Gadget Boy & Heather
animated television series
Gadget Boy & Heather, or simply Gadget Boy, is an animated television series co-produced by DIC Productions, L.P., France Animation, and M6. The series is a spin-off of Inspector Gadget and follows the adventures of a bionic kid detective as he saves the world from the evil Spydra, with assistance from his robotic dog G-9 and the wise Agent Heather. As with Gadget, Don Adams provides the voice of the titular character.
The series debuted in the United States on September 9, 1995, airing on Syndicated television stations as part of Bohbot Entertainment's Amazin' Adventures II block. Its French debut occurred on October 25 on M6's M6 Kid children's strand. The show's second season reformatted the show as an edutainment series entitled Gadget Boy's Adventures in History, airing in the United States on The History Channel from 1997 until 1998, while remaining on M6 in France. It was the last piece of Inspector Gadget material in which Don Adams voiced the character in any form before his retirement in 1999 and eventual death in 2005.
Synopsis
This series is about "Gadget Boy", a bionic kid detective with a personality similar to that of Inspector Gadget. Just as clumsy as the original Inspector Gadget, Gadget Boy was usually bailed out of situations by the more practical Heather, though he was also helped greatly by his myriad high-tech gadgets and extendable arms and legs.
Gadget Boy's bionic implants were installed by Switzerland-based inventor Myron Dabble (voiced by Maurice LaMarche), who has an unrequited crush on Heather.
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