Die Fraggles
A Fraggle Rock co-production
Country	Germany
First aired	November 12, 1983
Last aired
Network	ZDF
Seasons

Die Fraggles is the German co-production of Fraggle Rock.

Contents 1 Localization 2 Video releases 3 Unproduced episodes 4 Cast 5 Character Translations and Voices 6 Crew 7 See also

LocalizationEdit

The segments within the Muppet world of Fraggle Rock were the same as the North American version, but dubbed with German voice actors. The segments from outer space (i.e. the Doc and Sprocket and Traveling Matt segments) were changed to fit the German audience and filmed at FSM-Studios in Munich.

The German wraparounds copied the North American Doc's set and script word-for-word (except in German), whereas the UK and French co-productions were generally different. 85 of the 96 episodes were co-produced.

Steve Whitmire talked about his experiences on the set with Hans-Helmut Dickow to Duncan Kenworthy in the Fraggle Rock Season Two DVD Interviews segment titled "Docs And Sprockets".

All of the Fraggles' voice actors reprised their roles for the German dub of the animated version of Die Fraggles.

Video releasesEdit

For a detailed list, see Die Fraggles Videography.

After a slow start during which the first half of the first season was released on DVD four times between 2008 and 2010 (slightly repackaged), the entire 85 episode run of the show was finally made commercially available for the first time on December 10, 2010.

Unproduced episodesEdit

The following eleven episodes do not exist in the German co-production:

• Episode 401: Sprocket's Big Adventure
• Episode 408: A Brush with Jealousy
• Episode 410: Red's Blue Dragon
• Episode 502: The Riddle of Rhyming Rock
• Episode 503: The Voice Inside
• Episode 504: The Trial of Cotterpin Doozer
• Episode 508: Mokey, Then and Now
• Episode 509: Ring Around the Rock
• Episode 511: The Gorg Who Would Be King
• Episode 512: The Honk of Honks
• Episode 513: Change of Address

CastEdit

• Doc: Hans-Helmut Dickow
• Sprocket: Steve Whitmire (for first 12 episodes only), Dave Barclay, Mike Quinn (for 6 second season episodes only), Louise Gold (the last handful of episodes)
• Sprocket (assistant): Eva Böhmke
• Uncle Traveling Matt and Gobo Fraggle (puppeteer only): Siegfried Böhmke

Character Translations and VoicesEdit

English Name	German Name	German Voice Actor
Gobo Fraggle		Fred Maire (speaking, sometimes singing) Eberhard Storeck (sometimes singing)
Wembley Fraggle		Mogens von Gadow
Red Fraggle		Christa Häussler
Boober Fraggle		Donald Arthur
Mokey Fraggle		Sabine Plessner
Uncle Traveling Matt	Onkel Matt	Leo Bardischewski
Junior Gorg		Willi Röbke
Pa Gorg		Herbert Weicker
Ma Gorg		Marianne Paar (early seasons) Mady Rahl (later seasons)
Marjory the Trash Heap	Marjorie, die allwissende Müllhalde	Alice Franz
Philo		Oliver Grimm
Gunge	Gungo	Eberhard Storeck
Cotterpin Doozer		Inez Günther
Architect Doozer	Architekt	Paul Bürks
Ned Shimmelfinny	Herr Kümmelgroller	No dialog
Fluffinella	Flippinulla	No dialog
The World's Oldest Fraggle	Ältester Fraggle	Peter Capell Heini Göbel
Storyteller Fraggle	Geschichtenerzählerin	Fee von Reichlin
Cantus		Manfred Lichtenfeld Heini Göbel
Marlon Fraggle		Werner Abrolat
Convincing John	Überzeugungs John	Unknown
Wander McMooch		Christian Marschall
Mavis the Mirror	Marvis der Spiegel	Marianne Wischmann (speaking)
Fraggle Rock	Fraggle Felsen	Location

CrewEdit

• Director: Horst Eppinger
• Set Designer: Horst Hennicke
• Production Supervisors: Martin Baker, Hermann Hinze-Selch
• Dialogue Translation/Voice Direction: Eberhard Storeck
• Editor: Hans-Dieter Radke

See alsoEdit

• Die Fraggles Videography