Allergy Time

Allergy Time is the 28th episode of the Second Season of the CBS-TV series "Gilligan's Island." It aired March 31, 1966.

Synopsis
The Skipper comes down with a sneezing fit that the Professor tries to diagnose as a tropical disease, but he soon notices it only seems to occur near Gilligan. He tells the Skipper that he is suffering from "communitus allergitatus," a common allergy, and tries to find out if something on Gilligan is causing the allergy. Not finding anything, he then tries to test if it could by psychosomatic or unconscious by testing the Skipper and his proximity to the other Castaways but this fails. Gilligan has no choice but to move out of the Boy's Hut and stay in the Supply Hut with the Professor, who soon has sneezing fits himself. Eventually, everyone turns out to be allergic to Gilligan who leaves camp for a cave on the other side of the island. Unable to live without his little buddy, the Skipper finally decides to take the anti-allergy shot the Professor created as well as everyone else. By the next shot, however, Gilligan realizes the papaya oil he was using on his hair was causing the sneezing fits, but the others annoyed by the shots are not in a happy mood to welcome him back just yet, and they end up chasing him into the jungle.

In the closing shot, the Professor feels that Gilligan needs an anti-allergy shot in case the papaya oil has entered his body, but it's really a pretense to scare Gilligan with a really large bamboo needle. Gilligan is willing since the others endured so much discomfort, but balks at the size of the needle, backing up into the real needle by accident.

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
 * None

Trivia

 * Twice in this episode, the exterior of the Howell's Hut is used for the Boy's Hut.
 * The Skipper proves to have a powerful sneeze. It knocks over a table, blows open the door to the hut, knocks over a tree, and in one funny moment, Gilligan uses a plank to keep the Skipper from sneezing out the candle, but it still goes out on the other side of the board.
 * It's never revealed how the Professor makes an anti-allergy shot without knowing what the real cause of the allergy was.
 * When the Skipper faints from getting a shot, he uses his arms to break his fall.
 * When Gilligan moves in with the Howells, he sleeps on the floor between them instead of getting his room back from when they adopted him in My Fair Gilligan.
 * The Girl's Hut is seen to the left of the Boy's Hut.
 * The Castaways seem to have the wrong reaction when Gilligan returns to camp with the solution against their allergy shots.
 * Gilligan must have a high tolerance to papaya seed oil to wear it on his hair for several days before becoming allergic to it.
 * The tag scene with the giant needle is missing from most syndicated versions of the episode.

Quotes

 * Skipper - (about Gilligan) "I don't dislike him. I mean, it's just that I'd like to kill him every now and then."


 * Mr. Howell - "No offense, Gilligan, but Au revoir." Gilligan - "Au revoir? What's that?" Mrs. Howell - "Au revoir is French. It means go sleep in a hotel!"


 * Mr. Howell - "Gilligan, what are you? A man or a mouse?" Gilligan - "Squeak-Squeak-Squeak..."