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Season: 2

Episode: Adoption's an Option

Length: 3:20

Cast: Seth Green (Chief Quimby, Little Boy), Joe Hanna (Inspector Gadget), Tom Root (Pump Attendant), Cree Summer (Penny), Frank Welker (Brain, Dr. Claw), Dan Milano (Skynet)

Characters: Inspector Gadget, Penny, Brain, Dr. Claw, MAD Cat, Chief Quimby, Little Boy, Mourners

Segment Summary: Skynet goes online, turning Inspector Gadget into an unstoppable killing machine!

Themes: Animals, Credits Encroachment, Death, Destruction, Film, Food & Drink, Injuries, Lengthy, Mashups, Motor Vehicles, Robots, Sexuality, Television, Violence

Allusions:

  • This segment combines the setting and characters of the classic 80s cartoon, Inspector Gadget and the plot of the James Cameron film, The Terminator.
  • Skynet is a fictional, computer-based military defense system that acts as the primary antagonist in the Terminator series.

Trivia / Info:

  • Both Cree Summer and Frank Welker reprise their roles from the original Inspector Gadget cartoon.
  • Footage from this sketch was later used in Cat Abuse, Case Insensitivity and The Truth Behind Catfish.
  • Robot Chicken premiered the same year that Don Adams who voiced Gadget in the original Inspector Gadget passed away
  • Gadget is wearing his coat from Gadget and the Gadgetinis.

Goofs / Nitpicks:

  • Penny told Brain to drive the Gadget Van because she's too young to even have a driver's license, but later on in the sketch, Penny's driving a red jeep similar to Sarah Connor's at the end of the first Terminator film.
    • Penny did operated a vehicle a few times in the original series. She also drove the Gadgetmobile in the 1992 Christmas special, Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas.

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