The Origin of Mokey's Name

[Convincing John]

Anyone know where Mokey got her name? I've heard where the other main Fraggles got their names, but I don't know where Mokey got her name...

Anyone know?

Convincing John

 

[That Announcer]

Anyone know where Mokey got her name? I've heard where the other main Fraggles got their names, but I don't know where Mokey got her name...

Really? I'm assuming Red was because of her hair and Gobo is based on the term "go-between" as he goes between the Fraggle and human worlds, but where did Boober get his name?

 

[Convincing John]

Boober got his name from a grumpy horse that Jim Henson saw once. He thought the name was funny so he used it. Wembley comes from the Wembley stadium.

Convincing John

 

[Effralyo]

Johnny, it was a COW.

 

[bknatchbull]

Mokey's Name

Mokey was a childhood friend of Jim Henson. That is how she got her name.

 

[luvtosr]

Yeah, according to a quiz on this site Boober was named after a mad cow. Here's some others I've looked into, I can't say for definite that they're right but though

Boober - angry cow

Gobo - a piece of metal or similar with a pattern cut in it for use in stage lighting and projection.

Henchy - taken from Henchman

Balsam and Gillis (and possibly Feenie with the spelling changed) - cast and crew members' surnames.

Red - um, well, she wears a red sweater.

Wembley - Wembley Stadium

Herkimer - county of New York

Merkey (Merggle) - taken from 'murky', description often applied to water.

Mermer (Merggle) - possibly taken from 'murmur' but also a sort of distortion of 'mermaid'

Pedley - is a place in California

Phil Fraggle - is voiced by Phil Balsam

Cantus - to sing (in Latin)

Brio - lively, with vigour musical term con brio

Brool - discussion over at FR.com seems to have settled on it being like a roar

Murray - well, um, why not?

Anyway, I'm not saying all those are correct but I think they're pretty good guesses.

 

[Emosewa]

You forgot, traveling matt was named for another piece of stage equipment, the traveling matte. Though I forget what it does..

 

[luvtosr]

You forgot, traveling matt was named for another piece of stage equipment, the traveling matte. Though I forget what it does..

Oh yeah, oops!

 

[Convincing John]

Johnny, it was a COW.

Oh, yeah...an angry cow. Whoops. Sorr-ee

Convincing John

 

[minor muppetz]

traveling matte

You forgot, traveling matt was named for another piece of stage equipment, the traveling matte. Though I forget what it does..

The traveling matte is an effect used to make something appear to be in a place that wasn't there when it was filmed. This is used when actors play two roles on-screen at once, or if the backgrounds are animated (and the actors and actresses work in front of a blue or green screen). The traveling matte can make it look like somebody is flying, shrinking, or having their heads pulled off without using a prop head.

I hope this helps.