

Claw dismisses her and at one point doesn't even remember who she is when Talon mentions her. Also despite Penny being an agent-in-training who assists her uncle Gadget more openly, Dr. However he tends to view Talon as inexperienced and dismisses his ideas. Claw is shown to be jealous when Talon idolizes one of Claw's MAD agents. Despite this treatment Talon seeks his uncle's approval and Dr. He does retain his tendency to blame his henchmen (usually Talon for his plans failing and even torments them as a hobby, such as dropping an anvil on Talon's head which at first was simply going to be for his entertainment but later used as a punishment). Compared to his nephew Talon he is depicted as an old-fashioned villain who overlooks potential opportunities or engages in villainous plots for crazy or even comical reasons (such as time freezing the world leaders for his snowglobe collection) over more practical ones and tends to dismiss Talon when he points these out to him and rarely considers them and if he does they are not his top priority. He is presumably either out of practice or losing his touch. In the 2015 CGI series, he isn't as malicious or as cruel or as evil as he used to be and seems almost as incompetent as Gadget, even though he still retains a certain evilness and cruelty that characterizes him. Claw's catchphrase at the end of every episode is, "I'll get you next time, Gadget! NEXT TIME!!!". Cat, who reaps the benefits of his brief victories and bears the brunt of his defeats. He is usually seen with his fat pet cat M.A.D. agents have captured Penny and her computer book and he has jammed her watch and sometimes Brain a number of times). Although he's aware of Gadget's idiocy, he believes the Inspector to be his greatest enemy, never realizing that it is actually Penny and Brain who foil his plots in each episode (although he or his M.A.D.

He is usually at a computer terminal where he monitors his various schemes, often in a creepy old castle. In Gadget and the Gadgetinis, it is shown that he has had his claw since he was a baby, so he probably lost his arm when he was young or he was born without his right arm. As revealed in the first live-action film, he lost his left hand in a accident, giving him a mechanical claw. Even though he is an evil mastermind, and a certainly menacing psychopath, he thinks Gadget's stupidity is an act to mock him and views him as his worst enemy, and has no idea that Penny and Brain do all the real work. Most of his plots consist of terrorism and global attacks. He is a psychotic criminal mastermind that will stop at nothing to destroy Inspector Gadget and take over the world. However, his plans tend to constantly backfire when his men get arrested, or by Gadget, Penny, or Brain interfering with his plans.Ĭlaw is arrogant, greedy, malicious, ruthless, callous, sinister, short-tempered, sadistic, and a major threat to all of Metro City. Claw always intends to do what he can to achieve wealth or world domination, not to mention eliminating his arch nemesis Inspector Gadget.
