Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series is an American animated children's television series based on the original live action version of the same name created by Jim Henson. NBC aired this spin-off program on Saturday mornings at 10:00 AM (later moved to 11:00 AM) for one season during 1987. It was later shown in reruns on Disney Channel from May 5, 1990 to June 1995.
The animated series followed the same formula as the HBO original live-action series, including the same theme song but re-recorded with the cartoon character voice actors. Many episodes consisted of two 15-minute stories; however, a few presented a single full 30-minute plot. The animated version carried on the tradition of original songs, with at least one tune per episode (including a few recycled from the puppet version, such as "Let Me Be Your Song").
In its original run, the animated episodes were book-ended by footage of the original puppet version of Uncle Traveling Matt, introducing the show from Doc's workshop. The animated version of Fraggle Rock consisted of 13 episodes.
The most noticeable difference is that unlike the live-action version, the animated version of Doc is shown from the neck down, much like Nanny on Muppet Babies.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | USA | USA(Spanish) | Ger | Fra | Neth |
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Webley Fraggle | Bob Bergen | Juan Zadala | Mogens von Gadow | Gilles Laurent | Olaf Wijnants |
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Boober Fraggle | Rob Paulsen | Donald Arthur | Lionel Henry | ||
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Red Fraggle | Barbara Goodson | Rocío Gallegos | Christa Häussler | Marie-Martine | Maria Lindes |
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Mokey Fraggle | Mona Marshall | Sabine Plessner | Angélique de Boer | ||
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Gobo Fraggle | Townsend Coleman | Víctor Mares Jr. | Fred Maire | Patrick Laplace | Hein Boele |
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Uncle TravelingMatt | Patrick Pinney | Leo Bardischewski | Paul van Gorcum | ||
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Architect Doozer | Townsend Coleman | Paul Bürks | |||
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Junior Gorg | Michael Laskin | Willi Röbke | Alain Flick | Arnold Gelderman | |
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Ma Gorg | Patricia Parris | Mady Rahl | Maria Lindes |