| Gadget's Clean Sweep | |
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| Season 2, Episode 18 | |
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| Air date | October 2, 1985 (production) January 11, 1986 (TV) |
| Written by | Eleanor Burian-Mohr Glen Egbert |
| Episode guide | |
| Previous "Gadget's Roma" |
Next "Gadget Meets the Clan" |
Gadget's Clean Sweep" is the 18th episode of the second season of Inspector Gadget.
Synopsis[]
Dr. Claw sends his latest M.A.D. agent, the frumpy Thelma Bodkin, back in time to 19th century England to steal the Crown Jewels of England. While there, she is also to knock off Inspector Gadget's ancestors ― a loveable pair of chimney sweeps named Chimney and Char Gadget ― the logic being that if they're eliminated, Gadget will never have been born.
Metro City Police get the word of the imminent theft of the jewels and Quimby orders his top man back to the past (through a time machine) to prevent it. Once again, they only have four hours to complete their mission. Gadget, Penny, and Brain soon arrive safely along a waterfront in 19th century London, England, just as Big Ben strikes 3:00 PM, but the easily-distracted inspector immediately forgets his assignment after bumping into his great grandparents and instead visits with them. A running gag has Gadget trying to find an electrical outlet to use one of his appliances, unaware that there was no electricity in 19th century London. Bodkin, having already arrived, enlists the aid of a pair of two-bit hoods to finish off Gadget and his relatives while she heads off to steal the jewels. At the palace, Penny is recognized by Bodkin and locked in the dungeon, but managing to break free, she runs out and buys a cheap imitation of the jeweled crown to leave in the real one's place.
Meanwhile, on the rooftops of London, Char, Chimney, and Gadget are attacked by Bodkin's thugs. Eventually, Gadget's clumsiness (with Brain's help) thwart their efforts, and none too soon either ― Gadget, Penny, and Brain have to rush back to the time machine before it automatically returns to the present at 7:00 PM, with or without them. They board the machine with nanoseconds to spare. Bodkin arrives back safely, too, with crown jewels that Claw instantly recognizes as fakes.
Back at home, Penny warns Gadget that it's dangerous to have too many electrical devices plugged into a single power strip, as he was charging them due to the lack of electrical outlets in 19th century London.
Starring[]
- Don Adams - Inspector Gadget
- Maurice LaMarche - Chief Quimby
- Holly Berger - Penny
Also with[]
- Rita Taggart - Thelma Popkins
Uncredited[]
- Frank Welker - Brain, Dr. Claw, M.A.D. Cat
Trivia[]
- This is the only episode to explicitly depict alcoholic beverages, when Gadget drinks some beer with his great grandparents at an English pub.
- The two henchmen Thelma enlists visually resemble Jasper and Horace, Cruella de Vil's henchmen in Disney's 1961 animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
- Chimney Gadget later appeared in the game, Inspector Gadget: Mad Time Party when he along with Cave Gadget and three other of Gadget's ancestors were accidentally transported to Gadget's time from their own times after Professor Von Slickstein's time machine breakdown.
- Unlike in the episode, Chimney has his own gadgets in the game.