History Recap / FraggleRockS4E5UncleMattsDiscovery

* DescriptionCut: Gobo's bragging about his uncle's courage is interrupted by Matt running in and screaming for help.
-->'''Gobo:''' Why, in all the history of the Rock, there's never been anyone braver or more fearless than...\\
'''Uncle Matt:''' ''[running in]'' Help, help, help, help! Help, help, help! Oh, help, help, help, please! They're trying to erase my face! ''[Ducks under the table.]''

* TheMagicGoesAway[=/=]TheMagicComesBack: Matt is disillusioned with exploring, thinking the magic has gone out of it. This changes, though, when he discovers the T. Matthew Fraggle Room.
-->'''Uncle Matt:''' Isn't it amazing, nephew Gobo? A little while ago, I thought the magic had gone out of exploring.\\
'''Gobo:''' Now you've discovered all sorts of ways to go from Fraggle Rock into Outer Space.\\
'''Uncle Matt:''' Remember, nephew Gobo, the magic is always there as long as we keep looking for it.

* RunningGag: This time, it's Matt who bumps his head on a pipe.

-->'''Uncle Matt:''' He yells—\\

* TheNamesake: Matt names the entrance cave "The T. Matthew Fraggle Room" after himself.

[[caption-width-right:350:Got a towel?]]

* BookcasePassage: The entrance to the T. Matthew Fraggle Room has a figure of a Fraggle, which, when rotated, opens a trapdoor that leads to the cavern below.

'''Uncle Matt:''' ''[running in]''' Help, help, help, help! Help, help, help! Oh, help, help, help, please! They're trying to erase my face! ''[Ducks under the table.]''

Uncle Traveling Matt returns home once again but embarrasses himself in front of Gobo and the others, panicking over "face erasers" and hiding under a table. He denies this ever happened, infuriating Gobo. The two have a fight and Matt leaves in a huff. After a talk with Wembley, Gobo goes after Matt and tries to work things out. He and Matt then discover a network of tunnels leading to various parts of Outer Space. Matt names the entrance cave "The T. Matthew Fraggle Room" and comes to realize that it's okay to admit your fears.

* {{Namesake}}: Matt names the entrance cave "The T. Matthew Fraggle Room" after himself.

* ContinuityNod: The entrance to the T. Matthew Fraggle Room has a figure of a Fraggle, which, when rotated, opens a trapdoor that leads to the cavern below. It bears a striking resemblance to a dummy seen in [[Recap/FraggleRockS3E16PlayingTillItHurts "Playing Till It Hurts."]]

* ContinuityNod: The entrance to the T. Matthew Fraggle Room has a figure of a Fraggle, which, when rotated, opens a trapdoor that leads to the cavern below. The head bears a striking resemblance to that of a Fraggle-head staff seen in [[Recap/FraggleRockS3E9TheSecretSocietyOfPoohbahs The Secret Society of Poohbahs]].

* AccidentalDiscovery: Matt accidentally discovers the entrance to the T. Matthew Fraggle Room when his arm hits a a figure of a Fraggle, causing it to rotate and open a trapdoor leading to a cavern below.

* AccidentalDiscovery: Matt accidentally discovers the entrance to the T. Matthew Fraggle Room when his arm hits a rotating Fraggle figure, opening a trapdoor leading to a cavern belown.

-->'''Uncle Matt''': He yells—\\

* ColorBlindConfusion: While getting ready to repaint the gnomes, Doc asks Sprocket for a can of flesh-tone paint. When he uses the paint Sprocket gives him on a gnome's face, it turns out to be purple. Doc gets annoyed with Sprocket at first, then apologizes for forgetting that dogs are color blind.

'''Gobo''': —and he tells me—\\
'''Uncle Matt''': —I smell—\\
'''Gobo''': —impolitely—\\
'''Uncle Matt''': —I don't—\\
'''Gobo''': —understand why—\\
'''Uncle Matt''': —I want him—\\
'''Gobo''': —to like me.\\
'''Together''': I love him so much, I could bawl.\\

* AccidentalDiscovery: Matt accidentally discovers the entrance to the T. Matthew Fraggle Room when his arms hits a rotating Fraggle figure, opening a trapdoor leading to a cavern belown.

* ContinuityNod: Matt constructs an entrance to the T. Matthew Fraggle Room, complete with a scarecrow, which, when rotated, opens a trapdoor that leads to the cavern below. The head bears a striking resemblance to that of a Fraggle-head staff seen in [[Recap/FraggleRockS3E9TheSecretSocietyOfPoohbahs The Secret Society of Poohbahs]].