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Inspector Gadget (1999) More at IMDbPro »

• CAMEO Don Adams, the voice of Inspector Gadget on TV, provides the voice of Brain (the dog) in the closing credits
  
  
• Cameo: [Andy Heyward] one of the creators of the original animated series appears in the film as "Mr. D.I.C." DIC was the name of the studio that produced the animated series.
  
  
• When Gadget talks to Chief Quimby (Dabney Coleman), the Dragnet theme is played. Coleman starred in Dragnet (1987), another film remake of a TV series.
  
  
• When Penny is in the hospital visiting her injured uncle, "Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr, Howard" is heard on the PA system. This is a reference to the Three Stooges and their classic gag.
  
  
• Even though there were more than 60 gizmos and gadgets grafted to John Brown's body and appeared, the Inspector Gadget in the cartoon series said to have an estimate of 14,000 gadgets.
  
  
• Kramer, Claw's head scientist, played by Andy Dick, was named after the Seinfeld series character Kramer with the same notorious hairstyle.
  
  
• The movie had more than 150,000 Skittles spilled in the Gadgetmobile after he crashed on Scolex's limo.
  
  
• At the Bradford Institute parking lot scene, Brenda Bradford hums to the original Inspector Gadget theme song.
  
  
• Brendan Fraser was considered for the role of Gadget.
  
  
• Throughout the film, Dr. Claw makes no effort to hide his face. This is a far cry from the animated series on which the film is based - in the cartoon the villain's face was never shown.
  
  
• Steven Spielberg a fan of the 80s cartoon considered being the executive producer of this film and have the film released under the Amblin banner. His two choices for the role of Inspector Gadget were Chevy Chase and Steve Martin, but he was busy with other films.
  
  
• Tim Curry was considered for the role of Claw.
  
  

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