Inspector Gadget

Name: Inspector Gadget
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Kids, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 1983-09-05
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Don Adams, Maurice LaMarche, Holly Berger

ENDED2 Seasons86 Episodes★ 6.9

Inspector Gadget is an animated comedy series on CBS that ran from 1983 to 1985, ending after 2 seasons and 86 episodes.

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NetworkCBS

First AiredSep 5, 1983

Last AiredNov 13, 1985

GenreAnimation, Comedy, Kids, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Runtime22 min

Created ByJean Chalopin, Andy Heyward, Bruno Bianchi

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited States

ProductionDiC, Nelvana, FR3

Inspector Gadget is a clumsy, dim-witted human cyborg detective with various bionic gadgets built into his body. Gadget stumbles around working the cases while his niece and dog do most of the investigating. Gadget's arch-nemesis is Dr. Claw, the leader of an evil organisation, known as "M.A.D."

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Cast

Don Adams

Inspector Gadget (voice)

Maurice LaMarche

Chief Quimby (voice)

Holly Berger

Penny (voice)

Seasons & Episodes2 seasons · 86 episodes

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E1Gadget in Mini Madness

Sep 30, 198521m

Professor Dumkopf of M.A.D. unleashes the Linguinis, five little imp-like creatures, on Inspector Gadget's house with the mission of deep-sixing the Inspector.

E2The Incredible Shrinking Gadget

Oct 1, 198521m

Professor Dumkopf of M.A.D. is back, this time with a shrink-ray gun he uses repeatedly on Inspector Gadget in an attempt to shrink him into nothingness.

E3Gadget Meets the Grappler

Oct 2, 198521m

The Gadget clan faces one last threat from M.A.D.'s Dr. Dumbkopf, which involves battling his hulking, irascible humanoid assistant named the Grappler. Fortunately, sweets, candies, and ultimately Penny's kindness help in soothing the soul of this misunderstood beast and thwarting Dr. Dumbkopf for the last time.

E4Focus on Gadget

Oct 7, 198521m

When a space station orbiting Earth goes silent, Gadget must investigate. Penny and Brain tag along aboard the space shuttle that takes Gadget to his destination, where Penny discovers that the station's soft-spoken HAL-like supercomputer is under the control of two M.A.D. agents, Dr. Null and Dr. Void. Their evil plot involves a giant magnifying glass that can aim and intensify the sun's rays towards Earth.

E5M.A.D. in the Moon

Oct 8, 198521m

Using bombs disguised as kewpie dolls, Dr. Claw and his agents, Null and Void, scheme to alter the surface of the moon so that it will resemble the M.A.D. logo.

E6N.S.F. Gadget

Oct 9, 198520m

M.A.D. gains control of Metro City's banks, by tapping into an orbiting satellite. With the added distraction of "Crazy Gas", a substance that induces hallucinations in their victims, can even Inspector Gadget ever hope to regain control of the city's bank accounts?

E7Magic Gadget

Oct 14, 198521m

The Great Wambini, famed magician and M.A.D. agent, gives a performance Metro City will never forget -- with the demise of Inspector Gadget as the planned finale.

E8The Great Wambini's Seance

Oct 15, 198522m

All the pets in Metro City are being kidnapped, and M.A.D. is the likely suspect. Could the Great Wambini be the key to the case?

E9Wambini Predicts

Oct 16, 198522m

The Great Wambini goes to Alpakistan to win the King's diamond-spitting llama by making three accurate predictions. Gadget is sent along to investigate M.A.D. involvement, and ends up playing in the National Floobyball Tournament.

E10Bad Dreams are Made of This

Oct 21, 198521m

Something ominous is inexplicably causing the citizens of Metro City to be beset by unstoppable nightmares. Penny's nightmare is that her computerbook falls into the hands of M.A.D.

E11Ghost Catchers

Oct 22, 198521m

Dr. Spectrum of M.A.D. invents "Ghost Globules" -- pellets that produce glowing ghostly critters. He plans to sets them loose on Metro City, then offer to sell people a spray that will banish them. Inspector Gadget investigates a costume party while on the trail.

E12Busy Signal

Oct 23, 198521m

Under the guise of a local telephone company, M.A.D. inventor Dr. Spectrum and his goons systemically target the mansions of Metro City's elite neighborhoods and proceed to burglarize them with the dial of a number and with a zap of a teleportation gun to send the loot straight into Claw's hands.penny,is,caguht,and,odered,to,be,sent,to,doctor,claw

E13The Capeman Cometh

Oct 28, 198522m

Corporal Capeman joins Inspector Gadget posing as his assistant while Gadget pursues the notorious ninja.

E14Crash Course in Crime

Oct 29, 198522m

While Gadget trains his new assistant Capeman, Dr. Claw launches a crime spree to celebrate M.A.D.'s anniversary.

E15Gadget's Gadgets

Oct 30, 198521m

Inspector Gadget and Capeman are both sent to a clinic run by M.A.D. They tell Gadget that they are going to test his gadgets, but in reality they plan to destroy them.

E16Tyrannosaurus Gadget

Nov 4, 198521m

A M.A.D. agent devises a plot to bring dinosaurs back into the 20th Century so Dr. Claw can crush Metro City, while at the same time killing Gadget's ancestors to ensure he never exists in the present.

E17Gadget's Roma

Nov 5, 198521m

Inspector Gadget, Penny, and Brain travel back in time again -- on this occasion, to ancient Rome to prevent Dr. Claw's own time traveler, Thelma Bodkin, from deciphering an ancient mosaic and stealing the treasure it describes.

E18Gadget's Clean Sweep

Nov 6, 198521m

M.A.D. agents travel back in time to 19th-century England to steal the crown jewels and wipe out Inspector Gadget's ancestors, chimney sweeps named Chimney and Char Gadget. Gadget is assigned to follow them back in time and stop them.

E19Gadget Meets the Clan

Nov 11, 198521m

Dr. Claw hires a retired mob boss, the wheelchair-bound Great Great Godfather, to assassinate Inspector Gadget.

E20Gadget and Old Lace

Nov 12, 198521m

Dr. Claw seeks the wise advice of his mentor in destroying Gadget and winds up with two Black Widows who believe assassinating Gadget would be their cup of tea.

E21Gadget and the Red Rose

Nov 13, 198521m

Dr. Claw brings gangster Spuds Malone out of retirement to eliminate Gadget with his infamous potato-firing tommy gun "Red Rose".

About Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget is an animation, comedy, kids, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy series on CBS. The show first aired on Sep 5, 1983 and currently has 2 seasons and 86 episodes. Inspector Gadget has ended. It has a rating of 6.9/10 based on 457 votes. The cast includes Don Adams, Maurice LaMarche, Holly Berger. Created by Jean Chalopin and Andy Heyward and Bruno Bianchi.