Line #42 Trivia/InspectorGadget


1	* At the end of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psnCd3aFLmc English title sequence]], when the letters "Inspector" come down over "Gadget" with the Inspector forming the "I", you may notice that "Inspector" is indented slightly, which seems odd - most titles are left-justified or centered. In the French version, the indentation is gone because of the extra letter in the different spelling - "Inspecteur".
2	* In the opening credits, the scene of the gadgetmobile transforming is from either episode 1-3 "The Farm" or 1-6 "Health Spa".
3	* In the end credits, the scene of Chief Quimby in the garbage can and Gadget falling backwards past a railing are from the episode 1-7 "The Boat". The scene of the seagull picking at Gadget in the water is possibly a cut scene from this episode.
4	* The urban legend that Dr. Claw and Chief Quimby are the same person comes from the closing credits, in which Dr. Claw's voice track accompanies a shot of Chief Quimby. In the very different original credits from "Gadget in Winterland" (the pilot), Gadget caught up to Dr. Claw only to reveal that his foe had once again escaped. The "I'll get you..." line made perfect sense in context, but led to some misunderstandings when the series' "standard" credits sequence was instituted.
5	** Averted in a Greek dub that was telecast on [=ANT1=]. Chief Quimby says "Well done Gadget, you made it, well done!"; what follows is Dr. Claw's line, replacing M.A.D. cat's meowing.
6	* The original pilot was previewed as a special on Saturday December 4, 1982 on all five Field Communications stations: WFLD-TV Chicago, KBHK-TV San Francisco, WKBD-TV Detroit, WLVI-TV Boston, and WKBS-TV Philadelphia. The reworked version was syndicated as the 65th and final episode of season 1.
7	* This is the last show aired on Creator/{{Qubo}}, the network abruptly cutting to black during the episode "The Coo Coo Clock Caper".
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9	!!The cartoon:
10	* ActingForTwo: Creator/FrankWelker plays Dr. Claw, MAD Cat, and Brain; plus various other roles in Season 2. (This is why Dr. Claw sounds just like Soundwave from ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers''; in fact, in about four [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers G1]] episodes and ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'', the vocoder effect fails, and he really sounds like Dr. Claw.)
11	* AdoredByTheNetwork: This show got an insane amount of love when it was aired on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} from 1987 until 1992, and again from 1996 until 2000. It was by far their most adored cartoon from the 1980s. Notably, when Nickelodeon did a trading card promotion with Capri-Sun in 1991, ''Inspector Gadget'' was one of the featured shows.
12	* BreakthroughHit: [=DiC=] Entertainment's first animated series[[note]]alongside ''Literature/TheLittles''[[/note]] created specifically for an international audience[[note]]Their first series was "Archibald le Magi-Chien", created specifically for France/Europe. Their [[Anime/{{Ulysses31}} next]] [[Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold two]] series were Japan/France co-productions.[[/note]]. and perhaps its most well-known.
13	* CelebrityVoiceActor: Creator/DonAdams of ''Series/GetSmart'' starring as Inspector Gadget.
14	* CreatorCameo: In "The Japanese Connection" some of the background characters were designed after TMS animators.
15	* CrossRegionalVoiceActing: For Season 1, due to Nelvana's involvement, most of the supporting and guest cast are played by Canadian actors.
16	* DawsonCasting: Penny is 10 years old, but her voice actresses are all far older than her. The closest in age at the time was Creator/CreeSummer at 14. Notably, Creator/MonaMarshall was 35 when she did Penny in the original pilot.
17	* DevelopmentHell: A DarkerAndEdgier ContinuityReboot was planned to premiere in 2009, but nothing has come of it except for [[http://inspector-gadget.net/news/new-inspector-gadget-in-2009 some concept art]] (though this could have been attributed to Cookie Jar buying and folding Creator/DICEntertainment in 2008). It would have had Gadget in a more {{Animesque}} style and apparently fighting ghosts. A 2015 revival eventually came, but it was hardly DarkerAndEdgier.
18	* ExecutiveMeddling: In the pilot episode, "Winter Olympics", Inspector Gadget had a mustache. [=DiC=] Entertainment had to remove the mustache for the rest of the series after MGM threatened to sue them for Gadget looking too much like [[Franchise/ThePinkPanther Inspector Clouseau]]. In later airings of the pilot, a scene was redubbed explaining that Gadget's mustache was fake (with Creator/FrankWelker voicing Gadget's line.)
19	* FakeBrit: Gadget in the {{pilot}}. This was dubbed over with Creator/DonAdams' rendition in later airings.
20	* FandomNod: The direct-to-video film ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'' ended with Gadget mistaking Chief Quimby for a disguised Dr. Claw, a reference to many fans believing that Quimby and Claw were one and the same.
21	* HeyItsThatSound: The Season 2 episode ''Gadget Meets The Grappler'' uses two instances of what would later be known as the "Pokéball Pop" sound effect from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''.
22	* InternationalCoproduction: Between Creator/DICEntertainment in both the USA and France, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Communications Field Communications]] of Chicago[[note]]first season only, as the brothers who ran the company had a dispute and dissolved the company shortly afterwards[[/note]], Creator/{{Nelvana}} in Canada, Creator/TMSEntertainment in Japan and Creator/WangFilmProductions (credited as Cuckoo's Nest) in Taiwan during the first season[[note]]With additional production work by Creator/ArakiProductions, Creator/{{AIC}}, Creator/AjiaDo, Creator/OhProduction and an ([[UncreditedRole uncredited]]) Creator/ToeiAnimation, among other studios[[/note]].
23	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
24	** DVD releases of the show were piecemeal from the dawn of the medium until 2013, when box sets of the entire series were released, with accompanying digital purchases made available at that time.
25	** The original pilot featuring Jesse White as Gadget is considered Lost Media. The version seen on the box sets and more recent airings is the Gary Owens one.
26	* KidsMealToy: Burger King released a set of four action figures in 1991. For example, one figure had a rotating blade (The Gadget Copter) on Gadget's head.
27	* TheOtherDarrin:
28	** The first version of the pilot had Jesse White voicing Gadget, but is currently considered lost. Then he was voiced by Gary Owens in the second version. Finally, Creator/DonAdams played the role in the third and final version of the pilot.
29	** Creator/MauriceLaMarche played Gadget in WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis and the animated direct-to-video films ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'' and ''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever''. He also filled in for Creator/DonAdams on occasion in the original show's second season when Adams couldn't do certain lines just right, and [[NonSingingVoice provided Gadget's singing voice]] in the 1992 Christmas special.
30	** In the first season, whenever Creator/FrankWelker wasn't available, Dr. Claw was voiced by Music/DonFrancks (Creator/CreeSummer's dad), including one episode where Francks did one line, while Welker did the rest. In the second season, someone else took over voicing Dr. Claw, though Frank Welker still remained on board as Brain and various incidental voices.
31	** Creator/BrianDrummond provided Dr. Claw's voice in ''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis'' and the DTV movies ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'' and ''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever''.
32	** In the pilot, Penny was voiced by Creator/MonaMarshall. In the second season, Holly Berger took over the role from Creator/CreeSummer.
33	*** She was also played by Erica Horn in the 1992 Christmas special and by Tegan Moss in ''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis'' and the DTV movies ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'' and ''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever''.
34	** Creator/LeeTockar provided Brain's vocal effects in his guest appearance on ''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis'' as well as the two animated DTV films ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'' and ''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever''.
35	** Creator/DanHennessey voiced the Chief in the first season. The second season had Creator/MauriceLaMarche take up the role. Prior to both of their performances, Chief Quimby was voiced by John Stephenson in the original pilot.
36	** The Latin American Spanish dub replaced the entire cast starting the second season, as the dub went from the U.S. in Los Angeles to Mexico instead.
37	*** On that regard on the Mexican dub, Penny and Chief Quimby went from Gaby Willer and Victor Guajardo to Creator/ElsaCovian and Agustin Sauret respectively in the Christmas special.
38	* RealLifeRelative: Dr. Claw was voiced in some episodes by Music/DonFrancks who's the father of Creator/CreeSummer... Penny's voice actress. LukeIAmYourFather, indeed.
39	* StarMakingRole: For Creator/CreeSummer.
40	* TechnologyMarchesOn:
41	** Modern viewers raised on cellphones, laptops and wireless internet may or may not see what's so special about Penny's computer book or communicator watch.
42	** In the Viper Comics adaptation, released nearly three decades after the series premiered, Penny even has an [=iPad=] in lieu of her computer book.
43	** Heck, there are more of those ways that the show predicted the future in this Website/{{Cracked}} link [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20181_5-ways-inspector-gadget-totally-predicted-future.html here]].
44	* UncreditedRole: Despite still showing up in his major roles and various one-offs, Creator/FrankWelker is uncredited for Season 2.
45	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
46	** According to Creator/MauriceLamarche [[http://robpaulsenlive.com/007-TalkingToonsWithRobPaulsen-7-15-11.mp3 in this episode]] of ''Podcast/TalkinToonsWithRobPaulsen'', a then-unknown Creator/JimCarrey auditioned for the voice of Corporal Capeman.
47	** The show itself nearly didn't happen- [=DiC=] and TMS were planning another series based on ''Franchise/LupinIII'' called ''Lupin VIII'' (centered around one of Lupin's descendants), but the [[ScrewedByTheLawyers Leblanc estate killed the show while it was in production]]. Since both firms had invested a ton of money in the project that wasn't gonna happen, they needed to recoup the costs quickly- and ''Inspector Gadget'' was born. [[note]]It's entirely possible that ''Lupin VIII'' got as far as a number of storyline ideas being hashed out. Whenever Dr. Claw engages in small-time heists or hires a master of disguise, chances are that episode started out as ''Lupin VIII,'' and then was rewritten and carried over to ''Gadget.''[[/note]]
48	** Going by the official soundtrack, [[https://youtu.be/Q-lQkHoc_AA Thème Du Docteur Gang (M.A.D.'s Theme)]] was supposed to be M.A.D.'s offical {{Leitmotif}} in the series, but it is never heard once in the series proper.
49	** An animated series [[MoneyDearBoy to cash in on]] the [[Film/InspectorGadget1999 1999 live-action film]] titled ''GI Gadget'' was planned with a TV movie with Creator/ArlesAnimation to animate the series, but it was quietly canceled. The show would have followed the titular character joining an elite army commando unit. That being said, ''Gadget and the Gadgetinis'' does fulfill a similar purpose and plot.
50	* WordOfGod: It was [[https://butterflyblew1986.tumblr.com/post/184126081537/after-35-years-they-finally-revealed-gadgets revealed]] in 2018 that Gadget's real name is Augustin Tamare.

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