Fails the Bechdel test
Inspector Gadget
1999. Directed by David Kellogg, written by Andy Heyward and Jean Chalopin and Bruno Bianchi.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
11 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Matthew Broderick stars as Inspector Gadget, who suffers an accident at the beginning of the film, and befriends Dr. Brenda Bradford, a robotic surgeon who repairs him so that he can defeat the villain, Dr. Claw. In the meantime, they fall in love.
- Released
- 23 Jul 1999
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 4.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 36 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 13 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Gadget 133 lines, man
- Brenda 97 lines, woman
- Claw 73 lines, man
- Penny 57 lines, woman
- Gaooet 28 lines, man
- Gadgetmobile 17 lines, man
- John 15 lines, man
- Ci.Aw 9 lines
- Quimby 9 lines, man
- Gaooetmobile 8 lines
Full cast, 66 people
- Matthew Broderick as Inspector Gadget / Robogadget / John Brown
- Rupert Everett as Sanford Scolex
- Joely Fisher as Brenda / Robobrenda
- Michelle Trachtenberg as Penny
- Andy Dick as Kramer
- Cheri Oteri as Mayor Wilson
- Mike Hagerty as Sikes
- Dabney Coleman as Chief Quimby
- D.L. Hughley as Gadgetmobile (voice)
- René Auberjonois as Artemus Bradford
- Frances Bay as Thelma
- Mr. T as Mr. T
- Richard Kiel as Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
- Richard Lee-Sung as Famous Villain with Deadly Hat
- Bobby Bell as Famous Identifier of Sea Planes
- Hank Barrera as Famous Native American Sidekick
- Keith Morrison as Famous Assistant to Dr. Frankensomething
- John Kim as Son Before Second Son
- Jesse Yoshimura as Bane of the Bumbling, Idiotic Yet Curiously Successful French Detective's Existence / Robobrendaerobics Group Member
- Aaron Meyerson as Aaron Meyerson
- Cliff Emmich as Out of Control Bus Driver
- Jennifer Ingersoll as In Terrible Jeopardy Young Girls
- Haley Harper as In Terrible Jeopardy Young Girls
- Vichany Sam as In Terrible Jeopardy Young Girls
- Ivory Dilley as In Terrible Jeopardy Young Girls
- Brielle Blunt as In Terrible Jeopardy Young Girls
- Hailey Peitzman as In Terrible Jeopardy Young Girls
- Brian Tibbetts as Amazed Boy on Bike
- Bob Gaynor as Robotic Foot Dancer
- Richard Penn as Fantastic Doctor
- J.P. Manoux as Mayor's Sychophantic Assistant
- Sam Brown as Officer McMurphy
- Brad Blaisdell as Officer Johnson
- Sonya Eddy as Hospital Secretary
- Katsy Chappell as Nurse in Hallway
- Kathleen M. Darcy as Nurse in Hallway
- Brian George as Sore Guru
- Alexander Witt as Wet, Green Businessman
- E.J. Callahan as Hot Dog Vendor
- Chad Parker as Assistant Car Thief
- Frank Masi as Period Photographer
- Mary Chris Wall as Snoopy News Anchor
- Linda Cevallos as Showgirl
- Loralyn Peterson as Showgirl
- James Thiel as Twin Bartender
- Jeff Thiel as Twin Bartender
- Andy Heyward as Mr. DIC
- Evelyn Heyward as Trophy Bride
- Amy Derrick as Zoftig Woman
- William Smith as Little Man
- David Page as Flat Top Guy
- Jacob Avnet as Flash
- Dorothy Davis as Go Girl
- Huck Hackstedt as Mr. Gadget
- Matt Murray as Scared Witless Autograph Dad
- Mark Leahy as Kid's Angry Father
- Rick LaFond as News Reporter
- Tadao Tomomatsu as Bewildered Japanese Tourist
- Adrienne Wehr as Waitress on Bridge
- Richard Rauh as Man without Toupee
- Will Blount as Robobrendaerobics Rhythmless Group Member
- Josh Kuhn as Robobrendaerobics Rhythmless Group Member
- Kyle Ross Collinsworth as Robobrendaerobics Rhythmless Group Member
- Michael Fossat as Robobrendaerobics Rhythmless Group Member
- Don Adams as Brain (voice)
- Danny Nero as Police Officer (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 14% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 66
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 to 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 to 12 | 30 | 21 |
| 13 to 14 | 2 | 11 |
| 15 to 16 | 9 | 8 |
| 17 to 18 | 6 | 6 |
| 19 to 20 | 3 | 24 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 4 |
| 23 to 24 | 7 | 27 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 to 28 | 16 | 34 |
| 29 to 30 | 1 | 4 |
| 31 to 32 | 3 | 3 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 to 36 | 10 | 18 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 5 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 3 |
| 41 to 42 | 4 | 14 |
| 43 to 44 | 6 | 1 |
| 45 to 46 | 31 | 40 |
| 47 to 48 | 1 | 3 |
| 49 to 50 | 3 | 4 |
| 51 to 52 | 6 | 14 |
| 53 to 54 | 4 | 4 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 3 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 3 |
| 59 to 60 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 to 62 | 3 | 0 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 to 66 | 9 | 11 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 35 are women's.
164 lines from women, 300 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
11 women and 33 men in the cast. 5 women and 10 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 50 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 35% of the words (2,141), men 65% (4,014).
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
3
Two men
23
Exhibit E: behind the camera
5 of the 19 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 19% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David Kellogg (man)
- Written by
- Zak Penn (man), Kerry Ehrin (woman), Michael McCullers (man)
- Story by
- Kerry Ehrin (woman), Dana Olsen (man)
- Produced by
- Roger Birnbaum (man), Jordan Kerner (man), Andy Heyward (man)
- Shot by
- Adam Greenberg (man)
- Edited by
- Gerald B. Greenberg (man), Thom Noble (man), Alan Cody (man)
- Music by
- John Debney (man)
- Production design by
- Leslie Dilley (man), Michael White (man)
- Costumes by
- Mary E. Vogt (woman)
- Cast by
- Amanda Mackey (woman), Cathy Sandrich Gelfond (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
16 women, 54 men, 9 not listed
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Sound
3 women, 25 men, 6 not listed
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Production
2 women, 14 men, 2 not listed
-
Art
1 women, 10 men, 3 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 8 men, 4 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 2 men, 6 not listed
-
Lighting
0 women, 1 men, 8 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 4 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 27 on average. Men: 45 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Michelle Trachtenberg 13, Joely Fisher 31, Cheri Oteri 36
Men
Andy Dick 33, D.L. Hughley 36, Matthew Broderick 37, Rupert Everett 40, Mike Hagerty 45, René Auberjonois 59, Dabney Coleman 67
Exhibit G: the money
It made 1.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $75 million
- Box office
- $134 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 66 scenes and 541 lines of dialogue. How the test works
