History Recap / FraggleRockS2E18TheDayTheMusicDied

* ShoutOut: The episode's title is a shout-out to a line from the song "American Pie" by Music/DonMcLean.

-->'''The Ditzies:''' The glow of our bodies lights your caves. [[YouSeeImDying Now we are dying. We do not know why.]] We must save our strength. Help us... help us...! ''[They fade away.]''

* MagicMusic: Gobo's song, "Shine On, Shine On Me," revives the Ditzies.

* SelfSoothingSong: In the Great Hall, Gobo is the last Fraggle awake. Sitting in the dark, he begins to sing to comfort himself, feeling himself, without the Ditzies' light, starting to slip away into a ForcedSleep with the rest of the Fraggles. Just as he begins to tentatively sing, Ditzies start to appear. He realizes that the Ditzies come from music, and he renews his efforts with more vigor. The other Fraggles start to wake up, joining in the song, until all of Fraggle Rock is restored. The other Fraggles hail Gobo as a hero, and the Storyteller exclaims that Gobo's just written the Glory Song.

* SingerSongwriter: Gobo writes and sings the Glory Song: "Shine On, Shine On Me."

* SelfSoothingSong: In the Great Hall, Gobo is the last Fraggle awake. Sitting in the dark, he begins to sing to comfort himself, feeling himself, without the Ditzies' light, starting to slip away into a ForcedSleep with the rest of the Fraggles. Just as he begins to tentatively sing, Ditzies start to appear. He realizes that the Ditzies come from music, and he renews his efforts with more vigor, until all of Fraggle Rock is restored. The other Fraggles hail him as a hero and tell him that he's just written the Glory Song.

* ActuallyQuiteCatchy: Gobo and Wembley don't understand the Trash Heap's advice: "Do what Fraggles always do." To explain, she sings [[{{Samba}} "Stuff Samba."]] They still have no idea what it means, but Wembley gets into the beat and starts dancing along, while Gobo just shakes his head and gives Wembley a DisapprovingLook.

* TuttiFruttiHat: The Trash Heap is wearing a Carmen Miranda-style hat topped with garbage, including banana peels, chili peppers, and a load of radish tops.

* DarkestHour: The Ditzies are dying, the Rock has gone dark, and all the Fraggles but Gobo and Wembley have entered a ForcedSleep. As a last resort, they've decided to try carrying the other Fraggles above ground, where the light will wake them. Then, when they get back to the Rock to carry out this plan, Wembley falls asleep, and Gobo is on the verge of doing so as well.

* DespairEventHorizon: Gobo has one when the entire Rock has gone dark and everyone but him has fallen asleep.

* YouWereTryingTooHard: After being chosen to write the Glory Song, Gobo sits in his room, trying out different lines and coming up with nothing that sounds right. On top of that, all the light in the Rock is going out because the Ditzies are dying, and everyone begins entering a ForcedSleep. Gobo manages to carry Wembley above ground by the light of a lantern. This revives them, but the Trash Heap's advice on how to save the Ditzies makes no sense to Gobo and Wembley, and Uncle Matt's latest postcard provides no ideas. Gobo and Wembley decide the only thing left to do is to carry the other Fraggles above ground, one by one, so the light will wake them up. But once they're back underground, Wembley falls asleep, and Gobo is on the verge of doing the same. In despair, he begins to play his guitar in the darkened Great Hall, singing about how he wishes his song could bring back the light. The music revives the Ditzies and wakes the other Fraggles, who join in the song, and Gobo realizes he's finally accomplished what he was chosen for.

* TheChooserOfTheOne: The Storyteller draws Gobo's name from the Gourd of Guidance.

* AutopilotArtistry: After being chosen to write the Glory Song, Gobo sits in his room, trying out different lines and coming up with nothing that sounds right. On top of that, all the light in the Rock is going out because the Ditzies are dying, and everyone begins entering a ForcedSleep. The Trash Heap's advice makes no sense to Gobo, and Uncle Matt's latest postcard provides no ideas. In despair, he begins to play his guitar in the darkened Great Hall, singing about how he wishes his song could bring back the light. The music revives the Ditzies and wakes the other Fraggles, and Gobo realizes he's finally accomplished what he was chosen for.
-->'''Storyteller:''' That's it! That's Gobo's Glory Song!\\
''[Mokey and Wembley lift him onto their shoulders as everyone cheers.]''\\
'''Gobo:''' It is? ''[A short {{beat}}.]'' Yeah, it is!\\
'''Storyteller:''' [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Gourd of Guidance guides again!]]

'''Storyteller:''' Gourd of Guidance guides again!

* TheChooserOfTheOne: The Storyteller draws Gobo's name from the [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Gourd of Guidance]].

* YouWereTryingTooHard: Downplayed. After being chosen to write the Glory Song, Gobo sits in his room, trying out different lines and coming up with nothing that sounds right. It's only when he starts to sing in the darkened Great Hall, reviving the Ditzies and waking the other Fraggles, that he finally accomplishes what he was chosen for.
-->'''Storyteller:''' That's it! That's Gobo's Glory Song!\\
''[Mokey and Wembley lift him onto their shoulders as everyone cheers.]''\\
'''Gobo:''' It is? ''[A short {{beat}}.]'' Yeah, it is!\\
'''Storyteller:''' Gourd of Guidance guides again!

-->'''The Ditzies:''' The glow of our bodies lights your caves. [[YouSeeImDying Now we are dying. We do not know why.]] We must save our strength. Help us... help us! ''[They fade away.]''

-->'''The Ditzies:''' The glow from our bodies lights your caves. [[YouSeeImDying Now we are dying. We do not know why.]] We must save our strength. Help us... help us! ''[They fade away.]''

'''Boober:''' But... we've never met you before.\\

-->'''The Ditzies:''' The glow from our bodies lights your caves. [[YouSeeImDying Now we are dying.]] We do not know why. We must save our strength. Help us... help us! ''[They fade away.]''

* FantasticLightSource: The reason the caves are so brightly lit is the Ditzies, creatures that feed off music and turn it into visible light.

* HollywoodDarkness: Here, we find out why the caves are bright.

* YouSeeImDying: The Ditzies reveal that they're inexplicably dying.

'''Boober:''' But we've never met you before.\\

'''Gobo:''' Shhh!

* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the start of the episode, Gobo and Wembley are walking through a cave that nobody's been in for days. A few minutes later, the cave goes dark, and the two Fraggles start to feel tired.