Inspector Gadget is a media franchise that follows the adventures of a powerful but dimwitted cyborg police inspector named Gadget.
Jonathan "John" Brown, a man who dreams of helping people by being a police officer, is a security guard working at the Bradford robotics laboratory in Riverton, Ohio, run by Artemus Bradford and his daughter Brenda, to whom John is attracted. Brenda and Artemus are working to create a lifelike robotic foot as part of the Gadget Program, an operation for manufacturing computerized law enforcement officers. One night, sadistic tycoon Sanford Scolex attacks the lab, steals the foot, and murders Artemus before escaping in his limo. Brown then chases him down in his Chevrolet Chevette, and during the ensuing chase, Scolex blows him up in the upside-down wreck and leaves John for dead. Unfortunately, John's bowling ball is launched out of the Chevette by the blast and crushingly smashes Scolex's left hand, forcing him to replace it with a mechanical claw and take the alias "Claw."
Inspector Gadget (French Stewart) and his Gadgetmobile (voiced by D.L. Hughley) are having problems in their line of work, mostly because of Gadget's overzealous nature. At this time, Dr. Claw (Tony Martin (Australian actor)) escapes from prison. Mayor Wilson (Sigrid Thornton) takes this opportunity to create G2 (Elaine Hendrix), a female Gadget-type robot that can function normally. Gadget begins to fall in love with G2, though G2 doesn't reciprocate the same feelings towards Gadget.