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Inspector Gadget was my favorite cartoon series growing up and still is today. I have been researching The inspector Gadget Franchise for sometime and came up with a plausible timeline. This Post is to address the nature of this timeline in more depth, as well as to change or revise some of my original theories. First , a special thanks and credits goes to my fellow DA Gadget theorist "fanpocalypse" and "lucifertheshort" who I borrowed Ideas from. They are both great people and I hope you will watch and read their theories as well.
The Gadget timeline encompasses all animated gadget media and is in this chronological order : Gadget Boy and Heather--Gadget Boy's Adventures in History--Inspector Gadget--Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas--Inspector Gadget's Greatest Gadgets--Inspector Gadget's Last Case--Gadget and the Gadgetinis--Inspector Gadget(2015)--Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever.
I would rather of liked Caper to be before IG(2015) because Caper introduces Loony Purkle who is a perfect match for IG(2015)'s Professor Von Slickstein but Penny is age 14 in IG(2015) and Penny is age 16 in Caper. So , I will just say that Professor Von Slickstein(2015) is having some bad luck.
His full name for all purposes is Loony Puerkle Von Slickstein and to avoid confusion, I will refer to this character as Loony and the original 1980's von Slickstein as Prof Slick. As for Gadget Mobile's AI in both Last Case and Caper we will say that the AI was a failed test run in Last case and was removed in GATG but was perfected and reinstalled in Caper. That works well because the AI is depressed and reacts slowly in Last Case resulting in Quimby saying that Gadget Mobile would be off the force but in Caper Gadget Mobile is confident and quick acting even helping Gadget.
Now , I've been talking about Gadget and the Gadgetinis and for us americans you would be asking what is that? GATG is a 2001 Canadian–French-Italian cartoon that was never released in america , however , all episodes are pirated and watchable on youtube. In GATG Inspector Gadget joins the World Organization of Mega powers (WOMP) and becomes a Lieutenant under the command of Colonel Nozzaire and General Sir , Also Brain retires from crime fighting due to developing Gadgetphobia , fear of Inspector Gadget and his Gadgets , prompting 12 year old Penny to build the Gadgetinis.
The Gadgetinis are miniature version of Lt. Gadget with different personalities. Fidget is the most easily spooked of the pair and is colored orange. He does things robots cannot do, such as feel pain or sneeze, which Digit usually questions. Digit , the blue robot , is the smarter , sarcastic , and more literal of the Gadgetinis. He often reminds Fidget that he is a robot , when Fidget does something that robots can't do. This series does , however , contain the most background info on the Gadget Franchise as a whole and is why I am including it.
the ten episodes of GATG I will be sighting are EP23 The Weather Machine , EP26 Ice Folly , EP27 Unseen Of the Crime , EP31 Bye Bye Business , EP36 No Brainer , EP41 Swap Team , EP45 Super Boss Gadget , EP46 Erasing Gadget, EP51 Claws Nephew , EP52 The Comet , The Unicorn And The Bad Gadgetinis.
Now let's talk Gadget Boy and Heather and Its sequel series Gadget Boy's Adventures in History. Gadget Boy and Heather is a 1995 Canadian-French-American cartoon where a young Gadget fights the Villainess Spydra , her super intelligent vulture Boris and twin henchmen Mulch and Hummus. Gadget Boy's allies are a spunky and adventurous Redhead named Heather , the swiss inventor who built Gadget Boy named Myron Dabble , The elderly italian chief of interpol Drake Stromboli , and Gadget Boy's robot dog Gadget-9 or G-9 for short.
G-9 is this series version of the Gadget Mobile and can shape change into any vehicle as well as other objects. Dabble has a big crush on Heather which we will be addressing later. All episodes can be pirated on youtube.
In 1997 , Gadget Boy appeared in Gadget Boy's Adventures in History, a special educational series. In this series, the young detective has to stop the evil Spydra across time. All episodes can be pirated on youtube also.
The fans are split to when Gadget Boy takes place or if it is even canon to the Gadget franchise. They sight Myron Dabble as a main problem because he invented Gadget Boy and we know that Prof. Slick invented Inspector Gadget. For this theory I propose that Dabble invented Gadget's young cyborg body and Prof. Slick invented Gadget's adult cyborg body.
The other thing they sight is G-9 saying if Gadget had a robot dog why does he need Brain. Well , I have an answer for that two , G-9 is Brain. How you may ask well in EP24 Boris For President, Spydra swaps Boris's mind with the USA President with a ray gun. let's say in another scheme Spydra puts Boris's mind in G-9 accidently when she's targeting Gadget Boy. Boris infiltrates interpol in G-9's body and fails , however , Spydra put G-9's AI mind in a dog so that Boris can return to his body and they destroy the dog minded G-9 so that Gadget Boy can't switch G-9's body back. What you have left is a normal dog with a super intelligent robot mind. that would explain why Brain is so smart. We will address all other issues in the main theory.
the Ten episodes I will be focusing on are S1EP1 Raiders of the Lost Mummies , S1EP5 Gadget Boy and the Wee Folk , S1EP8 Gadget Boy and the Great Race , S1EP16 The Day the Gadget Boy Stood Still , S1EP18 Jurassic Spydra , S1EP20 Power of Babble , S1EP21 Pirate of the Airwaves , S1EP24 boris for president , S1EP26 Vulture of the Bride , S2EP26 back to the vulture.
Now let's talk about why we are all here, I am of course reference the OG original 1980's Inspector Gadget. Inspector Gadget is a French-Canadian-American cartoon that ran in america from 1983-1986 with reruns playing all through the late 1990's. It was inspired by "Pink Panther Films" and "Get Smart TV Series." It is about a bumbling Cyborg detective , Inspector Gadget , who tries to thwart the schemes of the evil Dr. Claw and his organization , MAD , however , the schemes are actually thwarted by Gadget's niece , Penny and her dog , Brain. You can watch all episodes pirated on youtube.
Let's address the twelve episodes my theory will be covering are EP4 Gadget And The Amazon , EP8 Race to the Finish , EP35 Doubled Agent , EP69 The Capeman Cometh , EP70 Crashcourse in Crime , EP71 Gadget's Gadgets , EP81 Tyrannosaurus Gadget , EP82 Gadget's Roma , EP83 Gadget's Clean Sweep , EP84 Gadget Meets the Clan , EP85 Gadget and Old Lace , EP86 Gadget and the Red Rose.
Inspector Gadget (2015) is a Canadian CGI-animated television series that streams on Netflix in america. The main difference is that Dr. Claw is less competent and his nephew , Talon , is a rival to a now agent Penny.
Now let's go over the ten episodes for the new comer Inspector Gadget (2015) they are S1EP1 Gadget 2.0 , S1EP6b A Claw for Talon , S1EP9b Operation HQ Reunion , S1EP10a A Hole in One , S2EP1b Evil U , S2EP7b Brain Drain , S2EP9b Back to the MAD Future , S3EP10b Escape Room with a View , S4EP1a Frienemy of the State , S4EP4b Too Many Talons.
Now let's talk briefly about the Gadget animated films and specials. The only IG special was released by DIC in 1992 Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas. In here Claw takes over as Santa and Gadget with the help of Penny and Brain must find the real Santa and save Christmas. The first IG animated film was released by Disney in 1999 to coincide with disney's live action film , Inspector Gadget's Greatest Gadgets. This was a compilation of episodes and segments of the original IG series added with new animated segments done in the same style. It was just Gadget remembering the good Old days.
In 2002 DIC and MGM in Canada released a pilot film for GATG , Inspector Gadget's Last Case. This followed Gadget before he became a Lieutenant , hence last case as an Inspector. Claw created a Transformation potion that allowed him to become the hero Devon Debonaire to smear Gadget's name. Due to this being released after the live action movie the Gadget Mobile had a Speaking AI role. The Gadget Mobile was mopie and Slow , Chief Quimby threatened to fire it if it didn't shape up.
2005's Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever was a CGI film released by LionsGate. It followed Inspector Gadget and sixteen year old Penny battling a metal-eating flying Dinosaur unleashed by Dr. Claw. It is also worth noting that Claw just escaped from prison and does not have the resources of MAD anymore. This film also introduces the talking Gadget Mobile again. this version actually works well as a full time partner and assists Gadget. The last thing to talk about is Loony Puerkle who is a Prototype for 2015's Slickstein.
Now for abbreviations and citations for my references. Gadget Boy will show up on citations as (GBS0EP0) , Gadget and the Gadgetinis is (GGEP0) , Inspector Gadget 1983 is (IGEP0) , and Inspector Gadget (2015) or New Gadget is (NGS0EP0). The movies we will referencing too are Inspector Gadget's Last Case (IGLS) and Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever(IGBC). We will not need to reference Inspector Gadget's greatest Gadgets (I have not seen it but is a cannon clip film) and Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas (Canon but adds no new information).
Now on to the Theory we will go through each character's life history !
{Professor Jules Von Slickstein}: We meet Professor Slickstein in (IGEP4) where Gadget is saving him from Doctor Claw. Let us take a good look at him next to Gadget they both have a large nose , are about the same body type , and have similar Spikey hair. We can conclude that he is not only Gadget's creator but also his father. Don't believe me , well in (GGEP46) we learn that Jules , Gadget's Father , was an inventor and invented a gadget dog like G-9. He is also identical to Gadget just like Prof. Slick. So , an amature inventor growing up to a renowned police inventor.
But let's take a step back to his mid life , he had a son who got into an accident at a young age. Prof. Slick at this time is working for interpol and uses interpol money to rebuild his son but is caught and fired. He has Dabble complete his son and pass him off as his own invention Gadget Boy (GBS1EP1). He then gets a job at the Metro City Police department and insures his son's arrival on the force. He gives Gadget a new cyborg body to better equip him with adult gadgets (IGEP4). He then , would assist Gadget again by building him a time machine and giving Gadget the location and names of all his past relatives (IGEP81-IGEP83).
{Heather Von Slickstein}: We first meet agent Heather in (GBS1EP1). We meet gadget's mother , Annie , in (GGEP46). Let us take good look at Heather next to Annie they both have the same face type and similar hair styles. That would make gadget's mother Heather's mother. Gadget and Heather are brother and sister. Don't believe me well in (GBS1EP5) Heather tells Gadget Boy she is part Irish, then Gadget Boy replies then I must be part Irish. Why Would Gadget assume that unless they were related.
Let's put together what we just learned. Prof. Slick's daughter wants to be an Interpol agent to prove to her father that she can make a difference. He is reluctant at first but allows her to go on one condition, she brings along his latest invention G-9. Dabble never refers to G-9 as his invention. He is the complete version of the Gadget dog seen in (GGEP46). Her first job is to stop Spydra in their confrontation Boris steals heather's wallet.
Spydra then, looks at heather's ID and sends Mulch and Hummus to heather's home to destroy Heather. Mulch and Hummus set explosives so that the house would blow up when Heather opens the door. Heather does not go to the door first but , her little brother does return on his way back from school. When he Opens the door bam! Heather believes her brother to be dead and does not realize that Gadget Boy is her brother when they first met (GBS1EP1).
She continues to work with Gadget boy to bring Spydra to Justice. She realizes that Gadget Boy is her brother after Myron tells her that he needs some tissue samples from her so that Gadget Boy's organic parts would accept the transfer into his new Teenaged Body. When Gadget Boy turns 18 Heather Retires and marries Myron Dabble.
{Professor Myron Dabble}: Dabble was born in Cleveland Ohio sometime after 1951 to Inventor Myra and Auto Mechanic Skip Dabble (GBS2EP6). He then moved to switzerland and worked under Professor Wisenheimer (GBS1EP21).let's look at Wisenheimer. Ok, he is Almost Identical to Dabble but not old enough to be his grandfather. So let us conclude that Professor Wisenheimer is his uncle on his mother's side. Myron's mother's full maiden name would be Myra Wisenheimer.
Myron first sees Heather when he is showing off Gadget Boy (GBS1EP1). He is immediately smitten with the young lady (every ep of GB). He even thought he was marring her in (GBS1EP6) when Spydra impersonates Heather. He finally convinces Heather to go out with him. they eventually get married and have a daughter named Penny.
{Spydra and Boris}: We first have hints of what Spydra is in (GBS1EP16) where she convinces alien spiders to help her conquer the earth. The aliens stated that Spydra was one of their long lost ancestors. We know that spydra was born like that in (GBS1EP21). So , we can conclude that she is a long lost ancestor of theirs. As a baby she crashed to the earth and landed near a vulture's nest. Her ship leaked fuel on one of the eggs. A professor of UFOs finds the baby and the vulture egg and brings them to a nursery (GBS1EP21). When the infected egg hatches and matures the UFO professor learns that the radioactive fuel made the Vulture intelligent.
Let's call the UFO Professor Prof. Boris after his pet vulture. Prof. Boris is more likely Russian and is who Boris the Vulture gets his accent from. Prof. Boris decides to raise the alien and the vulture together. Teenaged Spydra attends highschool and accidently turns her freshmen prom date to stone (GBS1EP21). the towns folk are furious and run Spydra and her father out of town. Her father then sails half way across the ocean finding an uncharted Isle he calls the place Spydravania and builds a castle there (GBS1EP18). Spydra lives the rest of her life with Boris on the isle until her father dies. She then plots to rule the world that shunned her and refused her father.
{Mulch & Hummus (George Siegfried Gordon & Irving Balonious Gordon Jr.)}: Now I lump the two Claws and Mulch Hummus as one. The Claw & Thaw brothers are first seen in (GGEP26). We do know that their mother and father , Maryland "Maddy" and Gordon Claw , were criminals (GGEP46) . There are five reasons why I say Mulch & Hummus are actually Claw & Thaw.
Reason one , they are both referred to as Identical twins(GGEP26). Reason two , Claw's & Thaw's heads are Bald (GGEP23-GGEP26). Reason three , Thaw is seen wearing a purple glove in (GGEP26) simular to the purple gloves worn by Mulch and Hummus. Reason four , Mulch and Hummus are the GB equivalent to IG MAD agents and both claws can be seen giving orders to their Mad agents the same way Spydra gave orders to them. Reason five , they both have loud controlling women running their lives for them. For Mulch & Hummus this is Spydra (every Ep of GB). For Claw & Thaw it is their mother Maddy (GGEP26 ; GGEP27 ; GGEP51 ; NGS1EP10a). Claw was even hand picked by his mother to run MAD. Why do you think it is called MAD but short for Maryland. Spydra and Maddy have such similar personalities they could be adoptive sisters.
We learn that Claws real name is George Gordon in (GGEP51) when William calls him uncle George. His middle name as siegfried is a referance to Gadget's first voice actor Don Addams. Addams Played Maxwell Smart and his archvillain was Ludwig Von Siegfried the head of KAOS.
I am borrowing the theory that Irving (NGS1EP10a) is Thaw from another Gadget theorist on DA named "fanpocalypse" she is a great theorist in her own right and you can check her out. Thaw has been frozen at least three times (GGEP26 ; NGS1EP1) causing his mind and hand to suffer from frostbite and gangrene. Hence the reason why his plans are less well thought out as his brother's but , George was always the better of the two.
Okay let's start at the beginning. Claw Gordon and Maryland meet in prison and get married (GGEP46). They have a pair of twins together (GGEP26). To prepare the boys to become the best criminals they can be , Maddy has them work under her estranged sister Spydra (GBS1EP1). They quickly learn from Sydra and Boris the henchmen game. They also meet their mortal enemy Gadget for the first time (GBS1EP1).
Then as they get older they work under their father's old boss Les Renown (IGEP84-IGEP86). George suffers a horrible accident at the hands of Cadet Gadget. This part is important and I'll explain four reasons why I think this happened. Reason one , George in the first series rarely ever leaves his chair because of his injuries. Reason two , the Accident also damaged his voice making it raspy and mechanical. Reason three , he tries to recreate the Gadget Project (IGEP4 ; IGEP35). I think he tries to recreate the Gadget project is not to have his own Cyborg detective but to rebuild his body. Reason four , is his intense hatred for Gadget.
okay back to the history. With George critically injured Irving starts up MAD (NGS2EP9b) but , a wheel chaired George take over almost immediately after his brother's first failure. This prompts Irving to become Dr. Thaw to prove he can be as bad as George.
George continues to build MAD up with science , Technology , and even magic. His main goals are to be whole again and to end Gadget. He finally becomes whole again with a magic and Scientific transformation potion (IGLC). Taking the name Devon Debonaire he tries to discredit Gadget (IGLC) but fails. with his new body he sports a new claw and plans to finish off Gadget now more than ever.
As for Irving his first attempt as Thaw caused him to be frozen (GG26). Irving finally thaws out and tries to help his brother. George can't stand his incompetence and ejects him into the arctic freezing Irving yet again.
a few years later , George now sporting his old claw and having his hair grow out (explains his appearance in the toy & games) face off against Gadget for his last time. George falls off a cliff and into a ravine and seemingly dies. With George dead Maddy has no choice but to thaw out Irving and make him the new Claw.
Irving's frostbitten mind makes him believe that he is the original Claw. This prompts his mother to create a new backstory and a fake "Training Claw" (NGS1EP6b). He continues to run MAD with Talon by his side. Geoges Death was only an act he would return working behind the scenes under the guise of Baron Ernest Von Steeltoe (NGS3EP10b) the Mastermind behind the crime group known as BEST an abbreviation of his name.
He became Steeltoe for two reasons. First to distance him from his demanding mother who was trying to control MAD. Second to remove Gadget's Medding because Gadget would be to busy battling Irving and MAD to give him problems. Here are four reasons why I believe him to be Steeltoe. First steeltoe's Hair , though red , is a tridant Shape that is very similar to that of Georges hair in the face of Claw media. Second George and Steeltoe have an almost Identical body type. Third is his rivalry with Irvig how he openly mocks and berates him. fourth this is'nt the first time he reinvents himself remember he spent time in the guise of Devon Debonaire.
Irving is finally caught and MAD is dismantled in (IGBC). However , he escapes prison with the help of Bomber Boy. He hires rent a thugs due to mad being dismantled. He finds a dinosaur egg with the help of Bomber Boy and unleashes a flying metal eating Dinosaur on the city. Penny and Loony Shrink the Dino and Gadget rerearrests Irving.
{Penelope Ruth Dabble (Penny Gadget)}: Penny's Middle name of Ruth is new information we learn in (NGS2EP1b ; NGS2EP7b). Now to prove that Penny is the daughter of Myron and Heather. Penny is a blonde like Myron. She is inventive and intelligent like Myron. She is courageous and adventurous like Heather. Her body type is more like Heather's as she matures. Okay with that out of way, something happens to Dabble & Heather. They either die, or disappear, or petrify (something Spydra can do this temporally) and can't take care of their daughter.
The state would then have no choice but hand 8 year old Penny over to Heather's brother , her uncle Gadget. The state would also legally change her last name from Dabble to Gadget to match up with her new guardian. Penny realized early on that her uncle would need help against MAD so she crafted a computer book , a laser com-watch , and a com-dog-collar for brain and went along in secret to help her uncle become all he can be.
At age 12 She would then build the gadgetinis to replace Brain after he began to suffer from Gadgetphobia (GGEP27 ; GGEP36). She had a short romance with Claw's nephew William Gordon (GGEP51) and her good friend Shawn Jellypin (GGEP27). She decommissioned the gadgetinis after the whole evil robot situation (GGEP52).
She convinced Brain to return and rekindled their partnership (NGS1EP1). At age 14 She became a junior agent and top of her class after her uncle's retirement (NGS1EP1). She rejoined her uncle during Dr. Claws return. She helps her cousin Loony Von Slick in the lab at times (many eps of NG). She received a new "Codex" watch from Loony to replace her computer book. She also has a crush on Claw's new nephew Talon.
Shortly after she took the guise of Penny Theft and went undercover at a Junior Mad agent training camp known as Mad U where she met her frienemy Malicious (NGS2EP1b). She would run into Malicious again in (NGS4EP1a). Mal was trying to take Talon's spot as Claw's righthand agent. Penny However, derailed Mal's Plans. Mal often calls Penny Doll or Dollar a nickname that Mal gave Penny at Mad U.
At age 15 with Claw in prison and MAD shut down Penny returns to civilian life (IGBC). This is short lived when Claw escapes prison and releases the flying Dino. this causes Penny age 16 to help Loony invent a shrinking potion to use on the dino. Penny Gadget would always be a force for good and is finally on equal footing with her uncle.
{William "Thaw" Gordon (Talon)}: William Gordon is the son of Irving and nephew to George (GGEP51). He had a brief romance with Penny after he helped her thwart his uncle. William pined after Penny but found out that he was to similar to another of Penny's love interests Shawn Jellypin (GGEP27). This caused William to steal his uncle's transformation potion and reinvent himself as the handsome and Cocky Talon. However , George was already dead when he returned to the scene so he had to make do with his father Irving (NGS1EP1).
Dear old dad did not even recognize his son , which was for the best because Talon didn't want Penny to know that he was that looser William. He continued to make Irving believe that he was his nephew instead of his son. His goals in life are to run MAD and win Penny.
The longer William takes the potion the more he becomes Talon being more vain and cocky as the series goes on (all Of NG). He also seems to get dumber. He was able to stop Gadget and release Irving with William's smarts in (NGS1EP1). However, in (all of NGS3-NGS4) he seems to be only slightly smarter the Irving and is bested by Penny's smarts constantly. His absence from (IGBC) is probably from the fact that he is still rotting in Juvenile Hall.
{Chief (Sgt.) Platt Quimby}: His first name being Platt is a referance to Get Smart because the Chief was played by Edward Platt. Quimby was a Sergeant when he first trained Gadget (NGS4EP4b). Quimby first heard of Gadget from his head Inventor Prof. Slick. Prof. Slick suggested that Quimby hires Gadget as a cadet after Gadget's contract with Interpol closes. Sgt. Quimby hired Gadget as cadet (NGS1EP9b ; NGS4EP4b). When MAD first appeared in Metro City Quimby Knew that Gadget would be the one for the job because it was Gadget who foiled Spydra during his stay with interpol. He got promoted to Cheif shortly after. Chief Quimby Often worked with Information Brokers and "Stool Pigeons" to learn what MAD is upto.
After MAD became too hard for a police station to handle Quimby convinced the Government to create and fund WOMP to assist Gadget with his mission (GGEP31 ; GGEP45). Quimby even stayed on as an Information broker handing his messages safely to Gadget's new boss General Sir (GGEP45).
After WOMP went bankrupt (GGEP31 ; GGEP45) Quimby used all of his life savings to convert Metro City Police HeadQuarters into his super secret spy company HQ (NGS1EP1). Quimby also learned of Penny's importance to the mission and gave her the training and agent status she needed (NGS1EP1). Quimby Also hired Prof. Slick's great nephew Loony as head inventor. Quimby Would continue to use HQ's resources to end MAD once and for all (IGBC).
{The Gadget Mobile}: We see the first prototype Gadget mobile as a racecar designed to beat Spydra in (GBS1EP8). this Gadget mobile was invented by Dabble and only used once (GBS1EP8). Prof. Slick invented the Police Gadget mobile to assist his son with everyday police work. This Gadget mobile could convert from a family minivan to a super speedy police car and had a front mounted claw as well as a whole lot of factory extras. Prof. Slick also created a race car version to use against Claw in (IGEP8).
Then in (IGLC) Prof. Slick invents a new mini buggie Gadget Mobile with AI. This is short lived due to it having issues causing Quimby to fire the Gadget Mobile (IGLC). With a lot more money from WOMP Prof. Slick invented a form changing mini buggie Gadget Mobile. Loony Slick also constructs an almost identical Gadget Mobile to help Gadget in HQ (NCS1EP1). As seen in (IGBC) Loony improved the Gadget Mobile's AI and made it a full time partner with Gadget.
{G-9 & Brain the dog}: Prof. Slick's first invention was G-1 the Gadget Dog as seen in (GGEP46). It took a Quarter of his life to perfect G-1 into G-9 the Shape Changing Dog agent. G-9 was first given to Prof. Slick's daughter Heather to protect her on her interpol missions (GBS1EP1).
G-9 took a liking to Heather's little Mechanized brother , Gadget Boy , when they first met (GBS1EP1). Dabble upgrading G-9 with a time traveling device to chase Spydra through time (All of GBS2)
Spydra uses her mind transfer ray (GBS1EP24) to put G-9's mind into that of normal dog and destroyed G-9's robot body. Still can't believe an AI can be transferred just as easily as a mind. well Gadget has a Gadget brain almost Identical to G-9's brain (GBS1EP20). Gadget had a successful mind transfer into that of a hardened criminal in (GGEP41). If Gadget's AI mind can be transferred into a normal human body then so can G-9's AI mind be transferred into a normal dog body.
This AI mind would be the reason why Brain is so smart and doesn't act like a normal dog. The new G-9 body was named Brain and stayed to help Gadget. Penny reminded Brain of his previous owner , Heather , and took a liking to her when they first met (all 0f IG). Penny gave Brain a com-collar to keep in contact with him at all times.
His consistent injuries at Gadget's mercy caused him to develope Gadgetphobia (GGEP36). This had Brain leave home and move into the country. Penny convinced Brain to help the gadgetinis find her uncle in (GGEP36). Brain finally recovered from his Gadgetphobia to help Penny and Gadget to stop Claw from stink bombing HQ (NGS1EP1). Brain honed his skills alongside Penny and they became even better friends. Penny gave Brain a new Holo disguise collar (all of NG) so he wouldn't have to go looking for disguises all the time (all of IG). brain remains a key part of the Gadget team.
{John Maxwell Von Slickstein (Inspector [Lieutenant] Gadget [boy])}: His first name John is a reference to Disney's live action movies counterpart John Brown but , they are not the same character. The middle name is a reference to IG's original voice actor Don Adams who played Agent 86 Maxwell Smart in Get Smart.
now on to his history. It is worth noting the youngest depiction of Gadget is in (IGEP86) as a baby in carriage escaping the Red Rose Massacre. In here he is playing with a Gadget Raddel coming out of his hat. I don't think Gadget was a cyborg this young , so the Gadget Hat Raddel was probably a toy invented by his father to keep John amused. This actually supports Prof. Slick being his father even more.
Ok onto his childhood , at the age of 8 or 10 he had his accident that resulted in him becoming Gadget Boy. He was handed over to Dabble and had to complete a contract with interpol (GBS1EP1). After Spydra was safely behind bars gadget Boy's contract expires.
Quimby hires a 25 year old gadget as a Police Cadet (NGS2EP9b ; NGS4EP4b). At age 27 he becomes an inspector and is first partnered with a female police officer nicknamed IQ who hates him because he received all the glory for the cases they worked on (NGS1EP9). Two years later he becomes a solo officer and gains custody of his 8 year old niece Penny (All of IG). At age 31 Gadget & Penny move into the Gadget house for added security and protection from MAD (IGEP69). It is worth mentioning that MAD has been running for eight years during this time as stated in (IGEP70). He also takes on Capeman as a Pupil for a short time (IGEP69).
At age 33 he joins WOMP as a Lieutenant and appoints the Gadgetinis as his cadets (all of GG). At age 34 He retires for about a year , due to Dr. Claw being frozen in a block of ice (NGS1EP1). At age 35 he is called into HQ to assist 14 year old Agent Penny against Dr. Claw and Talon. At age 36 he arrests Claw and successfully dissolves MAD (IGBC). At age 37 Claw escapes , this prompts Gadget to stop him and his flying Dino (IGBC).
Well that is my whole timeline theory please feel free to critique and ask me any questions in regards to this theory. And again a special thanks my fellow DA Gadget theorist :"fanpocalypse" and "lucifertheshort" who I borrowed Ideas from. Be sure to give them a visit and read their theories and fanfictions.
Inspector Gadget was my favorite cartoon series growing up and still is today. I have been researching The inspector Gadget Franchise for sometime and came up with a plausible timeline. This Post is to address the nature of this timeline in more depth, as well as to change or revise some of my original theories. First , a special thanks and credits goes to my fellow DA Gadget theorist "fanpocalypse" and "lucifertheshort" who I borrowed Ideas from. They are both great people and I hope you will watch and read their theories as well.
The Gadget timeline encompasses all animated gadget media and is in this chronological order : Gadget Boy and Heather--Gadget Boy's Adventures in History--Inspector Gadget--Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas--Inspector Gadget's Greatest Gadgets--Inspector Gadget's Last Case--Gadget and the Gadgetinis--Inspector Gadget(2015)--Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever.
I would rather of liked Caper to be before IG(2015) because Caper introduces Loony Purkle who is a perfect match for IG(2015)'s Professor Von Slickstein but Penny is age 14 in IG(2015) and Penny is age 16 in Caper. So , I will just say that Professor Von Slickstein(2015) is having some bad luck.
His full name for all purposes is Loony Puerkle Von Slickstein and to avoid confusion, I will refer to this character as Loony and the original 1980's von Slickstein as Prof Slick. As for Gadget Mobile's AI in both Last Case and Caper we will say that the AI was a failed test run in Last case and was removed in GATG but was perfected and reinstalled in Caper. That works well because the AI is depressed and reacts slowly in Last Case resulting in Quimby saying that Gadget Mobile would be off the force but in Caper Gadget Mobile is confident and quick acting even helping Gadget.
Now , I've been talking about Gadget and the Gadgetinis and for us americans you would be asking what is that? GATG is a 2001 Canadian–French-Italian cartoon that was never released in america , however , all episodes are pirated and watchable on youtube. In GATG Inspector Gadget joins the World Organization of Mega powers (WOMP) and becomes a Lieutenant under the command of Colonel Nozzaire and General Sir , Also Brain retires from crime fighting due to developing Gadgetphobia , fear of Inspector Gadget and his Gadgets , prompting 12 year old Penny to build the Gadgetinis.
The Gadgetinis are miniature version of Lt. Gadget with different personalities. Fidget is the most easily spooked of the pair and is colored orange. He does things robots cannot do, such as feel pain or sneeze, which Digit usually questions. Digit , the blue robot , is the smarter , sarcastic , and more literal of the Gadgetinis. He often reminds Fidget that he is a robot , when Fidget does something that robots can't do. This series does , however , contain the most background info on the Gadget Franchise as a whole and is why I am including it.
the ten episodes of GATG I will be sighting are EP23 The Weather Machine , EP26 Ice Folly , EP27 Unseen Of the Crime , EP31 Bye Bye Business , EP36 No Brainer , EP41 Swap Team , EP45 Super Boss Gadget , EP46 Erasing Gadget, EP51 Claws Nephew , EP52 The Comet , The Unicorn And The Bad Gadgetinis.
Now let's talk Gadget Boy and Heather and Its sequel series Gadget Boy's Adventures in History. Gadget Boy and Heather is a 1995 Canadian-French-American cartoon where a young Gadget fights the Villainess Spydra , her super intelligent vulture Boris and twin henchmen Mulch and Hummus. Gadget Boy's allies are a spunky and adventurous Redhead named Heather , the swiss inventor who built Gadget Boy named Myron Dabble , The elderly italian chief of interpol Drake Stromboli , and Gadget Boy's robot dog Gadget-9 or G-9 for short.
G-9 is this series version of the Gadget Mobile and can shape change into any vehicle as well as other objects. Dabble has a big crush on Heather which we will be addressing later. All episodes can be pirated on youtube.
In 1997 , Gadget Boy appeared in Gadget Boy's Adventures in History, a special educational series. In this series, the young detective has to stop the evil Spydra across time. All episodes can be pirated on youtube also.
The fans are split to when Gadget Boy takes place or if it is even canon to the Gadget franchise. They sight Myron Dabble as a main problem because he invented Gadget Boy and we know that Prof. Slick invented Inspector Gadget. For this theory I propose that Dabble invented Gadget's young cyborg body and Prof. Slick invented Gadget's adult cyborg body.
The other thing they sight is G-9 saying if Gadget had a robot dog why does he need Brain. Well , I have an answer for that two , G-9 is Brain. How you may ask well in EP24 Boris For President, Spydra swaps Boris's mind with the USA President with a ray gun. let's say in another scheme Spydra puts Boris's mind in G-9 accidently when she's targeting Gadget Boy. Boris infiltrates interpol in G-9's body and fails , however , Spydra put G-9's AI mind in a dog so that Boris can return to his body and they destroy the dog minded G-9 so that Gadget Boy can't switch G-9's body back. What you have left is a normal dog with a super intelligent robot mind. that would explain why Brain is so smart. We will address all other issues in the main theory.
the Ten episodes I will be focusing on are S1EP1 Raiders of the Lost Mummies , S1EP5 Gadget Boy and the Wee Folk , S1EP8 Gadget Boy and the Great Race , S1EP16 The Day the Gadget Boy Stood Still , S1EP18 Jurassic Spydra , S1EP20 Power of Babble , S1EP21 Pirate of the Airwaves , S1EP24 boris for president , S1EP26 Vulture of the Bride , S2EP26 back to the vulture.
Now let's talk about why we are all here, I am of course reference the OG original 1980's Inspector Gadget. Inspector Gadget is a French-Canadian-American cartoon that ran in america from 1983-1986 with reruns playing all through the late 1990's. It was inspired by "Pink Panther Films" and "Get Smart TV Series." It is about a bumbling Cyborg detective , Inspector Gadget , who tries to thwart the schemes of the evil Dr. Claw and his organization , MAD , however , the schemes are actually thwarted by Gadget's niece , Penny and her dog , Brain. You can watch all episodes pirated on youtube.
Let's address the twelve episodes my theory will be covering are EP4 Gadget And The Amazon , EP8 Race to the Finish , EP35 Doubled Agent , EP69 The Capeman Cometh , EP70 Crashcourse in Crime , EP71 Gadget's Gadgets , EP81 Tyrannosaurus Gadget , EP82 Gadget's Roma , EP83 Gadget's Clean Sweep , EP84 Gadget Meets the Clan , EP85 Gadget and Old Lace , EP86 Gadget and the Red Rose.
Inspector Gadget (2015) is a Canadian CGI-animated television series that streams on Netflix in america. The main difference is that Dr. Claw is less competent and his nephew , Talon , is a rival to a now agent Penny.
Now let's go over the ten episodes for the new comer Inspector Gadget (2015) they are S1EP1 Gadget 2.0 , S1EP6b A Claw for Talon , S1EP9b Operation HQ Reunion , S1EP10a A Hole in One , S2EP1b Evil U , S2EP7b Brain Drain , S2EP9b Back to the MAD Future , S3EP10b Escape Room with a View , S4EP1a Frienemy of the State , S4EP4b Too Many Talons.
Now let's talk briefly about the Gadget animated films and specials. The only IG special was released by DIC in 1992 Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas. In here Claw takes over as Santa and Gadget with the help of Penny and Brain must find the real Santa and save Christmas. The first IG animated film was released by Disney in 1999 to coincide with disney's live action film , Inspector Gadget's Greatest Gadgets. This was a compilation of episodes and segments of the original IG series added with new animated segments done in the same style. It was just Gadget remembering the good Old days.
In 2002 DIC and MGM in Canada released a pilot film for GATG , Inspector Gadget's Last Case. This followed Gadget before he became a Lieutenant , hence last case as an Inspector. Claw created a Transformation potion that allowed him to become the hero Devon Debonaire to smear Gadget's name. Due to this being released after the live action movie the Gadget Mobile had a Speaking AI role. The Gadget Mobile was mopie and Slow , Chief Quimby threatened to fire it if it didn't shape up.
2005's Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever was a CGI film released by LionsGate. It followed Inspector Gadget and sixteen year old Penny battling a metal-eating flying Dinosaur unleashed by Dr. Claw. It is also worth noting that Claw just escaped from prison and does not have the resources of MAD anymore. This film also introduces the talking Gadget Mobile again. this version actually works well as a full time partner and assists Gadget. The last thing to talk about is Loony Puerkle who is a Prototype for 2015's Slickstein.
Now for abbreviations and citations for my references. Gadget Boy will show up on citations as (GBS0EP0) , Gadget and the Gadgetinis is (GGEP0) , Inspector Gadget 1983 is (IGEP0) , and Inspector Gadget (2015) or New Gadget is (NGS0EP0). The movies we will referencing too are Inspector Gadget's Last Case (IGLS) and Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever(IGBC). We will not need to reference Inspector Gadget's greatest Gadgets (I have not seen it but is a cannon clip film) and Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas (Canon but adds no new information).
Now on to the Theory we will go through each character's life history !
{Professor Jules Von Slickstein}: We meet Professor Slickstein in (IGEP4) where Gadget is saving him from Doctor Claw. Let us take a good look at him next to Gadget they both have a large nose , are about the same body type , and have similar Spikey hair. We can conclude that he is not only Gadget's creator but also his father. Don't believe me , well in (GGEP46) we learn that Jules , Gadget's Father , was an inventor and invented a gadget dog like G-9. He is also identical to Gadget just like Prof. Slick. So , an amature inventor growing up to a renowned police inventor.
But let's take a step back to his mid life , he had a son who got into an accident at a young age. Prof. Slick at this time is working for interpol and uses interpol money to rebuild his son but is caught and fired. He has Dabble complete his son and pass him off as his own invention Gadget Boy (GBS1EP1). He then gets a job at the Metro City Police department and insures his son's arrival on the force. He gives Gadget a new cyborg body to better equip him with adult gadgets (IGEP4). He then , would assist Gadget again by building him a time machine and giving Gadget the location and names of all his past relatives (IGEP81-IGEP83).
{Heather Von Slickstein}: We first meet agent Heather in (GBS1EP1). We meet gadget's mother , Annie , in (GGEP46). Let us take good look at Heather next to Annie they both have the same face type and similar hair styles. That would make gadget's mother Heather's mother. Gadget and Heather are brother and sister. Don't believe me well in (GBS1EP5) Heather tells Gadget Boy she is part Irish, then Gadget Boy replies then I must be part Irish. Why Would Gadget assume that unless they were related.
Let's put together what we just learned. Prof. Slick's daughter wants to be an Interpol agent to prove to her father that she can make a difference. He is reluctant at first but allows her to go on one condition, she brings along his latest invention G-9. Dabble never refers to G-9 as his invention. He is the complete version of the Gadget dog seen in (GGEP46). Her first job is to stop Spydra in their confrontation Boris steals heather's wallet.
Spydra then, looks at heather's ID and sends Mulch and Hummus to heather's home to destroy Heather. Mulch and Hummus set explosives so that the house would blow up when Heather opens the door. Heather does not go to the door first but , her little brother does return on his way back from school. When he Opens the door bam! Heather believes her brother to be dead and does not realize that Gadget Boy is her brother when they first met (GBS1EP1).
She continues to work with Gadget boy to bring Spydra to Justice. She realizes that Gadget Boy is her brother after Myron tells her that he needs some tissue samples from her so that Gadget Boy's organic parts would accept the transfer into his new Teenaged Body. When Gadget Boy turns 18 Heather Retires and marries Myron Dabble.
{Professor Myron Dabble}: Dabble was born in Cleveland Ohio sometime after 1951 to Inventor Myra and Auto Mechanic Skip Dabble (GBS2EP6). He then moved to switzerland and worked under Professor Wisenheimer (GBS1EP21).let's look at Wisenheimer. Ok, he is Almost Identical to Dabble but not old enough to be his grandfather. So let us conclude that Professor Wisenheimer is his uncle on his mother's side. Myron's mother's full maiden name would be Myra Wisenheimer.
Myron first sees Heather when he is showing off Gadget Boy (GBS1EP1). He is immediately smitten with the young lady (every ep of GB). He even thought he was marring her in (GBS1EP6) when Spydra impersonates Heather. He finally convinces Heather to go out with him. they eventually get married and have a daughter named Penny.
{Spydra and Boris}: We first have hints of what Spydra is in (GBS1EP16) where she convinces alien spiders to help her conquer the earth. The aliens stated that Spydra was one of their long lost ancestors. We know that spydra was born like that in (GBS1EP21). So , we can conclude that she is a long lost ancestor of theirs. As a baby she crashed to the earth and landed near a vulture's nest. Her ship leaked fuel on one of the eggs. A professor of UFOs finds the baby and the vulture egg and brings them to a nursery (GBS1EP21). When the infected egg hatches and matures the UFO professor learns that the radioactive fuel made the Vulture intelligent.
Let's call the UFO Professor Prof. Boris after his pet vulture. Prof. Boris is more likely Russian and is who Boris the Vulture gets his accent from. Prof. Boris decides to raise the alien and the vulture together. Teenaged Spydra attends highschool and accidently turns her freshmen prom date to stone (GBS1EP21). the towns folk are furious and run Spydra and her father out of town. Her father then sails half way across the ocean finding an uncharted Isle he calls the place Spydravania and builds a castle there (GBS1EP18). Spydra lives the rest of her life with Boris on the isle until her father dies. She then plots to rule the world that shunned her and refused her father.
{Mulch & Hummus (George Siegfried Gordon & Irving Balonious Gordon Jr.)}: Now I lump the two Claws and Mulch Hummus as one. The Claw & Thaw brothers are first seen in (GGEP26). We do know that their mother and father , Maryland "Maddy" and Gordon Claw , were criminals (GGEP46) . There are five reasons why I say Mulch & Hummus are actually Claw & Thaw.
Reason one , they are both referred to as Identical twins(GGEP26). Reason two , Claw's & Thaw's heads are Bald (GGEP23-GGEP26). Reason three , Thaw is seen wearing a purple glove in (GGEP26) simular to the purple gloves worn by Mulch and Hummus. Reason four , Mulch and Hummus are the GB equivalent to IG MAD agents and both claws can be seen giving orders to their Mad agents the same way Spydra gave orders to them. Reason five , they both have loud controlling women running their lives for them. For Mulch & Hummus this is Spydra (every Ep of GB). For Claw & Thaw it is their mother Maddy (GGEP26 ; GGEP27 ; GGEP51 ; NGS1EP10a). Claw was even hand picked by his mother to run MAD. Why do you think it is called MAD but short for Maryland. Spydra and Maddy have such similar personalities they could be adoptive sisters.
We learn that Claws real name is George Gordon in (GGEP51) when William calls him uncle George. His middle name as siegfried is a referance to Gadget's first voice actor Don Addams. Addams Played Maxwell Smart and his archvillain was Ludwig Von Siegfried the head of KAOS.
I am borrowing the theory that Irving (NGS1EP10a) is Thaw from another Gadget theorist on DA named "fanpocalypse" she is a great theorist in her own right and you can check her out. Thaw has been frozen at least three times (GGEP26 ; NGS1EP1) causing his mind and hand to suffer from frostbite and gangrene. Hence the reason why his plans are less well thought out as his brother's but , George was always the better of the two.
Okay let's start at the beginning. Claw Gordon and Maryland meet in prison and get married (GGEP46). They have a pair of twins together (GGEP26). To prepare the boys to become the best criminals they can be , Maddy has them work under her estranged sister Spydra (GBS1EP1). They quickly learn from Sydra and Boris the henchmen game. They also meet their mortal enemy Gadget for the first time (GBS1EP1).
Then as they get older they work under their father's old boss Les Renown (IGEP84-IGEP86). George suffers a horrible accident at the hands of Cadet Gadget. This part is important and I'll explain four reasons why I think this happened. Reason one , George in the first series rarely ever leaves his chair because of his injuries. Reason two , the Accident also damaged his voice making it raspy and mechanical. Reason three , he tries to recreate the Gadget Project (IGEP4 ; IGEP35). I think he tries to recreate the Gadget project is not to have his own Cyborg detective but to rebuild his body. Reason four , is his intense hatred for Gadget.
okay back to the history. With George critically injured Irving starts up MAD (NGS2EP9b) but , a wheel chaired George take over almost immediately after his brother's first failure. This prompts Irving to become Dr. Thaw to prove he can be as bad as George.
George continues to build MAD up with science , Technology , and even magic. His main goals are to be whole again and to end Gadget. He finally becomes whole again with a magic and Scientific transformation potion (IGLC). Taking the name Devon Debonaire he tries to discredit Gadget (IGLC) but fails. with his new body he sports a new claw and plans to finish off Gadget now more than ever.
As for Irving his first attempt as Thaw caused him to be frozen (GG26). Irving finally thaws out and tries to help his brother. George can't stand his incompetence and ejects him into the arctic freezing Irving yet again.
a few years later , George now sporting his old claw and having his hair grow out (explains his appearance in the toy & games) face off against Gadget for his last time. George falls off a cliff and into a ravine and seemingly dies. With George dead Maddy has no choice but to thaw out Irving and make him the new Claw.
Irving's frostbitten mind makes him believe that he is the original Claw. This prompts his mother to create a new backstory and a fake "Training Claw" (NGS1EP6b). He continues to run MAD with Talon by his side. Geoges Death was only an act he would return working behind the scenes under the guise of Baron Ernest Von Steeltoe (NGS3EP10b) the Mastermind behind the crime group known as BEST an abbreviation of his name.
He became Steeltoe for two reasons. First to distance him from his demanding mother who was trying to control MAD. Second to remove Gadget's Medding because Gadget would be to busy battling Irving and MAD to give him problems. Here are four reasons why I believe him to be Steeltoe. First steeltoe's Hair , though red , is a tridant Shape that is very similar to that of Georges hair in the face of Claw media. Second George and Steeltoe have an almost Identical body type. Third is his rivalry with Irvig how he openly mocks and berates him. fourth this is'nt the first time he reinvents himself remember he spent time in the guise of Devon Debonaire.
Irving is finally caught and MAD is dismantled in (IGBC). However , he escapes prison with the help of Bomber Boy. He hires rent a thugs due to mad being dismantled. He finds a dinosaur egg with the help of Bomber Boy and unleashes a flying metal eating Dinosaur on the city. Penny and Loony Shrink the Dino and Gadget rerearrests Irving.
{Penelope Ruth Dabble (Penny Gadget)}: Penny's Middle name of Ruth is new information we learn in (NGS2EP1b ; NGS2EP7b). Now to prove that Penny is the daughter of Myron and Heather. Penny is a blonde like Myron. She is inventive and intelligent like Myron. She is courageous and adventurous like Heather. Her body type is more like Heather's as she matures. Okay with that out of way, something happens to Dabble & Heather. They either die, or disappear, or petrify (something Spydra can do this temporally) and can't take care of their daughter.
The state would then have no choice but hand 8 year old Penny over to Heather's brother , her uncle Gadget. The state would also legally change her last name from Dabble to Gadget to match up with her new guardian. Penny realized early on that her uncle would need help against MAD so she crafted a computer book , a laser com-watch , and a com-dog-collar for brain and went along in secret to help her uncle become all he can be.
At age 12 She would then build the gadgetinis to replace Brain after he began to suffer from Gadgetphobia (GGEP27 ; GGEP36). She had a short romance with Claw's nephew William Gordon (GGEP51) and her good friend Shawn Jellypin (GGEP27). She decommissioned the gadgetinis after the whole evil robot situation (GGEP52).
She convinced Brain to return and rekindled their partnership (NGS1EP1). At age 14 She became a junior agent and top of her class after her uncle's retirement (NGS1EP1). She rejoined her uncle during Dr. Claws return. She helps her cousin Loony Von Slick in the lab at times (many eps of NG). She received a new "Codex" watch from Loony to replace her computer book. She also has a crush on Claw's new nephew Talon.
Shortly after she took the guise of Penny Theft and went undercover at a Junior Mad agent training camp known as Mad U where she met her frienemy Malicious (NGS2EP1b). She would run into Malicious again in (NGS4EP1a). Mal was trying to take Talon's spot as Claw's righthand agent. Penny However, derailed Mal's Plans. Mal often calls Penny Doll or Dollar a nickname that Mal gave Penny at Mad U.
At age 15 with Claw in prison and MAD shut down Penny returns to civilian life (IGBC). This is short lived when Claw escapes prison and releases the flying Dino. this causes Penny age 16 to help Loony invent a shrinking potion to use on the dino. Penny Gadget would always be a force for good and is finally on equal footing with her uncle.
{William "Thaw" Gordon (Talon)}: William Gordon is the son of Irving and nephew to George (GGEP51). He had a brief romance with Penny after he helped her thwart his uncle. William pined after Penny but found out that he was to similar to another of Penny's love interests Shawn Jellypin (GGEP27). This caused William to steal his uncle's transformation potion and reinvent himself as the handsome and Cocky Talon. However , George was already dead when he returned to the scene so he had to make do with his father Irving (NGS1EP1).
Dear old dad did not even recognize his son , which was for the best because Talon didn't want Penny to know that he was that looser William. He continued to make Irving believe that he was his nephew instead of his son. His goals in life are to run MAD and win Penny.
The longer William takes the potion the more he becomes Talon being more vain and cocky as the series goes on (all Of NG). He also seems to get dumber. He was able to stop Gadget and release Irving with William's smarts in (NGS1EP1). However, in (all of NGS3-NGS4) he seems to be only slightly smarter the Irving and is bested by Penny's smarts constantly. His absence from (IGBC) is probably from the fact that he is still rotting in Juvenile Hall.
{Chief (Sgt.) Platt Quimby}: His first name being Platt is a referance to Get Smart because the Chief was played by Edward Platt. Quimby was a Sergeant when he first trained Gadget (NGS4EP4b). Quimby first heard of Gadget from his head Inventor Prof. Slick. Prof. Slick suggested that Quimby hires Gadget as a cadet after Gadget's contract with Interpol closes. Sgt. Quimby hired Gadget as cadet (NGS1EP9b ; NGS4EP4b). When MAD first appeared in Metro City Quimby Knew that Gadget would be the one for the job because it was Gadget who foiled Spydra during his stay with interpol. He got promoted to Cheif shortly after. Chief Quimby Often worked with Information Brokers and "Stool Pigeons" to learn what MAD is upto.
After MAD became too hard for a police station to handle Quimby convinced the Government to create and fund WOMP to assist Gadget with his mission (GGEP31 ; GGEP45). Quimby even stayed on as an Information broker handing his messages safely to Gadget's new boss General Sir (GGEP45).
After WOMP went bankrupt (GGEP31 ; GGEP45) Quimby used all of his life savings to convert Metro City Police HeadQuarters into his super secret spy company HQ (NGS1EP1). Quimby also learned of Penny's importance to the mission and gave her the training and agent status she needed (NGS1EP1). Quimby Also hired Prof. Slick's great nephew Loony as head inventor. Quimby Would continue to use HQ's resources to end MAD once and for all (IGBC).
{The Gadget Mobile}: We see the first prototype Gadget mobile as a racecar designed to beat Spydra in (GBS1EP8). this Gadget mobile was invented by Dabble and only used once (GBS1EP8). Prof. Slick invented the Police Gadget mobile to assist his son with everyday police work. This Gadget mobile could convert from a family minivan to a super speedy police car and had a front mounted claw as well as a whole lot of factory extras. Prof. Slick also created a race car version to use against Claw in (IGEP8).
Then in (IGLC) Prof. Slick invents a new mini buggie Gadget Mobile with AI. This is short lived due to it having issues causing Quimby to fire the Gadget Mobile (IGLC). With a lot more money from WOMP Prof. Slick invented a form changing mini buggie Gadget Mobile. Loony Slick also constructs an almost identical Gadget Mobile to help Gadget in HQ (NCS1EP1). As seen in (IGBC) Loony improved the Gadget Mobile's AI and made it a full time partner with Gadget.
{G-9 & Brain the dog}: Prof. Slick's first invention was G-1 the Gadget Dog as seen in (GGEP46). It took a Quarter of his life to perfect G-1 into G-9 the Shape Changing Dog agent. G-9 was first given to Prof. Slick's daughter Heather to protect her on her interpol missions (GBS1EP1).
G-9 took a liking to Heather's little Mechanized brother , Gadget Boy , when they first met (GBS1EP1). Dabble upgrading G-9 with a time traveling device to chase Spydra through time (All of GBS2)
Spydra uses her mind transfer ray (GBS1EP24) to put G-9's mind into that of normal dog and destroyed G-9's robot body. Still can't believe an AI can be transferred just as easily as a mind. well Gadget has a Gadget brain almost Identical to G-9's brain (GBS1EP20). Gadget had a successful mind transfer into that of a hardened criminal in (GGEP41). If Gadget's AI mind can be transferred into a normal human body then so can G-9's AI mind be transferred into a normal dog body.
This AI mind would be the reason why Brain is so smart and doesn't act like a normal dog. The new G-9 body was named Brain and stayed to help Gadget. Penny reminded Brain of his previous owner , Heather , and took a liking to her when they first met (all 0f IG). Penny gave Brain a com-collar to keep in contact with him at all times.
His consistent injuries at Gadget's mercy caused him to develope Gadgetphobia (GGEP36). This had Brain leave home and move into the country. Penny convinced Brain to help the gadgetinis find her uncle in (GGEP36). Brain finally recovered from his Gadgetphobia to help Penny and Gadget to stop Claw from stink bombing HQ (NGS1EP1). Brain honed his skills alongside Penny and they became even better friends. Penny gave Brain a new Holo disguise collar (all of NG) so he wouldn't have to go looking for disguises all the time (all of IG). brain remains a key part of the Gadget team.
{John Maxwell Von Slickstein (Inspector [Lieutenant] Gadget [boy])}: His first name John is a reference to Disney's live action movies counterpart John Brown but , they are not the same character. The middle name is a reference to IG's original voice actor Don Adams who played Agent 86 Maxwell Smart in Get Smart.
now on to his history. It is worth noting the youngest depiction of Gadget is in (IGEP86) as a baby in carriage escaping the Red Rose Massacre. In here he is playing with a Gadget Raddel coming out of his hat. I don't think Gadget was a cyborg this young , so the Gadget Hat Raddel was probably a toy invented by his father to keep John amused. This actually supports Prof. Slick being his father even more.
Ok onto his childhood , at the age of 8 or 10 he had his accident that resulted in him becoming Gadget Boy. He was handed over to Dabble and had to complete a contract with interpol (GBS1EP1). After Spydra was safely behind bars gadget Boy's contract expires.
Quimby hires a 25 year old gadget as a Police Cadet (NGS2EP9b ; NGS4EP4b). At age 27 he becomes an inspector and is first partnered with a female police officer nicknamed IQ who hates him because he received all the glory for the cases they worked on (NGS1EP9). Two years later he becomes a solo officer and gains custody of his 8 year old niece Penny (All of IG). At age 31 Gadget & Penny move into the Gadget house for added security and protection from MAD (IGEP69). It is worth mentioning that MAD has been running for eight years during this time as stated in (IGEP70). He also takes on Capeman as a Pupil for a short time (IGEP69).
At age 33 he joins WOMP as a Lieutenant and appoints the Gadgetinis as his cadets (all of GG). At age 34 He retires for about a year , due to Dr. Claw being frozen in a block of ice (NGS1EP1). At age 35 he is called into HQ to assist 14 year old Agent Penny against Dr. Claw and Talon. At age 36 he arrests Claw and successfully dissolves MAD (IGBC). At age 37 Claw escapes , this prompts Gadget to stop him and his flying Dino (IGBC).
Well that is my whole timeline theory please feel free to critique and ask me any questions in regards to this theory. And again a special thanks my fellow DA Gadget theorist :"fanpocalypse" and "lucifertheshort" who I borrowed Ideas from. Be sure to give them a visit and read their theories and fanfictions.