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Episode 109: The Lost Treasure of the Fraggles

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Fraggle Rock
Air Date March 7, 1983
Written by Jerry Juhl
Director Perry Rosemond
Sprocket gives rollerskating a try.
The Fraggles venture out into the Gorg's castle to look for the treasure.
The Treasure, in all its glory.

Gobo and Red find a map that leads to the ancient Treasure of Fraggle Rock. They consider keeping the treasure for themselves, but when they discover that the map leads them inside the the Gorgs' Castle, they realize that they'll need their friends' help.

Contents

Fraggle Facts

  • In this episode, we see that Gorgs don't just eat radishes; Junior Gorg also likes to eat peach pie with lots of garlic.
  • This episode contains an enigmatic reference to Fraggle history. When Gobo finds the ancient map, he remarks that it was drawn at "the time of the Third Drafting," which was "about a zillion squintillion days ago!" It is never explained when the Third Drafting was, or what it refers to.
  • Fraggles don't seem to have a notion of wealth or currency, as to them having diamonds and being rich simply means having a lot of skipping stones.
  • The Treasure of the Ancient Fraggles ended up being a music box varient.

Notes

  • All of the songs in this episode are instrumentals.

Songs

Video releases

International episode titles

  • Denmark: "Fragglernes forsvundne skat"
  • France: "Le trésor perdu des Fraggles"
  • Germany: "Der verlorene Schatz der Fraggles"
  • Netherlands: "De verborgen schat van de Freggels"
  • Norway: "Fragglenes tapte skatt"
  • Spain: "El tesoro de los Fraggle"
  • Sweden: "Skattjakten"


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