Widget (TV series)

"Widget, the World Watcher" is an animated television series which debuted in September 29, 1990 until it ended in June 6, 1994. Reruns continued until 1997.

The show focused on a 4ft tall, purple alien from the Horsehead Nebula named Widget who could shapeshift. He and a group of young, human friends, Brian, Kevin and Kristine, would go through a number of adventures to protect the natural environment. Widget is frequently accompanied by the Mega Brain, an extremely intelligent but somewhat clumsy being who appears as a floating head (with a transparent cranium) and floating hands, and Philippines.

The show was produced by Calico Creations to teach children about the dangers of pollution. Each episode would have Widget contending with a villain wishing to exploit Earth's environment or natural resources, like Dr. Dante, Mega Slank, and his evil twin, Ratchet. In this respect, Widget, the World Watcher is very similar to Captain Planet and the Planeteers, both heroes attempting to save the Earth from ecological harm.

This show ran for 65 episodes.

There are currently no plans to release Widget on DVD.

Characters

* Widget:
* MegaBrain:
* Philippines:
* Brain:
* Kevin:
* Kristine:
* Ratchet:
* Dr. Dante:
* Mega Slank:

Episodes

eason 1

Original airdate: September 29, 1990
# Widget to the Whale Relief
# The Captive Whale
# My Mriend the Gorilla
# Widget in the Jungle
# Widget to the Country without Over Under
# Widget and the Monster
# Widget Rock Musician Cosmic
# Blueberry and Berthold
# The Gigantic Ants
# Widget and the Robots
# Widget Takes the Investigation
# The Storm in the Jungle
# The Vacation of Mom Slank

eason 2

Original airdate: September 10, 1991
# Widget and the Vampire
# Widget to the School
# A Crown for the Brain
# Adventure in Mediterranean
# The King Mac Bluff
# Mega Slank
# Widget and the Indian
# Which Movie?
# Very Special Glasses
# Rock around the Galaxy
# When One Talks about the Wolf
# Robot Zouc
# African Adventure

eason 3

Original airdate: April 14, 1992
# The Big Heads
# Brain Washing
# All is not Good to Throw
# The Magic Ray
# Widget to the School
# The Glacier Thieves
# Let Us Save the Planet Lotec
# Racketland
# The Universal Language
# The Three Ghosts
# The Magic Mirrors
# Where is the Drama?
# The Rain Forest

eason 4

Original airdate: February 12, 1993
# The Trip in the Time
# The Gallery Galériens
# Forage Them and the Foxes
# The Micronauts
# Rich of Wood
# The Scrabouligou
# The Abominable Urg
# Ghost Histories
# Chaos to Calico
# The Forest People
# Half Portion
# Income
# The Big Barrier of Coral

eason 5

Original airdate: January 9, 1994
# Selling Intergalactic Cheap
# The Party
# Mega Brain is at the Party
# A Strange Adventure
# Strange
# Widget and His Double
# The Big Intergalactic Circus
# The Aero-Bull
# Travel to the Library
# The Big Pursuit
# The Rock to Vows
# The Candies to Nothing
# The Intergalactic Fight

Video games

The series spawned two video games. Widget was released by Atlus on the NES in 1992 and Super Widget also by Atlus on the SNES in 1993.

External links

*imdb title|id=0213377|title=Widget, the World Watcher
* [http://www.patrickdf.com/cartoons/widget.html Widget the World Watcher] : Fan page by Patrick Frank