Outfitted with high-tech gizmos, a bumbling gumshoe clashes with the fiendish Dr. Claw. Although his zeal for justice never wavered, Gadget's gadgets often did, and at the most inopportune times. Luckily, the Maxwell Smart-like crimefighter was backed by his able niece Penny (a kind of pint-sized 99) and her faithful dog Brain.