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Nightmare Fuel / Inspector Gadget (1999)

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  • Artemis Bradford's murder. We don't see it, but we see some sort of gun fire at him, and we get a Gory Discretion Shot of what it actually did to him.
  • Gadget with all of his robotic parts exposed.
  • The tarantula coming out of Robo Gadget.
  • The guru's eyes popping out of his head when Gadget grabs the wrong set of balls.
  • The film takes this Fridge Horror and makes it Claw's entire plan — he wants to use the technology used to make Gadget to build armies of robotic soldiers and sell them to the highest bidder. As Claw tells Gadget his plan (in a chilling whisper, to boot), he goes from just coldly relating his intent to seeming to take a sadistic glee in the idea of what he's going to do. Questionable Casting aside, this is the scene where Claw approaches the fear the cartoon version inspired.
    Gadget: Why are you doing this?
    Claw: I'll tell you why. To make technowarriors that never get tired, never get hungry, and never say "no." Every army in the world will be made up of my creations. Imagine the confusion, Gadget.
  • Robo Gadget in general is deeply unnerving with the white, plastic teeth that, united with his bizarre but sadistic mannerisms that clash against Matthew Broderick's youthful and soft appearance, make for an unadulterated Unintentional Uncanny Valley creep. As pictured, even the visual of his defeat almost looks like a piece of Surreal Horror art when taken out of context.

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