Español: “Mujer Maravilla Vs. Gargantua” ["Wonder Woman Vs. Gargantua"]. Italiano: "Wonder Woman Contro Gargantua" ["Wonder Woman Vs. Gargantua"]. Français: "Gargantua" ["Gargantua"]. Deustch:  "Der Zirkus kommt" ["The Circus Comes"]. Danske: "Wonder Woman Mod Gargantua!" ["Wonder Woman Vs. Gargantua"]. Portuguese: "A Mulher Maravilha contra Gargântua" ["Wonder Woman Vs. Gargantua"]. Japanese []: "" [ Romanji ] "Taiketu! bijo to yajuu" ["Confron-tation! Beauty And The Beast"].
	Episode Number: #6, according to broadcast order and #6 according to production order. Production Number: 166606. Original Airdate: Saturday, December 18, 1976. Writers: David Ketchum and Tony Di Marco. Director: Herb Wallerstein. Guest Stars: • ROBERT LOGGIA [ Col. Hans Ackler ]. • GRETCHEN CORBETT [ Erika Belgard ]. • JOHN HILLERMAN [ Conrad Steigler ]. • TOM REESE [ Carl Mueller ]. Co-Starring: • HERB VOLAND [ Dr. Osmond ]. • JERRY FITZPATRICK [ Circus Guard ]. • JIM DRISKILL [ Sergeant Henderson ]. • CURTIS CREDEL [ Corporal Rogers ]. • JOHN ZENDA [ Soldier ]. Also Starring: • MICKEY MORTON [ Gargantua ].

A Nazi-held section of Africa, May 1942. We find Wonder Woman being attacked by a gorilla. But in fact it's Erika Belgard [GRETCHEN CORBETT], the daughter of a famous Nazi professor, who trained the giant gorilla named Gargantua [MICKEY MORTON] to kill Wonder Woman [LYNDA CARTER].    September 1942 - 5 months later at Turner Circus, outside Washington D.C., Major Steve Trevor [LYLE WAGGONER] interrogates Conrad Steigler [JOHN HILLERMAN] a repented Nazi agent. Aware of this, Berlin orders to recapture him, and Erika plans to use Gargantua for that purpose.    The American government take Steigler to a security Hotel where he supposedly will be safe from the Nazis' hands. But that same night the gorilla is taken to the Hotel where Steigler is kept under strict security measures. Gargantua climbs the walls, delivers the guard unconscious and captures Steigler. After that, they take him to an old refinery that the Nazis use as their hideout. They plan to use Steigler to attract Wonder Woman's attention and deliver her in the hands of Gargantua.    Steve and Diana investigate and find out crude oil in a gorilla hair found at the Hotel. They realize that the old refinery is the Nazi's hideout, but they don't know that it's been a trap set by Erika and the Nazi agents with the purpose of leading Wonder Woman to the hands of the ape once again.    Wonder Woman leads to the refinery but once in there she must fight against Gargantua in spite of her will. Steve and the MP appear just on time and they find Wonder Woman taken by the gorilla. One of MPs shoot the animal in spite of Wonder Woman's warning. Gargantua is taken to Dr. Osmond's laboratory where he'll be assisted and re-programmed. Wonder Woman tells Steve and the Doctor that "At Paradise Island we live in peace with all animals... including those you call 'ferocious'".    Later that same day, Erika goes to Dr. Osmond's laboratory with the object of recapture Gargantua. But the animal has been reprogrammed and turns against her. The big Ape it's recaptured using sedatives and taken back to the hideout.    They are about to leave to Germany but Erika still has plans to capture Wonder Woman and for that purpose re-programs Gargantua, although the animal try to resist. Steve leaves to the warehouse where the Nazis keep Steigler, but forbids Diana to come along with him. Nevertheless Diana decides Wonder Woman must intervene.    At the warehouse Wonder Woman must face Gargantua once again, but she defeats him and Steve and the MP appear on scene. Steve wonders what happened to Gargantua. Wonder Woman tells him that Erika tried to reprogram him and he went berserk. Steve understands that Gargantua must have sensed that Wonder Woman wouldn't have hurt him. Wonder Woman says that "it's a little kindness and tenderness and love that transcends those barriers with animals... and with people". Steve concludes: "Wonder Woman, you're amazing".    Several nights later at Turner Circus. "I know you're safe here, but I just hate to see you locked up in a cage like this". Wonder Woman frees Gargantua from and takes him
back to Africa in her invisible plane. There the animal will be free at last and far from the man's intention. "Now you're free to roam the jungle with the rest of your friends. There'll be no Nazis to harm you".

			RUNNING TIME:	49:57 (50 minutes / unedited) / 60 minutes on commercial television.
			VHS:	Available on commercial VHS format on a collector's edition series released by Columbia House Video.
			DVD:	Available on commercial DVD format in the 3-DVD box-set "WONDER WOMAN: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON".
			INFO:	Third of the episodes shown in a regular time slot and no longer using the title of "THE NEW, ORIGINAL WONDER WOMAN", simply "WONDER WOMAN".
			AUDIO:	"WONDER WOMAN THEME" from the opening credits.
				"WONDER WOMAN THEME" from the end credits.
			VIDEO:	"WONDER WOMAN MEETS GARGANTUA" at Paradise Island.
				"WONDER WOMAN TAKES GARGANTUA TO AFRICA".
			ADS:	"TV GUIDE AD".
				"ALTERNATIVE NEWSPAPER AD".
				"ALTERNATIVE NEWSPAPER AD".
			TRIVIA:	Second time somebody else wears the Wonder Woman costume, in this case, Erika Belgard [Gretchen Corbett].
				"Gargantua, The Great" is presented as "the most amazing ape ever viewed in captivity". The guard tells "Gargantua is not your ordinary ape. He's not only the most ferocious ape ever kept in captivity... he's also the most intelligent... and the closest thing to a man any of you will ever see..." Well, this is true, specially considering Mickey Morton was the man in the gorilla suit...
				The newspaper which announces "Gargantua On The Loose!" is The Washington Globe, Volume XII, Number 8.
				When Gargantua gets into Steigler's room in the security Hotel, he tries to activate an alarm button on the wall by the main door. When the first MP enters, he activates this button and closes the door. When the second MP enters the room this button has vanished!!!
				Dr. Osmond [HERB VOLLAND] tells Steve and Diana that the gorilla hair is of the "gorilla berengei maximus" and also that "the gorilla must have stepped into some mud while he was crashing through that fence. The mud hardened. We have the perfect footprint (???)". He concludes that he "measured it very carefully. I have to say that he's over seven feet tall".
				Wonder Woman tells that "At Paradise Island we live in peace with all animals... including those you call 'ferocious'".
				The license of the jeep in which Steve arrives to the Gillion Oil Refinery is U.S. Army 219063, 41-315-1 3HQ-2.
				Wonder Woman travels in her invisible plane to Africa.
			SKILLS STATS:	SPINS: 2 times.
				LASSO: 2 times. One of them to climb.
				BRACELETS: 1 time to avoid Gargantua from being hurt.
				JUMPS: 4 times.
				THROWN BADDIES: 3 of which 2 by Wonder Woman and 1 by Wonder Girl.
				MISCELLANEOUS SKILLS: She shows scientific knowledge; breaks in through a glassed roof-window.

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