Van der Sweet is one of Claw's field agents in Inspector Gadget. He operated in the Low Countries, having built a secret chocolate factory in the Netherlands.
Routine[]
He was hired by Dr. Claw to supervise his diamond smuggling operation.
Personality[]
Has a sweet tooth. Always appears to have chocolates on him for frequent consumption. Is prone to leave chocolate bar wrappers decorated with golden tulips at crime scenes. Claims to be a tulip grower and seller.
Physical Description[]
He is an obese Dutch or Flemish man with dusty blond hair. He wears a red shirt with a black and white tie under a white suit with black shoes and orange fedora hat with a red and black dotted band.
History[]
Van der Sweet was an Agent of M.A.D. based in the Low Countries, and as such was addressed as "Agent Van der Sweet" by Dr. Claw. He was involved with the theft of The Netherlands' national treasure, the Amsterdiamond, since a chocolate wrapper of the kind he frequently ate was found at the scene of the theft.
When Inspector Gadget was on a mission in the Netherlands, Claw warned Van der Sweet that Gadget was on his way, and the agent was "Most happy to oblige". Gadget approached Van der Sweet on the street when he was eating chocolates at an unmanned cart. Van der Sweet introduced himself and offered the Inspector a tulip, then some chocolates. Gadget gave up his interrogation when Van der Sweet paid more attention to sniffing his tulip than to answering the Inspector's questions. After the Inspector left, Van der Sweet inquired if Dr. Claw wanted him to take care of Gadget, but Claw answered he would dispose of him personally.
Van der Sweet and several M.A.D. henchmen kidnapped diamond cutter Gilderbrink and took him to a chocolate factory located in a windmill. The Agents used two vans as transport bearing the golden tulip logo, and Gadget's niece Penny, who was also on the case, hitched a ride in the second van without any of the Agents noticing her. When Gadget turned up at the windmill, Van der Sweet approached him, claiming the site to be one of his tulip warehouses, and offered the Inspector a tulip bulb (actually a M.A.D. grenade). Van der Sweet then quickly left Gadget alone, and returned to where Gilderbrink was being kept.
The diamond cutter still refused to cut up the Amsterdiamond, even when other M.A.D. Agents threatened to cut him into a million pieces. None of them realized that Penny was hiding under the table and trying to switch the Amsterdiamond with its duplicate. She managed to do it without anyone noticing, and when Inspector Gadget knocked down the door to their office, Gilderbrink smashed the replicate with his hammer, shattering it. Even Van der Sweet was shocked by this result. Then Chief Quimby and the local police arrived and arrested every M.A.D. Agent present, including Van der Sweet. Their hands were tied with ropes, and they were led out of their hideout in a row, tied to each other with a length of rope in between each of them.
Appearances[]
Quotes[]
- Most happy to oblige, Dr. Claw.
- Yes, sir.
- For the last time... CUT THE AMSTERDIAMOND!!!
Trivia[]
- Van Der Sweet's voice actor wasn't revealed.