History Recap / FraggleRockS4E15MirrorMirror

* BittersweetEnding: Downplayed. Red and Cotterpin manage to glue Mavis together, but this leaves Mavis full of cracks, though still able to talk and sing. Still, when Red leaves her with Ma, the latter is overjoyed at having her new friend with her again.

Ma screams at Red to go away, and Red is aghast at having been led to the Gorgs' castle for a party. Mavis, though, coaxes Red and Ma into getting along, then sings a song. Ma joins in, but Red, figuring that her friends will want to come to her party once they see she has a magic mirror, takes this as an opportunity to bring Mavis back to the Rock. Trying to get Mavis off the table, she accidentally breaks her. She remembers Cotterpin and the glue she's mixing and rushes to fetch it. When Red returns, bringing Cotterpin along, Ma is crying over Mavis, and Red sees how much she cares about her. Realizing Ma needs a friend more than Red needs a magic mirror, Red manages to put Mavis back together and leaves her with Ma, wishing her a happy birthday. When she and Cotterpin get back to the Rock, the other Fraggles jump out and yells, "Surprise!"

* ABirthdayNotABreak: Zigzagged. Ma is crying because Pa and Junior have left her to celebrate her birthday by herself, and Red is miserable because her friends have refused to come to her birthday party. Red cheers up when Cotterpin wants to celebrate with her, and even more so when she meets Mavis, who tells her she'll have a birthday party she'll never forget if she follows her. The party turns out to be at the Gorgs' castle, though, and Red and Ma are aghast at Mavis' suggestion that they celebrate together. On top of that, Mavis breaks when Red tries to sneak her back to the Rock. All ends happily, though, when Red, realizing how much Ma needs a friend, puts Mavis back together, leaves her with Ma, and wishes her a happy birthday--then gets home to find out her friends want to celebrate with her after all.

* MondegreenGag: This happens when Red sees where the party is going to be.

* EekAMouse: When Red enters the castle, Ma screams, "Oh, no, a Fraggle!" and throws the scrub brush Pa just gave her, which narrowly avoids hitting her.

The two meet Mavis, a magic mirror, who says that if they follow her, Red will have a party she'll never forget. Red begins pushing Mavis, with Cotterpin sitting on top of the mirror. On the way, though, Cotterpin, fed up with Mavis repeatedly calling her a bug, goes back home to mix glue, leaving Red and Mavis to continue by themselves. Mavis directs Red through the tunnel that leads to the inside of the Gorgs' castle—where, coincidentally enough, it's Ma's birthday. Pa and Junior have gone to free some honkfish that have gotten stuck around a bend in a river, so Ma is tearfully celebrating by herself.

* PlotParallel: Doc brings in a mirror of Ms. Ardath's that looks just like Mavis, which is to be picked up from Doc's workshop by the man who's going to restore it. Doc decides to surprise Ms. Ardath by restoring the mirror himself, but Sprocket accidentally breaks it when he tries to pass Doc a screwdriver. It turns out that, for Doc's birthday, Ms. Ardath had been planning to give him the mirror... which, as Doc reassures her, can be glued back together.

Ma screams at Red to go away, and Red is aghast at having been led to the Gorgs' castle for a party. Mavis, though, coaxes Red and Ma into getting along, then sings a song. Ma joins in, but Red takes this as an opportunity to bring Mavis back to the Rock. Trying to get Mavis off the table, she accidentally breaks her. She remembers Cotterpin and the glue she's mixing and rushes to fetch it. When Red returns, bringing Cotterpin along, Ma is crying over Mavis, and Red sees how much she cares about her. Realizing Ma needs a friend more than Red needs a magic mirror, Red manages to put Mavis back together and leaves her with Ma, wishing her a happy birthday. When she and Cotterpin get back to the Rock, the other Fraggles jump out and yells, "Surprise!"

* MyNewGiftIsLame: Much to Ma's disappointment, Pa gives her a scrub brush for her birthday.

* MacGuffin: Doc and Sprocket receive a mirror from Ms. Ardath that looks just like Mavis.

* EekAMouse: When Red enters the castle, Ma screams, "Oh, no, a Fraggle!" and throws a scrub brush, which narrowly avoids hitting her.

* GreaterNeedThanMine: Red, seeing Ma crying over Mavis, puts her back together and leaves her with Ma, realizing she needs a friend more than Red needs a magic mirror.

* MustMakeAmends: Red manages to fix Mavis, then leaves her with Ma.

* GagNose: Cotterpin thinks Ma's nose is this.
-->'''Red:''' ''[seeing Ma crying over Mavis]'' She's crying! She's really upset.\\
'''Cotterpin:''' Well, I'd be upset, too, if I had a nose that big.

* ContinuityNod: Red mentions the Festival of the Bells, which the Fraggles celebrated in [[Recap/FraggleRockS4E1TheBellsOfFraggleRock The Bells of Fraggle Rock]].

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: If Red had realized in the first place how much Ma needed a friend, she wouldn't have tried to take Mavis back to the Rock, breaking her. She does manage to glue her together, but this leaves Mavis full of cracks, though still able to talk and sing.