Gizmo (Origami Yoda)

"OPPA FUNTIME STYLE!"

- Gizmo singing his own version of "Gangam Style"

Gizmo is a recurring antagonist in the Origami Yoda series. He is a cartoon character in the Funtime show that the McQuarrie Middle School students are forced to watch. He, along with Wordsworth the break-dancing dictionary, are responsible for helping Professor Funtime in teaching lessons.

role in the books
Gizmo is portrayed as an animated, antropomorphic calculator in the Funtime show. In the Funtime lessons, he presents math problems and goes over the answers. Since his methods are slow and tedious, and he has an annoying screechy voice, the students quickly grow to hate Gizmo.

Throughout The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppet and Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue, Gizmo is seen as a mascot for the Funtime program and Edu-Fun. While recruiting members for the rebellion, Tommy, Kellen, Harvey, and the other rebel leaders often resort to asking kids if they want to "smash Gizmo with a hammer."

Eventually, at the school board meeting, the rebellion convinces the school board to suspend the Funtime program. As a result, they are no longer subjected to Gizmo's songs and cartoons.

trivia

 * Through emails with Caroline, Tommy discovers that Gizmo's version of "Gangam Style" is permanently stuck in Dwight's head and he cannot stop singing it to himself.


 * It is revealed that the voice actor for Gizmo hates Funtime as well.