Mokey Fraggle



Mokey Fraggle is one of the five main Fraggles in Fraggle Rock. She has mauve skin with darker purple fur, long turquoise hair, and wears a long gray robe-like sweater, which is worn open. She wears a ring on a string of beads around her neck.

Mokey is a dreamer. She loves painting, writing poems in her diary, 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.

Mokey shares a room with her best friend Red Fraggle. Mokey often cares for Boober Fraggle. She has a pet plant named Lanford.

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 appearing after the show's first twelve episodes, she is the only Fraggle who has movable eyelids. In place they give her a dreamy (or sad, depending on the situation) 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 "The Bells of Fraggle Rock", Mokey was given an additional, knitted sweater under her usual robe-like one. Kathryn Mullen liked the sweater so much that it became part of Mokey's permanent costume.

Also, according to the episode The Secret Society of Poobahs, she does NOT like the taste of Boober's okra soup. Both she and Red hold the opinion that okra is a disgusting food.

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.

Mokey has often been omitted from official Fraggle Rock merchandise, and it was only recently that she started appearing in it.