♫ How could anyone love a wimp? ♫
All of Wembley's friends are overwhelming him with demands. Shortly afterward, he meets Lou, the only Fraggle who thinks to ask Wembley what he wants. Hearing about Lou, Mokey is convinced that the little green Fraggle is in love. Wanting to make sure Lou returns the feeling, Mokey takes Wembley to visit the Trash Heap, who gives him a love potion to use on Lou.When the Fraggles are on their way home, Junior notices them and picks Wembley up. Wembley uses the potion on him and tells him to put him down. Junior does—right down the well and into the pond, spilling the potion into the water and causing every Fraggle and Doozer in the Great Hall to fall madly in love with Wembley. The effects are luckily temporary, and after Lou shows up, Wembley tells her he likes her as a friend. Lou returns the sentiment. Wembley tells his other friends he'll be glad to help them later, but that right now he's going to spend time with Lou.
This episode contains examples of:
- Ambiguously Gay: Several male Fraggles, especially Boober, seem very into Wembley after the love potion is spilled down the well, although this is likely just the effects of the potion.
- Bait-and-Switch: Mokey runs Wembley ragged trying to find a boulder for her still-life painting, and then, when Wembley finally finds the perfect boulder, she decides to swap out the boulder for cheese.
- Bait-and-Switch Comment: When Mokey asks the Trash Heap how to make Lou love Wembley back...The Trash Heap: Well, young Fraggle, love is not found in the market. It's not found under any bush, I can tell you.
Wembley: I... I think I just should forget the whole thing and go home.
Mokey: Wembley...!
The Trash Heap: No, it's found right here! Now, come on, boys, where are those love potions? Help me find the stuff! - Because You Were Nice to Me: How Wembley becomes attracted to Lou. She's the only one who considers what he wants.
- Chick Magnet: The Trash Heap's love potion turns Wembley into this, not only for female but for male Fraggles as well (including Gobo and Boober). But only for twenty minutes.
- The Comedy Drop: When the love potion wears off and Red notices that she is actually holding Wembley in her arms like a baby...Red: Correct me if I'm wrong, but... am I holding Wembley?
Gobo: You are.
Wembley: [to Red, innocently] Hi.
Red: [drops Wembley] I can't believe it! YUCK! - Didn't Think This Through: Downplayed. When Wembley tells Junior to put him down, he doesn't think to put the cork back in the bottle first. This results in the love potion spilling into the water and causing every Fraggle and Doozer in the Great Hall to fall madly in love with him.
- Entertainingly Wrong: As usual, Uncle Traveling Matt. He buys an ice-cream cone but wears it on top of his head, thinking it's a moss pack (moss in a cone, which keeps the head warm and is very soothing for aches and pains). In the French version, he puts the cone on another man's head, and gets angrily chased away.Uncle Matt: It seemed to be a Silly Creature's moss pack. However, the foolish thing didn't even keep my head warm.
- Extreme Doormat: Wembley is strung along throughout the episode, being used in place of a laundry line, and is made to hold a boulder, which falls on top of him. He even lampshades why he's letting this happen to him.
- Failed a Spot Check: On the way back from the Trash Heap, Mokey doesn't notice that Junior is in the garden, even when Wembley tries to warn her to keep it down.
- Forceful Kiss: Boober, after falling under the influence of the love potion, starts planting kisses all over Wembley's face, to the latter's disgust.Wembley: Yuck-o!
- Forgot to Mind Their Head: Wembley bumps his head on the pipe again—twice.
- Fun with Homophones: When the Trash Heap is asking Wembley how he feels about Lou...The Trash Heap: And does your heart soar when this Lou Fraggle is near?
Wembley: [uncertainly] Yeah... I guess...
Mokey: Oh, yes, Madame Heap! His heart gets very sore. What should he do? - G-Rated Drug: The love potion.
- Help, I'm Stuck!: While Wembley is holding the boulder, the weight of it causes him to fall on his back. On top of that, the boulder lands on his belly, trapping him.
- Hypocritical Humor: Philo and Gunge make fun of Wembley for having a long nose.
- Immediate Self-Contradiction:
- Gobo does this while he and Wembley are talking about Lou.Wembley: Ah, forget it. Lou'd never love a little wimp like me.
Gobo: Wembley, in the first place, you're not a little wimp.
Wembley: No?
Gobo: And in the second place, what's a little wimp like you want with all this romance stuff anyway? - Junior, claiming he knows "lots of terrible things to do to a Fraggle", starts contradicting himself once the potion takes effect.[Wembley takes the cork out of the bottle. A wisp of steam begins rising out of it.]
Junior: Oh, oh, oh! Yeah, yeah, yeah! I know, I know, I know! First I'm gonna smash you, Fraggle!
Wembley: Oh, no!
Junior: Then I'm gonna take you back to my room and put you in a little dark cage...
Wembley: No!
Junior: Yeah! And then I'm...
[He sniffs as he gets a whiff of the steam.]
Junior: And then I'm going to... uh... I'm gonna feed you bugs! And I'm going to... I'm going... uh...
[His voice trails off as he sniffs again. He weaves a little and puts his other hand to his head.]
Junior: ...then I'm gonna pat your head... and then I'm going to kiss you nighty-night... and then I'm going to worship the ground you walk on...
Wembley: Wow, this stuff really works!
- Gobo does this while he and Wembley are talking about Lou.
- Innocently Insensitive: The others don't realize they've been taking Wembley for granted, and Mokey makes the wrong assumption about Wembley's feelings for Lou and tries to push him into a romance he's not sure he wants (yet).
- Kissing Under the Influence: A one-sided example when Boober, after falling under the influence of the love potion, starts smothering Wembley with kisses. Wembley, the only one not under the potion's spell, is not in the least inclined to kiss Boober back.
- Love Is in the Air: When the potion spills into the pond, it produces a gas that everyone in the Great Hall inhales, causing each of them to fall head-over-heels in love with Wembley. Mokey drapes a wreath of flowers around his neck, Boober starts smothering him with kisses, and Red lifts him straight off the floor to cradle him in her arms.Red: Darling!
Mokey: Beloved!
Gobo: Sweetheart!
Boober: Sugar lips!
Doozers: Wembley, Wembley, Wembley, Wembley...!
All: [singing] Wembley, Wembley, Number Nine... - Love Potion: The Trash Heap gives Wembley one to use on Lou. Anyone who gets a whiff of it will fall madly in love with the one who opens the bottle... but only for twenty minutes.
- Mind-Control Eyes: When the Fraggles are under the influence of the love potion, their pupils shrink to dots.
- Nice Girl: Lou. She takes the boulder off Wembley, then makes him a moss pack, which keeps the head warm and is very soothing for aches and pains.
- One Dialogue, Two Conversations: Mokey, mooning about romance, follows Gobo and Wembley while they're on the way to get Uncle Matt's postcard. They manage to evade her, but not before Wembley hears her telling him to make Lou love him.[Gobo and Wembley are approaching the low-hanging pipe.]
Wembley: Make her love me? How do I do that?
Gobo: Duck! [He ducks under the pipe.]
Wembley: You mean, if I duck, Lou'll love me? [He turns his head and, not seeing the pipe, bumps his head on it.] - Opinion Flip Flop: After Wembley tells Mokey how nice Lou was to him...Mokey: Oh, you see? You are in love!
Gobo: [walking over] No, he's not. [Walks off.]
Wembley: No...
Mokey: [calling after Gobo] Well, of course he is!
Wembley: Of course he is! [A Beat.] I am? - Painters: Mokey is painting a still-life portrait of a pitcher and some fruit and leaves. She wants to find the perfect boulder to put in the picture—and then, when Wembley brings her one, she decides to use cheese instead.
- Remembered Too Late: Just after Mokey and Wembley leave, the Trash Heap realizes she forgot to tell them that the effects of the potion last for only twenty minutes.Philo: Eh, never mind.
Gunge: Yeah, they'll find out soon enough.
Philo: Yeah, in about half an hour. - Repeat After Me: After the potion has worn off, Mokey sees Lou approaching and pushes Wembley forward, telling him to "declare [his] love and demand that it be requited."Wembley: Oh, hi, Lou.
Lou: Hi, Wembley. How are ya?
Wembley: Uh... well, uh...
Mokey: Now, just say, "Lou, I love you!" Go on.
Wembley: Uh, Lou, I love you! Go on.
Lou: What?
Mokey: Great start, great start! Now, get to the part about the undying passion. - Soft Water: Wembley falls several feet from the Gorgs' well into the Great Hall's pond and is perfectly fine.
- Super-Strength: Lou is strong enough to not only take the boulder off Wembley but throw it across the room.
- Wrong Assumption: Mokey thinks Wembley is head-over-heels in love with Lou.
