- "Wow, Uncle Gadget! Why didn’t you tell me we where going to the circus?”
“I thought I’d surprise you, Penny. I have a little top secret business to take care of here, but it shouldn’t take all day." - ―Penny and Gadget
| Gadget at the Circus | |
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| Season 1, Episode 4 | |
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| Air date | September 14, 1983 |
| Episode guide | |
| Previous "Down on the Farm" |
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"Gadget at the Circus" is the 4th episode of the first season of Inspector Gadget.
Synopsis[]
Though he has some "top secret business" to take care of, Gadget doesn't expect it will take too long and brings Penny and Brain along to enjoy a day at the circus.
After receiving his assignment from Quimby, Gadget joins the circus as a clown, hoping to ferret out any M.A.D. agents working there. Penny immediately suspects the ringmaster, and with good reason: He's getting his orders directly from Claw himself (based this time in a gaily-decorated circus wagon). Along with his assistant (a grotesque-looking clown), the ringmaster tries to eliminate Gadget through a violent clown routine, a dangerous lion-taming act, a sabotaged trapeze performance, and a finale of "death-defying" stunts staged intentionally to not defy death. Penny takes abreast of things and makes sure Brain is there at every turn to keep Gadget out of harm's way, and the inspector's final stunt succeeds in capturing the two M.A.D. circus performers just as the police arrive.
The epilogue has Gadget mention how circus performers have years of practice, and also brings up bicycle safety as he rides a unicycle around the circus grounds.
Gallery[]
Gadget arrests a pachyderm
Gadget is doing the clown
Brutus the lion gives a slobbery and loving kiss to Gadget.
Gadget is going to put his head in the hungry lion's mouth
Gadget is going to lose his head...
Gadget asking for work for the circus
Again, Gadget confuses his dog ...
Gadget is terrified by the height and he clings to his gadgetocopter
Traumatized Gadget
Full Episode[]
Goofs[]
- Coloring/animation error: Just after Penny is caught snooping around the Ringmaster's trailer, M.A.D. Cat's nose turns black for a few seconds before it changes back to gray.