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* TheOtherDarrin: In the pilot she was voiced by MonaMarshall.

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* TheOtherDarrin: In the pilot she was voiced by MonaMarshall. In the second season, Holly Berger took over the role from Cree Summer.
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* CampStraight: In the live-action movie.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: For the movie

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: For the moviemovie. Also any episode that revolved around MAD setting up a legitimate business and then wiping out their competition by some underhanded means, leaving Dr. Claw with a monopoly.
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* IceQueen

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* IceQueen[[IceQueen Ice King]]: His attitude is different in each live action movies.

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* {{Jerkass}}: In the direct-to-video sequel to TheMovie.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In TheMovie.

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* IceQueen
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In TheMovie.
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{{Jerkass}}: In the direct-to-video sequel to TheMovie.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In
TheMovie.

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* TheOtherDarrin: FakeBrit Gadget from the pilot was voiced by Gary Owens.



* TheOtherDarrin: FakeBrit Gadget from the pilot was voiced by Gary Owens.


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* TheOtherDarrin: In the pilot she was voiced by MonaMarshall.
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* TheOtherDarrin: FakeBrit Gadget from the pilot was voiced by Gary Owens.
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** Not so much since the action figure release. '''Warning!''' [[http://www.progressiveboink.com/mike/img/drclaw/claw1.jpg May cause self-destruction of childhood]].


* LawfulStupid / LawfulGood

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* LawfulStupid / LawfulGood
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* BeleagueredAssistant

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* BeleagueredAssistantBeleagueredAssistant: Occasionally subverted when Gadget actually ''saves'' Brain. This usually happens when Gadget thinks he's a MAD agent and is trying to capture him, and ends up grabbing Brain right before he'd fall to his death.
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* ChekhovsSkill: His sheer clumsiness, as proven when Quimby shows up and there's an impostor in the same room. Quimby knows which Gadget is which just because one of them happened to attack him with a stray mallet [[SpannerInTheWorks that just happened to go off by itself at exactly the right moment...]]

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* {{Jerkass}}: In the movie, and more so in the direct-to-video sequel.

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* {{Jerkass}}: In the movie, and more so in the direct-to-video sequel.sequel to TheMovie.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In TheMovie.


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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Apparently, only the real Gadget would malfunction without warning and injure him with his gadgets. Quimby uses that fact to SpotTheImpostor in one episode.
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* UltimateEvil
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* ActorAllusion: "Would you believe I was practicing my swan dive?"
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* FlippingTheBird: Surprisingly in a children's series, he does this in the OPENING sequence! Granted, he wasn't trying to be deliberately offensive; his bird just happened to be a flashlight.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Whenever Frank Welker wasn't available, he was voiced by Don Francks ([[RealLifeRelative Cree Summers' dad]]).

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* TheOtherDarrin: Whenever Frank Welker wasn't available, he was voiced by Don Francks ([[RealLifeRelative Cree Summers' Summer's dad]]).
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* TheOtherDarrin: Whenever Frank Welker wasn't available, he was voiced by Don Francks ([[RealLifeRelative Cree Summers' dad]]).
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-->'''Repeated line whenever Gadget is congratulated for solving the case''': I did?

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* AccidentalHero: Believe it or not, there are actually a number of times when Gadget is legitimately helpful and actually contributes towards solving the case. It's just that he tends to do it purely by accident.

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* AccidentalHero: Believe it or not, there are actually a number of times when Gadget is legitimately helpful and actually contributes towards solving the case. It's just that he tends to do it purely by accident.



* CatchPhrase: "I'm always on duty."



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* MrExposition

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* MrExposition{{Jerkass}}: In the movie, and more so in the direct-to-video sequel.
* MrExposition
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* RightHandCat
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* AccidentalHero: Believe it or not, there are actually a number of times when Gadget is legitimately helpful and actually contributes towards solving the case. It's just that he tends to do it purely by accident.


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* TheFool: Despite his idiocy, Gadget continually helps Penny and Brain out in one way or another, which leads to some {{Alternate Character Interpretation}}s among fans that he's merely ObfuscatingStupidity.
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* SurroundedByIdiots: Even with Penny always screwing up his plans, you sometimes think he might be ruling the world by now if his henchmen weren't all so stupid.
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* LastNameBasis: In the animated incarnations. In the movie Gadget is just a pseudonym and his real name is John Brown.

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* LastNameBasis: In the animated incarnations. In the movie Gadget is just a pseudonym nickname given to him by the press and his real name is John Brown.
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* CaptainErsatz: Of [[JamesBond Ernst Stavro Blofeld]].
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* DubNameChange: In the French version her name is Sophie.

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* NiceHat



* TheFaceless: Not only faceless, but also bodiless as only his hands and arms are ever shown to the viewers. Luckily, in the movie, his whole appearance is that of a middle-aged businessman.
** [[SarcasmMode Yes,]] [[YourMileageMayVary that was]] [[AdaptationDecay fortunate.]]

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* TheFaceless: Not only faceless, but also bodiless as only his hands and arms are ever shown to the viewers. Luckily, in the movie, his whole appearance is that of a middle-aged businessman.
** [[SarcasmMode Yes,]] [[YourMileageMayVary that was]] [[AdaptationDecay fortunate.]]
[[EstrogenBrigadeBait Rupert]] [[HamAndCheese Everett]].
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* CreeSummer: Played Penny for most of the original series. It was her first role.

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* TheFaceless: Not only faceless, but also bodiless as his hands and arms are only shown to the viewers. Luckily, in the movie, his whole appearance is that of a middle-aged businessman.

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* EvilSoundsDeep
* TheFaceless: Not only faceless, but also bodiless as only his hands and arms are only ever shown to the viewers. Luckily, in the movie, his whole appearance is that of a middle-aged businessman.


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* SinisterSurveillance: The only thing he's ever shown doing.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive

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* CorruptCorporateExecutiveCorruptCorporateExecutive: For the movie


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** [[SarcasmMode Yes,]] [[YourMileageMayVary that was]] [[AdaptationDecay fortunate.]]
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**Actually, it's confirmed in the second season. We only have Dr. Claw's word for it, but according to him, Penny is Gadget's only living relative.

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