Gadget Boy

Gadget Boy (Also known as Gadget Boy and Heather and known as Gadget Boy's Adventures in History for its second season) is a French-American animated television series co-produced by DIC Entertainment and France Animation. It is a spin-off to Inspector Gadget and features a young boy who with his secret agent nanny Heather and robotic dog G-9, save the world from the villainess, Spydra.

Why It's Mixed
Some people hated this show because it's a rehash of Inspector Gadget, with the characters and concept being based on that.

Good Qualities

 * 1) The character design for Gadget Boy is adorable.
 * 2) Even if this show is for little kids, it can be enjoying for some kids too.
 * 3) Decent animation (despite the animation errors), even for 1990's and DIC standards.
 * 4) Good episodes like:
 * 5) *Raiders of the Lost Mummies (Which was the pilot episode and started the series on a high note.)
 * 6) *Gadget Boy and the Wee Folk (Which the animation in this episode looks DANGEROUSLY like an 80's Hanna-Barbera cartoon.#Good and catchy theme song.
 * 7) Good voice acting from the likes of Don Adams, Maurice LaMarche, and Tara Strong.
 * 8) The French version is a bit better, with a more fitting voice for Gadget Boy and better lip-syncing.
 * 9) There are some likable characters, such as Agent Heather.
 * 10) Spydra is an entertaining and sympathetic villain, although not as good as Dr. Claw.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Many animation errors, even for DIC standards.
 * 2) Bad lip-syncing, as many times when characters speak, their lips don't move at all or don't move to the speech well (mostly since it was first shown in France).
 * 3) Don Adams' voice for Gadget Boy sounds way too much like an adolescent and doesn't sound like a child.
 * 4) Unfunny and childish humor.
 * 5) The second season was only created to fulfill FCC E/I requirements and it shows.
 * 6) False Advertising: In the posters, VHS and DVD covers, Gadget Boy is shown to have bare hands, but in the actual show, he wears gloves

Reception
It received some decent reviews as well as a 5.6/10 rating on IMDB and a 71% on Google.

Trivia

 * Tara Strong, who does the voice of Agent Heather, would go on to voice Penny in the 2015 CGI Inspector Gadget cartoon.