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The Best Episodes of Fraggle Rock

Every episode of Fraggle Rock ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Fraggle Rock!

The Fraggles are a fun-loving community of creatures who live in a subterranean fantasy land where they love to play, sing and dance their cares...
Genres:KidsFamilySci-Fi & FantasyComedy
Network:HBO

Best Episodes Summary

"The Honk of Honks" is the best rated episode of "Fraggle Rock". It scored 8.7/10 based on 69 votes. Directed by Richard Hunt and written by Jocelyn Stevenson, it aired on 3/23/1987. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Change of Address".

  • The Honk of Honks
    8.7/1069 votes
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    #1 - The Honk of Honks

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 3/23/1987

    Cantus and the Minstrels are back and ready to perform the Song of Songs, but first Gobo must find the Honk of Honks. Along the way, he meets Doc face to face for the first time.

    Director: Richard Hunt

    Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson

  • Change of Address
    8.5/1069 votes
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    #2 - Change of Address

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 3/30/1987

    Doc finally knows of the Fraggles, when he and Sprocket have to move. Will Gobo be able to relay the Trash Heap's message ""You cannot leave the magic"" in time?

    Director: Eric Till

    Writer: Jerry Juhl

  • The Minstrels
    8.3/1098 votes
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    #3 - The Minstrels

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/9/1983

    The Fraggles meet the band of traveling musicians known as The Minstrels, led by the mysterious and wise Cantus. Everyone must find their own song, but Red is having a lot of trouble with hers.

    Director: Jim Henson

    Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson

  • Marooned
    8.2/1087 votes
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    #4 - Marooned

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 5/2/1983

    Boober's birthday is interrupted by a disaster (and didn't he just know this was going to happen?!).

    Director: George Bloomfield

    Writer: David Young

  • The River of Life
    8.1/1055 votes
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    #5 - The River of Life

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/1987

    When Fraggle Rock's water supply is contaminated by the Silly Creatures, only Boober can save the day.

    Director: Eric Till

    Writer: David Young

  • Boober's Dream
    8.0/1073 votes
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    #6 - Boober's Dream

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/6/1984

    Boober's fun side (his Sidebottom) wants to play!

    Director: George Bloomfield

    Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson

  • The Secret of Convincing John
    8.0/1067 votes
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    #7 - The Secret of Convincing John

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 4/2/1984

    Wembley can never make up his mind, until he gets Convincing John to help him.

    Director: George Bloomfield

    Writer: bpNichol

  • Gone, but Not Forgotten
    8.0/1050 votes
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    #8 - Gone, but Not Forgotten

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/1987

    On his first solo overnight hike, Wembley meets Mudwell the Mudbunny, whose behavior first entertains, and then confuses him.

    Director: Eric Till

    Writer: Laura Phillips

  • Beginnings
    7.9/10164 votes
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    #9 - Beginnings

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/1983

    Gobo's Uncle Matt discovers the opening to Outer Space and sets off to explore it, leaving Gobo behind to explore Fraggle Rock and pick up the postcards Matt will send.

    Director: Jim Henson

    Writer: Jerry Juhl

  • The Preachification of Convincing John
    7.9/10102 votes
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    #10 - The Preachification of Convincing John

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/14/1983

    Mokey decides that eating Doozer constructions hurts their feelings, so she gets Convincing John to help her get the Fraggles to stop.

    Director: Jim Henson

    Writer: Jerry Juhl

  • The Beast of Bluerock
    7.9/1077 votes
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    #11 - The Beast of Bluerock

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 6/13/1983

    Wembley must choose between entering Red's splash-a-thon and accompanying Gobo on a scary journey.

    Director: George Bloomfield

    Writer: Sugith Varughese

  • Fraggle Wars
    7.9/1068 votes
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    #12 - Fraggle Wars

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 4/23/1984

    While camping far from home, Mokey and Red discover a band of Fraggles who are humorless and cruel. After Mokey is captured, both sides get ready for war!

    Director: George Bloomfield

    Writer: Laura Phillips

  • The Great Radish Famine
    7.8/1081 votes
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    #13 - The Great Radish Famine

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/16/1983

    The Trash Heap decides to teach the Fraggles, Doozers and Gorgs a lesson by magically making all the radishes in the Gorg's garden disappear.

    Director: George Bloomfield

    Writer: Jerry Juhl

  • Mokey's Funeral
    7.8/1080 votes
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    #14 - Mokey's Funeral

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 6/6/1983

    Nobody thinks Mokey is good at practical things, so she tries to deal with Junior Gorg's Fraggle trap on her own.

    Director: Jim Henson

    Writer: Jerry Juhl, Susan Juhl

  • The Great Radish Caper
    7.8/1064 votes
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    #15 - The Great Radish Caper

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 4/1/1985

    Junior Gorg's only friend is a huge radish named Geraldine, a fact which he discovers thanks to Mokey.

    Director: Terry Maskell

    Writer: Sugith Varughese

  • The Gorg Who Would Be King
    7.8/1052 votes
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    #16 - The Gorg Who Would Be King

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 3/16/1987

    The leaves of the Nirvana tree have fallen, and it's time for Junior Gorg to become king, but not until he has a chance to get a different perspective on the Universe.

    Director: Terry Maskell

    Writer: Laura Phillips

  • Wembley and the Gorgs
    7.7/10123 votes
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    #17 - Wembley and the Gorgs

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/1983

    Wembley agrees with everyone, including the Gorgs, who decide he makes a great loyal subject.

    Director: Jim Henson

    Writer: Jerry Juhl

  • We Love You, Wembley
    7.7/1083 votes
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    #18 - We Love You, Wembley

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/4/1983

    Everybody wants Wembley to do something for them, except a Fraggle named Lou, who likes Wembley just for who he is.

    Director: Jim Henson

    Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson

  • A Friend in Need
    7.7/1067 votes
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    #19 - A Friend in Need

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/5/1984

    Sprocket gets stuck in the hole between Outer Space and the Rock and Gobo has to help him.

    Director: Jim Henson

    Writer: Laura Phillips

  • Red-Handed And The Invisible Thief
    7.7/1060 votes
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    #20 - Red-Handed And The Invisible Thief

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/7/1985

    Red absolutely loves her radish bars (which are the equivalent of Pop-Tarts in our world). So when she sees that whenever she wakes up from sleeping that her bars are missing, she sets out to find the crook, which leads her to think her roommate Mokey stole them. She also gets Gobo to hide in a hole outside her room to watch and see if it really is Mokey; after Gobo gets distracted from reading a postcard, the bars go missing again, but Gobo claims he didn't see anything. So finally she gets Wembley to stay the night with her to catch the thief, and what Wembley finds ends up being quite surprising.

    Director: Terry Maskell

    Writer: Robert Sandler

  • Home Is Where The Trash Is
    7.7/1060 votes
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    #21 - Home Is Where The Trash Is

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 2/11/1985

    Philo and Gunge are sick and tired of being around Marjorie, so they decide to go off and find their home. The only problem is, they don't know where they originally came from. After a failed attempt to live in Mokey and Red's room, they travel far away, were caught and made slaves of Wander McMooch, the Trash Heap's biggest enemy. When the Fraggle Five see that Marjorie is becoming weak without her rodent duo, it's up to Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober and Red to save Philo and Gunge from McMooch before it's too late.

    Director: George Bloomfield

    Writer: Sugith Varughese

  • Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water
    7.7/1055 votes
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    #22 - Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/1986

    Wembley's got a special talent; he can hear water in the rock walls. But when Gobo and Red don't believe him, he sets out to prove he's right. When water finally breaks out, the Fraggles discover that this type of water is special. But when the water starts to cause rock quakes and Gobo falls into the cracks, is it finally time to shut down the fun?

    Director: Terry Maskell

    Writer: Jerry Juhl, Susan Juhl

  • Catch the Tail by the Tiger
    7.6/1086 votes
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    #23 - Catch the Tail by the Tiger

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/21/1983

    It's been two weeks since Traveling Matt's last postcard, so Gobo decides to go into Outer Space to look for him.

    Director: Jim Henson

    Writer: David Young

  • The Garden Plot
    7.6/1077 votes
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    #24 - The Garden Plot

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/23/1983

    Fraggle Rock is under attack from two sides when Sprocket tries to smash his way in, and Junior Gorg tries to pulverize it.

    Director: George Bloomfield

    Writer: bpNichol

  • Gobo's Discovery
    7.6/1074 votes
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    #25 - Gobo's Discovery

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/30/1983

    Gobo thinks he's lost his nerve and decides not to be an explorer anymore.

    Director: Martin Lavut

    Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson