Inspector Gadget (2015 TV series)

Inspector Gadget
Genre	Comedy Adventure Science fiction
Directed by	Phillip Stamp William Gordon Pedram
Voices of	Derek McGrath Tara Strong Ivan Sherry Scott McCord Martin Roach Lyon Smith
Theme music composer	Asher Lenz Stephen Skratt
Opening theme	"Inspector Gadget"
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer(s)	David Watson Richard Rowe Steven Denure Michael Hirsh Mark Gosine Anne Loi
Producer(s)	Colleen McGrath Stephanie Betts Evan Thaler Hickey
Editor(s)	Christopher Fost Daniel Corkum Brian Culliton
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	DHX Media
Release
Original network	Teletoon
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
First shown in	France
Original release	January 3, 2015 – present
Chronology
Preceded by	Inspector Gadget
External links
Production website

Inspector Gadget is a Canadian CGI-animated television series produced by DHX Media. It is a sequel to the original series, which aired from 1983 to 1986. The show was announced on June 11, 2013, with 26 episodes.^[1] The show debuted on January 3, 2015 on Boomerang in France and officially premiered on Teletoon in Canada on September 7, 2015.^[2][3]

A second season of the series went into production in July 2015, and started voice recording in October. This has been confirmed by co-head writer Josh Saltzman^[4] as well as voice actors Ivan Sherry (Inspector Gadget) and Lyon Smith (Talon).^[5]

Plot

The series stars a now 15-year-old Penny (though not the first incarnation to do so), who is now an agent in training with Brain as her new assistant. When Dr. Claw is thawed out of an iceberg and reactivates MAD, Inspector Gadget is brought out of retirement and is back on the beat to stop Claw once again, but this time, with Penny and Brain officially by his side. A new character in this series is Dr. Claw's nephew, Talon, on whom Penny has a crush. The series is more comical than the original with Dr. Claw being portrayed as less sinister than before.

Cast and characters

• Inspector Gadget - He is still the same unintelligent, gullible, clueless, and incompetent cyborg he was before, but now he's accompanied by Penny on his missions. As always, he continues to mistake himself as the hero when an episode's events have been dealt with, even though he did nothing at all. He still doesn't listen to Penny and does what he wants instead, even though she's his new assistant. Gadget is noticeably more egotistical and more of a glory hog than he was in the original series, in fact, this is the reason his ex partner quit working for him. He also has a new Gadget Mobile (since the old one turned to dust after he repeatedly jinxed its condition), which is snug and more efficient that the previous. (voiced by Ivan Sherry).
• Penny - Penny is Inspector Gadget's 15 year old niece, an agent in training. She is brave, clever and willing to fight villains. Her only weakness is Talon, Dr. Claw's handsome nephew. But even though she loves him she never lets him get away with his and his uncle's evil plans. Since episode two she hides her feelings very well and ignores every one of his attempts to impress her. Unlike other Inspector Gadget productions, she now joins Gadget in his assignments and despite the title, she is the protagonist. Penny is still the one who really saves the day but still never gets any recognition for it and her uncle is still given the praise for solving each case although he did nothing at all. Penny also acts like a normal teenage girl when she's not on duty. Her computer book and watch have been replaced with a holographic tablet called the codex. In the German version she is called Sophie. (voiced by Tara Strong).
• Brain - Brain is Penny's dog, best friend and her sidekick and he always accompanies her to every mission. As always, he is a master of disguise and usually Gadget mistakes him for a MAD-Agent and tries to apprehend him (even when Brain is attempting to save him or when Penny tries to tell him it's really Brain). In the German version he is called Fino. (voiced by Scott McCord).
• Chief Quimby - Chief Quimby is the leader of the HQ and always gets Gadget and Penny their missions. To manage this, he always appears at the strangest places. This time, instead of paper, his self destructing messages are now holographic. He now wears glasses and a coat and his hair is blonde instead of brown. He is a lot more patient than he was before. In the German version he is named Chief Gontier (voiced by Derek McGrath).
• Dr. Claw - As always, he wants to take over the world and destroy Gadget. This time he has help from his nephew Talon, who rescued him in the first episode. As always, his face is never shown (but his torso does appear now and then). Unlike the original, he isn't as malicious or as cruel or as intelligent or as evil as he used to be. He seems almost as incompetent as Gadget, even though he still retains a certain evilness and cruelty that characterizes him and keeps his underlings in line. He is probably out of practice or losing his touch. His full name is revealed to be "Irving Thelonious Claw, Jr." In the German version he's called Dr. (Boris) Kralle. (voiced by Martin Roach).
• Talon - The new character, Talon is Dr. Claw's evil nephew who rescued him in the first episode. He is clever, handsome and manipulative. He's aware of his handsomeness and knows how to apply it. He secretly is in love with Penny, but they cannot be together because they're enemies. In each possible situation he wants to impress Penny, but she ignores him, despite her feelings. He is always arguing with his uncle because he considers his plans to be rather old fashioned or just ridiculous, which is true - example being the stink missile that needed Claw's claw to activate and a countdown that allowed its destruction by the Gadgets. His uncle always blames him when his plans fail, even when it's not Talon's fault - there are even situations, when Claw blames Talon for something his nephew has warned him of. Although he does everything to impress his uncle, he isn't treated very well by him. In the German version he is named Titus. (voiced by Lyon Smith).
• Professor Von Slickstein - Unlike the original series, he is portrayed as a young man, rather than old man in his late 60's. In the German version he is named Professor Rotoskop. (voiced by Scott McCord).
• Kayla - Penny's best friend, another new character and a fellow agent in training. Her cheerful and positive personality is only matched by her gift for Gab, her motor mouth is strong enough to cripple even the toughest MAD-goon. In the German version she's called Karla. (voiced by Katie Griffin).
• MAD Cat - Unlike Dr. Claw's previous MAD Cats, this one is female. She is spoiled by Dr. Claw and shares a feud with Talon.
• Dr. Claw's Mom - She appeared in a few episodes. Like Dr. Claw, her face is never seen, but her torso does appear now and then.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. air date	Canadian air date
1a-1b	"Gadget 2.0 Part I Gadget 2.0 Part II"	William Gordon Phillip Stamp	Doug Hadders & Adam Rotstein	March 27, 2015	September 7, 2015
Part 1-Inspector Gadget has finally defeated the cruel Dr. Claw and frozen him in an iceberg in the Arctic north. However, his evil nephew Talon thaws him out and infiltrates HQ, posing as an agent in training. Meanwhile, Penny has become an agent in training and now has Brain as her assistant. The Chief then calls her to meet Talon, who is the agency's new recruit and Penny instantly falls in love with him. Part 2-When Penny finds out Claw is back, she decides to put her Uncle Gadget back on the beat to find Claw's claw, because he's going to use it to destroy HQ. When Talon reveals his true intentions after finding out where Claw's claw is, it's now up to Penny to stop MAD, with help from the amazing Inspector Gadget of course.
2a	"Towering Towers"	Pedram	Doug Hadders & Adam Rotstein	March 27, 2015	TBA
Claw is planning to take control of a large skyscraper and use it to hijack global communication. Penny and the Inspector are sent to stop him and Talon from corrupting the building.
2b	"Game Over, Man"	Pedram	Doug Hadders & Adam Rotstein	March 27, 2015	TBA
3a	"Rock Out"	William Gordon	Doug Hadders & Adam Rotstein	March 27, 2015	TBA
Gadget & Penny are sent to guard international pop star whistler, Nigel Saint De' Le-pepperton III Esquire IV, who is performing in town. Talon has a plan to kidnap him and make the audience his evil army. Talon disguises himself as Nigel and uses a special microphone to brainwash the audience.
3b	"Strike a Pose"	William Gordon	David Dias	March 27, 2015	TBA
Dr. Von Slickstein is escorted by Gadget, Penny and Brain to the technology fashion show to protect MAD from stealing his presentation ahead of time.
4a	"A Better Class of MAD"	Pedram	Andrew Harrison	March 27, 2015	TBA
Dr. Claw is sent to teach a school of MAD agents and teach them to become more evil.
4b	"Cough Due to Claw"	William Gordon	Doug Hadders & Adam Rotstein	March 27, 2015	TBA
5a	"Dog Show Days Are Over"	Pedram	Emer Connon	March 27, 2015	TBA
Dr. Claw plans to kidnap all the dogs from a dog show.
5b	"One Bad Apple"	William Gordon	Shawn Kalb	March 27, 2015	TBA
6a	"Sucks Like MAD"	Pedram	Alice Prodanou	March 27, 2015	November 16, 2015[6]
Claw tries to steal the most powerful vacuum ever.
6b	"A Claw for Talon"	William Gordon	Andrew Harrison	March 27, 2015	November 16, 2015[6]
Talon goes to get Claw's first claw to make himself equally powerful.
7a	"Gadget's Da Bomb"	Pedram	David Dias	March 27, 2015	October 5, 2015[7]
When Gadget gets sick, Penny goes on a solo mission to stop a mysterious thief.
7b	"Gadget Management"	William Gordon	Shawn Kalb	March 27, 2015	October 5, 2015[7]
8a	"Diamonds are a MAD's Best Friend"	Pedram	Doug Hadders & Adam Rotstein	March 27, 2015	November 30, 2015[8]
8b	"Ticked Off"	William Gordon	Evan Thaler Hickey	March 27, 2015	November 30, 2015[8]
9a	"You Know the Drill"	Phillip Stamp	Shawn Kalb	March 27, 2015	September 28, 2015[9]
9b	"Operation HQ Reunion"	William Gordon	Emer Connon	March 27, 2015	September 28, 2015[9]
During Gadget's high school reunion, an old partner of his is sent by Claw to freeze him and the rest of HQ. The reason she started working for MAD is because Gadget took credit for all her hard work and she tries to manipulate Penny into joining the dark side, but Penny is totally oblivious to this.
10a	"A Hole in One"	Phillip Stamp	Alice Prodanou	March 27, 2015	September 21, 2015
10b	"Operation Hocus Pocus"	William Gordon	Sean Jara	March 27, 2015	September 21, 2015
11a	"MAD Carpet Ride"	Phillip Stamp	Andrew Harrison	March 27, 2015	TBA
11b	"Appy Days"	William Gordon	Andrew Harrison	March 27, 2015	TBA
12a	"Colliderscope"	Phillip Stamp	Evan Thaler Hickey	March 27, 2015	November 9, 2015[10]
12b	"She Got Dangerous Game"	William Gordon	Emer Connon	March 27, 2015	November 9, 2015[10]
13a	"My Gadget Will Go On"	Phillip Stamp	Shawn Kalb	March 27, 2015	TBA
13b	"The Gadgetator"	William Gordon	Craig Martin	March 27, 2015	TBA
14a	"Head Case"	Phillip Stamp	Alice Prodanou	March 27, 2015	TBA
14b	"Start Your Gadgets"	William Gordon	Shawn Kalb	March 27, 2015	TBA
15a	"Mind over MADder"	David Watson	Sean Cullen	March 27, 2015	October 19, 2015[11]
15b	"Train-ing Day"	William Gordon	Dave Dias (story) & Evan Thaler Hickey	March 27, 2015	October 19, 2015[11]
16a	"Ice, Ice Yeti"	David Watson	Andrew Harrison	March 27, 2015	TBA
16b	"MAD Soaker"	William Gordon	Andrew Anningson	March 27, 2015	TBA
17a	"The Fountain of Cortez"	Derek Jessome	John Saltzman	August 29, 2015	September 14, 2015
The Chief and an archeologist are turned into babies from the fountain of youth.
17b	"Evil U"	William Gordon	Emer Connon	August 29, 2015	September 14, 2015
Penny infiltrates a school for super villains in training where she becomes friends with one of the students.
18a	"WereBrain of London"	David Watson	Evan Thaler Hickey	August 29, 2015	October 26, 2015[12]
Brain is turned into a monster in London after Talon spills some sort of chemical on him.
18b	"Airhead to the Throne"	William Gordon	Laurie Elliot	August 29, 2015	October 26, 2015[12]
19a	"Lost in the Lost City of Atlantis"	David Watson	Josh Saltzman	August 29, 2015	TBA
Penny and Talon both race to find the lost city of Atlantis.
19b	"A Penny Saved"	William Gordon	Andrew Anningson	August 29, 2015	TBA
20a	"Double O'Penny"	David Watson	Sean Jara	August 29, 2015	TBA
After almost getting killed by a missile, Penny finally calls Gadget out for his incompetence and always putting her in danger, but she is driven with guilt. Meanwhile, Talon and Claw create a clone of Penny to destroy Gadget.
20b	"We Heart Gadget"	William Gordon	Evan Thaler Hickey	August 29, 2015	TBA
21a	"Tiny Talon Time"	David Watson	Laurie Elliot	August 29, 2015	TBA
Talon shrinks himself in order to get information on HQ's computers.
21b	"Fellowsheep of the Ring"	William Gordon	Shawn Kalb	August 29, 2015	TBA
22a	"A Clawruption"	Derek Jessome	Emer Connon	August 29, 2015	TBA
22b	"Forever MAD"	William Gordon	Sean Cullen	August 29, 2015	TBA
23a	"Beyond Gadgetdome"	David Watson	Shawn Kalb	August 29, 2015	October 26, 2015[13]
23b	"Brain Drain"	William Gordon	Emer Connon	August 29, 2015	October 26, 2015[13]
24a	"What Is... the MADtrix"	David Watson	Shawn Kalb	August 29, 2015	TBA
24b	"Most Extreme Gadget Challenge"	William Gordon	Josh Saltzman	August 29, 2015	TBA
25a	"Pyramid Scheme"	David Watson	Emer Connon	August 29, 2015	TBA
25b	"Back to the MAD Future"	William Gordon	Sean Jara	August 29, 2015	TBA
26a	"Tool Russia, With Love"	David Watson	Doug Hadders & Adam Rotstein	August 29, 2015	TBA
26b	"Low Speed"	William Gordon	Doug Hadders & Adam Rotstein	August 29, 2015	TBA

Broadcast

On December 4, 2014, it was announced that the Inspector Gadget would air on Boomerang's international channels in 2015.^[14] The series premiered on Boomerang in Australia on January 5, 2015.^[15][16] The show premiered on January 14 in the Middle East and Africa on the DStv network.^[17] The series premiered on Cartoon Network Arabic in the Middle East on March 6.^[18] The series premiered on Boomerang in the United Kingdom and Ireland on February 16.^[19] In the United States, the show was originally intended to air on Cartoon Network. However, on February 26, 2015, it was announced that it would instead be available exclusively through Netflix starting March 27, 2015.^[20][21]

References

1. "Inspector Gadget Reboot Tops Off TELETOON Canada's Latest Original Production Slate". Bell Media. Banff, Alberta. June 11, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
2. "TELETOON Goes Back To Cool This Fall!" (Press release). Toronto: Corus Entertainment. September 3, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
3. Raveleau, Alexandre (December 31, 2014). "Inspecteur Gadget: la nouvelle version débarque en janvier 2015". Toutelatele (in French). Retrieved September 19, 2015.
4. http://nexttime-gadget.blogspot.com/2015/07/breaking-season-2-of-dhxs-inspector.html
5. http://nexttime-gadget.blogspot.com/2015/11/season-2-of-new-inspector-gadget-series.html
6. "Inspector Gadget: Sucks Like MAD; Claw for Talon". Zap2it. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
7. "Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Da Bomb; Gadget Management". Zap2it. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
8. "Inspector Gadget: Diamonds are a MAD's Best Friend; Ticked Off". Zap2it. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
9. "Inspector Gadget: You Know the Drill; Operation HQ Reunion". Zap2it. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
10. "Inspector Gadget: Colliderscope; She Got Dangerous Game". Zap2it. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
11. "Inspector Gadget: Mind Over Madder; Training Day". Zap2it. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
12. "Inspector Gadget: WereBrian of London; Airhead to the Throne". Zap2it. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
13. "Inspector Gadget: Beyond Gadgetdome; Brain Drain". Zap2it. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
14. Munn, Patrick (December 4, 2014). "Boomerang Acquires 'Inspector Gadget' For EMEA, Latin America & Asia Pacific". TV Wise. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
15. Higgins, D (January 5, 2015). "NEW THIS WEEK: Grimm, Pretty Little Liars, The 100, America’s Next Top Model, People’s Choice Awards, Hello Ladies: The Movie, 2015 AFC Asian Cup and live sport". Foxtel. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
16. "Boomerang Channel: Go-Go-Gadget relaunch". Foxtel Insider. Foxtel. December 19, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
17. Tizzle (January 1, 2015). "Who's that new familiar face?". DSTV. Multichoice. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
18. (Press release) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2z750p. Missing or empty |title= (help)
19. [phttp://www.regularcapital.com/2015/01/boomerang-uk-confirmed-rebrand-monday-16th-february/ "Boomerang and Cartoonito UK February 2015 Highlights"]. RegularCapital (Press release). Turner Broadcasting System Europe. January 15, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
20. Lussier, Germain (February 25, 2015). "Netflix Will Air New Versions of 'Inspector Gadget' and 'Danger Mouse'". Slashfilm. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
21. Persaud, Christine (March 25, 2015). "Go, Go, Gadget trailer! Netflix gives a first look at Inspector Gadget reboot". Digital Trends. Retrieved September 18, 2015.

External links

• Inspector Gadget at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website at DHX Media