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{{Infobox television
| image                = Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Logo.png
| alt_name             = {{Plainlist|
* ''Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock''
* ''Fraggle Rock with Jim Henson's Muppets''
}}
| genre                = {{Plainlist|
* Comedy
* [[Children's television|Children's]]
* [[Slapstick]]
* Fantasy
* Musical
}}
| creator              = [[Jim Henson]]
| writer               = 
| composer             = {{unbulleted list|[[Philip Balsam]]|[[Dennis Lee (author)|Dennis Lee]]}}
| starring             = {{Plainlist|
* [[Gerard Parkes|Gerry Parkes]] as Doc (US and Canada)
* [[Michel Robin]] as Doc (France)
* Hans Helmut Dickow as Doc (Germany)
* [[Fulton Mackay]] as The Captain (UK)
* [[John Gordon Sinclair]] as P.K. (UK)
* [[Simon O'Brien (presenter)|Simon O'Brien]] as B.J. (UK)
* '''Muppet performers:'''
* [[Jerry Nelson]]
* [[Dave Goelz]]
* [[Steve Whitmire]]
* [[Kathryn Mullen]]
* [[Karen Prell]]
* [[Richard Hunt (puppeteer)|Richard Hunt]]
* [[Jim Henson]]
}}
| opentheme            = "Down at Fraggle Rock"
| endtheme             = "Down at Fraggle Rock"
| country              = {{Plainlist|
* United Kingdom
* United States
* Canada
* France
* Germany
}}
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 5
| num_episodes         = 96
| list_episodes        = List of Fraggle Rock episodes
| executive_producer   = Jim Henson
| producer             = [[Jerry Juhl]]
| editor               = Christopher Roy
| director             = [[Eric Till]]
| location             = {{plainlist|
* [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
* [[The Maidstone Studios|TVS Television Centre]], [[Maidstone]], [[United Kingdom]]
* FSM Television Studio
}}
| runtime              = 25 minutes
| company              = [[The Jim Henson Company|Henson Associates]]
| channel              = {{Plainlist|
* [[CBC Television|CBC]] (Canada)
* [[Television South]] (UK)
* [[HBO]] (US)
* [[France 3|FR3]] (France)
* [[ZDF]] (Germany)
}}
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1983|1|10}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1987|3|30}}
| related              = {{plainlist|
* ''[[Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series]]''
* ''[[Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock]]''
* ''[[The Doozers]]''
* ''[[The Muppet Show]]''
}}
}}
'''''Fraggle Rock''''' (also known as '''''Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock''''' or '''''Fraggle Rock with Jim Henson's Muppets''''') is a children's [[Musical film|musical]] [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] [[television comedy|comedy]] [[puppet]] television series about interconnected societies of [[The Muppets|Muppet]] creatures, created by [[Jim Henson]].

An international co-production of Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, ''Fraggle Rock'' was co-produced by British television company [[Television South]] (TVS), the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], American pay television service [[HBO]], and [[Henson Associates]]. Unlike ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' and ''[[Sesame Street]]'', which had been created for a single market and later adapted for international markets, ''Fraggle Rock'' was intended from the start to be an international production, and the entire show was constructed with this in mind. At least four different versions of the human [[wraparound segment]]s were produced separately to air in different countries.

Following the success of the ''Fraggle Rock: Rock On!'' shorts which aired on [[Apple TV+]] in April 2020, a reboot of ''Fraggle Rock'' was ordered by the streaming service.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Fraggle Rock' Reboot Gets Series Order At Apple|url=https://deadline.com/2020/05/fraggle-rock-reboot-series-order-apple-1202943858/|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=May 26, 2020|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Aheard|first=Victoria|date=January 25, 2021|title=Fraggle Rock children's puppet series reboot starts production in Calgary |language=en-US|work=[[CBC News]]|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/fraggle-rock-remake-calgary-1.5886851|access-date=March 29, 2021}}</ref> Known as ''[[Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock]]'', it premiered on January 21, 2022.<ref name="RebootPremiere"/>

==History==
''Fraggle Rock'' debuted in 1983 as one of the first shows involving the collaboration of Henson International Television ([[HiT Entertainment]] from 1989), the international arm of [[The Jim Henson Company|Jim Henson Productions]]. The co-production brought together British regional ITV franchise-holder [[Television South]] (TVS), [[CBC Television]] (Canada), and U.S. pay-TV service [[HBO|Home Box Office]] and the [[Jim Henson Company]] (then known as Henson Associates). Filming took place on a [[Toronto]] soundstage. The avant-garde poet [[bpNichol]] worked as one of the show's writers. In the early days of development, the script called the Fraggles "Woozles" pending the devising of a more suitable name.

Henson described the ''Fraggle Rock'' series as "a high-energy, raucous musical romp. It's a lot of silliness. It's wonderful."<ref name="Random House 1993">Random House, 1993. Jim Henson The Works: The Art, The Magic, The Imagination
</ref> The program proved accessible to audiences of all ages, and used the fantasy creatures as an allegory to deal with serious issues such as [[prejudice]], [[spirituality]], [[Identity (social science)|personal identity]], the [[List of environmental issues|environment]], and [[social conflict]].<ref name="documentary">
''Down at Fraggle Rock'' documentary; 1987, HBO and Jim Henson Productions</ref>

In 2009, as part of the [[Jim Henson Foundation]]'s donation of [[puppets]] to the [[Center for Puppetry Arts]], the [[Atlanta]] museum displayed many of the original puppet characters from ''Fraggle Rock'' in their exhibition ''Jim Henson: Wonders from his Workshop''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.puppet.org/museum/spec.shtml#hensonworkshop|title="Center for Puppetry Arts—Jim Henson: Wonders From His Workshop"}}</ref>

==International co-productions==
The producers made the series with the intention of it airing in various forms internationally. That concept grew out of Jim Henson's experience adapting ''Sesame Street'' to the requirements of foreign markets.<ref name="Random House 1993"/> The human "wraparound" segments were produced separately in several countries, so the viewer could always relate to the world of the program. The series has appeared now in over 10 countries and languages. The head producer was Wesley James Tomlinson.
* The original North American version, filmed in Toronto, features an [[Invention|inventor]] named Doc (played by [[Gerard Parkes|Gerry Parkes]]) and his dog Sprocket. This wraparound was also used in Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, Scandinavia, Spain, Japan, and Eastern Europe. Dutch, Scandinavian, Spanish, Japanese, and Eastern European shows were [[Dub localization|dubbed]] in their respective languages.
* The British inserts were filmed first at the [[Television South#TVS Television Theatre|TVS Television Theatre]] in [[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]], Kent (since closed and demolished), and later at their [[The Maidstone Studios|larger studio complex]] in [[Maidstone]], and presents ''Fraggle Rock'' as a rock-filled sea island with a [[lighthouse]]. Exterior footage was that of [[St Anthony's Lighthouse]] located near [[Falmouth, Cornwall|Falmouth]] in Cornwall. The [[lighthouse keeper]] is The [[Sea captain|Captain]] (played by [[Fulton Mackay]]), a retired sailor who lives with his faithful dog Sprocket. In the third season, as MacKay had died in 1987, the role was played by [[John Gordon Sinclair]] as P.K., (the Captain's nephew) and in the fourth and final season by [[Simon O'Brien (presenter)|Simon O'Brien]] as B.J. (son of the lighthouse's owner, Mr. Bertwhistle). In 2014, 35 of these British ''wraparounds'' were still [[Lost television broadcast|missing, believed wiped]], although subsequent recoveries have gradually reduced this number.<ref name="nightshade.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.nightshade.org.uk/fraggleuk.html |title=Fraggle Rock UK - Missing Episodes |publisher=Nightshade.org.uk |access-date=April 12, 2017}}</ref> As of December 2020, all 96 wraparounds have been found and handed over to the [[British Film Institute|BFI]], confirming that the entire UK production still exists in some shape or form.<ref name="youtube.com">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/XQ1iJkYwwKA Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20201213124958/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ1iJkYwwKA Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ1iJkYwwKA |title=Missing Believed Wiped 2020 - The Fraggles Are Coming - 25-12-83
 |date=December 12, 2020
 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=December 27, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Nickelodeon UK|Nickelodeon]] repeated it in the UK from 1993, as did [[Boomerang UK|Boomerang]] and [[Cartoonito]] in 2007. The episodes shown were the original North American versions.
* In France, the wraparound segments take place in a bakery with its version of Doc (played by [[Michel Robin]]) who worked as a baker and a French Sprocket called Croquette. Doc inherited the home from his eccentric Uncle Georges (who was a noted inventor). Thus, when the frame story required the use of a mechanical device, Doc would find yet another of Uncle Georges's machines. Plot-lines also frequently involved the elegant but unseen Madame Pontaven (whom Doc repeatedly attempted to impress and invite to dinner with no success). Not all of the 96 episodes were produced in French. The original French broadcast only aired the first three seasons of the series, lasting from October 16, 1983 until September 1, 1986 on [[FR3]].
* In the German version, the action takes place beneath the workshop of the inventor Doc (played by {{Ill|Hans Helmut Dickow|de}}) and was filmed at FSM Television Studio in [[Munich]]. The series was named ''Die Fraggles'' and was first broadcast on [[ZDF]] on November 12, 1983. Out of the 96 produced episodes in total, only 85 episodes were presented in German. The remaining 11 episodes (three episodes from Season 4 and eight episodes from Season 5) used its original English audio.

==Characters==
{{Main|List of Fraggle Rock characters}}
There are four main intelligent anthropomorphic species in the Fraggle Rock environment: Fraggles, Doozers, Gorgs, and Silly Creatures. The Fraggles and Doozers live in a system of natural caves called Fraggle Rock that are filled with all manner of creatures and features and which connect to at least two different areas:
* The Land of the Gorgs which they consider part of the "Universe".
* "Outer Space" (our world).

One of the main themes of the series is that, although the three species depend on the other for their survival, they usually fail to communicate due to vast differences in their biology and culture. The series mainly follows the adventures of five Fraggles, each with their own personality: pragmatic [[Gobo Fraggle|Gobo]], artistic [[Mokey Fraggle|Mokey]], indecisive [[Wembley Fraggle|Wembley]], superstitious [[Boober Fraggle|Boober]], and adventurous [[Red Fraggle|Red]]. Some of the characters' names are film industry [[in-jokes]]. For example, [[Uncle Traveling Matt]] is a reference to the traveling matte technique used with blue screen to give the impression a character is somewhere they are not; Gobo is named after [[Gobo (lighting)|a shaped metal grill]] placed over a theater light to produce interesting shadows (window shapes, leaves, etc.) and Red is a reference to a "redhead", another name for an 800w film light.

===Fraggles===
[[File:Trash heap2.jpg|thumb|265x265px|[[List of Fraggle Rock characters|Marjory the Trash Heap]], 1988]]
Fraggles are small anthropomorphic creatures, typically {{convert|18|in|cm}} tall,<ref name=story>{{Cite web|url=http://www.henson.com/family_fragglerock.php?content=story|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924025724/http://www.henson.com/family_fragglerock.php?content=story|url-status=dead|title="The Story of Fraggle Rock", from Henson.com|archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> that come in a variety of colors and have fur tuft tipped tails. Fraggles live a generally carefree life, spending most of their time (they have a thirty-minute [[work week]]) playing, exploring, and generally enjoying themselves. They live mainly on [[radish]]es and Doozer sticks, made of ground-up radishes and the material with which the Doozers build their constructions. The Fraggles seek wisdom from Marjory the Trash Heap, who is located in a corner of the Gorgs' garden. Marjory the Trash Heap is a large, [[Matron#Other uses|matronly]], sentient compost heap. According to her rat-like companions Philo and Gunge, the Trash Heap "knows all and sees all." By her own admission, she has "everything".

===Doozers===
{{redirect|Doozers|the spinoff TV series|The Doozers}}
Within Fraggle Rock lives a second species of small humanoid creatures, the pudgy, green, and industrious Doozers. They stand about {{convert|6|in|cm}} tall ("knee-high to a Fraggle").<ref name=story/> Doozers are in a sense the opposite of Fraggles; their lives are dedicated to working and industry. Doozers spend much of their time busily constructing all manner of scaffolding throughout Fraggle Rock, using miniature construction equipment and wearing [[hardhat]]s and work boots. Doozers build their constructions out of an edible candy-like substance (manufactured from radishes) which is greatly enjoyed by Fraggles. This is essentially the only interaction between Doozers and Fraggles; Doozers spend most of their time building just for the sake of it, and Fraggles spend much of their time eating Doozer buildings which they consider delicious. 

The Doozers say in an early episode that "architecture is meant to be enjoyed", and in the episode "The Preachification of Convincing John", Mokey prevents the other Fraggles from eating the building work, believing it to be insensitive to the Doozers. As a result, the Doozer building eventually takes over Fraggle Rock, and once full, the Doozers plan on moving out as they have nowhere left to build. They explain that they want the Fraggles to eat their work to create space for more building work to go up again. Despite this co-dependence, the Doozers generally maintain a low opinion of Fraggles, considering them frivolous. The Doozers also seem to have little knowledge of the universe outside Fraggle Rock; early in the series, they are unaware of the existence of the Gorgs or their garden. However, there was also one time when Doc found, in his workshop, an ancient-looking Doozer helmet, indicating that the Doozers may have explored outside Fraggle Rock into "Outer Space" at some time in their forgotten past.

Adolescent Doozers come of age with a "taking the helmet" ceremony, in which they proudly accept their Doozer helmet from the Doozer Architect, after swearing to live a life of hard work. Rarely, a Doozer will refuse to "take the helmet"; a once in a generation occurrence that is generally met with shock and disbelief in the Doozer community. Such non-conformist Doozers can, however, find places of high regard in Doozer society, due to the advantages of their more creative way of thinking.

===Gorgs===
Outside another exit from Fraggle Rock live a small family of Gorgs, fat furry humanoids standing about {{convert|180|in|m}}.<ref name=story/> The husband and wife of the family, Pa, and Ma, consider themselves the King and Queen of the Universe, with their son Junior Gorg as its prince and heir-apparent, but to all appearances, they are simple farmers with a rustic house and garden patch. In "The Gorg Who Would Be King", Pa says he has ruled for 742 years.<ref>"Episode 511: The Gorg Who Would Be King"</ref>

Fraggles are considered pests by the Gorgs, as they often steal radishes from the garden. The Fraggles do not consider it stealing. The Gorgs use the radishes to make anti-vanishing cream, without which they disappear headfirst.<ref>"Episode 119: The Great Radish Famine"</ref>

===The Silly Creatures of Outer Space===
In the North American, French, and German versions of Fraggle Rock (along with most other foreign dubs), the connection between Fraggle Rock and Outer Space is a small hole in the wall of the workshop of an eccentric inventor named [[Doc (Fraggle Rock)|Doc]] and his (Muppet) dog Sprocket. In the British version, the situation is much the same, except that the hole leads into the living quarters of a lighthouse where the keeper lives with his dog, Sprocket.

Gobo must go out into Doc's workshop to retrieve the postcards from his uncle Matt from the wastebasket where Doc throws them, assuming they are misdelivered. Traveling Matt (a pun on [[Matte (filmmaking)|traveling matte]], the film [[compositing]] technique used in his segments) is exploring the wider world, observing humans, and reporting humorously false conclusions about their everyday behavior.

Sprocket often sees and chases Gobo, but can't convince Doc anything lives beyond the wall. Sprocket and Doc have many similar miscommunications throughout the series, given the language barrier, but overall, they understand each other quite well.

In the final episode arc of the original North American version of the show, Doc himself finally meets Gobo and befriends him.  Gobo tells Doc that Fraggles refer to humans as "silly creatures", and apologizes. Doc tells him that he thinks that it is a very good name for humans. Unfortunately in the final episode, Doc and Sprocket have to move to another state, but the Fraggles discover a magic tunnel that allows them to visit Doc and Sprocket's new home easily at any time.

==Episodes==
{{Main|List of Fraggle Rock episodes}}
{{:List of Fraggle Rock episodes}}

==Broadcast history==
The CBC/HBO version of the series has been broadcast and dubbed in 95 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.henson.com/family_content.php?content=fragglerock|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314130046/http://www.henson.com/family_content.php?content=fragglerock|url-status=dead|title="About Fraggle Rock", from Henson.com|archive-date=March 14, 2009}}</ref> The series airs on [[Seven Network|Channel 7]], [[TVNZ 1|TV One]], [[Doordarshan]], [[Workpoint TV]], [[Katholieke Radio Omroep|KRO]], [[Sveriges Television]], [[NHK]], [[NRK]], and [[GBR TV]]. Others were broadcast on [[Coub]] as an uploaded video, and others broadcast on [[TVtropolis]] (Canada), [[Bolivision]] (Bolivia), and [[CNC3]] (Trinidad and Tobago).

After the show ended on [[HBO]] in 1987, the channel started to rerun the series. In 1988, it ran on [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]]. The show aired on [[Disney Channel]] from October 1, 1992<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/timeline/timeline_90s.shtml|title = Muppet Central Articles - Henson Timeline: The 1990's}}</ref><ref>''The Disney Channel Magazine'', Vol. 10, no. 5, October/November 1992: pp. 31, 32, 34, 42-43.</ref> to September 30, 1996.<ref>'' The Disney Channel Magazine'', Vol. 14, no. 3, June/July 1996: p. 26.</ref><ref>''The Disney Channel Magazine'', Vol. 14, no. 4, August/September 1996: p. 28.</ref> From 1999 to 2001, the show moved to [[Odyssey Network]], which had recently been purchased by Henson and Hallmark. After Hallmark took full control, it discontinued the reruns. From October 10, 2010, to October 4, 2014, reruns aired on [[Discovery Family|The Hub]] as part of the channel's launch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/the-hubs-schedule-for-10-10-10-11-men-in-black-the-series-is-coming.5037321/|title = The Hub's Schedule for 10/10 & 10/11 - "Men in Black: The Series" is Coming!| date=September 25, 2010 }}</ref>

In 2007, ''Fraggle Rock'' reruns aired on television internationally. On July 23, 2007, [[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]] and [[Cartoonito]] started repeating episodes of the original North American production of ''Fraggle Rock'' in the UK, as they were unable to use the UK edits. In January 2013, ITV broadcast two episodes of this version as part of its Old Skool Weekend feature on the [[CITV]] channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/2013-01-04/citv-celebrates-30-years-with-an-old-skool-weekend|title=CITV begins an "Old Skool" weekend to celebrate its 30th birthday|publisher=ITV|date=January 4, 2013|access-date=January 5, 2013}}</ref>

On December 12, 2015, the remastered "[[List of Fraggle Rock episodes#Season 4 (1986)|The Bells of Fraggle Rock]]" episode debuted alongside Henson's remastered ''[[Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas]]'' on [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] in its ''[[25 Days of Christmas]]'' programming block.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Harnick|first1=Chris|title=It's December! ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas Schedule Is Here|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/712849/abc-family-s-25-days-of-christmas-schedule-is-here-plan-your-december-accordingly|access-date=October 16, 2017|work=[[E!]] Online|publisher=[[NBCUniversal]]|date=December 1, 2015}}</ref> ''Fraggle Rock'' was available on [[HBO Now]] in HD <ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/popculturenow/2016/10/10/fraggle-rock-is-returning-to-hbo/|title=Fraggle Rock Is Returning To HBO|last=Peters|first=Megan|work=ComicBook.com|date=October 10, 2016|access-date=October 10, 2016}}</ref> and in 2016 the series began to air reruns on [[HBO Family]].

In 2019, ''Fraggle Rock'' debuts along with the [[The Jim Henson Company|Henson classic content]] on [[Amazon Prime Video]] in North America, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Finland, and Iceland.

On May 26, 2020, [[Apple TV+]] announced that, alongside a series order for a reboot, they had acquired the exclusive streaming rights to the previous seasons of ''Fraggle Rock'' in the 100 countries the service is available in, making the series the first piece of non-original content available on the service.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Adalian |first1=Josef |title=Dance Your Cares Away, a Fraggle Rock Reboot Is Coming to Apple TV+ |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/fraggle-rock-reboot-apple-tv.html |website=Vulture |access-date=May 27, 2020 |language=en-us |date=May 26, 2020}}</ref>

==Home media==
===Australia===
[[Magna Pacific]] published the American version of ''Fraggle Rock'' on [[DVD region code#4|Region 4]] DVD in 2007. The DVD set ''Fraggle Rock: The Complete Fourth Season'' actually includes seasons four and five. The DVDs have no special features.

A set of plush dolls of Gobo, Wembley, Boober, and Red were released by Sababa Toys, each accompanied by a DVD featuring two episodes of the show, and one episode of the animated series.

===United Kingdom===
Twelve UK episodes were released on VHS and DVD by [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment]] in April 2004. [[Television South|TVS]], the original ITV broadcaster, has passed through several owners since dropping out of the ITV network in 1992 and it was believed only these 12 episodes had survived. The research found more episodes, but many of the original 95 remained lost.<ref name="nightshade.org.uk"/>  HiT Entertainment has tried unsuccessfully to locate the [[Lost television broadcast#Wiping|missing episodes]], including extensive inquiries with [[The Jim Henson Company]] both in the UK and the US. British television channels have consequently had to make do with the original US versions; such was the case with [[Boomerang UK|Boomerang]] and [[Cartoonito]] in 2007. In addition to the unknown fate of the physical master material, much of the original TVS production paperwork and sales documentation has been lost during the intervening years. This problem affects the majority of the TV program archive, preventing any commercial exploitation.

As of December 2017, search efforts and returned episodes from private collectors - mostly home recordings on VHS - have raised the number of episodes to 95, with only one episode - "Gobo’s School For Explorers", missing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nightshade.org.uk/fraggleuk.html|title=Fraggle Rock UK - Missing Episodes|website=www.nightshade.org.uk}}</ref>
In December 2020 TV preservation company Kaleidoscope announced via their Facebook page that VHS copies of all episodes had been located and transferred from the collection of producer [[Victor Pemberton]]. In 2010, [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment]] the UK released seasons 1-3 in complete season box sets. These releases are the same as the American box sets, except without bonus features. However, seasons 4 and 5 have never, as of 2024, been commercially been released in the UK.

===United States===
[[HBO|HBO Video]], previously known as HBO/Cannon Video and Thorn EMI/HBO Video, released a collection of single-episode VHS tapes during the 1980s through Jim Henson Video.

In 1993, [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Buena Vista Home Video]], under their ''Jim Henson Video'' label released five ''Fraggle Rock'' VHS tapes with two episodes each.

[[HIT Entertainment]] released several single-disc DVDs with three episodes each (two in the VHS counterparts) plus bonus episodes which could be unlocked by completing a trivia game before releasing the first three seasons of ''Fraggle Rock'' on DVD in Region 1 between September 2005 and September 2007. It released a complete series box set on November 4, 2008, but did not release the final season in a separate release. Season 4 had originally been scheduled to be released on the same day as the complete series set but at the last minute, it was scrapped and was never released.

In 2009, [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment]] reached a deal with The Jim Henson Company to release ''Fraggle Rock'' on DVD. It subsequently released the final season on DVD for the first time on November 3, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fraggle-Rock-Final-Season-and-Merry-Fraggle/12452 |title=Fraggle Rock—Henson Company/Lionsgate Deal Bring Final Season and Merry Fraggle |date=August 10, 2009 |website=[[TVShowsonDVD.com]] |access-date=September 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913053631/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fraggle-Rock-Final-Season-and-Merry-Fraggle/12452 |archive-date=September 13, 2009 }}</ref> On the same day, the "Complete Series" collection was re-released with new packaging (due to numerous complaints about the previous release).<ref>{{cite news|title= Fraggle Rock—Lionsgate/Henson Agreement Also Brings a Repackaged Complete Series Set|work= [[TVShowsOnDVD.com]]|url= http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fraggle-Rock-Complete-Series-Collection/12470|access-date= September 27, 2010|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091018074427/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fraggle-Rock-Complete-Series-Collection/12470|archive-date= October 18, 2009}}</ref>

In 2013, [[Vivendi Visual Entertainment]] acquired the license to release Jim Henson Company DVDs, including Fraggle Rock.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/more/dvd-calendar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222034712/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fraggle-Rock-30th-Anniversary-Collection/18084|url-status=dead|title=DVD Calendar Feature Articles - Metacritic|archive-date=February 22, 2013|website=www.metacritic.com}}</ref> Season 1 was re-released on March 12, 2013, followed by Season 2 on April 16, Season 3 on May 14, and Season 4 on June 18.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fraggle-Rock-Season-3/18133 |title=Fraggle Rock DVD news: Announcement for Fraggle Rock - The Complete 3rd Season |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |access-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116122046/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fraggle-Rock-Season-3/18133 |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref> A complete series set was also released on May 14 as ''Fraggle Rock{{snd}}The 30th Anniversary Collection''. This 22-disc set features all 96 episodes of the series as well as bonus features. A six-episode DVD was released with the title ''Meet the Fraggles''.

On July 11, 2018, [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] announced that they would be releasing a complete series set of ''Fraggle Rock'' on [[Blu-ray]] in honor of the show's 35th anniversary. The 12-disc set includes remastered versions of all 96 episodes of the series in high-definition, and includes all features from the previous DVD season releases as well as adding new material such as a 1993 ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today Show]]'' segment featuring Uncle Traveling Matt, a series of on-set videos with creator Jim Henson, and all 13 episodes of ''[[Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series]]''. It was released on September 25, 2018.<ref name="hddigest35">{{cite news |last1=Landy |first1=Tom |title=Jim Henson'sFraggle Rock: The Complete Series' Announced for Blu-ray|url=https://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Sony/Disc_Announcements/Jim_Henson/jim-hensons-fraggle-rock-the-complete-series-announced-for-bluray/42078|access-date=July 11, 2018|work=High-Def Digest|date=July 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name="braycom">{{cite web |title=Fraggle Rock: The Complete Series Blu-ray|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=23619 |website=Blu-ray.com|access-date=July 11, 2018}}</ref>

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|Fraggle Rock: Complete First Season || September 6, 2005 || style="text-align: center;"|24 || Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock notepad, Behind the Scenes Documentary narrated by [[Jim Henson]], Interviews with the cast and creators, Deluxe collectors box.
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|Fraggle Rock: Complete Second Season || September 5, 2006 || style="text-align: center;"|24 || Jim Henson's Creatures and places of Fraggle Rock notepad, Steve Whitmire's Home Videos, Deluxe Collectors Box and tribute to [[Jerry Juhl]].
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|Fraggle Rock: Complete Third Season || style="white-space:nowrap;"| September 11, 2007 || style="text-align:center;"|24 || All-new featurettes and interviews with Fraggle Rock cast and creators, Deluxe embossed collector's packaging.
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|style="white-space:nowrap;"|Fraggle Rock: Complete Final Season || November 3, 2009 || style="text-align:center;"|24 || All-new featurettes and interviews with Fraggle Rock cast and creators.
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|Fraggle Rock: Complete Series Collection || November 3, 2009 || style="text-align: center;"|96 || All 96 episodes in one collectible package art, original Fraggle Rock illustrated poster, all-new featurettes, and interviews with Fraggle Rock cast and creators.
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|Fraggle Rock: The Complete Series || September 25, 2018 || style="text-align: center;"|96 || All 96 episodes remastered in HD with special features from previous releases and limited edition packaging; all episodes of ''Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series'' included.
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==Spin-offs==
===Animated series===
{{Main|Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series}}
An animated ''Fraggle Rock'' series aired for one season on [[NBC]]'s Saturday morning [[broadcast programming|lineup]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|title= Fraggle Rock: The Complete Animated Series |website= [[DVD Talk]]|date=January 17, 2010|url= https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/40424/fraggle-rock-animated-series|access-date=December 6, 2011}}</ref> The cartoon series introduced some Fraggles, Doozers, and other cave creatures exclusive to the series.

===''A Muppet Family Christmas''===
{{Main|A Muppet Family Christmas}}
Doc, Sprocket the Dog, Gobo Fraggle, Wembley Fraggle, Boober Fraggle, Mokey Fraggle, Red Fraggle, and Uncle Traveling Matt appear in ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]''. Doc and Sprocket rent the farmhouse of [[Fozzie Bear]]'s mother while she plans to go to Malibu until Fozzie shows up with his friends. Doc and Sprocket end up adjusting to the Muppets and the characters from ''[[Sesame Street]]''. [[Kermit the Frog]] and his nephew Robin find a Fraggle hole in the basement and enter Fraggle Rock where they encounter the five main Fraggles. Large Marvin Fraggle and other background Fraggles make appearances as well. During the finale, the five Fraggles come up where Uncle Traveling Matt is seen sitting near Doc and Sprocket. In the final scenes, Jim Henson washes the dishes while Sprocket dries them.

===''The Doozers''===
{{main|The Doozers}}
In 2012, The Jim Henson Company and [[DHX Media]] announced a computer-animated spin-off to Fraggle Rock, titled ''The Doozers'', targeted at children between ages 4 and 7. It focuses on four young Doozers named Spike, Mollybolt, Flex and Daisy Wheel, who live at Doozer Creek.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 5, 2012|first=Chris|last=Jancelewicz |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/05/fraggle-rock-spinoff_n_1651454.html |title='Fraggle Rock' Spin-Off 'The Doozers' In The Works |website=[[HuffPost|The Huffington Post]]|publisher=[[AOL]] |access-date=January 15, 2014}}</ref>

The series began airing on [[Hulu]] on April 25, 2014.<ref name=USA-Dozers>{{cite web|last=Levin|first=Gary|title='Fraggle Rock' Doozers land on Hulu|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2014/02/10/fraggle-rock-doozers-henson-hulu/5340309/|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=May 5, 2014}}</ref>

===Canceled feature film===
In September 2005, The Jim Henson Company announced it was working on a film adaptation of ''Fraggle Rock'', known as ''Fraggle Rock: The Movie'', with the aim of a release in 2009. The story allegedly involves the original Fraggle characters.<ref>
{{cite web| url=http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2005/092005.shtml| title=Fraggle Rock film in development|first=Greg| last=James| date=September 20, 2005| publisher=Muppet Central News| access-date=March 26, 2006}}</ref>

In October 2006, Darkhorizons.com reported "Henson's company has hired executive producer [[Ahmet Zappa]] (''The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless'') to write a treatment for the film which will be a full-length live-action musical fantasy starring the underground dwellers who venture out into the human world. Henson Co. co-topper [[Lisa Henson]] is producing, whilst Brian Henson will exec produce."

In May 2008, [[The Weinstein Company]] announced it would distribute the ''Fraggle Rock'' movie. The film was written as a live-action musical by [[Cory Edwards]], who would also direct. The film was to be produced by The Jim Henson Company; Ahmet Zappa was executive producing along with Brian Inerfeld. The film would involve all of the core characters from the series. The story would take the characters "outside of their home in Fraggle Rock, where they interact with humans, which they think are aliens."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/features/weinsteins-roll-with-fraggle-rock-1117985529/|title=Weinsteins roll with 'Fraggle Rock'|date=May 13, 2008 }}</ref> [[Karen Prell]] and [[Dave Goelz]] were slated to return for the film as Red Fraggle, Boober Fraggle, and Uncle Traveling Matt, respectively.

In 2011, Weinstein's deal with Henson expired, leaving the production of the film in doubt. The [[Scissor Sisters]] were announced to write music for the film. In October 2011, [[Regency Enterprises|New Regency]] acquired the rights to the movie to be produced by The Jim Henson Company and [[The Montecito Picture Company]], with [[20th Century Fox]] distributing. New Regency and the producers were in discussion of whether to use puppets or CGI as well as a mix of live-action. Once this has been decided, it will look to a writer for the movie.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fleming |first=Mike |url=https://deadline.com/2011/10/new-regency-lands-fraggle-rock-feature-rights-auction-188487/ |title=New Regency Lands 'Fraggle Rock' Feature Rights Auction |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |access-date=January 15, 2014}}</ref>

In 2012, [[James Byrkit]] and Alex Manugian were announced as screenwriters.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Taylor|first1=Drew|title='Rango' Collaborators Jim Byrkit & Alex Manugian Hired To Write Long-Developing 'Fraggle Rock' Movie|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/rango-collaborators-jim-byrkit-and-alex-manugian-hired-for-fraggle-rock-20120531|website=[[IndieWire]]|date=May 31, 2012 |publisher=Penske Media Corporation|access-date=June 8, 2014}}</ref>

In March 2015, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' said [[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]] would star in and produce the film.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/joseph-gordon-levitt-fraggle-rock-1201456256/|title=Joseph Gordon-Levitt Starring in 'Fraggie Rock' Movie (EXCLUSIVE)|periodical=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=McNary|first=Drew|date=March 18, 2015}}</ref> On July 28, 2018, Gordon-Levitt revealed that the film is still in early stages of development.<ref>[https://twitter.com/hitrecordjoe/status/1023205994128502784 Twitter post by hitRECordJoe], July 28, 2018.</ref>

In December 2017, [[The Walt Disney Company]] (the current owners of [[The Muppets]]) announced that it would [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquire 21st Century Fox]], including 20th Century Fox.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/12/14/media/disney-fox/index.html|title=Disney buys 21st Century Fox: Who gets what|last=Goldman|first=David|work=CNN Money|date=December 14, 2017|access-date=December 14, 2017|archive-date=December 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214130140/http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/14/media/disney-fox/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The acquisition was completed in March 2019, thus granting Disney the distribution rights to the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-closes-fox-deal-creating-global-content-powerhouse-1174498|title=Disney Closes $71.3 Billion Fox Deal, Creating Global Content Powerhouse|last1=Szalai|first1=Georg|last2=Bond|first2=Paul|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 20, 2019|access-date=March 20, 2019|archive-date=March 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320064742/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-closes-fox-deal-creating-global-content-powerhouse-1174498|url-status=live}}</ref>

The feature film project was subsequently canceled in favor of a new television series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/fraggle-rock-joseph-gordon-levitt-movie-cancelled/|title = Fraggle Rock: Joseph Gordon Levitt's Movie is Dead|website = [[Screen Rant]]|date = June 18, 2020}}</ref>

===''Fraggle Rock: Rock On!''===
''Fraggle Rock: Rock On!'' is a series of weekly live-action shorts, first broadcast on the [[Apple TV+]] streaming service starting on April 21, 2020. Episodes follow the Fraggles living in separate caves during a period of [[social distancing]], and interacting with each other using a video chat system that was installed by the Doozers. Footage for the series is shot using smartphones in the production teams' and artists' own homes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/Fraggle-rock-reboot-apple-1234585899/|title='Fraggle Rock' Reboot Set at Apple|periodical=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=April 21, 2020}}</ref> A total of six episodes have aired. Original cast members Karen Prell and Dave Goelz reprise their roles as Red Fraggle, and the voices of Boober Fraggle and Uncle Traveling Matt (they were puppeteered by John Tartaglia, who also performs Gobo Fraggle and puppeteers Wembley Fraggle). Other cast members include Donna Kimball as Mokey Fraggle and Frankie Cordero as the voice of Wembley.<ref>{{IMDb title|12187270|Fraggle Rock: Rock On!}}</ref>

===''Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock''===
{{main|Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock}}
In January 2021, [[The Jim Henson Company]] announced that production officially started on a reboot of the show, titled ''[[Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock]]''. This new show is distinct from the ''Fraggle Rock: Rock On!'' shorts that were released in April 2020, and consists of full-length episodes. The show would be produced at the Calgary Film Centre.<ref name=":1" /> The series was released on January 21, 2022.<ref name="RebootPremiere">{{cite web|url= https://people.com/tv/fraggle-rock-back-to-the-rock-premiere-date-apple/|title=Apple TV+'s Fraggle Rock Reboot Teaser Recreates the Original Intro: 'Dance Your Cares Away!'|first=Breanne|last=Heldman|work=People|date=November 15, 2021}}</ref> Most of the cast from ''Fraggle Rock: Rock On'' returns for the series, with the exceptions of Wembley Fraggle, now performed by Jordan Lockhart, and Boober Fraggle and Uncle Traveling Matt, puppeteered by [[Frank Meschkuleit]] and [[Kevin Clash]], respectively (Dave Goelz still provides their voices).

==Music==
Music played a central part in ''Fraggle Rock''. Every episode featured two or three original songs co-written by Canadian poet [[Dennis Lee (author)|Dennis Lee]] and [[Philip Balsam]], as well as incidental music. Several episodes (usually involving Cantus and the Minstrels) focused primarily on music—such as Red Fraggle's attempt to find "her song" for the Fraggle Medley, or the effect of music on the breaking of winter or the presence of light in Fraggle Rock.<ref>{{cite news|title= A Latter-day Disney Jim Henson Brings 'Muppet Babies' And 'Fraggle Rock' Magic To Vinyl|newspaper= [[The Morning Call]]|publisher=Times Mirror Company|date=August 22, 1987|url= https://www.mcall.com/1987/08/22/a-latter-day-disney-jim-henson-brings-muppet-babies-and-fraggle-rock-magic-to-vinyl/|access-date=December 19, 2010}}</ref>

During the show's original run, a re-recorded, extended version of its opening theme was released as a single that reached number 33 on the British chart<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2008/051208.shtml| title=Weinstein rolls with Fraggle Rock movie|last=The Jim Henson Company| date=May 12, 2008| publisher=Muppet Central News| access-date=July 13, 2008}}</ref> in March 1984. Writers included Jim Henson, [[Jerry Juhl]], and Jocelyn Stevenson, with songs by [[Philip Balsam]] and [[Dennis Lee (author)|Dennis Lee]].

===Album releases===
[[KOCH Records]] released ''[[Fraggle Rockin': A Collection]]'', a three-disc box set of ''Fraggle Rock'' music, on October 30, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Fraggles-Jim-Hensons-Fraggle-Rock-Fraggle-Rockin-A-Collection/release/7357120|title=The Fraggles - Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Fraggle Rockin' (A Collection)|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=February 26, 2019}}</ref> The collection featured "restored and remastered" versions of three original ''Fraggle Rock'' LPs. The collection also included "special liner notes featuring rarely seen photos, contributions from the original composers and even sheet music for select songs".<ref>James, Greg. [https://muppetnewsflash.blogspot.com/2007/09/fraggle-rockin-cd-details.html Fraggle Rockin' CD Details]. The Muppet Newsflash. September 6, 2007,</ref> The main portion of these liner notes, called "Getting Down at Fraggle Rock", features an interview with [[Philip Balsam]] and Lawrence S. Mirkin and is written by Mike Petersen and Saul Pincus.

===Song list===
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* "Down In Fraggle Rock (Fraggle Rock Theme Song)"
* "Afraid to Be Afraid"
* "All Around the World"
* "Bad News"
* "Ball of Fire"
* "The Ballad of Sir Blunderbrain"
* "Beetle Song"
* "Brave Alone"
* "Brave Boy, Jump Up"
* "Bring Back the Wonder"
* "Catch the Tail by the Tiger"
* "Cave Flute"
* "Choose-Right (Up-Tight Move-Now) Blues"
* "The Clown Concerto"
* "Convincing John"
* "Count on Me"
* "Dixie Wailin’ "
* "Do It On My Own"
* "Doom Dee Doom (March Alone)"
* "Doozer Building Song (We'll Work Together Building Shapes in the Air)"
* "Doozer Gong Music"
* "Doozer Knitting Song"
* "Doozer March Song (Set Your Shoulder)"
* "Down in Fraggle Cave"
* "Dream Girl Lover"
* "Dream a Dream (and See)"
* "Dreaming of Someone"
* "Dum De Dum"
* "Dum De Dum II (I Wish I Had a Genie)"
* "Dum of a Son of a Gun"
* "Dump the Stuff Out (Yucky for Sure)"
* "Easy is the Only Way to Go"
* "Everybody's Doin' It"
* "Eye to Eye"
* "Face Facts, Pack Snacks, Make Tracks"
* "Feel So Bad"
* "The Fireman's Anthem"
* "Fly to the Sky (Learn to Fly)"
* "Follow Me"
* "Follow the Road"
* "Follow Your Heart"
* "Fraggle Rock Rock"
* "A Fraggle You Can't See"
* "Free and High"
* "Friends Till the End"
* "Friendship Song"
* "Front 'N' Back Patter Song (Turn Around Now!)"
* "The Garbage of Time"
* "Get Blue (Goin' Down the Road)"
* "Get Goin’ "
* "Go with the Flow"
* "Good-bye, Good-bye (Just a Rainbow in the Sky)"
* "The Gorg's Lament (O World O Time O Woe)"
* "The Gypsy Song (I Sniff the Rose)"
* "Help Me for a Change"
* "Helping Hand"
* "Here to There"
* "Hip Hip Hooray"
* "Ho Ho Ho (What a Funny World It Is)"
* "Home"
* "I Knew I Was Good"
* "I Seen Troubles"
* "I Swear (To Be Fair)"
* "I'm Never Alone"
* "I'm Not Scared"
* "I'm a Little Stew Pot"
* "If It Happened to You"
* "Inny Minny Cow Cow"
* "Is It True?"
* "The Joke Isn't Funny Anymore"
* "The Joy"
* "Just Don't Know What Time It Is"
* "Just a Little Wimp"
* "Kick a Stone"
* "Learn to Love a Wimp"
* "Let Me Be Your Song"
* "A Little Doozer Music"
* "Lose Your Heart (And It's Found)"
* "Lost and Found"
* "Lover, Lover, Number 9"
* "The Me I Wanna Be"
* "Magic Be with You" (The last song, appeared in the episode "Change of Address")
* "Mokey's Jam Session"
* "Muck and Goo" (written by bpNichol)
* "Music Box"
* "Music Makes Us Real (Ping!)"
* "Noodlin' Nut"
* "Now You See Me (Now You Don't)"
* "Now's the Time for Parting"
* "Once Upon a Time (I Knew My Name)"
* "One and One (I'm the One that Won!)"
* "Only Way Home"
* "Our Melody"
* "Pantry Chant"
* "Party Hard (Who Knows What You See)"
* "Pass It On"
* "(Today Has Been) A Perfect Day"
* "Perfect Harmony"
* "Pipe Bangers Theme"
* "Please/See/Feel the Water Run"
* "Pukka, Pukka, Pukka Squeetily Boink"
* "Ragtime Queen"
* "Recruiting Song (Heed the Drumbeat Now)"
* "Remembering Song (Na-Na-Na)"
* "Rev"
* "The Rock Goes On"
* "Rollin', Rollin' On"
* "The Rules Song (I'm the Leader Now)"
* "Rumble Bug Hum"
* "Sail Away"
* "Share and You're Not Alone"
* "Shine On Us Now (Moon Come Soon)"
* "Shine On, Shine On Me"
* "Sing It and Say"
* "Sing That Law Again"
* "(Sleep By the) Light of the Moon"
* "Sleeping and Dreaming"
* "Somewhere There's a Special Place"
* "Sorrow and Shame"
* "Spring Cleaning"
* "Stuff Samba"
* "Sunlight and Shadow"
* "Sweet, Sweet Little Treat"
* "There's a Lot I Want to Know"
* "Time to Live as One"
* "Trash is Back in Town"
* "Tree of Life"
* "Turn Your Buttons Down"
* "Voodoo Spell"
* "Water Drip Song"
* "The Way I've Got to Go"
* "Welcome Back, Uncle Matt"
* "Wembley, Wembley, Number 9"
* "Wemblin' Fool"
* "What If"
* "What If a Friend"
* "What an Awful Day"
* "Why?"
* "Wise to Myself"
* "Without a Hat"
* "Workin’ "
* "Yes, We Can"
* "Yucky!"
* "Closing Theme"
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====Soundtrack musicians====
* Don Gillis — Musical Director
* [[Bernie LaBarge]] — Guitar
* Michael Francis — Guitar
* Bob McLaren — Drums
* Ray Parker — Keyboards
* Tom Szczesniak — Bass Guitar
* Dick Smith — Percussion

==In other media==
===Books===
Interactive books produced for [[Playskool]]'s [[Talk 'n Play]]:
* ''Fraggle Rock: The Great Fraggle Travel Race''

Magic Pen and Invisible Inks books for Lee Publications
* Fraggle Rock (No title – the cover scene of Fraggles playing tag – artwork by [[L Nathan Butler|Nate Butler]]) (1989)
* Fraggle Rock (No title – the cover scene of Fraggles looking into musical treasure chest – artwork by Nate Butler) (1989)

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Listed as: title, author, illustrator, and date of publication.
* ''The Radish Day Jubilee'', Sheilah B. Bruce, Lawrence DiFiori 1983
* ''Red and the Pumpkins'', [[Jocelyn Stevenson]], Kelly Oechsli 1983
* ''They Call Me Boober Fraggle'', Michaela Muntean, Lisa McCue 1983
* ''Wembley Fraggle Gets the Story'', Deborah Perlberg, Steven Schindler 1984
* ''Gobo and the River'', Joseph Killorin Brennan, Diane Dawson Hearn 1985
* ''Marooned in Fraggle Rock'', [[David Young (Canadian playwright)|David Young]], Barbara McClintock
* ''Best Friends'', [[Jocelyn Stevenson]], Sue Venning 1984
* ''Boober Fraggle's Celery [[Soufflé]]'', Louise Gikow, Kelly Oechsli 1984
* ''Danger: Boober Cooking'', Louise Gikow, Kelly Oechsli 1984
* ''Boober Fraggle's Giant Wish'', [[Jocelyn Stevenson]], Jeffrey Severn 1984
* ''If I Were King of the Universe'', Danny Abelson, Lawrence DiFiori 1984
* ''The Legend of the Doozer Who Didn't'', Louise Gikow, Barbara McClintock 1984
* ''No One Knows Where Gobo Goes'', [[Mark Saltzman]], Peter Elwell 1984
* ''The Tale of Traveling Matt'', Michaela Muntean, Lisa McCue 1984
* ''Traveling Matt's Adventures in Outer Space'', Michaela Muntean, Lisa McCue 1984
* ''What Do Doozers Do?'', Michaela Muntean, Sue Venning 1984
* ''What's a Fraggle?'', Louise Gikow, Barbara McClintock 1984
* ''Wembley's Egg,'' Laura Phillips, Sue Venning 1984
* ''Fraggle Countdown'', Michaela Muntean, Diane Dawson Hearn 1985
* ''The Cave of the Lost Fraggle'', Michael Teitelbaum, Peter Elwell 1985
* ''Follow That Fraggle'', Louise Gikow, Barbara Lanza 1985
* ''Sprocket, Dog Detective'', Louise Gikow, Barbara Lanza 1985
* ''Mokey's Birthday Present'', Ellen Weiss, Elizabeth Miles 1985
* ''Waggleby of Fraggle Rock'', Stephanie Calmenson, Barbara McClintock 1985
* ''Why Wembley Fraggle Couldn't Sleep'', H. B. Gilmour, Barbara McClintock 1985
* ''Goodnight Wembley Fraggle'', H. B. Gilmour, Barbara McClintock 1985
* ''Cotterpin's Perfect Building'', Ellen Weiss, Lauren Attinello 1986
* ''Wembley and the Soggy Map'', Louise Gikow, Lisa McCue 1986
* ''Wembley Fraggle and the Magic Stone'', Louise Gikow, Lauren Attinello 1986
* ''Gobo and the Prize from Outer Space'', Lyn Calder, Frederic Marvin 1986
* ''The Case of the Missing Socks'', Rebecca Grand, Jeffrey Severn 1986
* ''Wembley Fraggle's Big, Bigger, Biggest'', Harry Ross, Larry DiFiori 1988
* ''The Fraggles Alphabet Pie'', Harry Ross, Larry DiFiori 1988
* ''The Fraggles Counting Book'', Harry Ross, Larry DiFiori 1988
* ''Mokey Fraggle's New Colors'', Emily Paul, Larry DiFiori 1988
* ''The Fraggles Cooperate'', Harry Ross, Larry DiFiori 1989
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===Comics===
The [[Star Comics]] imprint of [[Marvel Comics]] published two separate ''Fraggle Rock'' [[comic book|comic-book]] series in 1985 and 1988 respectively.  Originally, the first series was to be drawn by [[Martin Taras|Marty Taras]], the creator of [[Baby Huey]], and the cover of the first published issue of the ''Fraggle Rock'' comic is done by him. Also, at least one penciled page of his Fraggle work for that first issue has been preserved in print.<ref>Marvel Age, The Official Marvel News Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 19, October 1984</ref> However the art assignment for the series finally went to [[Marie Severin]], who illustrated all eight-issue interiors and the other seven covers. The second series lasted six issues.

In early 2010, [[Archaia Studios Press]] published its first three-issue series of ''Fraggle Rock.'' A second three-issue series was followed in January 2011. Both series were collected into hardcover editions shortly after their respective publications. A four-issue miniseries ''Fraggle Rock: Journey to the Everspring'' was published in 2014. A third three-issue miniseries was published in 2018.

===Other televised appearances===
* Before its background appearance on Fraggle Rock, Food (a small, brown, alien creature) first appeared on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' during "[[The Land of Gorch]]" sketch. It was later recycled as Zsa Zsa Porkmustard in the "Science Fiction" episode of ''[[The Jim Henson Hour]]'' as well as an undersea creature cameo in the "Aquatic Life" episode.
* Uncle Traveling Matt appears in ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]'', seated in Piggy's wedding party during the play where he is in the same section as the bears that Fozzie Bear was hibernating with.
* There was a special featuring the Fraggles called ''Fraggles Look for Jobs'' which details the Fraggles after the show had ended. Gobo has secured a singing job billed as "Gobo the Frosty Fraggle", Wembley has no immediate plans except to stop wearing banana tree shirts, Mokey is writing a screenplay called "Girls of the Sixties", and Red has signed a contract to play hockey for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Boober spends most of the video on the phone (with Bernie and others) hoping to find another acting job, preferably as a romantic lead. Two clips from this have been shown on The Jim Henson Company's YouTube page.
* A prototype version of Blustering Bellowpane Monster appeared in the Play-Along Video film ''Neat Stuff: To Know & To Do'' as Mergie (performed by Camille Bonora).
* Mama Tree Bird and Baby Tree Bird appeared in ''[[The Ghost of Faffner Hall]]''.
* The Rumble Bugs made background cameos in ''[[The Song of the Cloud Forest]]''.
* Gobo Fraggle, Mokey Fraggle, and Wembley Fraggle made a cameo appearance in ''[[The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson]]'' alongside the other Muppets and characters from "Sesame Street" in the "Just One Person" tribute song to [[Jim Henson]].
* The puppets for Sprocket the Dog, Begoony, Mudwell the Mudbunny, Murray the Minstrel, Aretha, Wander McMooch, Brool the Minstrel, and the Inkspots make cameo appearances in ''[[The Muppet Christmas Carol]]''. Begooney was shown as the child of the characters depicted by Mudwell and Murray. Sprocket was seen in a crowd cameo. The Inkspots (performed by [[Jerry Nelson]] and [[Steve Whitmire]]) were seen in the house windows and one of them was seen near a mud puddle during the song "Scrooge" while sitting next to the Porcupine from ''[[Billy Bunny's Animal Songs]]''. Aretha (performed by [[Karen Prell]]) appears in a crowd chorus where she has a line in the song with a Pig Businessman and the Blue Frackle. Wander McMooch (performed by David Rudman) and Brool the Minstrel (performed by [[Louise Gold]]) make cameo appearances as one of the guests at Fred's party.
* Mudwell the Mudbunny, Begoony, Murray the Minstrel, Brool the Minstrel, Wander McMooch, Inkspots, Aretha, Baby Tree Creature, Mama Tree Creature, Papa Tree Creature and Blustering Bellowpane Monster appears in ''[[Muppet Classic Theater]]''.
* The Sneels, where they've appeared in the caves eating plants in ''Gunge the Great and the Glorious'', as well as several posters, returned in ''[[The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss]]'' with a Seuss style (performed by the puppeteer who voiced "Mokey", the pink Sneel, and Stephanie D' Abruzzo, the Green one). Their babies, who never surfaced anywhere in the caves of Fraggle Rock, made their debut on this show.
* Large Marvin Fraggle (though one of the only Fraggles to appear on the mainstream ''The Muppets'' series), Blustering Bellowpane Monster, Begooney, Brool the Minstrel, Inkspots, Mudwell the Mudbunny, Murray the Minstrel, and Poison Cackler appear in ''[[Muppets Tonight]]''.
* The puppets for Philo, Begoony, Blustering Bellowpane Monster, The Inkspots, Murray the Minstrel, Beastie, Mudwell the Mudbunny, Brool the Minstrel, Aretha, and an unnamed background cave creature appeared in ''[[Mopatop's Shop]]'' as various guests.
* Aretha appears in ''[[The Muppets' Wizard of Oz]]'' as a Flying Monkey.
* Blustering Bellowpane Monster appears in ''[[The Muppets (2011 film)|The Muppets]]''. It can be seen in a Muppet crowd cameo near the end of the film.
* Blustering Bellowpane Monster appears in ''[[Muppets Most Wanted]]''. He is seen in the opening of "El Muppet Show" and "The Wedding".

===Live appearances===
* Starting in 2008, [[Karen Prell]] began making live appearances with a rebuilt Red Fraggle puppet at various events like [[San Diego Comic-Con]].
* Wembley Fraggle, Red Fraggle, and Uncle Traveling Matt appeared in the "Fraggle Rock" portion of the ''Jim Henson's Musical World'' show at [[Carnegie Hall]] in 2012.
* On April 24, 2013, Red Fraggle and Gobo Fraggle appeared at "The Spare Room" to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of ''Fraggle Rock''. Karen Prell performed Red as usual while John Tartaglia performed Gobo.
* In May 2013, John Tartaglia performed Gobo Fraggle at an event to grant the [[Museum of the Moving Image (New York City)|Museum of the Moving Image]] a permanent gallery devoted to [[Jim Henson]].
* [[Kathryn Mullen]] and Karen Prell performed Mokey Fraggle and Red Fraggle at [[Dragon Con]] 2013 as part of ''Fraggle Rock'''s 30th Anniversary during the "''Fraggle Rock'' Meet and Greet" event. [[Michael K. Frith]] also attended with puppeteers [[Paul McGinnis]] and [[Victor Yerrid]].
* On September 24, 2016, Red, Gobo, Wembley, and Mokey appeared at a Puppets for Puppetry event honoring Muppet performer Dave Goelz. Karen Prell and John Tartaglia performed Red and Gobo as usual, while [[Kevin Clash]] performed Wembley and Donna Kimball performed Mokey.

===Internet appearances===
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* Gobo Fraggle, Wembley Fraggle, Boober Fraggle, Mokey Fraggle, Red Fraggle, and Uncle Traveling Matt appear in the music video for the [[Ben Folds Five]] song "[[Do It Anyway (Ben Folds Five song)|Do It Anyway]]", for which [[Chris Hardwick]] and [[Lisa Henson]] served as executive producers. Only Red, Boober, and Uncle Traveling Matt have a dialogue. While [[Karen Prell]] and [[Dave Goelz]] reprised their roles of Red Fraggle and Uncle Traveling Matt, the other puppeteers included Sean Johnson as Boober Fraggle, Patrick Johnson as Wembley Fraggle, and Donna Kimball as Mokey Fraggle.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.henson.com/fraggle-rock/}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0085017|title=Fraggle Rock}}
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* {{discogs artist|The Fraggles}}

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