Fraggle Rock/Tear Jerker
Examples of Tear Jerkers in Fraggle Rock include:
Tear Jerkers from Fraggle Rock
- Several instances, but "Marooned," "Gone, but not Forgotten," and "Change of Address" (the final episode) especially.
- "Change of Address":
- One giant case from beginning to end. You'll likely be reduced to mush long before, but Sprocket's whimpering at Doc's words (and Doc's words themselves) that they'll never see Gobo again is the definite breaking point. Of course, mere moments later they do see Gobo but it doesn't make the emotional impact any less. And dear God, the whole "Magic Be With You"' segment with the tunnel will break you up to and including the very end of the credits.
- The song "Goodbye": "Goodbye, goodbye, every eye is dry. Leaving? There's no grieving just a rainbow in the sky. Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye."
- On the episode 'Change of Address' when Gobo sang 'Petals of a Rose.'
- One giant case from beginning to end. You'll likely be reduced to mush long before, but Sprocket's whimpering at Doc's words (and Doc's words themselves) that they'll never see Gobo again is the definite breaking point. Of course, mere moments later they do see Gobo but it doesn't make the emotional impact any less. And dear God, the whole "Magic Be With You"' segment with the tunnel will break you up to and including the very end of the credits.
- The episode "Gone But Not Forgotten". That is all.
- Seconded. This troper considers this episode to be Fraggle Rock's equivalent of "Jurassic Bark".
- It does become slightly Hilarious in Hindsight if you recognize the Mudwell puppet from a death-related Crowning Moment of Funny from Muppet Treasure Island (He's the pirate who cradles Old Dead Tom until someone patiently explains that Old Dead Tom's always been dead. That's why he's called Old Dead Tom.)
- Seconded. This troper considers this episode to be Fraggle Rock's equivalent of "Jurassic Bark".
- "Mokey's Funeral" manages to evoke this even when we know from the beginning that Mokey's actually okay.
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Red: It couldn't be Mokey. She's my best friend. |
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- There's an early episode where Gobo is off on some adventure or other overnight, leaving his roommate Wembly alone for (presumably) the first time. The song Wembly sings will haunt you forever.
- If "The River of Life" doesn't make you sniffle at least once, you have no heart. Boober stands at the hole to Outer Space, begging the Silly Creatures to stop poisoning the caves, asking if the Fraggles or Gorgs have done anything to upset them. What Boober doesn't know is that Doc and Sprocket are out at the moment, and he's speaking to an empty, uncaring room - except for us.
- "Marooned": It's episodes like this that make Media Watchdogs forbid children's shows from showing two main characters slowly suffocating to death in the dark, wondering what it will feel like to die...
- Despite this (or possibly because of this), "Marooned" is considered by many fans to be the overall best episode of the series.
Tear Jerkers about Fraggle Rock
- Outside of the series, one line uttered in an interview Gerry Parkes gave after the end: "I miss my Sprocket."
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