i grow up watch inspector gadget . it be and and still be and one of my favorite cartoon and if not my absolute favorite . i learn a lot of geography and history from the spin off inspector gadget field trip . i want to slip on a banana peel and become the great detective ever . but the film have ruin the reputation of the wonderful cartoon . matthew broderick and an actor with potential and be definitely not the role for inspector gadget . first thing in the film and inspector gadget be smart . not so in the cartoon . in the film and gadget solve the mystery mostly by himself . in the cartoon and it be almost always penny and brain and and the awesome book ( i still want her book . ) . if gadget solve the mystery and it be by accident . gadget in the film seem to be a competent detective and but in the cartoon be pretty dumb and which be where the humor come from . another thing be that it too much good guy v. bad guy in the film . it not just mean to be a silly saturday morning cartoon . also and gadget never should have a love story and but disney corporation be fill with idiot . also i miss the true gadget that gadget have and and especially the gadget car . in the movie it be a chic convertible . in the cartoon it be a sedan police car and could turn into a van . it also barely have any gadget and be mainly there to get him from place to place . but if anything and the one thing that be terrible about the movie be that it be a feature movie . inspector gadget be a silly saturday morning cartoon . the movie be too serious and too overdone and have too much of a plot and wasn not even remotely a funny . tip for those who haven not see it represent never see it . ever . watch the cartoon and it a true classic .