Dexter's Laboratory Dexter's Laboratory

Animation · 1996 · 22 min iTunes
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Meet Dexter, half Einstein and half third-grader. This boy genius creates awesome inventions in a space-age lab attached to his room, but no genius is without trouble! Dexter's space-brained sister, Dee Dee, is always messing up his work, and his dorky rival, Mandark, is constantly trying to one-up him. Time to fight fire with — science!

Animation · 1996 · 22 min
Starring Christine Cavanaugh , Jeff Bennett , Kath Soucie
Director Genndy Tartakovsky , Chris Savino

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1

    Deedeemensional / Magmanamus / Maternal Combat

    "Dee Deemensional":  Dexter sends Dee Dee back in time to save him from attack when he releases an inter-dimensional monster. But the Dexter of the past doesn't believe Dee Dee until it's too late and, once again, he must send Dee Dee back in time to save him. / "Magnanamus": The noise of the earth's surface dwellers awakens a giant lava creature, Magnanamus. Seeking some quiet and a little shut-eye, the lava beast starts a destructive rampage. Monkey must defend the city in a fiery, ground shaking battle with the molten monster. / "Maternal Combat":  Mom is sick so Dexter builds a Mom-Droid to take care of motherly things a little boy needs. When Dee Dee snatches away the control and makes havoc, Dexter builds a super Mom-Droid to fight Dee Dee's rouge Mom-Droid.

    20 min · Jun 2, 2012
  • EPISODE 2

    Dexter Dodgeball / Rasslor / Dexter's Assistant

    "Dexter Dodgeball":  After repeated pummeling in the Gym class dodgeball game, Dexter arrives for class ready for action encased in an Armored Cyber-Sonic Exo-Jock Jumpsuit. / "Rasslor": The Interlactic Wrestling Champion, Rasslor, challenges all of Earth's heroes to a competition with the fate of the Earth as a grand prize. After all the other heroes get pinned, it is Monkey's spirit, will and wrestling technique that must save the Earth. / "Dexter's Assistant":  Dexter gives Dee Dee a smarter brain so she can be his assistant on a secret, science fair project. But after genius Dee Dee questions Dexter's calculations, she decides to create a project of her own.

    7 min · Jun 9, 2012
  • EPISODE 3

    Dexter's Rival / Simion / Old Man Dexter

    "Dexter's Rival":  The new kid in school, Mandark, steals Dexter's spotlight and his ego when he finds Mandark has a bigger and better Laboratory. Dexter regains his status when he helps Mandark invite Dee Dee, the most destructive force known to any Laboratory, over for a date. / "Simion": Seeking revenge on Mankind, a super-transformed space chimp, Simion attempts to get Monkey to help him destroy the Human Race. Monkey finds a common bond with Simion and is able to stop the evil plan by reminding him of the good-life of being a simple chimp. / "Old Man Dexter":  Dexter, tired of not being old enough to stay up for the late movie on TV, uses his Excellerager to make himself older. When Dee Dee messes up the mechanics and Dexter turns into an old man, Old Man Dexter is far too tired to stay up for the movie.

    20 min · Jun 16, 2012
  • EPISODE 4

    Double Trouble / Barbequor / Changes

    "Double Trouble":  Dexter and his cloning machine overheat when Dee Dee and her friends clone and re-clone themselves for Laboratory fun-time. / "Dexter's Lab": A Story" When Dexter takes in a lost Labrador Retriever, he decides to enable the dog to talk. This backfires when it turns out that the dog has very little of interest to say. / "Changes":  A young genius, Dexter, invents a device which can change a person into any animal. Trouble starts when his pesky sister Dee Dee wants to try it out. This was the first Dexter short ever created.

    22 min · Jul 4, 2012
  • EPISODE 5

    Jurassic Pooch / Organ Grindor / Dimwit Dexter

    "Jurassic Pooch" After regenerating a Tyrannosaurus Rex using some puppy-dog DNA, Dexter must recapture the dinosaur-doggie beast when Dee Dee decides to take it for a walk in the park. / "Orgon Grindor": Under the spell of Orgon Grindor's musical hurdy-gurdy, Monkey is hypnotized to do evil. Agent Honey Dew must snap Monkey from the spell so they can thwart Orgon Grindor's thieving plans. / "Dimwit Dexter":  When Dexter's brain shuts down from the stress of a difficult equation, Dee Dee and the neighborhood kids have fun watching the uninhibited, goofy Dexter lose his mind.

    21 min · May 26, 1996
  • EPISODE 6

    Dee Dee's Room; Huntor; The Big Sister

    Dexter dawns his Anti-Cootie suit to search Dee Dee's room. The self-proclaimed ultimate cosmic hunter, Huntor is out for the ultimate prey, Monkey. Dexter's experimental cookies make his sister, Dee Dee, 100 feet tall.

    20 min · Jul 11, 2012

Box Set

  • Dexter's Laboratory: The Complete Series

Related

Cast & Crew

  • Christine Cavanaugh

    Dexter
  • Jeff Bennett

    Dad
  • Kath Soucie

    Mom
  • Tom Kenny

    Valhallen
  • Frank Welker

    Monkey
  • K‌C

    Kathryn Cressida

    Dee Dee
  • Rob Paulsen

    Major Glory
  • Genndy Tartakovsky

    Director
  • C‌S

    Chris Savino

    Director
  • Craig McCracken

    Director
  • R‌R

    Rob Renzetti

    Director

About

Dexter's Laboratory

Animation

Meet Dexter, half Einstein and half third-grader. This boy genius creates awesome inventions in a space-age lab attached to his room, but no genius is without trouble! Dexter's space-brained sister, Dee Dee, is always messing up his work, and his dorky rival, Mandark, is constantly trying to one-up him. Time to fight fire with — science!

Information

Studio
Cartoon Network
Released
1996
Rated
G
Region of Origin
United States
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