Fred

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Fred is one of Dr. Claw's agents in Inspector Gadget.

Routine[]

Fred is a M.A.D. agent who appears in various disguises on several missions.

Personality[]

Being the largest of Claw's regular agents, Fred sometimes gets stuck in doorways or other small entrances.

History[]

Together with Dick, Fred posed as a farm hand on a farm just outside Metro City which had been taken over by Dr. Claw. The large silo next to the farm housed a stolen missile that Claw intended to launch at Metro City. Fred was present when fellow agents opertating from the nearby General Store reported to Dr. Claw in person after failing to stop Inspector Gadget on route to the farm, even though Fred was not operating in the same location as them. When Inspector Gadget arrived at the farm, Fred and Dick tried to smother the Inspector by covering him in sheep as he lay on couch to take a nap. Later, they thought Gadget had realized they were M.A.D. Agents and tried to run away from him while in reality all Gadget wanted from them was some gas for his Gadgetmobile. After climbing up the silo, Fred noticed they were being chased by Brain, disguised as a hay bale. He picked up the dog and threw him off the silo. Fred then got stuck in the door at the top of the silo, but Dick pushed him through. Dick and Fred informed Dr. Claw that enemy agents (three police cars) had arrived on the scene, and were ordered to keep them out. While Dr. Claw continued the countdown to launch the warhead, Dick and Fred said they would try to keep the police out, but were unable to stop the police from entering the silo.^[1]

Together with another, unidenfied agent, Fred posed as a scientist, wearing a white labcoat, while stationed at Dr. Claw's Aztec Temple base in the Amazon. The two agents awaited the arrival Inspector Gadget by M.A.D. Mobile and escorted him to laboratory where Professor von Slickstein was working.^[2]

Fred and Lenny posed as health instructors at the Bide-A-Wee Health Spa. When Inspector Gadget visited their gym, having won a week's stay at the spa as a prize, they attached increasingly heavy weights for Gadget to benchpress. This plan backfired and the weights ended up on Fred and Lenny's heads. They then hoisted Gadget up in to the ceiling as he held on to a set of rings, and let him fall back to the floor. This time he was saved by his Gadget Brella. Later, Lenny turned up the heat inside a sauna Gadget was and locked into. Fred told Madame that Dr. Claw wanted to speak to her, and then explained to Lenny that the exceptionally strong door to the sauna had been built by his grandfather. However, Gadget repeatedly managed to break the door off it's hinges, even after Fred used extra wood to nail it shut. He and Lenny then tried to barricade the door with a large statue, but Brain moved it aside when they weren't looking. Later, Gadget mistook the M.A.D. torture chamber for an exercise room. Fred and Lenny began to stretch his arms and legs on a rack, but the Gadgets in the Inspector's limbs were too much for them once again.^[3]

Fred stole the outfit of a sailor on a cruise ship and took his place in a hangmat the original sailor had been sleeping in. The man's outfit was several sizes too small for him. When Inspector Gadget boarded the ship wearing a disguise, Fred and Pops demanded to see his invitation. Fred got himself stuck in an air pipe on the deck of the ship, but Pops pulled him out. When they realized that Gadget had given them a laundry ticket instead of a real invitation, they threw him off the ship, back onto the harbour. After the ship had sailed, Fred caught a young girl snooping around. He grabbed her and reported her to Dr. Claw, who identified her as Gadget's niece. Fred locked her up in a cage in the boiler room. Soon, Claw ordered Fred to lighten the load of the ship by getting rid of the crew and the girl. But Inspector Gadget stumbled into the boiler room and knocked down several agents, including Fred. Gadget and his niece were tied up and taken aboard deck. When the girl received help from her dog, Fred and Lenny teamed up to grab them from both sides, but ended up knocking each other on the head. Dazed, they performed an impromptu ballet dance that ended with both of them jumping gracefully overboard.^[4]