Gilligan Gets Bugged

Gilligan Gets Bugged is the 13th episode of the Second season. It aired December 16, 1965.

Synopsis
Gilligan and then the rest of the castaways gets bitten by a bug-do they only have 24 hours to live?

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

 * At the end of the episode, the bug that bit Gilligan dies 24 hours after biting him; this epilogue to the episode is not seen in the syndicated versions of the episode.
 * Gilligan, the Skipper and the Professor are the only characters seen in the first six minutes of the episode.
 * The serum required against the bite of the Mantis Khani requires calcium carbonate from clam shells, cellulose sulfide from papaya root and ferric nitrate from mustard plants.
 * According to the Professor, there are only seven species in the Mantis family. There are actually 2400 species across 430 genera.
 * Gilligan is wearing shorts in the bathtub.

Quotes

 * Ginger - "Ferric Nitrate? Sounds like a good name for a cowboy star."


 * Skipper - 'I'm starting to see spots before my eyes!" Professor - "Well, no wonder... you're wearing Mrs. Howell's veil!"


 * Skipper - "Isn't it amazing... here we've survived a shipwreck, hurricanes, head-hunters and now we're being done in by a little bug."


 * Mr. Howell - "I've heard of joiners, but this is ridiculous!"


 * Mr. Howell - "A Howell is never chicken... pheasant, perhaps, but never chicken."