| “ | The sooner I destroy Metro City, the sooner the world will recognize the power of M.A.D! | „ |
| ~ Dr. Claw, "Down on the Farm", first season, original series |
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M.A.D. is a malevolent criminal organization led by Dr. Claw. Because they are a malevolent organization, M.A.D. always does malevolent things, like stealing treasures or valuable items, kidnap famous or important people, disguise themselves as normal people, lay traps for Inspector Gadget, and usually kidnap Penny whenever she is snooping around. At the end of each episode, each member gets arrested and in a certain episode, there is a unique super villain that after he or she is arrested, never shows up again in another episode (except Series 2, in which they do return). In the end, Chief Quimby congratulates Gadget for foiling M.A.D.'s schemes, not knowing it is really Penny that is responsible for doing so.
Etymology[]
The acronym M.A.D. has had several definitions floating although what it canonically stands for is not clear as of yet:
- Malevolent Agency of Destruction
- Mean And Dirty
Members[]
Chain of command[]
- Dr. Claw (leader)
- Iji-Waruda-san (leader of M.A.D.'s Japanese affiliates)
- Mr. Chow (leader of M.A.D.'s Chinese affiliates/cut ties to M.A.D.)
Scientists[]
- Dr. Daedalus
- Professor Doomkauf
- Professor Easewell
- Dr. Focus
- Professor Lasre
- Professor Mongul
- Dr. Spectrum
- Dr. Stench
- Professor Venom
- Wild Man of Borneo
- Unnamed M.A.D. Scientist (Doubled Agent)
Master thieves[]
- Fast Abdul
- LeDip
- LeDip's School for Pickpockets
- Angelique
- Patches
- English Pickpocket
- Runt (rejected)
- Macho Miguel
- Rattlesnake Bart
Agents[]
Recurring henchmen
Field agents and assassins
- Agent 612
- Amazon Annie
- Bert Sweetley
- Black Knight
- Kirk Boulder
- Presto Change-O
- Chameleon
- Nervous Nick DeFecto (defected)
- Jungle Bob
- Labella
- Lana Lamour
- Louise Lane
- Pierre LeChop
- M.A.D. Archaeologist
- M.A.D. Clown
- M.A.D. Deck Hand
- M.A.D. Fakir
- M.A.D. Nurse
- M.A.D. Pilot
- M.A.D. Pirate
- M.A.D. Principal
- M.A.D. Prophet
- M.A.D. Saboteur
- M.A.D. Stewardess
- M.A.D. Store Clerk
- M.A.D. Taxi Driver
- M.A.D. Trapper
- M.A.D. Torchbearer
- M.A.D. Wrestler
- M.A.D. Yodeler
- Madame
- Captain Malcolm
- Pegleg Peg
- The Quiz Master
- Rat
- Ricardo
- Ring Master
- Sven Svensen
- Billy Thaw
- The Warden
- Wooden Indian
- Unnamed M.A.D. Agent (Winter Olympics)
- Unnamed M.A.D. Agent (The Amazon)
- Unnamed M.A.D. Agents (The Infiltration)
European agents
- Cuckoo Clockmaker (Swiss agent)
- Icarus Finch (Turkish agent)
- Gregor (Balkan agent)
- LaPoof (French agent)
- LaPoof's Little Brother (French agent's brother)
- Luciano (Italian agent)
- Pete (Scottish agent)
- Van der Sweet (Dutch agent)
- Wrong Way O'Shea (Irish agent)
- Wrong Way O'Shea's brother (Irish agent)
Animals[]
- Blackie (defected)
- Cobra
- Rattlesnake
- Boa Constrictor
- Breaker
- Fast Abdul's monkey
- Fast Eddie
- Killer
- Spectrum's squirrel
- M.A.D. Cat
Monsters[]
- Ghost Globules
- Grappler (defected)
- Linguinis
- M.A.D. Munchkins
Robots[]
- Abominable Snowbot
- Black Devil
- Cyclops
- LaPoof's Robot
- M.A.D. Robots
- Minotaur
- Loch Ness Monster
- Remote Control Robot
- Robot Floobieball players
- Robot Gadget
- Robot Monks
Trivia[]
- The name in Polish is Z.Ł.A.
- M.A.D is similar to SPECTRE in the James Bond movies.
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