01x12 - Italy/San Francisco

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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
in merry old London, England.

I'm on the case with
history, mystery, and fun.

Wowsers!

Now for a sneak investigation
of our field trip,

let's take
a Gadget-eye view

of some of the things
that we'll be seeing.

[shouting]

Gadget: look at all
those trenchcoats.

I wondered what the airline
did with my lost luggage.

Where exactly is London?

I'll need one of
my ingenious Gadgets

to find our location.

Go, go, Gadget globe!

Just as I suspected,

London is the capital
of Great Britain,

and according to my bionic
brain, Great Britain

is actually 4 countries
ruled by one government...

To test your alertness,

Great Britain is also
called the united kingdom.

Would you believe

cave men were living
right here in London?


people were living
in houses and castles.

Queens and kings still live
in castles and palaces today.

Look at that hat
on that cave man.

Ah, wait.

Those aren't cave men.

Those are guards
protecting the royalty

of the united kingdom.

King-dom. king-dom.

It's not polite
to call a king dumb.

Oh, wait, according
to my Gadget dictionary...

A kingdom
is also called a monarchy.

For centuries,

kings and queens were
the supreme rulers

over what is now
Great Britain.

Later, we'll find out
who the big cheese is now.

The tower of London

is one of Great Britain's
most famous castles.

It was a royal palace
and a prison.

Some say the tower
is still haunted.

Does the phrase,
"off with their heads"

sound familiar?

I'd better investigate.

Go, go, Gadgetcopter!

Just as I suspected.

The tower of London is actually

The oldest one
is from the year 1066.

yeoman warders

stand watch over the tower.

They're nicknamed
beefeaters.

Why, you ask?

Some say it's
because the kings

used to feed them
scraps of chicken...

Uh, or was it beef?

This tower used to be
a royal palace

where kings and queens
ruled and lived.

It's also where
they imprisoned

and k*lled their enemies.

For the last 600 years,

the royal family has kept
the crown jewels

at the tower of London,

except when the jewels
are being worn

for special occasions.

Wowsers!

The imperial state crown

has so many diamonds,
sapphires, and rubies,

it weighs 5 pounds!

And look! A baseball bat!

Oh. it's actually
a royal scepter--

a staff always carried
in the right hand.

It holds the world's
largest diamond,

called the star of africa.

Would you believe

Wowsers!

That's a big salad--

uh, rock.

Speaking of salads,

long ago,
the chopping block

got a lot of use here
at the tower.

Back in the 16th century,
Henry VIIi was king.

He was famous for
his large appetite,

his larger waistline,

and king-size armor.

Henry also had 6 wives.

He thought one of his wives,
Anne Boleyn,

was unfaithful to him.

So he brought her to the tower
and had her k*lled.

Wowsers!

And I thought it was bad
being sent to your room.

Prisoners were brought
in through traitors' gate.

Some were locked away inside
here, the bloody tower,

and then m*rder*d.

Woman: aah!

Gadget: for over 900 years,

ravens have also
guarded the tower,


Legend has it that
if they ever fly away,

the tower of London
will crumble,

and the kingdom will fall.

So don't go, go, ravens.

Some ravens live to be

They have names like Larry,
Charlie, Cedric, and Jackie.

Their diet is 6 ounces
of raw beef every day.

So, the ravens
are beefeaters, too.

Wowsers!

Over there is the world-famous
tower bridge

over the river thames.

Many people think
it's the London bridge.

So where is
the London bridge?

We'll cross that bridge
when we come to it.

You don't
have to be grown up

to be king or queen.

Some of England's
youngest rulers were...

She was beheaded after being
queen for just 9 days.

Gadget: We can see London
lots of different ways.

By car--
hey, watch out!

Look right!

I--i mean, look left!

Uh, they drive on the left side
of the street here.

We can travel by taxicab,

by double-decker bus,

or by the London underground
called the tube.

There's something
you don't see every day,

unless you live in London.

It's harrods, the largest
store in the world.

It's as big as



Unfortunately, none of them
carry bionic Gadgets.

Up ahead is hamleys.

Let's run in.

The world's largest
toy store.

Millions of dolls,
trains, marbles,

stuffed animals,
and Gadgets.

What's that across
the river?

A toy clock?

No. that's Big Ben

and the houses
of parliament.

Go, go, Gadget car!

My impeccable instincts
tell me that,

contrary to popular belief,

Big Ben is not the name
of the enormous clock tower.

[bell tolling]

Big Ben is actually the name
of the 13 1/2-ton bell

that rings each hour.

When you weigh 13 1/2 tons,

you can be named
anything you want.

Big ben
and the 4 smaller bells

can be heard 20 miles away
on a windy day.

The clock's real name

is the great
westminster clock.

It's the largest,
most powerful,

and most accurate
public clock in the world.

This clock
was made in 1858,

before most people
had wristwatches.

It's a bit too big
to fit into a pocket.

The minute hands
are 14 feet long...

That's longer than

There's one foot
between each minute.

It works like
a huge cuckoo clock.

Gadget: a 13-foot pendulum
swings every 2 seconds.

Its movement is regulated

by the weight of
a stack of pennies.

If just one penny falls,

the clock timing
will be wrong.

Clocks around the world depend
on Big Ben for accuracy.

Take 334 steps down
from the top of Big Ben,

and you'll be at
the houses of parliament.

With 1,100 rooms,

a 100 staircases,
and 2 miles of hallways,

this is center of
Great Britain's government.

Those hallways
can seem long

when you're looking
for a rest room.

And these are
members of parliament

having a normal,
civilized chat.

There are two main houses
of parliament.

One is the house of commons.

Members are elected
by the British citizens,

and they sit
in a green room.

The other house
of parliament

is the house of lords.

Some lords are appointed
by the queen.

Others inherit
their position.

Their room is royal red.

The leader
of the whole government

is called
the prime minister.

Nowadays, queens and kings
don't have a lot of power.

You could say
they are symbols

of britain's royal past.

And now for your
official royal quiz.

How tall is the world's
tallest man?


Wowsers!

This is a replica
of Robert Pershing Wadlow

at London's Guinness
World of Records.

You can experience
the extraordinary here.

Stand next to
the smallest,

the heaviest,

even the woman with
the world's longest neck.

Wait a minute.

Hers is the second
longest neck...

But I guess bionic
doesn't count.

Inspector Gadget here,

in front of
Buckingham Palace,

the royal family's
main home.

A big ceremony called
the changing of the guard

takes place here
every morning,

but it's impossible
to see over this crowd.

Go, go, Gadget video camera!

Gadget: much better.

Wowsers!

Look at the way those guards
march in line.

Those tall hats used to be
made of bearskin.

Today, they're made
from man-made material.

The bears are
much happier about that.

Out with the old guard
and in with the new.

Let's investigate
what's behind those gates.

Buckingham palace...

For the royalty
who has everything.


throne chairs,

crystal chandeliers,

even a hidden door
behind a golden mirror.

Why, this place is a palace.

A road called Pall Mall

connects Buckingham Palace

to Trafalgar Square,

the center of the city.

Thousands of pigeons
come here,

and they sit on everything.

That's what pigeons do best.

I wonder if
there's a pigeon

on top of this

Go, go, Gadget neck!

That's no pigeon.

It's Lord Nelson.

He took his first voyage
with the English navy

when he was 12 years old.

Later, he led England
to victory

over France
and Napoleon

in the battle of Trafalgar
in 1805.

The river Thames is
one of Europe's

most important
waterways.

It runs right through
the heart of London.

Just down the river is a
huge palace

called Hampton
Court.

Lots of royalty lived here
over the years,

including enormous
King Henry VIIi.

By the size
of this kitchen,

it looks like Henry
ate pretty well.

Lots of Yorkshire pudding.

The walls are decorated
with old weapons and armor.

This must be
the old royal bedrooms.

Wowsers!

Now, that's a king-size bed.

I could really stretch out
my Gadget legs on that.

The royal loo is even covered
in royal red velvet.

A loo is the British term
for, well, you take a guess.

[flush]

Henry VIIi built one of
the world's largest mazes

out of hedges
at Hampton Court.

It was a great way to get
rid of unwanted guests.

Watch them get lost.

Test your alertness.

Can you figure the way out?

[cheering]

Gadget: if you make
your way out of the maze,

you may get
to London bridge.

Is it falling down?

Well, it has a few times.

London bridge is right next
door to the Tower bridge,

but it's not
the original one.

One version of the bridge
was taken apart

and shipped to the United
States to lake Havasu, Arizona,

where it was put back
together again stone by stone.

It's still there today.

Gadget: Piccadilly Circus is
where the action is in London.

All night...

And all day,

Piccadilly Circus
is jumping.

In the 1600s,

men strolled around
in ruffly shirts

called piccadills.

"Circus" is
the old English word

for a really big
intersection.

That's where they got
the name Piccadilly Circus.

Wowsers!
It was dark in there.

Inspector Gadget here,

in front of
the Imperial w*r Museum.

A very curious place.

In fact, London museums are
curiouser and curiouser.

Let's start
with this one.

Go, go, Gadgetcopter!

Great Britain fought
in lots of wars.

You can see airplanes...

Tanks...

Even one-man submarines
on display here.

Go inside a sub...

And down into
the trenches

with figures of
real soldiers.

[recorded voices
and g*nf*re]

Gadget:
And speaking of figures,

take a look at these in Madame
Tussaud's famous wax museum.

Gadget: How many
can you recognize?

Go, go, Madame Tussaud's!


Madame Tussaud sculpted
life-size figures out of wax.

They're still
doing it today--

head by head,

eye by eye,

finger by finger,

one hair at a time.

Perhaps the old Inspector
will be there one day.

Time to investigate
more London treasures.

The British Museum
has an incredible exhibit

of all kinds of
Egyptian mummies,

up to 3,000 years old!

Unwrapped and brittle...

Painted with gold...

Mummies of young people...

Even cat mummies.

But where are the daddies?

This colossal granite statue
of Egyptian king ramses ii

dates back to 1250 b.c.

Back then, kings
were called pharaohs.

This is an ancient man.

He's been preserved in this
position since 3250 b.c.

Bet his joints are stiff.

We're off to my favorite museum
at 221b baker street:

the address
sir arthur conan doyle

gave to his fictional
character,

world famous detective,

and my hero,
sherlock holmes.

It's sherlock's
make-believe home.

There's his imaginary pipe,

his hat,

and his magnifying glass.

Those look like
the tools

used to solve
hundreds of crimes,

just like my Gadgets.

Looks like bedtime
for the detective.

Sherlock holmes
was make-believe,

but London's
real-life detectives

began here in 1829
at scotland yard.

A few years later, they moved
down the road to new scotland

yard, and today, here's
the newest scotland yard.

Sir robert peel,
whose nickname was bobby,

created this police force.

That's why British
police officers

are called roberts...

Uh, bobbies.

There are some basic
qualifications

for becoming a London bobby.

Go, go, Gadget badge!

You must have good eyesight,

you must be
a British citizen

of good character,

and you must
be able to swim

or 110 yards...

Preferably in water.

Well, I think
that concludes

our first investigation
of London.

I had a terrific time
on our field trip,

visiting Big Ben,

the tower of London,

buckingham palace.

Wowsers!

I hope you learned a lot
and had a good time, too.

Until we meet again
on our next field trip,

so long,

and don't forget
to rotate your gears

every 3,000 miles.

Go, go, Gadget field trip!