Episode 117: Marooned

While the rest of the Fraggles prepare for Boober's surprise birthday party, Red is stuck taking Boober on an adventure hike to the Spiral Caverns. She hates having to spend time with the overly negative Boober, but they learn a lot about each other when they're trapped in a cave-in.
Meanwhile, Doc orders a Mr. Meow catnip during a blizzard and plans to find a way to convert it into "dog nip" for Sprocket. When the blizzard gets worse, Sprocket ends up having Doc let Fluffinella in.
==Fraggle Facts==
*Every year on a Fraggle's birthday, they go to the Trash Heap for birthday wisdom.
==Notes==
*Felix the Fearless, the head of the rescue squad, makes his first appearance in this episode. He's actually a complete fool, but someone has to run the rescue squad and Felix volunteered. Upon hearing of the cave-in, Felix jumps into action: "Okay, here's my plan -- everybody line up in alphabetical order!" His other, equally helpless appearance is in the fourth season episode "Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water."
*An early draft of this episode was called "Strange Bedfellows."Dennis Lee Papers, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto.
*In 2023, The Jim Henson Company gave the episode to the British Board Of Film Classification to re-assess its rating due to the serious nature of its story. It retained the U rating the rest of the series outside "The Battle of Leaking Roof" carries because of the "reassuring and positive messages around the upsetting themes."https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/fraggle-rock-1983-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmda5ndy2
==International versions==
In the UK version, the Captain and Sprocket are snowed in, and Sprocket refuses to let Fluffinella into the lighthouse for shelter. Uncle Matt encounters the "lair of the long red giants" (double decker buses).
==Supporting cast==
*Fluffinella (Karen Prell)
*Felix the Fearless (Bob Stutt)
*purple panicky Fraggle (Dave Goelz)
*orange panicky Fraggle (Karen Prell)
*brown calm Fraggle (Richard Hunt)
==Songs==
*"Go with the Flow"
*"Friendship Song"
*"Friendship Song (reprise)"
==Video releases==
*Marooned (VHS) (HBO Video, 1986)
*Fraggle Rock: Complete First Season (HIT!, 2005)
*Fraggle Rock: Complete Series Collection (HIT!, 2008)
==International episode titles==
* Denmark: "Glemt er glemt" (Forgotten is Forgotten)
* Finland: "Loukussa" (Trapped)
* France: "L'isolement" (The Isolation)
* Germany: "Eingeschlossen" (Enclosed)
* Japan: "友だちっていいな" (You Can Be Friends)
* Netherlands: "Afgesloten" (Closed off)
* Norway: "Strandet" (Stranded)
* Poland: "Odcięci od świata" (Cut Off From The World)
* Spain: "Abandonado" (Abandoned)
* Sweden: "Strandsatt" (Stranded)
==Sources==
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Marooned
Category:Friendship