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."
Cast: Don Adams, Maurice LaMarche, Holly Berger
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65 episodes
1. Monster LakeGadget looks for a missing scientist who vanished at a lake rumored to harbor a monster.TV-YCC22minSep 5, 1983
2. Down on the FarmM.A.D. tries to do Gadget in by locking him in a missile hidden in a farm's grain silo.TV-YCC22minSep 6, 1983
3. 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.TV-YCC22minSep 7, 1983
4. 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.TV-YCC22minSep 8, 1983
5. Health SpaDr. Claw tricks Gadget into attending a "vacation" at a M.A.D.-trapped health spa. Can Penny and Brain save him?TV-YCC22minSep 9, 1983
6. The BoatGadget is assigned to board a cruise ship and safeguard the passenger's priceless jewelry from Dr. Claw's clutches.TV-YCC22minSep 12, 1983
7. Haunted CastleWhile searching for a crime-fighters' convention in Transylvania Gadget arrives at a castle that Dr. Claw has booby-trapped to kill him.TV-YCC22minSep 13, 1983
8. 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.TV-YCC22minSep 14, 1983
9. 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.TV-YCC22minSep 15, 1983
10. 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!TV-YCC22minSep 16, 1983
11. 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.TV-YCC22minSep 19, 1983
12. 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.TV-YCC22minSep 20, 1983
13. Amusement ParkGadget has to find the bomb Dr. Claw has hidden in Metro City's amusement park.TV-YCC22minSep 21, 1983
14. Art HeistGadget has to stop M.A.D. from looting the New York Museum of Art.TV-YCC22minSep 22, 1983
15. 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.TV-YCC22minSep 23, 1983
16. The InvasionM.A.D. agents disguised as Martians terrorize Metro City.TV-YCC23minSep 26, 1983
17. 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.TV-YCC23minSep 27, 1983
18. 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.TV-YCC22minSep 28, 1983
19. 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.TV-YCC22minSep 29, 1983
20. Basic TrainingGadget must protect a trainload of important computer parts from M.A.D. hijackers.TV-YCC22minSep 30, 1983
21. Sleeping GasGadget is assigned to halt a diabolical M.A.D. scheme: put entire cities to sleep with a powerful sleeping gas.TV-YCC23minOct 3, 1983
22. 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.TV-YCC22minOct 4, 1983
23. 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.TV-YCC22minOct 5, 1983
24. Gadget Goes WestInspector Gadget arrives at a western tourist town that plays heavily on its cowboy image to stop modern day outlaw Black Bart.TV-YCC22minOct 6, 1983
25. Launch TimeM.A.D. tries to sabotage a NASA mission.TV-YCC22minOct 7, 1983
26. Photo SafariInspector Gadget must stop Dr. Claw from using animals to scare villagers away.TV-YCC22minOct 10, 1983
27. The Coo-Coo-Clock CaperWhile Gadget is searching Switzerland for stolen gold, Penny runs afoul of the murderous M.A.D. Agent, The Clockmaker.TV-YCC23minOct 11, 1983
28. 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.TV-YCC22minOct 12, 1983
29. 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.TV-YCC23minOct 13, 1983
30. Arabian NightsGadget is sent to the wealthy Middle-Eastern kingdom of Yetzanistan to safeguard a sacred sword.TV-YCC22minOct 14, 1983
31. 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.TV-YCC23minOct 17, 1983
32. Dutch TreatInspector Gadget hunts for diamond smugglers in the land of tulips and chocolate.TV-YCC22minOct 18, 1983
33. 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.TV-YCC22minOct 19, 1983
34. 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.TV-YCC22minOct 20, 1983
35. 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.TV-YCC22minOct 21, 1983
36. 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.TV-YCC22minOct 24, 1983
37. 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.TV-YCC23minOct 25, 1983
38. Gone Went the WindA M.A.D. scientist at the North Pole creates a machine to cause windstorms all over the globe.TV-YCC23minOct 26, 1983
39. 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!TV-YCC22minOct 27, 1983
40. 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.TV-YCC22minOct 28, 1983
41. 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.TV-YCC23minOct 31, 1983
42. 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.TV-YCC22minNov 1, 1983
43. 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.TV-YCC22minNov 2, 1983
44. 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.TV-YCC22minNov 3, 1983
45. 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.TV-YCC22minNov 4, 1983
46. 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.TV-YCC22minNov 7, 1983
47. 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).TV-YCC22minNov 8, 1983
48. 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.TV-YCC22minNov 9, 1983
49. 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".TV-YCC22minNov 10, 1983
50. 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.TV-YCC22minNov 11, 1983
51. Follow That JetDr. Claw begins making US Airforce jets disappear so that he can create his own private M.A.D. airforce.TV-YCC23minNov 14, 1983
52. 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.TV-YCC23minNov 15, 1983
53. 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.TV-YCC23minNov 16, 1983
54. 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.TV-YCC23minNov 17, 1983
55. 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.TV-YCC22minNov 18, 1983
56. 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.TV-YCC23minNov 21, 1983
57. Snakin' All OverA M.A.D. agent intends to use his pet snakes to steal a valuable coin collection.TV-YCC23minNov 22, 1983
58. In SeineIn Paris a M.A.D. agent uses a robot to rob the rich and famous.TV-YCC23minNov 23, 1983
59. 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.TV-YCC22minNov 24, 1983
60. Birds of a FeatherIn Turkey a M.A.D. agent uses his birds to steal a very valuable gemstone from an exhibition.TV-YCC23minNov 25, 1983
61. 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.TV-YCC23minNov 28, 1983
62. 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.TV-YCC22minNov 29, 1983
63. School for PickpocketsGadget must foil Dr. Claw's plans to steal his new Gadget watch, and close down the school for pickpockets.TV-YCC23minNov 30, 1983
64. 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.TV-YCC22minDec 1, 1983
65. 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.TV-YCC22minDec 2, 1983
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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."
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Jean Chalopin, Andy Heyward, Bruno Bianchi
- Studio
- DiC, Nelvana, FR3
Maturity rating
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Audio languages
English
