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[[Marjory the Trash Heap]] gets into one of her save-the-world moods. She decides to cast a spell that makes all the [[radishes]] in [[the Gorgs' garden]] disappear, hoping that in the ensuing crisis [[the Fraggles]], [[the Doozers]] and [[the Gorgs]] will learn how much they all need each other.
  
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[[Marjory the Trash Heap]] gets into one of her save-the-world moods. She decides to cast a spell that makes all the [[radishes]] in [[The Gorgs' Garden|the Gorgs' Garden]] disappear, hoping that in the ensuing crisis the [[Fraggles]], [[Doozers]] and [[Gorgs]] will learn how much they all need each other.
   
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In [[Outer Space]], [[Doc]] ends up getting into an argument with [[Ned Shimmelfinney]] when he finds out that he tampered with the fuel gauge in Doc's car to make it look like that Doc hasn't used up fuel.
   
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==Quotes==
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==Fraggle Facts==
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*All of the creatures of [[Fraggle Rock (location)|Fraggle Rock]] are connected through radishes. The Doozers make [[Doozer sticks]], their building material, out of ground-up radish dust. The Fraggles' two main food sources are radishes and Doozer sticks. The Gorgs need radishes to make their [[Gorg Youth and Beauty Cream|youth and beauty cream]]...and if they don't use the cream, they vanish! This [[Environmental|environmental]] interconnection is one of the main overarching themes of the series.
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'''Boober:''' Oh, [[Mokey]], there you are! Then you ''haven't'' died in the night... I was down at the pantry to get a radish for my breakfast, and since there are no radishes down there, and it is ''your'' job to pick the radishes, I thought that you had died.</p>
  
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==Supporting Cast==
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==Notes==
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*[[Flange Doozer]] ([[Steve Whitmire]])
  
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*[[Wingnut Doozer]] ([[Karen Prell]])
  
   
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* This is the first episode in which the Doozers are treated as separate characters; in early episodes, they merely act like little [[robots]].
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==Songs==
  
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*Doozer Marching Song
  
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*Doozer Knitting Song
  
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*Perfect Harmony
  
   
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* [[Gobo Fraggle|Gobo]] does not appear in this episode. [[Red Fraggle|Red]] mentions that he's gone exploring [[the Singing Caverns]].
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==Fraggle Facts==
  
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All fo the creatures of [[Fraggle Rock (location)|Fraggle Rock]] are connected through radishes. The Doozers make [[Doozer sticks]], their building material, out of ground-up radish dust. The Fraggles' two main food sources are radishes and Doozer sticks. The Gorgs need radishes to make their [[Gorg Youth and Beauty Cream|youth and beauty cream]]... and if they don't use the cream, they vanish! This environmental interconnection is one of the main overarching themes of the series.
  
   
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* The Great Radish Famine is a reference to [[Wikipedia:The Great Hunger|The Irish Potato Famine]].
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==Notes==
  
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This is the first episode in which the Doozers are treated as separate characters; in early episodes, they act like little robots.
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* This is the first episode in which there is no [[Postcards from Traveling Matt|Postcard from Uncle Traveling Matt]].
   
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==International Versions==
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==International versions==
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UK version: [[Sprocket]] has fleas, and [[the Captain]] gets rid of them using a concoction of stale radishes and kipper oil.
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[[Fraggle Rock (UK)|UK]] version: [[Sprocket]] has fleas, and [[The Captain]] gets rid of them using a concoction of stale radishes and kipper oil.
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==Supporting cast==
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* [[Flange Doozer]] ([[Steve Whitmire]])
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* [[Wingnut Doozer]] ([[Karen Prell]])
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* Baby Doozer ([[Kathy Mullen]])
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==Songs==
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* "[[Doozer March Song (Set Your Shoulder)]]"
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* "[[Doozer Knitting Song]]"
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* "[[Perfect Harmony (song)|Perfect Harmony]]"
   
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==Video/DVD releases==
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==Video releases==
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*''[[The Fraggles Search and Find]]'' ([[Jim Henson Video]], 1993) -- closing credits cut<br>
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* ''[[The Fraggles Search and Find]]'' ([[Jim Henson Video]], [[1993]]) -- closing credits cut
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*''[[Fraggle Rock: Complete First Season]]'' ([[HIT!]], 2005)
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* ''[[Fraggle Rock: Complete First Season]]'' ([[HIT!]], [[2005]])
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* ''[[Fraggle Rock: Complete Series Collection]]'' (HIT!, [[2008]])
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* ''[[Wembley's Egg Surprise]]'' ([[Lions Gate Entertainment]], [[2010]])
   
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==International episode titles==
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==See also==
  
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* [[Fragglerne (Denmark)|Denmark]]: "Den store radisemangel"
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*[[Episode 118: The Minstrels]]
  
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* [[Fraggle Rock (France)|France]]: "La grande pénurie de radis" (The Great Radish Shortage)
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*[[Episode 120: The Garden Plot]]
  
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* [[Die Fraggles (Germany)|Germany]]: "Die große Radieschen-Hungersnot" (The Great Radish Famine)
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* [[Fragglene (Norway)|Norway]]: "Den store reddikmangelen" (The large radish shortage)
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* [[Fraglesy|Poland]]: "Rzodkiewkowy kataklizm"
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* [[Los Fraguel (Spain)|Spain]]: "La gran escasez de rábano" (The acute storage of horseradish)
   
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Revision as of 16:31, 30 July 2015

Fraggle Rock
Air Date May 16, 1983
Written by Jerry Juhl
Director George Bloomfield
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119b
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Marjory the Trash Heap gets into one of her save-the-world moods. She decides to cast a spell that makes all the radishes in the Gorgs' Garden disappear, hoping that in the ensuing crisis the Fraggles, Doozers and Gorgs will learn how much they all need each other.

In Outer Space, Doc ends up getting into an argument with Ned Shimmelfinney when he finds out that he tampered with the fuel gauge in Doc's car to make it look like that Doc hasn't used up fuel.

Fraggle Facts

  • All of the creatures of Fraggle Rock are connected through radishes. The Doozers make Doozer sticks, their building material, out of ground-up radish dust. The Fraggles' two main food sources are radishes and Doozer sticks. The Gorgs need radishes to make their youth and beauty cream...and if they don't use the cream, they vanish! This environmental interconnection is one of the main overarching themes of the series.

Notes

  • This is the first episode in which the Doozers are treated as separate characters; in early episodes, they merely act like little robots.

International versions

UK version: Sprocket has fleas, and The Captain gets rid of them using a concoction of stale radishes and kipper oil.

Supporting cast

Songs

Video releases

International episode titles

  • Denmark: "Den store radisemangel"
  • France: "La grande pénurie de radis" (The Great Radish Shortage)
  • Germany: "Die große Radieschen-Hungersnot" (The Great Radish Famine)
  • Norway: "Den store reddikmangelen" (The large radish shortage)
  • Poland: "Rzodkiewkowy kataklizm"
  • Spain: "La gran escasez de rábano" (The acute storage of horseradish)

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