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Dexter's Laboratory

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Dexter, a boy-genius with a secret laboratory, constantly battles his sister Dee Dee, who always gains access despite his best efforts to keep her out, as well as his arch-rival and neighbor, Mandark.

AnimationComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

3.8 / 5

28th April 1996 - 20th November 2003
Producer
Genndy Tartakovsky
Top Cast
Candi MiloKat CressidaJeff Bennett
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DeeDeemensional
28th April 1996

Episode 1

In "Deedeemensional", Dee Dee time-travels to save Dexter from a monster. In "Magmanamus", Monkey goes up against a lava being that dislikes human-caused noise. In "Maternal Combat", when his mother falls, Dexter creates a robot mom to substitute for her.

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Dial M for Monkey: Magmanamus
28th April 1996

Episode 2

Monkey must defend the city from a giant underground lava monster, Magmanamus, who cannot sleep because of the noise created by its residents.

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Maternal Combat
28th April 1996

Episode 3

When his mother falls ill, Dexter creates a robot to do her chores. Dee Dee gets hold of its remote control and wreaks havoc, forcing Dexter to create a second robot to counter Dee Dee's.

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Dexter Dodgeball
5th May 1996

Episode 4

Dexter is forced to play dodgeball by his P. E. teacher. Constantly failing, Dexter builds a robotic exoskeleton to defend himself.

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Dial M for Monkey: Rasslor
5th May 1996

Episode 5

Intergalactic wrestling champion Rasslor challenges Earth's superheroes, including Monkey, with the planet's fate at stake.

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Dexter's Assistant
5th May 1996

Episode 6

In need of an assistant to operate his latest invention, Dexter performs a brain transplant on Dee Dee to make her smart enough to fulfill the role. With her new brain, Dee Dee proves to be more intelligent than Dexter.

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Dexter's Rival
12th May 1996

Episode 7

Mandark Astronomanov, a new student at Dexter's school, seems to be superior to Dexter academically. Mandark forces Dexter to shut down his lab so that Mandark's lab can gain more power. However, with the help of Dee Dee, Dexter manages to destroy Mandark's lab.

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Dial M for Monkey: Simion
12th May 1996

Episode 8

Monkey encounters Simion, an intelligent anthropomorphic chimpanzee who seeks vengeance on humans for turning him into his current state.

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Old Man Dexter
12th May 1996

Episode 9

Banned from watching a late-night movie due to his young age, Dexter uses his technology to artificially grow into adulthood, but Dee Dee tampers with his machine, causing Dexter to turn into an old man.

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Double Trouble
19th May 1996

Episode 10

Dee Dee and her friends, Lee Lee and Mee Mee, enter Dexter's lab and wreak havoc. Dexter clones himself to stop them, but the girls too make clones of themselves.

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Dial M for Monkey: Barbequor
19th May 1996

Episode 11

Monkey's birthday party is interrupted by Barbequor an intergalactic villain who plans to eat the planets, and his sidekick, the Silver Spooner.

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Changes
19th May 1996

Episode 12

Rerun of "Dexter's Laboratory", the first "What a Cartoon!" pilot.

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Jurassic Pooch
26th May 1996

Episode 13

To clone a dinosaur with an incomplete DNA sequence, Dexter uses his dog's genetic code to fill in the gaps.

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Dial M For Monkey: Orgon Grindor
26th May 1996

Episode 14

While on a date with Agent Honeydew, Monkey gets hypnotized by the music of the Organ Grindor who commands him to rob Fort Knox.

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Dimwit Dexter
26th May 1996

Episode 15

Due to overworking his brain, Dexter's mind shuts down, making him act idiotic.

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Dee Dee's Room
2nd June 1996

Episode 16

After Dee Dee steals his critical invention, Dexter ventures into her room to find it.

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Dial M For Monkey: Huntor
2nd June 1996

Episode 17

Monkey encounters an alien hunter named Huntor and must fight him to save Agent Honeydew and Commander Chief.

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The Big Sister
2nd June 1996

Episode 18

Rerun of the second "What a Cartoon!" pilot.

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Star Spangled Sidekicks
20th November 1996

Episode 19

Dexter and Dee Dee enter tryouts to become Major Glory's sidekick. When Dee Dee wins, Dexter realizes that fancy costumes are not the only criterion to become a superhero.

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The Justice Friends: TV Super Pals
20th November 1996

Episode 20

With only one television in their apartment, Major Glory, Krunk, and Valhallen disagree on what to watch: Major Glory's televised capture of the Disgruntled Postman, TV Puppet Pals, or the monster truck pull.

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Game Over
20th November 1996

Episode 21

Dexter and Dee Dee's father buys a video game for them to play, but the game sucks Dexter inside when he plugs in the cartridge, and it is up to Dee Dee to bring him out.

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Babysitter Blues
27th November 1996

Episode 22

Dexter has a crush on his teenage babysitter Lisa. When he finds out that she has a boyfriend, he sabotages their relationship and accelerates his age by ten years in an attempt to win her heart.

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The Justice Friends: Valhallen's Room
27th November 1996

Episode 23

Valhallen loses his magic ax and starts turning into a nerd, forcing Major Glory and Krunk to enter his room to find it.

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Dream Machine
27th November 1996

Episode 24

When Dexter's nightmares become frequent and problematic, he invents a machine that allows him to have nice dreams, as long as Dee Dee can operate it properly while she is awake.

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Dollhouse Drama
4th December 1996

Episode 25

Suspicious that Dee Dee has not entered his lab even once on a particular day, Dexter shrinks himself and enters her room to spy on her. He soon becomes an unwilling character in Dee Dee's doll story, but he believes the story to be real.

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The Justice Friends: Krunk's Date
4th December 1996

Episode 26

While fighting Comrade Red and his gang, Krunk falls in love with his equivalent in their gang, She-Thing.

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The Big Cheese
4th December 1996

Episode 27

Dexter's new device allows him to study for the next day's French test while sleeping. It malfunctions, causing a single phrase -omelette du fromage- to repeat throughout the night, causing Dexter to wake up the next morning speaking nothing else except "omelette du fromage".

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Way of the Dee Dee
11th December 1996

Episode 28

Dee Dee teaches Dexter how to live life her way instead of being lonely and purely focused on science.

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The Justice Friends: Say Uncle Sam
11th December 1996

Episode 29

Major Glory forces Krunk and Valhallen to tidy up their apartment for his Uncle Sam, who is coming over for a visit.

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Tribe Called Girl
11th December 1996

Episode 30

To learn more about girls, Dexter camouflages himself and enters Dee Dee's room, where she is having a sleepover with her friends Lee Lee and Mee Mee. He gets caught by the girls, who force him to take part in their activities.

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Spacecase
18th December 1996

Episode 31

To prevent himself from being taken away by aliens for experimentation, Dexter tricks Dee Dee into going instead, but he regrets his decision after realizing how much he cares for her.

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The Justice Friends: Ratman
18th December 1996

Episode 32

To fix their apartment's plumbing, Krunk and Valhallen go to the basement, where they meet Ratman, a diminutive vigilante raised by rats (a parody of Batman).

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Dexter's Debt
18th December 1996

Episode 33

Dexter's lab is threatened with repossession unless he can repay his debt to NASA. When Dee Dee wins the same amount in a lottery, he decides to steal her money out of desperation.

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The Justice Friends: Bee Where?
25th December 1996

Episode 34

Major Glory, Krunk, and Valhallen try to rid their apartment of a bee.

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Mandarker
25th December 1996

Episode 35

Following the destruction of his lab by Dexter and Dee Dee (in the episode Dexter's Rival), Mandark turns to magic to beat Dexter at the science fair.

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Inflata Dee Dee
1st January 1997

Episode 36

Dee Dee inflates Dexter's hydro-plasmatic suit and constantly floats in the air, prompting Dexter to bring her down.

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The Justice Friends: Can't Nap
1st January 1997

Episode 37

After fellow Justice Friend White Tiger helps Valhallen stop a super-villain, the latter invites him to spend the night in his apartment, forgetting that Major Glory is allergic to cats.

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Monstory
1st January 1997

Episode 38

Not interested in hearing Dee Dee's long-winded story, Dexter gives her a silencing formula to keep her quiet, but it instead turns her into a giant monster still bent on telling her story. When he realizes that nothing can make her quiet, he becomes a giant monster himself.