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1Character page for the ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' animated series and live-action films.
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5!Gadget and Friends
6[[folder:Augustin Tamare/Inspector Gadget]]
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10-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GaryOwens (original pilot), Jesse White (first revision of pilot), Creator/DonAdams (second revision of pilot and remainder of original series), Creator/MauriceLaMarche (''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis'', ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'', ''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever''), Luc Durand (series, French voice), Creator/JeanPierreMichael (1999 film, French dub)
11-->'''Played by:''' Maurice [=LaMarche=] (''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''[[note]]Live-action crossover segments[[/note]]), Creator/MatthewBroderick (1999 movie), Creator/FrenchStewart (''Inspector Gadget 2'')
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13An air-headed cyborg police inspector who's rather clueless.
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15* AccidentalHero: 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.
16-->'''Gadget:''' ''[whenever he's congratulated for solving the case]'' I did?
17* AdaptationalBadass: He's a lot more competent in the first live action movie, to the point where he actually arrests Dr. Claw. Also in the aforementioned first live-action movie, even most of his gadgets get this treatment, in that most of them actually benefit him in situations, including but not limited to that same movie's version of the Helicopter Hat actually allowing him to properly fly with no problems, his super-strength and super-toughness (which is a gadget in of itself due to how his cybernetics function) actually playing a role in fights, his magnifying glass actually being used to find a literal clue, among other gadgets in the 1999 version. The 2003 sequel makes Gadget incompetent due to software glitches, but he becomes competent again in the climax after taking one of G2's chips.
18* AdaptationDyeJob:
19** The 1999 film changed the colors of Gadget's outfit. His hat goes from gray with a light gray band to brown with a black band, his trench coat went from gray to beige, his pants went from blue to black and his shoes went from gray to black. ''Inspector Gadget 2'' brings back the gray trench coat, but everything else remained the same.
20** In ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'' and ''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis'', Gadget's trench coat and hat are almost black colored with his gloves being yellow, although the trench coat is also a notably different style to the original.
21* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: He's depicted with short, clean cut hair in the films as opposed to the longer, shaggier style he has in the cartoons.
22* AdaptationNameChange: A retroactive case. Per canon, his real name is Augustin Tamare, though this wasn't revealed until 2018. The 1999 movie gave Gadget the real name of John Brown.
23* AdultsAreUseless: However, when Gadget knows Penny is in danger, he becomes scarily competent.
24* AllThereInTheManual: His real name, Augustin Tamare, only appeared in French press materials. Some press materials explained that he became a cyborg after slipping on a banana peel.
25* ArtificialLimb: His arms and legs appear to be robotic, as does his neck.
26* BadassLongcoat: He wears a huge overcoat and on rare occasions can turn out to be very competent when he needs to be.
27* CallingYourAttacks: Zig-zagged. Gadget usually uses his "Go-Go Gadget" CatchPhrase to activate his gadgets, and a second-season episode says that they're activated by voice commands. However, Gadget's gadgets will sometimes activate by themselves, either by accident or because Gadget simply wants them to. Penny and Brain have also activated Gadget's coat by pulling the button that inflates it.
28* CatchPhrase:
29** "I'm always on duty." Often preceeded by "Don't worry, chief!"
30** "Wowsers!"
31** [[PhraseCatcher "What's that, Chief? You're where?"]]
32* ChekhovsSkill:
33** 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 [[SpannerInTheWorks that just happened to go off by itself at exactly the right moment...]]
34** Also his tendency to mistake Brain for a MAD agent. In "MAD Trap" Brain is savvy enough to intentionally pretend to be criminal to distract Gadget away from a booby trap.
35* CloudCuckoolander: Gadget lives in his own world, light-years away from our own. Then again, as repeatedly stated here, when he gets a clue he show why he earned the title of Inspector.
36* CluelessDetective: He has a reputation for being a great detective, but it's really thanks to Penny and Brain's help that his incompetence hasn't gotten him killed or ruined his chances at foiling Dr. Claw's schemes.
37* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: In rare instances he's shown to be scarily competent. Namely when lives are in genuine danger, ESPECIALLY Penny's. Also when he's pursuing Dr Claw (And actually knows it's Dr Claw)
38* {{Cyborg}}: He has robotic parts, but several episodes imply that he used to be human. For example, he still has basic human needs such as hunger and sleeping. The live-action film shows that he was indeed a human man who was blown up by Claw and was fitted with his cybernetics in order to save his life (and to use him as a guinea pig for the Gadget program).
39* {{Determinator}}: He often shows extreme determination to complete his missions. When he was chasing Dr Claw (And actually knew it was Dr Claw), Claw only got away because the Gadgetmobile can't fly.
40* TheDitz: He's often unable to successfully solve cases himself because he's a moron. That said, the mayhem he causes is often directly helpful to Penny and Brain.
41* DrivesLikeCrazy: It's amazing he still has a license, really.
42* DumbassHasAPoint: He insists that there's no such thing as ghosts, despite Brain's and even Penny's fears. He's always proven right.
43* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Gadget sported a large handlebar mustache in the original series' pilot, which made him look too much like Inspector Clouseau, so the mustache was later removed.
44* ExpressiveHair: Gadget's hair droops when he's sad, disappointed, or surprised.
45* {{Expy}}: Of [[Franchise/ThePinkPanther Inspector Clouseau]] and [[Series/GetSmart Maxwell Smart]], with elements of the Six Million Dollar Man. In the 1999 movie version, a few elements of Robocop are added in for good measure.
46* FakeUltimateHero: He has a reputation of being the world's greatest crimefighter, and while he has managed to save the day himself on rare occasions, it's usually Penny and Brain that do all the work.
47* FearlessInfant: Gadget was shown to be one in a flashback of the final episode, where he is seen as a baby witnessing crime boss Spuds Malone gun down people with his potato gun the Red Rose and being completely unfazed by the chaos.
48* FearlessFool: One of his more bluntly heroic traits is that when he knows there’s danger afoot he’ll often leap in to thwart it with little regard with to his own safety, even if he has no practical means of doing so. Him leaping onto the back of a stolen fighter jet the process of taking off in “Follow that Jet” and ending up stuck for his trouble is a good example.
49* {{Flanderization}}: In the pilot, Gadget was bumbling, but not nearly as oblivious, and managed to fend off most of MAD's schemes via competence. Early episodes [[DependingOnTheWriter occasionally flip flopped]] between this depiction and his iconic AccidentalHero persona before finally settling for the latter. This was exaggerated where most spin offs such as ''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis'' are concerned.
50* TheFool: Despite his idiocy, Gadget continually helps Penny and Brain out in one way or another, which leads to some {{Alternate Character Interpretation}}s among fans that he's merely ObfuscatingStupidity.
51* GoodParents: Bumbling though he may be as a detective, he's a very good surrogate father to Penny, who's a well-adjusted and brilliant kid.
52* HatOfFlight: His hat contains helicopter blades, which allows him to fly.
53** Starting with ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'', the Gadget-Copter also formed a helmet and visor.
54* HiddenDepths: Though incompetent as an actual sleuth, Gadget often gives rather insightful lessons [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle about day-to-day lifestyle]] to his niece at the end of each episode.
55* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Gadget ''always'' believes the lies MAD agents tell him. He'll even trust MAD agents that aren't even bothering with deceiving him and are just trying to kill him ("Ah! The welcoming commitee!"). This goes all the way to the opposite end of the spectrum. He'll spot Brain in disguise, and instead of recognizing Brain, he'll think Brain is the MAD agent!
56* HyperspaceArsenal: He has a lot of stuff inside his hat.
57* IdiotHero: The main protagonist and a complete dunce.
58* InspectorOblivious: Aside from actually being an inspector, he also tends to be very gullible.
59* InvincibleIncompetent: While not very bright, his stupidity often causes him to unknowingly thwart M.A.D. agents' attempts to kill him, when he doesn't otherwise ruin MAD's plans outright.
60* KindheartedSimpleton: Gadget means well in his antics and is trying to save the day, he's just completely inept about it.
61* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Gadget would always prevent Penny and Brain from ever coming with him on missions because "it's much too dangerous". Really, the missions are much too dangerous for him since he's a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter, an InspectorOblivious, and basically TooDumbToLive. One of the biggest reasons why he succeeds and survives is ''because'' of Penny and Brain's interventions, which he is never aware of.
62* LastNameBasis: In the animated incarnations. In the movie, "Gadget" is just a nickname given to him by the press and his real name is John Brown.
63* LawfulStupid: He works for the Metro City police and is a complete idiot.
64* LetsGetDangerous: Very, ''very'' rarely, Gadget showed competence and was able to avert disaster all on his own. This tends to happen when Penny is in danger.
65* MadLibsCatchPhrase: "Go-go Gadget [name of gadget he's trying to use]!"
66* ManChild: He occasionally acts this way, such as in "Gone Went the Wind", when he becomes snow blind, [[MistakenForSanta mistakes a polar bear for Santa Claus]], and sits on the polar bear's lap, asking for a choo-choo train, a candy cane, and a doll of himself.
67* ObfuscatingStupidity: It's been argued that he only acts like a bumbling idiot, and lets Penny be the hero. One of the biggest arguments for this is that he becomes [[PapaWolf significantly more competent, and significantly more dangerous, when Penny is in genuine danger]].
68* OlderThanTheyLook: According to "Gadget and the Red Rose", Gadget is in his ''fifties''.
69* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: See also PapaWolf and LetsGetDangerous. Threaten Inspector Gadget's niece Penny, and you'll instantly find out just how competent the normally bumbling Gadget can be. In "The Infiltration", he also gets a line spoken with a dead-serious tone you wouldn't expect--namely, that if he doesn't catch the phony soon, "the security of the free world could be in jeopardy."
70* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Due to his real name never coming up in the show, everybody simply calls him Gadget, even Penny.
71* PapaWolf:
72** When he ''knows'' Penny is in danger, Gadget becomes virtually unrecognizable (and unstoppable) as he becomes the superhero he is ''supposed'' to be. For what it's worth, one of his few talents seems to be acting as a guardian; when not oblivious to some villain on her tail, he raises Penny rather well and [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle gives rather intelligent life lessons]].
73** This 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.
74* ParentalObliviousness: Gadget has no idea that it's his niece solving his cases and saving the world.
75* PoliceAreUseless: Aside from the rare occasions where he proves himself to be competent when he needs to be, Inspector Gadget is a bumbling imbecile who is easily deceived by Dr. Claw and M.A.D.
76* PunnyName: His real name, Augustin Tamare, doubling as BilingualBonus. "Tintamarre" means a deafening cacophony in French.
77* SimpleMindedWisdom: For all his idiocy as a detective, the guy gives his niece some meaningful advice in domestic and outdoor life in the educational bumpers.
78* SmartBall: Gadget, who could show competence whenever it was necessary to advance the plot. Several of MAD's attempts to derail the train in Basic Training were thwarted by Gadget himself, while in The Ruby Gadget defeated the tigers Dr. Claw sent after him on his own.
79** He's also holding this to a degree in ''Last Case'' where he's somewhat less bumbling and gullible and more actively engaging in police work. Emphasis on ''somewhat.''
80** He also becomes much more competent whenever Penny is in peril.
81* SpannerInTheWorks: Despite Gadget's idiocy, the chaos he causes frequently helps Penny and Brain save the day. He's also destroyed more than one MAD base by accident.
82* SuperStrength: While usually not demonstrated in very ostentatious fashion, Gadget's baseline strength is clearly superhuman. There are occasional exceptions where it's more obvious; for example, in "Gadget's Gadgets" he broke free when literally ''riveted'' in place with steel bands on an operating table.
83* SuperToughness: Gadget frequently suffers more extreme abuse than Franchise/RoboCop has to put up with on a bad day. He has survived falls off skyscrapers, crashing airplanes, [[HighVoltageDeath electrocutions]], any number of bombs and [=IEDs=], and even being [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe sawn in two]]. As yet, nothing has permanently crippled him.
84* SwissArmyAppendage: He has several of these, though most of his gadgets come from his hat.
85* TooDumbToLive: Penny and Brain have to keep Gadget's stupidity from getting him killed in even the most mundane of situations.
86* TrickedOutShoes: His shoes can become magnets and roller skates. Later animated installments would also show them to have suction cups in the soles, while the skates get upgraded to rocket skates.
87* UselessProtagonist: Half the time, the other half his bumbling [[TheFool inadvertently comes handy]] (about five or six times throughout the show [[LetsGetDangerous he actually saves the day through competence]]).
88* WackyParentSeriousChild: A variant in that he is the Wacky Uncle to Penny's serious niece.
89* WeCanRebuildHim: His origin in the movie is that he was converted into a cyborg after being injured in an accident.
90** An AllThereInTheManual explanation is that he was rebuilt as a cyborg after an accident with a banana peel.
91* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: It's never explained where he got all his gadgets.
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94[[folder:Penny]]
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96[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see her in the 1999 film]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inspector_gadget_1999___penny.png[[/labelnote]]]]
97[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see her in ''Inspector Gadget 2'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/penny_cw.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
98-->'''Voiced by:''' Mona Marshall (pilot), Creator/CreeSummer (first season), Holly Berger (second season), Erica Horn (''Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas''), Tegan Moss (''Gadget and the Gadgetinis'', ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'', ''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever''), Patricia Danot and Barbara Tissier (French voice)
99-->'''Played by:''' Creator/MichelleTrachtenberg (1999 movie), Caitlin Wachs (''Inspector Gadget 2'')
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101Inspector Gadget's niece. As Gadget is clueless and rather inefficient, she always steps in to help him behind his back with her portable computer and Brain, without ever letting him know.
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103* AdaptationDyeJob: She's a blonde in the cartoon, but she has brown hair in the 1999 film. The 2003 sequel replaced the original actress with a blonde one.
104* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: In addition to the above, Penny rarely sported pigtails in the live-action films, usually either wearing her hair down, in braids or in a ponytail.
105* AgeLift: Penny is a teenager in the live-action films and most of the sequel cartoons.
106* BadassAdorable: A young girl who succeeds in anonymously helping her uncle thwart Dr. Claw's plans.
107* BadassBookworm: She has a book that's also a computer (the best of both worlds). She's also suggested to be a very good student.
108* BorrowedCatchPhrase: She sometimes uses her uncle's CatchPhrase of "wowsers!" She has also occasionally used Gadget's "Go-Go Gadget" phrase when using her computer book to activate one of the Gadgetmobile's gadgets.
109* BoundAndGagged: Whenever she gets caught by a M.A.D. agent, she often gets tied up.
110* ButtMonkey: This is a result of her DamselInDistress status.
111* ChildProdigy: It's implied that she's the one who built the computer book. Made explicit in ''Gadgetinis'' as she's the direct creator of the titular robots.
112* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: When Gadget's trademark stupidity kicks in, she's usually the one who (tries to) steer him in the right direction, or has Brain trick him into it in extreme cases.
113* DamselInDistress: She is often captured and tied up by Claw's henchmen. However, she has a roughly 50% chance of getting ''herself'' out of the distress.
114* DamselOutOfDistress: She often escapes from Claws' henchmen, or arranges for Brain to rescue her.
115* DubNameChange: In the French version her name is Sophie.
116* {{Flanderization}}: In the pilot and a couple of early episodes, she was largely a TagalongKid who secretly helped Gadget with the odd obstacle he couldn't handle himself. Afterwards she's Gadget's HyperCompetentSidekick who often does the whole mission while her uncle screws up.
117* GirlishPigtails: She has pigtails.
118* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Her hair is blonde and she is a very kindhearted person.
119* HyperCompetentSidekick: Though Gadget doesn't know it, she helps her uncle solve all his cases.
120* KidAppealCharacter: She's only about 10 years old and is a typical kid yet at the same time a brilliant sleuth and with Brain is responsible for her uncle's success as a detective.
121* KidDetective: She's a young girl who solves cases for her uncle.
122* MissionControl: She's not an ActionGirl so Brain always does the field work. She hijacks/spies on the M.A.D. agents with her portable computer and communicates informations to Brain via CommLinks.
123* {{Nephewism}}: Her uncle is her legal guardian/primary caregiver and it's never really discussed/confirmed what happened to either of Penny's parents. In the second season, it's confirmed that both of Penny's parents are dead--and while we only have Dr. Claw's word for it, Gadget is apparently Penny's only living relative.
124* NervesOfSteel: It's amazing how she hardly gets annoyed with her uncle's antics.
125* NiceGirl: Penny rarely shows anger, hardly ever even gets annoyed (even with her uncle's antics), and the number of people she shows intense dislike for throughout the entire franchise can be easily counted on one hand. As a result, she has a knack for making friends and allies at the drop of a hat.
126* NonStandardCharacterDesign: In comparison to the other very cartoony designs in the show, Penny's is noticably more {{animesque}} and realistically proportioned. ''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis'' gives her a somewhat wackier design, though still slightly more subtle than the rest of the cast.
127* NotSoAboveItAll: She may be the most competent and mature person in her household, but mention her favorite singer and she still goes into shrieking fangirl mode.
128* OnlyOneName: Penny was never given a last name, though a lot of people just assume it's Gadget. One could assume her last name is "Brown" in the live-action films, but it is unclear whether John Brown is her maternal or paternal uncle.
129* PluckyGirl: She remains calm even when in dangerous situations.
130* {{Protectorate}}: Most of the rare times her uncle achieves something competent is when Penny's life is on the line. At least when he ''knows'' it.
131* SnoopingLittleKid: Frequently spies on M.A.D. agents to see what they are up to.
132* {{Tomboy}}: Not all that feminine.
133* UnknownRival: The key comedy of the show is that it's Penny who undoes Claw's schemes but Claw is somehow convinced Gadget is his main enemy. Averted in the second film, where he considers her more of a WorthyOpponent than Gadget.
134* WackyParentSeriousChild: Replace "Parent" with Uncle and "Child" with "Niece" and you have this.
135* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: When it comes to ghosts. She gets over it with the help of Gadget.
136* YourSizeMayVary: While Penny had more or less consistent design even with the original show's [[DependingOnTheArtist slew of outsourced animation styles]], her pigtails did not. Some episodes had them small and petite, others could have them near the size of her face (best seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEGsXz2SoDc the outro]]), and everything in between.
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139[[folder:Brain]]
140[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brain_inspector_gadget.jpg]]
141-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker (original series), Creator/LeeTockar (''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'', ''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever''), Creator/MauriceLaMarche (''Gadget and the Gadgetinis''), Creator/ChristianPelissier (French voice), [[RemakeCameo Don Adams]] (1999 movie), Creator/JeffBennett (''Inspector Gadget 2'')
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143Penny's super-intelligent dog, who always assists her when she works in the shadow to help Gadget. As Penny is not an ActionGirl and always needs to use her portable computer, it's Brain who always does the field work and ensures Gadget doesn't get killed.
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145* ActionPet: Although more wacky than outright action, he still goes through things that one would have to be tough to get though.
146* BeleagueredAssistant: Zigzagged. Sometimes he's the one who gets injured while he's saving Gadget. Other times he's clear of whatever happens with the M.A.D. agents taking the fall instead. A few rare occasions have SwappedRoles where Gadget is the one saving him, often when Gadget thinks he's a M.A.D. agent trying to flee, but he's really about to fall off a cliff or a waterfall.
147* ButtMonkey: Trying to protect Gadget often gets Brain into even more trouble, doubly so when Gadget inevitably mistakes him for a M.A.D. agent.
148* CatharticExhalation: He sometimes wipes his forehead and sighs in relief when he saves Gadget or vice versa.
149* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: He can disguise himself almost instantly when he needs to follow Gadget.
150* ConjoinedEyes: He has these.
151* DetectiveAnimal: He also helps Gadget solve cases.
152* FacePalm: One of his frequent reactions to Gadget's antics.
153* GrinOfAudacity: He sometimes smirks at the camera whenever he not only saves Gadget but causes the MAD agents to be injured by their own traps.
154* HeroicDog: He always stays close to Gadget to keep him safe during his missions. His French theme song even describes how he's always the one who saves Gadget.
155* HyperCompetentSidekick: To Penny, and of course to Gadget.
156* HyperspaceArsenal: He somehow manages to carry around clothes and props for all kinds of disguises.
157* InsistentTerminology: In his ''Gadgetinis'' appearance he insists on referring to the Gadgetinis' gadgets as "Gizmos", due to having developed a phobia of Gadget after all he went through for him.
158* IntellectualAnimal: He displays a great deal more situational awareness and common sense than the titular character, whom he must constantly protect from harm.
159* MasterOfDisguise: He not only fools Gadget (which isn't that hard) but almost everyone else around him except Penny.
160* MeaningfulName: Brain is a complete subversion of the DogsAreDumb trope, with his English name alluding to his intelligence. His French name of "Finaud" alludes to him hiding his smarts and resourcefulness behind his seeming like an ordinary dog.
161* MyInstinctsAreShowing: Though usually a neurotic StraightMan 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.
162* NonHumanSidekick: He is a dog.
163* ObfuscatingStupidity: Brain's French name of "finaud" and the lyrics of the French version of his theme song both allude to his hiding his competence behind his harmless outward appearance.
164* PaperThinDisguise: He often tries to avoid suspicion by wearing a disguise. Ironically, it tends to backfire by having Gadget mistake him for a M.A.D. agent.
165* PutOnABus: In ''Gadget and the Gadgetinis'', though he did guest star in one episode. He retired to the countryside after one too many incidents with Gadget.
166* SilentSnarker: Often makes expressions that show his disdain for the unfortunate events that happen while trying to help Gadget.
167* SpeechImpairedAnimal: DependingOnTheWriter, but he is often TheUnintelligible.
168* SuddenlyVoiced: In ''Gadget and the Gadgetinis'', thanks to a translator collar Penny designed.
169* TheUnintelligible: Brain can only bark, grumble or whine like a real dog, but that and his pantomime make him easy for Penny to understand.
170* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Unlike Penny, Brain stays afraid of ghosts through the whole series.
171** In his guest appearance in ''Gadget and the Gadgetinis'' he's shown to have developed a phobia of Gadget himself, to the point hearing the ''word'' Gadget prompts a nervous response.
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174[[folder:Chief Quimby]]
175-->'''Voiced by:''' John Stephenson (pilot), Creator/DanHennessey (first season), Creator/MauriceLaMarche (second season), Jim Byrnes (''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever''), Gérard Delmas and Roger Lumont (French voice)
176-->'''Played by:''' Creator/DabneyColeman (1999 movie), Mark Mitchell (''Inspector Gadget 2'')
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179* BigGood: He's Gadget's boss and the chief of the organization employing him.
180* ButtMonkey: Every time Gadget receives a self-destructing message, Quimby will inevitably get stuck with the note exploding in his face.
181* CatchPhrase:
182** "Great job, Gadget! You've done it again!" (used when he shows up at the end of the episode to arrest the MAD agents);
183** "Why do I put up with him?" Used in several episodes after the assignment message blows up in his face.
184* DaChief: Not exactly as strict, but he has suffered a lot due to Gadget's incompetence.
185* ChewToy: Without fail his 'self-destructing message' will be near him when it goes off.
186* CompositeCharacter: Of the Chief of CONTROL and Agent 13 from ''Series/GetSmart'', which WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget could be considered a [[invoked]]SpiritualSuccessor to. Like the former, Quimby gives orders and mission debriefings to the bumbling protagonist. Like the latter, he has a tendency to hide in different improbable locations while giving messages to Gadget.
187* {{Jerkass}}: He's a complete jerk to Gadget in the live-action films.
188* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
189** In the live-action films, he dismisses Gadget as being useless but later congratulates him for bringing down Dr. Claw.
190** Also this in ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'', where he fires Gadget for what he perceived as Gadget's bumbling getting worse and worse (it was actually a plan by Claw to upstage him), but allows Gadget back into the force at his old rank when he then manages to bring Claw down once again.
191* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzOH9GYLXPY Chief Quimby's theme]] only lasts a few seconds, but it's played OnceAnEpisode when Gadget finds him to get the episode's assignment. It also occasionally plays when the police arrive at an episode's close.
192* MrExposition: He's the one who tells Gadget what Dr. Claw and M.A.D. are up to.
193* NoFullNameGiven: His first name is never stated.
194* PhraseCatcher: Gadget says "Is that you, Chief? You're where?" whenever Quimby contacts him on the Top Secret Gadget Phone.
195* OnceAnEpisode: Chief Quimby shows up in every episode to give Gadget his assignment, and Gadget ends up giving it back to him when it self-destructs.
196** Subverted: When he ordered Gadget to take vacation time he ends being knocked in to his filling cabinet by Gadget because he didn't use a self-destructing message.
197** In ''every'' episode. Quimby inevitably shows up again at the end of the episode to arrest the MAD agents and congratulate Gadget for completing his assignment.
198* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Apparently, only the real Gadget would malfunction without warning and injure him with his gadgets. Quimby uses that fact to SpotTheImpostor in one episode.
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201[[folder:Corporal Capeman]]
202-->'''Voiced by''': Townsend Coleman, Patrick Préjean (French voice)
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205* FatIdiot: He is rather portly and is even dumber than Gadget.
206* JerkassToOne: One of the reasons why most fans despise him is because he frequently picked on Brain for no apparent reason.
207* {{Sidekick}}: Desperately wanted to be this to Gadget and became his sidekick when he inadvertently defeated the episode's M.A.D. agent.
208[[/folder]]
209
210[[folder:Gadgetmobile]]
211[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inspector_gadget_gadgetmobile_cartoon_van.jpg]]
212[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see him in the 1999 film]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gadgetmobile.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
213[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see him in ''Inspector Gadget 2'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_gadgetmobile_in_the_sequel.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
214-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/DLHughley (1999 film and ''Inspector Gadget 2''), Creator/JaleelWhite (''Inspector Gadget's Last Case''), Creator/BernieMac (''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever'')
215
216----
217* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Typically, the letter "G" is somewhere on the exterior of the car.
218* CoolCar: In the 1980s series, the Gadgetmobile is a van that can transform into an interceptor mode that resembles.... well, a lot of 1980s sports cars, like the Lotus Esprit, Toyota Supra, the [=DeLorean=], or (befitting the show's French origins) the [[https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a19743907/matra-murena-for-sale/ Matra Murena]]. In the live-action films, it's a 1960s Lincoln Continental.
219* EnormousEngine: In the live-action movies, a ''jet engine'' can sprout from it and clamp onto the trunk.
220* LudicrousSpeed: As the AI points out, he has two speeds -- "Fast" and "Whoo! What was that?!"
221* PurpleIsPowerful: ''Inspector Gadget 2'' has him sporting a purple paint job.
222* RetCanon: His personality and features from the 1999 film are so liked that they appear in later cartoons. Crosses over with CanonImmigrant.
223* SentientVehicle: He is a living car from 1999 onward.
224* {{Sleepyhead}}: In the second live-action film, he frequently goes into sleep mode to recharge his battery, usually during moments when Gadget is in trouble.
225* SuddenlyVoiced: Starting with the 1999 film.
226* TalkingApplianceSidekick: Since 1999, he is this to Gadget.
227* TheVoiceless: Pre-1999 media had the Gadgetmobile as a non-sentient vehicle. The CGI reboot [[RevisitingTheRoots revisits this idea]].
228* TransformingVehicle: The original version could transform from a compact van into a high-speed, pursuit-oriented sportscar.
229[[/folder]]
230
231[[folder:Professor Von Slickstein]]
232-->'''Voiced by''': Music/DonFrancks (first season), Andy Goldberg (second season)
233A scientific genius, the "father of modern bionics" and the man who gave Inspector Gadget all his gadgets. Initially only appeared in a single episode, but returned in the second season for a few more episodes to assist Penny and Gadget.
234----
235* AbsentMindedProfessor: He's clearly a brilliant scientist but also a little bit of a ditz. See the ReedRichardsIsUseless entry below.
236* DubNameChange: In the French version he's called "Professeur Rotoscope" in his first appearance, but he's called "Slickstein" like in English in all his subsequent appearances.
237* EinsteinHair: He looks like a stereotypical MadScientist down to the hair.
238* KidnappedScientist: Dr Claw kidnaps him to force him to build an army of killer robots for MAD. This backfires for Dr Claw as Slickstein is too kindly and ditzy to do the job properly.
239* NoFullNameGiven: He's only referred to by his last name.
240* NoodleIncident: While it's said he gave Gadget all his gadgets, it's never explained how or why he did it.
241* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: In his first appearance he's said to be a bionics researcher and is kidnapped by Doctor Claw to build killer robots. In his next appearance, he builds a time machine.
242* ReedRichardsIsUseless: When kidnapped and ordered to build killer robots for Dr Claw, he builds them to look like Gadget and programs them with his own personality, making them act like doddering old men and thus useless. While this could have been deliberate sabotage on his part, his puzzled reaction to Dr Claw's outrage indicates he really thinks there is nothing wrong with them.
243* ScienceHero: He wants his creations to be used only for good and is disgusted by Dr Claw's plan to use them for world domination. He also assists Gadget and Penny with his inventions in the second season.
244
245[[/folder]]
246
247[[folder:Dr. Brenda Bradford]]
248-->'''Played by''': Creator/JoelyFisher
249----
250
251* AlliterativeName: '''Br'''enda '''Br'''adford.
252* CanonForeigner: She was created specifically for the 1999 film.
253* ChubbyChaser: Brenda implies that she was one: she tells Scolex that "she liked him better fat."
254* GadgeteerGenius: Brenda and her father who worked together to create the technology for creating Inspector Gadget.
255* SequelNonEntity: She is nowhere to be seen in the second film, nor is she even mentioned. According to an early animatic, the opening scene was supposed to mention Brenda, specifically how she and Gadget parted ways.
256[[/folder]]
257
258[[folder:Gadget Model 2]]
259[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/g2_gadget_model_2.png]]
260-->'''Played by''': Creator/ElaineHendrix
261
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263* ActionGirl: More competent and capable than Gadget himself.
264* BorrowedCatchPhrase: Like her predecessor, she uses "Go-Go Gadget [the gadget she is supposed to use]". Though only after she and Gadget swap out one of their chips in order to fix Gadget's glitches. Prior to this, she activates her gadgets non-verbally.
265* CanonForeigner: She is made for ''Film/InspectorGadget2''.
266* ClothingAppendage: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]]. She never wears any kind of clothing other than her police uniform, which implies that her clothing is part of her body.
267* DistaffCounterpart: Of Inspector Gadget.
268* DetachmentCombat / DetachableLowerHalf: One of her Gadgets is split in half so that her legs function as separate combatants.
269* InconsistentColoring: Her outfit is blue in the film, but appears silver in the cover art.
270* NotSoAboveItAll: While she was made to be a more serious and competent version of Gadget, as the film goes on, his behavior begins to rub off on her, and she gains a sense of humor. (Her taking one of Gadget's chips probably helped.)
271* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Unlike Gadget, who is a cyborg, she's a fully robotic android. However, she can clearly feel and express emotions, she is capable of feeling love, and at one point, she even appears to cry.
272* RobotGirl: She is a female android that is Gadget's successor.
273* SuperiorSuccessor: G2 is far superior to the original Gadget. She can activate her gadgets non-verbally, she's a programmed hand-to-hand combatant and her tools are more useful in stopping crime than Gadget's. Even after switching chips with Gadget, G2's glitches prove more useful than his. However, she still has her weaknesses, as demonstrated by Claw when he traps her with a simple magnet at the museum.
274* TrueBlueFemininity: Her police uniform is blue.
275[[/folder]]
276
277[[folder:Mayor Wilson]]
278-->'''Played by''': Creator/CheriOteri (1999 movie), Creator/SigridThornton (''Inspector Gadget 2'')
279
280----
281* CanonForeigner: She is created specifically for the films.
282* {{Catchphrase}}: She's known to say "Photo-Op!" whenever posing for the press.
283* MayorPain: She's not a very pleasant individual, especially in the second film, where she cares more about her re-election campaign than the welfare of the police.
284* NoFullNameGiven: Her first name is never stated.
285* TookALevelInJerkass: In the first film, she was a bit of an airhead and a sucker for the press, but was tolerable enough. In the second film, she's an unpleasant glory hound who cares more about her re-election campaign than the welfare of her citizens.
286[[/folder]]
287
288!M.A.D.
289[[folder:Dr. Claw]]
290[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_claw_2.jpg]]
291[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see him in the 1999 film]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/claw_everett.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
292[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see him in ''Inspector Gadget 2'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_claw_1.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
293-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker (original series), Music/DonFrancks (original series, some lines in "Race to the Finish", "M.A.D. Trap", "Basic Training"), Creator/BrianDrummond (''Gadget and the Gadgetinis'', ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'', ''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever''), Victor Désy and Georges Atlas (French voice)
294-->'''Played by:''' Creator/RupertEverett (1999 movie), Tony Martin (''Inspector Gadget 2'')
295
296----
297* AdaptationDyeJob: Despite being TheFaceless in the cartoon, Claw's face was revealed via an action figure, and the figure had white hair. In both live-action films (the first opted to fully show Claw's face while the second kept him hidden under a hat) Claw is a brunette.
298* AdaptationNameChange: Most incarnations of the character give him the name "Dr. Edward Claw", but the 1999 film (and, presumably, its sequel) gives him the AlliterativeName Sanford Scolex, with "Claw" only being a nickname.
299* AgeLift: Judging by his voice and his action figure's white hair, Claw seemed to be at least well into middle-age in the original cartoon. In the 1999 film, he's much younger, but the sequel seemed to age him up to middle-age based on the new actor (though Tony Martin is only six years older than Rupert Everett.)
300* AmbiguouslyHuman: With a voice like that... Though, several occasions show his body clearly is human.
301* AnArmAndALeg: In the movie, he gets his signature claw when a bowling ball crushes his hand.
302* AngryFistShake: He often shakes his fist after every defeat.
303* AnimalMotifs: Cats. As well as having his right hand cat, the insignia of his evil corporation is a stylized cat face, which Claw can be seen wearing as a ring, as well as his vehicles being styled after it.
304* ArchEnemy: Gadget and Claw consider each other to be personal enemies.
305* ArtificialLimbs: His left hand was crushed by a bowling ball in the live-action film and was replaced with a mechanical pincer-like claw. No explanation is given for the cartoon series.
306* BerserkButton: 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.
307* BigBad: He is the main antagonist, as he is the leader of M.A.D.
308* BigEater: Movie!Claw was this sometime before the movie begins.
309* CampStraight: In the live-action movie, due to his actor, Rupert Everett, being openly gay.
310* CaptainErsatz: Of [[Film/JamesBond Ernst Stavro Blofeld]].
311* CardCarryingVillain: Officially, M.A.D. stands for "Mean and Dirty".
312* CatchPhrase: "I'll get you next time, Gadget! ''Next time''!"
313* TheChessmaster: Many of his plans involve steps taken to try and prevent Gadget from stopping him.
314* TheComicallySerious: Claw is rarely comedic himself, and his menace is played largely straight. This sets up the joke of his character: he's a spy villain played straight, unaware that instead of a master criminal empire he's SurroundedByIdiots, and instead of facing an unflinchable detective nemesis, he's actually being defeated by an idiot and a child.
315* CorruptCorporateExecutive: 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.
316* DiabolicalMastermind: Quite a lot of his plans were complex, such as finding a sealed weapon of mass destruction or hiding stolen diamonds inside chocolates.
317* DisabledInTheAdaptation: In the live-action films, Claw has an actual metallic claw in place of his left hand, which is something he did not have in the original series, instead wearing spiked gauntlets on his hands.
318* EnfanteTerrible: Was implied to be one when he was a child. He mentions that he desired possession of the Crown Jewels since his youth in "Gadget's Clean Sweep", his mentor Les Renowned introduced in "Gadget meets the Clan" can be seen in a picture lecturing a younger Claw holding a lollipop, and the 1992 Christmas special had Dr. Claw mad at Santa Claus for never getting him the dirty tricks sled he wanted as a child.
319* EvilIsPetty: In "King Wrong", he hatches a revolution in Pianostan for the sole purpose of having Gadget, who looks exactly like the title character, killed.
320* EvilLaugh: He frequently laughs when his EvilPlan comes along.
321* EvilPlan: Just about every episode has him plan to do something evil. Some of his most heinous schemes involve setting up an enterprise while using underhanded methods to eliminate the competition, one example being in "Dairy Farm" when he has M.A.D. sell overpriced dairy products while using a device to prevent cows from other farms from giving milk.
322* EvilSoundsDeep: He speaks in a deep, sinister, gravelly voice. Averted in the 1999 film, but played straight again in the 2003 film.
323* ExactWords: From the episode "The Invasion" when M.A.D. Cat attempts to sing along with Dr. Claw, only for Claw to berate him:
324-->'''Dr. Claw''': I said, '''I''' feel like singing!
325* EyeObscuringHat: Wears one in ''Inspector Gadget 2'', allowing his face to be concealed while still maintaining an onscreen presence.
326* TheFaceless:
327** Not only faceless, but also bodiless as only his hands and arms are ever shown to the viewers. His action figure [[http://www.lasertimepodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dr-claw-action-figure-face.jpg finally does reveal his face]], and in a brilliantly devious marketing plot, the original packaging for the figure covered up his head with cardboard -- you had to buy the toy to finally see Claw's face. The Super NES game briefly revealed part of his face before the FinalBoss, and his machine during the battle exposes his face (though he's facing right during this). it's the same design as the action figure.
328** [[http://www.oafe.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/drclaw2.jpg A joke picture]] by series co-creator Bruno Bianchi depicts Claw as nothing more than a little goblin operating the arms like a {{Muppet}}.
329** In the 1999 movie, he's seen fully all the time. The sequel opts to show his face under the shadow of a wide-brimmed hat most of the time, but some details can still be seen.
330* FauxAffablyEvil: He sometimes acts nice and friendly, but it does nothing to hide the despicable person he is.
331* FormerlyFat: In the 1999 film, he was obese and became slim as he went on a diet. He appears to have regained some of that weight in the sequel.
332* HookHand: Has one in the movie. He used an exploding cigar to blow up John Brown and his car. The explosion launched John's bowling ball into the air, which fell through the sun roof of Scolex's limo and crushed his left hand, which was replaced with a mechanical claw.
333* JokerImmunity: As shown in the second live-action film and the animated direct-to-video film ''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever'', not even capturing him and putting him in jail can stop Claw.
334* KarmaHoudini: Usually played straight in that he always avoided getting arrested, but some episodes downplay it and have Claw suffer a minor problem as he makes his getaway, such as being trapped at the bottom of the arctic waters in "Gone Went the Wind", getting frozen in "The Quimby Exchange", and getting hit by the blast of the Red Rose potato gun in the final episode "Gadget and the Red Rose".
335* LargeHam: [[EvilLaugh "HeeheeheeheeHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"]]
336* MeaningfulName: Subverted in the sense that he clearly does not have a claw, but metallic gloves instead (the "Claw" moniker is likely related to his cat motif). PlayedStraight in the movies, however, as he has an actual robotic claw in place of his left hand.
337* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: A villain named Doctor.
338* RecurringBoss: Subverted in the SNES game, where it's ''his chair'' serving as the game's bosses. He himself is fought as the FinalBoss proper.
339* RightHandCat: Is one of the most famous examples of this trope (See MAD Cat Below).
340* SigilSpam: He's enough of a megalomaniac enough to place the MAD logo on literally everything, even his personal vehicles and the back of his chair. Of course, Gadget never notices. Same goes for the 1999 film, which allows Gadget to determine who was behind the Bradford murder and the theft of the robotic foot by finding a piece of evidence labelled "SI" (Scolex Industries).
341* SinisterSurveillance: The only thing he's ever shown doing.
342* SlouchOfVillainy: Throughout the series, he only watches the events from his lair or car.
343* SuperStrength: He's strong enough to crush a diamond with only one hand and bend a barbell.
344* SurroundedByIdiots: Even with Penny always screwing up his plans, you sometimes think he might be ruling the world by now if his henchmen weren't all so stupid.
345* TakeOverTheWorld: His ultimate goal.
346* UnseenEvil: While we never see him aside from his arms, the way some of his agents act intimidated while talking to him suggest that he's always hidden because his appearance is terrifying.
347* UnknownRival: Claw is so focused on Gadget that he completely fails to realize that it's ''Penny'' who manages to undo his plans in the end. Averted in ''Inspector Gadget 2'', he catches Penny spying on him and holds her hostage in order to prevent her from exposing his plan (and to deter Gadget). In a deleted scene, he acknowledges that Gadget would be nothing without Penny and tries to get her to join his side.
348* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Gadget himself and many other characters tend to be goofy and prone to slapstick, whereas Dr. Claw is a sinister villain who speaks in a deep, ominous voice. Several of his plans even involved trying to ''kill'' someone.
349* VillainDecay: In the 2015 series. Story-wise, he is theoretically either out of practice or losing his touch.
350* VillainExitStageLeft: 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.
351* WeWillMeetAgain: "I'll get you next time, Gadget! ''Next time''!"
352* WhiteHairBlackHeart: His action figure gives him white hair.
353* WouldHurtAChild: The rare moments he catches Penny snooping around, he's usually not above putting her in harm's way, or at the very least, using her as bait for Gadget.
354* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: When his face is briefly shown in the SNES game.
355[[/folder]]
356
357[[folder:MAD Cat]]
358-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker (original series)
359
360* ButtMonkey: Can occasionally be this to some of [[BadBoss Dr. Claw's]] tantrums.
361* CatsAreMean: [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything Supposedly.]] He doesn't really do anything evil, though, and in many cases he actually comes off as more of a victim to Dr. Claw's outbursts.
362* EvilLaugh: Has a great one made of cat hisses. It's pretty much [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything the only way you can tell]] that he's a bad guy.
363* GenderFlip: Is female in the 2015 series.
364* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: He's a villain, but does little aside from lounging around while Dr. Claw either pets him or takes his anger over failed plans out on him. Averted on a few rare occasions when he pushes a button on Dr. Claw's computer or on the MAD Mobile's control panel.
365* ProgressivelyPrettier: Much more adorable in the 2015 series.
366* RightHandCat: Always seen at the lap of his owner.
367* SilentSnarker: He sometimes rolls his eyes while Dr. Claw gloats.
368* SpeechImpairedAnimal: Unlike Brain, who occasionally says a few words in a Scooby Doo style of beginning every word with "R", M.A.D. Cat doesn't actually talk aside from laughing and meowing.
369* TeamPet: An evil team's pet.
370[[/folder]]
371
372[[folder:The Great Wambini and the Lesser Wambini]]
373-->'''Voiced by:''' Louis Nye (Great Wambini), Creator/FrankWelker (Lesser Wambini), Christian Pelissier (French voice of Lesser Wambini), Yves Barsacq (French voice of Great Wambini)
374
375----
376* KarmaHoudini: Are the first of the second season's recurring M.A.D. Agents that avoid arrest.
377* MeaningfulName: The Great Wambini is a highly skilled magician while his lackey the Lesser Wambini is only capable of lame and underwhelming tricks.
378* StageMagician: Their usual disguise.
379[[/folder]]
380
381[[folder:Professor Dummkopf]]
382-->'''Voiced by:''' Louis Nye, Serge Lhorca (French voice)
383
384----
385* BeardOfEvil: He has a big brown shaggy beard.
386* HerrDoktor: He has the accent, and his name is even a German word.
387* KarmaHoudini: He never gets arrested in any of his appearances.
388* MadScientist: In his three episodes, he has tried to use a shrink ray on Gadget as well as sending a quintet of imps and a hulking brute he created himself to kill him.
389* PaperThinDisguise: He often uses one in the episodes featuring him.
390[[/folder]]
391
392[[folder:Dr. Spectrum]]
393-->'''Voiced by:''' Louis Nye, Patrick Préjean (French voice)
394
395----
396* BaldOfEvil: He has no hair.
397* KarmaHoudini: Yet another recurring M.A.D. Agent who never gets caught.
398* KnightOfCerebus: Unlike most of the mad scientist M.A.D. Agents on the show, he has very few humorous traits and "Bad Dreams are Made of This", one of the episodes featuring him, is DarkerAndEdgier as it involves everyone in Metro City being tormented by bad dreams and even has Brain experiencing a nightmare where it is implied that M.A.D. Cat killed him.
399* MadScientist: He's invented tablets that become "ghosts", a device that enables people to teleport through telephones, and a machine that makes people suffer nightmares.
400[[/folder]]
401
402[[folder:Dr. Null and Dr. Void]]
403-->'''Voiced by:''' Andy Goldberg (Dr. Null), Creator/FrankWelker (Dr. Void)
404
405----
406* CreepyTwins: They are both virtually identical.
407* KarmaHoudini: They never get captured in any of the three episodes featuring them.
408* VerbalTic: In their first appearance, they would often say the exact same phrase, but with differing usage of words. They reprise this in their third and final appearance.
409[[/folder]]
410
411[[folder:Thelma Botkin]]
412-->'''Voiced by:''' Rita Taggart, Jeanine Forney (French voice)
413
414----
415* KarmaHoudini: She is seen arrested at the end of the first episode with her, but the next has her free and back with M.A.D. with no explanation. She does not get arrested in her next two appearances.
416* TimeTravel: Her episodes had her attempting to go back in time and kill Gadget's ancestors.
417[[/folder]]
418
419[[folder:Les Renown]]
420-->'''Voiced by:''' Ronald E. House, Patrick Préjean and René Bériard (French voice)
421
422----
423* GreaterScopeVillain: He is Dr. Claw's mentor and therefore is indirectly responsible for the existence of Claw's crime organization M.A.D.
424* KarmaHoudini: The final recurring "villain" of Season 2 who is never arrested, although whether or not he really is a Houdini is arguable since he isn't really seen committing any crimes other than conspiracy (he introduces Dr. Claw to other elderly criminals who do get arrested at the end of their respective three episodes).
425* OldMaster: At least Dr. Claw seems to regard him as one; Claw claims Renown mentored him in the criminal arts.
426* PunnyName: His name is a pun on "less renowned", referring to how Dr. Claw is more well known than he is.
427[[/folder]]
428
429[[folder:Robo-Gadget]]
430[[quoteright:245:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/robogadget_evil_laugh.png]]
431-->'''Played by:''' Matthew Broderick
432----
433* BlackEyesOfEvil: Has a pair, and is Gadget's EvilKnockoff.
434* CanonForeigner: He is made for the 1999 film.
435* ChekhovsGun: When he is first activated, a close-up of him shows a tarantula in a plastic sphere in his body. During his fight with Inspector Gadget, he unleashes this tarantula as a weapon.
436* EvilIsHammy: Yep, Broderick definitely had fun playing the villain.
437* EvilKnockoff: He was made by Sanford Scolex as an evil version of Gadget.
438* MightyRoar: He emits one during his rampage.
439* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler: His head was detached by the end.]]
440* RedRightHand: He sports BlackEyesOfEvil and has big, fake white teeth.
441[[/folder]]

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