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No Flies on Us
Season 1, Episode 43
No Flies Penny Points
Air date November 8, 1983
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"No Flies on Us" is the 43rd episode of the first season of Inspector Gadget. It is the 31st episode in production order.

Synopsis[]

Gadget, while feeling under the weather, is assigned to go to Malaysia to stop the Wild Man of Borneo, who has joined forces with M.A.D. to spread a fly-borne disease that he has concocted.

The episode ends with a lesson about vaccinations.

Featuring Voices of[]

Gadgets used[]

Locations[]

Chief Quimby's disguise[]

  • posing as Gadget's doctor

Self-destructing message[]

  • "Explorers disappeared in Malaysia. Suspect Claw to join forces with Wild Man of Borneo. Investigate M.A.D.'s plans. This message will self-destruct."

Chief Quimby's reaction to being blown up[]

  • Having already taken off his disguise, Quimby unsuspectingly picks up his doctor's case, which contains the crumpled up self-destructing message and explodes in his hand.

M.A.D. Agents[]

Brain's disguises[]

  • a merchant
  • white monkey
  • Malaysian native/M.A.D. Agent

Penny's disguises[]

  • Wagonmaster
  • Malaysian native

Penny's gadgets[]

Gadgetmobile Gadgets[]

  • Extends Gadget claw from front to clear the road
  • Converts from Gadgetmobile to Gadget Van
  • Comfy chair in back of van extends up through roof window

Gadget Goofs[]

  • Continuity: When Inspector Gadget and Brain are stuck in quicksand, Gadget's right hand is flesh colored instead of gloved.
  • Audio/Visual: Gadget's lips don't move when he exits the prison cell to chase the monkey (Brain in disguise) as he says "Stand back, police!".
  • Animation mistake: Inside the temple, Fred and Squirt pass a metal door and turn around the corner. Suddenly, Brain appears out of thin air in the middle of the shot.
  • Continuity: Brain is seen inside the temple already wearing a green sarong. But a few seconds later, he is seen changing into the green sarong.
  • Continuity: When the Wild Man of Borneo is knocked out by Brain pushing a sick explorer into him, bubbles are seen coming out of the Wild Man's mouth before he is infected with his own virus. The bubbles should have been coming from the explorer's mouth instead.

Trivia[]

  • Despite needing a shot, Gadget is a cyborg and therefore, non-organic in a sense.
  • This is the only episode of the 1983 series in which Penny wears two different disguises: as a local wagon master (under which she wears her regular outfit), and as an indigenous Bornean.

Gallery[]

Full Episode[]

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