Doozers

The Doozers are a race of characters from Fraggle Rock who love to work. They're tiny, green creatures with small nub-like tails who usually sport construction helmets, boots, and tool belts. Doozers stand approximately knee-high to Fraggles, at six inches tall."All Work and All Play"
Unlike Fraggles, Doozers love to work all day long, and they hate playing games. When compared to the other races within Fraggle Rock, they are by far the most technologically advanced. Most Doozers are construction workers, while others are architects or miners. With the help of various Doozer machines and vehicles, they build elaborate constructions all over Fraggle Rock, including towers, buildings, roads, and bridges.
Their building materials, Doozer sticks, are made of radish dust. Doozer Sticks are the Fraggles' favorite snack, and they love to eat the buildings that Doozers build. The Doozers don't mind their buildings being eaten, and making their building materials out of the Fraggles' main food source was not a coincidence; when the Fraggles' food source in the past was mushrooms, that's what Doozer sticks were also made of. If the Fraggles didn't eat the constructions, the Doozers would run out of building space, and if they ran out of building space, they would have to move away from Fraggle Rock or else they would die. While Doozers are capable of finding other tasks to occupy their time (such as knitting), this simply slows the process and are also considered far less pleasant than building.
Doozers and Fraggles usually show very little respect towards each other. It's very rare for Fraggles and Doozers to make friends. Cotterpin is one of the few Doozers who likes to communicate with them.
The Doozers all live together at Doozer Dome. They work together in a society that values cooperation in order to further the common good (which is very much contrary to the Fraggles, who place a high value on individualism and independence). The Doozers pride themselves on the good work that they do, but no Doozer is allowed to take personal credit for their work — that would mean that they thought their work was better than everyone else's and would be destructive to the communal spirit. Competition is seen as a vice that occasionally afflicts Doozers. Again, this is very unlike the Fraggles, who love to have races and competitions, and who take pride in their individual jobs and passions.
The Doozers' diet is rarely mentioned. However, it has been mentioned that a favorite is a jelly filled food pellet (which is never available; they only have custard).
Main Doozer characters on the show include Cotterpin, her parents Flange and Wingnut, her best friend Wrench, and the Architect Doozer. Nearly all the Doozers are named after tools or construction equipment, with the odd few named after computer equipment.
Doozer helmets come in red, orange, yellow, blue, purple, pink and white. A higher rank of Doozer is a Bull Doozer and they have a disk on their helmet to signify their rank. Bull Doozers named as such in the series are Flange and Modem. In the episode "All Work and All Play," Wingnut is shown to be a Bull Doozer, but lacks the disked helmet in the episode "The Doozer Contest."
The world of the Doozers expanded beyond the confines of Fraggle-based storytelling in the form of their own animated series, The Doozers, adding several characters including Daisy Wheel, Flex, Spike, and Molly Bolt.
According to Icy Joe in Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock episode "Fraggle Up", Fraggles at one point ate Doozers before the two species developed their symbiotic relationship wherein Fraggles eat Doozer constructions.
Image:FraggleRock-Doozer.jpg
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==Behind the scenes==
thumb|right|300px|Behind the scenes.
thumb|300px|Doozer size, in relation to Gorgs and Fraggles
The Doozer puppets and their vehicles are performed with radiographic controls, usually with the help of a waldo.
In The Woozle World, Jim Henson's original concept and pitch for the show, Doozers were referred to by the placeholder name of "Wizzles". Jocelyn Stevenson recalls that various names were considered, including Workalots, Drudgies, and Rgllmzaxpoops, before settling on Doozers.Jim Henson: The Works, page 202
According to a sketch included in the Fraggle Rock: Complete First Season DVD, the Doozers' construction equipment is powered by hydroelectricity generated from the flow of water from the Fraggle Pond to the underground river that leads to Doc's town's water supply. The plant was never depicted in the original TV show, but was later incorporated into Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock.
Doozer.jim.jpg|Jim Henson demonstrates how Doozers are performed.
Doozersketch.jpg|One of Michael Frith's Doozer concept sketches
Doozer-gearhead.jpg|The inside of a Doozer's head, seen in an Adam Savage video.
==Doozer Index==
===Fraggle Rock===
Cotterpindoozer.jpg|Cotterpin Doozer
Architect.jpg|Architect Doozer
Bailiff.jpg|Bailiff Doozer
Crosscutdoozer.jpg|Crosscut Doozer
Crusty.jpg|Crusty Doozer
Doozertrio.jpg|Doozer Trio
Doozerdriver.jpg|Driver Doozer
Flange.jpg|Flange Doozer
Flexdoozer.jpg|Flex Doozer
Grannycantilever.jpg|Granny Cantilever
Hammerheaddoozer.jpg|Hammerhead Doozer
JudgeGavelDoozer.jpg|Judge Gavel Doozer
Glob_Interior.jpg|Lock Doozer
Modemdoozer.jpg|Modem Doozer
Rotarydoozer.jpg|Rotary Doozer
Rudyvalleedoozer.jpg|Rudy Vallee Doozer
222.jpg|Scoop and Tweezer Doozer
Tumbrell.jpg|Tumbrell Doozer
Turbodoozer.jpg|Turbo Doozer
Wingnut.jpg|Wingnut Doozer
Wrenchdoozer.jpg|Wrench Doozer
Yeaster.jpg|Yeaster Doozer
Other named Doozers:
:* In the episode "You Can't Do That Without a Hat", individual Doozers are referred to by name: including Angle Doozer, Board Doozer, and Derrick Doozer.
:* The Architect mentions previous Doozers who did not take the helmet in "All Work and All Play." They include Old Man Pipe Wrench Doozer, Disk Drive Doozer, and Putty Knife Doozer, who was most contrary.
===Back to the Rock===
CotterpinDoozer2022.jpg|Cotterpin Doozer
2022-Architect.jpg|Architect Doozer
TurboDoozer2022.jpg|Turbo Doozer
BTTRWrenchDoozer.jpg|Wrench Doozer
DrLevel.jpg|Dr. Level
JackHammerDoozer.jpg|Jack Hammer
MeasureDoozer.jpg|Measure Doozer
PeriscopeDoozer.jpg|Periscope Doozer
BTTR-ResearchDevelopment.jpg|Research and Development
===Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series===
Image:Cotterpinanimated.jpg|Cotterpin Doozer
Image:Architectanimated.jpg|Architect Doozer
Image:Flangeanimated.jpg|Flange Doozer
Boltdoozer.jpg|Bolt Doozer
Lugnutdoozer.jpg|Lugnut Doozer
Protractordoozer.jpg|Protractor Doozer
Rhinestonedoozer.jpg|Rhinestone Doozer
===The Doozers===
SpikeDoozer.jpg|Spike Doozer
MollyBolt.jpg|Molly Bolt
Flex.jpg|Flex Grip
Daisy Wheel.jpg|Daisy Wheel Doozer
Gimbal.jpg|Professor Gimbal
ChiefDoozer.jpg|Chief Architect Doozer
TimberBolt.png|Timber Bolt
PegBolt.png|Peg Bolt
Doodad.png|Doozer Doodad
GrandpaGrip.png|Grandpa Grip
GrandmaGrip.png|Grandma Grip
Pinball.jpg|Baby Pinball Gimbal
Zippa.png|Zippa
ZippasDad.png|Zippa's dad
ZippasMom.png|Zippa's mom
BuzzDoozer.png|Buzz
TagDoozer.png|Tag
DoctorDoozer.jpg|Doctor Doozer
DoozerReuser.jpg|Doozer Re-user
DoozerDeidra.png|Doozer Deidra
DoozerDwight.png|Doozer Dwight
Notes:
:* Early publicity for the series listed such Doozers with the names Baxter, Puzzlebea and Daze as the central characters.
===Illustrated===
Crankshaft_doozer.JPG|Crankshaft Doozer in Cotterpin's Perfect Building
Drillbit_doozer.JPG|Drillbit Doozer in Cotterpin's Perfect Building
Sandpaper_doozer.JPG|Sandpaper Doozer in Cotterpin's Perfect Building
Socketwrench_doozer.JPG|Socketwrench, Jigsaw, and Ratchet Doozer in Cotterpin's Perfect Building
Axle_Doozer.JPG|Axle Doozer in What Do Doozers Do?
Forklift_Doozer.JPG|Forklift Doozer in What Do Doozers Do?
Professor_TSquare.JPG|Professor T-Square in What Do Doozers Do?
Makingdoozersticks.jpg|Camshaft, Cogwheel, and Treadmill Doozer in What Do Doozers Do?
Testing_sticks.JPG|I-Beam and Spike Doozer in What Do Doozers Do?
Doozer_Family.JPG|Molly, Toggle, Doodad, Gadget and Thingamabob Doozer in What Do Doozers Do?
Doozersdoingwhattheydo.JPG|Pick-Axe and Sledge Hammer Doozer in What Do Doozers Do?
==Merchandise==
:See also: Doozers (series) merchandise
* Doozer PVC figures (Sababa)
* Doozer wind-up toys
* Doozer plush (Sababa)
* Doozer plush (Manhattan Toy)
* Jim Henson Bust
* Fraggle Rock Happy Meal toys
* Pedigree Doozer Figures
* Fraggle Rock dolls (Bendy Toys)
* Schleich Fraggle Rock Figures
* Spanish Doozer Toys
* Fraggle Rock PVC figures (Applause)
* Fraggle Rock tambourine
* Fraggle Rock Pop! Vinyl figures
===Books===
* What Do Doozers Do?
* The Legend of the Doozer Who Didn't
* The Doozer Disaster
* Cotterpin's Perfect Building
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Doozer.detail.jpg
==Sources==
==See also==
*Doozers (series)
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