Inspector Gadget: Everything You Didn't Know

Inspector Gadget: Everything You Didn't Know | SYFY WIRE

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Was Inspector Gadget a crystal ball for the future? Does Inspector Gadget have no soul? We deep dive into the 1983-1986 cartoon.
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More About Inspector Gadget: Inspector Gadget is a 1999 American action-comedy film directed by David Kellogg, written by Kerry Ehrin and Zak Penn from a story by Ehrin and Dana Olsen. It is loosely based on the 1983 animated cartoon series of the same name. It stars Matthew Broderick as the title character, along with Rupert Everett as Dr. Claw, Michelle Trachtenberg as Penny, and Dabney Coleman as Chief Quimby. Three new characters were introduced, Dr. Brenda Bradford (played by Joely Fisher), Mayor Wilson (played by Cheri Oteri) and the Gadgetmobile (voiced by D. L. Hughley). The film tells the story of how Inspector Gadget and Dr. Claw came to be in the cartoon.
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@susanfit47 10 ай бұрын

Inspector Gadget proved to be a success for DIC, not only launching the Inspector Gadget franchise, including additional animated productions, such as a 2015 sequel series, and two live-action films, but also encouraging the company to produce additional programs such as The Littles, Heathcliff, Rainbow Brite, Kidd Video and The Get Along Gang.

@johnnytechman1224 3 жыл бұрын

On "The Super Mario Bros Super Show," a live action Inspector Gadget appeared in the live segment, portrayed by voice actor Maurice La Marche.

@shampooh8r 5 жыл бұрын

I want know who were Penny's parents and what ever happened to them. Was one of them a sibling of Gadget and did they all worked together before his accident? I think the main plot of the series or at least the first season should be about Gadget trying find Penny's parents so that he can reunite them and become a family again. What if they were captured and brainwashed by Dr. Claw and he makes them committing crimes and Gadget tries to make them regain their senses?

@michaelsimpson208 5 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding?!? He's wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy too empty-brained!

@ariedlin 4 жыл бұрын

I think they died and im guessing he had a sibling. also, if reunited dosn't he loose Penny??

@jayvonnoelsmith8445 Сағат бұрын

Yup

@ronaldhenson9170 4 жыл бұрын

Don Adams is the best inspector gadget

@Jdawgwatchr56 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta love the catchy theme song.

@buddharmt 2 жыл бұрын

Apparently originally Dr claw was supposed to be penny's dad and gadgets brother. Thankfully they got rid of the soap opera motif

@CROSSTATT 3 жыл бұрын

The card also stated that his name was "John 'Jonathan' Brown".

@sXeblues 5 жыл бұрын

I was all about Inspector Gadget, as a kid... Right next to MOTU, Super Friends, Thundercats and TransFormers, that was my jam. I remember having one of the early ‘dolls’, as it was close to being a foot tall, and delicately setting about opening it up - with a hammer - because I was so curious what the inside looked like. I would go on to regret that, of course. I still have the one BK figure though, of him in his traditional grey coat. When I eventually made the connection between Gadget and Get Smart, watching reruns of the latter on Nick at Nite, I was blown away!

@kenzokan 5 жыл бұрын

I too had the tall Gadget doll, I believe it was made by Galoob. Mine also broke very quickly (there were no instruction on how to make his neck extend :(

@bruhmoment3536 3 жыл бұрын

Watch castle of cagliostro on netflix, it's the original series. Inspector gadget was a spinoff and the main character lupin is very similar

@hugeluigifan2236 4 жыл бұрын

I love inspector gadget

@ronaldhenson9170 4 жыл бұрын

me too I respect inspector gadget I think inspector gadget and robocop should team up

@JPHarringtonJr 3 жыл бұрын

The Gadget Mobile made me the man that I am today

@CROSSTATT 3 жыл бұрын

I wish they would remake "Inspector Gadget". I don't mean make sequels or spinoffs to the original series, either. I don't know why they didn't just remake it.

@metal87power 4 жыл бұрын

Macgyver and Robocop were actually efficient! While Gadget is just clumsy, comedy relief character and Penny is the main protagonist.

@bruhmoment3536 3 жыл бұрын

Didn't mention how inspector gadget was originally a lupin the third spinoff. Smh

@victoriakaren2324 3 жыл бұрын

Ikr he need do more research i think

@dtoyking1 3 жыл бұрын

Mad a.k.a. mutually assured destruction

@mandysyoutubething 5 ай бұрын

I remember watching several episodes of inspector gadget as a kid. And too this day the theme song still goes through my head and its pretty random. The creators def made it catchy kudos to them lol.

@SandiegoChapo 2 жыл бұрын

When he mentioned the best fast food toy I totally thought he was talking about the McDonald's toy where you got to build the actual Inspector Gadget 😂😂

@susanfit47 9 ай бұрын

Around the Spring of 1992, when Inspector Gadget was syndicated on Nickelodeon, what were the new characters added and stripped into old episodes?

@leo2nd261 4 жыл бұрын

I think a new live action Inspector Gadget movie would be cool but not like the other two made but this time, i like the idea of Gadget as a secret spy, possibly a damn good agent with skills who is terribly injured in line of duty then retrofitted with the cyborg elements but they never work the way he wants and messes up and wiping his mind is good idea also. He could have mustache at beginning but then taken away too. Penny, his supposed neice but unsure with her AI book and Brain. I want to see Dr Claw, unseen just hand with cat and the way it should be. A darker film, serious but still some humor like Mission Impossible movies.

@sheldorf1724 3 жыл бұрын

I always wanted them to do something with that theory about how dr. Claw is the real inspector gadget. Kinda like what the did in mgsv the phantom pain

@michaelrigoletti2410 Жыл бұрын

Agreed, the 1999 movie should be put in the dust bin like the early Hulk and Fantastic 4 movies. The biggest issue with live action is how they will have to CGI Brain into it, which is a tall order for how much he does. They should leave the plot as ambiguous as the TV show did, not make it an origins story. Not showing Dr. Claw's face is another major factor they need to include, adding to the mystery and ominous villain like nature. Also, Penny should have a more proactive and intelligent role as she is a central character (She isn't even in the trailer). Making her look similar to the TV show too, being about 10 years old (not 14) and blond (not brunette), which they completely missed the mark on in 1999.

@TherealRNOwwfpooh Жыл бұрын

@@michaelrigoletti2410 Michelle Trachenberg was a dirty blond in the 1999 film.

@cotton_lover9654 3 жыл бұрын

I love you inspector gadget too but it like it's perfect one I watched it when the childhood

@essteex4656 3 жыл бұрын

Id love a more serious inspector gadget mini series

@AndreiPopescu 2 жыл бұрын

There is one. It's called "Robocop".

@thegamingpro6410 4 жыл бұрын

I'm watching it right now on qubo

@anime-romance-horror-lover1997 3 жыл бұрын

Bro same

@hugeluigifan2236 4 жыл бұрын

If I was a cyborg I would have the gadget copter

@craigusselman546 4 жыл бұрын

Terminator 17 T-800 and Inspector Gadget fight Dr Claw.

@romanbrown2029 3 жыл бұрын

Mad stands for "mean and dirty"

@anime-romance-horror-lover1997 3 жыл бұрын

You made my night better right this moment it's 7:04 pm rn XD

@sanaaelharit2499 4 жыл бұрын

Wait penny has the same as foxxy love?!!..... from DRAWN TOGETHER!!!??......

@joltagegyronicthehedgehog4911 5 жыл бұрын

Syfy wire I know what Mad stands for it stands for malevolent agency of destruction

@anime-romance-horror-lover1997 3 жыл бұрын

Does it really? I didn't even know that

@ChestersonJack Жыл бұрын

I’ve seen that trading card. Is all of that info really on there? Like, the memory wipe and no-name I don’t remember reading on there.

@curtisberard7831 8 ай бұрын

In case it hasn't been said reportedly there is a rumor MAD stands for "Mean And Dirty:

@TherealRNOwwfpooh Жыл бұрын

Inspector Gadget (former good cop & hapless bungler John Brown cyberized) is basically Maxwell Smart (complete with the shoe phone, Don Adams as the original performer/voice actor, hyper-intelligent niece Penny as Gadget's Agent 9 equivalent [in "Get Smart", Maxwell Smart & Agent 9 are partners and a eventual married couple], and the evil organization that Maxwell Smart battles echoes M.A.D spearheaded by Sanford Scolex, otherwise known as Dr. Claw) mixed with MacGuyver & Robocop.

@mccloaker 6 күн бұрын

The card isnt true. Gadget isn't an alias. Gadget's ancestors were all named Gadget. The action figure wasnt Claw because it didnt match the arms on the show. There are other things here and there.

@ronaldhenson9170 4 жыл бұрын

dr claw and his mad thugs never learn inspector gadget always wins

@anime-romance-horror-lover1997 3 жыл бұрын

I mean it is mainly Penny and brain who always win considering they help out their uncle through almost all of the investigation

@jessicamitchell5534 5 жыл бұрын

That's so interesting and I wish there more stuff like this

@aye1972 3 ай бұрын

Any backstory for Inspector Gadget? but he was once an human before becoming an cyborg. Any theories for it?

@ericlehman6841 2 ай бұрын

I wish that they would stop making sequels to the 1982 or 1983 series and reboot it. I mean, a new universe of "Inspector Gadget". It would also be fun if Jonathan "John" Brown, be shown tripping on a banana peel in the first episode. Also, this Inspector Gadget would be much more competent, but still have a sense of humor. Actually, the card reveals that his name was John Brown.

@zaclawley610 4 жыл бұрын

Love the Video and inspector gadget

@kenzokan 5 жыл бұрын

EXTENDABLE arms and legs!!! (Not Expandable -- they didn't get bigger/inflate >:(

@oldtrkdrvr Жыл бұрын

My daughter says it stands for Mean And Dirty.

@hatandtincup8971 10 ай бұрын

Mean/maniacal and dastardly/dangerous? Or something inconspicuous like medically apply dentures Or major applied dinamite Or just mad like angry/ insane also what does it stand for in the other way like does it stand for injustice or stealing things

@hurremsultanija4640 2 жыл бұрын

The biggest mystery in this show is who is penny? Where are her parents, and why is gadget her guardian? I think that the next movie could have answers for those questions.

@AndreiPopescu 2 жыл бұрын

Penny is the unreliable narrator of the show. Everything we see from the moment her uncle goes on a mission is in her imagination. Her parents were probably police officers who died while on a mission and she now fears she would lose her uncle too. You can tell she is imagining herself going on missions by the fact that she quickly befriends every kid she runs into and they team up against Claw, but while not a mission she is never seen playing or talking to other kids. So how can such an unsociable child get those kids to fight terrorists with her? The answer is: she can't, she just imagines it out of her desire to have friends, which she can not have due to her being too shy as a result of the trauma she suffered because of the loss of her parents.

@sophitysoph2 9 ай бұрын

haha, i remember seeing that theory in another youtube video@@AndreiPopescu

@AndreiPopescu 9 ай бұрын

@@sophitysoph2 Which video is that? I never made a video about it and I never seen it in other videos or comments. I only made an image showing screenshots of Penny playing and her on missions side by side to point out the similarities.

@sophitysoph2 9 ай бұрын

@@AndreiPopescu oh whoops, i meant youtube comment, sorry i just thought it was cool that people had the same theories

@AndreiPopescu 9 ай бұрын

@@sophitysoph2 Probably one of mine. I wrote it some similar comments on other videos too.

@vincentwhitehead 3 жыл бұрын

No,gadget crashed into a tree..so it was a George of the jungle reference lol

@JakeHyro Ай бұрын

Kinda figured that

@northgaming2102 4 жыл бұрын

Woody woodpecer or talea from thw crypt keeper

@lapseevident3132 11 ай бұрын

mad stands for mean and dirty, its in the book

@inkandcupcakes1695 6 ай бұрын

Robot Chicken lol

@DJMichaelAngelo 3 жыл бұрын

okay this guy is really cute! power bottom? kind of annoying demeanor though....but still I wouldn't kick him out of bed - although there's the irony of casting someone to read off a Wikipedia article who wasn't even born when ths show first aired