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* InconsistentColoring: Her outfit is blue in the film, but appears silver in the cover art.

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* AlliterativeName: '''B'''renda '''B'''radford.
* CanonForeigner: She was created specifically for the 1999 film.
* ChubbyChaser: Brenda implies that she was one: she tells Scolex that "she liked him better fat."
* GadgeteerGenius: Brenda and her father who worked together to create the technology for creating Inspector Gadget.
* SequelNonEntity: She is nowhere to be seen in the second film, nor is she even mentioned. According to an early animatic, the opening scene was supposed to mention Brenda, specifically how she and Gadget parted ways.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: She's known to say "Photo-Op!" whenever posing for the press.
* MayorPain: She's not a very pleasant individual, especially in the second film, where she cares more about her re-election campaign than the welfare of the police.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In the first film, she was a bit of an airhead and a sucker for the press, but was tolerable enough. In the second film, she's an unpleasant glory hound who cares more about her re-election campaign than the welfare of her citizens.
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GaryOwens (original pilot), Jesse White (first revision of pilot), Don Adams (second revision of pilot and remainder of original series), Creator/MauriceLaMarche (''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis'', ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'', ''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever''), Luc Durand (French voice)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GaryOwens (original pilot), Jesse White (first revision of pilot), Don Adams (second revision of pilot and remainder of original series), Creator/MauriceLaMarche (''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis'', ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'', ''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever''), Luc Durand (French voice)(series, French voice), Creator/JeanPierreMichael (1999 film, French dub)
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-->'''Played by''': Creator/CheriOteri (1999 movie), Creator/SigridThornton (''Inspector Gadget 2'')

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* {{Flanderization}}: In the pilot, Gadget was bumbling, but not nearly as oblivious, and managed to fend off most of MAD's schemes via competence. Early episodes [[DependingOnTheWriter occasionally flip flopped]] between this depiction and his iconic AccidentalHero persona before finally settling for the latter. This was taken UpToEleven where most spin offs such as ''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis'' are concerned.

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* {{Flanderization}}: In the pilot, Gadget was bumbling, but not nearly as oblivious, and managed to fend off most of MAD's schemes via competence. Early episodes [[DependingOnTheWriter occasionally flip flopped]] between this depiction and his iconic AccidentalHero persona before finally settling for the latter. This was taken UpToEleven exaggerated where most spin offs such as ''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis'' are concerned.
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* NiceHat: He wears a fedora.



* NiceHat: Wears a series of wide-brimmed hats in ''Inspector Gadget 2'' in order to hide his face.
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* BlackEyesOfEvil: Has a pair, and is Gadget's EvilKnockoff.


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* EvilIsHammy: Yep, Broderick definitely had fun playing the villain.


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* RedRightHand: He sports BlackEyesOfEvil and has big, fake white teeth.

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*
JerkassToOne: One of the reasons why most fans despise him is because he frequently picked on Brain for no apparent reason.

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* JerkassToOne: One of the reasons why most fans despise him is because he frequently picked on Brain for no apparent reason.
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* HollywoodNerd: Capeman wears glasses.

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* {{Jerkass}}: One of the reasons why most fans despise him is because he frequently picked on Brain for no apparent reason.

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** A joke picture by series co-creator Bruno Bianchi depicts Claw as nothing more than a little goblin operating the arms like a {{Muppet}}.

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** [[http://www.oafe.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/drclaw2.jpg A joke picture picture]] by series co-creator Bruno Bianchi depicts Claw as nothing more than a little goblin operating the arms like a {{Muppet}}.
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-->'''Played by:''' [[Film/WarGames Dabney]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Recess}} Coleman]] (1999 movie), Mark Mitchell (''Inspector Gadget 2'')

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-->'''Played by:''' [[Film/WarGames Dabney]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Recess}} Coleman]] Creator/DabneyColeman (1999 movie), Mark Mitchell (''Inspector Gadget 2'')
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* BadassMustache: He had one in the pilot episode. Later reruns added a line to HandWave it as an attempted disguise.
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* ClothingAppendage: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]]. She never wears any kind of outfit other than her police uniform, which implies that her clothing is part of her body.

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* ClothingAppendage: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]]. She never wears any kind of outfit clothing other than her police uniform, which implies that her clothing is part of her body.
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* ClothingAppendage: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]]. She never wears any kind of outfit other than her police uniform, which implies that her clothing is part of her body.
* DistaffCounterpart: Of Inspector Gadget.
* DetachmentCombat / DetachableLowerHalf: One of her Gadgets is split in half so that her legs function as separate combatants.
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* UnfortunateNames: His surname is German for "idiot".

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** "Go-go Gadget [insert name of gadget he's trying​ to use]!"


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* MadLibsCatchPhrase: "Go-go Gadget [name of gadget he's trying to use]!"
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* CloudCuckoolander: Gadget lives in his own world, light-years away from our own. Then again, as repeatedly stated here, when he gets a clue he show why he earned the title of Inspector.


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* PunnyName: His real name, Augustin Tamare, doubling as BilingualBonus. "Tintamarre" means a deafening cacophony in French.

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* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Gadget sported a large handlebar mustache in the original series' pilot, which made him look too much like Inspector Clouseau, so the mustache was later removed.



* DisabledInTheAdaptation: In the live-action films, Claw has an actual metallic claw in place of his left hand, which is something he did not have in the original series.

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* DisabledInTheAdaptation: In the live-action films, Claw has an actual metallic claw in place of his left hand, which is something he did not have in the original series.series, instead wearing spiked gauntlets on his hands.



** In the movie, he's seen fully all the time. The sequel opts to show his face under the shadow of a wide-brimmed hat most of the time, but some details can still be seen.

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** In the 1999 movie, he's seen fully all the time. The sequel opts to show his face under the shadow of a wide-brimmed hat most of the time, but some details can still be seen.



* UnknownRival: Claw is so focused on Gadget that he completely fails to realize that it's ''Penny'' who manages to undo his plans in the end. Averted in ''Inspector Gadget 2'', he catches Penny spying on him and holds her hostage in order to prevent her from exposing his plan. In a deleted scene, he acknowledges that Gadget would be nothing without Penny.

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* UnknownRival: Claw is so focused on Gadget that he completely fails to realize that it's ''Penny'' who manages to undo his plans in the end. Averted in ''Inspector Gadget 2'', he catches Penny spying on him and holds her hostage in order to prevent her from exposing his plan. plan (and to deter Gadget). In a deleted scene, he acknowledges that Gadget would be nothing without Penny.Penny and tries to get her to join his side.
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** He also becomes much more competent whenever Penny is in peril.
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* RightHandCat: What Dr. Claw has (see MAD Cat below)

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* RightHandCat: What Dr. Claw has (see Is one of the most famous examples of this trope (See MAD Cat below)Below).
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker (original series), Lee Tockar (''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'', ''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever''), Maurice [=LaMarche=] (''Gadget and the Gadgetinis''), Christian Pelissier (French voice), [[RemakeCameo Don Adams]] (1999 movie), Creator/JeffBennett (''Inspector Gadget 2'')

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker (original series), Lee Tockar Creator/LeeTockar (''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'', ''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever''), Maurice [=LaMarche=] Creator/MauriceLaMarche (''Gadget and the Gadgetinis''), Christian Pelissier (French voice), [[RemakeCameo Don Adams]] (1999 movie), Creator/JeffBennett (''Inspector Gadget 2'')



-->'''Voiced by:''' John Stephenson (pilot), Dan Hennessey (first season), Maurice [=LaMarche=] (second season), Jim Byrnes (''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever''), Gérard Delmas and Roger Lumont (French voice)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' John Stephenson (pilot), Dan Hennessey Creator/DanHennessey (first season), Maurice [=LaMarche=] Creator/MauriceLaMarche (second season), Jim Byrnes (''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever''), Gérard Delmas and Roger Lumont (French voice)



-->'''Voiced by:''' Frank Welker (original series), Don Francks (original series, some lines in "Race to the Finish", "M.A.D. Trap", "Basic Training"), Brian Drummond (''Gadget and the Gadgetinis'', ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'', ''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever''), Victor Désy and Georges Atlas (French voice)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Frank Welker Creator/FrankWelker (original series), Don Francks Music/DonFrancks (original series, some lines in "Race to the Finish", "M.A.D. Trap", "Basic Training"), Brian Drummond Creator/BrianDrummond (''Gadget and the Gadgetinis'', ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'', ''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever''), Victor Désy and Georges Atlas (French voice)



-->'''Voiced by:''' Frank Welker (original series)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Frank Welker Creator/FrankWelker (original series)



-->'''Voiced by:''' Louis Nye (Great Wambini), Frank Welker (Lesser Wambini), Christian Pelissier (French voice of Lesser Wambini), Yves Barsacq (French voice of Great Wambini)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Louis Nye (Great Wambini), Frank Welker Creator/FrankWelker (Lesser Wambini), Christian Pelissier (French voice of Lesser Wambini), Yves Barsacq (French voice of Great Wambini)



-->'''Voiced by:''' Andy Goldberg (Dr. Null), Frank Welker (Dr. Void)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Andy Goldberg (Dr. Null), Frank Welker Creator/FrankWelker (Dr. Void)
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Doesn't really count, since he's a major role in every episode.


* DecoyProtagonist: Somewhat arguably for his niece Penny.
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* ButtMonkey: This is a result of her DamselInDistress status.
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-->'''Voiced by''': D.L. Hughley (1999 film and ''Inspector Gadget 2''), Jaleel White (''Inspector Gadget's Last Case''), Creator/BernieMac (''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever'')

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-->'''Voiced by''': D.L. Hughley Creator/DLHughley (1999 film and ''Inspector Gadget 2''), Jaleel White Creator/JaleelWhite (''Inspector Gadget's Last Case''), Creator/BernieMac (''Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever'')

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** Oddly, in ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'' and ''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis, Gadget's trench coat and hat are almost black colored.

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** Oddly, in In ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'' and ''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis, ''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis'', Gadget's trench coat and hat are almost black colored.colored with his gloves being yellow, although the trench coat is also a notably different style to the original.



* ArtificialLimb: His arms and legs appear to be robotic.

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** Some press materials explained that he became a cyborg after slipping on a banana peel.
* ArtificialLimb: His arms and legs appear to be robotic.robotic, as does his neck.



* BadassMustache: He had one in the test opening.

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* BadassMustache: He had one in the test opening.pilot episode. Later reruns added a line to HandWave it as an attempted disguise.



** "I'm always on duty."

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** "I'm always on duty."" Often preceeded by "Don't worry, chief!"



** [[PhraseCatcher "What's that, Chief? You're where?"]]



** Starting with ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case'', the Gadget-Copter also formed a helmet and visor.



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Due to his real name never coming up in the show, everybody simply calls him Gadget, even Penny.



* TrickedOutShoes: His shoes can become magnets and roller skates. Later animated installments would also show them to have suction cups in the soles.

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* TrickedOutShoes: His shoes can become magnets and roller skates. Later animated installments would also show them to have suction cups in the soles.soles, while the skates get upgraded to rocket skates.



** An AllThereInTheManual explanation is that he was rebuilt as a cyborg after an accident with a banana peel.



* ChildProdigy: It's implied that she's the one who built the computer book. Made explicit in ''Gadgetinis'' as she's the direct creator of the titular robots.



* ButtMonkey: Trying to protect Gadget often gets Brain into even more trouble, doubly so when Gadget inevitably mistakes him for a M.A.D. agent.



* InsistentTerminology: In his ''Gadgetinis'' appearance he insists on referring to the Gadgetinis' gadgets as "Gizmos", due to having developed a phobia of Gadget after all he went through for him.



* PutOnABus: In ''Gadget and the Gadgetinis'', though he did guest star in one episode.

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* PutOnABus: In ''Gadget and the Gadgetinis'', though he did guest star in one episode. He retired to the countryside after one too many incidents with Gadget.


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* SuddenlyVoiced: In ''Gadget and the Gadgetinis'', thanks to a translator collar Penny designed.


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** In his guest appearance in ''Gadget and the Gadgetinis'' he's shown to have developed a phobia of Gadget himself, to the point hearing the ''word'' Gadget prompts a nervous response.

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* AdaptationNameChange: Per canon, his real name is Augustin Tamare; however, the 1999 movie gave Gadget the real name of John Brown.

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* AdaptationNameChange: Per canon, his real name is Augustin Tamare; however, the 1999 movie gave Gadget the real name of John Brown.



* NamedByTheAdaptation: The 1999 movie gave Gadget the real name of John Brown.

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