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== 'Current' Gadget (robot) contains the uploaded mind of 'Original' Gadget (Human) ==
Unfortunately either due to some problem with the upload process or the trauma of waking up as a machine caused Current gadget to have a mental breakdown. Only though installing numerous mental blocks and false memories (damaging his intelligence in the process)could he function again. He is now kept due to his strange effectiveness and to take care of Penny, who probably lost her parents to MAD. Original Gadget is either dead or a vegetable. Those who know keep quiet to honour original Gadget's memory.
== Gadget was once a really intelligent cop (not a [[Cowboy Cop]]); whatever gave him more artificial body parts than [[
Given that the propeller that he uses to fly comes out of the top of his head, it seems unnervingly likely that something had to come out in order to make room for it.
== Gadget is [[Get Smart
Same voice, same personality, same general level of effectiveness.
== Gadget's seeming [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] is a [[Restraining Bolt]]. ==
It would make the most sense; if you have a cyborg who can do just about anything, and put him in INTERPOL, you'd want to do something to keep the other cops/agents useful, right? In order to keep Gadget from becoming too effective (a la [[
== Gadget himself is just a diversion; the real agents are Penny and Brain. ==
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Clearly, Police Chief Quimby is in on this. Penny can contact him at any time to bring in the cavalry, and he never asks why the same little girl every single time is on the line.
* In the second series, ''Inspector Gadget and the Gadgetinis'', it's revealed that, eventually, Brain retired because of trauma induced by taking shots for (and from) Gadget, and now lives in a ''riverfront house.'' That's not what people do with pets. That's retirement with honors for a shell-shocked officer. Brain is also fully capable of speaking with humans because of a special collar Penny gave
== Gadget ''is'' the diversion and is a lot smarter than he looks; he is [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] so Penny can accomplish the mission. ==
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== Dr. Claw is Soundwave from [[Transformers]]. ==
Related to the theory that [[G.I. Joe
== Chief Quimby is Immortal ==
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It may be that Quimby got sick of his incompetent subordinate and created M.A.D. for the ''sole purpose'' of killing Gadget, inspired by [[The Pink Panther|Inspector Clouseau's]] boss. It may be that Quimby has multiple personalities.
* Alternately, see ''MAD is a front operation,'' below.
** Not really a [[Paper-Thin Disguise|WMG]]. At the end of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVrpMJCjuM0 closing credits], Quimby/Klaw ''walks right up to Gadget'' and tell him, [[Refuge in Audacity|to his face]], that he’ll get him "next time."
** When Penny and Brain walks up he's giving them a shifty look.
*** However, there's an episode where we see Dr. Claw holing Quimby hostage with both of them talking to each other.
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== MAD is a front operation designed to keep Gadget busy. ==
M.A.D. is a diversion. Quimby is working both ends of a con, playing both the crook and the cop. He sends Gadget (and probably other elite detectives) into deathtraps to try to eliminate them, each deathtrap corresponding to some harebrained "M.A.D. scheme." At the end of the mission, Quimby shows up with his "officers" and "arrests" the M.A.D.
This is why it always seems to be the same couple of guys working for M.A.D. -- it IS the same couple of guys. Quimby can re-use them because Gadget is a [[Cloudcuckoolander]].)
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* Gadget can't be the only operative working against M.A.D. Maybe MAD generally breaks even.
== Gadget is not a cyborg, but a ''[[Ridiculously
Ignore [[The Movie]] and maybe Gadget Boy and
This would clear up so many strange things: his name, his lack of background, and his constant misunderstandings of how the world works.
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Penny and Brain are in no actual danger. "MAD" is either a whole cloth fiction of this agency, or a bumbling crime syndicate led by an insane Bond Villain obsessed "mastermind" who's useful as a training tool but poses no real danger. If Penny ever gets in real trouble, then notice how Gadget suddenly becomes hypercompetent, [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|quickly extracting her with barely a word]] before going back to bumbling wackiness.
* This agency is known by many names across the world, but it's best known by the name of its United States branch:... [[Get Smart
== Penny is currently working for the Los Angeles division of the agency under an assumed name. ==
The same world-wide organization designed for human protection would, [[Totally Spies!|having seen the success they achieved training Penny to become a super-spy]], immediately repeat the experiment with two other young women who they've been tracking. All they need do is give Penny an assumed name, insert her into Beverly Hills and send her group up against colorful lunatic villains.
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== Besides being a cyborg, Gadget also wears nanotech-infused clothing. ==
It's been stated that many of Gadget's gadgets are inside his
* That would explain the [[Magic Skirt]]-like properties his trench coat seems to have. Seriously, that thing stays up nearly every time he lands on his head.
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== The entire show is Inspector Gadget's [[Dying Dream]]. ==
Gravely wounded in the line of duty, he volunteered for an experimental cyborg conversion
== Inspector Gadget used to be Maxwell Smart. ==
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== "Doctor Claw" is the secret identity of a famous and widely recognizable real-life person. ==
Doctor Claw's face is never shown, and his voice is obviously disguised. Why? Because ''we would recognize him''. There is a easily recognizable celebrity, perhaps in the world of entertainment or politics, that is leading this crime and terror organization from the shadows.
* My personal bet in roughly 1986 would have been then-US Vice President George H.W. Bush, but...
** ...too easy.
** Wrong. It's obviously [[Doctor Who
== Doctor Claw is the original Gadget ==
He was horribly mangled and deformed by the incident, which is why he never shows his face. The MCPD gave him up as a lost cause and built a robot to replace him. Maimed, [[
* Funny, IG character designer Brian Lemay [http://www.brianlemay.com/Pages/FAQ.html#does thinks exactly the same thing].
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This is mainly due to their shared electronics skills. The difference between them is that Penny had her Uncle to step in and stop Alphabet Soup.
== Inspector Gadget is a [[Doctor Who
And he's his own TARDIS.
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MAD was performing illeagal genetic experiments on animals, Brain being amoung them. Gadget (or Penny secretly helping Gadget) rescued him, and adopted Brain into the family. Grateful at having been spared from life in a cage, and possibly being dissected alive, Brain has loyally helped Penny and Gadget in whatever way he can. Even if it means being the team [[Butt Monkey]].
== Dr. Claw is actually Big Louie from ''[[UHF (
He's mean, we only ever see his arm, he has a creepy voice, he has a [[Cool Car]]... I think this is a no-brainer.
== [[Mad
Just because it's awesome. Maybe Dr. Claw is really Alfred E. Neuman!
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* Maybe we'll even see some [[Character Development]]!
== MAD Cat is the Chesire Cat from ''[[
Dr. Claw went to Wonderland so he could find a literally mad pet(and everyone was mad in Wonderland). After finding MAD Cat, he had Dr. Spectrum and Dr. Dummkopf remove his disappearing powers and reduce his intelligence to that of a normal cat.
== The Mayor of Metro City is named Mayor Wiggum. ==
It already has a police chief named Chief Quimby, and we all know at least [[The Simpsons (animation)|one town that has a mayor named Quimby and a police chief named Wiggum]].
== the two movies describes two alternate universes ==
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In the direct-to-video film Inspector Gadget's Last Case, he shows signs of this. When telling Chief Quimby that you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs, he goes on to talk about using powdered eggs. Later, he says that the Gadgetmobile can't cut the mustard anymore, and then blathers on how he doesn't understand that statement and wonders why anyone would want to cut mustard.
== Claw is [[The Lorax
The Once-Ler never had a [[Heel Realization]] at the end of the book. Instead of wanting to give hope to the future, he turned to a life of super villainy with his fortune. The Japanese counterpart of Claw is another Once-Ler that was head of the Japanese Thneed production.
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The little guy doesn't seem to actually be Inspector Gadget himself, just a similar creation. Gadget Boy '''is''' part human, like Gadget, but his human parts were created artificially in a laboratory, just like his mechanical parts. He was created in an attempt to recreate the success (or at least that's what it looked like on paper, as he was always foiling Claw's plans) of the original Inspector. That explains how Gadget Boy can be susceptible to human diseases (as opposed to G9 who was 100% mechanical) and be seemingly partially human while still being a 100% artificial being.
* The people who made Gadget Boy never met the actual Inspector Gadget, but they had access to Dr. Slickstein's records and files on him, including copies of his personality, and they used that to make Gadget Boy as much like Inspector Gadget as they could.
== MAD stands for [[Mutually Assured Destruction]] ==
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