The Robot Chicken episode "Adoption's an Option" featured a sketch featuring the Inspector Gadget characters in a parody of The Terminator. Inspector Gadget is a media franchise that began in 1983 with the DIC Entertainment animated television series Inspector Gadget. However, he does return in later spinoffs. The series was produced by DHX Media, which purchased Cookie Jar in 2012. The production values of this series were higher than any of the previous revivals and spinoff series. 2005's Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever was the first Inspector Gadget animated production to be completely rendered using 3D computer animation. This special was nominated for an Emmy. In the 2015 series, she has become an agent in training, is more physically active than in previous incarnations and she has a crush on Dr. Claw's nephew, Talon. Thanks to the help of Penny & Brain - he always gets the bad guys! As opposed to the animated series, where Gadget is bumbling and clueless and Dr. Claw's face is never shown, Gadget appears to be more reliable and competent in detective work and Dr. Claw's face appears many times in the film. In the commercials for KFC in Australia, she was voiced by Robyn Moore. [9][10], On December 4, 2014, it was announced that the series has 26 episodes and that it would air on Boomerang's international channels in 2015. It was commissioned by Teletoon Canada, which aired the show, and put into preproduction by The Cookie Jar Company. The Magic School Bus on Amazon Video. The first game developed based on the series was Inspector Gadget and the Circus of Fear developed by Beam Software and scheduled for release by Melbourne House in the UK in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. Gadget's destiny is marked by the letter G - gadgets, gags, & goofs! [13] In October 2019, Mikey Day and Streeter Seidell were hired to write the film.[14]. Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Greatest Gadgets. GADGET, with Penny and Brain's assistance, investigates a rash of mysterious mansion burglaries in Metro City. In April 2008, a new Inspector Gadget series was announced to premiere in Spring 2009 to celebrate the franchise's 25th anniversary. The new (2015) theme was composed by Canadian film and TV composers Stephen Skratt and Asher Lenz, "once again using In the Hall of the Mountain King as inspiration".[25]. Sharma described how the success of the game had resulted in a new TV series having been in the making: "We did 1 million downloads in a week, and it's reinvigorated the TV brand with a new TV series in production. In Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever, she is notably more selfish and unlike any other incarnation, she doesn't try to help her uncle at all. Instead, Hudson released an SNES game in 1993 simply called Inspector Gadget. It features Shuki Levy's original theme music and also includes original voices from the show. Gadget loves his family more than anything and would do anything to keep them from harm, especially Penny. It was planned to air in the United States on Fox Family, but after the Channel was acquired by Disney in 2001 it never did and so it has never aired in the United States. Never mind that he usually ends up accidentally using those gadgets against himself and his allies! agents disguised as Martians terrorize Metro City. In the 2015 series, he is noticeably less competent and malicious and the crimes he commits are a lot more petty. In the first live action film she is portrayed by Michelle Trachtenberg. In Gadget and the Gadgetinis, he has become an agent for the CIA. He falls in love with his intended replacement: the fully robotic G2. No follow-up issues have been released to date. Meanwhile, Mad Cat dies of leukemia; at the end of the show, Dr. Claw blames Gadget for Mad Cat's death. Penny loves her uncle more than anything, which is why she is always ready to help him behind his back, but on a few occasions she gets annoyed by his stupidity. The main protagonist and titular character of the franchise. 5 images (& sounds) of the Inspector Gadget: Mad Robots Invasion cast of characters. He is still 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, due to Brain running away. He is absent in Gadget and the Gadgetinis and only shows up in pictures. He and Bombaboy seek out a pterodactyl to get revenge on his captors and launch yet another scheme to conquer the world. 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Gadget's nemesis is Dr. Claw, the leader of an evil organization, known as "M.A.D."[5]. The theme song has been heavily sampled in the years since then. Erica Horn provided her voice in Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas. Synopsis. The series would have taken a darker tone than the other Inspector Gadget series, featuring a 2D/3D animesque artstyle with cinematic camera angles and dramatic musical cues, as well as new villains alongside Dr. Claw[22] The series was never produced, and was canceled likely due to DIC's purchase by Cookie Jar Entertainment in July 2008. After this partnership, Light and Shadow Production released three Inspector Gadget titles on their own - Inspector Gadget: Advance Mission for Game Boy Advance (Published by DreamCatcher Interactive in the United States) and two European-exclusive titles - Inspector Gadget: Mad Robots Invasion for the PlayStation 2 and Inspector Gadget Racing for the Game Boy Advance. Maurice LaMarche did Inspector Gadget's voice in the modern segments, marking his first cartoon voice appearance as Gadget, who had previously been voiced by Don Adams. Penny is Gadget's intelligent niece and the one who really stops Dr. Claw's evil schemes. Equipped w/ an array of gadgets to battle crime, thieves & bandits fear for their life when he appears. Tony Martin subsequently took over the role of Dr. Claw in the sequel. when they try to disguise themselves as Martians. Hughley. Inspector Gadget, Penny, and Brain travel to the North Pole in an attempt to stop Dr. Claw and save Christmas. Unfortunately, Gadget is not good at his job and most of his gadgets are not much help either. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site?

I have 60 new copies of Inspector Gadget The Invasion. Once Gadget finishes reading them, the paper self-destructs and blows up in Quimby's face in a parody of Mission: Impossible. Inspector Gadget. However, neither side is aware that it is Gadget's niece, Penny, and her dog, Brain, who are truly responsible for thwarting M.A.D. A second film, Inspector Gadget 2 featured many changes from the first one, such as Doctor Bradford no longer assisting Gadget or being his romantic interest, instead being replaced by a well-meaning and upbeat scientist named Baxter and a new romantic interest named G2. In January 2012, the then-in-development show was mentioned by Ray Sharma, the CEO of XMG Studio, which produced the hit mobile game "Inspector Gadget: M.A.D. Inspector Gadget travels to Malaysia to find the famous explorers that were captured by Dr. Claw. Ironically, Dr. Claw claims that he somehow found out it was Penny and Brain who were behind all of Gadget's successful missions, and planned to gain control of Inspector Gadget via Skynet, and use him to kill them using the Cyberdyne technology that gained control of him. 16: 16 "The Invasion" October 3, 1983 () 080-116: Based on War of the Worlds, extraterrestrials land and Metro City is evacuated. Brain is also back in his old role, while Penny is now 16 years old. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Thanks to the help of his niece Penny and her intelligent dog Brain, he manages to stay one step ahead of the bad guys. Penny and Brain make appearances as minor supporting characters. In 1996, Gadget took students around the world in this series of 50 field trips, mainly created to market to stations to fulfill the FCC E/I requirements. It's finally here on AFN Family! This was his first live-action appearance predating the 1999 live action film that was released ten years later. Caitlin Wachs portrays her in the sequel. He also has a horrible judge of character and he thinks that the bad guys are his allies and his allies are his enemies.He loves his niece Penny with all his heart and would do anything to protect her from harm. Gadget must rescue secret computer parts. In 1983 the lovable bumbling Inspector Gadget (voiced by Get Smart s Don Adams) first hit the TV airwaves, entertaining and inspiring children across the United States. Maurice LaMarche reprised the role of Gadget in this film and Jaleel White voiced the Gadgetmobile. It resembled the arcade title Metro-Cross and was a left-to-right scrolling racing/jumping game with a quasi-isometric forced 3d perspective. He returned in the episode, No Brainer, where Penny made him a translation collar in order to help find Gadget. Don Adams, Frank Welker, Erica Horn and Maurice LaMarche provide the voices for the characters. Chief Quimby is Gadget's boss and the chief of police. Brain usually has the job of keeping Gadget safe on his missions while Penny investigates M.A.D's crimes. COMPANY; Photos of the Inspector Gadget: Mad Robots Invasion (Game) voice actors. In this, Gadget is more competent, yet he is still bumbling, similar to his persona in the pilot episode and his Mathew Broderick counterpart. Following the trend, Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh used samples from the Inspector Gadget theme song on their single "The Show". However, her meddling often leads to her getting captured by the villains, which leaves Brain to rescue her. Criminals, beware! He has been voiced by Frank Welker, Don Francks, Brian Drummond, Doug Rand, and Martin Roach. Our bumbling detective is equipped with an incredible array of gadgets to help him in his never-ending battles against crime and corruption. S01:E20 - Basic Training. Gadget reports for duty at the Greenfinger Institute, a large compound dedicated to botanical science in order to protect an important formula from M.A.D. The series will again revolve around the iconic bionic bumbling detective. Dr. Claw, now with the first name George, returns as the main villain, with his relatives introduced in some episodes. He ran away to a riverside shack to get away from Gadget. "[6], In September 2012, Cookie Jar issued a short press release about the then-upcoming series, as part of the advertising for it during the MIPCOM market that October, stating: "Cookie Jar Entertainment is celebrating Inspector Gadget’s 30th anniversary with the launch of a brand-new series with its Canadian broadcast partner TELETOON. In the Australian KFC commercials he was voiced by Keith Scott. With Don Adams, Holly Berger, Maurice LaMarche, Luc Durand. Brain is Gadget and Penny's intelligent and sweet four-(later five)-year-old dog. Also, the original creators of Inspector Gadget were all involved: Andy Heyward was one of the executive producers; Jean Chalopin wrote or co-wrote all the episodes, in addition to being credited as the new show's creator; whereas Bruno Bianchi directed and produced the series. Don Adams returned as Gadget's voice while Penny, Brain, Chief Quimby, Capeman and Dr. Claw are entirely absent. "Inspector Gadget" The Invasion (TV Episode 1983) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In depth information about The Invasion, produced by DiC Entertainment, FR3, Nelvana Limited. Please do not use ALL CAPS. Its two seasons originally ran from 1983 to 1986 and remained in syndication into the late 1990s. Series Info Inspector Gadget. He was voiced by Don Adams in the original series and Inspector Gadget's Field Trip until Adams' retirement from voicing Gadget in 1999, Gary Owens and later Jesse White in the original series' pilot episode, Keith Scott in the KFC commercials in Australia and Maurice LaMarche in the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Gadget and the Gadgetinis, the direct-to-video animated films, and various DIC Kids Network bumpers. The reason given for why he is absent is because after all the years of secretly helping Gadget, he has become phobic of gadgets, Gadget, and the word itself. Even though the film uses the same character designs as the concurrent Gadget & The Gadgetinis TV series, SIP Animation wasn't involved with the production of this movie. Inspector Gadget was adapted into a 1999 live action film by Walt Disney Pictures, starring Matthew Broderick as the title character and Rupert Everett as Dr. Claw. In the first live action film he is portrayed by Dabney Coleman. 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