| “ | So, this is Transylvania." "Yes, Penny, Transylvania. Home of the legendary Count Dracula and other ghosts, goblins and spooks. |
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| ~ Penny and Gadget |
"Haunted Castle" is the 8th episode of the first season of Inspector Gadget. It is the 6th episode in production order.
Synopsis[]
Gadget, Penny, and Brain are in Transylvania, searching for the crime fighters' convention. Arriving in a place where the convention is, Gadget gets another assignment from Chief Quimby: Claw has set up a hideout in Count Dracula's castle and that he's planning to infiltrate the convention and Gadget has to stop him.
Gadget then takes Penny and Brain along to the castle. Claw sets spikes on the road to do the trio in, but this fails. He then demands a M.A.D. Agent dressed as a vampire to stop and eliminate Gadget once he is at the castle. While exploring the castle, Brain is totally frightened because he is afraid of ghosts, and Penny is also afraid even though she knows there's no such thing as ghosts, but Gadget is not because he believes that it's all just plain superstition. Claw decides to split the Gadget clan up by throwing a tennis ball so Gadget can take it right to a trap. Brain then follows Gadget, while Penny goes to the basement. Penny discovers the secret passageway in the basement, but she gets captured.
Meanwhile, Brain rescues Gadget in the nick of time and they go to the basement to search for Penny. They get thrown into a dungeon where they then find her. Claw then burns the dungeon into flames to finish the trio, with the help of a mechanical mouse spilling oil and lighting a match, but they manage to escape with Gadget extinguishing the blaze. Dr. Claw then separates Gadget and Penny from Brain and puts them in a pit, where walls with spikes begin to move in on them.
Brain is now being chased by M.A.D. agents disguised as a werewolf and Frankenstein's monster. Firing lasers then begin to attract Chief Quimby and, feeling that Gadget may be in trouble, goes to the castle with the other policemen. Brain then manages to rescue Gadget and Penny, the police arrive and take the agents into custody, and Claw makes his usual escape.
The episode concludes with Gadget talking to Penny about campfire safety, due to the fire they encountered in the dungeon.
Featuring Voices of[]
- Don Adams - Inspector Gadget
- Cree Summer Francks - Penny
- Frank Welker - Brain, Dr. Claw, M.A.D. Cat
- Dan Hennessey - Chief Quimby, M.A.D. Agent
- Don Francks - Big M.A.D. Agent
Trivia[]
- This is one of the few times where Gadget is useful and dependable.
- This is one of few episodes where Gadget realizes his error after mistaking Brain for a M.A.D. agent. It happens after they knock Dick down as the Gadget Arms and Gadget Legs retract with enough force to send them back down where they came from. Uniquely for such a realization, Gadget reprimands him for his recklessness right after.
- This is the highest-rated episode of Inspector Gadget overall on IMDb.[1]
- This is the only episode where the location of Dr. Claw's Castle within the episode is explicitly confirmed to be in Transylvania.
Gadgets used[]
- Gadget Hands:
- holds his police badge
- holds a map of Transylvania
- holds a tourists brochure
- holds the receiver of a pink phone
- holds a bucket of water (during epilogue)
- Gadget 'Copter
- Gadget Coat
- Gadget Skates
- Gadget Arms
- Finger Gadgets:
- Gadget Flashlight (left middle finger)
- Gadget Skeleton Key (left pink)
- Gadget Water Pistol (right index finger)
- Gadget Legs
Locations[]
Chief Quimby's disguise[]
- A hunchback at the Skull Inn.
Self-destructing message[]
- "Dr. Claw planning to sabotage law enforcement convention. Suspect he's in Dracula's castle. Your mission is to get Claw before he gets the convention. This message will self-destruct."
Chief Quimby's reaction to being blown up[]
- Defeated groan
Brain's disguises[]
- A ghost
- Also ends up wearing a knight's helmet
Penny's gadgets[]
Gadgetmobile Gadgets[]
- Converts from Gadget van to sportscar
- Shoots Gadget fireworks from the back
- Bumper claw extends and grabs onto a tree
M.A.D. Agents[]
- Dick posing as a vampire (who also takes the place of a Transylvanian border guard)
- Squirt as a Wolfman
- Fred as Frankenstein's monster
M.A.D.'s attempt to execute Penny[]
- Burning the room she's in (failed because of Gadget Water Pistol)
- Spiked wall trap in a pit (failed because of Gadget Arms and Brain's intervention)
Pop culture references[]
- Dracula - Dick's disguise
- Frankenstein - Fred's disguise
- The Raven - One of the death traps
- The Wolf Man - Squirt's disguise
Home media releases[]
- Volume 1 (Thorn EMI Video, France)
- Haunted Castle (The Maier Group)
Full Episode[]
Haunted Castle (Full Episode)
