Plot
John Brown works as a security guard at the laboratory run by robotics scientist Brenda Bradford and her father Artemus in Riverton, Ohio. Brown wishes to join the Riverton Police Department, with support from his niece Penny. Brenda and Artemus create a lifelike robotic foot which they can control through thought as a prototype for the Gadget Program. However, tycoon Sandford Scolex attacks the lab, kills Artemus and steals the foot in his plan to replicate the technology, create an army of machines and eventually conquer the world. Brown chases Scolex but both are severely wounded, Brown being blown up in his car whilst Scolex’s left hand is crushed by a bowling ball blasted out of the latter’s car. Brenda decides to turn Brown into a completely cybernetic man using a computer chip which powers Brown’s in-built gadgetry.
Brown, now with the name of “Inspector Gadget”, joins the police much to the irritation of Chief Quimby. He is also accompanied by his talking, intelligent car, the Gadgetmobile, and is forced to do community service assignments when wanting to investigate the Bradford case. Meanwhile, Scolex has been given a prosthetic claw and renames himself “Claw”, intending to build the first of his mechanical army using Brenda’s technology and hires her to join his business. Unsatisfied with his mediocre work, Gadget decides to take up the Bradford case in secret and with help from Penny and the Gadgetmobile, realises Claw is behind Artemus’ murder. As Gadget sneaks into Claw’s headquarters, Claw completes an evil replica of Gadget named RoboGadget after hacking into Brenda’s systems and stole her research. Gadget is captured by Claw and his minions Kramer and Sykes, Claw shuts down Gadget by removing and crushing his computer chip, dumping him in the junkyard.
RoboGadget goes on a rampage across the city, whilst Brenda, Penny, her dog Brain and the Gadgetmobile come across Gadget. Brenda manages to revive Gadget by kissing him, and the group rush to Riverton to stop Claw and RoboGadget. Gadget confronts RoboGadget and they battle across a bridge until Gadget pulls a cord on his counterpart’s neck, causing his head to fall off which is chucked into the nearby river, whilst RoboGadget’s body runs off. Brenda is taken captive by Claw who attempts to make his escape in a helicopter. Gadget appears using his helicopter hat, but is shot down and suspended from the landing gear of Claw’s helicopter above the city. Gadget and Brenda escape, using an umbrella to sail safely to the ground with Claw following using a parachute and is promptly arrested by the police when Penny appears with Sykes who hands over the robotic foot to Chief Quimby. Gadget and Brenda become a couple, but Claw promises Gadget that they will meet again in the future.
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