[3] Having been recruited by an elite international peacekeeping group called the World Organization of Mega Powers (or WOMP for short), Lieutenant Gadget (promoted from his previous position of Inspector),[4] now fights crime with a pair of mechanical assistants called the Gadgetinis, small robot versions of Gadget who were created by Penny (due to Brain retiring from active duty)[3] and who are the unintended victims of Gadget's bumbling.

Gadget and the Gadgetinis must stop an evil opera singer whose singing allows her to call upon killer bees and force them to commit crimes.

But will Brain overcome his Gadget induced phobia and return to active duty or will he chicken out and leave Penny without an uncle?

[5][7] While Brain and Chief Quimby are mainly absent from the show, they do appear in pictures in Gadget's house.

Jean-Michel Guirao composed the musical underscore, and the main title song for the English-speaking version was written and performed by Mike Piccirillo.

(The French end credits for the show state: "Musique des génériques: Noam Kaniel, David Vadant, K.I.A.

The reason this was possible - even though DiC Entertainment (which owned Inspector Gadget) no longer had the rights to Levy and Saban's theme music - is probably that Gadget & the Gadgetinis was produced primarily by the French animation studio SIP Animation, which at the time of production was owned by Haim Saban.

The show was broadcast across various European countries on Fox Kids starting in late 2002, and remained on some stations after the Jetix rebranding.

[9][4] A video game based on the series, titled Gadget & Gadgetinis was released for the PlayStation 2 and PC in November 2004.