Gadget and the Gadgetinis
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| Genre | Animation Comedy |
| Created by | Jean Chalopin |
| Voices of | Maurice LaMarche Ellen Kennedy Tegan Moss Colin Murdock Teryl Rothery |
| Country of origin |  Canada France United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (List of episodes) |
| Production company(s) | DiC Enterprises |
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| Original channel | YTV |
| Original run | September 1, 2001 – December 27, 2003 |
Gadget and the Gadgetinis is a spinoff of the classic series Inspector Gadget, developed by DiC in cooperation with Haim Saban's SIP Animation and produced from 2001 to 2003. There are 52 episodes.
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[edit] Plot
Gadget is now a lieutenant, and a member of an organization called "WOMP" (World Organization of Mega Powers). He is aided in his work by Penny (who is now twelve years old), as well as the new robot characters Digit and Fidget, the titular Gadgetinis invented by Penny, who essentially replace Brain the dog in this series (who is supposedly retired from active duty) and Chief Quimby (who now works as an informant for the head of WOMP) has been replaced with Col. Nozzaire, a former member of the French Foreign Legion.
The original creators of Inspector Gadget reunited for this series. Andy Heyward initiated the concept and was one of the executive producers; Jean Chalopin created/developed the show and wrote or co-wrote nearly every episode; while Bruno Bianchi designed the main characters as well as directing and producing the series. Gadget & the Gadgetinis follows basically the same plot as the original series, with the clumsy Gadget attempting to fight crime while Penny and her helpers do all the work. Some details underwent major changes, though; for instance the villains. Doctor Claw (who in several stories was entirely replaced by other villains - in a few cases aliens) had relatives in some of the episodes.
While Brain and Chief Quimby are mostly absent from the show, they do appear in pictures in Gadget's house. Each also appears as a special guest, and only in one episode each. Brain appears in episode 36, No Brainer which reveals that, having been traumatized after years of pain while saving Gadget, he retired from crime-fighting to live in a riverside house. The mere mention of the word "gadget" is enough to drive him frantic. Chief Quimby appears on episode 45, Super Boss Gadget.
The end-credits showed sketches of Penny on her bicycle visiting Brain at his riverside home. The pair enjoy an emotional reunion.
Maurice LaMarche continued as Gadget's voice, reprising his role from the "Sunday Movie Toon", "Inspector Gadget's Last Case". The main title song for the English-speaking version was written and performed by Mike Piccirillo. However, the American and French theme songs were explicitly different: The French version had a theme which sounded much closer to Shuki Levy and Haim Saban's original Inspector Gadget theme song, possibly because the series were produced primarily in France by Saban's SIP Animation Studio. The musical underscore composers were Mike Piccirillo and Jean-Michel Guirao.
[edit] Episodes
Series 1
- Don't Call Me Gadget (September 1, 2001)
- Col. Nozzaire is kidnapped by aliens who have mistaken him for Gadget. Gadget and the Gadgetinis must save him.
- Looming Las Vegas (September 8, 2001)
- Gadget, Penny and the Gadgetinis go to Las Vegas to protect General sir from kidnapping.
- Claw's Collection (September 15, 2001)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis look around the jungle to find stolen vintage aircrafts.
- Gadget Goes On Location (September 22, 2001)
- Gadget, Penny and the Gadgetinis go to the Dr. Claw's movie set which is used to steal military vehicles.
- Nice Guys Are Finished (September 29, 2001)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis go to the Shangrilala island to protect the magical water from Dr. Claw.
- One Too Many Gadgets (October 6, 2001)
- Gadget, Penny and the Gadgetinis go to Paris to the save the World Leaders from being kidnapped and cloned during the conference. Gadget ends up being cloned too and Penny and the Gadgetinis must save the day.
- Trick Or Trap (October 13, 2001)
- Attack Of The Killer Bees (October 20, 2001)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis must stop an evil opera singer who's singing allows her to call upon killer bees and force them to commit crimes.
- Wrestle In Peace (October 27, 2001)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis go to the Royal Wrestling Championships to find out what Dr. Claw is up to.
- Gopher Broke (November 3, 2001)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis must find the world's monuments which were stolen by a giant gopher which is under Dr. Claw's control.
- The Wuzzley Affair (November 10, 2001)
- Gadget, Penny and the Gadgetinis go to London to find out how the Wuzzley toys hypnotize the people to give to the criminals their clothes and money.
- Face To Face To Face (November 17, 2001)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis help a master of disguise called "The Chameleon" (who's posing as Col. Nozzaire) escape from the jail.
- No Such Thing As Ghosts (November 24, 2001)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis go to the Neutrania to save King Olaf.
- High Noon (December 1, 2001)
- Gadget, Penny and the Gadgetinis visit a western town which is afraid of a family of criminals.
- Sasquatch Watch (December 1, 2001)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis go to the forest to find Bigfoot.
- In Touch With Your Animal Side (December 8, 2001)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis must stop Dr. Claw's scientist who's transforming anyone into an animal.
- Nosehair's Day Off (December 8, 2001)
- Dr. Claw's genie tries to distract Gadget and Col. Nozzaire while the other agents create a giant robot with Gadget's look.
- The General's Daughter (December 8, 2001)
- General Sir assigns Gadget and Col. Nozzaire to protect the "Peace Arsenal" (Gadget) and his daughter during the party (Col. Nozzaire). Col. Nozzaire switches assignments, but he ends up being controlled by one of Dr. Claw's agents to steal the key to the Arsenal. The key is in the bracelet which Gadget gave to General Sir's daughter.
- Unpleasant Island (December 15, 2001)
- Dr. Claw hires three criminals to his game show called "Unpleasant Island" to eliminate Gadget.
- Help Wanted (December 15, 2001)
- Col. Nozzaire fires Gadget from WOMP. Gadget is assigned by of Dr. Claw's men to commit crimes.
- The Ultimate Weapon (February 2, 2002)
- Penny puts on the Gadgetinis the system to help them with eating. Meanwhile, Gadget and the Gadgetinis must protect the stink animals during the contest which is organized by Dr. Claw. After eating too much, the Gadgetinis stink and win the contest, but they realize that the winning animal will be crashed to the concetrated stink extract which then will be used to stink the whole world. Penny blames herself for the situation and she has to save the Gadgetinis.
- Reality Bites (February 16, 2002)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis must protect Dr. Budd's Imaginatron, which turns thoughts into reality, from being stolen.
- The Weather Machine (March 23, 2002)
- Gadget is hypnotized by Dr. Claw's agent's TV commercial to go to Antarctica where Dr. Claw created his weather machine to freeze the world.
- Weekend At The Beach (March 30, 2002)
- Two alien teenagers land on Earth to go to the beach party. Two crazed astronomers must kill the aliens. Gadget, Penny and the Gadgetinis must protect the alien teenagers.
- Prison Cruise (April 6, 2002)
- Dr. Claw's agent, who's disguised as Gadget, accuses Gadget for committing crimes to make him to go to prison. Penny, the Gadgetinis and Col. Nozzaire must prove that Gadget is innocent.
- Ice Folly (April 13, 2002)
- Dr. Claw's brother, Dr. Thaw, is freed from his snowy prison. He's going to again use the stolen missiles to take over the world. Gadget and the Gadgetinis must stop him.
Series 2
- Unseen Of The Crime (May 3, 2003)
- One of Penny's friends, Shawn Jellypin, who invented the invisibility formula, is kidnapped by Dr. Claw.
- Total Reclaw (May 10, 2003)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis go figure out that is Dr. Claw on the good side, or not.
- World's Nicest Dictator (May 17, 2003)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis go to the peaceful island to security the peace conference.
- Roverre (May 24, 2003)
- Gadget, Penny and the Gadgetinis must protect a dog called Roverre who can paint with his tail from being kidnapped by Dr. Claw to force Roverre to teach M.A.D. Cat painting.
- Bye Bye Business (May 31, 2003)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis go to Hong Kong to buy office supplies for WOMP, but they realize that the shop called Banan is infiltrated by Dr. Claw's agents.
- Sub-Mission (June 7, 2003)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis must protect a fleet of atomic submarines.
- Great Wall Of Oblivia (June 14, 2003)
- Gadget, Penny and the Gadgetinis must protect The Great Wall of China from being stolen and used as "The Great Wall of Oblivia".
- MADster Game (June 21, 2003)
- Gadget and Col. Nozzaire are sucked by the bathroom mirror into Dr. Claw's game. Penny and the Gadgetinis must work quickly or Gadget and Col. Nozzaire will be trapped inside the game forever.
- No Brainer (July 5, 2003)
- Dr. Claw kidnaps Gadget to eliminate him. With his hideout location-proof, Penny and the Gadgetinis must have a help from Penny's dog and ex-helper of Gadget, Brain, who currently suffers a phobia of hearing a word or seeing Gadget.
- Meet Super G.G. (July 12, 2003)
- WOMP creates a female robot called G.G. to have a partnership with Gadget. Gadget falls in love at G.G.. However, Dr. Claw controls G.G. to eliminate Gadget.
- Extreme Gadget (August 30, 2003)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis must protect Albert Alkaline's extereme sports fanatic son, Alan Albert Alkaline, from being kidnapped.
- McIntosh's Bagpipes (September 27, 2003)
- Gadget, Penny and the Gadgetinis go to Scotland to stop new Dr. Claw's agent, McIntosh, who uses his bagpipes to make everyone sleepy and unable to stop him from committing crimes.
- The Patrix (October 18, 2003)
- The world's valuable items vanish and return to Dr. Claw's virtual world, the Patrix.
- Swap Team (October 25, 2003)
- Dr. Claw's scientist swaps Gadget's brain with a criminal known as Guy Strong's brain with the help of his swapping machine put on the telephones. Penny and the Gadgetinis must reverse the process.
- Super Gadget Chef (November 8, 2003)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis pose as the chefs to stop Dr. Claw's agent called "The Silver Chef" from poisoning the presidents.
- Foreign Legion Gadget (November 8, 2003)
- Gadget, the Gadgetinis and Col. Nozzaire go to Col. Nozzaire's old desert Foreign Legion post to investigate rumours of female criminals converging on the area.
- Solid Gold Gadget (November 15, 2003)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis must protect Golda from kidnapping.
- Super Boss Gadget (November 22, 2003)
- While General Sir stays at the hospital, Gadget becomes a temporary boss of WOMP.
- Erasing Gadget (November 29, 2003)
- Dr. Claw's agent goes back in time to not let Gadget's parents meet each other to make sure that Gadget will never exist.
- Rock 'n' Gadget (November 29, 2003)
- Gadget, Penny and the Gadgetinis must protect a rock band called "The Mummies Boys".
- Gadget On The Brain (December 6, 2003)
- Gadget and the Gadgetinis must get inside the General Gastristas' body to destroy Dr. Claw's mind-controlling device.
- Santa Claw (December 6, 2003)
- Gadget, Penny and the Gadgetinis go to the North Pole to save Christmas and Santa Claus from Dr. Claw's clutches.
- The Lost City Of Gold (December 13, 2003)
- Gadget, Penny, the Gadgetinis and Col. Nozzaire go protect "The Lost City of Gold" from Dr. Claw.
- Operation Get Gadget (December 20, 2003)
- Dr. Claw's agent creates a pair of glasses which can control mind to use any person to eliminate Gadget.
- Claw's Nephew (December 20, 2003)
- Gadget, Penny and the Gadgetinis visit the island. Unbeknownst to them, Dr. Claw's hideout is at the island. Penny befriends Dr. Claw's nephew, William "Billy" Thaw, who doesn't know that who his uncle really is.
- The Comet, The Unicorn And The Bad Gadgetinis (December 27, 2003)
- A comet causes the computer systems get a malfunction. This causes the Gadgetinis to go bad and work for Dr. Claw to steal the Unicorn's milk which gives a human more strength. Gadget and Penny must save the Gadgetinis.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Main characters
Lt. Gadget
- Now working for WOMP as a lieutenant, Gadget is still the same bumbling detective cyborg he was before, except he appears to have been "upgraded" with several new gadgets. He is often unaware of MAD interfering with missions, sometimes making it easier for them to continue with Dr. Claw's evil plans, but they are nearly always thwarted. Gadget may not be very bright, but deep down, he cares deeply about those he knows so well and will occasionally go to risky procedures to protect everyone and everything around him.
Gadget's appearance is somewhat different from his original self, as his hat and coat are now dark grey and his gloves are yellow. He is also seen wearing green sunglasses in most episodes. Voiced by Maurice LaMarche.
The Gadgetinis - Two small robots who resemble Gadget and aid him frequently on his missions. They were created by Penny and have the personalities of pre-teens. Like Gadget, they each have their own arsenal of hidden gadgets and devices, including video communicators in their chest-pieces.
Fidget
- Fidget is the most easily spooked of the pair and is colored orange. He secretly wants to be a human, and often makes complaints about body parts that he does not technically possess, being a robot (although in the episode "One Too Many Gadgets", he is mentioned as having eaten human food, something which he should not be able to do, being a robot). He appears to have a crush on Penny.
Digit
- Digit is the smarter of the Gadgetinis and is navy blue. He usually corrects Fidget about being a robot and not a human, and is often sarcastic.
Penny
- Gadget's niece who is now aged 12 and creator of the Gadgetinis. Despite not always partaking in missions, she often contacts her uncle and the Gadgetinis to offer advice and information from home. She usually does this from the attic, using her computer and many other hi-tech tools. Penny would sometimes accompany Gadget and the Gadgetinis in the mission. She also usually corrects Fidget about being a robot and not a human. Penny in this series occasionally plays the damsel-in-distress role just like in the original series.
Like her original self, Penny still wears her hair in pigtails, except a little higher and while she originally had green eyes, they are now blue. While nobody had anything against Penny's use of her gadgets in the original series, the people in this show nitpick Penny for being interested in computers (in "One Too Many Gadgets," a flight attendant takes away Penny's crime laptop, and in "Weekend At The Beach," Penny's friend Bridget criticizes Penny for "playing with computer games" when she was actually using her communication watch).
Colonel Nozzaire
- Another member of WOMP from France and former member of the French Foreign Legion, Col. Nozzaire (often mistakenly pronounced "Nose-Hair" by the others) cannot stand Gadget and his silliness, and constantly tries to partake in missions himself, only to get captured by MAD, badly injured or never getting to go on missions at all.
General Sir
- Leader of WOMP. He is the one who assigns Gadget with missions, much to the disgust of Nozzaire.
- Leader of MAD and Gadget's unseen enemy. Unlike the original you can actually see his feet and torso from time to time, his gauntlets are now gold with black joints and knuckles, and with the MAD logo printed on them. Instead of banging his hand on his desk he now scratches the arm of his chair when angered. He also sucks his thumb when he sleeps. Voiced by Brian Drummond,
[edit] Minor characters
Ms. Miffet
- Secretary of General Sir. Gadget usually troubles her and mistakes her name, similar to Col. Nozzaire.
Brain
- Penny's dog and ex-helper of Gadget. He now lives by himself in a shack next to a lake — his experience with Gadget having made him a nervous wreck with a phobia when he sees or hears the word Gadget. When Gadget was kidnapped by Dr. Claw, Brain returned to help Penny and Gadgetinis in saving him ("No Brainer"). She gave him a collar that enabled him to talk. It is destroyed at the end of the episode. Some closing themes show Penny paying him a visit in a storyboard-like sequence.
Chief Quimby
- Ex-policeman. Now he's an agent of WOMP, working as General Sir's top informant of the Cryptic Intelligence Agency (an obvious parody of the real life Central Intelligence Agency, CIA). ("Super Boss Gadget")
William "Billy" Thaw
- Claw's nephew, whom he refers to as Uncle George. His father is Dr. Thaw, who is currently frozen. He is taken care of by his grandmother, who wants him to grow up not evil. When he finds out about his uncle's true nature, he contacts his grandmother to stop Claw from executing Gadget. He and Penny have a crush on each other, as they both share the same interests, though their uncles are archenemies. ("Claw's Nephew")
Maryland Claw
- Claw and Thaw's mother and Billy's grandmother. She first met Claw's father in jail, the same day Gadget's parents met. She has higher authority over Claw, even going as far as to stop him in his evil deeds. Dr Claw once had his MAD agents turned invisible so that they could try to rob her house, apparently to get some childhood trophies from her. Like her son, only her right hand is seen.
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