Talenny

Talenny is the het ship between Talon and Penny from the Inspector Gadget fandom.

Canon
Talenny appears to be the main focus of the 2015 show, in almost every episode there is a Talenny moment. It happens more on screen than Gadget himself being on screen. They both have chemistry and it's an overall cute ship for those who love young love. It’s that bad boy and good girl kind of ship. However they’re both on opposite sides.

Talon is Dr. Claw’s nephew, he’s often for comedic relief which is being hurt, but, he’s also Penny’s love interest that occurs throughout the 4 seasons. He’s shown to be more smarter than his uncle, having plans that he believes would work out in taking over Metro City, though his uncle would demean him sometimes. Talon is charismatic towards Penny, to which she is flustered at. He has a crush on her as does she. Unlike his uncle, Talon isn't set on getting Penny.

Penny is Gadget’s niece and an agent of HQ, she’s a tech-savvy teen that uses what she has to fight crime and MAD. Her rival/crush is Talon who always gets away at the end much like her uncle Gadget getting away from Claw at the end. She's often blushing around Talon and sometimes the two would have a truce for a short time. Sometimes she would talk about Talon a lot which her friend teases her a lot about. Gadget just calls Talon “Penny’s friend”.

Season 1

 * Season 1, Episode 1 "Gadget 2.0" Penny had a crush on Talon the moment she met him. Talon called her "Pretty Girl" and "Pretty Penny", causing her to blush. They both had a love-struck moment when Penny and Talon found a solution to finding Dr. Claw's claw via Gadget's memory. When it was revealed that he was Dr. Claw's nephew, she was heartbroken. Talon escaped with his Uncle's claw, yelling "Call me!" at Penny. He also told her that she "wasn't bad at this" when she avoided getting glued with the Gum Gun, to which she became shy at.


 * Season 1, Episode 2a "Towering Towers By the time Penny had arrived to the scene of the crime and apprehended MADthew, Talon had caught her with his bubblegum gun. She had another lovestruck moment before getting herself together, saying "HEY! Enough with the charm, you!" before trying to escape, which had failed because she bumped into MADthew. When MADthew wanted to throw Penny after her capture off the building Talon had refused. Another moment they had was when Talon accidentally got himself glued with Penny, to which he wiggled his eyebrows and they had another lovestruck moment.
 * In Episode 4a: "A Better Class of MAD" Talon asked if he could trade Gadget for Penny (if he captured Gadget) to MADellena. While Penny was getting her "star treatment." MADellena agreed.
 * In Episode 4b: "Cough Due to Claw", Talon thought that Penny doing research was cute.
 * S1E5:"Dog Show Days Are Over", Talon teases Penny about being allergic to "good looks" when she sneezes

Season 2

 * In Season 2, Episode 4a, "Double O' Penny", Talon steals a sample of DNA to make an evil Penny clone instead of a sample of Gadget's DNA so Claw could make an evil Gadget clone. Talon makes a comment about how it wouldn't work out due to how unpredictable the real Gadget is and how it would screw up their whole mission. When Talon started up the cloning machine he made a comment about how the evil Penny Clone was beautiful... ly evil.
 * In Season 2, Episode 4b "We Heart Gadget", Both Talon and Penny made a truce during this episode. While Gadget was going out with Sue. Talon and Penny had their own little "date" which was watching over the two, where it is revealed that they both enjoy mint chocolate chip ice cream and going to the comic shop. While they were doing that they had a ride at the park, and Talon moved closer to Penny. At some point Penny fell on top of Talon then she shyly apologized. Talon had a thought that if they weren't enemies, they would be together, and Penny agreed.
 * During "Rock Out" Talon got jealous that Penny was fangirling over Nigel, so he went disguised as Nigel(as per his uncle's orders). When it was found put that Talon was Nigel, he locked her in the limo and tried to ask Penny out, (Which failed)

Quotes
"It'd be totally romantic, if we weren't archenemies competing for supremacy."

- Talon to Penny in "We Heart Gadget"

Fanon
Talenny is a popular ship in the IG fandom, scoring 2.1k posts on Instagram and an art event called Talenny Month that happens every September. However, it is a small ship on Ao3 with as few as 7 works. People have started shipping them due to the obvious hints at a romantic relationship that has never happened as of the end of Season 4.

It's big enough that people have started drawing them as adults with kids and a family.

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