ''[Cries harder.]''

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'''Ma:''' Oh! You mean... mean my gorgeous son is now... ''ugly''? Ohhhhh! ''[Cries harder.]''
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* TapOnTheHead: Boober gets knocked out by an exploding radish. He does get IdentityAmnesia, but other than that, he's fine.
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* {{Fainting}}: Boober loses consciousness when the radish hits him. When he comes to, [[EasyAmnesia he has amnesia]].
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* BeautyToBeast: Pa thinks an evil sorcerer may have done this to Junior when he can't find him.

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* BeautyToBeast: Pa thinks an evil sorcerer may have done this to Junior when he can't find him.Junior.
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* BeautyToBeast: Pa thinks an evil sorcerer may have done this to Junior when he can't find him.
-->'''Ma:''' ''[crying]'' Junior! My baby!\\
'''Pa:''' I have scanned the ramparts, but our son and heir to the throne hath vanished.\\
'''Ma:''' ''[aghast]'' What would a sorcerer do to him?\\
'''Pa:''' Why, a sorcerer might... might have changed Junior into a... a horrible creature!\\
'''Ma:''' Oh! You mean... my gorgeous son is now... ''ugly''? Ohhhhh! ''[Cries harder.]''
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After an exploding radish gives him a bonk on the head, Boober gets amnesia. His friends try to help him remember who he is by taking him to the entrance to the Gorgs' garden. Pa and Ma, who believe an evil sorcerer was passing by, panic when they can't find Junior, assuming the sorcerer has transformed him. Boober comes to the conclusion that ''he's'' a Gorg and goes out to Pa and Ma, who think he's Junior.

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After an exploding a radish explodes out of a pot and gives him a bonk on the head, Boober gets amnesia. His friends try to help him remember who he is by taking him to the entrance to the Gorgs' garden. Pa and Ma, who believe an evil sorcerer was passing by, panic when they can't find Junior, assuming the sorcerer has transformed him. Boober comes to the conclusion that ''he's'' a Gorg and goes out to Pa and Ma, who think he's Junior.



* AmnesiaEpisode: Boober.

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* AmnesiaEpisode: Boober.Boober gets amnesia when a radish explodes out of a pot and hits him on the head.
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* ICantLookGesture: When Boober thinks he's a Gorg and goes out to meet Pa and Ma, Wembley ducks his head, exclaiming, "Oh, I can't stand to look!"

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