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Remember that drawing I did of that scene from the 1996 Nickelodeon show "The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo" that I said got me hooked on underwater scenarios? Well, it wasn't the only one...Nickelodeon's acquisition of the reruns of "Inspector Gadget" in the late '90s helped to give me a taste of the 1980s childhood that I never got the chance to experience first-hand. I thought it was cool that I got to see one of the defining cartoons of the previous generation, and as an added bonus, there was one episode that further deepened my interest in setting my cartoons underwater. It was actually quite similar to the "Shelby Woo" scene - Penny, sneaking around Dr. Claw's latest hideout inside of a mountain, investigates an elevator that stops below sea level for easy access to the ocean. Unlucky for her, she doesn't expect the onrushing flow of water from the elevator floor and barely has time to hold her breath before the water level closes over her head. When the door finally opens, she has to swim out and up to the surface on her one breath.
That scene really stuck with me. And wouldn't you know it, almost ten years later, I happen across this exact clip on YouTube: [link] . I figured, as long as I've found another source of my hydrophilia, why not draw this one too? (And I guess this is technically an entry in the Underwater Babes of Toontown, even though Penny is under 18 and qualifies more as a "cutie" than a "babe".)
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Has anyone told about the channel: TheanimeUW on youtube?
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I am just amazed at how Penny manages to hold her breath long enough to wait for the lift doors to open and swim up to the surface! I'll bet no one else at her age could do such a thing!
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that clip is amusing, and this picture is superb, penny is a brave girl, and superb at scuba. she's an ace swimmer for sure.
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I can't help but hold my breath for a few seconds whenever I see pictures like this.
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Don't you just hate when that happens?
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Penny is the reason why Inspector Gadget is still alive if it wasn't for her and Brain he would have been gone ages ago and I used to watch reruns of Inspector Gadget in the late 90's too and this particular scene has made me have a weird obsession with girls in these type of situations
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Penny is cute and smart. She will find always a way out.
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Though she may only be 10 (as depicted in most drawings I've seen) she is indeed a 'babe' just 4 the fact of being female. This may be a bad example but Jon Bennet Ramsey was also considered a 'babe' since she modeled as were a lot of her peers in that field. Hopefully no one will look upon Penny as some did Miss Ramsey...especially since she is a drawing. lol I like this one, hon. hugs!! Susan xox
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I used to have the biggest crush on her when I was a kidΒ I loved her adorable button nose and those cute pigtails
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And now, this random studio by a Greek artist will try to remarket the stale film known as "P2".
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Yeah, I saw that episode. And dang, she got out just in time.
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I have seen it too. But i was unlucky because TV reflected sun (it was in front to window) and i didn't see nothing because that scene had too dark colour.
That summer i had redraw a similar situation in my comic.
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I remember this. The episode was titled "A Bad Altitude. We know that Penny is a good swimmer. The question is how long can she hold her breath?
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Never could get enough of Penny!
Your picΒ΄s truly close to the original-szene.
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Thank you sir - for being one of a few artists out there that don't feel the need to 'age' the cartoon character to make them look sexier.
(And yes, I know I'm a fine one to talk - but personally I can't help but 'age' them a bit - because I find it's missing something when I try and draw them 'normally' lol)
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Actually, I didn't even try for sexy here (after all, Penny's somewhere in the neighborhood of, what, nine years old?), but I did at least try to make her look cute. Apparently, I succeeded!
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that you did kind sir
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Ah, memories...
Always had something for Penny - she\'s one of the cutest girls I know. And the UW stuff was cool too.
You got the shot right.
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Nice composition.
Though I could see Penny trying to type in her computerbook, with Brain swimming around.
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Uh oh. The computerbook (we call 'em 'laptop computers', Penn) 's not gonna work after this.
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There's another episode where she actually opens it up in the water and it still works, so I'm going to assume that it's waterproof.
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I know the other IG (Inspector Gadget) episode, it's "Bermuda triangle" where Penny escaped from Dr.Claw's underwater base located near the Bermuda triangle. She rans out of oxygen and she was lucky to found a air pocket. The she use her computer book to call a dolphin to rescue her. Here a clip spotted on Youtube [link]
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Ah, I used to watch Inspector Gadget! 
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"Water Cuties"? Hmmm, has potentional there...
Love seeing these old 80's characters given some art (in a tasteful manner, that is). That's the only Inspector Gadget I want to know and enjoy.
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Man do I miss watching that show!! Those were some good times...
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Nick wasn't buying the reruns secondhand, the show was returning home. I used to watch that show every day after first grade...yes, we had cable THEN.
Was it just me, or did Penny have far cooler gadgets than the Inspector? Look at that crazy book. I wanted some of her stuff so badly.
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Nick was very fond of the show when they first had it too. They did a trading card promotion with Capri Sun that had the three then-new Nicktoons, and Inspector Gadget.
Penny was kind of a leader. Before Kim Possible, or any of the other "kids save the world" cartoons, she was there pulling off feats like this.
Great work, Jesse. This perfectly captures a sense of urgency and peril.Β
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Holy cow, Inspector Gadget! Now there's a chunk of my childhood memories right there...and it only got better when I found out that Don Adams also played a noticeably similar character in Get Smart...
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Not only that, but inspector Gadget was partly (if not mostly) based off Maxwell Smart.
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I guess it was legally safer to base him on Smart. He originally had a mustache in the pilot cartoon, but Paramount threatened to sue over the resemblance to Inspector Clouseau.
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Awesome. Wonder how Penny will escape this.
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Hey, it's Penny! I had quite a crush on her when I was like 9 years old...but then the show went off the air and I moved on. I think she's responsible for fondness of pigtails, however. Nice work here.
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Me too she was adorable I loved her cute faceΒ
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You really weren't missing much of an "80's childhood". I can still remember all the annoying theme songs to 80's cartoons...and they're never gonna leave my brain.
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Okay, that's brilliant...and I love your sig.
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