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=== The cartoon: ===
 
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Some people say that Gadget ''isn't'' stupid, he's [[Obfuscating Stupidity|willingly]] being a distraction so Penny can accomplish the mission, since when Penny's safety is threatened, he suddenly seems to become a ''lot'' more competent.
** Others interpret his complete obliviousness as a defense mechanism against dealing with what he has become.
* [[Body Horror]]: What may happen if you start to think about how and WHERE the different gadgets fit into his body.
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* [[First Installment Wins]]: The first season and series are possibly the most parodied out of the franchise.
* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: A MAD agent couldn't dare sneak blunt objects on a plane today, nor could Penny and Brain sneak into the cargo hold to get to destinations under Gadget's nose without plenty of TSA office visits and permanent inclusion on the no-fly list.
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Penny's computer-book almost seems primitive compared to modern mobiles and tablets. Course, hers ''did'' have a laser as an "extra"...
* [[Jumping the Shark]]: It's typically accepted that season 2's time travel story arc was this show's shark jump moment. Interestingly, ''Gadget Boy'' jumped the shark in the same way, except that story arc lasted a whole season.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Gadget appeared to give instructions on a lot of early [[Di CDiC]] DVD menus (even in series that had nothing to do with him), and some of the things he says have caught on due to a review by Mike Matei of [[James RolfeCinemassacre]]. ''Move the glow around the button you want to select!''
* [[Recycled Script]]: May as well be the [[Trope Codifier]].
* [[The Scrappy]]: Corporal Capeman.
* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: The second season, which has a different film look to it, most of the action takes place around Gadget's neighborhood, many of the voices are much different and the plots...
** A bunch of mobsters who have retired to the old folks home try to recapture their past glory and take over the city...with a potato gun named Rose Red. [[Flat What|What.]]
* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]]: Gadget is a pretty darn awesome superhero in concept, but he spends the entire series gleefully clutching the [[Idiot Ball]] and generally being useless. Alot of people say that Penny's a lot better a protagonist, and wish that she was the series' primary focus.
* [[BigNon LippedSequitur Alligator MomentScene]]: In the episode "Gone Went The Wind", Inspector Gadget finds Chief Quimby in the frozen chicken isle at the supermarket, but before Quimby appears, [[Mind Screw|one of the frozen chickens inexplicably gets out and walks away]].
 
=== The films: ===
 
* [[Broken Base]]: And how! The fans are divided between those who despised the first film for not being close enough to the cartoons, those who hated the second film for not being enough like the first, people who hated both and prefer to stick to the cartoons, and the people who actually liked both films.
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* [[Surprisingly Improved Sequel]]: On the other hand, the direct-to-video sequel was given props from following the cartoon's formula more closely than its predecessor.
* [[Uncanny Valley]]: Ironically used effectively in a negative capacity with Robo-Gadget. The shifty eyes and fake teeth are scary without really even trying. One could argue that Broderick made a better villain than a hero in the film.
* [[Visual Effects of Awesome]]: The original is worth watching just for [[Stan Winston|Stan Winston's]] realisations of Inspector Gadget's gadgets.
* [[WTH?What the Hell, Casting Agency?]]: one of the main complaints in reguards to the first film.
 
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