Episode 104: You Can't Do That Without a Hat

Fraggle Rock
Air Date	January 31, 1983
Written by	Jocelyn Stevenson
Director	Perry Rosemond

Flex works undercover.

Boober, minus his "newfound brovado".

Mokey gives Boober a makeshift hat.

Superstitious Boober goes to the Trash Heap for advice on how to be brave, and she tells him to "Always wear a hat." Boober is thrilled with this advice, convinced that his hat magically makes him strong and brave, but he falls into despair when he loses the hat upon being blown onto Flex Doozer by the Blustering Bellowpane Monster.

Meanwhile, Doc invents a Stave-Shaver and a Barrel Scraper. The part with Sprocket attempting to catch Gobo Fraggle during his retrieval of Uncle Traveling Matt's postcard causes Sprocket to lose Doc's Stave-Shaver.

Notes

• An old Fraggle presides over the meeting in this episode, but he's not the World's Oldest Fraggle; that character won't appear until "The Finger of Light."

• In this episode, individual Doozers are referred to by name for the first time: their names include Angle Doozer, Board Doozer, Derrick Doozer and Flex. With the notable exception of Flex, who spends most of the episode wandering around under Boober's hat, the Doozers are seen mostly speaking in unison, as if they have no individual personalities. As the Doozers develop later on in the series, this feature is dropped, and each Doozer became an individual.

• Another notable element of this episode is that Fraggle Rock seems really brightly lit; for an underground world, the Fraggles certainly get a lot of sunlight.

Songs

• "Inny Minny Cow Cow"
• "Doozer Gong Music"
• "Without a Hat"
• "Pantry Chant"
• "Lost and Found"

Supporting Cast

• Flex Doozer (Richard Hunt)
• Blustering Bellowpane Monster (Tom Vandenberg)

Video releases

• Fraggle Rock: Complete First Season (HIT!, 2005)
• Fraggle Rock: Complete Series Collection (HIT!, 2008)

International episode titles

• Denmark: "Uden en hat"
• France: "Pas la peine sans ta casquette" (No Worries Without Your Hat)
• Germany: "Geh nie ohne Hut" (Never Go Without a Hat)
• Netherlands: "Dat kan je niet zonder pet"
• Norway: "Det går ikke uten hatt"
• Spain: "No puedes hacerlo sin un sombrero"
• Sweden: "Boobers hatt"

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