Inspector Gadget (1983–1986)

A stupid bionic police inspector stumbles about on his cases while his niece and dog secretly do the real investigative work.

Creators:

Bruno Bianchi, Jean Chalopin, Andy Heyward

Stars:

Don Adams, Luc Durand, Frank Welker

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Don Adams	...	Gadget (86 episodes, 1983-1985)
Luc Durand	...	Gadget (French version) (86 episodes, 1983-1985)
Frank Welker	...	Brain (80 episodes, 1983-1985)
Don Francks	...	Big M.A.D Agent (65 episodes, 1983)
Dan Hennessey	...	Chief Quimby (65 episodes, 1983)
Greg Duffell	...	M.A.D Agent (65 episodes, 1983)
Patricia Darnot	...	Sophie (65 episodes, 1983)
Gerard Delmas	...	Chef Gontier (65 episodes, 1983)
Victor Désy	...	Docteur Gang (65 episodes, 1983)
Cree Summer	...	Penny (64 episodes, 1983)
Melleny Brown	...	Amazon Annie (64 episodes, 1983)
Jeri Craden	...	Additional Voices (64 episodes, 1983)

Storyline

Bumbling Inspector Gadget battles the forces of M.A.D. with the aid of the various gadgets he has on his person: pop-up rollerskates, extensible arms, a helicopter-hat, etc. Despite the arsenal at his disposal (which is just as likely to misfire as work properly), Gadget never seems to be able to catch Dr. Claw, the mastermind behind M.A.D. Quite often, in fact, any success that Gadget might have is often caused by his niece Penny and her dog, who Gadget consistently fails to recognize as working incognito on the case.

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Plot Keywords:

gadget | inspector | dog | cat | stupidity | 

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Taglines:

Go Go Gadget Great

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-Y

Details

Official Sites:

DiC Entertainment The Cookie Jar Company

Country:

USA France Canada Japan Taiwan

Language:

English French

Release Date:

24 October 1983 (France)

Also Known As:

El inspector Gadget

Company Credits

Production Co:

DiC Enterprises, France 3 (FR 3), Nelvana

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (86 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Frank Welker was unavailable to voice Dr. Claw in several episodes (_"Inspector Gadget" (1983) {M.A.D. Trap (#1.20)_, Inspector Gadget: Basic Training, Inspector Gadget: Gadget Goes West and Inspector Gadget: The Coo-Coo Clock Caper), so Don Francks instead provided the voice. The difference in voices is quite noticeable. In fact, in "Race to the Finish", Francks provides some of the lines for Claw, while Welker provides the rest of the lines, resulting in the voice switching back and forth, at one point even in mid-sentence. As Francks delivers the line "More trouble than you think, little girl", Welker delivers the laughter that follows and the next line "Bye-bye, Gadget."

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Quotes

Chief Quimby: Congratulations, Gadget, I don't know how you did it.
Inspector Gadget: Thanks, Chief. Uh, what did I do?

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Crazy Credits

After the Credits and the DIC logo is shown, Inspector Gadget runs on rollerskates and accidentally smashes the logo with his mallet.

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Connections

Spoofed in The Nostalgia Critic: Twister (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Inspector Gadget"
(American theme)
Written by Shuki Levy & Haim Saban

User Reviews

Go-Go Gadget Review

If there is anyone out there who enjoyed 1980's cartoon shows then I recommend you head for the nearest convention and get some old tapes because the 80's were brilliant for cartoons.

Each episode Inspector Gadget would receive his instructions from Police Chief Quimby who would usually be hiding in the oven or a wastebin. Gadget would then go off to fight crime with the aid of countless gadgets such as an umbrella which came out of his head and springs in his feet. In fact, Gadget had loads and loads of gadgets; how they ever got them all into the human body is a mystery.

Gadget would go out to solve the crime but he was actually a bumbling detective. It was actually his niece Penny and his dog Brain who would solve the crime but of course Gadget took all the credit.

The villains were good. The organisation was M.A.D. (I cannot remember what M.A.D. stood for)which was headed by the unseen Dr. Claw whose face was never revealed throughout the show (I could be wrong). Claw was one of those typical wicked 80's villains.

Gadget had it all-comedy and action. It was brilliant.