INPECTOR GADGET. ARTOON SERIES
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Indeed, Penny's role in the cartoon's plot is so vital that the show actually works pretty well if you remove Gadget himself from it and focus only on Penny.ĭespite its many varied locales and plots, the show was Strictly Formula, using the above-mentioned plot elements in literally every single episode, albeit sometimes with creative variations. Gadget would invariably mistake these assassins for helpful allies and would always assume the disguised Brain was an enemy agent.

Penny and Brain never took credit for their work, leading others to regard Gadget as a brilliant detective, and several comical attempts on his life were made by MAD assassins. She would oftentimes get captured and either imprisoned or tied up, and require rescue, or manage to escape on her own. Penny would have many close scrapes and exciting adventures of her own. The duo would solve the case behind the scenes using Penny's high-tech 'computer book' (a laptop before such a thing was invented which could receive data seventeen years before wi-fi became a consumer technology) while Gadget's gadgets would send him careering about the landscape like Remington Steele on roller-skates.

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Much of the actual detective work of the series was performed by Gadget's niece, Penny, and the family dog Brain, who was a master of disguise. Claw, a (mostly) never-seen Big Bad who ended each episode defeated, declaring he'd get Gadget the next time. Pulling the strings of the MAD cabal was the nefarious Dr. Later on in the series veteran voice actor Maurice LaMarche would take over the role of Gadget. Chief Quimby would contact Gadget on a built-in telephone and arrange a meeting, giving Gadget his intelligence on a self-destructing sheet of paper. Also carried over from the live-action show was the manner in which Gadget received his orders from his superiors. Gadget also had a laser built into his finger, but never used it to actually blast any living thing.Īctor Don Adams provided Inspector Gadget's voice, and much of the inspiration for the character was drawn from Adams' live-action portrayal of bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart in Get Smart. Among the most prominent were his telescoping arms, spring loaded legs, inflatable trench coat and a hat that contained a helicopter propeller that allowed him to fly.

His namesake body was loaded with an assortment of non-lethal slapstick crime-fighting tools that he could activate by saying aloud 'Go-Go Gadget.' and then naming the tool he wanted to use. on Netflix this March and will join the service at a later date in Latin America, the U.K., Ireland, Benelux, France and the Nordics - after the initial broadcast in each country.A light-hearted mix of The Six Million Dollar Man (sort of), Get Smart (heavily) and The Pink Panther, Inspector Gadget was an animated crime-fighting cyborg police detective who traveled the world 'solving' crimes. The 26-episode series, produced by DHX Media (TSX: DHX.A, DHX.B), premieres exclusively in the U.S. Claw has reactivated his global crime syndicate MAD and Inspector Gadget must stop him! Backed up by his niece, Penny, her dog Brain, and an arsenal of high-tech gadgetry, the lovable Gadget fights crime as only he can. Claw.Įveryone's favorite bumbling bionic detective, Inspector Gadget, is back in an all new CGI animated series. The voice cast is rounded out by Derek McGrath as Chief Quimby, and Martin Roach as the nefarious Dr. The series will debut March 27 on Netflix, with Inspector Gadget voiced by Ivan Sherry, Tara Strong providing the voice for his niece Penny and Scott McCord voicing Penny's dog Brain.

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Just one month after Netflix first announced that they will debut a new Inspector Gadget TV series, the streaming service has released the first trailer.

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