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Inspector Gadget

★ 6.8 1983 · 1980s 2 seasons CBS, Syndication

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Synopsis

Inspector Gadget is a clumsy, dim-witted human cyborg detective with various bionic gadgets built into his body. Gadget stumbles around working the cases while his niece and dog do most of the investigating. Gadget's arch-nemesis is Dr. Claw, the leader of an evil organisation, known as "M.A.D."

Cast & Crew

Don Adams

Don Adams

Inspector Gadget (voice)

Maurice LaMarche

Maurice LaMarche

Chief Quimby (voice)

Holly Berger

Holly Berger

Penny (voice)

Jean Chalopin

Jean Chalopin

Producer

Patrick Loubert

Patrick Loubert

Producer

Andy Heyward

Andy Heyward

Producer

Trivia about Inspector Gadget

The original Inspector Gadget theme song was composed by Israeli-American composer Shuki Levy (who also wrote the themes for Power Rangers and Digimon), and was based on Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King".

Several early rap records sampling the Inspector Gadget theme song were released in 1985.

East New York rap group Bad Boys & K-Love released a record on Starlite Records, "Bad Boys", featured on the UK hip hop compilation Street Sounds Electro 9.

California-based punk band Lagwagon recorded a short instrumental cover of the theme song on their 1992 album Duh.

The new (2015) theme was composed by Canadian film and TV composers Stephen Skratt and Asher Lenz, "once again using In the Hall of the Mountain King as inspiration".

In 2023, co-creator Jean Chalopin's daughter, Tanis Chalopin, composed an original soundtrack for the video game "Inspector Gadget: MAD Time Party" as well as a new arrangement on the original theme.