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* ''WesternAnimation/JadeArmor'':
** Black Tiger has created a number of gadgets to help her. She also knows how to [[{{Magitek}} combine them with Shards.]]
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* Wheeljack, from ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''. He created the Aerialbots and the Dinobots, and while some of his inventions don't quite work out in the [[StuffBlowingUp explode-y sense]], his fuel pump is in the right place. He also invents lots of useful things, like the Immobilizer, which works great until it blows up, and the Negavator, which works great until ''it'' blows up, and a bomb, which is supposed to blow up, so it definitely works great.
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* Wheeljack, from ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''. ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers''. He created the Aerialbots Dinobots and helped build the Dinobots, Aerialbots, and while [[BunglingInventor some of his inventions don't quite work out out]] in the [[StuffBlowingUp explode-y sense]], his fuel pump is in the right place. He also invents lots of useful things, like the Immobilizer, which works great until it blows up, and the Negavator, which works great until ''it'' blows up, and a bomb, which is supposed to blow up, so it definitely works great.
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* Crowbar from ''WesternAnimation/StarComTheUSSpaceForce'' is a whiz with machines, and some episodes have him cobble together devices to solve the problem of the week, such as jury-rigging a force field generator to protect [=StarCom=]'s vehicles from the effects of an EMP.
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** Dr. Greenbox of the same series is another example, shown to be a brilliant scientist. In "Chaos in Crystal", he create a prototype mining machine that, somehow, when tampered with by Rex Shard, turns him into a crystalline monster. In the episode "Unlikely Alloys", he invents a special "micro-repair" unit that fix any mechanical or electronic object.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals'', Buckwheat has built complex devices from scavenged components. THey include a firefly-powered flashlight, a musical baby carriage, and even a voice-activated robot.
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* Jimmy Neutron from ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' is only a kid, but he has already surpassed any known scientist in capability. Each episode focuses on one of his inventions, although they usually fall prey to FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome.
* Alan of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan'' programmed the iconic Chan Van to be able to transform into just about anything. Even a dynamite truck.
* Buckle from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', a former [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney Imagineer]] who became a mountain man. Just look at his haunted house:
-->'''Francine:''' ''[disturbed]'' I actually don't know how I got out. The front hallway spiraled into a black hole and the weather kept changing and ''I was a child again''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'':
** Despite all her bombs being duds [[spoiler:until Episode 3]], Jinx is still gifted enough with machinery that she built a working panic button in Vander's bar, which he uses to successfully alert Vi's crew to the incoming Enforcers out to arrest them. Her naming her weaponry like she did with her bombs in childhood implies that they were also made by herself. Silco even outright states that she's his best option for actually weaponizing the Piltie tech she stole, seeming to show that she's become this for his whole gang. She's shown to be able to reproduce Jayce's first Hextech experiment with reasonable accuracy (if not similar quality) and demonstrates an understanding of the underlying principles from reading his notes, which she managed to learn within the span of hours. This shows that her childish behavior belies her intelligence.
** Ekko works as a mechanic in Benzo's pawn shop and tinkers with what's inside, and has built an impressive system to spy on the inside of the store. [[spoiler:He's the one who designed the hoverboards the Firelights use and can talk shop with Heimerdinger about one's parts.]]
%%** Jayce. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
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* The ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' franchise:
** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
*** The Mechanist is capable of creating a number of SchizoTech contraptions like tanks, hot air balloons, and even submarines.
*** Sokka, who is the Mechanist's protege, came up with the idea for the submarine in the first place.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
*** Varrick may be an EccentricMillionaire, but he's also a very capable scientist and engineer, and quite capable of building what he needs on the fly.
*** Asami Sato didn't just inherit her father's industrial company, she also inherited his engineering genius. She can build a sand glider out of ship scraps, come up with innovative infrastructure ideas to incorporate spirit wilds into the city, and design biomimetic flying mech suits, among other things.
* ComicBook/TheFalcon is characterized in this manner in ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', even though [[AdaptationalIntelligence that's not how he's traditionally depicted in the comics]]. Compared to [[ComicBook/IronMan Stark]], Falcon's inventions tend to be smaller, but fulfill more specific functions. He basically becomes the team's Franchise/{{Batman}}.
* Arthur in ''WesternAnimation/{{Babar}}'' designs a bicycle-impulsed flying machine, two robots, and a submarine, among other things.
* Rattrap in ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' was stripped of all weapons upon being reformatted, so compensated by developing all sorts of handy devices to stop the Vehicons.
* The later ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' cartoons often feature Grampy, who creates all kinds of creative gadgets and machines from discarded junk.
* Mouse from ''WesternAnimation/BoyGirlDogCatMouseCheese'' builds robots and gadgets which serve various functions.
* [[TheCynic Grumpy]] from ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot'' straddles the line between this and BunglingInventor. He apparently built an entire theme park at one point, not to mention a cloning device, among many others, but his inventions sometimes turn on him (i.e. the clone clones itself and both clones kick him out for not being "Grumpy" enough) or fail because of ([[UnwantedAssistance unwanted]]) help from Oopsy.
* In addition to commentary, Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin provides this service in the original run of ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch''. His technological expertise yielded a fully-functional cloning machine (used to combine DNA from dead celebrites into fighting mutants) and a rickety time machine (used to bring to life such matches as The Three Tenors vs. The Three Stooges).
* [[MeaningfulName Gadget Hackwrench]] from ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', who builds the team's vehicles and equipment. The stuff she makes is particularly impressive because all she usually has to work with is [[MacGyvering discarded junk]] from the humans. When Gadget returns as BigGood of the titular HeroesRUs team in ''Literature/TheMouseWatch'', she's no longer restricted to BambooTechnology. She now invents sci-fi tech such as "[[GogglesDoSomethingUnusual Smart Goggles]]" that act as {{Everything Sensor}}s and create holographic disguises, a CoolBike that is assembled by {{Nanomachines}} at the push of a button, and a [[CoolTrain worldwide subway system]] that can go from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles to UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity in ''ten minutes''.
* Philly Phil from ''WesternAnimation/ClassOf3000'' is the class's go-to guy when they need some kind of gadget. They do have a tendency to malfunction, though.
* Jérémie from ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko''. His gadgeteering occurs more in the virtual world, however, as he is the primary programmer and the one who is most adept at using the Supercomputer. However, it is a confirmed fact that he can build robots, participating in a robot competition in Season 1. He also creates an EMP bomb in the episode "[[Recap/CodeLyokoS2E15 Ultimatum]]", which efficiently stuns a [=XANAfied=] person.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** They make holographic projectors out of steam engines and lasers out of a flashlight, a piece of wood, and a bottle!
** If you're looking for a person example, Numbuh 2 would be the man. Once you get past his [[{{Pun}} punny]] way of life, he is one of the KND's best of these, if not arguably the best. In fact, he's considered so good that when plenty of other scientist kids are kidnapped by the supposed "Splinter Cell", special interest is put into protecting him by putting him into hiding. As Numbuh One puts it, if they get their hands on Numbuh 2, they'll be able to build almost anything.
* Jack and Maddie Fenton in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' seem to fit this trope, with their inventions being proven inoperable by a normal person, or even [[TheMenInBlack The Guys In White]], due to their quirks because of their "tin cans and an old transistor radio" method of construction.
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' has a gadgeteer for its titular main character, who creates a lot of science inventions throughout the series.
%%* ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'': Tinkerbell is one of these in her origin story movie. This actually comes from the original J. M. Barrie's ''Literature/PeterPan'', in which she mends pots and kettles, at least. The name really does come from her being a tinkerer. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; how does it apply to the ''movie''?)
* Edd from ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''. He makes an industrial-grade excavator out of junk he found around his neighborhood.
* AJ from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' has a secret lab in his bedroom which he uses to create clones, inventions, and conduct scientific research.
* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/FlavioTheGoat'' wishes to be the next Creator/LeonardoDaVinci. He makes a lot of inventions in his spare time.
%%* William from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gawayn}}''.
* Kin Kujira from ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' is very nifty with gizmos and gadgets, creating machinery ranging from robots to time machines.
* The Old Gummies in ''WesternAnimation/GummiBears'' made such advanced technology (including a complex underground road system and interoceanic communication devices in the Middle Ages) that they became a target for humans due to it.
* Froggo from ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}'' is always asking for things because, as he puts it, "You've got your inventions, and I've got mine."
* Kai from ''WesternAnimation/TheHollow'' is able to get himself and his team out of a desert by building an airplane using the Four Horsemen's junkyard.
* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'': Professor Von Slickstein, who even incorporated gadgets into the title character's body.
%%** The Inspector's niece and dog, Penny and Brain, are the more competent gadgeteers, though they are just as likely to become the DamselInDistress (both of them are subject) or WronglyAccused (Brain, while simultaneously being the Damsel sometimes) while Gadget plays the SpannerInTheWorks. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; DamselAndDistress and WronglyAccused likeliness doesn't explain why they actually fit the trope.)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jingaroo}}'' has Toot and Snoot Groote, a pair of marspial moles who are particularly adept at mechanical engineering.
* Ernest the Kiwi from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBunch'' is capable of building massive machines. Though these machines tend to become a danger to the jungle that The Jungle Bunch have to deal with.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'':
** Mr. Cat builds random gadgets when necessary, such as a cloning machine, and is also able to fix things (including a damaged time machine).
** [[RobotMaster Olaf]] has his own robot slave, and over the course of the show builds [[spoiler:an army of MechaMooks]] and [[spoiler:a FreezeRay]] and [[spoiler:turns Stumpy into a {{cyborg}}]].
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'':
** Wade is able to build more or less anything that the plot demands, and he's just 10 years old.
** The Tweebs, who are the same age as Wade, are able to really pimp Kim's [[CoolCar car]].
** On the villainous side, Motor Ed is a mechanical genius. [[VerbalTic Seriously!]]
** In [[SuperpoweredEvilSide his "bad boy" mode]], Ron Stoppable is this. It's even latent in his "good" mode, when he builds a weapon (at Drakken's insistence) [[MacGyvering IN A LAIR, from A BOX OF SCRAPS]]!
* The ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'' franchise: In ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'', Tech E. Coyote manages to cobble together a model of the city in his spare time. This model comes complete with trains that actually run on time. When ''not'' in his spare time, he makes the heroes' arsenal.
%%** ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''' Wile E. Coyote tinkers on occasion, though mostly he uses AcmeProducts. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; specify one of these occasions?)
%%** Same with Calamity Coyote from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''.
* In the Creator/RubySpears ''WesternAnimation/{{Mega Man|RubySpears}}'' show, Roll modifies her Utility Arm herself. This includes such appliances as a vacuum, a blender, a circular saw, and ''modifying a baking sensor to detect earthquakes''.
* Coop from ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' tuned up a HumongousMecha until it worked better than the original, even despite all the parts he keeps breaking on account of [[GeniusDitz not being all that bright besides]].
* Tanya from ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries'' is introduced as, "She was so smart, she actually knew how to program a timer on a VCR!" As well as building the team's machines and [[StuffBlowingUp blowing up those of the enemy]], she uses a wrist-mounted [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] in battle. She also has a stutter due to her brain going so fast (and trying to explain things in terms the others can understand).
* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': Walter has a gift for working with machines.
* ''WesternAnimation/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur2023'': Lunella has several inventions under her belt: such as the temporal vortex generator that brought Devil to the Big Apple, and has incorporated several into her Moon Girl costume; such as a jet pack made from fans, a pair of shoes that double as rollerskates equipped with retractable metal claws to kick in windows, a squirt gun that blasts liquid that traps foes in large blue bubbles, and her signature red boxing glove launchers.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'':
** Tennie, who even built the home she and her father live in.
** [[CoolOldGuy Jacob]] is this as well, having invented the Utility Bots.
** Dutch is a mechanic and engineer, usually repairing the Burners' cars, and building robots like R.O.T.H.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'': Ms. Wakeman. She built the protagonist herself.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** [[CloudCuckooLander Pinkie Pie]], despite possibly being completely insane, has built a [[Creator/LeonardoDaVinci DaVinci-ish]] flying machine, a "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Welcoming Machine]]", and her signature party cannon... which she (except for one occasion) successfully uses to ''literally'' decorate for parties.
** The Flim Flam Brothers have the Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 the episode of the same name]], which looks years more advanced than anything else that's ever popped up in Equestria.
* Dinko from ''WesternAnimation/PetAlien'' comes from a [[PlanetOfHats species of aliens]] known for their technical knowhow. He's made countless inventions out of the junk lying around Tommy's lighthouse.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
** Phineas and Ferb. Ferb does most of the engineering for their projects, but Phineas is quite handy with tools as well.
** Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz. Despite being a normally HarmlessVillain, he is capable of building -inators that are as impressive as the inventions of the title characters.
** The Fireside Girls, led by Isabella. They're usually just helping the boys out, which is impressive in itself, but they ''can'' build a time machine.
* The Brain in ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain''. This is arguably his real strength. His many devices include a functional MobileSuitHuman and a mechanical arm that turns him into a star basketball player. He's also modified others' inventions to turn a ShrinkRay into a growth ray and make a tornado-proof suit much more... well, tornado-proof.
* Strudel from [[Creator/TheHub The Hub's]] ''[[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010 Pound Puppies]]'' tends to make her inventions from discarded items and the occasional more sophisticated electronics she comes across.
* Professor Utonium from ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' creates things like a supersuit or a giant robot or a car that can turn into a giant robot.
* Dr. Skelley, Sydney's mom from ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo''. She knows all about robotics, engineering, and technology. She also holds a strong belief that robots are the future, and teaches the kids about the types of jobs robots have, like helping out at a grocery store, rescuing trapped animals during a flood, collecting comet dust samples, and exploring volcanoes on Mars. [[spoiler:She even rebuilds Jet's robot clone, Jet 2, at the end of the episode and makes him into a DoAnythingRobot.]] Now that is awesome.
* Gretchen Grundler from ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''. Being the SmartGirl of the group, she's easily able to construct gadgets and devices if the need for them arises.
-->'''Gretchen:''' Oh, you could make lots of devices out of the spare parts out of your family's garage. Why, I once fashioned a particle accelerator out of a broken hair dryer and a four slice toaster oven.
* The Geek from ''WesternAnimation/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' fits the original mold perfectly, as a young genius girl who built a gigantic robot Max in her underground lair.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretWorldOfSantaClaus'', Jordi always comes up with new toys and gadgets for Santa. They often malfunction, but they are also often a great help.
* Handy in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' is capable of making all sorts of advanced machinery like harvesting machines, telephone lines, a fire pump, and even a robot in the Middle Ages.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' has two:
** Adrian Toomes is the inventor of the Magnetic Air Transport System, a suit of {{flight}}-capable PoweredArmor that he uses as the {{Supervillain}} Vulture to antagonize Norman Osborn for stealing his designs.
** Chameleon's henchman Mason (aka, the Tinkerer) is responsible for developing all the ShoePhone technology the Chameleon needs for his work as a MasterOfDisguise.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SpicyCity'', M&G technician Otaku uses his technological skills to extract the consciousness of prostitutes, and program them into being complacent as virtual sex programs.
* Sandy Cheeks from ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' is an accomplished inventor, especially in the later seasons.
* Crowbar from ''WesternAnimation/StarComTheUSSpaceForce'' is a whiz with machines, and some episodes have him cobble together devices to solve the problem of the week, such as jury-rigging a force field generator to protect [=StarCom=]'s vehicles from the effects of an EMP.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'', being part of Franchise/StarTrek, has plenty of gadgeteer geniuses and [[ScienceHero Science Heroes]], including main characters [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist D'Vana Tendi]] and engineering officer Sam Rutherford.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E18MysteryOfAThousandMoons Mystery of a Thousand Moons]]", Anakin and Obi-Wan meet a teenager named Jaybo Hood, who has reprogrammed a lot of abandoned battle droids to serve him.
* Gear from ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', who initially thinks that his power is [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway rather lame]]: "How am I supposed to fight supervillains, ''think'' them into submission? All I can be is your Mega-Mechanic." Which turns out to be a great way to fight supervillains.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
** Pearl at one point builds a nearly fully functional spaceship out of a bunch of junk Greg has lying in storage. Later on, she manages to repair an escape pod five thousand years more advanced than anything she's worked with before, and figures out how to use it to track Warp Pad usage.
** Peridot is also a major one, considering her [[FantasticCasteSystem role in Gem society]] is to be a technician/engineer.
%%* Ginger Snap from ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake''. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
* Kani on ''WesternAnimation/SushiPack'' fits the bill, although others have tried to steal credit for her inventions on occasion.
* Razor from ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' is the primary force behind the eponymous duo's technology (though T-Bone occasionally demonstrates that he's no slouch at least when it comes to engines), and thus they make military salvage into a working supersonic jet that's armed to the teeth with all kinds of unique missiles. His knowledge has limits, however, as demonstrated in the last episode, when he despairs over fixing a broken radar jammer.
* Donatello from ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''. Considering that he's self taught, living in a sewer, and working mostly with scavanged junk, his inventing abilities are downright super-reptilian.
* Wheeljack, from ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''. He created the Aerialbots and the Dinobots, and while some of his inventions don't quite work out in the [[StuffBlowingUp explode-y sense]], his fuel pump is in the right place. He also invents lots of useful things, like the Immobilizer, which works great until it blows up, and the Negavator, which works great until ''it'' blows up, and a bomb, which is supposed to blow up, so it definitely works great.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'''s Nox, a brilliant (if unsuccessful) clockmaker, had a bit of this going on before he went utterly crazy. And then he went on to prove just how scary an ''[[EvilGenius evil]]'' [[MadScientist Gadgeteer Genius]] could be.
* ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'':
** Velma Dinkley produces a number of remarkably sophisticated pieces of equipment in her spare time.
** Fred makes [[SarcasmMode a few minor modifications]] to the Mystery Machine, such as equipping it to transform into a submarine at the press of a button.
* ''WesternAnimation/WildKratts'' has Aviva Corcovado, TheSmartGirl who is responsible for the creations of the Creature Power Suits, as well as many other useful creature-inspired inventions. Her arch-rival, Zach Varmitech, is a downplayed variant, since his Zachbots are used more for {{Mundane Utilit|y}}ies.
* Tobey from ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' is a 10-year-old kid who, in his spare time, builds giant robots to do his bidding.
* ''WesternAnimation/WowWowWubbzy'' had the pink {{Tomboy}} Widget, who tackles problems she (or at least one of her three friends) faces by building machines. They often backfire, but once in a while they actually work.
* Alan of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan'' programmed the iconic Chan Van to be able to transform into just about anything. Even a dynamite truck.
* Buckle from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', a former [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney Imagineer]] who became a mountain man. Just look at his haunted house:
-->'''Francine:''' ''[disturbed]'' I actually don't know how I got out. The front hallway spiraled into a black hole and the weather kept changing and ''I was a child again''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'':
** Despite all her bombs being duds [[spoiler:until Episode 3]], Jinx is still gifted enough with machinery that she built a working panic button in Vander's bar, which he uses to successfully alert Vi's crew to the incoming Enforcers out to arrest them. Her naming her weaponry like she did with her bombs in childhood implies that they were also made by herself. Silco even outright states that she's his best option for actually weaponizing the Piltie tech she stole, seeming to show that she's become this for his whole gang. She's shown to be able to reproduce Jayce's first Hextech experiment with reasonable accuracy (if not similar quality) and demonstrates an understanding of the underlying principles from reading his notes, which she managed to learn within the span of hours. This shows that her childish behavior belies her intelligence.
** Ekko works as a mechanic in Benzo's pawn shop and tinkers with what's inside, and has built an impressive system to spy on the inside of the store. [[spoiler:He's the one who designed the hoverboards the Firelights use and can talk shop with Heimerdinger about one's parts.]]
%%** Jayce. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
%%** Viktor.
* The ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' franchise:
** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
*** The Mechanist is capable of creating a number of SchizoTech contraptions like tanks, hot air balloons, and even submarines.
*** Sokka, who is the Mechanist's protege, came up with the idea for the submarine in the first place.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
*** Varrick may be an EccentricMillionaire, but he's also a very capable scientist and engineer, and quite capable of building what he needs on the fly.
*** Asami Sato didn't just inherit her father's industrial company, she also inherited his engineering genius. She can build a sand glider out of ship scraps, come up with innovative infrastructure ideas to incorporate spirit wilds into the city, and design biomimetic flying mech suits, among other things.
* ComicBook/TheFalcon is characterized in this manner in ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', even though [[AdaptationalIntelligence that's not how he's traditionally depicted in the comics]]. Compared to [[ComicBook/IronMan Stark]], Falcon's inventions tend to be smaller, but fulfill more specific functions. He basically becomes the team's Franchise/{{Batman}}.
* Arthur in ''WesternAnimation/{{Babar}}'' designs a bicycle-impulsed flying machine, two robots, and a submarine, among other things.
* Rattrap in ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' was stripped of all weapons upon being reformatted, so compensated by developing all sorts of handy devices to stop the Vehicons.
* The later ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' cartoons often feature Grampy, who creates all kinds of creative gadgets and machines from discarded junk.
* Mouse from ''WesternAnimation/BoyGirlDogCatMouseCheese'' builds robots and gadgets which serve various functions.
* [[TheCynic Grumpy]] from ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot'' straddles the line between this and BunglingInventor. He apparently built an entire theme park at one point, not to mention a cloning device, among many others, but his inventions sometimes turn on him (i.e. the clone clones itself and both clones kick him out for not being "Grumpy" enough) or fail because of ([[UnwantedAssistance unwanted]]) help from Oopsy.
* In addition to commentary, Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin provides this service in the original run of ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch''. His technological expertise yielded a fully-functional cloning machine (used to combine DNA from dead celebrites into fighting mutants) and a rickety time machine (used to bring to life such matches as The Three Tenors vs. The Three Stooges).
* [[MeaningfulName Gadget Hackwrench]] from ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', who builds the team's vehicles and equipment. The stuff she makes is particularly impressive because all she usually has to work with is [[MacGyvering discarded junk]] from the humans. When Gadget returns as BigGood of the titular HeroesRUs team in ''Literature/TheMouseWatch'', she's no longer restricted to BambooTechnology. She now invents sci-fi tech such as "[[GogglesDoSomethingUnusual Smart Goggles]]" that act as {{Everything Sensor}}s and create holographic disguises, a CoolBike that is assembled by {{Nanomachines}} at the push of a button, and a [[CoolTrain worldwide subway system]] that can go from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles to UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity in ''ten minutes''.
* Philly Phil from ''WesternAnimation/ClassOf3000'' is the class's go-to guy when they need some kind of gadget. They do have a tendency to malfunction, though.
* Jérémie from ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko''. His gadgeteering occurs more in the virtual world, however, as he is the primary programmer and the one who is most adept at using the Supercomputer. However, it is a confirmed fact that he can build robots, participating in a robot competition in Season 1. He also creates an EMP bomb in the episode "[[Recap/CodeLyokoS2E15 Ultimatum]]", which efficiently stuns a [=XANAfied=] person.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** They make holographic projectors out of steam engines and lasers out of a flashlight, a piece of wood, and a bottle!
** If you're looking for a person example, Numbuh 2 would be the man. Once you get past his [[{{Pun}} punny]] way of life, he is one of the KND's best of these, if not arguably the best. In fact, he's considered so good that when plenty of other scientist kids are kidnapped by the supposed "Splinter Cell", special interest is put into protecting him by putting him into hiding. As Numbuh One puts it, if they get their hands on Numbuh 2, they'll be able to build almost anything.
* Jack and Maddie Fenton in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' seem to fit this trope, with their inventions being proven inoperable by a normal person, or even [[TheMenInBlack The Guys In White]], due to their quirks because of their "tin cans and an old transistor radio" method of construction.
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' has a gadgeteer for its titular main character, who creates a lot of science inventions throughout the series.
%%* ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'': Tinkerbell is one of these in her origin story movie. This actually comes from the original J. M. Barrie's ''Literature/PeterPan'', in which she mends pots and kettles, at least. The name really does come from her being a tinkerer. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; how does it apply to the ''movie''?)
* Edd from ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''. He makes an industrial-grade excavator out of junk he found around his neighborhood.
* AJ from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' has a secret lab in his bedroom which he uses to create clones, inventions, and conduct scientific research.
* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/FlavioTheGoat'' wishes to be the next Creator/LeonardoDaVinci. He makes a lot of inventions in his spare time.
%%* William from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gawayn}}''.
* Kin Kujira from ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' is very nifty with gizmos and gadgets, creating machinery ranging from robots to time machines.
* The Old Gummies in ''WesternAnimation/GummiBears'' made such advanced technology (including a complex underground road system and interoceanic communication devices in the Middle Ages) that they became a target for humans due to it.
* Froggo from ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}'' is always asking for things because, as he puts it, "You've got your inventions, and I've got mine."
* Kai from ''WesternAnimation/TheHollow'' is able to get himself and his team out of a desert by building an airplane using the Four Horsemen's junkyard.
* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'': Professor Von Slickstein, who even incorporated gadgets into the title character's body.
%%** The Inspector's niece and dog, Penny and Brain, are the more competent gadgeteers, though they are just as likely to become the DamselInDistress (both of them are subject) or WronglyAccused (Brain, while simultaneously being the Damsel sometimes) while Gadget plays the SpannerInTheWorks. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; DamselAndDistress and WronglyAccused likeliness doesn't explain why they actually fit the trope.)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jingaroo}}'' has Toot and Snoot Groote, a pair of marspial moles who are particularly adept at mechanical engineering.
* Ernest the Kiwi from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBunch'' is capable of building massive machines. Though these machines tend to become a danger to the jungle that The Jungle Bunch have to deal with.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'':
** Mr. Cat builds random gadgets when necessary, such as a cloning machine, and is also able to fix things (including a damaged time machine).
** [[RobotMaster Olaf]] has his own robot slave, and over the course of the show builds [[spoiler:an army of MechaMooks]] and [[spoiler:a FreezeRay]] and [[spoiler:turns Stumpy into a {{cyborg}}]].
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'':
** Wade is able to build more or less anything that the plot demands, and he's just 10 years old.
** The Tweebs, who are the same age as Wade, are able to really pimp Kim's [[CoolCar car]].
** On the villainous side, Motor Ed is a mechanical genius. [[VerbalTic Seriously!]]
** In [[SuperpoweredEvilSide his "bad boy" mode]], Ron Stoppable is this. It's even latent in his "good" mode, when he builds a weapon (at Drakken's insistence) [[MacGyvering IN A LAIR, from A BOX OF SCRAPS]]!
* The ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'' franchise: In ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'', Tech E. Coyote manages to cobble together a model of the city in his spare time. This model comes complete with trains that actually run on time. When ''not'' in his spare time, he makes the heroes' arsenal.
%%** ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''' Wile E. Coyote tinkers on occasion, though mostly he uses AcmeProducts. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; specify one of these occasions?)
%%** Same with Calamity Coyote from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''.
* In the Creator/RubySpears ''WesternAnimation/{{Mega Man|RubySpears}}'' show, Roll modifies her Utility Arm herself. This includes such appliances as a vacuum, a blender, a circular saw, and ''modifying a baking sensor to detect earthquakes''.
* Coop from ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' tuned up a HumongousMecha until it worked better than the original, even despite all the parts he keeps breaking on account of [[GeniusDitz not being all that bright besides]].
* Tanya from ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries'' is introduced as, "She was so smart, she actually knew how to program a timer on a VCR!" As well as building the team's machines and [[StuffBlowingUp blowing up those of the enemy]], she uses a wrist-mounted [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] in battle. She also has a stutter due to her brain going so fast (and trying to explain things in terms the others can understand).
* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': Walter has a gift for working with machines.
* ''WesternAnimation/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur2023'': Lunella has several inventions under her belt: such as the temporal vortex generator that brought Devil to the Big Apple, and has incorporated several into her Moon Girl costume; such as a jet pack made from fans, a pair of shoes that double as rollerskates equipped with retractable metal claws to kick in windows, a squirt gun that blasts liquid that traps foes in large blue bubbles, and her signature red boxing glove launchers.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'':
** Tennie, who even built the home she and her father live in.
** [[CoolOldGuy Jacob]] is this as well, having invented the Utility Bots.
** Dutch is a mechanic and engineer, usually repairing the Burners' cars, and building robots like R.O.T.H.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'': Ms. Wakeman. She built the protagonist herself.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** [[CloudCuckooLander Pinkie Pie]], despite possibly being completely insane, has built a [[Creator/LeonardoDaVinci DaVinci-ish]] flying machine, a "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Welcoming Machine]]", and her signature party cannon... which she (except for one occasion) successfully uses to ''literally'' decorate for parties.
** The Flim Flam Brothers have the Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 the episode of the same name]], which looks years more advanced than anything else that's ever popped up in Equestria.
* Dinko from ''WesternAnimation/PetAlien'' comes from a [[PlanetOfHats species of aliens]] known for their technical knowhow. He's made countless inventions out of the junk lying around Tommy's lighthouse.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
** Phineas and Ferb. Ferb does most of the engineering for their projects, but Phineas is quite handy with tools as well.
** Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz. Despite being a normally HarmlessVillain, he is capable of building -inators that are as impressive as the inventions of the title characters.
** The Fireside Girls, led by Isabella. They're usually just helping the boys out, which is impressive in itself, but they ''can'' build a time machine.
* The Brain in ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain''. This is arguably his real strength. His many devices include a functional MobileSuitHuman and a mechanical arm that turns him into a star basketball player. He's also modified others' inventions to turn a ShrinkRay into a growth ray and make a tornado-proof suit much more... well, tornado-proof.
* Strudel from [[Creator/TheHub The Hub's]] ''[[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010 Pound Puppies]]'' tends to make her inventions from discarded items and the occasional more sophisticated electronics she comes across.
* Professor Utonium from ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' creates things like a supersuit or a giant robot or a car that can turn into a giant robot.
* Dr. Skelley, Sydney's mom from ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo''. She knows all about robotics, engineering, and technology. She also holds a strong belief that robots are the future, and teaches the kids about the types of jobs robots have, like helping out at a grocery store, rescuing trapped animals during a flood, collecting comet dust samples, and exploring volcanoes on Mars. [[spoiler:She even rebuilds Jet's robot clone, Jet 2, at the end of the episode and makes him into a DoAnythingRobot.]] Now that is awesome.
* Gretchen Grundler from ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''. Being the SmartGirl of the group, she's easily able to construct gadgets and devices if the need for them arises.
-->'''Gretchen:''' Oh, you could make lots of devices out of the spare parts out of your family's garage. Why, I once fashioned a particle accelerator out of a broken hair dryer and a four slice toaster oven.
* The Geek from ''WesternAnimation/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' fits the original mold perfectly, as a young genius girl who built a gigantic robot Max in her underground lair.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretWorldOfSantaClaus'', Jordi always comes up with new toys and gadgets for Santa. They often malfunction, but they are also often a great help.
* Handy in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' is capable of making all sorts of advanced machinery like harvesting machines, telephone lines, a fire pump, and even a robot in the Middle Ages.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' has two:
** Adrian Toomes is the inventor of the Magnetic Air Transport System, a suit of {{flight}}-capable PoweredArmor that he uses as the {{Supervillain}} Vulture to antagonize Norman Osborn for stealing his designs.
** Chameleon's henchman Mason (aka, the Tinkerer) is responsible for developing all the ShoePhone technology the Chameleon needs for his work as a MasterOfDisguise.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SpicyCity'', M&G technician Otaku uses his technological skills to extract the consciousness of prostitutes, and program them into being complacent as virtual sex programs.
* Sandy Cheeks from ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' is an accomplished inventor, especially in the later seasons.
* Crowbar from ''WesternAnimation/StarComTheUSSpaceForce'' is a whiz with machines, and some episodes have him cobble together devices to solve the problem of the week, such as jury-rigging a force field generator to protect [=StarCom=]'s vehicles from the effects of an EMP.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'', being part of Franchise/StarTrek, has plenty of gadgeteer geniuses and [[ScienceHero Science Heroes]], including main characters [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist D'Vana Tendi]] and engineering officer Sam Rutherford.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E18MysteryOfAThousandMoons Mystery of a Thousand Moons]]", Anakin and Obi-Wan meet a teenager named Jaybo Hood, who has reprogrammed a lot of abandoned battle droids to serve him.
* Gear from ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', who initially thinks that his power is [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway rather lame]]: "How am I supposed to fight supervillains, ''think'' them into submission? All I can be is your Mega-Mechanic." Which turns out to be a great way to fight supervillains.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
** Pearl at one point builds a nearly fully functional spaceship out of a bunch of junk Greg has lying in storage. Later on, she manages to repair an escape pod five thousand years more advanced than anything she's worked with before, and figures out how to use it to track Warp Pad usage.
** Peridot is also a major one, considering her [[FantasticCasteSystem role in Gem society]] is to be a technician/engineer.
%%* Ginger Snap from ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake''. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
* Kani on ''WesternAnimation/SushiPack'' fits the bill, although others have tried to steal credit for her inventions on occasion.
* Razor from ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' is the primary force behind the eponymous duo's technology (though T-Bone occasionally demonstrates that he's no slouch at least when it comes to engines), and thus they make military salvage into a working supersonic jet that's armed to the teeth with all kinds of unique missiles. His knowledge has limits, however, as demonstrated in the last episode, when he despairs over fixing a broken radar jammer.
* Donatello from ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''. Considering that he's self taught, living in a sewer, and working mostly with scavanged junk, his inventing abilities are downright super-reptilian.
* Wheeljack, from ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''. He created the Aerialbots and the Dinobots, and while some of his inventions don't quite work out in the [[StuffBlowingUp explode-y sense]], his fuel pump is in the right place. He also invents lots of useful things, like the Immobilizer, which works great until it blows up, and the Negavator, which works great until ''it'' blows up, and a bomb, which is supposed to blow up, so it definitely works great.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'''s Nox, a brilliant (if unsuccessful) clockmaker, had a bit of this going on before he went utterly crazy. And then he went on to prove just how scary an ''[[EvilGenius evil]]'' [[MadScientist Gadgeteer Genius]] could be.
* ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'':
** Velma Dinkley produces a number of remarkably sophisticated pieces of equipment in her spare time.
** Fred makes [[SarcasmMode a few minor modifications]] to the Mystery Machine, such as equipping it to transform into a submarine at the press of a button.
* ''WesternAnimation/WildKratts'' has Aviva Corcovado, TheSmartGirl who is responsible for the creations of the Creature Power Suits, as well as many other useful creature-inspired inventions. Her arch-rival, Zach Varmitech, is a downplayed variant, since his Zachbots are used more for {{Mundane Utilit|y}}ies.
* Tobey from ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' is a 10-year-old kid who, in his spare time, builds giant robots to do his bidding.
* ''WesternAnimation/WowWowWubbzy'' had the pink {{Tomboy}} Widget, who tackles problems she (or at least one of her three friends) faces by building machines. They often backfire, but once in a while they actually work.
