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* StockholmSyndrome: Even though the Gorgs take him prisoner, Wembley sympathizes with them when they lament having no loyal subjects. When the other Fraggles arrive to rescue him, he insists that he has to stay with the King and Queen of the Universe.

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* StockholmSyndrome: UsefulNotes/StockholmSyndrome: Even though the Gorgs take him prisoner, Wembley sympathizes with them when they lament having no loyal subjects. When the other Fraggles arrive to rescue him, he insists that he has to stay with the King and Queen of the Universe.
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Eating outside was just a few minutes in the episode, not the whole episode.


* PicnicEpisode: The Gorgs' dinner is a picnic in the garden.

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* ImmediateSelfContradiction:
-->'''Gobo:''' ''[on the way to the Gorgs' garden]'' Whoah, first up to get the mail, now up to the Gorgs' garden. It's turning out to be a dangerous day.\\
'''Wembley:''' Yeah, but we love it. Right, Gobo?\\
'''Gobo:''' Well, to tell you the truth, Wembley, sometimes I get sick of it.\\
'''Wembley:''' Yeah, me too.\\
''[A {{beat}}.]''\\
'''Gobo:''' You sure do like to agree with a person.\\
'''Wembley:''' Oh, I gotta agree with that.



* OpinionFlipFlop:
-->'''Gobo:''' ''[on the way to the Gorgs' garden]'' Whoah, first up to get the mail, now up to the Gorgs' garden. It's turning out to be a dangerous day.\\
'''Wembley:''' Yeah, but we love it. Right, Gobo?\\
'''Gobo:''' Well, to tell you the truth, Wembley, sometimes I get sick of it.\\
'''Wembley:''' Yeah, me too.\\
''[A {{beat}}.]''\\
'''Gobo:''' You sure do like to agree with a person.\\
'''Wembley:''' Oh, I gotta agree with that.
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Gobo accidentally breaks Boober's lucky walking stick, and he and Wembley go up to the Gorgs' garden to get him a new one. But when Wembley is captured by the Gorgs, they treat him as a guest when he recognizes them as the rulers of the universe. That evening, Wembley's friends arrive to rescue him, but he refuses to leave, insisting he has to stay with the King and Queen of the Universe. Wembley realizes the Gorgs' true colors when they decide to enslave his friends.

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Gobo Gobo, after accidentally breaks breaking Boober's lucky walking stick, and he and goes with Wembley go up to the Gorgs' garden to get him a new one. But when Wembley is captured by the Gorgs, they treat him as a guest when he recognizes them as the rulers of the universe. That evening, Wembley's friends arrive to rescue him, but he refuses to leave, insisting he has to stay with the King and Queen of the Universe. Wembley realizes the Gorgs' true colors when they decide to enslave his friends.
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[[caption-width-right:350:I think I'm going to like it here.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:I [[caption-width-right:350:"I think I'm going to like it here.]]"]]

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After Wembley gets captured by the Gorgs, they treat him as a guest when he recognizes them as the rulers of the universe. That evening, Wembley's friends arrive to rescue him, but he refuses to leave, insisting he has to stay with the King and Queen of the Universe. Wembley realizes the Gorgs' true colors when they decide to enslave his friends.

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After Gobo accidentally breaks Boober's lucky walking stick, and he and Wembley gets go up to the Gorgs' garden to get him a new one. But when Wembley is captured by the Gorgs, they treat him as a guest when he recognizes them as the rulers of the universe. That evening, Wembley's friends arrive to rescue him, but he refuses to leave, insisting he has to stay with the King and Queen of the Universe. Wembley realizes the Gorgs' true colors when they decide to enslave his friends.


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* DueToTheDead: Discussed, when Boober thinks Wembley's been thumped.
-->'''Boober:''' I will personally erect a memorial stone.\\
'''Red:''' A memorial stone?\\
'''Boober:''' Yes. In memory of Wembley Fraggle, who went to find a lucky walking stick for a friend and was squished to death by Gorgs! ''[Cries.]''\\
'''Mokey:''' Now, Boober, we don't know that he's been squished.\\
'''Gobo:''' Come on, everybody. We've gotta go up there and rescue him!\\
'''Boober:''' Us, go up there? But then we'll need five memorial stones!

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* CourtroomEpisode: Junior wants to thump Wembley's friends but, per Wembley's request, Pa and Ma hold a trial for them.



* [[ManBitesMan Fraggle Bites Gorg]]: Junior wants to thump Wembley's friends but, per Wembley's request, Pa and Ma hold a trial for them. Wembley speaks out for them, and they're found not guilty. But when the Gorgs decide to keep his friends as slaves, Wembley bites Pa on the nose.

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* [[ManBitesMan Fraggle Bites Gorg]]: Junior wants to thump Wembley's friends but, per Wembley's request, Pa and Ma hold a trial for them. At the trial, Wembley speaks out for them, his friends, and they're found not guilty. But when the Gorgs decide to keep his friends as slaves, Wembley bites Pa on the nose.



* JudicialWig: The Gorgs don these when Wembley demands a trial for the Fraggles.

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* JudicialWig: The Gorgs don these when Wembley demands wants a trial for the Fraggles.his friends.
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-->'''Gobo:''' Poor Wembley. He'd try to be agreeable with anybody.
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* [[ManBitesMan Fraggle Bites Gorg]]: Junior wants to thump Wembley's friends but, per Wembley's request, Pa and Ma hold a trial for them. Wembley speaks out for them, and they're found not guilty. But when the Gorgs decide to keep the Fraggles as slaves, Wembley bites Pa on the nose.

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* [[ManBitesMan Fraggle Bites Gorg]]: Junior wants to thump Wembley's friends but, per Wembley's request, Pa and Ma hold a trial for them. Wembley speaks out for them, and they're found not guilty. But when the Gorgs decide to keep the Fraggles his friends as slaves, Wembley bites Pa on the nose.



* UndyingLoyalty: Defied. At first, Wembley refuses to go home with his friends, insisting that he has to stay with the King and Queen of the Universe. He changes his tune, though, when the Gorgs decide to make slaves of the Fraggles.

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* UndyingLoyalty: Defied. At first, Wembley refuses to go home with his friends, insisting that he has to stay with the King and Queen of the Universe. He changes his tune, though, when the Gorgs decide to make slaves of the Fraggles.his friends.

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* [[ManBitesMan Fraggle Bites Gorg]]: Junior wants to thump Wembley's friends but, per Wembley's request, Pa and Ma hold a trial for them. Wembley speaks out for them, and they're found not guilty. But when the Gorgs decide to keep the Fraggles as slaves, Wembley bites Pa on the nose.



* ManBitesMan: Junior wants to thump Wembley's friends but, per Wembley's request, Pa and Ma hold a trial for them. Wembley speaks out for them, and they're found not guilty. But when the Gorgs decide to keep the Fraggles as slaves, Wembley bites Pa on the nose.
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* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: The episode's title.
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* BucketHelmet: Wembley's friends, when gearing up to rescue him, wear strainers and pot lids as helmets.
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* StockholmSyndrome: Even though the Gorgs take him prisoner, Wembley sympathizes with them when they lament having no loyal subjects. When the other Fraggles arrive to rescue him, he insists that he has to stay with the King and Queen of the Universe.
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* TheKlutz: When Pa decides to keep the Fraggles as slaves, Wembley bites him on the nose. Junior, trying to grab Wembley, accidentally knocks the other Fraggles' cage off the table, breaking it and letting them escape.

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* TheKlutz: When Pa decides to keep the Fraggles as slaves, Wembley bites him on the nose. Junior, trying to grab Wembley, accidentally knocks the other Fraggles' cage off the table, breaking it open and letting them escape.
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* TheKlutz: When Pa decides to keep the Fraggles as slaves, Wembley bites him on the nose. Junior, trying to grab Wembley, accidentally knocks the other Fraggles' cage off the table, breaking it and letting them escape.
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-->'''Ma:''' ''[hitting Junior with a broom]'' Get that wretched, hideous thing out of my house this instant!\\
'''Junior:''' But... but, Ma, I finally caught a Fraggle!\\
'''Ma:''' Oh, it's a disgusting little thing. You don't know where it's been!
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* GoodLuckCharm: Gobo, while getting his postcard from Uncle Matt, accidentally breaks Boober's lucky walking stick. He finds another one in the Gorgs' garden, but on the way back, Junior catches Wembley.

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* GoodLuckCharm: Gobo, while getting his postcard from Uncle Matt, accidentally breaks Boober's lucky walking stick. He finds another one in stick—and without it, Boober is too afraid to go to the Gorgs' garden, garden to get another one. Gobo and Wembley go to find one, but on the way back, Junior catches Wembley.

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* EekAMouse: Ma's reaction when Junior runs inside to show her the Fraggle he's caught.



* GoodLuckCharm: Boober's lucky walking stick.

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* GoodLuckCharm: Gobo, while getting his postcard from Uncle Matt, accidentally breaks Boober's lucky walking stick.stick. He finds another one in the Gorgs' garden, but on the way back, Junior catches Wembley.


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* LonelyAtTheTop: Lampshaded, when Pa is lamenting the fact that there are no loyal subjects to pay homage to him.
-->'''Pa:''' Sometimes it gets lonely, especially if you're the King and Queen of the Universe... like us.


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* OpinionFlipFlop:
-->'''Gobo:''' ''[on the way to the Gorgs' garden]'' Whoah, first up to get the mail, now up to the Gorgs' garden. It's turning out to be a dangerous day.\\
'''Wembley:''' Yeah, but we love it. Right, Gobo?\\
'''Gobo:''' Well, to tell you the truth, Wembley, sometimes I get sick of it.\\
'''Wembley:''' Yeah, me too.\\
''[A {{beat}}.]''\\
'''Gobo:''' You sure do like to agree with a person.\\
'''Wembley:''' Oh, I gotta agree with that.
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* EasilyImpressed: Wembley has a tendency to agree with whatever anyone says. When he hears Pa calling himself the king of the universe and wishing for someone to salute him, Wembley is happy to comply.

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* EasilyImpressed: Wembley has a tendency to agree with whatever anyone says. When he hears Pa calling himself the king King of the universe Universe and wishing for someone to salute him, Wembley is happy to comply.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Wembley is flattered by the attention the Gorgs are slathering him with, not realizing that they're only doing this because he's kowtowing to them.

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Wembley is flattered by the attention the Gorgs are slathering him with, not realizing that they're only doing this because he's kowtowing to them. Even when his friends are captured, he refuses to believe that the Gorgs would enslave them until Pa says it outright.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Defied. At first, Wembley refuses to go home with his friends, insisting that he has to stay with the King and Queen of the Universe. He changes his tune, though, when the Gorgs decide to make slaves of the Fraggles.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Wembley is flattered by the attention the Gorgs are slathering him with, not realizing that they're only doing this because he's kowtowing to them.


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* PicnicEpisode: The Gorgs' dinner is a picnic in the garden.

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