As of July 2026, Inspector Gadget Season 1 aired in 1983 with 65 episodes — streaming now on Hoopla. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Inspector Gadget Season 1

1983 65 Episodes Animation · Comedy ⭐ 7/10

Right now you can watch Inspector Gadget Season 1 on and — and it is funnier than its reputation suggests. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. 441 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Don Adams leads a cast with real comic timing. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

There is a reason Inspector Gadget Season 1 keeps coming up in conversation. Inspector Gadget Season 1 does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. Season 1 of Inspector Gadget includes 65 episodes. It aired from September 1983 to December 1983. This season stars Don Adams, Cree Summer and Dan Hennessey. Don Adams and Cree Summer lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1983. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and Inspector Gadget Season 1 holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-off curiosities. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

If you need a comedy that actually makes you laugh, Inspector Gadget Season 1 is a strong candidate. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Don Adams is funny in a way that holds up on rewatch. Put it on when you need something guaranteed to land.

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🎬 Inspector Gadget Season 1 — Episode Guide

E1
Monster Lake
1983-09-05
Gadget looks for a missing scientist who vanished at a lake rumored to harbor a monster.
E2
Down on the Farm
1983-09-06
M.A.D. tries to do Gadget in by locking him in a missile hidden in a farm's grain silo.
E3
Gadget at the Circus
1983-09-07
Gadget brings Penny to the circus as he investigates a top-secret mission. The Inspector believes that Dr. Claw has replaced some of the circus performers with M.A.D. Agents! Gadget goes undercover as a clown to uncover the truth.
E4
The Amazon
1983-09-08
Dr. Claw kidnaps Professor Von Slickstein, the brilliant scientist who invented all of Gadget's gadgets, and takes him to the Amazon to build an army of Gadget-like robots.
E5
Health Spa
1983-09-09
Dr. Claw tricks Gadget into attending a "vacation" at a M.A.D.-trapped health spa. Can Penny and Brain save him?
E6
The Boat
1983-09-12
Gadget is assigned to board a cruise ship and safeguard the passenger's priceless jewelry from Dr. Claw's clutches.
E7
Haunted Castle
1983-09-13
While searching for a crime-fighters' convention in Transylvania Gadget arrives at a castle that Dr. Claw has booby-trapped to kill him.
E8
Race to the Finish
1983-09-14
Gadget enters the Gadget Mobile in a race and finds that Dr. Claw has also entered with a plot to eliminate him and his competition by sabotaging the other race cars.
E9
The Ruby
1983-09-15
Gadget is sent to India to investigate a missing ruby, which has been stolen by M.A.D. to be used as an amplifying power source for a laser beam that will destroy an advanced satellite in space.
E10
A Star is Lost
1983-09-16
Gadget has to guard the life of famed rock singer Rick Rocker, whom M.A.D. has sinister plans for. But Gadget winds up replacing Rocker as the current reigning King of Rock!
E11
All That Glitters
1983-09-19
Gadget is assigned to find El Dorado, the fabled Lost City of Gold, before Dr. Claw's agents find it and tear it apart to melt down the gold.
E12
Movie Set
1983-09-20
Gadget falls for actress Lana Lamour unaware that she's a M.A.D. agent and that her movie is M.A.D.'s cover for filming top secret facilities.
E13
Amusement Park
1983-09-21
Gadget has to find the bomb Dr. Claw has hidden in Metro City's amusement park.
E14
Art Heist
1983-09-22
Gadget has to stop M.A.D. from looting the New York Museum of Art.
E15
Volcano Island
1983-09-23
A prophet working for M.A.D. predicts doom for an island resort and plans to use his "pineapple bombs" to trigger the island's volcano to ensure his prediction comes true.
E16
The Invasion
1983-09-26
M.A.D. agents disguised as Martians terrorize Metro City.
E17
The Infiltration
1983-09-27
Presto Chango, the world's greatest disguise artist and a M.A.D. agent, plans to infiltrate an Interpol conference in London disguised as Inspector Gadget.
E18
The Curse of the Pharaoh
1983-09-28
M.A.D. agents disguised as mummies and ancient Egyptian gods try to loot the tomb of a newly discovered pharaoh.
E19
M.A.D. Trap
1983-09-29
M.A.D. agent Rat begins committing crimes in an easy to predict pattern to lure Inspector Gadget into a steel foundry that has been turned in a deathtrap.
E20
Basic Training
1983-09-30
Gadget must protect a trainload of important computer parts from M.A.D. hijackers.

🎭 Cast of Inspector Gadget Season 1

Don Adams
Don Adams
Inspector Gadget (voice)
Cree Summer
Cree Summer
Penny (voice)
Dan Hennessey
Dan Hennessey
Chief Quimby (voice)

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