Widget the World Watcher

Widget the World Watcher

Ended First aired 29/Sep/1990 United States English 2 season(s) 65 episode(s)

Animation Action & Adventure Sci-Fi & Fantasy Kids

Widget, the World Watcher is an animated television series which debuted in syndication on September 29, 1990. The series ran for two seasons; in the first season, it aired once a week, and in the second season, the series expanded to 5 days a week. The show featured environmentalist themes and was recognized by the National Education Association as recommended viewing for children.

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Season 2 · Season 2

52 episode(s) · Air date: 23/Sep/1991

Season Overview

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S2E52

Mother Slank's Intergalactic Vacation Paradise

Air date: 03/Dec/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Mega Slank's mother takes an underwater vacation, and the submarine is ruining the ocean.

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S2E51

Beast Side Story

Air date: 02/Dec/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

A fox that lives on the streets is captured by a gang and Widget must stop them.

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S2E50

Awesome African Adventure

Air date: 29/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Widget and Mega Brain go to the African rain forest to aide a sick hippo from a poacher.

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S2E49

Machine Planet

Air date: 28/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E48

Bungle of the Jungle

Air date: 27/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E47

Time Trippers

Air date: 26/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Widget and Megabrain travel through time after seeing a news report on how Ratchet made his mutants.

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S2E46

The Wishing Stone

Air date: 25/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E45

Rock Around the Cosmos

Air date: 22/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

A parody of Star Wars, Widget goes after Flim Flam after an evil plan by Bizarre Brain spirals out of control. They are helped by Princess Erin, (Widget has a crush on her) who is used against her will by Bizarre Brain to destroy Earth.

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S2E44

Ghost of a Chance

Air date: 21/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

In an environmental takeoff of A Christmas Carol, Widget is visited by three ghosts, a Viking who engaged in deforestation, an American pioneer who participated in the buffalo slaughter, and a British big game hunter who contributed to extinction of some animals. The ghosts tell Widget that they are punished until they teach a living person of their wrong acts, and Widget sees their chance for atonement when the city's mayor is making a secret deal for a polluting factory to be built.

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S2E43

Robo-Zonk

Air date: 20/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Mega Brain creates a robot named Robo-Zonk, who instantly befriends Half Pint. When Half Pint creates more robots, they go against him and it is up to Widget to stop them.

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S2E42

Crashing Planets

Air date: 19/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E41

Rose Colored Glasses

Air date: 18/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Widget, Megabrain and Half Pint travel to a faraway planet to discover a pair of rose-pink goggles that make the wearer see bad things.

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S2E40

Ratchetland

Air date: 15/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Ratchet has stolen everybody's garbage bins and waste to make his own amusement park in the waste dump.

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S2E39

Bonkula

Air date: 14/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

A no-good prankster vampire named Bonkula befriends Kevin and becomes a bad influence to him.

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S2E38

The Library Card

Air date: 13/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Widget, Mega Brain, Kevin, and Brian go to the library and reimagine the stories they read.

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S2E37

Culture Crooks

Air date: 12/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Ratchet and his mutant minions have stolen an ancient artifact from the museum and it's up to Widget, Mega Brain, and Half Pint to get it back.

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S2E36

Scraboolee Jubilee

Air date: 11/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E35

Teeny, Weeny, Widget

Air date: 08/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Widget suggests that Kevin and Brian visit the agricultural fair, held by Flim Flam McSham. Widget is separated from the others when he is shrunken to the size of a mouse.

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S2E34

Intergalactic Grudge Match

Air date: 07/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Ratchet has started an intergalactic grudge match and has pitted Widget against a giant alien wrestler.

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S2E33

The Uncontrollable Urg

Air date: 06/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

On a Watcher Scout trip; Widget, Half Pint, and Brian hear the story of the Urg, an always angry monster that lives on Widget's home planet.

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S2E32

The Brain Who Would Be King

Air date: 05/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E31

Great Barrier Thief

Air date: 04/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Poachers Bob and Betty are capturing sea life in the Great Barrier Reef.

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S2E30

Mac Bluff

Air date: 01/Nov/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E29

Head Game

Air date: 31/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Ratchet challenges Mega Brain to a set of games against a giant brain in which is not too bright.

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S2E28

Chaos in Kali-Ko

Air date: 30/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Dr. Dante is building a giant park and hypnotizes Widget to think he works for him.

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S2E27

Widget and the Sqizzlebonk

Air date: 29/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Film Flam McSham tries to enslave the Squizzlebonk, a gluttonous monster.

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S2E26

Whatsit to You?

Air date: 28/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Mega Slank builds a bunch of Widget robots to pollute Earth.

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S2E25

Half-Pint's Ransom

Air date: 25/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

When Half Pint goes to stay with Widget, he gets into lots of mischief with his Teleportation Device.

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S2E24

Crazy 8

Air date: 24/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Mega Brain suggests that Half Pint could have fun at an intergalactic carnival. However when they get there, it is full of strange people and things.

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S2E23

Ratchet Hood

Air date: 23/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Ratchet and his minions steal money intended for the Help the Earth foundation and Ratchet keeps the money to himself.

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S2E22

Murtle & Zurtle

Air date: 22/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Widget tries to reunite a Galapagos turtle couple from a group of pirates.

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S2E21

Dr. Mega-Slank's Pet Palace

Air date: 21/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Mega Slank is capturing animals from the vet to run his machine.

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S2E20

The Great Brain Drain

Air date: 18/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

The Watcher Elders inform Widget that Bizarre Brain is causing mayhem and Mega Brain is afraid to help.

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S2E19

Intergalactic Garage Sale

Air date: 17/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Evil Mega Slank steals many of Earth's most magnificent landmarks for his Intergalactic Garage Sale.

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S2E18

Air For Sale

Air date: 16/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E17

Half-Pint

Air date: 15/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E16

Fifty Foot Ants

Air date: 14/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E15

All Day Suckers

Air date: 11/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

A race of lollipop people seek water and goes to a greedy businessman who is draining out Earth's water.

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S2E14

Never Cry Wolf

Air date: 10/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Brian is accidentally turned into a wolf by Mega Brain.

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S2E13

Maller Crawlers

Air date: 09/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E12

Betty and the Beasts

Air date: 08/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Bob and Betty are capturing animals to make a movie.

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S2E11

Watcher from Wayback

Air date: 07/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Widget travels to Tibet and unexpectedly meets an old World Watcher.

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S2E10

Micronauts

Air date: 04/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Widget and friends try to stop mysterious rain that mutates anything into giant monsters.

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S2E9

Where's the Beef?

Air date: 03/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Mega Slank goes to Australia and hypnotizes animals to run his fast food company.

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S2E8

Glacier Grabber

Air date: 02/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Widget, Mega Brain, Kevin, and Brian find that Dr. Dante is in the arctic with a supposedly harmless machine. Widget finds out that the machine is melting all the glaciers.

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S2E7

Bonkrz

Air date: 01/Oct/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E6

The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Air date: 30/Sep/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

After a video recording of Widget is sent into space, ringmaster brothers Film Flam McSham capture Widget to be in their intergalactic circus.

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S2E5

The Great Brain Robbery

Air date: 27/Sep/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Widget's evil twin brother Ratchet captures Mega Brain and turns him into an evil brain.

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S2E4

Watcher's Warning

Air date: 26/Sep/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Widget, Mega Brain, Kevin and Brian travel to Planet Scraboolie which is completely polluted and used to be beautiful. Widget wants to ensure the same thing does not happen to Earth.

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S2E3

Sort It Out

Air date: 25/Sep/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Widget teaches the city people how to recycle.

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S2E2

You Talkin' to Me?

Air date: 24/Sep/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E1

Two Times Widget Equals Trouble

Air date: 23/Sep/1991 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

A careless mistake by Mega Brain sends Ratchet, Widget's alter ego, out to trash.

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Season 1 · Season 1

13 episode(s) · Air date: 29/Sep/1990

Season Overview

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S1E13

That's the Spirit

Air date: 22/Dec/1990 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E12

Mega-Slank from Titanium

Air date: 15/Dec/1990 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

The evil Mega Slank steals animals to bring back to his planet.

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S1E11

The Carnival Kids

Air date: 08/Dec/1990 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E10

Teacher's Pets

Air date: 01/Dec/1990 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Widget gets to be the children's substitute teacher of biology and zoology after their regular teacher keeps having car trouble.

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S1E9

Rock 'n' Roll Widget

Air date: 24/Nov/1990 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E8

Slime Sleuths

Air date: 17/Nov/1990 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Dr. Dante presumably has invented a machine to solve the issue of toxic waste disposal. Widget wonders about that when problems arise when the barrels containing the waste are reused.

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S1E7

Mediterranean Adventure

Air date: 10/Nov/1990 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

A trip to the Mediterranean Sea gets Kevin, Brian, Kristine, and Mega Brain captured by fishermen, while Widget has to help out a cattle farmer.

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S1E6

Amazon Adventure

Air date: 03/Nov/1990 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Construction men are building a giant highway through the rainforest, cutting down special trees used by the natives as medicine.

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S1E5

Widget's Walkabout

Air date: 27/Oct/1990 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Widget travels to Australia to ensure its red kangaroos enjoy their new habitat.

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S1E4

Widget of the Jungle

Air date: 20/Oct/1990 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Widget travels to the jungles of Africa where evil poachers, Bob and Betty try to capture an elephant for his tusks.

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S1E3

Kona, the Captive Whale

Air date: 13/Oct/1990 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

On a trip with Kevin, Brian, and Kristine, Widget assumes the zookeeper of a baby whale named Kona is hurting her; while really the zookeeper is just doing his job.

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S1E2

Gorilla My Dreams

Air date: 06/Oct/1990 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

On a school trip, Kevin and Brian adopt a gorilla named Johnny Africa.

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S1E1

Widget's Great Whale Adventure

Air date: 29/Sep/1990 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Widget reluctantly travels to Earth and he saves a whale caught by some poachers.

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Cast

Main cast members.

Russi Taylor

Jim Cummings

Mega Brain (voice)

Kath Soucie

Brian / Kristine (voice)

Dana Hill

Peter Cullen

Cree Summer

Cam Clarke

Tress MacNeille

Tress MacNeille

Crew

Creators, directors, writers, and production crew.

Production Design

Director, Producer

Executive Producer

Claudia Zeitlin Burton

Supervising Producer

Original Music Composer

Doug Lefler

William Brian Lowry

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Quick Facts

Seasons 2

Episodes 65

Year 1990

Status Ended

Runtime 30 min

Language English

Country United States

Release Info

Schedule Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays at 12:00 PM (30 min)

Timezone America/New_York

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Animation Action & Adventure Sci-Fi & Fantasy Kids

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Network United States USA Network (1990 - 1991)

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Schedule Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays at 12:00 PM (30 min)

Timezone America/New_York

Network United States USA Network (1990 - 1991)

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IMDb tt0213377

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