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=== Inspector Gadget ===▼
Characters from ''[[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]]'' include:
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Accidental Hero]]: Believe it or not, there are actually a number of times when Gadget is legitimately helpful and actually contributes towards solving the case. It's just that he tends to do it purely by accident.
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: "Would you believe I was practicing my swan dive?"
* [[Artificial Limbs]]
* [[Badass Longcoat]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I'm always on duty."
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: His sheer clumsiness, as proven when Quimby shows up and there's an impostor in the same room. Quimby knows which Gadget is which just because one of them happened to attack him with a stray mallet [[Spanner in
* [[The Ditz]]
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: It's amazing he still has a license, really.
* [[Fake Ultimate Hero]]
* [[Flanderization]]: In the pilot, Gadget was bumbling, but not nearly as oblivious and managed to fend off most of MAD's schemes via competance. Early episodes [[Depending
* [[Flipping the Bird]]: Surprisingly in a children's series, he does this in the OPENING sequence! Granted, he wasn't trying to be deliberately offensive; his bird just happened to be a flashlight.
* [[The Fool]]: Despite his idiocy, Gadget continually helps Penny and Brain out in one way or another, which leads to some [[Alternate Character Interpretation|Alternate Character Interpretations]] among fans that he's merely [[Obfuscating Stupidity]].
* [[Inspector Oblivious]]
* [[Last
* [[Lawful Stupid]]
* [[Nice Hat]]
** [[Hat of Flight]]: It can become a helicopter hat.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: [[Fake Brit]] Gadget from the pilot was voiced by Gary Owens.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: When he ''knows'' Penny is in danger, Gadget becomes virtually unrecognizable (and unstoppable) as he becomes the superhero he is ''supposed'' to be.
** This also extends to other people Gadget cares about. He's gone to similar lengths to save Brain (when he actually knows that he's dealing with Brain, as opposed to thinking the disguised Brain is a MAD agent) and Professor Von Slickenstein, the scientist who gave him his gadgets.
* [[Police Are Useless]]
* [[Swiss Army Appendage]]
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* [[We Can Rebuild Him]]: His origin in the movie.
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Angry Fist Shake]]
* [[Arch Enemy]]
* [[Berserk Button]]: Just seeing Gadget, or even simply having to mention his name, can make Dr. Claw angry enough to smash holes in his desk or shatter diamonds with his bare hands.
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Camp Straight]]: In the live-action movie.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Of [[James Bond|Ernst Stavro Blofeld]].
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I'll get you next time, Gadget! ''Next time''!"
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: For the movie. Also any episode that revolved around MAD setting up a legitimate business and then wiping out their competition by some underhanded means, leaving Dr. Claw with a monopoly.
* [[Diabolical Mastermind]]
* [[Evil Plan]]: Each episode revolves around one.
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]
* [[The Faceless]]: Not only faceless, but also bodiless as only his hands and arms are ever shown to the viewers. Luckily, in the movie, his whole appearance is [[Estrogen Brigade Bait|Rupert]] [[Ham and Cheese|Everett]].
** Not so much since the action figure release. '''Warning!''' [
* [[Hook Hand]]: His origin in the movie.
* [[No Name Given]]: While Gadget and the Gadgetinis has George Claw, the movie has Sanford Scolex.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Whenever Frank Welker wasn't available, he was voiced by Don Francks ([[Real Life Relative|Cree Summer's dad]]).
* [[Right
* [[Sinister Surveillance]]: The only thing he's ever shown doing.
* [[Slouch of Villainy]]: Throughout the series, he only watches the events from his lair or car.
* [[Surrounded
* [[Ultimate Evil]]
* [[Villain Exit Stage Left]]: Whenever he's actually at the scene of a MAD activity, he'll typically escape in the MAD Mobile once the Gadget family ruins his scheme.
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Bound and Gagged]]: Happens frequently.
* [[Cree Summer]]: Played Penny for most of the original series. It was her first role.
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* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]
* [[Kid Detective]]
* [[Non
* [[Only One Name]]: Penny was never given a last name, though a lot of people just assume it's Gadget.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: In the pilot she was voiced by [[Mona Marshall]]. In the second season, Holly Berger took over the role from Cree Summer.
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* [[Snooping Little Kid]]
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Action Pet]]: Although more wacky than outright action, he still goes through things that one would have to be tough to get though.
* [[Beleaguered Assistant]]: Occasionally averted when Gadget actually ''saves'' Brain. This usually happens when Gadget thinks he's a MAD agent and is trying to capture him, and ends up grabbing Brain right before he'd fall to his death.
* [[Face Palm]]: One of his frequent reactions to Gadget's antics.
* [[My Instincts Are Showing]]: Though usually a neurotic [[Straight Man]] with more human intelligence than most of the police force combined, Brain sometimes has displays of puppy-like friskiness. For example, at one point when Gadget tries to throw away some explosives, he mistakes it for a stick and excitedly plays fetch with it.
* [[Non
* [[Paper
* [[Speech
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* [[Da Chief]]
* [[Ice Queen|Ice King]]: His attitude is different in each live action movie.
** [[Jerk
** [[Jerkass]]: In the direct-to-video sequel to [[The Movie]].
* [[Mr. Exposition]]
* [[Something Only They Would Say]]: Apparently, only the real Gadget would malfunction without warning and injure him with his gadgets. Quimby uses that fact to [[Spot the Impostor]] in one episode.
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