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* [[Denser and Wackier]]: Now that Penny is a competent agent-in-training, MAD agents aren't nearly so menacing to her as they were when she was ten. This means that her interactions with them (and especially Talon) involve less sneaking and suspense and more action and physical comedy.
* [[Foil]]: Much as Penny has been (and remains) Gadget's competent niece, Talon is the usually-more-competent nephew of Dr. Claw.
** Gadget and Penny also work with their Russian counterparts Comrade Multi-Use-Tool and his niece Pasha.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Professor von Slickstein invents an "armor-wear" pair of underwear which functions as the [[MacGuffin]] of one episode. It projects a powerful force field, but strips von Slickstein of the rest of his clothing. When asked her opinion, Penny agrees that it's impressive, but says that she probably wouldn't use it herself...
* [[Modern Major-General]]: Gadget is quite talented as a stage magician and whale-singer. Inspecting? Not so much.
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** Gadget sings a song that sounds like the "Trololo" song. (Apparently he was part of a jazz opera group in his younger days.)
** The MAD Deconstructor-Bot looks like a purple [[The Black Hole|Maximilian]], spinning claws and all.
** Gadget once watches the "[[Mad Max|Angry Arnie]]" movies, about a man (and his dog) riding a car through the post-apocalyptic mutant-infested wasteland of Australia.
** In "Back to the MAD Future", the Gadgetmobile goes back in time when it reaches [[Back to the Future|88 miles per hour.]]
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Chief Quimby somehow turns up wherever Gadget is to deliver the mission briefing and debriefing -- popping out of a napkin dispenser, a bucket of popcorn, a chicken on a grill, turning up on a ''space station''...and while he usually just sticks out his head, when his self-destructing message blows up the bucket of popcorn, we see his whole body on the ground, so he's clearly "all there" in whatever he uses.
* [[Strictly Formula]]:
* [[Technology Marches On]]: Penny has upgraded from her computer watch and book to some kind of holographic tablet that she can project in front of her face or between her hands. Brain's collar has received a similar update.▼
:# Claw and/or Talon come up with an evil plan (or bicker about one currently in-progress).
:# Chief Quimby pops in on whatever Inspector Gadget and Penny are doing with a mission to foil said plan. No matter how hard he tries, his message (or some convenient item nearby) always self-destructs in his face.
:# Gadget gets it into his head that he's spotted a clue or a MAD agent (which he really hasn't).
:# Penny sends Brain to keep Gadget out of trouble. They get into trouble, and physical comedy ensues.
:# Penny goes after Talon, banter and fighting ensue.
:# Gadget bumbles back into the situation, foiling the plot (or making an opening for Penny to foil the plot), and saving the day.
:# "I'll get you next time, Gadget!"
▲* [[Technology Marches On]]: Penny has upgraded from her computer watch and book to
** In "Back to the MAD Future", the Codex doesn't work in the "pre-Internet dark age", and the disk containing the 50 most evil plans of all time has nothing to read it with.
* [[Theme and Variations Soundtrack]]: Keep an ear out for the "Go-Go-Gadget Go-oh-oh!" riff. Arranged as triumphant horns for establishing shots of HQ, quick-paced during action scenes...it's everywhere.
* [[Three Shorts|Two Shorts]]: The first episode was a full 22-minute-long "Gadget 2.0", but the rest have consisted of two 11-minute shorts.
* [[Two Lines, No Waiting]]: Penny (going after Talon) and Gadget (with Brain in tow) are the two lines.
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