Gilligan is occasionally the exception to the rescue ruination, though. In the episode "The Big Gold Strike", which involved both the finding of the S.S. "Minnow's" life raft and repairing of it, along with the discovery of gold on the island, the Professor warned the castaways to not bring gold on the raft due to weight concerns, but every castaway brought a personal item on with them to smuggle gold, with an alternate excuse as to why (including the Professor and the Skipper), causing the raft to sink in the lagoon and for them to lose both the raft and gold. However, after they all confess to bringing a bag of gold on the raft, they all turn and look at Gilligan, who realizes he was the only one who actually obeyed the Professor's warning, causing him to laugh and say, "That's a switch. Usually I'm the one left holding the bag."