There were 86 episodes of Inspector Gadget made (not including "Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas", which I have not seen) over two seasons. Season One ran during 1983 and '84, and Season Two during 1985 and '86. I am working on providing synopses, comments, and the safety tips for each episode. I would like to include how Quimby delivers the exploding message in each episode as well.

A BAD ALTITUDE
Ep #: 1-50
Dr Claw intends to sink most of an island so his (currently) mountaintop resort will become the only hotel on "M.A.D. Island."

A CLEAR CASE
Ep #: 1-32
A South African diamond mine is being terrorized by...ghosts? Of course, it's a M.A.D. plot!
Comments: The ostrich is cute. :) And...how does Penny manage to travel all over the world without her uncle knowing? What kind of allowance does this kid have?
Safety Tip: Never go exploring by yourself

A STAR IS LOST
Ep #: 1-11
Gadget has to guard the life of famed rock singer Rick Rocker, whom M.A.D. has sinister plans for. But Gadget winds up replacing Rocker as the current reigning King of Rock!
Comments: Hee, Penny has a crush. On a really freaky guy. Check out the mob scene where some pervy guy is trying to get his mitts on Rocker's...er...tuchis. Oh, and watch where Gadget actually notices Brain save his life in this one.
Safety Tip: Electrical safety

ALL THAT GLITTERS
Ep #: 1-12
Gadget is assigned to find El Dorado, the fabled Lost City of Gold, before Dr. Claw's agents find it and tear it apart to melt down the gold.

THE AMAZON
Ep #: 1-5
Deep in the Amazon, Dr. Claw plans world domination - with an army of Gadget-like androids.

AMUSEMENT PARK
Ep #: 1-14
M.A.D. has planted a bomb somewhere in a popular amusement park, and it's up to Gadget to find it before it detonates. Are we surprised he's got it tucked into his belt the whole time?
Comments: Wow, the animation is bad in this one. ;) Regardless, I find it cute that Gadget's so mindful of bringing Penny home a present in light of impending doom.
Safety Tip: Boat safety

ARABIAN NIGHTS
Ep #: 1-31
Gadget is sent to the wealthy Middle-Eastern kingdom of Yetzanistan to safeguard a sacred sword - whoever possesses it shall become King.

ART HEIST
Ep #: 1-15
Gadget has to stop M.A.D. from looting the New York Museum of Art.

BAD DREAMS ARE MADE OF THIS
Ep #: 2-12
M.A.D. beams a mind-altering ray over the city nightly, causing bad dreams for all sleepers. With all of the citizens of Metro City unable to sleep, their exhaustion could lead to an easy takeover by Dr. Claw and his minions.
Comments: Burt Sweetly is cool. And I especially love Penny's nightmares about losing her computer book. Of course she's afraid of losing it, even she knows she's just an ordinary kid without its help. ;) Oh, and, watch for a cameo by the Junkyard Cats, from Heathcliff. And check out how Gadget saves Brain here, for a change!
Safety Tip: Never stick a metal object in a toaster

BASIC TRAINING
Ep #: 1-21
Gadget must protect a trainload of important computer parts from M.A.D. hijackers.
Comments: Yeesh. If they couldn't get Dr. Claw's regular voice actor they shouldn't have written any lines for Claw. How awful. And...the Madmobile looks different too - Hey! That's probably not even the real Dr. Claw! I'm sorry but I can't even pay attention to the rest of the episode now. This is all I'm going to talk about. Do you think the real Dr. Claw went on vacation? Or maybe he's got that bug that's going around. This episode opens all sorts of possibilities.
Safety Tip: Train safety

BERMUDA TRIANGLE
Ep #: 1-29
Ships are vanishing in the Bermuda Triangle, but the seemingly supernatural aspects of the disappearances are subterfuge by Dr. Claw - who is using an enormous machine to swallow oil tankers and ransack them.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Ep #: 1-61
In Turkey a M.A.D. agent uses his birds to steal a very valuable gemstone from an exhibition.

THE BOAT
Ep #: 1-7
Aboard a cruise ship, Dr. Claw and his agents try to rob the passengers blind while Gadget makes an attempt to protect them.

BUSY SIGNAL
Ep #: 2-11
M.A.D. inventor Dr. Spectrum has developed an elaborate phasor gun capable of de-materializing matter at the molecular level, which can then be teleported to Dr. Claw's domain via the city's telephone circuits.

THE CAPEMAN COMETH
Ep #: 2-4
Corporal Capeman joins Gadget as his assistant as Gadget persues the notorious Ninja.
Comments: Capeman is exactly as incompetant as Gadget while having zero of his charisma. Ninja, however, kicks tuchis. It's a shame they had to arrest him.
Safety Tip: Don't wear loose clothing while riding a bike

THE COO-COO CLOCK CAPER
Ep #: 1-28
While Gadget is searching Switzerland for stolen gold, Penny runs afoul of the murderous M.A.D. agent, The Clockmaker.

CRASHCOURSE IN CRIME
Ep #: 2-5
While Gadget trains his new assistant Capeman, Dr. Claw launches a crime spree to celebrate M.A.D.'s anniversary.
Comments: I like how Gadget and Capeman cover up for themselves when they almost arrest that 'little girl'.
Safety Tip: Gardening safety

THE CURSE OF THE PHAROAH
Ep #: 1-19
M.A.D. agents disguised as mummies and ancient Egyptian gods try to loot the tomb of a newly-discovered Pharoah.

DID YOU MYTH ME?
Ep #: 1-49
A M.A.D. scientist tries to steal an ancient Greek scroll said to hold the secret of turning lead into gold.

DO UNTO UDDERS
Ep #: 1-48
M.A.D. utilises satellite waves to cause local cows to stop producing milk, forcing consumers to purchase milk from "New Foods Dairy" (a M.A.D. front).

DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH
Ep #: 1-38
Gadget is assigned to look into a case of some missing oceanographers who were searching for an undersea city when they disappeared. A M.A.D. plot is suspected.

DOUBLED AGENT
Ep #: 1-36
M.A.D. engineers an android replica of Gadget that is used to steal from Metro City's banks in order to have the real Gadget framed for armed robbery. With our hero wrongfully incarcerated, Dr. Claw sets his sights on kidnapping the Shah of Freeland to join his evil ranks.

DOWN AT THE FARM
Ep #: 1-3
M.A.D. tries to do Gadget in by locking him in a missile hidden in a farm's grain silo.

DRY SPELL
Ep #: 1-53
A M.A.D. agent and his Blue Trolls causes a drought in Metro City by cutting off the city's mountain water resources.

DUTCH TREAT
Ep #: 1-33
Gadget hunts for diamond smugglers in the land of tulips and chocolate.

THE EMERALD DUCK
Ep #: 1-47
Gadget heads for Mexico, where he must stop "the oldest Mayan artifact known to exist," the Emerald Duck, from falling into the hands of a M.A.D. agent - a Mexican bandit named Macho Miguel. The Emerald Duck is the key to activating a powerful and ancient weapon.

EYE OF THE DRAGON
Ep #: 1-35
Gadget is sent to Hong Kong to recover the priceless jewel the Eye of the Dragon, and in the process tries to foil an alliance between Dr. Claw and Hong Kong's crimelord Mr. Chow.

FANG THE WONDER DOG
Ep #: 1-63
Dr Claw tries to abduct movie star "Fang the Wonder Dog" from the set of his latest film so he can ransom him.

FOCUS ON GADGET
Ep #: 2-13
When a space station orbiting Earth goes silent, Gadget must investigate. Penny and Brain tag along aboard the space shuttle that takes Gadget to his destination, where Penny discovers that the station's soft-spoken HAL-like supercomputer is under the control of two M.A.D. agents, Dr. Null and Dr. Void. Their evil plot involves a giant magnifying glass that can aim and intensify the sun's rays towards Earth.

FOLLOW THAT JET
Ep #: 1-52
Dr. Claw begins making US airforce jets disappear so that he can create his own private M.A.D. airforce.

FUNNY MONEY
Ep #: 1-51
M.A.D is springing members of the Funny Money Gang, the most infamous conterfeiting ring in the world. Gadget winds up in prison while investigating, with the Gang's engraver as his celmate.
Comments: This has got to be the most understaffed prison in existance. Note that Gadget's house is different in this one. And I feel sorry for that orphanage - after all, that was all conterfeit money.
Safety Tip: Take care of your eyes

GADGET AND OLD LACE
Ep #: 2-20
While investigating a case involving M.A.D.-manufactured novelty weapons, Gadget runs afoul of Sadie and Viola, the cream of the crop at Les Reknowned's "Old Bad Guys' Retirement Home".

GADGET AND THE RED ROSE
Ep #: 2-21
Dr. Claw contacts "Spuds" Malone, a retired mob boss, to bring back Spuds' invention "The Red Rose," a gun which turns potatoes into deadly gas. Are Gadget and Capeman a match for the suffocating tuber-based weapon?

GADGET AT THE CIRCUS
Ep #: 1-4
Gadget (and Penny and Brain) investigate a suspicious circus, which may or may not be populated by M.A.D. agents.

GADGET GOES WEST
Ep #: 1-25
Gadget arrives at a western tourist town that plays heavily on its cowboy image to stop modern day outlaw Black Bart.

GADGET IN MINIMADNESS
Ep #: 2-7
Professor Dumkopf of M.A.D. unleashes the Linguinis, five little implike creatures, on Gadget's house with the mission of deep-sixing the Inspector.
Comments: Aw. The Linguinis are cute. And the whole 'stripping nurse' bit reminds me of something you'd see on Get Smart. Take note of Penny's scary toys. My parents never let me have any lasers!
Safety Tip: First aid

GADGET MEETS THE CLAN
Ep #: 2-19
Dr. Claw hires a retired mob boss, the wheelchair-bound Great Great Godfather, to assassinate Gadget.

GADGET MEETS THE GRAPPLER
Ep #: 2-9
The Gadget clan faces one last threat from M.A.D.'s Dr. Dumkopf, which involves battling his hulking, irascible humanoid assistant named the Grappler. Fortunately, sweets, candies, and ultimately Penny's kindness help in soothing the soul of this misunderstood beast and thwarting Dumkopf for the last time.

GADGET'S CLEAN SWEEP
Ep #: 2-18
M.A.D. agents travel back in time to 19th-century England to steal the crown jewels and wipe out Gadget's ancestors, chimney sweeps named Chimney and Char Gadget. Gadget is assigned to follow them back in time and stop them.

GADGET'S GADGETS
Ep #: 2-6
M.A.D. scientist Dr. Noodleman plots to rob Gadget of his famous gadgets, and tricks the Inspector into attending his "clinic" for a "physical."

GADGETS IN WINTERLAND
Ep #: 1-1
Dr. Claw tries to disrupt the Olympic Games at the Winterland Resort, while at the same time attempting to rub out Gadget.

GADGET'S REPLACEMENT
Ep #: 1-23
A new supercomputer has made the Metro City police so efficent that Chief Quimby fires Gadget, but M.A.D. has a plan to control the computer and feed the police false information.

GADGET'S ROMA
Ep #: 2-17
Gadget, Penny, and Brain travel back in time again - on this occasion, to ancient Rome to prevent Dr. Claw's own time traveller, Thelma Bodkin, from deciphering an ancient mosaic and stealing the treasure it describes.

GHOST CATCHERS
Ep #: 2-10
Dr. Spectrum of M.A.D. invents 'Ghost Globules' - pellets that produce glowing ghostly critters. He plans to sets them loose on Metro City, then offer to sell people a spray that will banish them. Gadget investigates a costume party while on the trail.
Comments: I love the two quarrelling agents working for Dr. Spectrum, I wonder if they're married. Watch for the Get Smart phone booth in this one. I wonder where I could learn the Tango of Death.
Safety Tip: Riding your bike at night is dangerous

GONE WENT THE WIND
Ep #: 1-39
A M.A.D. scientist at the North Pole creates a machine to cause windstorms all over the globe.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
Ep #: 1-34
Gadget visits the Balkans to stop a war between a tribe of superstrong men and superstrong women while Dr. Claw tries to steal the potion that gives them their uncanny strength.

THE GREAT WAMBINI'S SÉANCE
Ep #: 2-2
All the pets in Metro City are being kidnapped, and M.A.D. is the likely suspect. Could the Great Wambini be the key to the case?
Comments: Boy, that kid really wants his kitty, doesn't he? I want to know who in Metro City has an elephant for a pet.
Safety Tip: Always license your pet

GREENFINGER
Ep #: 1-24
Gadget is assigned to protect Professor Greenfinger, who has developed a super plant growth formula - but Greenfinger has already been replaced by a M.A.D. agent.

HAUNTED CASTLE
Ep #: 1-8
While searching for a crimefighters' convention in Transylvania, Gadget arrives at a castle that Dr. Claw has boobytrapped to kill him.

HEALTH SPA
Ep #: 1-6
Dr. Claw tricks Gadget into attending a "vacation" at a M.A.D.-trapped health spa. Can Penny and Brain save him?

IN SEINE
Ep #: 1-59
In Paris a M.A.D. agent uses a robot to rob the rich and famous.

THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING GADGET
Ep #: 2-8
Professor Dumkopf of M.A.D. uses a new shrinking ray on Gadget to get him out of the way while Dr. Claw wreaks havok in Metro City.
Comments: Wow, Capeman abuses Brain. Anyways, this is the first cartoon shrinking ray I've seen that takes multiple doses to fully shrink the target, even if it doesn't always work that way. And isn't it convenient that a person's underwear will shrink along with the person but no other clothes. ;) (Notice how very carefully the animators made sure we never see Gadget's head uncovered. It's my theory that he doesn't have a top to his head. Think about it. ;)
Safety Tip: Feeding your pet

THE INFILTRATION
Ep #: 1-18
Presto Chango, the world's greatest disguise artist and a M.A.D. agent, plans to infilitrate an Interpol conference in London disguised as Inspector Gadget.

THE INVASION
Ep #: 1-17
M.A.D. stages a phony Martian invasion as a cover for a big heist.
Comments: I kinda like the cheesy Martian costumes the M.A.D. agents wear. And Penny's awful cheerful in this ep, don't you think? Must be up to something. ;)
Safety Tip: Always wear safety equipment when playing sports

THE JAPANESE CONNECTION
Ep #: 1-30
Penny won a computer contest and is in Japan helping her local counterpart, Atsuko, to foil an alliance between Dr. Claw and his Japanese counterpart, Iji Waruda-san. Then her uncle arrives to complicate things.

KING WRONG
Ep #: 1-40
In the far-off country of Pianostan, the people remain happy as long as their King is miserable. But M.A.D. has been ensuring that the King is happy in order to disrupt the peace, so Gadget is sent out to investigate. To further complicate matters, the King looks exactly like the Inspector!

LAUNCH TIME
Ep #: 1-26
The space shuttle is in danger of being shut down by M.A.D. Gadget's assignment is to catch the saboteur before it's too late.
Comments: So...after years of training an astronaut loses his chance to go into space and all he can say is 'shucks'? Well, that's the censors at work I guess. ;) And since when does Penny use the expression 'Crumbs'? Penfold would be proud.
Safety Tip: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day

LUCK OF THE IRISH
Ep #: 1-44
Gadget heads to Ireland to locate the Blarney Stone, "the national treasure of Ireland," when it's stolen by M.A.D. agents. While plotting to use a laser cannon to slice up the Stone and smuggle it out of the country, Dr. Claw dispatches the quarrelsome O'Shea Brothers to eliminate Gadget.

M.A.D. ACADEMY
Ep #: 1-42
Gadget is assigned to find and shut down M.A.D.'s training center for its agents. Meanwhile, Dr. Claw decides eliminating Gadget will make a good class project for the latest batch of recruits.

M.A.D. IN THE MOON
Ep #: 2-14
Using bombs disguised as kewpie dolls, Dr. Claw and his agents, Null and Void, scheme to alter the surface of the moon so that it will resemble the M.A.D. logo. Gadget and the seemingly learning-disabled Capeman are sent to the moon to stop him.

M.A.D. TRAP
Ep #: 1-20
Employing a rodentlike theif monikered "The Rat," Dr. Claw devises a series of deathtraps for Inspector Gadget, who must as always rely on the wits of his neice and dog (as well as his own good luck) to survive.

MAGIC GADGET
Ep #: 2-1
The Great Wambini, famed magician and M.A.D. agent, gives a performance Metro City will never forget - with the demise of Inspector Gadget as the planned finale.
Comments: I kinda like the Lesser Wambini. And watch for the same pair of enamoured teenagers in the theatre lobby scene after scene.
Safety Tip: Never try to copy a professional magician's more dangerous tricks

MONSTER LAKE
Ep #: 1-2
Gadget looks for a missing scientist who vanished at a lake rumored to harbor a monster.

MOVIE SET
Ep #: 1-13
Gadget is assigned to keep Lana Lamour, a M.A.D. agent posing as an actress, from learning military secrets.
Comments: Watch as Gadget makes an ass of himself over Lamour. It would be cute if it weren't so sad. Anyways, the 'film' of the military base the M.A.D. agents make is terrific (the ice cream!). Oh, and..."Pickle-breath"??
Safety Tip: There kinda isn't one...something about checking ropes before using them, I guess

N.S.F. GADGET
Ep #: 2-15
M.A.D. gains control of Metro City's banks, by tapping into an orbiting sattellite. With the added distraction of 'Crazy Gas', a substance that induces hallucinations in their victims, can even Inspector Gadget ever hope to regain control of the city's bank accounts?
Comments: Woah. Drugs. Check out Gadget's bikini-clad-women-and-mushroom-themed hallucinations. I never would have guessed. But it's kinda funny. And I want one of those Inspector Gadget banks, like the one Madcat has. Where can I get one?
Safety Tip: Gas leaks in the home

NO FLIES ON US
Ep #: 1-43
In Malaysia, the Wild Man of Borneo (a M.A.D. scientist), has both derived a virus from flies and concocted its antidote. A head-cold-suffering Gadget must stop Dr. Claw's plan to turn everyone on the planet into babbling, bubble-blowing imbeciles.
Comments: That is one freaky virus!! There's a lot of injections in this episode. I'm going to have nightmares now. This reminds of some kind of weird video game. Seriously, who over at DIC thought of this?? And where are they working now..?
Safety Tip: Vaccinations are good for you

OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN
Ep #: 1-46
M.A.D. has abducted a prominent seismologist, who is coerced by Dr. Claw to construct a machine capable of unleashing deadly earthquakes upon the world. Gadget's case takes him deep within the Rocky Mountains, where his misadventures are compounded by a M.A.D. ranger agent and a grizzled, gold-crazed prospector.

PHOTO SAFARI
Ep #: 1-27
Right before Gadget, Penny, and Brain depart for a vacation in Africa, Gadget receives an assignment to investigate a strange plot involving wild animals scaring villagers out of the African jungle so M.A.D. can set up a crime base there.

PIRATE ISLAND
Ep #: 1-41
While on vacation, Gadget, Penny, and Brain must rescue a group of stuffy millionaires from a fake, M.A.D.-hatched pleasure cruise designed to rob them of their wealth.

PLANTFORM OF THE OPERA
Ep #: 1-37
M.A.D. agents use an opera house as cover to tunnel into a bank vault while protected by a killer man-eating plant.

PRINCE OF THE GYPSIES
Ep #: 1-45
Dr. Claw tries to frame the gypsies of Freedonia for the theft of the Royal Coat of Arms. While Gadget investigates the gypsies, Penny and her new friend Anya try to find the real thief.

QUIMBY EXCHANGE
Ep #: 1-55
Gadget is assigned to protect "Nervous Nick" Defecto, a former M.A.D. agent, from Dr. Claw's wrath. In revenge, Dr. Claw takes Chief Quimby hostage and offers him in exchange for his wayward agent.

QUIZZ MASTER
Ep #: 1-65
A slick game show host mesmerizes contestants when they enter his TV program's sealed "21"-like booth, which is outfitted with hypnotic lights. The contestants are then commanded to rob banks and turn over the stolen loot to Dr. Claw. Gadget investigates, but becomes another victim of the hypnosis.z

RACE TO THE FINISH
Ep #: 1-9
At a race track, M.A.D. agents sabotage Inspector Gadget's race car.

THE RUBY
Ep #: 1-10
Gadget is sent to India to investigate a missing ruby, which has been stolen by M.A.D. to be used as an amplifying power source for a laser beam that will destroy an advanced satellite in space.

SCHOOL FOR PICKPOCKETS
Ep #: 1-64
While vacationing on the French Riviera, Gadget receives an assignment to close down LeDipp's School For Pickpockets before it causes trouble for tourists in Nice.

SLEEPING GAS
Ep #: 1-22
Gadget is assigned to halt a diabolical M.A.D. scheme to put entire cities to sleep with a powerful sleeping gas.
Comments: Geez, Dr. Claw has cameras on Gadget everywhere, even in Gadget's bedroom!! And M.A.D. still can't stop him? I don't get it. Anyhow, I love the 'Yo-Ho' version of the IG theme, during the waterskiing scene.
Safety Tip: Boat safety

SMELDORADO
Ep #: 1-54
Dr Claw creates a ray that turns gold into smelly cheese planning to change it back once the government empties Fort Knox of the foul smelling stuff.

SNAKIN' ALL OVER
Ep #: 1-58
A M.A.D. agent intends to use his pet snakes to steal a valuable coin collection.

SO IT IS WRITTEN
Ep #: 1-62
Gadget arrives in an Arabian country where he is believed to be the prophecized one who will find a long lost treasure cave. Dr. Claw is eager to let his old enemy lead him to the treasure before eliminating him.

TREE GUESSES
Ep #: 1-60
Dr. Claw has concocted a chemical compound that decomposes wood at an accelerated rate, which he threatens to unleash upon the world's forests in exchange for a hefty ransom.

TYRANNOSAURUS GADGET
Ep #: 2-16
M.A.D. hatches a plot to be rid of Gadget by travelling back in time and picking off his ancestors, so the Inspector will simply never exist.

UNHENGED
Ep #: 1-57
Gadget must put a stop to M.A.D.'s latest plot for global domination, which involves the kidnapping of the world's leading solar scientists and coercing them to design and construct a solar-powered heat cannon at the grounds of mysterious Stonehenge.

VOLCANO ISLAND
Ep #: 1-16
A prophet working for M.A.D. predicts doom for an island resort and plans to use his "pineapple bombs" to trigger the island's volcano so his prediction will come true.

WAMBINI PREDICTS
Ep #: 2-3
The Great Wambini goes to Alpakistan to win the King's diamond-spitting llama by making three accurate predictions. Gadget is sent along to investigate M.A.D. involvement, and ends up playing in the National Floobyball Tournament..
Comment: How come the 'Plaid Team' wears stripes? Oh well.
Safety Tip: Sports safety

WEATHER IN TIBET
Ep #: 1-56
Penny teams up with a Tibetan boy to destroy a M.A.D. weather control machine while her uncle blunders around as usual.

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