Inspector Gadget -  Bumbling police officer equipped with bionic parts on the half-hour animated series INSPECTOR GADGET/SYN/1982-85. Inspector Gadget's character was reminiscent of Inspector Clouseau from the Pink Panther films starring Peter Sellers and the inept spy Maxwell Smart on the espionage comedy GET SMART/NBC/1965-69. Originally, a simple policeman, Gadget (voice of Don Adams) got upgraded with bionic extras and began working for Interpol. Wearing trenchcoat, hat and gloves, the new and improved Inspector Gadget battled such nefarious criminals as Dr. Claw and Madcat. Whenever the Inspector got into a fix, he always had just the right equipment to get him out of his troubles. If he fell from a building, a propeller popped from his hat to carry him to safety and when a bad guys took flight, Gadget sprouted long springy legs to run them down. Gadget was aided in his investigations by his niece Penny, and his trusty dog Brain. Inspector Gadget also appeared in the NBC Emmy nominated holiday special Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas broadcast  December 4, 1992  where Gadget comes to the rescue at the North Pole as Dr. Claw imprisons Santa Claus to stop Christmas from coming. In 1995, Inspector Gadget as a juvenile crimebuster, battled  the sinister Spydra with the aide of his helper Heather on the animated series GADGET BOY AND HEATHER/SYN/1995. The adult version of Inspector returned in INSPECTOR GADGET'S FIELD TRIP on the History Channel in 1996 where he hosted a live-action/animation educational program that visited interesting historical sight around the world. All the Inspector Gadget programs were  produced by DIC Enterprise  Productions.