Inspector Gadget
Inspector Gadget
1983
2 Seasons
6.9
AnimationComedyKidsAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

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

Monster Lake
E1Sep 5, 198322m

Monster Lake

Gadget looks for a missing scientist who vanished at a lake rumored to harbor a monster.

Down on the Farm
E2Sep 6, 198322m

Down on the Farm

M.A.D. tries to do Gadget in by locking him in a missile hidden in a farm's grain silo.

Gadget at the Circus
E3Sep 7, 198322m

Gadget at the Circus

Gadget 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.

The Amazon
E4Sep 8, 198322m

The Amazon

Dr. 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.

Health Spa
E5Sep 9, 198322m

Health Spa

Dr. Claw tricks Gadget into attending a "vacation" at a M.A.D.-trapped health spa. Can Penny and Brain save him?

The Boat
E6Sep 12, 198322m

The Boat

Gadget is assigned to board a cruise ship and safeguard the passenger's priceless jewelry from Dr. Claw's clutches.

Haunted Castle
E7Sep 13, 198322m

Haunted Castle

While searching for a crime-fighters' convention in Transylvania Gadget arrives at a castle that Dr. Claw has booby-trapped to kill him.

Race to the Finish
E8Sep 14, 198322m

Race to the Finish

Gadget 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.

The Ruby
E9Sep 15, 198322m

The Ruby

Gadget 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.

A Star is Lost
E10Sep 16, 198322m

A Star is Lost

Gadget 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!

All That Glitters
E11Sep 19, 198322m

All That Glitters

Gadget 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.

Movie Set
E12Sep 20, 198322m

Movie Set

Gadget 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.

Amusement Park
E13Sep 21, 198322m

Amusement Park

Gadget has to find the bomb Dr. Claw has hidden in Metro City's amusement park.

Art Heist
E14Sep 22, 198322m

Art Heist

Gadget has to stop M.A.D. from looting the New York Museum of Art.

Volcano Island
E15Sep 23, 198322m

Volcano Island

A 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.

The Invasion
E16Sep 26, 198323m

The Invasion

M.A.D. agents disguised as Martians terrorize Metro City.

The Infiltration
E17Sep 27, 198323m

The Infiltration

Presto 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.

The Curse of the Pharaoh
E18Sep 28, 198322m

The Curse of the Pharaoh

M.A.D. agents disguised as mummies and ancient Egyptian gods try to loot the tomb of a newly discovered pharaoh.

M.A.D. Trap
E19Sep 29, 198322m

M.A.D. Trap

M.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.

Basic Training
E20Sep 30, 198322m

Basic Training

Gadget must protect a trainload of important computer parts from M.A.D. hijackers.

Sleeping Gas
E21Oct 3, 198323m

Sleeping Gas

Gadget is assigned to halt a diabolical M.A.D. scheme: put entire cities to sleep with a powerful sleeping gas.

Gadget's Replacement
E22Oct 4, 198322m

Gadget's Replacement

A 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.

Greenfinger
E23Oct 5, 198322m

Greenfinger

Gadget 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.

Gadget Goes West
E24Oct 6, 198322m

Gadget Goes West

Inspector Gadget arrives at a western tourist town that plays heavily on its cowboy image to stop modern day outlaw Black Bart.

Launch Time
E25Oct 7, 198322m

Launch Time

M.A.D. tries to sabotage a NASA mission.

Photo Safari
E26Oct 10, 198322m

Photo Safari

Inspector Gadget must stop Dr. Claw from using animals to scare villagers away.

The Coo-Coo-Clock Caper
E27Oct 11, 198323m

The Coo-Coo-Clock Caper

While Gadget is searching Switzerland for stolen gold, Penny runs afoul of the murderous M.A.D. Agent, The Clockmaker.

The Bermuda Triangle
E28Oct 12, 198322m

The Bermuda Triangle

Ships 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.

The Japanese Connection
E29Oct 13, 198323m

The Japanese Connection

Penny 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.

Arabian Nights
E30Oct 14, 198322m

Arabian Nights

Gadget is sent to the wealthy Middle-Eastern kingdom of Yetzanistan to safeguard a sacred sword.

Clear Case
E31Oct 17, 198323m

Clear Case

South African diamond miners are terrorized by a ghost who is actually a M.A.D. scientist using diamond dust to create invisibility suits.

Dutch Treat
E32Oct 18, 198322m

Dutch Treat

Inspector Gadget hunts for diamond smugglers in the land of tulips and chocolate.

The Great Divide
E33Oct 19, 198322m

The Great Divide

Gadget 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.

Eye of the Dragon
E34Oct 20, 198322m

Eye of the Dragon

Gadget 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.

Doubled Agent
E35Oct 21, 198322m

Doubled Agent

M.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.

Plantform of the Opera
E36Oct 24, 198322m

Plantform of the Opera

M.A.D. agents use an opera house as cover to tunnel into a bank vault while protected by a killer man-eating plant.

Don't Hold Your Breath
E37Oct 25, 198323m

Don't Hold Your Breath

Inspector Gadget is assigned to look into a case of some missing oceanographers who were searching for an undersea city when they disappeared.

Gone Went the Wind
E38Oct 26, 198323m

Gone Went the Wind

A M.A.D. scientist at the North Pole creates a machine to cause windstorms all over the globe.

King Wrong
E39Oct 27, 198322m

King Wrong

In 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!

Pirate Island
E40Oct 28, 198322m

Pirate Island

Inspector 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.

M.A.D. Academy
E41Oct 31, 198323m

M.A.D. Academy

Gadget 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.

No Flies on Us
E42Nov 1, 198322m

No Flies on Us

In 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.

Luck of the Irish
E43Nov 2, 198322m

Luck of the Irish

Gadget 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.

Prince of the Gypsies
E44Nov 3, 198322m

Prince of the Gypsies

Dr. 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.

Old Man of the Mountain
E45Nov 4, 198322m

Old Man of the Mountain

M.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.

The Emerald Duck
E46Nov 7, 198322m

The Emerald Duck

Gadget 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.

Do Unto Udders
E47Nov 8, 198322m

Do Unto Udders

M.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).

Did You Myth Me?
E48Nov 9, 198322m

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.

A Bad Altitude
E49Nov 10, 198322m

A Bad Altitude

Dr. Claw intends to sink most of an island so that his (currently) mountaintop resort will become the only hotel on "M.A.D. Island".

Funny Money
E50Nov 11, 198322m

Funny Money

M.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.

Follow That Jet
E51Nov 14, 198323m

Follow That Jet

Dr. Claw begins making US Airforce jets disappear so that he can create his own private M.A.D. airforce.

Dry Spell
E52Nov 15, 198323m

Dry Spell

A M.A.D. agent and his Blue Trolls causes a drought in Metro City by cutting off the city's mountain water resources.

Smeldorado
E53Nov 16, 198323m

Smeldorado

Dr. 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.

Quimby Exchange
E54Nov 17, 198323m

Quimby Exchange

Gadget 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.

Weather In Tibet
E55Nov 18, 198322m

Weather In Tibet

Penny teams up with a Tibetan boy to destroy a M.A.D. weather control machine while her uncle blunders around as usual.

Unhenged
E56Nov 21, 198323m

Unhenged

Gadget 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.

Snakin' All Over
E57Nov 22, 198323m

Snakin' All Over

A M.A.D. agent intends to use his pet snakes to steal a valuable coin collection.

In Seine
E58Nov 23, 198323m

In Seine

In Paris a M.A.D. agent uses a robot to rob the rich and famous.

Tree Guesses
E59Nov 24, 198322m

Tree Guesses

Dr. 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.

Birds of a Feather
E60Nov 25, 198323m

Birds of a Feather

In Turkey a M.A.D. agent uses his birds to steal a very valuable gemstone from an exhibition.

So it is Written
E61Nov 28, 198323m

So it is Written

Gadget 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.

Fang the Wonder Dog
E62Nov 29, 198322m

Fang the Wonder Dog

Dr. Claw tries to abduct movie star "Fang the Wonder Dog" from the set of his latest film so he can ransom him.

School for Pickpockets
E63Nov 30, 198323m

School for Pickpockets

Gadget must foil Dr. Claw's plans to steal his new Gadget watch, and close down the school for pickpockets.

Quizmaster
E64Dec 1, 198322m

Quizmaster

A 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.

Gadget in Winterland
E65Dec 2, 198322m

Gadget in Winterland

Gadget 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.

Top Cast

Don Adams

Don Adams

Inspector Gadget (voice)

Maurice LaMarche

Maurice LaMarche

Chief Quimby (voice)

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Holly Berger

Penny (voice)