| Episode |
Airdate |
Title |
| 1-01 |
September 10, 1983 |
Gadget in Winterland |
| Dr. Claw tries to sabotage the winter Olympics by replacing the torch bearer with a M.A.D. agent and the torch with a bomb. (Note: This is the pilot episode where Gadget wears a mustache which is never seen again in the series. Gadget also acts more competent in this episode and Penny has a different voice.) |
| 1-02 |
September 17, 1983 |
Monster Lake |
| Gadget searches for a missing scientist who vanished near a lake that is supposed to harbor a monster. |
| 1-03 |
September 24, 1983 |
Down on the Farm |
| Gadget must stop a farm that M.A.D. is using as a missile silo from launching a missile to destroy Metro City. |
| 1-04 |
October 1, 1983 |
Gadget at the Circus |
| Gadget takes Penny and Brain to the circus which is crawling with M.A.D. agents who try to eliminate him. |
| 1-05 |
October 8, 1983 |
The Amazon |
| Professor Von Slickstein, the scientist who installed Gadget's gadgets, has been kidnapped and brought to the deep Amazon jungle to build Dr. Claw an army of robots. |
| 1-06 |
October 15, 1983 |
Health Spa |
| Gadget is invited to a health spa for some needed time off but, it turns out that Gadget is the only guest and the spa is in fact a M.A.D. plot to eliminate him. Gadget remains typically clueless throughout. |
| 1-07 |
October 22, 1983 |
The Boat |
| Gadget is assigned to attend a cruise and safeguard the passenger's priceless jewelry from Dr. Claw's clutches. |
| 1-08 |
October 29, 1983 |
Haunted Castle |
| While searching for a crime fighter's convention, Gadget takes a wrong turn and ends up at Dr. Claw's booby trapped castle. |
| 1-09 |
November 5, 1983 |
Race to the Finish |
| Gadget enters the Gadget Mobile in a race and finds that Dr. Claw has also entered with a plot to eliminate him. |
| 1-10 |
November 12, 1983 |
The Ruby |
| Gadget goes to India to recover a priceless ruby that Dr. Claw wants to use in a powerful laser. |
| 1-11 |
November 19, 1983 |
A Star is Lost |
| Gadget is assigned to guard Rick Rocker, a famous musician, who Dr. Claw plans to kidnap and use to record mind controlling music in his next album. (Note: Characters from the Heathcliff cartoon are also briefly present). |
| 1-12 |
November 26, 1983 |
All That Glitters |
| Gadget is assigned to find El Dorado, the "Lost City of Gold", before Dr. Claw's agent does. |
| 1-13 |
December 3, 1983 |
Movie Set |
| Gadget falls for a pretty actress unaware that she's a M.A.D. Agent and that Dr. Claw is using the movie set as cover to film a secret military base. Penny is to be put to death in this one. |
| 1-14 |
December 10, 1983 |
Amusement Park |
| Dr. Claw has hidden a bomb in Metro City's amusement park. |
| 1-15 |
December 17, 1983 |
Art Heist |
| Gadget goes to New York City to stop M.A.D. agents from looting the Museum of Modern Art and replacing the art pieces with fakes. |
| 1-16 |
December 24, 1983 |
Volcano Island |
| Gadget must foil Dr. Claw's plan to erupt a volcano on an island resort. |
| 1-17 |
December 31, 1983 |
The Invasion |
| M.A.D. agents disguised as aliens terrorize Metro City. Penny loses her computerbook & watch. |
| 1-18 |
January 7, 1984 |
The Infiltration |
| Gadget must capture Presto Chango, the world's greatest disguise artist and M.A.D. agent, who tries to infiltrate London's Interpol Conference. |
| 1-19 |
January 14, 1984 |
The Curse of the Pharaoh |
| Gadget must stop M.A.D. agents from looting the tomb of an Egyptian Pharaoh. |
| 1-20 |
January 21, 1984 |
M.A.D. Trap |
| The M.A.D. Agent "Rat", uses a chain of petty crimes to lure Gadget to a steel foundry where he plans to finish Gadget off for good. |
| 1-21 |
January 28, 1984 |
Basic Training |
| Gadget is assigned to protect a train load of computer parts from Dr. Claw and a M.A.D. agent who is posing as the train's conductor. |
| 1-22 |
February 4, 1984 |
Sleeping Gas |
| Gadget must foil Dr. Claw's plan to knock entire cities out with sleeping gas. |
| 1-23 |
February 11, 1984 |
Gadget's Replacement |
| Gadget's job is on the line when he discovers Chief Quimby has replaced him with a high-tech crime fighting super computer. |
| 1-24 |
February 18, 1984 |
Greenfinger |
| Gadget is assigned to protect Professor Greenfinger who has made a super plant-growth formula, but M.A.D. has already kidnapped him and replaced him with an agent. |
| 1-25 |
February 25, 1984 |
Gadget Goes West |
| Gadget goes to a western tourist town to stop the M.A.D. agent outlaw Black Bart. |
| 1-26 |
March 3, 1984 |
Launch Time |
| Gadget must foil Dr. Claw's plans to sabotage a space shuttle launch. |
| 1-27 |
March 10, 1984 |
Photo Safari |
| Gadget goes to Africa to stop another M.A.D. plot by Dr. Claw and his M.A.D. agent Jungle Bob. |
| 1-28 |
March 17, 1984 |
The Coo-Coo Clock Caper |
| Gadget goes to Switzerland to search for stolen gold, but Dr. Claw sends the insane Clockmaker to eliminate him. |
| 1-29 |
March 24, 1984 |
The Bermuda Triangle |
| Dr. Claw uses the supernatural aspects of the Bermuda Triangle as subterfuge to steal ships. |
| 1-30 |
March 30, 1984 |
The Japanese Connection |
| Dr. Claw teams up with his sinister Asian counterpart Waruta-san, to steal the high-tech "Pip-Wan" computer chip. (Note: It is the only season one episode to have had its initial U.S. broadcast on a Friday.) |
| 1-31 |
March 31, 1984 |
Arabian Nights |
| Gadget goes to the Middle East to safeguard a sacred sword that Dr. Claw plans to steal. |
| 1-32 |
April 7, 1984 |
A Clear Case |
| Gadget must stop M.A.D. who has been terrorizing workers at a South African diamond mine with a ghostly curse. |
| 1-33 |
April 14, 1984 |
Dutch Treat |
| Gadget goes to The Netherlands to foil M.A.D.'s plot of smuggling diamonds in chocolate bars. |
| 1-34 |
April 21, 1984 |
The Great Divide |
| Gadget tries to stop a feud between men and women with superhuman strength while Dr. Claw plans to steal the secret behind their ability. |
| 1-35 |
April 28, 1984 |
Eye of the Dragon |
| Gadget goes to Hong Kong to foil Dr. Claw's plot to steal a priceless jewel and disrupt his alliance with the Asian crimelord Mr. Chow. |
| 1-36 |
May 5, 1984 |
Doubled Agent |
| M.A.D. sends a robot double of Gadget on citywide crime spree while the real Gadget is accused of the crimes. |
| 1-37 |
May 12, 1984 |
Plantform of the Opera |
| M.A.D. secretly tunnels under the floor of an opera house into a bank vault next door and protects their operation with a carnivorous man-eating plant. |
| 1-38 |
May 19, 1984 |
Don't Hold Your Breath |
| Gadget is assigned to find missing oceanographers who are trapped in Dr. Claw's underwater missile base. |
| 1-39 |
May 26, 1984 |
Gone Went the Wind |
| Gadget goes to the North Pole to stop the M.A.D. agent Dr. Focus from using his "Sneezeooka" windstorm weapon against Metro City. |
| 1-40 |
June 2, 1984 |
King Wrong |
| Gadget is assigned to protect the unhappy king of Pianostan who looks just like him. |
| 1-41 |
June 9, 1984 |
Pirate Island |
| Gadget is on vacation in the Caribbean, but is called to duty to stop the M.A.D. agent Pegleg Peg from pirating wealthy sea-goers. |
| 1-42 |
June 16, 1984 |
M.A.D. Academy |
| Dr. Claw plans to train some newly recruited agents in his M.A.D. Academy by assigning them to eliminate Gadget who has arrived there mistaking it for the Police Academy. Before going to the real M.A.D academy, Gadget raided an innocent elementary school which he thought was the M.A.D school. |
| 1-43 |
June 23, 1984 |
No Flies on Us |
| Gadget, while suffering a head cold, must stop the spread of a fly-borne disease developed by the "Wild Man of Borneo", a M.A.D. agent. |
| 1-44 |
June 30, 1984 |
Luck of the Irish |
| Gadget goes to Ireland to find "The Blarney Stone", Ireland's national treasure, which has been stolen by Dr. Claw and his two Leprechaun-like agents. Gadget relies on his lucky four-leaf clover to make it through this mission. |
| 1-45 |
July 7, 1984 |
Prince of the Gypsies |
| Dr. Claw has stolen Romanovia's Royal Coat of Arms and has the blame put on a group of innocent Gypsies. |
| 1-46 |
July 14, 1984 |
Old Man of the Mountain |
| Gadget goes to the Rocky Mountains in search of a prominent seismologist who has created an earthquake machine that Dr. Claw plans to use. |
| 1-47 |
July 21, 1984 |
The Emerald Duck |
| Gadget goes to Mexico to locate a Mayan artifact called "The Emerald Duck", which triggers an ancient solar weapon, before Dr. Claw can use it for evil. |
| 1-48 |
July 28, 1984 |
Do Unto Udders |
| Dr. Claw transmits waves from a satellite that causes cows to stop producing milk. Consumers are then forced to buy products from M.A.D. Dairy Farms at exorbitant prices. |
| 1-49 |
August 4, 1984 |
Did You Myth Me? |
| Gadget goes to Greece to stop a M.A.D. scientist from using a sacred scroll that has the formula for turning lead into gold. |
| 1-50 |
August 11, 1984 |
A Bad Altitude |
| Dr. Claw plans to sink a tropical island and eliminate competition by making his mountaintop resort the only one left. Penny uses her watch to escape from a diver who put's a lock on her to drown her for good. |
| 1-51 |
August 18, 1984 |
Funny Money |
| Dr. Claw busts three counterfeiters out of prison so that they can make bogus money to fund M.A.D.'s criminal operations. |
| 1-52 |
August 25, 1984 |
Follow That Jet |
| Dr. Claw uses a mind-controlling video game to hypnotize military pilots into stealing their fighter jets and join his own M.A.D. Air Force. |
| 1-53 |
September 1, 1984 |
Dry Spell |
| A M.A.D. agent and his Trolls drought Metro City by sabotaging the water supply and selling "M.A.D. water" at outrageous cost. Penny fights for her life as she is threaten by The Blue Troll & and her brother. |
| 1-54 |
September 8, 1984 |
Smeldorado |
| Three M.A.D agents infiltrate the gold vault in Fort Bricks and sprayed all of the gold with a formula that made it stink, rendering it worthless. The agents later hijacked the train that was carrying the stinky gold, then turned the gold back to normal before trying to steal it. Gadget has a cold in this episode and could not smell the stinky gold. He mistakes the M.A.D agent under the title of doctor as a doctor that cures illness. |
| 1-55 |
September 15, 1984 |
Quimby Exchange |
| Gadget is assigned to protect a defected M.A.D. agent, Nervous Nick Defecto. As revenge, Dr. Claw kidnaps Chief Quimby and Gadget must save him with the help of the cowardly agent. |
| 1-56 |
September 22, 1984 |
Weather in Tibet |
| Gadget is sent to Tibet to destroy a M.A.D. weather controlling machine. Dr Claw plans to use this machine to start storms over cities if they refuse to comply to his ransom demands. |
| 1-57 |
September 29, 1984 |
Unhenged |
| Dr. Claw kidnaps a group of solar energy scientists and forces them to build a heat ray weapon at the mysterious Stonehenge. He then planned to use the weapon to destroy the Tower of London so he can hold the city of London to ransom. |
| 1-58 |
October 6, 1984 |
Snakin' All Over |
| Gadget is called to guard a priceless coin collection, but a M.A.D. agent uses his trained snakes to steal them. |
| 1-59 |
October 13, 1984 |
In Seine |
| Gadget goes to Paris to stop a M.A.D. agent who uses a robot to steal from the rich and famous. |
| 1-60 |
October 20, 1984 |
Tree Guesses |
| Gadget must stop Dr. Claw who has concocted a wood-destroying chemical that he threatens to unleash on the world's forests. |
| 1-61 |
October 27, 1984 |
Birds of a Feather |
| Gadget is sent to Turkey to guard a priceless jewel, but a M.A.D. agent uses his flock of trained birds to steal it for Dr. Claw. |
| 1-62 |
November 3, 1984 |
So it is Written |
| Gadget visits an Arabian country where the locals believe he is the one prophecy says will find an ancient treasure. Dr. Claw covertly plans for Gadget to lead him there before he eliminates him. |
| 1-63 |
November 10, 1984 |
Fang the Wonder Dog |
| Dr. Claw kidnaps the movie star dog "Fang" and holds him for ransom. |
| 1-64 |
November 17, 1984 |
School for Pickpockets |
| M.A.D. pickpockets try to steal Gadget's top-secret gadget watch. And also to steal Penny's watch. |
| 1-65 |
November 24, 1984 |
Quiz Master |
| Gadget investigates a TV quiz show where contestants are hypnotized into robbing armored cars. |
| Episode |
Airdate |
Title |
| 2-01 |
September 14, 1985 |
Magic Gadget |
| The famous magician and M.A.D. operative, "The Great Wambini", holds a Metro City magic show with the elimination of Gadget as the grand finale. |
| 2-02 |
September 21, 1985 |
The Great Wambini's Seance |
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| 2-03 |
September 28, 1985 |
Wambini Predicts |
| The Great Wambini goes to Alpakistan to impress the King with his predictions in hopes the King will eventually hand over his famous diamond-spitting llama. |
| 2-04 |
October 5, 1985 |
The Capeman Cometh |
| Corporal Capeman makes his debut here, as he "helps" Inspector Gadget defeat a ninja that tries to steal gold and eliminate Gadget. |
| 2-05 |
October 12, 1985 |
Crashcourse in Crime |
| M.A.D. celebrates their anniversary with a crime spree. |
| 2-06 |
October 19, 1985 |
Gadget's Gadgets |
| Inspector Gadget and Capeman are taken to a fake clinic run by MAD. They say they are going to tune up Gadget's gadgets, but they are really going to get rid of them. Penny finally has her dear computer book trapped in a safe. "Thank goodness that she didn't take away my watch too." |
| 2-07 |
October 26, 1985 |
Gadget in Minimadness |
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| 2-08 |
November 2, 1985 |
The Incredible Shrinking Gadget |
| M.A.D. agent, Dr. Dumbkopf, creates a shrink ray with plans to reduce Gadget to the size of an insect. And trys to shrink Penny when he sees her watch well I'll now stop that girl. |
| 2-09 |
November 9, 1985 |
Gadget Meets the Grappler |
| Dr. Dumbkopf returns and sends a dim-witted strong man thug to deal with Gadget. "And so are you got you." |
| 2-10 |
November 16, 1985 |
Ghost Catchers |
| The M.A.D. scientist, Dr. Spectrum, creates phony hauntings in hopes rich people will hand over lots of money to get rid of the ghosts. |
| 2-11 |
November 23, 1985 |
Busy Signal |
| Dr. Spectrum returns with a dematerializing beam that teleports riches stolen from Metro City's wealthy right to Dr. Claw's lair over telephone lines. Penny is caught by Dr Spectrum and almost sent to Dr Claw. |
| 2-12 |
November 30, 1985 |
Bad Dreams are Made of This |
| M.A.D. inventor, Dr. Spectrum, has created a nightmare machine that keeps Metro City's citizens up all night and too tired to function during the day. Penny is fighting her evil female foe The Blue Troll from the dry spell when her foe takes the watch & Dr Claw takes the computerbook. |
| 2-13 |
December 7, 1985 |
Focus on Gadget |
| Gadget uncovers a M.A.D. plot to take over an orbital space station equipped with a heat ray capable of destroying Metro City. |
| 2-14 |
December 14, 1985 |
Mad in the Moon |
| Gadget must foil Dr. Claw's plan to carve the M.A.D. logo on the moon. |
| 2-15 |
December 21, 1985 |
N.S.F. Gadget |
| Dr. Claw sabotages a satellite so that he can electronically steal from any bank account in the world. He injects crazy hallucinations gas into astronaut's air tanks to scare them off, leaving it upto Gadget to sever his link. |
| 2-16 |
December 28, 1985 |
Tyrannosaurus Gadget |
| A MAD Agent devises a plot to bring dinosaurs back into the 20th Century so Dr. Claw can crush Metro City, whilst at the same time, killing Gadget's ancestors to ensure he never exists in the present. |
| 2-17 |
January 4, 1986 |
Gadget's Roma |
| Gadget time travels to ancient Rome to foil Dr. Claw's plot of stealing the city's treasures. |
| 2-18 |
January 11, 1986 |
Gadget's Clean Sweep |
| M.A.D. travels back in time to 19th-century England to eliminate Gadget's chimney sweeping ancestors and to steal the Queen's jeweled crown. |
| 2-19 |
January 18, 1986 |
Gadget Meets the Clan |
| Dr. Claw hires a wheelchair bound crime boss, The "Great Great Gandfather", to eliminate Gadget. |
| 2-20 |
January 25, 1986 |
Gadget and Old Lace |
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| 2-21 |
February 1, 1986 |
Gadget and the Red Rose |
| Dr. Claw brings gangster, Spuds Malone, out of retirement to eliminate Gadget with his infamous potato-firing tommy gun "Red Rose". |
