Launch Time
- Studio
- DiC Entertainment, FR3, Nelvana Limited
- Animation studio
- Studio Try, Studio Bob, QM Production, AIC, Asia Do, Cuckoo's Nest Production, IM Studio, Hokusai, Easy World, Studio Robin, Sunrise Studio, Shinsei Production, Oscar Kikaku, Viola Sha
- Distributor
- LBS Communications, Field Communications
Synopsis
M.A.D. plans to sabotage the space shuttle that is being sent to repair a satellite. Their plan: to modify the satellite to have everyone hear the power of Dr. Claw. Inspector Gadget is sent to investigate, while Brain follows. A M.A.D. astronaut tries to eliminate Gadget on the machinery used for training spacemen, and then trying to put the Inspector in the space shuttle they are going to destroy. Can Brain and Penny save Gadget and stop M.A.D. from messing around with NASA?
End Message: Gadget explains that breakfast is the most important and nutritious meal of the day, while trying to cook a grapefruit.
End Message: Gadget explains that breakfast is the most important and nutritious meal of the day, while trying to cook a grapefruit.
Characters
Inspector Gadget, Penny, Astronaut, Chief Quimby, M.A.D. Saboteur, Manager, Guard, Speaker Voice, Brain
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Ray Jafelice, Dave Cox, Ken Stephenson, Edouard David
- Assisted By
- Yoka Hatano
- Assistant To The Supervising Director
- Toshuki Hiruna
Producing
- Producer
- Jean Chalopin, Patrick Loubert
- Executive Producers
- Andy Heyward, Jean Chalopin, Tetsuo Katayama
Animation
- Animator
- Heihachiro Tanaka, Shinso Araki, Keiichiro Kimura, Karen Munroe-Caple, Jim Oda, Hiromi Yokoyama, Shunji Saida, Yukiko Michishita, Masahatsu Iijuin, Ikuo Fudanaoki, Art Kusama, Kyoko Matsuhara, Gokousha, Osamu Nabeshima, Kiyotoshi Aoi, Sumi Suzuki, Takeo Kitahara, Kozo Masanoru, Hisatoshi Motoki, Hideo Kawachi, Yuzo Aoki, Teryo Hanada, Harvo Takahashi, Koji Nagaoka
Voices
- Voice
- Don Adams (Inspector Gadget), Cree Summer (as Cree Summer Francks) (Penny), Don Francks (Astronaut), Dan Hennessey (Chief Quimby, M.A.D. Saboteur, Manager, Guard, Speaker Voice), Frank Welker, Greg Duffell, Jeri Craden (as Jeri Cradden), Melleny Brown, Hadley Kay ([uncredited])
Music
- Music
- Shuki Levy, Haim Saban
Editing
Crew
- Created By
- Andy Heyward, Jean Chalopin, Bruno Bianchi
- Developed by
- Jean Chalopin
- Character Design
- Bruno Bianchi, Edouard David, Christian Choquet, Jean Barbaud, Gilles Astorg, Charles Bonifacio, Brian Lemay
- Production Coordination
- Max Saldinger, Suzanne Remiot, Laurent Omont, Diane Parsons, Tetsuo Katayama, Nobuo Inada, Keiko Murata, Takahashi Yoshimitsu, Shigeru Akagawa, Jaimie Bennett, Marsha Goodman, Marilyn Kowalchuk, Nicole Pascal
- Storyboards
- Dale Schott, Sam Dixon, Jim Craig, Ricardo Spinace, Alan Bunce, Mik Casey, John DeKlein, Andrew Knight, Bill Perkins, Chris Shouten, Joe Sherman, Dave Smith
- Head Writer
- Peter Sauder
- Storyboard Supervision
- Anna Selznick, Peter Hudecki, Scott Caple, Stephane Martiniere
- Assistant to the Supervising Director
- Toshiuki Hiruma
- Directors
- Ray Jafelice, Dave Cox, Ken Stephenson, Edouard David
- Assisted by
- Yuka Hatano
- Unit Directors
- Dale Cox, Scott Caple, Saburo Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Yano, Kazuaki Kozutsumi, Mikio Miyazawa
- In-Between Checker
- Yaeko Kodama
- Inking and Painting Supervision
- Reiko Hirayama, Masayo Yamamoto
- Backgrounds
- Michel Simon, Toshikazu Yamaguchi, Isamu Kageyama, Mitsumari Makino, Lasco Atelier
- Camera
- Katsuri Misawa, Masahibe Ueda, T. Nishimura, Cuckoo's Nest
- Voice Direction
- Wally Burr, Rob Kirkpatrick
- Casting
- Arlene Berman
- Music
- Shuki Levy, Haim Saban
- Post Production Coordination
- Warner Leighton, Clive Smith
- Sound Effects
- Peter Thillaye, Michael O'Ferrell
- Sound Editing
- Steve Schnier, Teresa Argue, Darryl Cornford, Gordon Kidd, Sheila Murray
- Supervising Director
- Bruno Bianchi
Companies and other credits
- Backgrounds: Ishigaki Production
- Camera: Asahi Production
- Soundtrack: Saban Records
- Post Production Services: Film Arts
- Post Production Services: The Film House Group
- This is a DiC PRODUCTION in coproduction with FR3 and NELVANA
- in association with FIELD COMMUNICATIONS
- LBS
- TMS and CUCKOO'S NEST
- © DiC - FR3 - Field Communications
- 1983
Production notes
Go, Gadget, go...
Poor Inspector Gadget. He had all the James Bond gadgets, but none of the cool. In fact, his niece Penny and dog Brain were often two steps ahead of him in solving the crime, or even correcting his mistakes. Bond would never have stood for that.
As voiced by Don Adams? best known for his role as secret agent Maxwell Smart on the series Get Smart!? Gadget was a bumbling inspector, despite being blessed with the ability to fly, bounce, and stretch his arms to great lengths with the command, "Go, Go Gadget Arms!"
His boss, Quimby, handed out Gagdet's assignments, which usually involved battling the evil Dr. Claw and his cat, Madcat. Those gadgets included: pop-up rollerskates, extendable arms, a helicopter-hat, etc. Despite the arsenal at his disposal (which is just as likely to misfire as work properly), Gadget never seems to be able to catch the illusive mastermind Dr. Claw. Claw headed an organization called "MAD" (Mean And Dirty). Though his face was never shown, Claw's menacingly hoarse voice (by voice-vet Frank Welker) was enough to scare the pants off many a young viewer.
Don Adams is said to have quit the series before the end of its run, which left the title character to be voiced by an actor who didn't sound at all like Adams. The series was originally syndicated from 1983 to 1985 before gaining its greatest exposure on Nickelodeon from 1987 to 1992. Near the end of its Nickelodeon run, CBS reran the show on Saturday afternoons, while NBC presented a nighttime special, Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas, on December 4, 1992.
More recently, Matthew Broderick and Rupert Everett? as Gadget and Claw, respectively?starred in a blockbuster live-action update of the film, released by Disney in 1999.
Poor Inspector Gadget. He had all the James Bond gadgets, but none of the cool. In fact, his niece Penny and dog Brain were often two steps ahead of him in solving the crime, or even correcting his mistakes. Bond would never have stood for that.
As voiced by Don Adams? best known for his role as secret agent Maxwell Smart on the series Get Smart!? Gadget was a bumbling inspector, despite being blessed with the ability to fly, bounce, and stretch his arms to great lengths with the command, "Go, Go Gadget Arms!"
His boss, Quimby, handed out Gagdet's assignments, which usually involved battling the evil Dr. Claw and his cat, Madcat. Those gadgets included: pop-up rollerskates, extendable arms, a helicopter-hat, etc. Despite the arsenal at his disposal (which is just as likely to misfire as work properly), Gadget never seems to be able to catch the illusive mastermind Dr. Claw. Claw headed an organization called "MAD" (Mean And Dirty). Though his face was never shown, Claw's menacingly hoarse voice (by voice-vet Frank Welker) was enough to scare the pants off many a young viewer.
Don Adams is said to have quit the series before the end of its run, which left the title character to be voiced by an actor who didn't sound at all like Adams. The series was originally syndicated from 1983 to 1985 before gaining its greatest exposure on Nickelodeon from 1987 to 1992. Near the end of its Nickelodeon run, CBS reran the show on Saturday afternoons, while NBC presented a nighttime special, Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas, on December 4, 1992.
More recently, Matthew Broderick and Rupert Everett? as Gadget and Claw, respectively?starred in a blockbuster live-action update of the film, released by Disney in 1999.