"Gilligan Gets Bugged" begins with Gilligan victimized by an insect that the Skipper believes is the deadly mantis cani, whose bite proves fatal within 24 hours. The Professor reveals the symptoms to be pain in the joints, loss of appetite, and itching, and with Gilligan seemingly displaying all three everything looks hopeless. Mrs. Howell deduces that any bug with a green body and yellow wings has to be deadly: "what a terrible color scheme!" A 'going away party' ends with everyone drifting away in tears, leaving the guest of honor alone and wondering where they all went. Things grow worse when the Professor learns that the mantis cani travels in such swarms that by nightfall all of them will have been bitten and are doomed. It's not easy for a comedy to cover such a touchy subject but it's a game try, the final gag the perfect capper, exactly 24 hours later!