History Characters / FraggleRock

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* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Most Fraggles usually go about with some clothing, like shirts or hats (Mokey wears a robe-esque sweater and later, a turtleneck sweater underneath, and a green dress in the 2022 reboot; while Wembley is famous for his banana tree-patterned shirt), but, except for Uncle Matt, all go barefoot.

* BigEgoHiddenDepths: On the surface Red comes across as a SmallNameBigEgo character; she can be self-centered and self-glorifying, hugely competitive, physically aggressive, and a poor listener. However, as early as season one, we discover that much of Red's brashness is an act to cover up her insecurities, and her worst traits mainly show up when her competitiveness gets the better of her or she for some reason goes on the defense. But time and again, the series shows that, when not trying to prove herself in some way, Red is one of the kindest, friendliest Fraggles around,[[note]] Her character bio featured on the ''Complete Animated Series'' DVD describes her as "lovable", while, during an appearance at Meltdown Comics in 2010, Grant Baciocco, Jim Henson Company puppeteer and host of the Henson.com podcast, called her "very sweet".[[/note]] second only to Wembley in how many {{Odd Friendship}}s she gains over the course of the series. Also, Red's identity is so wrapped up in being active that she takes it ''hard'' when she's forced to slow down, as when she's laid up with an injured baloobius in the ''Back to the Rock'' episode "Deep Dive."

* BigEgoHiddenDepths: On the surface she comes across as a SmallNameBigEgo character; she can be self-centered and self-glorifying, hugely competitive, physically aggressive, and a poor listener. However, as early as season one, we discover that much of her brashness is an act to cover up her insecurities, and her worst traits mainly show up when her competitiveness gets the better of her or she for some reason goes on the defense. Time and again the series shows that when not trying to prove herself in some way, she is one of the kindest, friendliest Fraggles around,[[note]] Her character bio featured on the ''Complete Animated Series'' DVD describes her as "lovable", while, during an appearance at Meltdown Comics in 2010, Grant Baciocco, Jim Henson Company puppeteer and host of the Henson.com podcast, called her "very sweet".[[/note]] second only to Wembley in how many {{Odd Friendship}}s she gains over the course of the series. Also, her identity is so wrapped up in being active that she takes it ''hard'' when she's forced to slow down, as when she's laid up with an injured baloobius in the ''Back to the Rock'' episode "Deep Dive."

* SitcomArchNemesis: The two give each other plenty of potshots and [[AsideGlance Aside Glances]], but ultimately, their rivalry is played for laughs.

* SitcomArchNemesis: The two give each other plenty of potshots and AsideGlances, but ultimately, their rivalry is played for laughs.

AscendedExtra: Downplayed, as he was important to his debut episode, but Barry went from a one-shot character in "The Giggle-Gaggle Games" (with a mention in "All of Us") in season 1 to a more consistently reoccurring character, complete with a sidekick in Sherry, in season 2.
HiddenDepths: While he clearly loves his job, a lot of Barry's hamminess is intended for the gig and does not appear to be a reflection of his true self, as shown in "Mezzo: Live In Concert" where Barry, who isn't working here, is shown to be very quiet and unassuming, reportedly "saving the gift". Prior to that, "All of Us" reveals him to be an excellent artist.
HollywoodToneDeaf: Sherry Contrary's [[https://youtu.be/67q0r3qSmW8 "attempt"]] at singing the "Fraggle Anthem" (which may not even be a real anthem) in "The Twisty-Turny-Thon" is horrendously off-key, to the agony of Barry and all the other Fraggles around her.

TheHyena: The two will let out their cacophony of laughs at the drop of a hat.
LargeHam: And ''how''! Unless Barry is out of work and "saving the gift", both of them yell almost every single one of their lines.
MeaningfulName: Barry Blueberry is the same shade of blue as a blueberry, while Sherry Contrary often says things contrary to Barry (e.g. that the painful pine cones Red steps on in "The Twisty-Turny-Thon" should be pronounced as "oochie cones" instead of "ouchie cones").
NoIndoorVoice: Spend all of their time presenting events shouting their commentary on what unfolds.
SignatureLaugh: Both have an unnaturally loud and staccato "HAHAHAHAHA!"
SitcomArchNemesis: The two give each other plenty of potshots and AsideGlances, but ultimately, their rivalry is played for laughs.
VerbalTic: "I'M BARRY BLUEBERRY!"

** In a sense, the entirety of ''Fraggle Rock'' is Wembley's story, even though Gobo is positioned as the "main character" in the series opening and Gobo and Red (and Uncle Traveling Matt) tend to be the "spokes-Fraggles" for the franchise. Some informal polls have in fact shown Wembley as the most popular of the Fraggle Five among fans.

* OddFriendship: With Mokey. They're total opposites, and yet they are the best of friends. It is also Mokey that Red is probably the nicest to...[[VitriolicBestBuds for the most part, at least.]]
* ThePrankster: The first half of the final episode of the animated spinoff, "Fraggle Fool's Day" has Red as this; she begins the episode by filling Mokey's paint pot with disappearing paint to trick Mokey. Finding Fraggle Fool's jokes to be "wonderful", Red declares a whole day of them. Unfortunately, Red gets caught up in the jokes, and she and Mokey find themselves trapped in the Gorgs' Garden.

** She and Mokey have their squabbles as well... see "Red-Handed and the Invisible Thief" and ''especially'' "A Cave of One's Own." One unshot episode concept involved the two fighting over a love interest, an idea that was rejected by Karen Prell as she felt it was unnecessary and inconsistent with their characters.

* ArtShift: Rare puppet version: She alternates between live-hand puppet and rod-hand puppet depending on the scene. Sometimes even mixing the two.

->'''Performed by:''' Dave Goelz (Large Marvin, original), Frank Meshkuleit ( Large Marvin, ''Back to the Rock''), Jerry Nelson (Feenie)

->'''Performed By:''' Jerry Nelson (face/voice, original), Gord Robertson (body, original) Patrick Pinney (animated series), Frank Meshkuleit (face/voice, ''Back to the Rock''), Andy Hayward (body, ''Back to the Rock'')

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Ma Gorg is the only character to go through a substantial redesign over the course of the show (though other characters, including Gobo, Sprocket and Marjory, also had their designs tweaked). Her puppet looks ''drastically'' different in the early episodes, with a permanent frown, a different face shape and slightly darker purple skin. The redesigned Ma has a rounder face, a milder expression, lighter skin and a different hairstyle, and she's the design you see for most of the series--except for the opening sequence, which still features the original Ma.

Characters from Outer Space, AKA Earth. Which characters Sprocket interacted with differed between international versions--for instance, America/Canada had the inventor Doc while England got the Captain of a lighthouse and France got the owner of a bakery.

* CanonForeigner: Averted with The Troubadours, who are frequently accompanied by the [[https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Flutebird?so=search Flutebird]] as an unofficial sixth member when the songs they play need more brass than just what Murray can provide. The Flutebird appeared in the original, but it was never associated with the Minstrels, and it doesn't seem to be a permanent member of The Troubadours as a band.

Murray, Brool, Brio and Balsam are the four minstrels who follow Cantus on his mission to unite the Rock with music. In ''Back to the Rock,'' they are called "the Troubadours" and play a similar role to Jamdolin.

* CanonForeigner: In the Troubadors (the Back to the Rock name for the band), they include a bird that uses it's beak as an extra trumpet, which didn't appear in th original

* CrossCastRole: She's voiced by male puppeteer Jerry Nelson, carrying on the classic Muppet tradition of female characters being performed by men. Nelson certainly isn't very good at faking a feminine voice, though that might be the point. Averted in "Back to The Rock" where she's voiced there by female puppeteer Aymee Garcia.

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* CrossCastRole: She's voiced by male puppeteer Jerry Nelson, carrying on the classic Muppet tradition of female characters being performed by men. Nelson certainly isn't very good at faking a feminine voice, though that might be the point.

* UnexplainedAccent: He has a Canadian accent complete with [[CanadaEh "eh"]] at the end of many of his sentences and often (not always) pronouncing the word "again" with a long "a", although he never says "aboot". His original Muppeteer, Jerry Nelson, was from UsefulNotes/{{Oklahoma|USA}}; the accent is a reference to the show's Canadian home, as it was shot in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}. Nelson reportedly modeled the accent on [[Series/{{SCTV}} Bob and Doug McKenzie]], of whom he was a fan. ''Back to the Rock'' continues the tradition, shot in Calgary and featuring New Jersey-born John Tartaglia affecting a Canadian accent.

* VerbalTic: Often tacks on an "[[CanadaEh Eh]]?" to the end of sentences.

* HiddenDepths: Nobody would call Pogey a genius. Or even of average intelligence. But as the episode "I'm Pogey" shows, they ''do'' have a huge amount of emotional awareness; when Wembley tries out a new form of self-expression by changing up his look and gets worried that maybe he's changing too much and maybe his friends won't even like the person he's becoming, Pogey is the one who assures him that he'll always be Wembley no matter what happens.

* CharacterCatchphrase: "Hi, I'm Pogey!" Often yelled at inopportune times, to the annoyance of others, especially Red. At first seeming to just be their ditziness, season 2 reveals that they actually do this because [[spoiler:they are so proud of and happy with their name, which is not their birth name but one they thought long and hard about during their transition to being non-binary, that they often have to yell it out loud in pure happiness]].

* TheUnintelligible: He's far more vocal in ''Back to the Rock,'' but he only speaks in gibberish.

** Mokey has an updated character design for 2022's ''Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock''. Among other changes, she now wears a green dress instead of an open robe, has longer hair which she now wears in a ponytail, and loses the DrearyHalfLiddedEyes (though her eyes do include a mechanism which allows her to fully close them).

* ArtEvolution: Puppet version. Like Mokey, he's a lot more saturated and colorful in ''Back to the Rock.''

Pogey is a small, excitable, but not particularly bright, Fraggle who is a big fan of Red. He only appears in ''Back to the Rock''.

* TheDitz: Pogey isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. His penchant for ComicallyMissingThePoint is surpassed only by Travelling Matt.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Well, it's a little harsh (and definitely against Fraggle nature) to say that ''nobody'' likes Pogey, but he's definitely the Fraggle most likely to annoy the others (particularly Red) with his cluelessness.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He's pretty close in personality to Feenie, who is absent in ''Back to the Rock''.

** His biggest fear, and the usual reason he'll be reluctant to go anywhere new or deal with anything new--it might be covered in germs. This isn't the case in season one of ''Back to the Rock'', likely due to [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents current events]] making it significantly less comfortable to play for laughs, but in season 2, he makes it very clear that he fears whatever germs may lie on strawberries.

** His biggest fear, and the usual reason he'll be reluctant to go anywhere new or deal with anything new--it might be covered in germs. No longer the case in ''Back to the Rock'', likely due to [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents current events]] making it significantly less comfortable to play for laughs.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In ''Back to the Rock'', her strong unrequited attraction to Uncle Matt has seemingly disappeared.