Where is Gilbert the goldfish?

Answer 1

Gilbert the Goldfish is one of 5 trademarked cartoon characters in commercials for Pepperidge Farm's Goldfish Crackers. There are goldfish games at the Pepperidge Farms website and occasional ad-games on Poptropica (the Goldfish follower was lost when the contract ended).

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What happened to Gilbert

In a Commercial that aired late summer 2009, Gilbert and his Goldfish friends were playing frisbee in their home Under The Bed. A Goldfish named Xtreme accidentally tossed the frisbee out from Under The Bed, and Gilbert bravely volunteered to go retrieve it. However, while Gilbert was out from Under The Bed, an evil Vaccum Cleaner came and sucked him up! After that, Blur Studios did a series of 10 commercials in a progressive story arc, the first of which aired in Fall 2009 and the last of which aired in early 2011. Here's how it went:

Episode 1: The Goldfish build a Paper Airplane and ride it out from Under The Bed into the Living Room in search for Gilbert. However, they crash the plane into a Ficus.

Episode 2: Inside the Vacuum, Gilbert meets another Goldfish named IQ.

Episode 3: The Goldfish explore the Living Room and meet a Goldfish under a couch cushion named The Goldfish Under The Couch Cushion.

Episode 4: Gilbert knocks a little red letter G out of an opening in the Vacuum as a message to his friends.

Episode 5: The Goldfish find the letter G that Gilbert knocked out of the Vacuum. Then, a bloodhound finds them! Don't worry though, they don't get eaten...

Episode 6: Gilbert and IQ build a Catapult and plan to use it to launch Gilbert

out of the opening in the Vacuum. But then, the Catapult falls over and breaks.

Episode 7: The Goldfish use the little red letter G from Gilbert to get the bloodhound to track his scent, and the bloodhound leads them right to the Vacuum!

Episode 8: Gilbert and IQ build another Catapult, and launch Gilbert out of the Vacuum! Gilbert lands on a Cuckoo Clock mounted high atop the wall.

Episode 9: The Goldfish hold a pair of Underpants below the Cuckoo Clock and tell Gilbert to jump. Gilbert jumps, lands safely in the Underpants, and is reunited with his friends!

Episode 10: The Goldfish go back to the ficus and get their paper airplane. They use the underpants that they caught Gilbert in as a slingshot for the plane to launch it back up the staricase. The bloodhound uses its tail to fling Gilbert's red letter "G" onto the plane. When the Goldfish fly back into the bedroom, the Vacuum's waiting for them! Gilbert throws the "G" into the Vacuum. Satisfied, the Vacuum goes away. The Goldfish land the plane Under The Bed and are back home! Inside the Vacuum, IQ finds Gilbert's "G" and uses it as a reminder of their adventure.

(You can watch the entire campaign at the related link.)