Cartoon Resource entry #376 - Widget (1990)

WIDGET

original airdates: Sept 29, 1990-Sept 1992 in syndication
episodes: 65
produced by: Zodiac Entertainment and Calico Creations/World Events Productions
distributed and owned by: World Events Productions

 

SUMMARY

Widget, a small purple alien, was sent to Earth to protect its environment.  Widget is accompanied by Mega Brain, a floating robot head, which serves as his computer.  Also, Widget is befriended by kids, Brian, Kevin and Kristine.  The series won a Quality Children’s Television Award in 1990.

 

EPISODE GUIDE
1st Season (1990-1991)

#01 Widget's Great Whale Adventure (09.29.1990)
#02 Gorilla My Dreams (10.06.1990)
#03 Kona, the Captive Whale (10.13.1990)
#04 Widget of the Jungle (10.20.1990)
#05 Widget's Walkabout (10.27.1990)
#06 Amazon Adventure (11.03.1990)
#07 Mediterranean Adventure (11.10.1990)
#08 Slime Sleuths (11.17.1990)
#09 Rock 'n' Roll Widget (11.24.1990)
#10 Teacher's Pets (12.01.1990)
#11 The Carnival Kids (12.08.1990)
#12 Mega-Slank from Titanium (12.15.1990)
#13 That's the Spirit (12.22.1990)

2nd Season (1991-1992)

#14 Two Times Widget Equals Trouble (09.23.1991)
#15 You Talkin' to Me? (09.24.1991)
#16 Sort It Out (09.25.1991)
#17 Watcher's Warning (09.26.1991)
#18 The Great Brain Robbery (09.27.1991)
#19 The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (10.01.1991)
#20 Bonkrz (10.02.1991)
#21 Glacier Grabber (10.03.1991)
#22 Where's the Beef? (10.04.1991)
#23 Micronauts (10.07.1991)
#24 Watcher from Wayback (10.10.1991)
#25 Betty and the Beasts (10.11.1991)
#26 Maller Crawlers (10.15.1991)
#27 Never Cry Wolf (10.16.1991)
#28 All Day Suckers (10.17.1991)
#29 Fifty Foot Ants (10.18.1991)
#30 Half-Pint (10.22.1991)
#31 Air For Sale (10.23.1991)
#32 Intergalactic Garage Sale (10.24.1991)
#33 The Great Brain Drain (10.25.1991)
#34 Dr. Mega-Slank's Pet Palace (10.28.1991)
#35 Murtle and Zurtle (10.29.1991)
#36 Ratchet Hood (10.30.1991)
#37 Crazy 8 (10.31.1991)
#38 Half-Pint's Ransom (11.01.1991)
#39 Whatsit to You? (11.05.1991)
#40 Widget and the Sqizzlebonk (11.06.1991)
#41 Chaos in Kali-Ko (11.07.1991)
#42 Head Game (11.08.1991)
#43 Mac Bluff (11.11.1991)
#44 Great Barrier Thief (11.12.1991)
#45 The Brain Who Would Be King (11.13.1991)
#46 The Uncontrollable Urg (11.14.1991)
#47 Intergalactic Grudge Match (11.15.1991)
#48 Teeny, Weeny, Widget (11.18.1991)
#49 Scraboolee Jubilee (11.19.1991)
#50 Culture Crooks (11.20.1991)
#51 The Library Card (11.21.1991)
#52 Bonkula (11.22.1991)
#53 Ratchetland (11.25.1991)
#54 Rose Colored Glasses (11.26.1991)
#55 Crashing Planets (11.27.1991)
#56 Robo-Zonk (11.29.1991)
#57 Ghost of a Chance (12.02.1991)
#58 Rock Around the Cosmos (12.03.1991)
#59 The Wishing Stone (12.04.1991)
#60 Time Trippers (12.05.1991)
#61 Bungle of the Jungle (12.06.1991)
#62 Machine Planet (12.09.1991)
#63 Awesome African Adventure (12.10.1991)
#64 Beast Side Story (12.11.1991)
#65 Mother Slank's Intergalactic Vacation Paradise (12.12.1991)

VOICE ACTORS

Peter Cullen (1941) as Bob the Poacher, Rooney Kangaroo, Gdunu
Jim Cummings (1952) as Mega Brain, Dr. Dante, Elder #1
Pat Fraley (1949) as Mega Slank
Dana Hill (1964-1996) as Kevin
Tress MacNeille (1951) as Ratchet, Elder #2
Kath Soucie (1967) as Brian, Kristine
Cree Summer (1969) as Half-Pint
Russi Taylor (1944-2019) as Widget