Written on April 9, 2010 – 4:14 am | by CoolGadgetConcept |
Inspector Gadget is a televion cartoon series developed in the 1980s which originally ran from 1983 to 1986 and remain in syndication until late 1990s. The series was coproduced by studios from France, Canada and US and had a great success. Shortly, the story tells the adventures of a crazy and clumsy inspector named Inspector Gadget who is part man, part bionic machine. Due to his duplicity, the Inspector has various gadgets built into his body, that are originally made to save him from dangerous situations, as well as saving the day and the humanity. Often clueless stumbling through any case he is given, Gadget usually makes foolish and clumsy mistakes pertaining to surroundings and current environment and he always gets in trouble, instead of avoiding it or, why not, even repair it. But because every superhero needs a helper, and Batman knows that the best, our Inspector Gadget its also "provided" with a wonderful and helpful friend, in the name of his niece, Penny.



She is the one that always gets him out of trouble, due to her unseen help she provides and also with a little help from the part of her dog, Brain.

As said before, Penny is Inspector Gadget's niece, a pretty blond young girl who wears pigtails, a red and white shirt, green pants and red shoes. She is also the only one who changes outfits during the series and doesn't always appear in her original clothes, having a quite diverse range of outfits depending the season or simply the episode.



Penny is a master of amateur detective and technology expert who always manages to help her uncle and usually solves the cases her uncle was assigned. In terms on relationships, Gadget appears as her legal guardian and throughout the show, her parents are never mentioned.

Penny has a range of gadgets that she usually appeals to in order to help her uncle who always gets in trouble. Through her devices, the ones worth mentioning are a computer book she always carry which assists her in searching for useful information. Among others, she also uses a wristwatch with a laser beam, a communicator which she uses in order to call Brain. her dog, Chiem Quimby, her uncle's boss and Gadget.



Penny is usually the one that investigates the clues and helps solving the case by discovering M.A.D.'s evil plans. She is also the one that solves almost all cases using her computer book or changing the devices M.A.D. intents to steal, from reals to fakes. Furthermore, it is irrelevant to mention that she completes all these tasks with full discretion and so subtle, that not even the criminal anti-hero, Doctor Claw realizes that his true enemy isn't clumsy and silly Inspector Gadget, but the little girl herself.