01x09 - Greece

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♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ We're going on a visit ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Come on,
let's go with him ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ What's that, you ask?
What is it? ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Well, no one
wants to miss it ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ We're going on a visit ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Have fun,
let's go with him ♪

♪ New places,
new faces ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

Inspector Gadget here.

Hola.

That's Spanish for hello.

On our field trip to Spain

there are lots of fun things
to see and do.

So, vaminos.

That's Spanish for
go, go, Gadget field trip.

Madrid is
the center of Spain.

And kilometer zero
in puerta del sol

is the center of Madrid.

Everyone and everything
starts here, including us.

So, if you get lost,
we'll meet you back here.

Looking down
this narrow passageway,

I can see the plaza mayor,

one of Madrid's
most important landmarks.

This square is surrounded by
hundreds of overhead balconies

and was designed

under the order of...

The king who made Madrid
the capital of Spain.

...was home to the kings
and queens of Spain.

Royalty from other countries
have to find their own homes.

I think I'm lost
in all these rooms.

It's easy to get confused
in the Palacio Real De Madrid

because it has...

Wowzers!

This is the fabulous
throne room

where the king and queen
didn't sit.

These thrones were only used
as symbols of royalty

to be seen but not touched.

They didn't sit
on this, either.

This silver platter was used
for the newborn royal children.

When the princes
and princesses were born,

they were put on the platter
and presented before the court.

This silver goblet

might've been used
for serving hot chocolate,

but I think you had to bring
your own marshmallows.

The Spaniards were the first to
introduce chocolate to Europe.

Europe,
this is chocolate.

Chocolate, this is Europe.

How do we explore?

Let me count the rooms.

Actually,

the Palacio Real De Madrid
has more rooms

than any other
European palace.

This place was so big,
its halls had halls.

It even had
its own drug store:

the farmacia.

The walls are lined with jars
containing medicines

and labeled with the cures
for various ailments.

Hello?

Anyone in there?

Oh, there aren't any soldiers
in these suits.

They're just replicas
of knights in shining armor.

And these are the g*ns
to match the metal suits.

Let this be a lesson to you
would-be kings and queens.

It wasn't all roses and velvet
being royalty.

Think about sitting on a throne
that no one can sit on,

wearing this stuff.

Not to mention
that loose change

could rattle around
in your leggings for weeks.

If you stroll down to...

You can't miss
these 44 statues

of various kings
and queens of Spain.

They were designed for the top
of the palace facade,

but they were too heavy.

I guess they were afraid
the statues could fall off

and hurt a real king.

Speaking of royal statues,

that's the real king...

Not the horse,
the guy on it.

And how does he keep
from falling over?

Famous astronomer galileo

used mathematical
calculations

to help balance
the sculpture.

This is a statue
of famous explorer

Christopher Columbus.

Columbus sailed for America
under the Spanish flag in 1492

on assignment for king Ferdinand
and queen Isabella.

He was looking for the far east
and found the west.

Sounds like what happens

with some of my assignments
from the chief.

With his daring voyage,

Columbus was battling
the unknown seas,

facing the scourge of the wilds,

braving storms,

facing starvation

and almost certain death.

And loving it.

This is an exact replica
of one of Columbus' boats

called...

The other 2 boats were called...

But not by each other.

And now for
a field trip fact.

Columbus was
a great explorer.

According to some scholars,

Columbus took
his first ocean voyage

when he was
only 10 years old.

Wowzers!

Welcome back.

When in sunny Spain

do as the sunny
Spaniards do.

Get a nice
wide-brimmed shade hat.

And the best place for that
since 1894 is...

Or house of yustas.

They have the famous
Spanish sombreros,

gorras--
which are caps--

and boinas--

which are like
French berets.

Wowzers!

They also have matador hats,

safari hats,

and funny-looking
ladies' hats.

But I'm the only one
with a bionic hat.

These hats are all fun,

but unfortunately,

none of them have
all the mechanical features

that the old Inspector
already has in his hat.

Like these 2 hands

that can help me read
my Spanish guide book.

According to
my Gadget dictionary

and travel guide,

proximo means next.

And our proximo stop
is the puck toy store,

one of the oldest toy stores
in Madrid.

It's dedicated to selling
hand-crafted wooden toys.

After an invigorating trot
on a hobby horse,

the old Inspector is ready
to feast his eyes

on the prado museum,

which houses
one of the oldest

and finest art collections
in the world.

There are about 1,500 paintings
on permanent display here,

including great works of art
by famous Spanish painters

such as goya,

velasquez,

and el greco.

In Spain,
art is everywhere.

It even spills out
into the streets.

Fountains, fountains
everywhere.

In Spain, people and birds
flock to the fountains.

Some even bathe there.

The birds, that is.

I told you there's art
everywhere you look.

Take these sculptures
at the parque del retiro,

but don't take them far.

They're heavy.

The grounds of this park

were originally
for royalty only,

but now royalty shares it
with everyone.

Parque del retiro covers
around 130 hectares.

The park is so big,
it has over 15,000 trees.

I love to dance...

And so do most Spaniards.

One of their traditional dances
is called...

All this dancing leads us
to another fine Spanish custom.

It's very much like a nap,

only the whole town
nods off at once.

[flamenco music playing]

what's this wonderful music
and where is it coming from?

Let's investigate.

The music and dance
called....

Comes from
a mixture of cultures.

It started 7 centuries ago.

And boy,
are their feet sore.

Flamenco is one of the most
recognized symbols of Spain.

Here at cafe de chinitas,


Spaniards can be found
donning swirling skirts,

wearing staggeringly
high-heeled boots and shoes,

stomping and twirling
at breakneck speed...

And loving it.

Wowzers!

Do these people
know how to party or what?

Obviously,
the siesta worked.

I think a little sleep at night
wouldn't hurt anyone either.

Well, I hope you had fun
eyeing the art of Spain,

shuffling your shoes
as we learned

to dance the sardana
and the flamenco,

hamming it up with hats
at casa yustas,

and peeping
at the royal palace.

But don't go away,

because we're
high-stepping back

with some different boots

for another fun adventure.

Go, go, Gadget field trip.

Inspector Gadget here,

practicing my roping and riding

as I prepare for my next case.

And that is to investigate

who the dudes at the dude ranch
really are.

So, saddle up, pardners.

It's time for our field trip

to the home
where the buffalo roam.

Which is probably
a home full of dirt.

Go, go, Gadget horse!

I'm such a cowboy fan

that I saddle up
my Gadget mobile

and mosey on down
to the gene autry museum

in los angeles, california.

That's where
the best of the west lives on.

Look at the cow-proof vest
on this cowboy.

Oh, it's a conquistador.

The distant relative
of today's cowboy.

During the 1500s,

the Spanish conquistadors,
or conquerors,

left their homeland
in search of gold.

They travelled
through South America,

stopped in Mexico,

made a sharp left turn,

and rode slowly into the sunset
of the American southwest,

without stopping to fill up.

The conquistadors brought

America's first horses
and herds of cattle

all the way from Spain
to America.

Even the horses
wore suits of armor.

But their cows drew the line
at metal suits.

They wouldn't even
wear metal shoes.

The conquistadors passed on

their roping, riding,
and herding skills

to their relatives in Mexico
called...

In fact,
vaca is Spanish for cow.

So vaquero means cowboy.

When the vaqueros crossed
into u.s. territory,

they became the first
genuine u.s. cowboys.

In the 1800s,

equipped with
his trusty horse

and his rusty, uh,
trusty 6-sh**ter revolver,

the American cowboy galloped
into American history.

That's why history
is full of hoof-prints.

The most famous
of these cowboys

was a roping, riding man
named...

He and his horse had
a hair-growing contest.

Bill won the hair contest.

He made a wild, wild west show
out of the cowboy life.

The only problem was...

The horses kept getting onstage
and trampling the footlights.

[glass breaks]

buffalo bill's mother
did not name him buffalo.

His real name
was william cody,

and they named a city after him.

No, not buffalo, new york.

Who would want to live
in a city named bill?

Probably billions.

Ha ha ha.
A little humor there.

Everything you want to know
about him and more is here

at the buffalo bill
historical society

in cody, wyoming.

It's hard to find.

You have to look
for the building

with the long mustache
and beard disguise.

Buffalo bill hunted buffalo,

drove wagon trains,

and was a brave army scout.

And those were
just his day jobs.

What buffalo bill
is really famous for

is his wild, wild west show.

It was the grand daddy
of all rodeos--

a rootin'-tootin'
shootin' show

about the American west.

Hundreds of vaqueros,
cowboys, and native Americans

roped cattle,

rode bucking broncos,

and showed off
their sharpshooting skills

in this wild west bonanza.

Look at that.

Some of the cowboys
were indians.

Here's buffalo bill himself
opening the show

in a rare movie from 1902.

Wowzers!

Whoa! And slow down,
nice horsey.

Whoa!

That's buffalo bill
and chief iron tail

speaking in sign language.

They had to...

To keep secrets
from the buffalo.

Buffalo bill
finally met his match

when he met America's
sharpest shootress.

That's a sharpsh**ter
in a dress.

Annie Oakley was the best
g*nsh*t in the west

or anywhere else.

She could sh**t straight,
backwards,

over here shoulder,

even looking into a mirror.

Here she is
at her last exhibition.

Adios, annie.

Adios, bill.

And here's an...

We'll have the answer
when we return.

Lights, camera, action.

I'm ready
for my close-up, chief.

Oh, wait. I almost forgot
the answer to the quiz.

The answer is...

Now, back to my close-up.

The cowboy legend lives on,

up there
on the silver screen.

Go, go, back
to the gene autry museum.

Roy rogers,
the lone ranger,

and the most famous
singing cowboy gene autry.

I'd sing, too,
but it upsets the cows

and they give sour milk.

Look at those outfits.

The sequins would probably
blind your horse.

No wonder those saddles
were blazing.

I wonder how I'd look
in a sequined trench coat.

According to my investigation,

the genuine cowboy getup

came from
the Mexican vaquero.

That wide-brimmed hat
was the American version

of the vaquero sombrero.

It's useful for keeping
the sun out of your eyes,

fanning a campfire,

and scooping water
for the horses.

See those heavy leather pants
covering those cowboy's legs?

They're called...

They protected their legs
from--ouch!--

spiky thorns

and horses with
a biting problem.

The saddle did double duty.

First, as a rock-hard seat
during a long day on the trail,

and second,

as a rock-hard pillow
at night.

Wonder what the horses
use for pillows.

I'd like to get myself
a pair of these cowboy boots.

They didn't wear
these high heels for dancing.

They were used
to hold the silver spur.

They also help
the cowboys balance

when roping cattle.

Would you believe those spurs
help move the horses along?

How about
slicing small pizzas?

Cutting tiny
little postage stamps?

Cowboy movies are great,

but they can't compare

with the grit and excitement
of a real cowboy

on a working dude ranch
in new Mexico.

That's where they raise
working dudes.

They say I'll have to work
for my supper.

Go, go, Gadget lasso!

These cowboys rise with the sun
to start their day.

They put on their
rugged western gear.

Then they head 'em on up
and move 'em out

onto the wide open range
for a cattle roundup.

Wonder why they let
the cows get out there

in the first place.

Some of these cows
look like

they're training for
a new Mexico marathon.

After a rough day
in the saddle,

it feels good to sit
on a nice hard rock

and sing some cowboy tunes.

All that roping and riding
works up an appetite.

So it's time to head
for the chuck wagon.

Does that mean
the cook's name is chuck,

or do they chuck the food
into your plate?

Actually,

it's a portable kitchen

that makes you feel
at home on the range.

After roping and riding
in the saddle for weeks on end,

a cowboy's idea
of a good time

is to rope and ride
in the saddle for hours on end.

It's called...

Go figure.

Announcer: Look at that
spurring! He takes it down!

[whistle blows]

Gadget: rodeo is actually
a cowboy carnival

that they take
pretty seriously.

Even the kids, or buckaroos,
get in the act.

They even have clowns.

Wowzers!

Look at that bucking bronco.

That'll teach him

to leave the saddle blanket
on a cactus.

The trick is to stay on
for 8 seconds.

I think the real trick
is to never saddle up

in the first place.

Phew!

I'm saddle-sore
just watching them.

Well, buckaroos
and buckarettes,

as the sun sinks
slowly in the west,

it's time for
the old Inspector

to say adios.

That's Spanish
for good-bye...

Or cowboy talk for
"my rear end is sore."

Hope you had fun
in the wild west.

I'm off to try my luck
at bull riding.

Go, go, Gadget
shock absorbers.

Until next time...

Go, go, Gadget field trip.

[horse whinnies]