Inspector Gadget's Field Trip
| Inspector Gadget's Field Trip | |
|---|---|
The History Channel | |
| Release | November 3, 1996 – January 4, 1998 |
| Related | |
| Inspector Gadget | |
Inspector Gadget's Field Trip (onscreen title: Field Trip Starring Inspector Gadget) is an American live-action/animated children's television series that is a spin-off incarnation of
Concept
The series was an educational travelogue program for children, in which the animated Gadget would show viewers the many different sites in famous places around the world via live-action-clips with historical facts.[2] The theme song is slightly similar to the one in the Gadget Boy series; in fact, Gadget Boy himself made a cameo appearance in one episode.
Gadget was the only main character to appear in this series; others such as Penny, Brain, Chief Quimby (although mentioned by Gadget in some episodes), Capeman, Dr. Claw, M.A.D. Cat and the M.A.D. Agents were absent. Don Adams reprised the role of Gadget in this series.
Broadcast
Two seasons consisting of a total of 22 episodes were aired, ending in 1998, where the show continued in reruns on The History Channel until 2000. In 2001, the show began airing reruns in syndication in order to fill respective station's
A Spanish-dubbed version aired on Univision's Planeta U block on Saturday mornings as Los Viajes de Inspector Gadget from the block's premiere from April 5, 2008 to May 29, 2010 when it was taken off the lineup. During the opening sequence, an image of the Temple of Saturn in the ancient forum in Rome, Italy, is presented with the label of "Greece."
The show is currently available to stream on Paramount+ (formerly CBS All Access).
Episode list
Season 1 (1996)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "London" | November 3, 1996 |
| 2 | 2 | "Virginia/Florida" | November 3, 1996 |
| 3 | 3 | "Italy" | November 10, 1996 |
| 4 | 4 | "Washington/New York" | November 10, 1996 |
| 5 | 5 | "New York" | November 17, 1996 |
| 6 | 6 | "France" | November 17, 1996 |
| 7 | 7 | "Greece/China" | November 24, 1996 |
| 8 | 8 | "Spain/Southwestern USA" | November 24, 1996 |
| 9 | 9 | "Greece" | December 1, 1996 |
| 10 | 10 | "Paris" | December 1, 1996 |
| 11 | 11 | "China/Egypt" | December 8, 1996 |
| 12 | 12 | "Italy/San Francisco" | December 8, 1996 |
| 13 | 13 | "China/Hawaii" | December 15, 1996 |
| 14 | 14 | "Rome" | December 15, 1996 |
| 15 | 15 | "Australia/Florida Keys" | December 22, 1996 |
Season 2 (1997–98)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1 | "Boston/The Wild West" | November 2, 1997 |
| 17 | 2 | "France/San Francisco" | November 2, 1997 |
| 18 | 3 | "Australia/San Francisco" | November 9, 1997 |
| 19 | 4 | "Spain/Australia" | November 9, 1997 |
| 20 | 5 | "Florida/Washington, D.C." | November 16, 1997 |
| 21 | 6 | "Egypt" | November 16, 1997 |
| 22 | 7 | "Greece/San Francisco" | January 4, 1998 |
Home media
In June 1996, DIC appointed
Anchor Bay UK released 2 volumes in 2004 and 2006 for public usage, each containing 4 episodes. Avenue Entertainment would release 2 volumes in 2004, with these ones containing 2 episodes each.
References
External links
- Inspector Gadget's Field Trip at IMDb
