Mokey Fraggle Mokey Fraggle is one of the five main Fraggles in " Fraggle Rock " . She has mauve skin with darker pink fur , long turquoise hair , and wears a long gray robe - like sweater , which is worn open . She wears a ring pull on a string of beads around her neck . Mokey is a dreamer . She loves painting , writing poems , writing in her diary , meditating , or just enjoying her surroundings . Because she is the oldest of the Fraggle Five , she functions as the ' den mother ' within the group . Mokey is very emotional and concerned about others . She ' s always ready to help a friend in need , even if it ' s a Gorg . Mokey ' s job is to pick radishes in the Gorgs ' Garden , and she is a member of the Clinging Creepers Emergency Flower Defense League . She is quite dexterous with her tail , enabling her to use it as a brush for one painting , while using her hands to paint another picture with conventional brushes . Mokey shares a room with her best friend Red Fraggle . Mokey often cares for Boober Fraggle , such as when she made a hat out of sticks to replace his supposedly " lucky " hat . She has a pet plant named Lanford . Mokey has a soft spot for the Minstrels , whose music she thinks is beautiful ; her love of the Minstrels ' music drove her to once . She also believes that Gobo Fraggle is very brave and admires him for that , as expressed in " . " Sometimes , though , Gobo finds that she can be blinded to the truth in situations , such as when she was . Mokey was named after a childhood friend of Jim Henson . In the language of the ancient Fraggles , " Mokey " means " Put on your hat " , which is the opposite of the meaning of Gobo ' s name . One of Mokey ' s unique features is her eyelids . Except for the Storyteller Fraggle and the revised Gobo puppet , she is the only Fraggle who has movable eyelids . In place , they give her a dreamy or sad look , but they can slide up to show surprise , astonishment , fear and intensity . Mokey regularly switches back and forth between live hands and rod hands , depending on the requirements of the scene . Her right hand is usually performed by Trish Leeper . As part of her winter outfit in the episode " " , Mokey was given an additional turtleneck sweater under her usual robe - like one . Kathryn Mullen liked the sweater so much that it became part of Mokey ' s permanent costume in " " . Also , according to the episode " , " she does not like the taste of Boober ' s okra soup . Both she and Red hold the opinion that okra is a disgusting food . During that episode , she didn ' t want to admit that the Poobahs were silly until near the end of the episode . In " , " Mokey prepares a play to honor Blundig with her acting out Blundig . Mokey appears in " A Muppet Family Christmas " with the other Fraggles . She later reappears with the other Fraggles during the Muppets performance of " The Holly and the Ivy . " Kathryn Mullen performed with Mokey during the Just One Person chorus at Jim Henson ' s Memorial . Subsequently , Mokey made an appearance on " The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson " alongside Gobo Fraggle and Wembley Fraggle . In the past decade , Mokey has often been omitted from official Fraggle Rock merchandise and cover art , although items such as the 2010 Manhattan Toy plush reverse the trend . Mokey made her first speaking appearance in over 20 years at the 2013 Dragon Con . Mokey also appeared at the " Puppets for Puppetry " fundraiser event on September 24 , 2016 , where she was performed by Donna Kimball . Sources . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _