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Dexter's Laboratory

Dexter's Laboratory

"He skips grades. She just skips"

7.7(877 votes)
4 Seasons
220 Episodes
April 28, 1996
AnimationComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

Overview

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.

Status

Ended

Created By

Genndy Tartakovsky

Network

Cartoon Network

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Season 1

April 28, 1996
Episodes

Episodes

DeeDeemensional
Episode 1
DeeDeemensional
April 28, 19967m7.0

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.

Dial M for Monkey: Magmanamus
Episode 2
Dial M for Monkey: Magmanamus
April 28, 19967m7.0

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

Maternal Combat
Episode 3
Maternal Combat
April 28, 19967m7.0

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.

Dexter Dodgeball
Episode 4
Dexter Dodgeball
May 5, 19967m7.0

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

Dial M for Monkey: Rasslor
Episode 5
Dial M for Monkey: Rasslor
May 5, 19967m7.0

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

Dexter's Assistant
Episode 6
Dexter's Assistant
May 5, 19967m7.0

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.

Dexter's Rival
Episode 7
Dexter's Rival
May 12, 19967m7.0

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.

Dial M for Monkey: Simion
Episode 8
Dial M for Monkey: Simion
May 12, 19967m7.0

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

Old Man Dexter
Episode 9
Old Man Dexter
May 12, 19967m

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.

Double Trouble
Episode 10
Double Trouble
May 19, 19967m7.0

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.

Dial M for Monkey: Barbequor
Episode 11
Dial M for Monkey: Barbequor
May 19, 19967m7.0

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

Changes
Episode 12
Changes
May 19, 19967m

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

Jurassic Pooch
Episode 13
Jurassic Pooch
May 26, 19967m7.0

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

Dial M For Monkey: Orgon Grindor
Episode 14
Dial M For Monkey: Orgon Grindor
May 26, 19967m7.0

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

Dimwit Dexter
Episode 15
Dimwit Dexter
May 26, 19967m

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

Dee Dee's Room
Episode 16
Dee Dee's Room
June 2, 19967m7.0

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

Dial M For Monkey: Huntor
Episode 17
Dial M For Monkey: Huntor
June 2, 19967m7.0

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

The Big Sister
Episode 18
The Big Sister
June 2, 19967m

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

Star Spangled Sidekicks
Episode 19
Star Spangled Sidekicks
November 20, 19967m7.0

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.

The Justice Friends: TV Super Pals
Episode 20
The Justice Friends: TV Super Pals
November 20, 19967m7.0

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.

Game Over
Episode 21
Game Over
November 20, 19967m7.0

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.

Babysitter Blues
Episode 22
Babysitter Blues
November 27, 19967m7.0

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.

The Justice Friends: Valhallen's Room
Episode 23
The Justice Friends: Valhallen's Room
November 27, 19967m7.0

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

Dream Machine
Episode 24
Dream Machine
November 27, 19967m7.0

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.

Dollhouse Drama
Episode 25
Dollhouse Drama
December 4, 19967m7.0

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.

The Justice Friends: Krunk's Date
Episode 26
The Justice Friends: Krunk's Date
December 4, 19967m7.0

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

The Big Cheese
Episode 27
The Big Cheese
December 4, 19967m7.0

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".

Way of the Dee Dee
Episode 28
Way of the Dee Dee
December 11, 19967m7.0

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

The Justice Friends: Say Uncle Sam
Episode 29
The Justice Friends: Say Uncle Sam
December 11, 19967m7.0

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

Tribe Called Girl
Episode 30
Tribe Called Girl
December 11, 19967m7.0

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.

Spacecase
Episode 31
Spacecase
December 18, 19967m7.0

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.

The Justice Friends: Ratman
Episode 32
The Justice Friends: Ratman
December 18, 19967m7.0

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).

Dexter's Debt
Episode 33
Dexter's Debt
December 18, 19967m7.0

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.

The Justice Friends: Bee Where?
Episode 34
The Justice Friends: Bee Where?
December 25, 19967m7.0

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

Mandarker
Episode 35
Mandarker
December 25, 19967m7.0

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.

Inflata Dee Dee
Episode 36
Inflata Dee Dee
January 1, 19977m7.0

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

The Justice Friends: Can't Nap
Episode 37
The Justice Friends: Can't Nap
January 1, 19977m7.0

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.

Monstory
Episode 38
Monstory
January 1, 19977m7.0

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.

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Top Cast

Candi Milo

Candi Milo

Dexter (voice)

Kat Cressida

Kat Cressida

Dee Dee (voice)

Jeff Bennett

Jeff Bennett

Dad (voice)

Kath Soucie

Kath Soucie

Mom (voice)

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