Mokey Fraggle
Fraggle Rock character
Mokey in a publicity shot with her design from the original series
Created by	Jim Henson
Voiced by	Kathryn Mullen (1983-2013) Mona Marshall (Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series) Donna Kimball (2016-present)
In-universe information
Species	Fraggle
Gender	Female
Occupation	Painter poet artist

Mokey Fraggle is a fictional puppet character created by Jim Henson. She is one of the five main characters in Henson's television series Fraggle Rock,^[1] as well as its 2022 reboot Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock.^[2] She is performed by Kathryn Mullen in the original series,^[3] and by Donna Kimball in Back to the Rock.^[4] Mona Marshall voiced her in the animated series.

Mokey is one of the main characters in Fraggle Rock, alongside Gobo, Wembley, Boober, and Red. She is the best friend^[5] and roommate^[6] of Red Fraggle. Mokey is dreamy and artistic. She loves writing poems, singing songs, and painting. She has a pet plant named Lanford, who is strongly disliked by Red. Mokey is the tallest ^{[citation needed]} of the Fraggles. It is her job to journey into the Gorgs' garden to retrieve radishes, the Fraggles' primary source of food.

Mokey was designed by Michael K. Frith^[7] and built by Jan Rosenthal. She was allegedly named after a childhood friend of Jim Henson.^[8] Kathryn Mullen was cast to play the character. During rehearsals, Mokey was originally performed by Karen Prell, who would later play Red.^[9]

Mokey is a live-hand puppet, which means that her arms are glove-like sleeves into which the puppeteer places their real arms to move the puppet's hands. Mokey was the only character on Fraggle Rock to be a live-hand puppet, while the others were rod puppets. (Other notable live-hand puppets include Sesame Street's Ernie and The Muppets' Fozzie Bear and Rowlf).^[10] Kathryn Mullen performed Mokey's left hand, while her right hand was performed by Trish Leeper (also the on-set performer for Ma Gorg).^[11]

One of Mokey's unique features is her eyelids, which she can lift up to show surprise or other emotions.^{[citation needed]} She was one of only a few puppets on the show to have this ability (the rebuilt Gobo Fraggle puppet being another).^{[citation needed]}

Mokey's portrayal in the 2022 reboot TV series Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock is significantly different from her portrayal in the original series. The Mokey puppet was redesigned heavily, now wearing a green dress instead of her gray robe, and sporting a blue beehive-like ponytail. Her eyelids are also less prominent, and she is now strictly a rod puppet, like the other characters. This version of Mokey was performed by Donna Kimball, who had previously portrayed her in the short-form TV series Fraggle Rock: Rock On! for Apple TV+. John Tartaglia (the performer for Gobo on the new series) commented on the design change during a Fraggle Rock Q&A on his Instagram stories, stating, "Mokey is super creative and artistic and she wanted a new look - she's always in touch with the creative vibes of the Rock!"^[12] Tartaglia went into more detail about the reasons for the redesign in an interview with MegaPodTastic.^[13]

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