Voodoo

Voodoo is the 73rd episode of Gilligan's Island and the fifth episode of the third season. It aired October 10, 1966.

Synopsis
After Gilligan goes exploring in one of the caves on the island, he finds Native relics which the Professor believes are Mayan in origin. The Skipper reverts to his superstitious believes by claiming they're cursed, which seems evident after Gilligan gets a jab in his neck after digging up the objects. Unaware there's a Voodoo Witch Doctor on the island, everyone enjoys the relics. When the girls are trying on necklaces, the Voodoo witch Doctor steals two personal items from them to place curses on them, pinning them together briefly as a test. The Howells believe the relics are priceless, and Mr. Howell pays Gilligan and the Skipper to go back and dig up more of them at the same time the Professor takes the girls back to the cave to cure them of their fears. With everyone in the cave at once, the Witch Doctor bounces Gilligan around the cave and tries setting them on fire until they flee the cave for the lagoon. When the Professor chides everyone for believing in the Skipper's stories, the Witch Doctor places him into a zombie-like trance that no one can break. After Ginger tries to kiss him out of it and the Howells fail to bribe the Witch Doctor, Gilligan returns the final relics to the cave and finds the Witch Doctor's voodoo dolls and everyone's stolen possessions. The Skipper uses the Professor's pocketknife to return him to normal, and he snaps out of his trance in mid-conversation about the debunking of Voodoo, unaware that two days have passed or why he's wet from recent rain. The following morning, Gilligan has made a voodoo doll of the Witch Doctor and picks it with his own needle, as the Witch Doctor screams, dives into the lagoon and swims off the island.

Credits
Main Cast
 * Bob Denver as Gilligan
 * Alan Hale Jr. as The Skipper
 * Jim Backus as Mr. Howell
 * Natalie Schafer as Mrs. Howell
 * Tina Louise as Ginger
 * Dawn Wells as Mary Ann
 * Russell Johnson as The Professor

Guest Cast
 * Eddie Little Sky as the Witch Doctor

Trivia

 * At the end of the episode, Gilligan carves a Voodoo doll of the Witch doctor despite not having seen him and sticking it with a pin out of revenge. At that moment, the witch doctor screams grabbing his posterior and swims off the island as fast as he can. This scene has been removed from the syndicated version of the episode.
 * Eddie Little Sky (The Witch Doctor) appeared previously as Haruki in Gilligan's Mother-in-Law.
 * The Professor claims the native relics are reminiscent of the Mayans of Central America which typically would not be found on a South Pacific island.
 * The Witch Doctor ends up with Gilligan's rabbit's foot which was supposedly sent to Hawaii in the robot. He also ends up with Mr. Howell's wallet which was also supposedly taken by the Mr. Howell Imposter in Will the Real Mr. Howell Please Stand Up?.
 * The Voodoo doll props in this episode are now the property of Sherwood Schwartz, having appeared behind him in several interviews about the series.