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Pa gorg

Pa Gorg, King of the Universe

Pa Gorg is the patriarch of the Gorg family and the self-proclaimed king of the universe. He is married to Ma Gorg, and they have a son, Junior.

While seemingly bumbling at times, Pa Gorg has has flashes of wisdom. As seen in the episode "The River of Life", where he immeadiately graps the notion that if Boober canont fix the contaminated water, than everyone, Fraggle and Gorg alike are doomed to die. He also shows some skill and effiency at various tasks, namely bossing around Junior and avoiding whatever work Ma wants him to do. However he can also show an almost effortless skill in Fraggle catching when he wants to. In the episode "Red's Club", after using Red as a lure to retrieve Ma's handerchief from the well, he easily catches the remining Fraggle Five with a cage and a comment about how one Fraggle is one thing, five is another.

He also has a sense of honor. When all the leaves of the Nirvana Tree fell off, he briefly considers doing what his own father did, (namely gluing a leaf back on the tree) but decides that he must do his duty and turn over the crown and the kingdom to Junior. He also shows this when he willingly holds to Junior's agreement with Wander McMooch in "Junior sells the Farm", and with the fake Sir Hubris in "Sir Hubris and the Gorgs". Both these times he could have ignored them, but decided to follow tradition and Gorgish honor and leave.

Pa is performed by two puppeteers: Gord Robertson in the Gorg costume controlling the character's body, and Jerry Nelson performing the voice and moving Pa's eyes and mouth by remote control.

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