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Widget the World Watcher

1990 • 5.4 • Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Kids • 30m

US • English

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.

Cast

Russi Taylor

as Widget (voice)

Jim Cummings

as Mega Brain (voice)

Kath Soucie

as Brian / Kristine (voice)

Dana Hill

as Kevin (voice)

Episodes

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Widget's Great Whale Adventure

E1 30m

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

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Gorilla My Dreams

E2 30m

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

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Kona, the Captive Whale

E3 30m

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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Widget of the Jungle

E4 30m

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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Widget's Walkabout

E5 30m

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

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Amazon Adventure

E6 30m

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

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Mediterranean Adventure

E7 30m

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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Slime Sleuths

E8 30m

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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Rock 'n' Roll Widget

E9 30m

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Teacher's Pets

E10 30m

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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The Carnival Kids

E11 30m

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Mega-Slank from Titanium

E12 30m

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

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That's the Spirit

E13 30m

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Two Times Widget Equals Trouble

E1 30m

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

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You Talkin' to Me?

E2 30m

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Sort It Out

E3 30m

Widget teaches the city people how to recycle.

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Watcher's Warning

E4 30m

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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The Great Brain Robbery

E5 30m

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

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The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

E6 30m

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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Bonkrz

E7 30m

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Glacier Grabber

E8 30m

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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Where's the Beef?

E9 30m

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

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Micronauts

E10 30m

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

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Watcher from Wayback

E11 30m

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

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Betty and the Beasts

E12 30m

Bob and Betty are capturing animals to make a movie.

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Maller Crawlers

E13 30m

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Never Cry Wolf

E14 30m

Brian is accidentally turned into a wolf by Mega Brain.

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All Day Suckers

E15 30m

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

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Fifty Foot Ants

E16 30m

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Half-Pint

E17 30m

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Air For Sale

E18 30m

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Intergalactic Garage Sale

E19 30m

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

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The Great Brain Drain

E20 30m

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

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Dr. Mega-Slank's Pet Palace

E21 30m

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

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Murtle & Zurtle

E22 30m

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

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Ratchet Hood

E23 30m

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

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Crazy 8

E24 30m

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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Half-Pint's Ransom

E25 30m

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

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Whatsit to You?

E26 30m

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

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Widget and the Sqizzlebonk

E27 30m

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

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Chaos in Kali-Ko

E28 30m

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

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Head Game

E29 30m

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

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Mac Bluff

E30 30m

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Great Barrier Thief

E31 30m

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

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The Brain Who Would Be King

E32 30m

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The Uncontrollable Urg

E33 30m

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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Intergalactic Grudge Match

E34 30m

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

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Teeny, Weeny, Widget

E35 30m

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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Scraboolee Jubilee

E36 30m

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Culture Crooks

E37 30m

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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The Library Card

E38 30m

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

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Bonkula

E39 30m

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

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Ratchetland

E40 30m

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

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Rose Colored Glasses

E41 30m

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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Crashing Planets

E42 30m

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Robo-Zonk

E43 30m

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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Ghost of a Chance

E44 30m

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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Rock Around the Cosmos

E45 30m

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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The Wishing Stone

E46 30m

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Time Trippers

E47 30m

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

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Bungle of the Jungle

E48 30m

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Machine Planet

E49 30m

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Awesome African Adventure

E50 30m

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

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Beast Side Story

E51 30m

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

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Mother Slank's Intergalactic Vacation Paradise

E52 30m

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