''Inspector Gadget's Field Trip'' (onscreen title: ''Field Trip Starring Inspector Gadget'') is an American children's television series that is a spin-off incarnation of

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, produced by

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in 1996. The series originally aired on

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as one of only two DIC shows produced for the channel (''

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'' was the other one and ran concurrently with ''Field Trip'') in the United States.

Concept

The series was an educational

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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.

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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 E/I guidelines, and later aired as part of the E/I

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syndicated block from September 2004 until 2006. Comedian

returns as the voice of Inspector Gadget (this would be his final appearance as that character; he was concurrently voicing the title character of ''

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''). A Spanish-dubbed version aired on

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's ''

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'' 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

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in the ancient forum in

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, Italy, is presented with the label of "Greece." The show available to stream on

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(formerly CBS All Access).

Episode list

Season 1 (1996)

Season 2 (1997–98)

Home media

In June 1996, DIC appointed

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as the home video distributor for the series.https://kidscreen.com/1996/06/01/17082-19960601/ Buena Vista, through subsidiary

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. released various VHS tapes of the series with 2 episodes on each, which were sold as educational products for places like schools. The company would re-release the series on DVD in 2007, with the episodes varying between each DVD. 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

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