Pa Gorg

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Pa Gorg, King of the Universe

Pa Gorg is the patriarch of the Gorg family and the self-proclaimed king of the universe on Fraggle Rock. 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 grasps the notion that if Boober cannot 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. 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 remaining Fraggles with a cage and remarks that one Fraggle is one thing, five is another.

He also has a sense of honor. When all the leaves of the Nirvana Tree fall 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 does also have some unsavory traits. He is loud and blustering. He is quick to argue and yell, especially at Junior. (So much so that him promising to not yell is quite a tempting offer for Junior) He is scared of heights as shown in "The Battle of Leaking Roof". He can also be casually brutal towards the Fraggles, not caring about boring them stiff as shown in "Bored Stiff", only relenting when Ma Gorg decides that him wanting to bore the Fraggles caused Juniors accidental borification. He is also quite warlike, willing to go to battle with enemies real or imagined at the drop of a hat.