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106-469: Inspector Gadget is a media franchise that began in 1983 with the DIC Entertainment animated television series Inspector Gadget . Since the original series, there have been many spin-offs based on the show, including additional animated series, video games, and films. The franchise follows the adventures of a powerful but dimwitted cyborg police inspector named Gadget as he investigates

212-486: A Dr. Claw action figure, the face was covered by a sticker on the box, which meant the toy had to be bought for his face to be seen. He is ruthless, murderous, sinister, dark, sadistic, and greedy, and will do anything to rule the world and destroy Gadget. In Gadget and the Gadgetinis , he reveals that he thinks Gadget's idiocy is an act to taunt him. In the 2015 series, he is noticeably less competent and malicious and

318-528: A M.A.D Agent. He is absent in Gadget and the Gadgetinis and only shows up in pictures. The reason given for why he is absent is because after all the years of secretly helping Gadget, he has become phobic of gadgets, Gadget, and the word itself. He ran away to a riverside shack to get away from Gadget. He returned in the episode, No Brainer , where Penny made him a translation collar in order to help find Gadget. However, he does return in later spinoffs. His voice

424-413: A Stranger (1985), Everett began to develop a promising film career until he co-starred with Bob Dylan in the unsuccessful Hearts of Fire (1987). Around the same time, Everett recorded and released an album of pop songs entitled Generation of Loneliness . Despite being managed by Simon Napier-Bell (who had steered Wham! to prominence), the public didn't take to his change in direction. The shift

530-600: A character or fictional world becoming popular in one medium, and then expanding to others through licensing agreements , with respect to intellectual property in the franchise's characters and settings. As one author explains, "For the studios, a home-run is a film from which a multimedia 'franchise' can be generated; the colossally expensive creation of cross-media conglomerates predicated on synergistic rewards provides an obvious imperative to develop such products." The trend later developed wherein franchises would be launched in multiple forms of media simultaneously; for instance,

636-466: A company called Azeroth. An LCD Electronic Inspector Gadget developed by Bandai was released in 1984. An NES game was planned for release by Hudson Soft , but was quietly cancelled. Instead, Hudson released an SNES game in 1993 simply called Inspector Gadget . The game features a rare glimpse of Dr. Claw's face. In March 2000, it was announced that Ubi Soft had teamed with Light & Shadow Production to release an Inspector Gadget game for

742-427: A competing crime fighter to discredit Gadget and cost him his badge. Penny and Brain make appearances as minor supporting characters. In this, Gadget is more competent, yet he is still bumbling, similar to his persona in the pilot episode and his Matthew Broderick counterpart. Even though the film uses the same character designs as the concurrent Gadget & The Gadgetinis TV series, SIP Animation wasn't involved with

848-411: A female protagonist. In 1994, Bohbot Entertainment acquired US-syndication rights for airing on their Amazin' Adventures block. However, the series would never see the light of day. During the development of fellow Gadget spin-off Gadget Boy , it was confirmed by staff that Gadget Girl was one of the many ideas in what would become Gadget Boy . In 1999, DIC announced they would be co-producing

954-485: A franchise can even be created, which ultimately leads to the creation of brand worlds. Since the creation of Disneyland in 1955, bringing fictional media franchises to life through the theme parks slowly became increasingly popular as the way to perfectly blend tourism and real-life involvement with media itself. Similar to transmedia, the concept of bringing fictional media into a non-fictional space where fans can immerse themselves in real-life versions of elements from

1060-495: A gold M.A.D. signet ring on one of the right middle fingers. He has a pet cat, who is often napping but is startled awake when Dr. Claw slams his fist on his console if Gadget foils his evil plans. A parody of Ernst Stavro Blofeld from the James Bond franchise, his face is never seen at all (except in the first live action film, the second film had his face obscured by his hat and coat) with only his hands and pet cat visible. On

1166-468: A guest appearance by Inspector Gadget , in which he came to the Mario Bros. for help in repairing him. This was his first live-action appearance predating the 1999 live action film that was released ten years later. Maurice LaMarche (who would assume the voice role in "Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Greatest Gadgets" ten years later) plays Gadget in this segment. A second live-action segment, "Treasure of

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1272-543: A home in the Central London district of Belgravia . In the 1990s, Everett had a six-year-long affair with television presenter and writer Paula Yates , who was married to Bob Geldof at the time. As of 2020 , Everett lives with his partner Henrique, a Brazilian accountant. They married in 2024. Everett is a patron of the British Monarchist Society and Foundation . In 2006, as

1378-444: A homeowner in the central London area of Bloomsbury , he supported a campaign to prevent the establishment of a local Starbucks branch and referred to the global chain as a "cancer". He protested with 1,000 other residents, and the group compiled a petition. In 2013, Everett worked on the production of a documentary on sex work for Channel 4 that included the issue of criminalisation. During and after its filming, he contributed to

1484-752: A limited run through 6 April 2013. Everett won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor in a Play , and was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actor . In 2016 the production, still starring Everett and with Charlie Rowe as Bosie, ran in North America for seven weeks in Toronto and five weeks at BAM in New York City. In early 2013, Everett began working on a film portraying the final period of Wilde's life, stating in

1590-424: A modeling agency, several television shows ( Playboy's Penthouse , in 1959), and even its own television channel . Twenty-five years later, Playboy released private clubs and restaurants, movie theaters, a radio show , direct to video films, music and book publishing (including original works in addition to its anthologies of cartoons, photographs, recipes, advice, articles or fiction that had originally appeared in

1696-630: A nationwide concert tour, an American Idol book that made the bestseller list and the film From Justin to Kelly . A transmedia franchise however is often referred to by the simpler term "media franchise". The term media franchise is often used to describe the popular adaptation of a work into films, like the popular Twilight book series that was adapted into the five films of The Twilight Saga . Other neologisms exist to describe various franchise types including metaseries , which can be used to describe works such as Isaac Asimov 's Foundation series . Multimedia franchises usually develop through

1802-410: A new Inspector Gadget series to cash-in on the success of the live-action movie tentatively titled GI Gadget , which would be co-produced with French-animation studio Arles Animation. GI Gadget have featured the titular character joining an elite army commando unit. The series was planned to start with a TV Movie in 2000 and the full series in 2001, but nothing else was mentioned of the series and

1908-517: A prehistoric dragon-like creature to get revenge on his captors and launch yet another scheme to conquer the world. Production on the film was announced in May 2004, under the working title Inspector Gadget Saves the Day... Maybe , and the film was released on September 6, 2005, by Lions Gate Home Entertainment . In November 1992, DIC announced they would be developing a spin-off titled Gadget Girl , featuring

2014-507: A quasi-isometric forced 3d perspective. Although the game was completed, and preview copies were reviewed (unfavourably) in the computing press, it was scrapped on the verge of release. The game featured a cameo by the titular character from the Horace series of games. An adventure game based on the series, Inspector Gadget: Mission 1 – Global Terror! was eventually released on the PC in 1990 by

2120-660: A second Golden Globe nomination for An Ideal Husband (1999). He voiced Prince Charming in two Shrek films: Shrek 2 (2004) and Shrek the Third (2007). He also played John Lamont/Mr. Barron in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016). Rupert James Hector Everett was born on 29 May 1959, to wealthy parents. His father was in the British Army , Major Anthony Michael Everett. His maternal grandfather, Vice Admiral Sir Hector Charles Donald MacLean DSO ,

2226-566: A short instrumental cover of the theme song on their 1992 album Duh . The new (2015) theme was composed by Canadian film and TV composers Stephen Skratt and Asher Lenz, "once again using In the Hall of the Mountain King as inspiration". A new Inspector Gadget comic book, based on the original 1983 TV series, was launched in the U.S. by Viper Comics in 2011. A preview issue was published as part of Free Comic Book Day on May 7, 2011;

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2332-403: A time machine to prevent this from happening, however Gadget accidentally destroyed it and inadvertently summoned his ancestors from different eras in time. In order to fix this, Inspector Gadget and his ancestors compete in challenges to collect parts to repair the time machine, capture disguised MAD agents, and save Metro City from the rule of Dr. Claw. The original Inspector Gadget theme song

2438-667: A voice role for an animated Gadget series two years before his retirement from voicing an animated Gadget in 1999 and eight years before his death in 2005. In 1996, Gadget took students around the world in this series of 50 field trips, mainly created to market to stations to fulfill the FCC E/I requirements. The show put an animated Inspector Gadget on top of live-action filming of the locations that Gadget guided viewers through. Don Adams returned as Gadget's voice while Penny, Brain, Chief Quimby (although mentioned by Gadget in some episodes), Capeman and Dr. Claw are entirely absent. In 2002,

2544-426: A wedding in my life. I loathe the flowers, I loathe the fucking wedding dress, the little bridal tiara. It's grotesque. It's just hideous. The wedding cake, the party, the champagne, the inevitable divorce two years later. It's just a waste of time in the heterosexual world, and in the homosexual world I find it personally beyond tragic that we want to ape this institution that is so clearly a disaster." A few days after

2650-554: A week, and it's reinvigorated the TV brand with a new TV series in production." In September 2012, Cookie Jar issued a short press release about the then-upcoming series, as part of the advertising for it during the MIPCOM market that October, stating: "Cookie Jar Entertainment is celebrating Inspector Gadget’s 30th anniversary with the launch of a brand-new series with its Canadian broadcast partner TELETOON. The series will again revolve around

2756-409: A well-meaning and upbeat scientist named Baxter and a new romantic interest named G2 and Gadget and Claw's civilian names are no longer mentioned. Being a year later in the movie's timeline, Gadget had begun displaying his cartoon namesake's glitches by receiving the wrong gadget when he calls out a specific device. He falls in love with his intended replacement: the fully robotic G2. Furthermore, none of

2862-573: Is Gadget's moody boss and the chief of the Metro City police (Riverton Police Department In The Live Action Disney films). He usually pops up near the beginning of each episode to give Gadget a sheet of paper describing his mission. Once Gadget finishes reading them, the paper self-destructs and blows up in Quimby's face in a parody of Mission: Impossible . He appears at the end to congratulate Gadget and give him full credit for stopping Dr. Claw. He

2968-545: Is a British actor. He first came to public attention in 1981 when he was cast in Julian Mitchell 's play and subsequent film Another Country (1984) as a gay pupil at an English public school in the 1930s; the role earned him his first BAFTA Award nomination. He received a second BAFTA nomination and his first Golden Globe Award nomination for his role in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), followed by

3074-491: Is bumbling and clueless and Dr. Claw's face is never shown, Gadget appears to be more reliable and competent in detective work and Dr. Claw's face appears many times in the film. In addition, Gadget and Dr. Claw were also given civilian names; Jonathan "John" Brown and Sanford Scolex, respectively. A second film, Inspector Gadget 2 featured many changes from the first one, such as Doctor Bradford no longer assisting Gadget or being his romantic interest, instead being replaced by

3180-411: Is not alone in the fight to take down MAD. His ever trusty police-dog, Brain, is still by his side and he's getting extra crime-fighting help from his new partner, Inspector-in-training Penny (voiced by Tara Strong ). With MAD more powerful than ever and with the arrival of Dr. Claw's evil-genius (and totally crush-worthy) nephew Talon, Penny and Brain will need to use every ounce of their training to keep

3286-405: Is sometimes described as bisexual , as opposed to gay, during a radio show with Jonathan Ross , he described his heterosexual affairs as the result of adventurousness: "I was basically adventurous, I think I wanted to try everything". Since the revelation of his sexuality, Everett has participated in public activities (leading the 2007 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras ), played a double role in

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3392-484: Is the Japanese term for a transmedia franchise. The term media mix gained its circulation in late 1980s and is first used to describe adaptations of Sakyo Komatsu 's Japan Sinks , but the origins of the strategy can be traced back to the 1960s with the proliferation of anime , with its interconnection of media and commodity goods. Some of the earlier popular Japanese franchises such as Vampire Hunter D in

3498-456: Is unaware that Penny did all the work, even though she always calls him. In Gadget and the Gadgetinis , he has become an agent for the CIA. In the 2015 series, he is given glasses, and his hair is blonde instead of brown. He was mentioned by Gadget in some episodes of Inspector Gadget's Field Trip . His voice in the original series was provided by John Stephenson in the pilot, Dan Hennessey in

3604-423: Is why she is always ready to help him behind his back, but on a few occasions she gets annoyed by his stupidity. In Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever , she is notably more selfish, and unlike any other version, she doesn't try to help her uncle at all. In the 2015 series, she has become an agent in training, is more physically active than in previous versions, and she has a crush on Dr. Claw's nephew, Talon. For

3710-608: The Greenwich Theatre and later West End production of Another Country , playing a gay schoolboy opposite Kenneth Branagh . His first film was the Academy Award-winning short A Shocking Accident (1982), directed by James Scott and based on a Graham Greene story. This was followed by a film version of Another Country in 1984 with Cary Elwes and Colin Firth . Following on with Dance With

3816-617: The PlayStation . That game was revealed as Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Crazy Maze , with a Game Boy Color title Inspector Gadget: Operation Madkactus , following as well. After this partnership, Light and Shadow Production released three Inspector Gadget titles on their own - Inspector Gadget: Advance Mission for Game Boy Advance (Published by DreamCatcher Interactive in the United States) and two European-exclusive titles - Inspector Gadget: Mad Robots Invasion for

3922-618: The PlayStation 2 and Inspector Gadget Racing for the Game Boy Advance. After Light & Shadow Production was purchased by Hip Games, the latter company released Gadget & Gadgetinis for the PlayStation 2 and PC in Europe. Inspector Gadget's MAD Dash was released for iOS devices, iPhone and iPod Touch , by XMG Studio in 2010. It features Shuki Levy's original theme music and also includes original voices from

4028-648: The Shubert Theatre received positive critical reviews; he performed in a Noël Coward play Blithe Spirit , starring alongside Angela Lansbury , Christine Ebersole and Jayne Atkinson , under the direction of Michael Blakemore . and he was expected to tour several Italian cities during the 2008–09 winter season in another Coward play Private Lives (performed in Italian, which he speaks fluently) —playing Elyot to Italian actress Asia Argento 's Amanda—but

4134-560: The eulogies at the funeral of fashion director Isabella Blow , his friend since they were teenagers, who had died by suicide. He asked as part of his speech: "Have you gotten what you wanted, Issie? Life was a relationship that you rejected." During this time he also voiced the nefarious, but handsome villain Prince Charming in the first two Shrek sequels. Everett's documentary entitled The Victorian Sex Explorer on Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890) in which he retraces

4240-429: The family history programme Who Do You Think You Are? Released in late 2010, the comedy film Wild Target features Everett as an art-loving gangster, and also starred Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt . In 2012, Everett starred in the television adaptation of Parade's End with Benedict Cumberbatch . The five-part drama was adapted by Sir Tom Stoppard from the novels of Ford Madox Ford , and Everett appears as

4346-491: The fantasy and science fiction genres. Similarly, fantasy, science fiction films and television shows are frequently adapted into animated television series , video games, or both. A media franchise does not have to include the same characters or theme, as the brand identity can be the franchise, like Square Enix 's Final Fantasy or the National Lampoon series , and can suffer from critical failures even if

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4452-423: The 1980s and Pokémon in the late 1990s, acted as benchmarks in the country's transmedia dominance. The latter in particular began as a video game available on Nintendo 's Game Boy , and crossed through the media of television, film, news, and other non-media related realms, such trading cards, merchandise, and more. A number of Japanese media franchises have gained considerable global popularity, and are among

4558-587: The 2015 series, the voice of Gadget is provided by Ivan Sherry. It is revealed in the first live action film that Gadget's real name is Jonathan "John" Brown , though later French promotional materials gave his real name as Augustin Tamare . He is portrayed by Matthew Broderick in the first film and French Stewart in the sequel. Dr. Claw is the main antagonist of the franchise. He is the leader of an evil crime syndicate called M.A.D. Only his arms are shown, wearing silver gauntlets with golden spiked wrist bands and

4664-412: The 21st century, Everett decided to write again. He has been a Vanity Fair contributing editor, written for The Guardian , and he wrote a film screenplay on playwright Oscar Wilde 's final years, for which he sought funding. In 2006, Everett published a memoir, Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins , in which he reveals his six-year affair with British television presenter Paula Yates . Although he

4770-450: The Dog, Gadget Boy was assisted by the resourceful Heather (voiced by Tara Strong ). Just as maladroit as his adult self is, Gadget Boy was usually bailed out of situations by the more practical Heather, though he was also helped greatly by his myriad of high-tech gadgets and extendable arms and legs. In this series, traditional nemesis Dr. Claw was replaced by the villainess Spydra. In addition,

4876-739: The French studio SIP Animation (Saban International Paris), in cooperation with DiC, produced 52 episodes of the then-new TV series Gadget and the Gadgetinis. The series debuted on Channel 5 in the UK in August 2002, followed by French channel M6 in September 2002 and then on Fox Kids channels across Europe from 2003. It was planned to air in the United States on Fox Family , but after the Channel

4982-466: The North Pole in an attempt to stop Dr. Claw and save Christmas. This special was nominated for an Emmy . Don Adams , Frank Welker , Erica Horn and Maurice LaMarche provide the voices for the characters. The 1995 Gadget Boy and Heather series was a spinoff from the original show. The series is about a younger version of Gadget, "Gadget Boy" (also voiced by Don Adams). Instead of Penny and Brain

5088-573: The Red Guard and illegitimate brother to Louis XIII in the third series of the BBC One drama The Musketeers . In 2017, Everett appeared as a recurring character in the BBC 2 comedy Quacks . He plays Dr Hendricks, the neurotic principal of the medical school. Between 2006 and 2010, Everett lived in New York City, but returned to London because of his father's poor health. In 2008, he bought

5194-506: The Sierra Brooklyn" had Gadget returning to help the Mario Bros. find a lost treasure. Media franchise A media franchise often consists of cross-marketing across more than one medium. For the owners, the goal of increasing profit through diversity can extend the commercial profitability of the franchise and create strong feelings of identity and ownership in its consumers. Those large groups of dedicated consumers create

5300-666: The brother of protagonist Christopher Tietjens . Everett then starred as Oscar Wilde in The Judas Kiss , a stage play which was revived at London's Hampstead Theatre beginning 6 September 2012, co-starring Freddie Fox as Bosie, and directed by Neil Armfield . It ran at the Hampstead through 13 October 2012, toured the UK and Dublin, then transferred to the West End at the Duke of York's Theatre on 9 January 2013, in

5406-545: The cases and stop the bad guys such as a computer book, a video watch, a laptop, and a holographic tablet. However, her meddling often leads to her getting kidnapped by the villains, which leaves Brain to rescue her. She is 10 in the original series, 12 in Gadget and the Gadgetinis , 16 in Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever , and 14 (later turning 15) in the 2015 series. Penny loves her uncle more than anything, which

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5512-572: The cast from the first film returned to their roles except D.L. Hughley . In May 2015, it was announced that a new film with a rebooted version of the character is in the works. Like the live-action films, it will be done by Disney , with Dan Lin producing it. In October 2019, Mikey Day and Streeter Seidell were hired to write the film. Released on VHS by Buena Vista Home Video in March 2000 to coincide with Disney's live action theatrical film , Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Greatest Gadgets takes

5618-476: The chief, Strombolli had a "fax tie" that exploded after the mission was read, continuing the running gag from the original series in which Chief Quimby would get blown up by an exploding message. Two years later, in 1997, Gadget Boy & Heather spawned an educational spinoff, Gadget Boy's Adventures in History , which aired on The History Channel . This series marked the last time Don Adams would perform

5724-444: The classic The Pink Panther series of movies. In fact, in the original Inspector Gadget pilot, he has a mustache just like Inspector Clouseau's, which was removed in subsequent episodes possibly to satisfy a copyright claim by MGM. Gadget has a knack of inadvertently saving the day, usually without realizing he is doing so. Gadget loves his family more than anything and would do anything to keep them from harm, especially Penny. He

5830-540: The crimes he commits are a lot more petty. He has been voiced by Frank Welker , Don Francks , Brian Drummond , Doug Rand, and Martin Roach . In the first live action film his name is revealed to be Sanford Scolex and he is portrayed by Rupert Everett . Tony Martin subsequently took over the role of Dr. Claw in the sequel . Penny is Gadget's intelligent niece and the one who really stops Dr. Claw's evil schemes. She uses many high-tech devices to help her secretly solve

5936-476: The criminal schemes of Dr. Claw and his organization, M.A.D., and fruitlessly attempts to stop him. However, neither side is aware that it is Gadget's niece, Penny, and her dog, Brain, who are truly responsible for thwarting M.A.D. The protagonist and titular character of the franchise and the mascot of DIC, initially voiced by Don Adams . Gadget is a cyborg (part man, part machine) with thousands of high-tech gadgets installed in his body, which he activates with

6042-399: The day-in-the-life episodes of the many different Real Housewives series. Documentaries and docuseries are other highlights of the non-fiction branch of media franchises, such as the popular Planet Earth series, which serves as both a film and television transmedia franchise. Rupert Everett Rupert James Hector Everett ( / ˈ ɛ v ər ɪ t / ; born 29 May 1959 )

6148-407: The different media, regardless of the fact that they are being presented in sometimes completely different ways, such as the shared, interweaving storylines and elements of Spider-Man films, television shows, comics and video games. Espen Aarseth describes the financial logic of cost-recovery for expensive productions by identifying that a single medium launch is a lost opportunity, the timeliness of

6254-615: The discourse on prostitution legislation in the UK. In October 2013, he signed an open letter from the English Collective of Prostitutes and Queer Strike—alongside groups such as the Association of Trade Union Councils, Sex Worker Open University , Left Front Art – Radical Progressive Queers, Queer Resistance, and Queers Against the Cuts—to oppose the adoption of the "Swedish model", whereby the clients of sex workers (though not

6360-469: The entire story was then released officially in August as a 48-page comic book titled "Inspector Gadget: Gadget on the Orient Express". The comic book was written by Dale Mettam and illustrated by José Cobá. No follow-up issues have been released to date. On a 1989 episode of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! , another DiC production, a live-action bumper segment titled "Defective Gadgetry" had

6466-725: The fictional worlds they love, adds to the overall narrative the franchise creates through its other media. Marvel's Avenger's Campus park is one of the many franchise-based theme parks created in recent times, following the creation of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studio's Islands of Adventure and Star Wars' Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland and Disney World . Media franchises tend to cross over from their original media to other forms. Literary franchises are often transported to film, such as Nancy Drew , Miss Marple , and other popular detectives , as well as popular comic book superheroes . Television and film franchises are often expanded upon in novels , particularly those in

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6572-484: The film St. Trinian's , and has appeared on TV several times (as a contestant in the special Comic Relief Does The Apprentice ; as a presenter for Live Earth ; and as a guest host on the Channel 4 show The Friday Night Project , among others). He has also garnered media attention for his vitriolic quips and forthright opinions during interviews that have caused public outrage. In May 2007, he delivered one of

6678-470: The film The Matrix Reloaded and the video game Enter the Matrix were produced at the same time, using the same actors on the same sets, and released on the same day. Transmedia franchises occasionally release content through certain media that is not canon to the main or greater story that the franchise is built around, meaning that the elements of said content do not truly exist in the main timeline of

6784-494: The first TV series from DiC Entertainment to be produced directly for syndication. Its two seasons originally ran from 1983 to 1985 and remained in syndication into the late 1990s. In 1992, DiC produced an animated Christmas special based on the series, Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas . In the special, Dr. Claw has locked up Santa Claus at the North Pole and hypnotized his elves, forcing them to break all toys that are being produced. Inspector Gadget, Penny, and Brain travel to

6890-551: The first live action film she is portrayed by Michelle Trachtenberg . Caitlin Wachs portrays her in the sequel . Brain is Gadget and Penny's shy but intelligent, sweet, lovable and curious 4-(later 5)-year-old dog. He is the only one who knows that Penny is the one who really saves the world. Brain usually has the job of keeping Gadget safe on his missions while Penny investigates M.A.D's crimes. He usually disguises himself when following Gadget, which often causes Gadget to think he's

6996-414: The first season, and Maurice LaMarche for the second season and the 1992 Christmas Special. Jim Byrnes voiced him in Inspector Gadget's Last Case . He is voiced by Derek McGrath in the 2015 series. In the first live action film he is portrayed by Dabney Coleman . Mark Mitchell portrays him in the sequel . This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in

7102-607: The focus on the content of the commodity to "overlapping the commodity image with the character image". The book Anime's Media Mix: Franchising Toys and Characters in Japan, by Marc Steinberg, details the evolution of the media mix in Japan. Long-running franchises were common in the early studio era, when Hollywood studios had actors and directors under long-term contract. In such cases, even lead actors are often replaced as they age, lose interest, or their characters are killed. Spin-offs and adaptations of popular pieces of media within

7208-644: The format of a clip show in which Gadget has a flashback to his past adventures in the original TV series, using footage from the episodes "The Capeman Cometh", "Prince of the Gypsies", and "Gadget's Gadgets"; as well as some stock footage from Inspector Gadget's Field Trip for the present-day segments. Maurice LaMarche did Inspector Gadget's voice in the modern segments, marking his first cartoon voice appearance as Gadget, who had previously been voiced by Don Adams . Original series actors Cree Summer and Frank Welker reprised their roles as Penny, Brain and Dr. Claw in

7314-429: The franchise's fandom , which is the community of fans that indulge in many of its media and are committed to interacting with and keeping up with other consumers. Large franchise-based fandoms have grown to be even more popular in recent years with the rise of social media platforms, as many fans seek to interact with one another for discussion, debate and even to create their own fan-made pieces of media revolving around

7420-405: The franchise, on websites like tumblr , Reddit and Fandom . In the case of successful transmedia franchises, each different medium should expand the target demographic and fandom, build the interest of the consumers and add to the overarching story and narrative of the franchise itself. A connection between the characters, settings, and other elements of the media franchise do still exist within

7526-415: The franchise. Canon content often times breaks continuity, leading fans to speculate or seek to confirm which media are canon and which are not, which can get confusing if the franchise does not provide an answer themselves since entire media can be non-canon to the greater story, with a popular example occurring. On the other hand, specific episodes, volumes or parts of a series can be canon while others in

7632-407: The iconic bionic bumbling detective." On June 9, 2013, Teletoon officially announced the reboot show with two press pictures of Gadget's new look as well as a press release: "MAD Agents, look out! Criminals, beware! Bystanders … take cover! Inspector Gadget is back to battle Dr. Claw with all-new gadgets – and all-new gadget-related chaos. But the loveable, bumbling, accidentally-destructive Inspector

7738-473: The magazine), footwear, clothing of every kind, jewelry, housewares (lamps, clocks, bedding, glassware), guitars and gambling, playing cards, pinball machines and pet accessories, billiard balls, bedroom appurtenances, enhancements, plus countless other items of merchandise. Non-fiction media franchises also exist in the television and film media, with reality TV being one of the most well-known examples; ranging from competition shows like The Amazing Race to

7844-400: The media fictional material is unrelated. Non-fiction literary franchises include the ...For Dummies and The Complete Idiot's Guide to... reference books . An enduring and comprehensive example of a media franchise is Playboy Enterprises , which began expanding well beyond its successful magazine, Playboy , within a few years after its first publication, into such enterprises as

7950-401: The media that he has had a fascination with the playwright since he was a child, as his mother read him Wilde's children's story The Happy Prince before he slept. The subsequent film The Happy Prince , written and directed by Everett, was released in 2018. In 2015, it was announced that he would play the part of Philippe Achille, Marquis de Feron, the corrupt Governor of Paris, Head of

8056-529: The modern segments. In 2002, as part of the DIC Movie Toons series of movies, DIC released a full-length animated television film called Inspector Gadget's Last Case , directed by Michael Maliani. It premiered on television on October 6, 2002, on Nickelodeon and was released on DVD and VHS shortly afterward by MGM Home Entertainment . The film is about Inspector Gadget giving up his beloved but aging Gadgetmobile, while his archenemy Dr. Claw uses

8162-418: The original creators of Inspector Gadget were all involved: Andy Heyward was one of the executive producers; Jean Chalopin wrote or co-wrote all the episodes, in addition to being credited as the new show's creator; whereas Bruno Bianchi directed and produced the series. A new computer-animated Inspector Gadget TV series had been in development since at least the start of 2012, possibly earlier. It

8268-548: The original series, her voice was portrayed by Mona Marshall in the pilot episode, Cree Summer in the first season, and Holly Berger in the second season. In the commercials for KFC in Australia, she was voiced by Robyn Moore . Erica Horn provided her voice in Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas . From 2001 to 2005, she was voiced by Tegan Moss . Tara Strong voices her in the 2015 series. In

8374-472: The original series. Brain is also back in his old role, while Penny is now 16 years old. Gadget is again voiced by Maurice LaMarche , and Penny and Claw are once again voiced by Tegan Moss and Brian Drummond , respectively, while Bernie Mac voices the Gadgetmobile. The plot features Dr. Claw breaking out of jail with the help of a specially hired Scottish agent named Bombaboy. He and Bombaboy seek out

8480-568: The phrase "go-go gadget" before naming the device. Gadget is powerful, lovable, brave, caring and protective, and loyal to his career as a lawman, but he is also dim-witted, silly, clueless, incompetent and gullible. In many ways Gadget was reminiscent of Maxwell Smart (also portrayed by Don Adams) from the Get Smart TV show, using similar catchphrases and manners of speech. However, his attire and absent-minded personality are much closer to Peter Sellers ' portrayal of Inspector Clouseau from

8586-423: The production and release is more important than its integrity, the releases should raise brand awareness and the cross-ability of the work is critical for its success. American Idol was a transmedia franchise from its beginnings, with the first season winner Kelly Clarkson signing with RCA Records and having the release of A Moment Like This becoming a #1 hit on Billboard Hot 100. The success resulted in

8692-470: The production of this movie. Maurice LaMarche reprised the role of Gadget in this film and Jaleel White voiced the Gadgetmobile. In most European regions, the movie aired on Disney Channel or Toon Disney . In Germany, the film aired on Cartoon Network . 2005's Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever was the first Inspector Gadget animated production to be completely rendered using 3D computer animation . It returned Gadget to his familiar trenchcoat from

8798-607: The production was cancelled. During the summer of 2010, Everett performed as Professor Henry Higgins, with English actress Honeysuckle Weeks and Stephanie Cole , in a revival of Pygmalion at the Chichester Festival Theatre . He reprised the role in May 2011 at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End, starring alongside Diana Rigg and Kara Tointon . In July 2010, Everett was featured in

8904-528: The public eye in The Comfort of Strangers (1990), several films of variable success followed. The Italian comics character Dylan Dog , created by Tiziano Sclavi in 1986, is graphically inspired by him. Everett, in turn, appeared in Cemetery Man (1994), an adaptation of Sclavi's novel Dellamorte Dellamore . In 1995 Everett published a second novel, The Hairdressers of St. Tropez . His career

9010-442: The rap group for the song. East New York rap group Bad Boys & K-Love released a record on Starlite Records, "Bad Boys", featured on the UK hip hop compilation Street Sounds Electro 9 . Following the trend, Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh used samples from the Inspector Gadget theme song on their single " The Show ". The theme song has been heavily sampled in the years since then. California -based punk band Lagwagon recorded

9116-609: The release of the interview, he was criticized for the following remark: "I can't think of anything worse than being brought up by two gay dads". He went on to explain that "[f]or me, being gay was about wanting to do the opposite of the straight world, so I think that's where my problems in this particular area come from. [...] But that's me, just me. I'm not having a go at gay couples who do. I think if Elton and David want to have babies, that's wonderful. I think we should all do what we want." Everett has also disclosed that he identified as transgender during his childhood and dressed as

9222-525: The same medium are not, such as the fact that only some of the Battlestar Galactica comics are canon, with a large amount of them breaking the continuity of the main story. In Japanese culture and entertainment, media mix ( wasei-eigo : メディアミックス , mediamikkusu ) is a strategy to disperse content across multiple representations: different broadcast media , gaming technologies, cell phones, toys, amusement parks , and other methods. It

9328-437: The same plot as the original series, with the dim-witted Gadget attempting to fight crime on his own, while Penny and her helpers secretly do all the work. Dr. Claw, now with the first name George, returns as the main villain, with his relatives introduced in some episodes. In some stories, he is replaced by other villains. The production values of this series were higher than any of the previous revivals and spinoff series. Also,

9434-399: The series. The original animated television series in the franchise, Inspector Gadget , debuted in 1983 and introduced audiences to the adventures of a clumsy, simple-witted bionic detective named Inspector Gadget – a human being with various bionic gadgets built into his body. Gadget's nemesis is Dr. Claw , the leader of an evil organization, known as "M.A.D." Inspector Gadget was

9540-436: The show. In the same game, Doctor Claw reveals his face and is once again given the first name George. On April 27, 2023, publisher Microids announced a party game, Inspector Gadget – Mad Time Party , which was released on September 14, 2023 for Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 4 , PlayStation 5 , Xbox One , Xbox Series X/S and Windows . In this game, MAD has taken over Metro City, to which Professor Von Slickstein creates

9646-773: The travels of Burton through countries such as India and Egypt, aired on the BBC in 2008. In 2009, Everett suggested, in an interview with the British newspaper The Observer , that coming out was not the best career move for a young actor. Also in 2009, Everett presented two Channel 4 documentaries: one on the travels of Lord Byron , the Romantic poet, broadcast in July 2009, and another on British explorer Sir Richard Burton. Everett then returned to his acting roots, appearing in several theatre productions: his Broadway debut in 2009 at

9752-685: The workers themselves) are criminalised. Everett continued his participation in the sex-work legislation debate in 2014, writing a long-form piece for The Guardian and appearing on the BBC One programme This Week . He also joined protesters in a demonstration outside the offices of Soho Estates , a major property company that owns properties on Soho's Walkers Court, where many sex workers are based. In 2012, Everett said in an interview regarding same-sex marriage: "But why do we want to get married in churches? I don't understand that, myself, personally. I loathe heterosexual weddings; I would never go to

9858-401: The world safe from Dr. Claw … and Gadget." Unlike the other shows, Penny is more of the protagonist and Dr. Claw is as incompetent and useless as Gadget (if not more so). The series was produced by DHX Media , which purchased Cookie Jar in 2012. According to a DHX Media distribution catalogue released as a PDF on January 15, 2014, the show premiered in 2015 on Netflix. On December 4, 2014, it

9964-477: The world's highest-grossing media franchises . For example, Pokémon 's penetration into the American market of the franchise along with others of Japanese origin, such as Yu-Gi-Oh! , gave rise to the recognition of what is variously called transmedia storytelling , crossmedia, transmediation , media synergy, etc. Researchers argue that the 1963 Tetsuwan Atomu marked a shift in Japanese marketing from

10070-527: Was a nephew of Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross , Hector Lachlan Stewart MacLean . His maternal grandmother, Opre Vyvyan, was a descendant of the baronets Vyvyan of Trelowarren and the German Freiherr ( Baron ) von Schmiedern. Everett is of English, Irish , Scottish , and more distant German and Dutch ancestry. He was raised a Roman Catholic . From age seven, Everett

10176-465: Was acquired by Disney in 2001 it never did and so it has never aired in the United States. Inspector Gadget (again voiced by Maurice LaMarche) is now a member of an organization called "WOMP" (World Organization of Mega Powers) and is now, Lieutenant Gadget. He is still aided in his work by Penny (who is now twelve years old), as well as the new robot characters Digit and Fidget, the titular Gadgetinis invented by Penny, due to Brain running away. It follows

10282-412: Was announced that the series has 26 episodes and that it would air on Boomerang 's international channels in 2015. The series premiered on Boomerang in Australia on January 5, 2015. Inspector Gadget was adapted into a 1999 live action film by Walt Disney Pictures , starring Matthew Broderick as the title character and Rupert Everett as Dr. Claw. As opposed to the animated series, where Gadget

10388-468: Was commissioned by Teletoon Canada , which aired the show, and put into preproduction by The Cookie Jar Company . In January 2012, the then-in-development show was mentioned by Ray Sharma, the CEO of XMG Studio , which produced the hit mobile game "Inspector Gadget: M.A.D. Dash". Sharma described how the success of the game had resulted in a new TV series having been in the making: "We did 1 million downloads in

10494-427: Was composed by American composer Shuki Levy (who also wrote the themes for Power Rangers and Digimon ), and was based on Edvard Grieg 's " In the Hall of the Mountain King ". Several early rap records sampling the Inspector Gadget theme song were released in 1985. The Kartoon Krew also released "Inspector Gadget" on ZYX Music , which contains vocal samples and quotes from the popular cartoon series, reenacted by

10600-589: Was educated at Farleigh School in Andover, Hampshire , and later educated by Benedictine monks at Ampleforth College , Yorkshire. When he was 16, his parents agreed that he could leave school and move to London to train as an actor at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama . In an interview with US magazine in 1997, he said that he supported himself during this period by doing sex work for drugs and money. Everett's break came in 1981 at

10706-552: Was never produced, and was canceled likely due to DIC's purchase by Cookie Jar Entertainment in July 2008. The first game developed based on the series was Inspector Gadget and the Circus of Fear developed by Beam Software and scheduled for release by Melbourne House in the UK in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum . It resembled the arcade title Metro-Cross and was a left-to-right scrolling racing/jumping game with

10812-468: Was played in the original series by Frank Welker , Maurice LaMarche in Gadget and the Gadgetinis , and Scott McCord in the 2015 series. Lee Tockar voiced him in Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever . In the first live action film he is voiced by Don Adams . In the sequel he is voiced by Jeff Bennett . In the Australian KFC commercials he was voiced by Keith Scott . Chief Quimby

10918-609: Was revitalised by his award-winning performance in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), playing Julia Roberts 's character's gay friend, followed by a role as Madonna 's character's gay best friend in The Next Best Thing (2000). (Everett was a backup vocalist on her cover of " American Pie ", which is on the film's soundtrack.) Around the same time, he starred as the sadistic Sanford Scolex/Dr. Claw in Disney 's Inspector Gadget (also 1999) with Matthew Broderick . For

11024-456: Was short-lived, and he only returned to pop indirectly by providing backing vocals for Madonna many years later, on her cover of " American Pie " and on the track " They Can't Take That Away from Me " on Robbie Williams ' Swing When You're Winning in 2001. In 1989, Everett moved to Paris, writing a novel, Hello, Darling, Are You Working? , and coming out as gay, a disclosure which he has said may well have damaged his career. Returning to

11130-597: Was silently canceled not long after. Arles Animation would later be purchased by BKN International in June of that year. In April 2008, a new Inspector Gadget series was announced to premiere in Spring 2009 to celebrate the franchise's 25th anniversary. The series would have taken a darker tone than the other Inspector Gadget series, featuring a 2D/3D animesque art style with cinematic camera angles and dramatic musical cues, as well as new villains alongside Dr. Claw. The series

11236-550: Was voiced by Don Adams in the original series and Inspector Gadget's Field Trip until Adams' retirement from voicing Gadget in 1999, Gary Owens and later Jesse White in the original series' pilot episode, Keith Scott in the KFC commercials in Australia and Maurice LaMarche in the Super Mario Bros. Super Show , Gadget and the Gadgetinis , the direct-to-video animated films, and various DIC Kids Network bumpers. For

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