Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin
Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin
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Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin

7.7 / 10
1987
1 season
24 episodes
KidsFamilyAction & Adventure

Professor Poopsnagle, the holder of an important scientific mystery, was kidnapped and his mysterious disappearance undermines the world of science. His young grandson, who helps him in research, provides assistance to professor Garcia, a longtime colleague and friend of the scientist. Helped by a group of children spending their holidays in a secret camp in the valley, Professor Garcia and the young boy build a flying bus. They set off in pursuit of the kidnappers and an attempt, at the same time to complete Poopsnagle's unfinished work.

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  • Ep 1

    1.The Stranger Arrives (I)

    18-07-198730m

    Dr. Jose Calandre Garcia had been working on the theory of Mega- steam when he lost contact with his old friend Professor Poopsnagle. Determined to continue the work that Poopsnagl...

  • Ep 2

    2.The Stranger Arrives (II)

    25-07-198730m

    The only contact with Poopsnagle that remained was a telephone number. When Garcia called the number, he got a message machine. He left a message for his old friend to contact him...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Stranger Arrives (III)

    01-08-198730m

    In a nearby deserted town, the children gathered all sorts of junk to help make the flying contraption. Luckily, they found the wreck of an old bus as the basis of the machine. Wit...

  • Ep 4

    4.The Stranger Arrives (IV)

    08-08-198730m

    Poopsnagle's grandson Peter also had an ancient parchment that his grandfather had left him, and on the parchment was a cryptogram written in Latin. After the cryptogram had been d...

  • Ep 5

    5.Island Adventure (I)

    15-08-198730m

    The cryptogram on the second salamander indicated that the children were to follow the arrow pointing towards the sea. Once they had taken off in the Poopmobile, and were traveling...

  • Ep 6

    6.Island Adventure (II)

    22-08-198730m

    Once they had landed on the tropical island, they found themselves confronted by a weird sound, and they also discovered footprints of an enormous size which indicated that there w...

  • Ep 7

    7.Island Adventure (III)

    29-08-198730m

    In their search, two of the children were captured by pirates, and Willie Dingle had been flown to the island by Murk to keep an eye on what the children were doing for Count Sator...

  • Ep 8

    8.Island Adventure (IV)

    05-09-198730m

    Together with Dingle, the doctor and children pressed on to discover the third salamander, after climbing down into a deep ravine, behind a waterfall. And surrounding the salamande...

  • Ep 9

    9.Lost in the Desert (I)

    12-09-198730m

    After returning to Secret Valley and deciphering the latest cryptogram. Doctor Garcia and the children prepare to search for the Rosy Prize. They know the way they must go, by the...

  • Ep 10

    10.Lost in the Desert (II)

    19-09-198730m

    When Dingle takes to the air in his hang glider, helped by Matt, he crashes, but manages to bring the Poopmobile down using Mats darts to burst the hot air balloon. The children na...

  • Ep 11

    11.Lost in the Desert (III)

    26-09-198730m

    When Sator returns to his comp, he berates Dingle and Matt for having lost the water, and commands them to raid the Poopmobile's camp. They do this at night, but are frightened out...

  • Ep 12

    12.Lost in the Desert (IV)

    03-10-198730m

    The next morning the rains come in torrents. The children gather the water to fill the fixed steam accumulator. Eventually they are airborne once more, but Count Sator has become b...

  • Ep 13

    13.Commando Raid (I)

    10-10-198730m

    In the barn at Secret Valley, the doctor and children decode the latest cryptogram. Matt however is listening outside and when the others leave the barn, he creeps inside and takes...

  • Ep 14

    14.Commando Raid (II)

    24-10-198730m

    Followed by Murk in disguise, they make their way to a fishing village where two of the children are trapped in the hold of a ferry. Murk kidnaps Doctor Garcia and takes him to the...

  • Ep 15

    15.Commando Raid (III)

    31-10-198730m

    The children mount a night raid on the castle to find Garcia, as they are convinced that he is in the dungeons. They find Garcia (but not Poopsnagle, as they do not realise that he...

  • Ep 16

    16.Commando Raid (IV)

    07-11-198730m

    Once free, the Doctor and children fly to the island "which is joined by sand". This is part of the cryptogram, and they sight it from the air. When they land, they soon find the s...

  • Ep 17

    17.Race to the Finish (I)

    14-11-198730m

    The story begins with the children already on their way to their next destination. They have to find a bend in a river in the shape of an M. The River is in a northerly direction f...

  • Ep 18

    18.Race to the Finish (II)

    21-11-198730m

    The latest salamander has been attached to the Jambaroo Shield, a trophy which is to be presented to the winner of a horse race called the Jambaroo Shield stakes. The children deci...

  • Ep 19

    19.Race to the Finish (III)

    28-11-198730m

    After they have the mineral safely in their possession, they are about to go to the race when they find that their bus has been sabotaged by Murk who has sawn the drive shaft throu...

  • Ep 20

    20.Race to the Finish (IV)

    19-12-198730m

    The race begins, and Dingle tries to send Jamie in a different direction by planting a confusing sign on the course. Sators jockey throws dirt in Jamie's face, and tries to push hi...

  • Ep 21

    21.The Last Mineral (I)

    09-01-198830m

    In the Poopmobile as they return from their last adventure, Peter uses an old trick to divulge the secret of the last Salamanders cryptogram. At the base camp, they decipher the co...

  • Ep 22

    22.The Last Mineral (II)

    16-01-198830m

    In a kangaroo court, the children try a very despondent Matt, who tries to convince them that he has a plan to retrieve the booty from Sator. At first the children and the doctor a...

  • Ep 23

    23.The Last Mineral (III)

    23-01-198830m

    Whilst she is dining with him at Roberto's Restaurant, the others reclaim the minerals, notes and Salamanders from Sator's strong hold. But Sator returns before they have finished...

  • Ep 24

    24.The Last Mineral (IV)

    30-01-198830m

    Garcia concedes victory to Sator, but after the communication, he is successful in developing a small amount of Mega Steam. It is with this amount of Mega Steam in the Poopmobile t...

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