Inspector Gadget
★ 6.8·1983·2 seasons · 86 episodes·Series
AnimationComedyKidsAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Synopsis
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."
Episodes
1
Monster LakeGadget looks for a missing scientist who vanished at a lake rumored to harbor a monster.22m2
Down on the FarmM.A.D. tries to do Gadget in by locking him in a missile hidden in a farm's grain silo.22m3
Gadget at the CircusGadget brings Penny to the circus as he investigates a top-secret mission. The Inspector believes that Dr. Claw has replaced some of the circus performers with M.A.D. Agents! Gadget goes undercover as a clown to uncover the truth.22m4
The AmazonDr. Claw kidnaps Professor Von Slickstein, the brilliant scientist who invented all of Gadget's gadgets, and takes him to the Amazon to build an army of Gadget-like robots.22m5
Health SpaDr. Claw tricks Gadget into attending a "vacation" at a M.A.D.-trapped health spa. Can Penny and Brain save him?22m6
The BoatGadget is assigned to board a cruise ship and safeguard the passenger's priceless jewelry from Dr. Claw's clutches.22m7
Haunted CastleWhile searching for a crime-fighters' convention in Transylvania Gadget arrives at a castle that Dr. Claw has booby-trapped to kill him.22m8
Race to the FinishGadget enters the Gadget Mobile in a race and finds that Dr. Claw has also entered with a plot to eliminate him and his competition by sabotaging the other race cars.22m9
The RubyGadget is sent to India to investigate a missing ruby, which has been stolen by M.A.D. to be used as an amplifying power source for a laser beam that will destroy an advanced satellite in space.22m10
A Star is LostGadget has to guard the life of famed rock singer Rick Rocker, whom M.A.D. has sinister plans for. But Gadget winds up replacing Rocker as the current reigning King of Rock!22m11
All That GlittersGadget is assigned to find El Dorado, the fabled Lost City of Gold, before Dr. Claw's agents find it and tear it apart to melt down the gold.22m12
Movie SetGadget falls for actress Lana Lamour unaware that she's a M.A.D. agent and that her movie is M.A.D.'s cover for filming top secret facilities.22m13
Amusement ParkGadget has to find the bomb Dr. Claw has hidden in Metro City's amusement park.22m14
Art HeistGadget has to stop M.A.D. from looting the New York Museum of Art.22m15
Volcano IslandA prophet working for M.A.D. predicts doom for an island resort and plans to use his "pineapple bombs" to trigger the island's volcano to ensure his prediction comes true.22m16
The InvasionM.A.D. agents disguised as Martians terrorize Metro City.23m17
The InfiltrationPresto Chango, the world's greatest disguise artist and a M.A.D. agent, plans to infiltrate an Interpol conference in London disguised as Inspector Gadget.23m18
The Curse of the PharaohM.A.D. agents disguised as mummies and ancient Egyptian gods try to loot the tomb of a newly discovered pharaoh.22m19
M.A.D. TrapM.A.D. agent Rat begins committing crimes in an easy to predict pattern to lure Inspector Gadget into a steel foundry that has been turned in a deathtrap.22m20
Basic TrainingGadget must protect a trainload of important computer parts from M.A.D. hijackers.22m21
Sleeping GasGadget is assigned to halt a diabolical M.A.D. scheme: put entire cities to sleep with a powerful sleeping gas.23m22
Gadget's ReplacementA new supercomputer has made the Metro City police so efficient that Chief Quimby fires Gadget but M.A.D. has a plan to control the computer and feed the police false information.22m23
GreenfingerGadget is assigned to protect Professor Greenfinger who has developed a super plant growth formula, but Greenfinger has already been replaced by a M.A.D. agent.22m24
Gadget Goes WestInspector Gadget arrives at a western tourist town that plays heavily on its cowboy image to stop modern day outlaw Black Bart.22m25
Launch TimeM.A.D. tries to sabotage a NASA mission.22m26
Photo SafariInspector Gadget must stop Dr. Claw from using animals to scare villagers away.22m27
The Coo-Coo-Clock CaperWhile Gadget is searching Switzerland for stolen gold, Penny runs afoul of the murderous M.A.D. Agent, The Clockmaker.23m28
The Bermuda TriangleShips are vanishing in the Bermuda Triangle, but the seemingly supernatural aspects of the disappearances are subterfuge by Dr. Claw, who is using an enormous machine to swallow oil tankers and ransack them.22m29
The Japanese ConnectionPenny won a computer contest and is in Japan helping her local counterpart, Atsuko, to foil an alliance between Dr. Claw and his Japanese counterpart, Iji Waruda-san.23m30
Arabian NightsGadget is sent to the wealthy Middle-Eastern kingdom of Yetzanistan to safeguard a sacred sword.22m31
Clear CaseSouth African diamond miners are terrorized by a ghost who is actually a M.A.D. scientist using diamond dust to create invisibility suits.23m32
Dutch TreatInspector Gadget hunts for diamond smugglers in the land of tulips and chocolate.22m33
The Great DivideM.A.D. has abducted a prominent seismologist, who is coerced by Dr. Claw to construct a machine capable of generating deadly earthquakes upon the world. Gadget's case takes him deep within the Rocky Mountains, where his misadventures are compounded by a M.A.D. ranger agent and a grizzled, gold-crazed prospector.22m34
Eye of the DragonGadget is sent to Hong Kong to recover the priceless jewel the Eye of the Dragon and foil an alliance between Dr. Claw and Hong Kong's crime-lord Mr. Chow.22m35
Doubled AgentM.A.D. engineers an android replica of Inspector Gadget that is used to steal from Metro City's banks in order to have the real Gadget framed for armed-robbery. With our hero wrongfully incarcerated, Dr. Claw sets his sights on kidnapping the Shah of Freeland and demanding a hefty ransom for his release.22m36
Plantform of the OperaM.A.D. agents use an opera house as cover to tunnel into a bank vault while protected by a killer man-eating plant.22m37
Don't Hold Your BreathInspector Gadget is assigned to look into a case of some missing oceanographers who were searching for an undersea city when they disappeared.23m38
Gone Went the WindA M.A.D. scientist at the North Pole creates a machine to cause windstorms all over the globe.23m39
King WrongIn the far-off country of Pianostan, the people remain happy as long as their King is miserable. But M.A.D. has been ensuring that the King is happy in order to disrupt the peace, so Inspector Gadget is sent out to investigate. To further complicate matters, the King looks exactly like the Inspector!22m40
Pirate IslandInspector Gadget, Penny, and Brain are on vacation in the Caribbean. But before they've had a chance to get any serious R & R on Gadget's dilapidated old rust-bucket of a boat, duty calls and Inspector Gadget is back to work.22m41
M.A.D. AcademyGadget is assigned to find and shut down M.A.D.'s training center for its agents and Dr. Claw decides eliminating Gadget will make a good class project for the latest batch of recruits.23m42
No Flies on UsIn Malaysia, the Wild Man of Borneo (a M.A.D. scientist), has both derived a virus from flies and concocted its antidote. A head-cold-suffering Gadget must stop Dr. Claw's plan to turn everyone on the planet into babbling, bubble-blowing imbeciles.22m43
Luck of the IrishGadget heads to Ireland to locate the Blarney Stone, "The national treasure of Ireland," when it's stolen by M.A.D. agents. While plotting to use a laser cannon to slice up the Stone and smuggle it out of the country, Dr. Claw dispatches the quarrelsome O'Shea Brothers to eliminate Gadget.22m44
Prince of the GypsiesDr. Claw tries to frame the gypsies of Freedonia for the theft of the Royal Coat of Arms. So Gadget investigates the gypsies while Penny and her new friend, Anya, try to find the real thief.22m45
Old Man of the MountainGadget visits the Balkans to stop a war between a tribe of super-strong men and super-strong women while Dr. Claw tries to steal the potion that gives them their uncanny strength.22m46
The Emerald DuckGadget heads for Mexico, where he must stop "The oldest Mayan artifact known to exist," the Emerald Duck, from falling into the hands of a M.A.D. agent -- a Mexican bandit named Macho Miguel. The Emerald Duck is the key to activating a powerful and ancient weapon.22m47
Do Unto UddersM.A.D. utilizes satellite waves to cause local cows to stop producing milk, forcing consumers to purchase milk from "New Foods Dairy" (a M.A.D. front).22m48
Did You Myth Me?A M.A.D. scientist tries to steal an ancient Greek scroll said to hold the secret of turning lead into gold.22m49
A Bad AltitudeDr. Claw intends to sink most of an island so that his (currently) mountaintop resort will become the only hotel on "M.A.D. Island".22m50
Funny MoneyM.A.D. has enlisted the aid of the incarcerated Funny Money counterfeiting gang in a plot to generate millions upon millions of bogus dollars for Dr. Claw to use in his dirty work. Two of the gang's three members manage to escape from prison in order to set up shop, while the last and most talented member, a visually-challenged man named Squint, must be up to the arduous task of bumping off Gadget when he comes to the jail to investigate the break-out.22m51
Follow That JetDr. Claw begins making US Airforce jets disappear so that he can create his own private M.A.D. airforce.23m52
Dry SpellA M.A.D. agent and his Blue Trolls causes a drought in Metro City by cutting off the city's mountain water resources.23m53
SmeldoradoDr. Claw creates a ray that turns gold into smelly cheese, planning to change it back once the government empties Fort Knox of the foul smelling stuff.23m54
Quimby ExchangeGadget is assigned to protect "Nervous Nick" Defecto, a former M.A.D. agent, from Dr. Claw's wrath. In revenge, Dr. Claw takes Chief Quimby hostage and offers him in exchange for his wayward agent.23m55
Weather In TibetPenny teams up with a Tibetan boy to destroy a M.A.D. weather control machine while her uncle blunders around as usual.22m56
UnhengedGadget must put a stop to M.A.D.'s latest plot for global domination, which involves the kidnapping of the world's leading solar scientists and coercing them to design and construct a solar-powered heat cannon at the grounds of mysterious Stonehenge.23m57
Snakin' All OverA M.A.D. agent intends to use his pet snakes to steal a valuable coin collection.23m58
In SeineIn Paris a M.A.D. agent uses a robot to rob the rich and famous.23m59
Tree GuessesDr. Claw has concocted a chemical compound that decomposes wood at an accelerated rate, which he threatens to unleash upon the world's forests in exchange for a hefty ransom.22m60
Birds of a FeatherIn Turkey a M.A.D. agent uses his birds to steal a very valuable gemstone from an exhibition.23m61
So it is WrittenGadget arrives in an Arabian country where he is believed to be the prophesied one who will find a long lost treasure cave. Dr. Claw is eager to let his old enemy lead him to the treasure before eliminating him.23m62
Fang the Wonder DogDr. Claw tries to abduct movie star "Fang the Wonder Dog" from the set of his latest film so he can ransom him.22m63
School for PickpocketsGadget must foil Dr. Claw's plans to steal his new Gadget watch, and close down the school for pickpockets.23m64
QuizmasterA slick game show host mesmerizes contestants when they enter his TV program's sealed "21"-like booth, which is outfitted with hypnotic lights. The contestants are then commanded to rob banks and turn over the stolen loot to Dr. Claw. Gadget investigates, but becomes another victim of the hypnosis.22m65
Gadget in WinterlandGadget goes to the Winterland Resort where the world's athletes are gathered for the opening of the Olympic games. Dr.Claw tries to ruin the Olympics by replacing the torch bearer with a M.A.D. Agent and replacing the torch with dynamite.
NOTE: This was a re-worked version of the pilot episode "Winter Olympics". Some of the dialogue was re-dubbed to address the purpose of Gadget's mustache, and the standard season 1 opening and ending credits were used.22m
Monster LakeGadget looks for a missing scientist who vanished at a lake rumored to harbor a monster.22m2Down on the FarmM.A.D. tries to do Gadget in by locking him in a missile hidden in a farm's grain silo.22m3Gadget at the CircusGadget brings Penny to the circus as he investigates a top-secret mission. The Inspector believes that Dr. Claw has replaced some of the circus performers with M.A.D. Agents! Gadget goes undercover as a clown to uncover the truth.22m4The AmazonDr. Claw kidnaps Professor Von Slickstein, the brilliant scientist who invented all of Gadget's gadgets, and takes him to the Amazon to build an army of Gadget-like robots.22m5Health SpaDr. Claw tricks Gadget into attending a "vacation" at a M.A.D.-trapped health spa. Can Penny and Brain save him?22m6The BoatGadget is assigned to board a cruise ship and safeguard the passenger's priceless jewelry from Dr. Claw's clutches.22m7Haunted CastleWhile searching for a crime-fighters' convention in Transylvania Gadget arrives at a castle that Dr. Claw has booby-trapped to kill him.22m8Race to the FinishGadget enters the Gadget Mobile in a race and finds that Dr. Claw has also entered with a plot to eliminate him and his competition by sabotaging the other race cars.22m9The RubyGadget is sent to India to investigate a missing ruby, which has been stolen by M.A.D. to be used as an amplifying power source for a laser beam that will destroy an advanced satellite in space.22m10A Star is LostGadget has to guard the life of famed rock singer Rick Rocker, whom M.A.D. has sinister plans for. But Gadget winds up replacing Rocker as the current reigning King of Rock!22m11All That GlittersGadget is assigned to find El Dorado, the fabled Lost City of Gold, before Dr. Claw's agents find it and tear it apart to melt down the gold.22m12Movie SetGadget falls for actress Lana Lamour unaware that she's a M.A.D. agent and that her movie is M.A.D.'s cover for filming top secret facilities.22m13Amusement ParkGadget has to find the bomb Dr. Claw has hidden in Metro City's amusement park.22m14Art HeistGadget has to stop M.A.D. from looting the New York Museum of Art.22m15Volcano IslandA prophet working for M.A.D. predicts doom for an island resort and plans to use his "pineapple bombs" to trigger the island's volcano to ensure his prediction comes true.22m16The InvasionM.A.D. agents disguised as Martians terrorize Metro City.23m17The InfiltrationPresto Chango, the world's greatest disguise artist and a M.A.D. agent, plans to infiltrate an Interpol conference in London disguised as Inspector Gadget.23m18The Curse of the PharaohM.A.D. agents disguised as mummies and ancient Egyptian gods try to loot the tomb of a newly discovered pharaoh.22m19M.A.D. TrapM.A.D. agent Rat begins committing crimes in an easy to predict pattern to lure Inspector Gadget into a steel foundry that has been turned in a deathtrap.22m20Basic TrainingGadget must protect a trainload of important computer parts from M.A.D. hijackers.22m21Sleeping GasGadget is assigned to halt a diabolical M.A.D. scheme: put entire cities to sleep with a powerful sleeping gas.23m22Gadget's ReplacementA new supercomputer has made the Metro City police so efficient that Chief Quimby fires Gadget but M.A.D. has a plan to control the computer and feed the police false information.22m23GreenfingerGadget is assigned to protect Professor Greenfinger who has developed a super plant growth formula, but Greenfinger has already been replaced by a M.A.D. agent.22m24Gadget Goes WestInspector Gadget arrives at a western tourist town that plays heavily on its cowboy image to stop modern day outlaw Black Bart.22m25Launch TimeM.A.D. tries to sabotage a NASA mission.22m26Photo SafariInspector Gadget must stop Dr. Claw from using animals to scare villagers away.22m27The Coo-Coo-Clock CaperWhile Gadget is searching Switzerland for stolen gold, Penny runs afoul of the murderous M.A.D. Agent, The Clockmaker.23m28The Bermuda TriangleShips are vanishing in the Bermuda Triangle, but the seemingly supernatural aspects of the disappearances are subterfuge by Dr. Claw, who is using an enormous machine to swallow oil tankers and ransack them.22m29The Japanese ConnectionPenny won a computer contest and is in Japan helping her local counterpart, Atsuko, to foil an alliance between Dr. Claw and his Japanese counterpart, Iji Waruda-san.23m30Arabian NightsGadget is sent to the wealthy Middle-Eastern kingdom of Yetzanistan to safeguard a sacred sword.22m31Clear CaseSouth African diamond miners are terrorized by a ghost who is actually a M.A.D. scientist using diamond dust to create invisibility suits.23m32Dutch TreatInspector Gadget hunts for diamond smugglers in the land of tulips and chocolate.22m33The Great DivideM.A.D. has abducted a prominent seismologist, who is coerced by Dr. Claw to construct a machine capable of generating deadly earthquakes upon the world. Gadget's case takes him deep within the Rocky Mountains, where his misadventures are compounded by a M.A.D. ranger agent and a grizzled, gold-crazed prospector.22m34Eye of the DragonGadget is sent to Hong Kong to recover the priceless jewel the Eye of the Dragon and foil an alliance between Dr. Claw and Hong Kong's crime-lord Mr. Chow.22m35Doubled AgentM.A.D. engineers an android replica of Inspector Gadget that is used to steal from Metro City's banks in order to have the real Gadget framed for armed-robbery. With our hero wrongfully incarcerated, Dr. Claw sets his sights on kidnapping the Shah of Freeland and demanding a hefty ransom for his release.22m36Plantform of the OperaM.A.D. agents use an opera house as cover to tunnel into a bank vault while protected by a killer man-eating plant.22m37Don't Hold Your BreathInspector Gadget is assigned to look into a case of some missing oceanographers who were searching for an undersea city when they disappeared.23m38Gone Went the WindA M.A.D. scientist at the North Pole creates a machine to cause windstorms all over the globe.23m39King WrongIn the far-off country of Pianostan, the people remain happy as long as their King is miserable. But M.A.D. has been ensuring that the King is happy in order to disrupt the peace, so Inspector Gadget is sent out to investigate. To further complicate matters, the King looks exactly like the Inspector!22m40Pirate IslandInspector Gadget, Penny, and Brain are on vacation in the Caribbean. But before they've had a chance to get any serious R & R on Gadget's dilapidated old rust-bucket of a boat, duty calls and Inspector Gadget is back to work.22m41M.A.D. AcademyGadget is assigned to find and shut down M.A.D.'s training center for its agents and Dr. Claw decides eliminating Gadget will make a good class project for the latest batch of recruits.23m42No Flies on UsIn Malaysia, the Wild Man of Borneo (a M.A.D. scientist), has both derived a virus from flies and concocted its antidote. A head-cold-suffering Gadget must stop Dr. Claw's plan to turn everyone on the planet into babbling, bubble-blowing imbeciles.22m43Luck of the IrishGadget heads to Ireland to locate the Blarney Stone, "The national treasure of Ireland," when it's stolen by M.A.D. agents. While plotting to use a laser cannon to slice up the Stone and smuggle it out of the country, Dr. Claw dispatches the quarrelsome O'Shea Brothers to eliminate Gadget.22m44Prince of the GypsiesDr. Claw tries to frame the gypsies of Freedonia for the theft of the Royal Coat of Arms. So Gadget investigates the gypsies while Penny and her new friend, Anya, try to find the real thief.22m45Old Man of the MountainGadget visits the Balkans to stop a war between a tribe of super-strong men and super-strong women while Dr. Claw tries to steal the potion that gives them their uncanny strength.22m46The Emerald DuckGadget heads for Mexico, where he must stop "The oldest Mayan artifact known to exist," the Emerald Duck, from falling into the hands of a M.A.D. agent -- a Mexican bandit named Macho Miguel. The Emerald Duck is the key to activating a powerful and ancient weapon.22m47Do Unto UddersM.A.D. utilizes satellite waves to cause local cows to stop producing milk, forcing consumers to purchase milk from "New Foods Dairy" (a M.A.D. front).22m48Did You Myth Me?A M.A.D. scientist tries to steal an ancient Greek scroll said to hold the secret of turning lead into gold.22m49A Bad AltitudeDr. Claw intends to sink most of an island so that his (currently) mountaintop resort will become the only hotel on "M.A.D. Island".22m50Funny MoneyM.A.D. has enlisted the aid of the incarcerated Funny Money counterfeiting gang in a plot to generate millions upon millions of bogus dollars for Dr. Claw to use in his dirty work. Two of the gang's three members manage to escape from prison in order to set up shop, while the last and most talented member, a visually-challenged man named Squint, must be up to the arduous task of bumping off Gadget when he comes to the jail to investigate the break-out.22m51Follow That JetDr. Claw begins making US Airforce jets disappear so that he can create his own private M.A.D. airforce.23m52Dry SpellA M.A.D. agent and his Blue Trolls causes a drought in Metro City by cutting off the city's mountain water resources.23m53SmeldoradoDr. Claw creates a ray that turns gold into smelly cheese, planning to change it back once the government empties Fort Knox of the foul smelling stuff.23m54Quimby ExchangeGadget is assigned to protect "Nervous Nick" Defecto, a former M.A.D. agent, from Dr. Claw's wrath. In revenge, Dr. Claw takes Chief Quimby hostage and offers him in exchange for his wayward agent.23m55Weather In TibetPenny teams up with a Tibetan boy to destroy a M.A.D. weather control machine while her uncle blunders around as usual.22m56UnhengedGadget must put a stop to M.A.D.'s latest plot for global domination, which involves the kidnapping of the world's leading solar scientists and coercing them to design and construct a solar-powered heat cannon at the grounds of mysterious Stonehenge.23m57Snakin' All OverA M.A.D. agent intends to use his pet snakes to steal a valuable coin collection.23m58In SeineIn Paris a M.A.D. agent uses a robot to rob the rich and famous.23m59Tree GuessesDr. Claw has concocted a chemical compound that decomposes wood at an accelerated rate, which he threatens to unleash upon the world's forests in exchange for a hefty ransom.22m60Birds of a FeatherIn Turkey a M.A.D. agent uses his birds to steal a very valuable gemstone from an exhibition.23m61So it is WrittenGadget arrives in an Arabian country where he is believed to be the prophesied one who will find a long lost treasure cave. Dr. Claw is eager to let his old enemy lead him to the treasure before eliminating him.23m62Fang the Wonder DogDr. Claw tries to abduct movie star "Fang the Wonder Dog" from the set of his latest film so he can ransom him.22m63School for PickpocketsGadget must foil Dr. Claw's plans to steal his new Gadget watch, and close down the school for pickpockets.23m64QuizmasterA slick game show host mesmerizes contestants when they enter his TV program's sealed "21"-like booth, which is outfitted with hypnotic lights. The contestants are then commanded to rob banks and turn over the stolen loot to Dr. Claw. Gadget investigates, but becomes another victim of the hypnosis.22m65Gadget in WinterlandGadget goes to the Winterland Resort where the world's athletes are gathered for the opening of the Olympic games. Dr.Claw tries to ruin the Olympics by replacing the torch bearer with a M.A.D. Agent and replacing the torch with dynamite.
NOTE: This was a re-worked version of the pilot episode "Winter Olympics". Some of the dialogue was re-dubbed to address the purpose of Gadget's mustache, and the standard season 1 opening and ending credits were used.22mCast
