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The Worst Episodes of Inspector Gadget

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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 46 - The Emerald Duck
    6.2/10(92 votes)

    #1 - The Emerald Duck

    S1:E46

    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 Miguel. The Emerald Duck is the key to activating a powerful and ancient weapon.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 63 - School for Pickpockets
    6.2/10(89 votes)

    #2 - School for Pickpockets

    S1:E63

    Gadget must foil Dr. Claw's plans to steal his new Gadget watch, and close down the school for pickpockets.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 58 - In Seine
    6.3/10(87 votes)

    #3 - In Seine

    S1:E58

    In Paris a M.A.D. agent uses a robot to rob the rich and famous.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Inspector Gadget Season 2 Episode 3 - Gadget Meets the Grappler
    6.3/10(82 votes)

    #4 - Gadget Meets the Grappler

    S2:E3

    The Gadget clan faces one last threat from M.A.D.'s Dr. Dumbkopf, which involves battling his hulking, irascible humanoid assistant named the Grappler. Fortunately, sweets, candies, and ultimately Penny's kindness help in soothing the soul of this misunderstood beast and thwarting Dr. Dumbkopf for the last time.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Inspector Gadget Season 2 Episode 9 - Wambini Predicts
    6.3/10(84 votes)

    #5 - Wambini Predicts

    S2:E9

    The Great Wambini goes to Alpakistan to win the King's diamond-spitting llama by making three accurate predictions. Gadget is sent along to investigate M.A.D. involvement, and ends up playing in the National Floobyball Tournament.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 59 - Tree Guesses
    6.4/10(89 votes)

    #6 - Tree Guesses

    S1:E59

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 2 - Down on the Farm
    6.5/10(184 votes)

    #7 - Down on the Farm

    S1:E2

    M.A.D. tries to do Gadget in by locking him in a missile hidden in a farm's grain silo.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 24 - Gadget Goes West
    6.5/10(99 votes)

    #8 - Gadget Goes West

    S1:E24

    Inspector Gadget arrives at a western tourist town that plays heavily on its cowboy image to stop modern day outlaw Black Bart.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 10 - A Star is Lost
    6.6/10(111 votes)

    #9 - A Star is Lost

    S1:E10

    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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 13 - Amusement Park
    6.6/10(107 votes)

    #10 - Amusement Park

    S1:E13

    Gadget has to find the bomb Dr. Claw has hidden in Metro City's amusement park.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 17 - The Infiltration
    6.6/10(105 votes)

    #11 - The Infiltration

    S1:E17

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 44 - Prince of the Gypsies
    6.6/10(97 votes)

    #12 - Prince of the Gypsies

    S1:E44

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Inspector Gadget Season 2 Episode 14 - Crash Course in Crime
    6.6/10(81 votes)

    #13 - Crash Course in Crime

    S2:E14

    While Gadget trains his new assistant Capeman, Dr. Claw launches a crime spree to celebrate M.A.D.'s anniversary.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 1 - Monster Lake
    6.7/10(172 votes)

    #14 - Monster Lake

    S1:E1

    Gadget looks for a missing scientist who vanished at a lake rumored to harbor a monster.

    Director:Bernard Deyriès
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 3 - Gadget at the Circus
    6.7/10(145 votes)

    #15 - Gadget at the Circus

    S1:E3

    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 undercover as a clown to uncover the truth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 40 - Pirate Island
    6.7/10(95 votes)

    #16 - Pirate Island

    S1:E40

    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 and Inspector Gadget is back to work.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 47 - Do Unto Udders
    6.7/10(92 votes)

    #17 - Do Unto Udders

    S1:E47

    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).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 55 - Weather In Tibet
    6.7/10(90 votes)

    #18 - Weather In Tibet

    S1:E55

    Penny teams up with a Tibetan boy to destroy a M.A.D. weather control machine while her uncle blunders around as usual.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 56 - Unhenged
    6.7/10(87 votes)

    #19 - Unhenged

    S1:E56

    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 solar-powered heat cannon at the grounds of mysterious Stonehenge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Inspector Gadget Season 2 Episode 6 - N.S.F. Gadget
    6.7/10(85 votes)

    #20 - N.S.F. Gadget

    S2:E6

    M.A.D. gains control of Metro City's banks, by tapping into an orbiting satellite. With the added distraction of "Crazy Gas", a substance that induces hallucinations in their victims, can even Inspector Gadget ever hope to regain control of the city's bank accounts?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Inspector Gadget Season 2 Episode 12 - Busy Signal
    6.7/10(89 votes)

    #21 - Busy Signal

    S2:E12

    Under the guise of a local telephone company, M.A.D. inventor Dr. Spectrum and his goons systemically target the mansions of Metro City's elite neighborhoods and proceed to burglarize them with the dial of a number and with a zap of a teleportation gun to send the loot straight into Claw's hands.penny,is,caguht,and,odered,to,be,sent,to,doctor,claw

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Inspector Gadget Season 2 Episode 17 - Gadget's Roma
    6.7/10(84 votes)

    #22 - Gadget's Roma

    S2:E17

    Inspector Gadget, Penny, and Brain travel back in time again -- on this occasion, to ancient Rome to prevent Dr. Claw's own time traveler, Thelma Bodkin, from deciphering an ancient mosaic and stealing the treasure it describes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 21 - Sleeping Gas
    6.8/10(100 votes)

    #23 - Sleeping Gas

    S1:E21

    Gadget is assigned to halt a diabolical M.A.D. scheme: put entire cities to sleep with a powerful sleeping gas.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 25 - Launch Time
    6.8/10(99 votes)

    #24 - Launch Time

    S1:E25

    M.A.D. tries to sabotage a NASA mission.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Inspector Gadget Season 1 Episode 32 - Dutch Treat
    6.8/10(99 votes)

    #25 - Dutch Treat

    S1:E32

    Inspector Gadget hunts for diamond smugglers in the land of tulips and chocolate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Emerald Duck" is the worst rated episode of "Inspector Gadget". It scored 6.2/10 based on 92 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/7/1983. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "School for Pickpockets".