Inspector Gadget (Seasons 1–2)

Inspector Gadget (1983) is the classic animated series you can watch online on iFILM. A joint production spanning Canada, the US, France, Japan, and Taiwan, the show follows a bumbling cyborg detective whose body is packed with mechanical gizmos that fire off at all the wrong moments. Don Adams voiced the character across all 86 episodes of its two-season run.

Metro City's most accident-prone officer is permanently tasked by Chief Quimby — messages delivered on self-destructing paper — with taking down the sinister organisation M.A.D. and its faceless mastermind Dr. Claw. The catch: it's Gadget's quick-witted niece Penny and loyal dog Brain who actually crack every case while he blunders through it.

What made the show stick was a simple comic formula — the hero wins on luck, not skill, and the real brains stay in the background. For 1980s kids, it was the first spy cartoon with gadgetry as the punchline. Stream Inspector Gadget online on iFILM.