Episode guide
Inspector Gadget: Season 1
65 episodes · premiered Sep 5, 1983
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- Episode 1: Monster Lake Sep 5, 1983 · 22m Gadget looks for a missing scientist who vanished at a lake rumored to harbor a monster.
- Episode 2: Down on the Farm Sep 6, 1983 · 22m M.A.D. tries to do Gadget in by locking him in a missile hidden in a farm's grain silo.
- Episode 3: Gadget at the Circus Sep 7, 1983 · 22m Gadget brings Penny to the circus as he investigates a top-secret mission. The Inspector believes that Dr. Claw has replaced some of the circus performers with M.A.D. Agents! Gadget goes…
- Episode 4: The Amazon Sep 8, 1983 · 22m Dr. Claw kidnaps Professor Von Slickstein, the brilliant scientist who invented all of Gadget's gadgets, and takes him to the Amazon to build an army of Gadget-like robots.
- Episode 5: Health Spa Sep 9, 1983 · 22m Dr. Claw tricks Gadget into attending a "vacation" at a M.A.D.-trapped health spa. Can Penny and Brain save him?
- Episode 6: The Boat Sep 12, 1983 · 22m Gadget is assigned to board a cruise ship and safeguard the passenger's priceless jewelry from Dr. Claw's clutches.
- Episode 7: Haunted Castle Sep 13, 1983 · 22m While searching for a crime-fighters' convention in Transylvania Gadget arrives at a castle that Dr. Claw has booby-trapped to kill him.
- Episode 8: Race to the Finish Sep 14, 1983 · 22m Gadget enters the Gadget Mobile in a race and finds that Dr. Claw has also entered with a plot to eliminate him and his competition by sabotaging the other race cars.
- Episode 9: The Ruby Sep 15, 1983 · 22m Gadget is sent to India to investigate a missing ruby, which has been stolen by M.A.D. to be used as an amplifying power source for a laser beam that will destroy an advanced satellite in…
- Episode 10: A Star is Lost Sep 16, 1983 · 22m Gadget has to guard the life of famed rock singer Rick Rocker, whom M.A.D. has sinister plans for. But Gadget winds up replacing Rocker as the current reigning King of Rock!
- Episode 11: All That Glitters Sep 19, 1983 · 22m Gadget is assigned to find El Dorado, the fabled Lost City of Gold, before Dr. Claw's agents find it and tear it apart to melt down the gold.
- Episode 12: Movie Set Sep 20, 1983 · 22m Gadget falls for actress Lana Lamour unaware that she's a M.A.D. agent and that her movie is M.A.D.'s cover for filming top secret facilities.
- Episode 13: Amusement Park Sep 21, 1983 · 22m Gadget has to find the bomb Dr. Claw has hidden in Metro City's amusement park.
- Episode 14: Art Heist Sep 22, 1983 · 22m Gadget has to stop M.A.D. from looting the New York Museum of Art.
- Episode 15: Volcano Island Sep 23, 1983 · 22m A prophet working for M.A.D. predicts doom for an island resort and plans to use his "pineapple bombs" to trigger the island's volcano to ensure his prediction comes true.
- Episode 16: The Invasion Sep 26, 1983 · 23m M.A.D. agents disguised as Martians terrorize Metro City.
- Episode 17: The Infiltration Sep 27, 1983 · 23m Presto Chango, the world's greatest disguise artist and a M.A.D. agent, plans to infiltrate an Interpol conference in London disguised as Inspector Gadget.
- Episode 18: The Curse of the Pharaoh Sep 28, 1983 · 22m M.A.D. agents disguised as mummies and ancient Egyptian gods try to loot the tomb of a newly discovered pharaoh.
- Episode 19: M.A.D. Trap Sep 29, 1983 · 22m M.A.D. agent Rat begins committing crimes in an easy to predict pattern to lure Inspector Gadget into a steel foundry that has been turned in a deathtrap.
- Episode 20: Basic Training Sep 30, 1983 · 22m Gadget must protect a trainload of important computer parts from M.A.D. hijackers.
- Episode 21: Sleeping Gas Oct 3, 1983 · 23m Gadget is assigned to halt a diabolical M.A.D. scheme: put entire cities to sleep with a powerful sleeping gas.
- Episode 22: Gadget's Replacement Oct 4, 1983 · 22m A new supercomputer has made the Metro City police so efficient that Chief Quimby fires Gadget but M.A.D. has a plan to control the computer and feed the police false information.
- Episode 23: Greenfinger Oct 5, 1983 · 22m Gadget is assigned to protect Professor Greenfinger who has developed a super plant growth formula, but Greenfinger has already been replaced by a M.A.D. agent.
- Episode 24: Gadget Goes West Oct 6, 1983 · 22m Inspector Gadget arrives at a western tourist town that plays heavily on its cowboy image to stop modern day outlaw Black Bart.
- Episode 25: Launch Time Oct 7, 1983 · 22m M.A.D. tries to sabotage a NASA mission.
- Episode 26: Photo Safari Oct 10, 1983 · 22m Inspector Gadget must stop Dr. Claw from using animals to scare villagers away.
- Episode 27: The Coo-Coo-Clock Caper Oct 11, 1983 · 23m While Gadget is searching Switzerland for stolen gold, Penny runs afoul of the murderous M.A.D. Agent, The Clockmaker.
- Episode 28: The Bermuda Triangle Oct 12, 1983 · 22m Ships are vanishing in the Bermuda Triangle, but the seemingly supernatural aspects of the disappearances are subterfuge by Dr. Claw, who is using an enormous machine to swallow oil…
- Episode 29: The Japanese Connection Oct 13, 1983 · 23m Penny won a computer contest and is in Japan helping her local counterpart, Atsuko, to foil an alliance between Dr. Claw and his Japanese counterpart, Iji Waruda-san.
- Episode 30: Arabian Nights Oct 14, 1983 · 22m Gadget is sent to the wealthy Middle-Eastern kingdom of Yetzanistan to safeguard a sacred sword.
- Episode 31: Clear Case Oct 17, 1983 · 23m South African diamond miners are terrorized by a ghost who is actually a M.A.D. scientist using diamond dust to create invisibility suits.
- Episode 32: Dutch Treat Oct 18, 1983 · 22m Inspector Gadget hunts for diamond smugglers in the land of tulips and chocolate.
- Episode 33: The Great Divide Oct 19, 1983 · 22m M.A.D. has abducted a prominent seismologist, who is coerced by Dr. Claw to construct a machine capable of generating deadly earthquakes upon the world. Gadget's case takes him deep within…
- Episode 34: Eye of the Dragon Oct 20, 1983 · 22m Gadget is sent to Hong Kong to recover the priceless jewel the Eye of the Dragon and foil an alliance between Dr. Claw and Hong Kong's crime-lord Mr. Chow.
- Episode 35: Doubled Agent Oct 21, 1983 · 22m M.A.D. engineers an android replica of Inspector Gadget that is used to steal from Metro City's banks in order to have the real Gadget framed for armed-robbery. With our hero wrongfully…
- Episode 36: Plantform of the Opera Oct 24, 1983 · 22m M.A.D. agents use an opera house as cover to tunnel into a bank vault while protected by a killer man-eating plant.
- Episode 37: Don't Hold Your Breath Oct 25, 1983 · 23m Inspector Gadget is assigned to look into a case of some missing oceanographers who were searching for an undersea city when they disappeared.
- Episode 38: Gone Went the Wind Oct 26, 1983 · 23m A M.A.D. scientist at the North Pole creates a machine to cause windstorms all over the globe.
- Episode 39: King Wrong Oct 27, 1983 · 22m In the far-off country of Pianostan, the people remain happy as long as their King is miserable. But M.A.D. has been ensuring that the King is happy in order to disrupt the peace, so…
- Episode 40: Pirate Island Oct 28, 1983 · 22m Inspector Gadget, Penny, and Brain are on vacation in the Caribbean. But before they've had a chance to get any serious R & R on Gadget's dilapidated old rust-bucket of a boat, duty calls…
- Episode 41: M.A.D. Academy Oct 31, 1983 · 23m Gadget is assigned to find and shut down M.A.D.'s training center for its agents and Dr. Claw decides eliminating Gadget will make a good class project for the latest batch of recruits.
- Episode 42: No Flies on Us Nov 1, 1983 · 22m In Malaysia, the Wild Man of Borneo (a M.A.D. scientist), has both derived a virus from flies and concocted its antidote. A head-cold-suffering Gadget must stop Dr. Claw's plan to turn…
- Episode 43: Luck of the Irish Nov 2, 1983 · 22m Gadget heads to Ireland to locate the Blarney Stone, "The national treasure of Ireland," when it's stolen by M.A.D. agents. While plotting to use a laser cannon to slice up the Stone and…
- Episode 44: Prince of the Gypsies Nov 3, 1983 · 22m Dr. Claw tries to frame the gypsies of Freedonia for the theft of the Royal Coat of Arms. So Gadget investigates the gypsies while Penny and her new friend, Anya, try to find the real thief.
- Episode 45: Old Man of the Mountain Nov 4, 1983 · 22m Gadget visits the Balkans to stop a war between a tribe of super-strong men and super-strong women while Dr. Claw tries to steal the potion that gives them their uncanny strength.
- Episode 46: The Emerald Duck Nov 7, 1983 · 22m Gadget heads for Mexico, where he must stop "The oldest Mayan artifact known to exist," the Emerald Duck, from falling into the hands of a M.A.D. agent -- a Mexican bandit named Macho…
- Episode 47: Do Unto Udders Nov 8, 1983 · 22m M.A.D. utilizes satellite waves to cause local cows to stop producing milk, forcing consumers to purchase milk from "New Foods Dairy" (a M.A.D. front).
- Episode 48: Did You Myth Me? Nov 9, 1983 · 22m A M.A.D. scientist tries to steal an ancient Greek scroll said to hold the secret of turning lead into gold.
- Episode 49: A Bad Altitude Nov 10, 1983 · 22m Dr. Claw intends to sink most of an island so that his (currently) mountaintop resort will become the only hotel on "M.A.D. Island".
- Episode 50: Funny Money Nov 11, 1983 · 22m M.A.D. has enlisted the aid of the incarcerated Funny Money counterfeiting gang in a plot to generate millions upon millions of bogus dollars for Dr. Claw to use in his dirty work. Two of…
- Episode 51: Follow That Jet Nov 14, 1983 · 23m Dr. Claw begins making US Airforce jets disappear so that he can create his own private M.A.D. airforce.
- Episode 52: Dry Spell Nov 15, 1983 · 23m A M.A.D. agent and his Blue Trolls causes a drought in Metro City by cutting off the city's mountain water resources.
- Episode 53: Smeldorado Nov 16, 1983 · 23m Dr. Claw creates a ray that turns gold into smelly cheese, planning to change it back once the government empties Fort Knox of the foul smelling stuff.
- Episode 54: Quimby Exchange Nov 17, 1983 · 23m Gadget is assigned to protect "Nervous Nick" Defecto, a former M.A.D. agent, from Dr. Claw's wrath. In revenge, Dr. Claw takes Chief Quimby hostage and offers him in exchange for his…
- Episode 55: Weather In Tibet Nov 18, 1983 · 22m Penny teams up with a Tibetan boy to destroy a M.A.D. weather control machine while her uncle blunders around as usual.
- Episode 56: Unhenged Nov 21, 1983 · 23m Gadget must put a stop to M.A.D.'s latest plot for global domination, which involves the kidnapping of the world's leading solar scientists and coercing them to design and construct a…
- Episode 57: Snakin' All Over Nov 22, 1983 · 23m A M.A.D. agent intends to use his pet snakes to steal a valuable coin collection.
- Episode 58: In Seine Nov 23, 1983 · 23m In Paris a M.A.D. agent uses a robot to rob the rich and famous.
- Episode 59: Tree Guesses Nov 24, 1983 · 22m Dr. Claw has concocted a chemical compound that decomposes wood at an accelerated rate, which he threatens to unleash upon the world's forests in exchange for a hefty ransom.
- Episode 60: Birds of a Feather Nov 25, 1983 · 23m In Turkey a M.A.D. agent uses his birds to steal a very valuable gemstone from an exhibition.
- Episode 61: So it is Written Nov 28, 1983 · 23m Gadget arrives in an Arabian country where he is believed to be the prophesied one who will find a long lost treasure cave. Dr. Claw is eager to let his old enemy lead him to the treasure…
- Episode 62: Fang the Wonder Dog Nov 29, 1983 · 22m Dr. Claw tries to abduct movie star "Fang the Wonder Dog" from the set of his latest film so he can ransom him.
- Episode 63: School for Pickpockets Nov 30, 1983 · 23m Gadget must foil Dr. Claw's plans to steal his new Gadget watch, and close down the school for pickpockets.
- Episode 64: Quizmaster Dec 1, 1983 · 22m A slick game show host mesmerizes contestants when they enter his TV program's sealed "21"-like booth, which is outfitted with hypnotic lights. The contestants are then commanded to rob…
- Episode 65: Gadget in Winterland Dec 2, 1983 · 22m Gadget goes to the Winterland Resort where the world's athletes are gathered for the opening of the Olympic games. Dr.Claw tries to ruin the Olympics by replacing the torch bearer with a…