Gadget Boy & Heather

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show_name = Gadget Boy


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format = Animated series
runtime = 30 minutes
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country = France
network = M6 (France)
First-run syndication (United States)|

"Gadget Boy & Heather" (also known as "Gadget Boy") is an animated television series from DiC Entertainment. [http://animeguides.free.fr/series/gadgetboy/gadgetboy.jpg] The series debuted in 1995 in first-run syndication in the United States and on M6 in France.

This series is about "Gadget Boy", a bionic kid-detective with a personality similar to that of Inspector Gadget (see that article for details). He was conceived as a bionic "child" with the personality of a "perfect adult detective" (although as with the aforementioned Inspector Gadget, he is anything but). Gadget Boy's bionic implants were installed by Switzerland-based inventor Myron Dabble (Maurice LaMarche) who has an unrequited crush on Heather. Gadget Boy and Heather receive their assignments from Italy-based Chief Stromboli (Maurice LaMarche), who, much like Chief Quimby, is a frequent, long-suffering victim of Gadget Boy's bungling. Gadget Boy is assisted by the resourceful agent Heather (Tara Charandoff), a very tall equivalent of sorts to Penny (the difference being that Heather is in her late teens or early 20's). He is also assisted by a robotic dog named G-9 (Maurice LaMarche), who serves as the "Brain" of this series, which shows through his morphing capabilities to get the gang out of the stickiest situations.

Both G-9 and GadgetBoy seem to switch between being fully robotic, to being half robotic in different episodes.

In the episode "Gadget Boy and the uncommon cold" GadgetBoy is half robot in the episode, thus catches the cold whilst G-9 doesn't.

However, in the episode "Power of babble" Gadget Boy is unaffected by the "babblizer ray" because he's fully robotic, whereas G-9 is half robot, enabling him the ability to speak in an old English, intelligent accent.

Don Adams who was the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo and the original Inspector Gadget, was also the voice of the title hero of this series.

Just as maladroit as the original Inspector Gadget, Gadget Boy was usually bailed out of situations by the more practical Heather, though he was also helped greatly by his myriad high-tech gadgets and extendable arms and legs.

The main villain of this series , instead of Dr. Claw, is the mask-wearing six-armed villainess Spydra (Louise Vallance) who is accompanied by Boris, a frequently abused, wisecracking, sarcastic vulture with a Russian accent, along with her henchmen Mulch and his twin brother Houmous, all played by Maurice LaMarche.

The main title theme song was written and performed by Mike Piccirillo. Musical underscore composers were Mike Piccirillo and Jean-Michel Guirao.

Gadget Boy's Adventures in History

In 1997, Gadget Boy appeared in "Gadget Boy's Adventures in History", also a special non-canon educational series. In this series, the young detective has to stop the evil Spydra across time.

At times Spydra's fails to use or change time to her liking during the series.

Episode list

(Episodes are in chronological order)

#Raiders of the Lost Mummies
#From Russia with Gadget Boy
#Don't Burst my Bubble
#Gadget Boy in Toyland
#Gadget Boy and the Wee Folk
#You Oughtta Be in Pictures
#All that Gadgets is not Glitter
#Gadget Boy and the Great Race
#Gadget Boy and the Ship Fools
#Gadget Boy and the Uncommon Cold
#Double Double Toil and Dabble
#Gadget Boy Squadron
#My Gadget Guard
#Treasure of the Sierra Gadget
#Gadget Boy and the Dumpling Gang
#The Day the Gadget Boy Stood Still
#Monumental Mayhem
#Jurassic Spydra
#Gadget Boy's Tiniest Adventure
#Power of Babble
#Pirate of the Airwaves
#Jaws and Teeth
#Eight Hands are Quicker than Gadget Boy
#Boris for President
#All Webbed up, Nowhere to Go
#Vulture of the Bride

Gadget Boy's Adventures in History Episodes

# The Vulture has landed
# The Long and Winding Wall
# For Whom The Torch Rolls
# Madame Spydra Fly
# An Ice Age Runs Through It
# The Three Gadgeteers
# Hot Time in Old Caves
# Bionic Blunder From Down Under
# Some Assembly Required
# Gadget-Stein
# Ice Station Vulture
# Coming In On A Web And Prayer
# All's Fair At The World Fair
# A Whale Of A Sail of A Tail
# An Extinct Possibility
# A Knight To Remember
# No Laughing Matter
# It's Not Easy Staying Green
# Just Fakir-Ing It
# Go West Young Vulture
# These Are A Few Of My Favourite Flying Things
# Valley Of The Vulture
# The Time Land Forgot
# Three Brainiacs in A Fountain
# A Gadget Boy Christmas All Around The World
# Back To The Vulture

The series airs regularly in the UK in the early hours of the morning on Cartoon Network and the Boomerang channel. In the United States, reruns were shown on Toon Disney, between 1998 and 2001.

Gadget Boy also made an appearance (of sorts) on Inspector Gadget's Field Trip in an episode where he fell into the Fountain of Youth. However that series is a special non-canon educational series.

ee also

* DiC Entertainment
* Inspector Gadget
* Gadget and the Gadgetinis

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155430/ "Gadget Boy and Heather" on the Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156209/ "Gadget Boy's Adventures in History" on the Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.ncircleentertainment.com/Content.aspx?id=NCgadgetBoy NCircle Entertainment: Buy Gadget Boy & Heather on DVD]
* [http://www.dicentertainment.com/ DiC Entertainment]
*" [http://www.tv.com/gadget-boy-and-heather/show/15699/summary.html "Gadget Boy & Heather" on TV.com] "