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| Name | Gobo Fraggle |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | Young adult |
| Height | 20" (1'7")/50.8 cm |
| Canon | Fraggle Rock |
| Canonpoint | Post-series (including comics) |
| Voice | Jerry Nelson |
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| Backtagging | Y |
| Threadjacking | Y |
| Fourthwalling | ? |
| Mind-reading | ? |
| Injury | Y |
| Death | N |
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Gobo is a Fraggle, a race of cave critters around 2 feet tall, known for music and magic (and magic WITH music). He's impulsive, brave, smart, short-tempered, moody, curious, and friendly. While he doesn't have many he can call family (and what family he does have is often off away from home), he's got a tight circle of friends he knows he can always count on. In turn they get a fierce, loyal leader, who though sometimes he prefers to keep a low head, will never fail to step up in the end. Even (or especially) when the blunder- sometimes world ending, sometimes not -is on his shoulders.
personality
Gobo is pragmatism personified, barring impulsive or simple-minded (though not stupid) traits generally attributed to the Fraggle species. He likes to take a logical approach to life, going through it via map rather than via intuition, and is often the "straight man" to some of his friends' more wild schemes and activities. He disbelieves in luck, and though he does believe in magic, he takes even a thoughtful approach to that; the right magic for the right problem, rather than that it all happens by chance or whim. Occasionally this will put him at odds with the superstitious types, but it usually works out in the end.
Because of his pragmatism, he can often see the best way to solve a problem, and this has earned him respect from many Fraggles, not just his immediate friends group. ...Most Fraggles, honestly. His friends see him as their leader but so does the Rock, to a point; he's known as a great explorer and the nephew(/great-nephew) of other Fraggle explorers, outlier jobs for Fraggles themselves, and all the braver for it. As such others will hang onto his word or follow him and his advice; Gobo at worst is bemused by this attention, though he does have his moments otherwise...
On that note, Gobo of course has his negative traits as well. He's prideful, stubborn, and can be something of an insensitive jerk, though rarely maliciously; he just doesn't always realize his words or actions are going to hurt. Over the course of the series he broke through some of that (heck this song is from the same episode as the one I linked above), though he does tend to still get too much into what he wants to do without considering others. He has a HUGE competitive streak and can sometimes be a sore loser, and on his worst days can be dark, moody, or extremely argumentative.
More than anything else though, even what was just said, Gobo is good. This is a trait inherent to Fraggles, sure; even the series itself has evil repulsed by their mere presence. But Gobo himself has it in spades. He's more than nice, he's plain kind, and will reach out to anyone he thinks is hurting. He has a deep well of experience he can draw off of, and even if his advice is misguided or not needed, he's always there for support. There is, after all, a reason he's seen as a leader: he is experienced enough to know what to do, and intelligent enough to know when others can do it on their own.
Because of his pragmatism, he can often see the best way to solve a problem, and this has earned him respect from many Fraggles, not just his immediate friends group. ...Most Fraggles, honestly. His friends see him as their leader but so does the Rock, to a point; he's known as a great explorer and the nephew(/great-nephew) of other Fraggle explorers, outlier jobs for Fraggles themselves, and all the braver for it. As such others will hang onto his word or follow him and his advice; Gobo at worst is bemused by this attention, though he does have his moments otherwise...
On that note, Gobo of course has his negative traits as well. He's prideful, stubborn, and can be something of an insensitive jerk, though rarely maliciously; he just doesn't always realize his words or actions are going to hurt. Over the course of the series he broke through some of that (heck this song is from the same episode as the one I linked above), though he does tend to still get too much into what he wants to do without considering others. He has a HUGE competitive streak and can sometimes be a sore loser, and on his worst days can be dark, moody, or extremely argumentative.
More than anything else though, even what was just said, Gobo is good. This is a trait inherent to Fraggles, sure; even the series itself has evil repulsed by their mere presence. But Gobo himself has it in spades. He's more than nice, he's plain kind, and will reach out to anyone he thinks is hurting. He has a deep well of experience he can draw off of, and even if his advice is misguided or not needed, he's always there for support. There is, after all, a reason he's seen as a leader: he is experienced enough to know what to do, and intelligent enough to know when others can do it on their own.
history
Gobo grew up in Fraggle Rock, an underground cavern system of happiness, music, and magic, populated by.. well, Fraggles. He was raised by his Uncle Matt (no word of what happened to his parents), who is an explorer in the vein of his uncle and Gobo's namesake. Though young Gobo at first wanted to be a juggler, eventually he too would fall into the role of explorer, and has since made it his life's purpose.
Somewhere along the way he picked up four other close friends- Mokey, Wembley, Boober, and Red -and though Gobo would have other friends in basically the rest of the Rock's populationwhether he wanted that or not, it was those four he'd pal around with the most.
Once Uncle Matt discovered Outer Space- aka our world -Gobo would take on the role of leader among his friendsagain, not entirely his choosing; this will be a theme with him and begin a series of adventures. Though his uncle had "raised him right" in giving him lots of knowledge of Fraggle Rock and how to take care of himself and others, many, many of Gobo's adventures would go awry. There was an ill-fated attempt at creating a School for Explorers that wound up getting him and another trapped; the time he got caught in dynamite crossfire; once he froze the entire Rock and everyone in it; another time he caused an avalanche from a mislabeled magic spell...
Despite any "failings" though, Gobo is an accomplished explorer, respected in the Rock for his talents and sought out for for his level-headedness. He's led many events (some by chance, some by choosing be it his own or another's) that have shaped Fraggle Rock- writing the Glory Song, the tune to stand for his cycle/generation, comes to mind -and would ultimately make one of the most important contacts ever: Meeting a Silly Creature, the Fragglish term for humans.
Though Gobo was not the first Fraggle to meet a human period- that wouldmost likely be his Uncle Matt in the aforementioned travels -Gobo's meeting wound up being special anyway. It would ultimately teach him that we are all connected. That even when your friends are apart you are together, for we're all a part of each other, and that everything is magic if you see it that way.
Gobo's ultimate takeaway from this is unknown (as that was the final episode of the series and all supplemental material has been placed prior to that) but that episode, and many instances in episodes prior, have all teased that Gobo would eventually decide to travel Outer Space too, just like Uncle Matt. Destiny is what you make of it, and at the end of it all...
You Cannot Leave the Magic.
Somewhere along the way he picked up four other close friends- Mokey, Wembley, Boober, and Red -and though Gobo would have other friends in basically the rest of the Rock's population
Once Uncle Matt discovered Outer Space- aka our world -Gobo would take on the role of leader among his friends
Despite any "failings" though, Gobo is an accomplished explorer, respected in the Rock for his talents and sought out for for his level-headedness. He's led many events (some by chance, some by choosing be it his own or another's) that have shaped Fraggle Rock- writing the Glory Song, the tune to stand for his cycle/generation, comes to mind -and would ultimately make one of the most important contacts ever: Meeting a Silly Creature, the Fragglish term for humans.
Though Gobo was not the first Fraggle to meet a human period- that would
Gobo's ultimate takeaway from this is unknown (as that was the final episode of the series and all supplemental material has been placed prior to that) but that episode, and many instances in episodes prior, have all teased that Gobo would eventually decide to travel Outer Space too, just like Uncle Matt. Destiny is what you make of it, and at the end of it all...
You Cannot Leave the Magic.