| “ | I'll get you next time, Gadget! NEXT TIME!! | „ |
| ~ Doctor Claw's catchphrase during the closing credits of the original cartoon while seeking revenge against Inspector Gadget, alongside MAD Cat. |
| “ | Inspector Gadget: But Chief, my job will never be done until I have Doctor Claw behind bars. Doctor Claw: Never, Gadget. NEVER! You will never get me, Gadget. I'll get you. (chuckles) I'LL...GET...YOU!!! (maniacal laughter) Inspector Gadget: That voice sounds familiar... |
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| ~ Gadget and Claw in the episode "Down on the Farm" from the 1983 TV series. |
Dr. Claw is the main antagonist of the Inspector Gadget and the villain protagonist of the Theory.
He was voiced by Frank Welker
Dr. Claw's Face[]
Dr. Claw's face is never revealed in the cartoon nor is it in Inspector Gadget 2. However, when an Inspector Gadget toy line was created, his face was revealed, although when packaged it was covered with a bit of card, so it would be a requirement to buy the toy in order to see his face. In the live action movie, his full appearance is shown and he is portrayed by Rupert Everett. In the live action sequel, based loosely on the first film, he is portrayed by Tony Martin and is partially seen, his face not fully seen. This causes somewhat a continuity problem, as Claw was portrayed to be young in the first Inspector Gadget movie, but middle aged in the second film, despite only taking place not long after the previous film.
The 2001-2005 series shows more of his body, his face still hidden but his shadow shows him having a buzzcut and yellow eyes.
Similar to the 2001-2005 series, the 2015 series also shows much of Dr. Claw. In this version, he wears a shirt with red lines and a double breasted overcoat in purple. His claw is also much different and unique from its other counterparts and reacts to his aggressiveness by often releasing sharpened or pointed mechanical nails whenever he is shocked or enraged.
Personality[]
Though his full body is never shown, nor is he seen fighting his victims, he is apparently shown to be an evil, greedy, obsessive and sadistic individual who enjoys watching his victims suffer before getting the killing blow. He outright hates HQ, and seeks to destroy it, just as much as he wishes to destroy Gadget. He is shown to be quite intimidating, as his minions cower whenever he stands up from his chair, as well as quite murderous and ruthless, earning him his fearsome reputation. Even though he has no idea that Penny and Brain were really responsible for his plans failing, he remains intelligent and strategic, as well as manipulative and persuasive, making him a dangerous threat to Metro City despite no one ever seeing his face.
In the 2015 Netflix series, he is more cowardly, pusillanimous, incompetent, bumbling and just as dimwitted as Gadget, and he seems to have lost much of his cruelty. He could have either lost his touch or is out of practice. His ruthlessness is also toned down, making him much more comical rather than menacing, like he was before. While he remains just as cruel and sadistic, he is now much more comedic and silly rather than menacing and murderous, and his plans prove to be rather petty than dangerous. He has a teenage nephew, Talon, just as Gadget has with Penny.
However, unlike Gadget, Claw abuses Talon and routinely yells at and threatens him, even though Talon craves his approval. His defeats are all the more comical, as it usually ends with him blaming or punishing Talon, even though Talon warned him of some of his plans being inadequate, or his own defeats or suffering caused by Talon by payback.