Gadget and the Gadgetinis
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Jean Chalopin |
| Written by |
Jean Chalopin Teddy Anasti Pasty Anasti |
| Directed by | Bruno Bianchi |
| Voices of |
Maurice LaMarche Brian Drummond Ellen Kennedy Tegan Moss Colin Murdock Teryl Rothery Alvin Sanders |
| Opening theme | Gadgetinis Theme song |
| Ending theme | Credits with Gadgetinis Theme song |
| Country of origin | Canada France Italy |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Jacquline Tordjiman |
| Producer(s) | Bruno Bianchi |
| Running time | About 22 minutes |
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DHX Media YTV |
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| Original network |
YTV Italia 1 Hiro Boing ZDF Fox Kids |
| Picture format | Animation |
| First shown in | Canada |
| Original release | September 1, 2001 – December 27, 2003 |
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| Related shows | Inspector Gadget |
Gadget & the Gadgetinis is a Canadian–French-Italian TV series spin-off of the 1983 series Inspector Gadget, developed by DiC Entertainment in cooperation with Haim Saban's SIP Animation and released 2001–2003. There are 52 episodes. Gadget & the Gadgetinis is now property of DHX Media after Cookie Jar Group was bought by DHX Media.
Having been recruited by an elite international peacekeeping group called, the World Organization of Mega Powers (WOMP), Lieutenant Gadget (now promoted from his previous position of Inspector), and fights crime with a pair of mechanical assistants called, the Gadgetinis, who are small robot versions of the Inspector who were created by Penny (due to Brain retiring from active duty) and who are the unintended victims of Gadget's bumbling.
The original creators of Inspector Gadget reunited for this series. Andy Heyward initiated the concept and was one of the executive producers; Jean Chalopin created/developed the show and wrote or co-wrote every episode; while Bruno Bianchi designed the main characters as well as directing and producing the series. Gadget & the Gadgetinis follows basically the same plot as the original series, with the clueless Gadget attempting to fight crime while Penny and her helpers do all the work and he takes full credit for it, when he had no idea what happened. Dr. Claw appears less frequently and there are new villains for the group to contend with.
While Brain and Chief Quimby are mainly absent from the show, they do appear in pictures in Gadget's house. Each also appears as a special guest, and only in one episode each. Brain appears in episode 36, No Brainer which reveals that, having been traumatized after years of pain while saving Gadget and Gadget mistaking him for MAD Agents, he retired from crime-fighting to live in a riverside house, which only Penny knows about. The mere mention of the word "gadget" is enough to drive him frantic. Brain was also mentioned in the episode, Roverre. Chief Quimby appears in episode 45, Super Boss Gadget. They both appear on TV in the episode, Too Many Gadgets. Capeman, Gadget's sidekick from the original cartoon, is absent from this series as well.
The French end credits to the series show a series of sketches of Penny going to visit Brain at his riverside home. The pair enjoy an emotional reunion.
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