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Inspector Gadget's Field Trip
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Genre Comedy
Educational
Children's
Created by Andy Heyward
Brad Kreisberg
Voices of Don Adams
Theme music composer Mike Piccirillo
Opening theme "Inspector Gadget's Field Trip"
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 22
Production
Executive producer(s) Andy Heyward
Brad Kreisberg
Robby London
Michael Maliani
Production company(s) DIC Productions, L.P.
Distributor United States
DIC Entertainment
Internationally
Buena Vista International Television
Release
Original network The History Channel
Original release November 3, 1996 (1996-11-03) – January 4, 1998 (1998-01-04)
Chronology
Related shows Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget's Field Trip (onscreen title: Field Trip Starring Inspector Gadget) is a spin-off incarnation of Inspector Gadget, produced by DIC Productions, L.P. in 1996. The series originally aired on The History Channel in the United States.

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. 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.

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 those station's E/I guidelines, and later aired as part of the E/I DIC Kids Network syndicated block from September 2004 until 2006. Comedian Don Adams returns as the voice of Inspector Gadget (this would be his final appearance as that character; he was concurrently voicing the title character of Gadget Boy).

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 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 (1996-11-03)
3 3 "Italy" November 10, 1996 (1996-11-10)
4 4 "Washington/New York" November 10, 1996 (1996-11-10)
5 5 "New York" November 17, 1996 (1996-11-17)
6 6 "France" November 17, 1996 (1996-11-17)
7 7 "Greece/China" November 24, 1996 (1996-11-24)
8 8 "Spain/Southwestern USA" November 24, 1996 (1996-11-24)
9 9 "Greece" December 1, 1996 (1996-12-01)
10 10 "Paris" December 1, 1996 (1996-12-01)
11 11 "China/Egypt" December 8, 1996 (1996-12-08)
12 12 "Italy/San Francisco" December 8, 1996 (1996-12-08)
13 13 "China/Hawaii" December 15, 1996 (1996-12-15)
14 14 "Rome" December 15, 1996 (1996-12-15)
15 15 "Australia/Florida Keys" December 22, 1996 (1996-12-22)

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 (1997-11-02)
18 3 "Australia/San Francisco" November 9, 1997 (1997-11-09)
19 4 "Spain/Australia" November 9, 1997 (1997-11-09)
20 5 "Florida/Washington, D.C." November 16, 1997 (1997-11-16)
21 6 "Egypt" November 16, 1997 (1997-11-16)
22 7 "Greece/San Francisco" January 4, 1998 (1998-01-04)
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