Recent Gadget Cartoon

[ZariusTwo]

No, I'm not talking about the Mainframe effort that combined the original Gadget look with the Gadgetini designs of Claw, Mad Cat, and Penny. I'm talking about the second season of "Gadgetinies"...you know, that bad Inspector Gadget spin off that aired in some european regions "fortunate" enough to get them? The series that tossed out Brain, Cheif Quimby, and replaced them with bumbling Gadget droids and a french colnel called Noisheir (or "Nosehair")

...And Penny was by far the least unattractive teenager I've seen in that series when compared to her "guilty as charged" appeal from the original...

Well now those same writers have gone ahead and given Gadget...deapth.

"Go Go Gadgetinies" is the lastest (and probably last) season based on the Gadget and Gadgetini series, in it Gadget finally finds a romantic relationship with "Inspector Prince", a purple haired, slightly more competent british secret agent with her own gadgets and gadgetinies at her disposal (plus she has a hilarious obession with stopping at any point in a chase for coffe), the most fascinating aspect about Prince is'nt the fact shes' a glorified mary sue that has all but made Penny redundant, but the fact her past is cloaked in mystery, leading to some shocking developments I wont' divulge for the sake of some you looking for these episodes, there bloody excellent, Claws' never been this badass either, throughout the series he has genuine "steamy office cubical" moments with his new mistress "Miss Molly" , and not only succeeds in capturing Gadget, he also tortures the s*it out of him and Prince to boot.

Even better upswing is that Quimby is back

I hope to god this series gets another renewal, this team fouled up in the last version, but seemed to have gotten rid of most of the cons for this, disliked the ending though (series actually has a finale, unlike other Gadget shows), but just dehumanize "Superprince" and get Penny back where she belongs in terms of full time assitence and we'll call this perfect.

http://photobucket.com/albums/e45/Dr_Claw_of_MAD/

[Ra]

....why must we live through this horror? Why....? :cry:

[VaughnMichael]

oh well it may look like crap compaired to the old show but it sure isn't as bad as the cgi dvd movie with the talking gadget car :roll:

[Duke]

Still no brain?

[ZariusTwo]

Ugh...you know...this whole bandwagon of "OMG, THIZ REMAKEZ SUCKZ" is so f*cking retarded now, even I'm getting sick of it. None of you hav'nt even watched it yet, what the heck makes you lot so sure it blows? I HATED the original season of Gadgetinis, yet loved THIS season, so that kind of proves that if the efforts' good enough, I'll lwatch it in spite of how much I loved an original version. It does'nt mean I DONT' love the original, or that I'm betraying it by liking a remake, which seems to be the "blasphemous" thing to do these days. I dont' remotley consider the new version of the Turtle cartoon in the same fracking leauge as the original, but I love it all the same, I gave that a chance, it caught me

Here I am offering some broad discussion on a new version, and all I get is the same rubbish from a bandwagon that died, or should have, RIP, when the new TMNT and He-Man series proved remakes work years ago. This season is an improvment, and I sure as hell wont' let sentimental attachments to the original, even if its' superior, deter me from giving something its' due

[DrSpengler]

I do actually wish they'd run the Gadgetinis here in America, as I'd like ANY Inspector Gadget over NO Inspector Gadget.

I gave up after I bought Inspector Gadget's Last Case and found it to be more disappointing than those live action movies. Which reminds me, is this Inspector Prince inspired by the female Inspector Gadget from the second live action movie? Sorta like the newer, blacker Gadgetmobile.

This new season actually sounds very appealing, as all I wanted from the first live action Inspector Gadget movie was a slightly DARKER storyline.

I dunno if the trailers were just misleading or what, but I was hoping Gadget would have grown up with his fanbase just a little.


And just for the sake of asking a Gadget question that's been irking me, has Dr. Klaw's face ever been revealed in the show-itself, or only in the SNES game and the action figure?

[Duke]

Still no brain?I'm still interested in if brain's around.

[ZariusTwo]

I do actually wish they'd run the Gadgetinis here in America, as I'd like ANY Inspector Gadget over NO Inspector Gadget.

I gave up after I bought Inspector Gadget's Last Case and found it to be more disappointing than those live action movies. Which reminds me, is this Inspector Prince inspired by the female Inspector Gadget from the second live action movie? Sorta like the newer, blacker Gadgetmobile.

Princes' background kind of makes it impossible to be remoltey like the sequel female, shes' pretty british, clumsy, accident prone, much like Gadget, wbut with the sense of Penny to get Gadget out of predicaments, often being dragged down with him.

And just for the sake of asking a Gadget question that's been irking me, has Dr. Klaw's face ever been revealed in the show-itself, or only in the SNES game and the action figure?

The action figures' long been disregarded as non-canon to sustain his mystery, Claws' face has never been shown in any of the animated series

[GK Punk]

http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/drclaw.html

I see why. I liked it better when it was up to my imagination.

[Turtledude2k3]

http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/drclaw.html

I see why. I liked it better when it was up to my imagination.

I read the article in the link you provided. I laughed.. Geeze the action figure isn't all that cool. Dr. Claw is an awesome villian but his face needs to be fixed to be more eviler than that.

[Janevapau]

Yes, yes... I know that this was posted on 03-13-2006, but I have been looking everywhere on the net to find other places to discuss this outstanding series. Please forgive me. :(

I guess i wanted to share my two cents and perhaps even discuss it further with folks.

This is my favorite of the spin offs. It actually follows a set storyline instead of featuring random episodes that don't follow on from the previous one.

There are a few new characters in this one and a few old and familiar faces too. Chief Quimby actually features in various episodes (along with his note-explodery) and even the original set of M.A.D Agents are back in their snazzy new black sneak suits. The new characters are Inspector Prince (Gadget's co-worker and soon-to-be-g/f *boohoo*), Miss Molly (Dr Claw's lady friend) and the 2 new female Gadgetini's who belong to Inspector Prince, who are called Data and Scooter and Prince's superior officer Chief Littlewood.

Inspector Prince is a purple haired law enforcer. She is very clever, artistic, but also rather clumsy on occasion. And, like Gadget, she has gadgets of her own. They are kept neatly inside the navy, grey and beige backpack that she carries around everywhere. See the link for more info, I don't really want to go in depth too much.

Miss Molly is Dr Claw's right hand lady and also share a romantic attachment. (ew.) She is dark, sinister and very sexy. Most of the time it is she who gives the MAD Agents their orders and not Dr Claw, since he finds it handy to have someone do all the work for him. Her outfit (A strappy red dress with huge slits down each leg, long black gloves and knee length boots and also wears stockings and a garter belt.) is unusual for a cartoon and is one of the many extra adult-aimed features of the show. Many actually come to the conclusion that its these more adult related features that allowed it to only show in the UK and not be aired in the US.

Data and Scooter, the two female bots, were created for Inspector Prince. The four don't always get along and Digit and Scooter are fierce rivals. Data and Fidgit are more friendly towards each other and actually have a lot of fun most of the time. They created this real cute way of communicating when apart in enemy territory that is called the 'Marco-polo technique'. Fidgit will say "Marco" and Data willl say "Polo" (And proceed to giggle a hell of a lot) to let him know shes there. So cute!

Chief Littlewood is like Chief Quimby was to Gadget. He is, however, much younger and doesn't smoke. lol. He wears a dark turquoise-ish jacket and is very vigilant.

I don't know you guys remember from the 1983 original series... There was a MAD Agent who was really tall and skinny with a big nose, well his name was Agent Dick and he features more in this series. He tends to follow Gadget and Prince around making sure all the MAD plots work. (Most of the time getting attacked himself.) He is the only Agent that is referred to by name. There is a lil secret about him and one of the other characters, but you either already know, want to watch it (if its ever on again) or will most likely read it on pages you are likely to find lying around. I won't spoil it.

10/10 *holds up boards*

[BigApple3AM]

That's what they thought Dr. Claw looked like? Wow, he looks like some old plane pilot who forgot his helmet and is on crack. I always imagined Dr. Claw to look like Destro myself, which is funny they brought it up. Actually more like Soundwave from Transformers, I dunno why, they both have weird voices. But yeah he needs to have a helmet, in fact I wouldn't mind if they eventually showed Claw to the masses in the cartoon only to be completely covered in body armor.

But I thought it was a give in that anyone with a huge claw arm would have armor all around him or something.


And wtf is this show? And why aren't the states getting it? I miss Inspector Gadget, I remember when they would have marathons of it on whatever channel it was back in the day.

[Drtooth]

As far as the action figure goes... I have drawn (but do not have the methods yet to show you) that you can draw him in that manner, and he still can look sinister. The action figures were too cartoony looking anyway. I feel Gadget is cartoonish, but in a more rigid sort of way.

>>The new characters are Inspector Prince (Gadget's co-worker and soon-to-be-g/f *boohoo*), Miss Molly (Dr Claw's lady friend) and the 2 new female Gadgetini's who belong to Inspector Prince, who are called Data and Scooter and Prince's superior officer Chief Littlewood.<<

Heh heh heh... Little Wood. Heh heh heh

Huhuh huh huh huhhuh..

Sorry... Had a Bevis and Butthead out of body experiance.

Now, I DON'T like any of these changes, but I still would like to see them. They NEVER aired it over in the US, and Dic has been parading out crappy "Educational" garbagy girly shows (and the random, unexplainable Littles Reruns) instead of showing this in any format.

I just wish they'd stop trying to make the show more like the crappy movie. It was a mistake and should be forgotten.

[DrSpengler]

There's been some good fanart using the Toy/SNES Dr. Claw character model.

This one's alright:

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/26029654/?qo=3&q=Dr.+Claw&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5

This one takes a bit of an artistic license, shaving his head and adding a cyborg eye, which I think works better:

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/24336462/?&q=Dr.+Claw&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5

[Drtooth]

Yeah... mine was similar to that first one.

BTW... As much as I liked the X-mas special of the old Gadget... I felt the wonky animation and poorly played music just couldn't make it as good as the original.

Now, the question is, did someone else have the copywrite for the Gadget theme besides DIC? Other than the 2 crappy live action movies, they made other, lousier sounding themes for other projects.

[Janevapau]

And wtf is this show? And why aren't the states getting it? I miss Inspector Gadget, I remember when they would have marathons of it on whatever channel it was back in the day.

Well as far as I know some of the things contained within it would, apparently, not be allowed on US screens. Or so I heard anyway.

I really reccomend this series. It is outstanding viewing. If you ever find an episode you really must watch it.

[ZariusTwo]

Well as far as I know some of the things contained within it would, apparently, not be allowed on US screens. Or so I heard anyway.

I really reccomend this series. It is outstanding viewing. If you ever find an episode you really must watch it.

Such as the final arc where Prince is captured and tortured alongside Gadget, scenes that would make Ian Flemming's original Bond novels proud.

[Janevapau]

Hehe. Yeah. That ending was spectacular! I nearly cried my socks off when the credits rolled! Those shots were so perfect and happy. But, what was with that music?!

[Drtooth]

Well as far as I know some of the things contained within it would, apparently, not be allowed on US screens. Or so I heard anyway.

And there's no point in releasing it to DVD because.....?

[ZariusTwo]

Because Buena Vista are only now learning what a "DVD Box set" is and are too busy wondering whenever or not to put pilot episodes on the second or third volumes of their older cartoons?

Perhaps it's due to the fact the once great, now complaicent Mainframe are now animating Gadget, but the original series is currently getting a DVD release so it may mean we'll get around to the Gadgetini seasons sooner or later (The UK relesed a five episode DVD of the first Gadgetini season)

[Janevapau]

I'm not sure about DVD releases. I think I heard a rumor going around that they might be bringing out a box set of all the eps in late 2007, but I don't know much else.

I also heard a rumor of a game or something. RPG/Platform. But, that was a while ago now that I heard it.

So, just for the record - What are your favorite characters?

[Drtooth]

Because Buena Vista are only now learning what a "DVD Box set" is and are too busy wondering whenever or not to put pilot episodes on the second or third volumes of their older cartoons?

Perhaps it's due to the fact the once great, now complaicent Mainframe are now animating Gadget, but the original series is currently getting a DVD release so it may mean we'll get around to the Gadgetini seasons sooner or later (The UK relesed a five episode DVD of the first Gadgetini season)

Hmm... is Buena Vista behind this? I know MGM released the animated Movie DVD (the first one, not the CGI one to my knowledge), and Shout does DIC series box sets.

Anyway...

I also heard a rumor of a game or something. RPG/Platform. But, that was a while ago now that I heard it.

The SNES game was fun, but I've heard nothing but bad things about recent games. I once tried my hand at the Game Boy Color one, but it was terrible.

So, just for the record - What are your favorite characters?

Even though I've never seen it, that would have to be Gadget.

BTW... were there any tips of the hat to Capeman? I'd feel it disappointing if he didn't come back from Secret Agent school a great hero with rippling muscles and a much higher IQ.

[ZariusTwo]

BTW... were there any tips of the hat to Capeman? I'd feel it disappointing if he didn't come back from Secret Agent school a great hero with rippling muscles and a much higher IQ.

No, but there was a two part story that saw the return of Brain (but he was so out of character it disgusted me, thank god that was only in the first Gadgetini season that nobody thinks is any good), apparantly covering Gadget's ass so many times caused him to snap and he became a nervous, reluctant dog who broke away from the family and lived on his own.

[DrSpengler]

BTW... were there any tips of the hat to Capeman? I'd feel it disappointing if he didn't come back from Secret Agent school a great hero with rippling muscles and a much higher IQ.

Oh god, CAPEMAN!

I had forgotten all about that guy. I remember hating his guts as a kid, though I would totally get a kick out of him if they did what you just described.

They could bring back Townsend Coleman to reprise the role, except he can use his Tick voice this time around.

Ohhh that would be awesome.

[Drtooth]

I had forgotten all about that guy. I remember hating his guts as a kid, though I would totally get a kick out of him if they did what you just described.


Yeah... he'd grow up to be the EXACT opposite of what he was. I didn't hate him too much... but I think the character was ahead of his time. I mean, it would work better today, with fat dorky guys co-splaying as super heroes at comic conventions.

[Janevapau]

Even though I've never seen it, that would have to be Gadget.


Haha, yes. Gadget is quite brilliant in it. I myself have a few favorites, because I'm greedy. Hehe.

Inspector Prince - Quite simply, she is adorable. She is so sarcastic at times that it splits my sides. I love how she is not a clichéd character too and that is a refreshing change. Plus she looks damn hot in her underwear.

Miss Molly - Who DOESN'T like Miss Molly. (I mean, besides jealous Claw fangirls and anti-female character types.) She is one of the most ruthless 'bad-woman' types I've seen. I love how sneaky she is and her outfit is just fabulous. Anyone who is with Claw gets my respect.

Agent Dick - I loved this M.A.D agent in the original 1983 series. There was always something odd about him and he is no different in this series. His character is outstanding. Whenever he is involved in the story you can be sure it makes for some heart-rending moments.

[ZariusTwo]

Alright, we've been outed. As part of the fanbase, it was partially my job to really push the show, but it's been revealed as the hoax it always was, but I applaud everyone in on the joke for pushing it as long as it lasted.

[Drtooth]

Alright, we've been outed. As part of the fanbase, it was partially my job to really push the show, but it's been revealed as the hoax it always was, but I applaud everyone in on the joke for pushing it as long as it lasted.

Uhhhh... say wha?!?!

[ZariusTwo]

The show was fake. You heard me. F-A-K-E, it's our DB AF, we pushed the joke for three years, then someone got clever about it and exposed it on Youtube.