The Trash Heap has spoken! Nyaaah!
Gobo's Uncle Traveling Matt discovers "Outer Space", i.e. a hole which leads into the home of "Doc", a young grad student working on her degree in marine ecosystems, and her dog Sprocket. Matt announces that he intends to leave Fraggle Rock and explore Outer Space. To prove he's brave enough to accompany his uncle, Gobo and his friends journey to the Crevice of Solitude to retrieve Matt's lost backpack. Along the way, him and his friends go into the Gorgs' garden and discover Marjory, a sentient heap of trash and a wise oracle.
Ultimately, Gobo decides to stay in Fraggle Rock with his friends. Matt promises to send Gobo artifacts from Outer Space weekly.
This episode contains examples of:
- Adaptational Personality Change: Junior Gorg now acts more like an easily distracted young child, instead of a dimwitted teenager like in the original series.
- The Cameo: Several characters from the original series make cameos, including Begoony from the episode "The Incredible Shrinking Mokey".
- Cutaway Gag: After Gobo tells his friends about his encounter with Sprocket, calling him "the most ferocious creature in the known universe", we cut to Sprocket lying on his back while Doc rubs his belly and goes "Who's my peanut butter biscuit boooooy?!"
- Epic Tracking Shot: At the end of this episode, the camera moves out of Fraggle Rock, into what Fraggles call Outer Space... then further out, into what we call Outer Space, as in orbit, before speeding back down to begin the intro reprise.
- "I Am" Song: The episode opens with the song "Party Down in Fraggle Rock, in which each of the five main characters gets an establishing character line.
