History WesternAnimation / InchHighPrivateEye

* TheUntwist: "The Smugglers" features a whole mystery about trying to figure out what the titular smugglers are smuggling because all their crates are empty. The twist being, the boats themselves were the smuggled items. Having the detectives chase the crates, while the boats themselves were sold illegally.

* ActuallyADoombot: Two episodes of Inch High Private Eye featured Spumoni, a mad dollmaker as a villain. In the first, sold clockwork mannequins to department stores that would rob them. In the end, he's arrested but a failed escape attempt reveals that they only caught a robotic duplicate. The talking detached head wants of his return, which happens in the series finale as he comes back with robotic duplicates of the main character and his boss, and successfully ruins their reputation.

After its NBC run, ''Inch High'' would go into syndicated replays in select markets for some ten years. The character would appear in episodes of ''HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw''.

* ActuallyADoombot: Two episodes of Inch High Private Eye featured a mad dollmaker as a villain. In the first, sold clockwork manikins to department stores that would rob them. In the end, he's arrested but a failed escape attempt reveals that they only caught a robotic duplicate. Due to the prevalence in RoboticReveal in the cartoons of the era the [[WrongGenreSavvy main characters]] never even consider the possibility that the real guy is still at large... until he comes back with robotic duplicates of the main character and his boss, and successfully ruins their reputation.

* {{Expy}}: The tiny secret agent was previously affected in 1966 on ''Tom Of T.H.U.M.B.'', a segment of Videocraft's ''King Kong'' cartoon series. In that show, the character was a janitor for a secret agent bureau and accidentally got shrunk from a ray gun.

* MurderousMannequin: A villain, known for being a GadgeteerGenius (to the point that he even evaded arrest by fooling the police with a life-like replica of himself), built robots disguised as ordinary mannequins, sold them to department stores, then used them to rob the stores and return to him.

* MasterofDisguise: Gator sometimes tries to be one.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Lennie Weinrib is Inch High, John Stephenson (reprising his [[TheHairBearBunch Mr. Peevly]] voice) is Finkerton.

* Nephewism: Lori is Inch's niece, and she's more competent a detective then her Uncle or her Uncle's actual assistant!

** His much, ''much'' later appearance on ''[[HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw Harvey Birdman]]'' was voiced by MauriceLaMarche, essentially using his InspectorGadget voice.
* MrSmith: One episode featured a casino hidden in a hotel. To gain access, the clients had to tell the clerk they're looking for "Mr. Smith". Its downfall started when the Pinkertons had a lawyer named Smith.

'''Inch High, Private Eye''' was a HannaBarbera [[WesternAnimation cartoon]] on Creator/{{NBC}}, premiering September 8, 1973 and running just one season of 13 episodes.

* ActuallyADoombot: Two episodes of Inch High Private Eye featured a mad dollmaker as a villain. In the first, sold clockwork manikins to department stores that would rob them. In the end, he's arested but a failed escape attempt reveals that they only caught a robotic duplicate. Due to the prevalence in RoboticReveal in the cartoons of the era the [[WrongGenreSavvy main characters]] never even consider the possibility that the real guy is still at large... until he comes back with robotic duplicates of the main character and his boss, and successfully ruins their reputation.

* MurderousMannequin: A villain, known for being a GadgeteerGenius (to the point that he even evaded arrest by fooling the police with a life-like replica of himself), built robots disguised as ordinary mannequins, sold them to department stores, then used them to rob the stores and return to him.

After its NBC run, ''Inch High'' would go into syndicated replays in select markets for some ten years. The character would appear in episodes of HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Lennie Weinrib is Inch High, John Stephenson (reprising his [[TheHairBearBunch Mr. Peevly]] voice) is Finkerton.

'''Inch High, Private Eye''' was a HannaBarbera [[WesternAnimation cartoon]] on {{NBC}}, premiering September 8, 1973 and running just one season of 13 episodes.

* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The three main (human) characters, Lori being the beauty, Inch being the brains, and Gator being the brawn.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Lennie Weinrib is Inch High, John Stephenson (reprising his [[TheHairBearBunch Mr. Peevly]] voice) is Finkerton.
* Beauty, Brains and Brawn: The three main (human) characters, Lori being the beauty, Inch being the brains, and Gator being the brawn.

* {{Beauty, Brains and Brawn}}: The three main (human) characters, Lori being the beauty, Inch being the brains, and Gator being the brawn.

* Beauty, Brains and Brawn: The three main (human) characters, Lori being the beauty, Inch being the brains, and Gator being the brawn.

* Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: The three main (human) characters, Lori being the beauty, Inch being the brains, and Gator being the brawn.

* Beauty,Brains,andBrawn: The three main (human) characters, Lori being the beauty, Inch being the brains, and Gator being the brawn.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Lennie Weinrib is Inch High, John Stephenson (reprising his [[TheHairBearBunch Mr. Peevly]] voice) is Finkerton.

Inch High was a tiny (inch high, as his name implies), pragmatic but none-too-efficient employee of the Finkerton employment agency. He was assisted by his niece Lori, his addle-brained strongarm Gator, and his [[ScoobyDoo cowardly St. Bernard]] Braveheart. Mr. Finkerton, head of the agency, would love nothing more than to fire Inch on principle alone, but ascribing to the adage "the bigger they are, the harder they fall," Inch brings in his criminals. It was never disclosed how Inch High got to be as tiny as he is, but a publicity card from Hanna-Barbera attrtibutes it to a secret formula he concocted.

* ComicBookAdaptation: In Inch High's only comic book appearance (Hanna-Barbera Fun-In #14, Gold Key, October 1974), Lori becomes Inch's lovestruck secretary. Jack Manning drew both stories for the issue.

* CoolCar: Inch's Hushmobile.

* AdaptationDisplacement: In Inch High's only comic book appearance (Hanna-Barbera Fun-In #14, Gold Key, October 1974), Lori becomes Inch's lovestruck secretary.

* {{Expy}}: The tiny secret agent was previously affected in 1966 on ''TomOf T.H.U.M.B.'', a segment of Videocraft's ''King Kong'' cartoon series. In that show, the character was a janitor for a secret agent bureau and accidentally got shrunk from a ray gun.