'' Dexter's Laboratory'' is an American animated television series created by

Genndy Tartakovsky Gennady Borisovich Tartakovsky (russian: Геннадий Борисович Тартаковский, born ), commonly known as Tartakovsky (), is a Russian-American animator, director, producer, screenwriter, voice actor, storyboard artist, ...

for Cartoon Network. Initially debuting on February 26, 1995, as a seven-minute ''

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'' pilot, it was expanded into a full series after gaining network approval. The first season, which consists of 13 episodes divided into three segments each, premiered on

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on April 27, 1996, and TBS and Cartoon Network the following day. A second season that consists of 39 episodes premiered in 1997. In this season, Allison Moore, the voice actor for Dee Dee during the first season, was replaced by

Kat Cressida Kat Cressida () is an American actress whose credits include voicing the character Dee Dee on the animated television series '' Dexter's Laboratory'', as well as playing the Bride in The Haunted Mansion at the Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney Wo ...

, save for a few episodes. "Last But Not Beast", the second-season finale, was originally supposed to conclude the series in 1998. However, Tartakovsky directed a television movie titled '' Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip'' which aired on Cartoon Network on December 10, 1999. He left the series after the movie, focusing on his other projects, ''

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'' and '' Star Wars: Clone Wars''. Production on a third season began in 2000 with

Chris Savino Christopher Mason Savino (born October 2, 1971) is an American writer, comic book artist, and former animator. He is well-known as the creator of the animated series '' The Loud House''. Savino has also worked on ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', ''Dext ...

taking over as creative director and later producer. The third season premiered worldwide on November 18, 2001, during Cartoon Network's "Dexter Goes Global" marathon. The third-season episode "Poppa Wheely/A Mom Cartoon/The Mock Side of the Moon" is the first to feature Christine Cavanaugh's replacement

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as the voice of Dexter. Milo would voice the character from the next episode onward, with the exception of "Tele Trauma". A fourth and final season consisting of 13 episodes aired from November 22, 2002, to November 20, 2003. In total, there are 78 episodes and a television movie across 4 seasons. A previously unaired episode called " Rude Removal" was originally shown only at certain comic conventions that Tartakovsky attended beginning in 1998. The segment, originally produced for season two, was released online by

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on January 22, 2013.

Series overview

Episodes

Pilots (1995–96)

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Season 1 (1996–97)

Season 2 (1997–98)

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to counter Dexter and his lab monkey, Monkey. Unbeknownst to Mandark, Ducky is the alter ego of supervillain Quackor the Fowl. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=14c , EpisodeNumber2=1c , Title=Ant Pants , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Jason Butler Rote , Aux2=

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, WrittenBy=Jason Butler Rote , Aux2= Andrew Bialk & Paul Rudish , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 7, 23 , ProdCode=201a (34-5417) , ShortSummary=In a parody of ''

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'', Dexter accidentally swaps his brain with a mouse's and must avoid his mother when she attacks him. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=15b , EpisodeNumber2=2b , Title=Chubby Cheese , DirectedBy=

Rob Renzetti Robert John Renzetti is an American animator and author. Renzetti is known for creating '' My Life as a Teenage Robot'' and the '' Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' series '' Mina and the Count'' for Nickelodeon, directing ''Dexter's Laboratory'', ''The Powerp ...

, WrittenBy=Jason Butler Rote , Aux2=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 7, 23 , ProdCode=201b (34-5403) , ShortSummary=While at a pizza restaurant, Dexter slows down the "Whack the Weasel" machine to win a stuffed Monkey doll before Dee Dee does. Security captures him for tampering with the machine, and he falls into the hands of a mad scientist. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=15c , EpisodeNumber2=2c , Title=That Crazy Robot , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti , WrittenBy=Jason Butler Rote , Aux2=Andy Bialk , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 7, 23 , ProdCode=201c (34-5409) , ShortSummary=When Dee Dee frees one of Dexter's deactivated robots, it tries to destroy anyone who is mean to Dee Dee, including her friends, her mother, and Dexter. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=16a , EpisodeNumber2=3a , Title=D & DD{{efn, Also known as "Siblings and Sorcery". , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Jason Butler Rote , Aux2=Paul Rudish , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 7, 30 , ProdCode=203a (34-5405) , ShortSummary=After becoming tired of his complicated traps and cheating while playing a tabletop role-playing game, Dexter's friends put Dee Dee in Dexter's place. She changes the style of play, which annoys Dexter but impresses his friends. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=16b , EpisodeNumber2=3b , Title=Hamhocks and Armlocks , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Jason Butler Rote , Aux2=

Craig McCracken Craig McCracken (born March 31, 1971) is an American animator, writer, producer, director, storyboard artist, and designer known for creating the Cartoon Network's ''The Powerpuff Girls'' and '' Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'', Disney Chann ...

, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 7, 30 , ProdCode=203b (34-5416) , ShortSummary=When Dexter sees Dad being challenged to an

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match by a man named Earl at a

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, Dexter attaches a

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to Dad to enable him to win. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=17a , EpisodeNumber2=4a , Title=Hunger Strikes , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Ace Conrad , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 8, 06 , ProdCode=205a (34-5420) , ShortSummary=After his parents deny him dessert for not eating his vegetables, Dexter uses

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to enable himself to like vegetables, but a severe

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turns him into an Incredible Hulk-like character if he goes too long without them. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=17b , EpisodeNumber2=4b , Title=The Koos Is Loose , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 8, 06 , ProdCode=205b (34-5413) , ShortSummary=Dee Dee's

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) suddenly comes to life and starts irritating Dexter. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=17c , EpisodeNumber2=4c , Title=Morning Stretch , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Ace Conrad &
Genndy Tartakovsky , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 8, 06 , ProdCode=205c (34-5422) , ShortSummary=When Dexter oversleeps after staying up late in his lab, he awakes one minute before his school bus arrives. With no time to do his morning chores and homework, he pulls out a device that converts his last 30 seconds into 30 minutes. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=18a , EpisodeNumber2=5a , Title=Dee Dee Locks and the Ness Monster , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Paul Rudish , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 8, 13 , ProdCode=204a (34-5426) , ShortSummary=When Dexter's mother asks him to read a story to a sickly Dee Dee, Dee Dee becomes bored of Dexter's story and creates one of her own. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=18b , EpisodeNumber2=5b , Title=Backfire , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Nora Johnson , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 8, 13 , ProdCode=204b (34-5425) , ShortSummary=When Dexter uses anti-matter on the family car to shorten road trips, he accidentally fuses Dee Dee with the car. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=18c , EpisodeNumber2=5c , Title=Book 'Em , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2= Greg Miller &
Genndy Tartakovsky , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 8, 13 , ProdCode=204c (34-5423) , ShortSummary=When Dee Dee causes Dexter to mistakenly take home a library book without checking it out, they sneak into the library at night to return it. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=19a , EpisodeNumber2=6a , Title=Sister's Got a Brand New Bag , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=

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Genndy Tartakovsky , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 8, 20 , ProdCode=207a (34-5428) , ShortSummary=Dee Dee's new

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s annoy Dexter to no end. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=19b , EpisodeNumber2=6b , Title=Shoo, Shoe Gnomes , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Mike Stern , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 8, 20 , ProdCode=207b (34-5414) , ShortSummary=Dexter calls upon the "shoe gnomes" to repair his shoes, but he seeks out Dee Dee to rid himself of them afterwards. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=19c , EpisodeNumber2=6c , Title=Lab of the Lost , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=C. Miles Thompson
& Butch Hartman , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 8, 20 , ProdCode=207c (34-5402) , ShortSummary=Following a mishap in his lab, Dexter ends up in the old, long-abandoned part of the lab and discovers his early, neglected inventions. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=20a , EpisodeNumber2=7a , Title=Labels , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Kevin Kaliher , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 8, 27 , ProdCode=206a (34-5429) , ShortSummary=When Dee Dee claims that anything can be hers because Dexter "doesn't have his name on it", he invents a label-making gun. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=20b , EpisodeNumber2=7b , Title=Game Show , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Butch Hartman , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 8, 27 , ProdCode=206b (34-5412) , ShortSummary=Dexter and Dee Dee compete against each other on a

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into the toilet, they are haunted by its spirit. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=21b , EpisodeNumber2=8b , Title=Golden Diskette , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 9, 03 , ProdCode=211b (34-5412) , ShortSummary=Dee Dee wins a ''

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'', earning her a free trip to the laboratory of Professor Hawk, one of Dexter's favorite scientists. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=22a , EpisodeNumber2=9a , Title=Snowdown , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Craig McCracken , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 9, 10 , ProdCode=212a (34-5415) , ShortSummary=When Dexter falls victim to Dee Dee's snowballs, Dad teaches Dexter to be the snowball terror that Dad once was in his youth. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=22b , EpisodeNumber2=9b , Title=Figure Not Included , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Butch Hartman , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 9, 10 , ProdCode=212b (34-5411) , ShortSummary=Dexter makes his own Major Glory action figure to join the neighborhood's Major Glory gang. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=22c , EpisodeNumber2=9c , Title=Mock 5 , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Craig McCracken , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 9, 10 , ProdCode=212c (34-5407) , ShortSummary=Dexter participates in the "Annual Soapbox Derby down Volcano Mountain". While Dexter parodies ''

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'' and Dad parodies Pops Racer, Monkey parodies Chim-Chim and Dee Dee parodies both Racer-X and Spritle. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=23a , EpisodeNumber2=10a , Title=Ewww That's Growth , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Mike Stern , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 9, 17 , ProdCode=208a (34-5427) , ShortSummary=Unable to ride in a roller coaster due to his height, Dexter invents a device to make himself taller. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=23b , EpisodeNumber2=10b , Title=Nuclear Confusion , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Butch Hartman , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 9, 17 , ProdCode=208b (34-5421) , ShortSummary=When Dee Dee hides the core of Dexter's

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Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Ace Conrad &
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, Dexter avoids contracting the illness, but his efforts are thwarted by a sickly Dee Dee. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=24a , EpisodeNumber2=11a , Title=A Hard Day's Day , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Craig McCracken , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 9, 24 , ProdCode=210a (34-5430) , ShortSummary=Dexter struggles to understand why he is having a bad day, and Dee Dee inspires him with

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. He must rescue Dee Dee (dressed as a

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), when she is captured by manic pirates. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=25a , EpisodeNumber2=12a , Title=The Bus Boy , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2= Don Shank , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 01 , ProdCode=209a (34-5442) , ShortSummary=After Dexter's pencil rolls to the back of the school bus, he goes to retrieve it, but legend says that no one has ever returned from the back of the bus. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=25b , EpisodeNumber2=12b , Title=The Justice Friends: Things That Go Bonk in the Night , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Craig McCracken , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 01 , ProdCode=209b (34-5435) , ShortSummary=Krunk stays up watching a 24-hour marathon of ''TV Puppet Pals'', and dreams of becoming part of the show. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=25c , EpisodeNumber2=12c , Title=Ol' McDexter , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Mike Stern , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 01 , ProdCode=209c (34-5438) , ShortSummary=Dexter is disappointed when he ends up at an

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farm instead of a high-tech farm for

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during a camping trip, but Dexter is determined to capture it. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=26b , EpisodeNumber2=13b , Title=Photo Finish , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Don Shank , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 08 , ProdCode=213b (34-5433) , ShortSummary=When Dee Dee takes photographs of his lab, Dexter goes on an adventure to retrieve the photos before his parents see them. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=27a , EpisodeNumber2=14a , Title=Star Check Unconventional , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Paul Rudish , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 15 , ProdCode=215a (34-5432) , ShortSummary=When Dexter and his friends go looking for a " Star Check" convention, they accidentally end up at a " Darbie" doll convention. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=27b , EpisodeNumber2=14b , Title=Dexter Is Dirty , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Greg Emison &
Genndy Tartakovsky , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 15 , ProdCode=215b (34-5447) , ShortSummary=When Dexter is tired of bathing, he

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himself to stay clean. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=27c , EpisodeNumber2=14c , Title=Ice Cream Scream , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Kevin Kaliher , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 15 , ProdCode=215c (34-5449) , ShortSummary=When Dexter cannot get the ice cream truck to stop for him, he creates a series of obstacles to do so. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=28a , EpisodeNumber2=15a , Title=Decode of Honor , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Craig McCracken , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 22 , ProdCode=214a (34-5437) , ShortSummary=Dexter and Dee Dee's secret decoder rings hold the keys to joining the Action Hank and Pony Puff fan clubs respectively, but they receive a strange list in order to do so. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=28b , EpisodeNumber2=15b , Title=World's Greatest Mom , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Andy Bialk , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 22 , ProdCode=214b (34-5443) , ShortSummary=When Dexter accidentally hits his mother with a ray of energy, she gains superpowers. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=28c , EpisodeNumber2=15c , Title=Ultrajerk 2000 , DirectedBy=John McIntyre , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Daniel Krall , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 22 , ProdCode=214c (34-5445) , ShortSummary=When Dexter creates a robot to assist him, the robot starts controlling his lab and tries to destroy Dexter. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=29a , EpisodeNumber2=16a , Title=Techno Turtle , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti , WrittenBy=Jeffrey Delman, Laura Glendinning & Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Rob Renzetti , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 29 , ProdCode=216a (34-5441) , ShortSummary=When Dee Dee befriends a turtle that gets severely injured, Dexter not only heals it, but gives it superpowers. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=29b , EpisodeNumber2=16b , Title=Surprise! , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez , WrittenBy=Jeffrey Delman, Laura Glendinning & Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Andy Bialk , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 29 , ProdCode=216b (34-5451) , ShortSummary=On his birthday, Dexter makes himself invisible to learn whether his parents bought the Major Glory action figure he always wanted. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=29c , EpisodeNumber2=16c , Title=Got Your Goat , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Jeffrey Delman, Laura Glendinning & Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Nora Johnson , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 29 , ProdCode=216c (34-5444) , ShortSummary=Dexter and Dee Dee go to

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sout ...

to catch the legendary

chupacabra The chupacabra or chupacabras (, literally 'goat-sucker'; from es, chupar, 'to suck', and , 'goats') is a legendary creature in the folklore of parts of the Americas, with its first purported sightings reported in Puerto Rico in 1995. The na ...

, which Dexter believes is an escaped lab experiment. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=30a , EpisodeNumber2=17a , Title=Dee Dee Be Deep , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=

, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 11, 05 , ProdCode=218a (34-5454) , ShortSummary=When Dexter is tired of Dee Dee's bad singing, he inadvertently transforms her voice into a baritone ( Kevin Michael Richardson). , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=30b , EpisodeNumber2=17b , Title=911 , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Ace Conrad &
Genndy Tartakovsky , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 11, 05 , ProdCode=218b (34-5446) , ShortSummary=When his television show is interrupted by the

Emergency Broadcast System The Emergency Broadcast System (EBS), sometimes called the Emergency Broadcasting System or the Emergency Action Notification System (EANS), was an emergency warning system used in the United States. It replaced the previous CONELRAD system an ...

, Dexter sets about fixing any nearby emergencies to make the signal go away. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=30c , EpisodeNumber2=17c , Title=Down in the Dumps , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Kevin Kaliher , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 11, 05 , ProdCode=218c (34-5456) , ShortSummary=In a fit of rage, Dexter dumps Dee Dee's favorite

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into the garbage. A traumatized Dee Dee begins to behave oddly, prompting Dexter to go to the garbage dump and get it back. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=31a , EpisodeNumber2=18a , Title=Unfortunate Cookie , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Kevin Kaliher , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 11, 12 , ProdCode=217a (34-5440) , ShortSummary=Dexter and Dee Dee must travel to Chinatown to get their fingers unstuck from a

Chinese finger trap A Chinese finger trap (also known as a Chinese finger puzzle, Chinese thumb cuff, Chinese handcuffs, and similar variants) is a gag toy used to play a practical joke on unsuspecting children and adults. The finger trap is a simple puzzle that ...

. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=31b , EpisodeNumber2=18b , Title=The Muffin King , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Mike Stern , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 11, 12 , ProdCode=217b (34-5450) , ShortSummary=Dexter and Dee Dee protect their mother's freshly baked muffins from their muffin-loving father while she is out shopping. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=32a , EpisodeNumber2=19a , Title=Picture Day , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 11, 19 , ProdCode=219a (34-5455) , ShortSummary=Upset that Dee Dee is more photogenic than him, Dexter transforms his face into a handsome one for his next Picture Day. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=32b , EpisodeNumber2=19b , Title=Now That's a Stretch , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Nora Johnson , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 11, 19 , ProdCode=219b (34-5453) , ShortSummary=When Dexter cannot reach anything in his lab, he makes himself more flexible by combining himself with

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. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=32c , EpisodeNumber2=19c , Title=Dexter Detention , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti , WrittenBy= , Aux2=David Smith &
Christopher Battle , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 11, 19 , ProdCode=219c (34-5431) , ShortSummary=Dexter is given detention after accidentally shouting out the answer to a test question. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=33a , EpisodeNumber2=20a , Title=Don't Be a Baby , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Mike Stern , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 11, 26 , ProdCode=221a (34-5457) , ShortSummary=While trying to make himself and Dee Dee older to see an R-rated movie, Dexter accidentally makes everybody else

babies An infant or baby is the very young offspring of human beings. ''Infant'' (from the Latin word ''infans'', meaning 'unable to speak' or 'speechless') is a formal or specialised synonym for the common term ''baby''. The terms may also be used to ...

instead. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=33b , EpisodeNumber2=20b , Title=Dial M for Monkey: Peltra , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Paul Rudish , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 11, 26 , ProdCode=221b (34-5458) , ShortSummary=Peltra wants to turn Monkey into a

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. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=33c , EpisodeNumber2=20c , Title=G.I.R.L. Squad , DirectedBy= Rumen Petkov , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Andy Bialk , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 11, 26 , ProdCode=221c (34-5459) , ShortSummary=After a crime prevention talk at school, Dee Dee, Lee Lee, and Mee Mee become crime fighters, protecting the neighborhood from a mysterious stranger. , LineColor =CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=34a , EpisodeNumber2=21a , Title=Sports a Poppin' , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Douglas McCarthy &
Genndy Tartakovsky , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 12, 03 , ProdCode=222a (34-5463) , ShortSummary=When Dad tries to teach his son sports, he realizes that Dexter is not athletic. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=34b , EpisodeNumber2=21b , Title=Koosalagoopagoop , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 12, 03 , ProdCode=222b (34-5462) , ShortSummary=Dee Dee enters the land of her imaginary friend Koosalagoopagoop. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=34c , EpisodeNumber2=21c , Title=Project Dee Dee , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Chris Savino , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 12, 03 , ProdCode=222c (34-5460) , ShortSummary=When Dexter learns that Dee Dee is making a science project alone, he decides to help, but she does not want his help. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=35a , EpisodeNumber2=22a , Title=Topped Off , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Chris Savino , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 1, 14 , ProdCode=220a (34-5465) , ShortSummary=Dexter and Dee Dee experiment with

coffee Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It is the most popular hot drink in the world. Seeds of ...

after seeing how it energizes their parents in the morning. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=35b , EpisodeNumber2=22b , Title=Dee Dee's Tail , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Kevin Kaliher , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 1, 14 , ProdCode=220b (34-5464) , ShortSummary=After she expresses her desire to become a Pony Puff Princess, Dexter transforms Dee Dee into a

horse The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million yea ...

. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=35c , EpisodeNumber2=22c , Title=No Power Trip , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Christopher Battle , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 1, 14 , ProdCode=220c (34-5466) , ShortSummary=Despite his computer's warnings, Dexter consumes too much

power Power most often refers to: * Power (physics), meaning "rate of doing work" ** Engine power, the power put out by an engine ** Electric power * Power (social and political), the ability to influence people or events ** Abusive power Power may a ...

during experiments, causing his lab to shut down. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=36a , EpisodeNumber2=23a , Title=Sister Mom , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Paul Harrison , Aux2=Craig McCracken , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 1, 21 , ProdCode=227a (34-5461) , ShortSummary=When Dexter is asked to bring his mother to school, he disguises Dee Dee in her place. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=36b , EpisodeNumber2=23b , Title=The Laughing , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Paul Harrison , Aux2=Bryan Maille &
Genndy Tartakovsky , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 1, 21 , ProdCode=227b (34-5452) , ShortSummary=After Dexter is bitten by a clown's

dentures Dentures (also known as false teeth) are prosthetic devices constructed to replace missing teeth, and are supported by the surrounding soft and hard tissues of the oral cavity. Conventional dentures are removable ( removable partial denture o ...

, he turns into a mad clown nightly, terrorizing the town with his mayhem. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=37a , EpisodeNumber2=24a , Title=Dexter's Lab: A Story , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Sami Rank & Michael Ryan , Aux2=Paul Rudish , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 1, 28 , ProdCode=224a (34-5467) , ShortSummary=After Dexter finds a lost Labrador Retriever, he teaches the dog to speak English. This episode was later used in reruns with both Season 1 episodes Double Trouble and Changes due to the controversy with the Dial M for Monkey episode Barbequor. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=37b , EpisodeNumber2=24b , Title=Coupon for Craziness , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov , WrittenBy=Sami Rank & Michael Ryan , Aux2=Chris Savino , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 1, 28 , ProdCode=224b (34-5476) , ShortSummary=Dexter finds a hyperactive boy who is like Dee Dee and has scientist parents who are like Dexter. Sensing an opportunity to fit in, he switches places with the boy. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=37c , EpisodeNumber2=24c , Title=Better Off Wet , DirectedBy= John McIntyre , WrittenBy=Sami Rank & Michael Ryan , Aux2=Andy Bialk , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 1, 28 , ProdCode=224c (34-5468) , ShortSummary=Dexter, who cannot swim and is afraid of water, avoids being pushed into the family's new swimming pool by Dad. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=38a , EpisodeNumber2=25a , Title=Critical Gas , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov , WrittenBy=Michael Ryan , Aux2=Mike Stern , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 2, 04 , ProdCode=226a (34-5474) , ShortSummary=Dexter suffers severe stomach pains after eating a giant

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. Following an experiment with a balloon, he assumes that he has only 30 minutes to live. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=38b , EpisodeNumber2=25b , Title=Let's Save the World You Jerk! , DirectedBy=John McIntyre , WrittenBy=Michael Ryan , Aux2=Kevin Kaliher , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 2, 04 , ProdCode=226b (34-5473) , ShortSummary=Dexter and Mandark team up to fight

meteoroid A meteoroid () is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space. Meteoroids are defined as objects significantly smaller than asteroids, ranging in size from grains to objects up to a meter wide. Objects smaller than this are classified as mi ...

s that are hurdling towards the Earth. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=38c , EpisodeNumber2=25c , Title=Average Joe , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov , WrittenBy=Michael Ryan , Aux2=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 2, 04 , ProdCode=226c (34-5470) , ShortSummary=When an

intelligence test An intelligence quotient (IQ) is a total score derived from a set of standardized tests or subtests designed to assess human intelligence. The abbreviation "IQ" was coined by the psychologist William Stern for the German term ''Intelligenzqu ...

mistakenly grades Dexter as "average", he shuts down his lab and tries to live like a normal child. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=39a , EpisodeNumber2=26a , Title=Rushmore Rumble , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= Seth MacFarlane , Aux2=Genndy Tartakovsky , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 2, 11 , ProdCode=223a (34-5472) , ShortSummary=Dexter and Mandark bring the

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and

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faces respectively on

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to life and make them fight each other. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=39b , EpisodeNumber2=26b , Title=A Boy and His Bug , DirectedBy=John McIntyre , WrittenBy=Seth MacFarlane , Aux2=Genndy Tartakovsky , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 2, 11 , ProdCode=223b (34-5471) , ShortSummary=When Dexter neglects his metal-eating pet bug, it begins eating his lab. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=39c , EpisodeNumber2=26c , Title=You Vegetabelieve It! , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov , WrittenBy=Seth MacFarlane , Aux2=

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, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 2, 11 , ProdCode=223c (34-5475) , ShortSummary=When Dee Dee uses Dexter's growth formula on the plants in the garden, the plants grow into enormous man-eating monsters. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=40a , EpisodeNumber2=27a , Title=Aye Aye Eyes , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Craig McCracken , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 2, 18 , ProdCode=225a (34-5448) , ShortSummary=A little girl with big eyes falls in love with Dexter and follows him after he returns a toy she dropped earlier, much to his chagrin. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=40b , EpisodeNumber2=27b , Title=Dee Dee and the Man , DirectedBy=John McIntyre &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Craig McCracken , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 2, 18 , ProdCode=225b (34-5479) , ShortSummary=Dexter "fires" Dee Dee, only to realize that the chaos she causes has been helping him concentrate. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=41a , EpisodeNumber2=28a , Title=Old Flame , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Michael Ryan , Aux2=Paul Rudish , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 2, 25 , ProdCode=229a (34-5480) , ShortSummary=When Dexter brings the

caveman The caveman is a stock character representative of primitive humans in the Paleolithic. The popularization of the type dates to the early 20th century, when Neanderthals were influentially described as "simian" or " ape-like" by Marcellin Bo ...

who first discovered fire back from the past, the caveman acts like Dee Dee and starts smashing the lab. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=41b , EpisodeNumber2=28b , Title=Don't Be a Hero , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov , WrittenBy=Michael Ryan , Aux2=Mike Stern , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 2, 25 , ProdCode=229b (34-5483) , ShortSummary=Dexter turns himself into a superhero, but he gives up after every power he tries backfires. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=41c , EpisodeNumber2=28c , Title=My Favorite Martian , DirectedBy=John McIntyre , WrittenBy=Michael Ryan , Aux2=Andy Bialk , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 2, 25 , ProdCode=229c (34-5477) , ShortSummary=Dexter travels to

Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Roman god of war. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin at ...

to find intelligent life, unaware that Dee Dee has stowed away in his

space capsule A space capsule is an often-crewed spacecraft that uses a blunt-body reentry capsule to reenter the Earth's atmosphere without wings. Capsules are distinguished from other satellites primarily by the ability to survive reentry and return a payl ...

. After Dee Dee gets covered in red dirt, Dexter mistakes her for a real-life Martian. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=42a , EpisodeNumber2=29a , Title=Paper Route Bout , DirectedBy=John McIntyre , WrittenBy=Michael Ryan , Aux2=Daniel Krall , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 3, 04 , ProdCode=230a (34-5485) , ShortSummary=Dad trains Dee Dee to fight a gang of bicycle-riding rogues dressed as

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s who target her paper route each morning. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=42b , EpisodeNumber2=29b , Title=The Old Switcharooms , DirectedBy=John McIntyre , WrittenBy=Michael Ryan , Aux2=Kevin Kaliher , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 3, 04 , ProdCode=230b (34-5485) , ShortSummary=For accidentally destroying Dad's brand new bowling trophy, Dexter and Dee Dee are forced to spend some time in each other's rooms; Dexter becomes paranoid that Dee Dee is destroying his lab. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=42c , EpisodeNumber2=29c , Title=Trick or Treehouse , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov , WrittenBy=Michael Ryan , Aux2=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 3, 04 , ProdCode=230c (34-5478) , ShortSummary=Dee Dee builds a

tree house A tree house, tree fort or treeshed is a platform or building constructed around, next to or among the trunk or branches of one or more mature trees while above ground level. Tree houses can be used for recreation, work space, habitation, a hang ...

and allows everyone inside except Dexter, in revenge for the times he kicked her out of his lab. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=43a , EpisodeNumber2=30a , Title=Quiet Riot , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Michael Ryan , Aux2=Chris Savino , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 3, 11 , ProdCode=231a (34-5489) , ShortSummary=After working all night to create his latest invention, Dexter tries to sleep, but he is constantly interrupted by Dee Dee. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=43b , EpisodeNumber2=30b , Title=Accent You Hate , DirectedBy=John McIntyre , WrittenBy=Michael Ryan , Aux2=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 3, 11 , ProdCode=231b (34-5486) , ShortSummary=Dexter and his friends are targeted at school by a bully for their multicultural accents. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=43c , EpisodeNumber2=30c , Title=Catch of the Day , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov , WrittenBy=Michael Ryan , Aux2=Bob Staake , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 3, 11 , ProdCode=231c (34-5487) , ShortSummary=Dexter and Dad try to get to Dad's fishing spot before sunrise to start fishing before others arrive. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=44a , EpisodeNumber2=31a , Title=Dad Is Disturbed , DirectedBy=John McIntyre , WrittenBy= , Aux2=John McIntyre , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 3, 18 , ProdCode=232a (34-5494) , ShortSummary=Dad tries to watch a golf tournament, but is constantly interrupted by his wife, Dexter, and Dee Dee. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=44b , EpisodeNumber2=31b , Title=Framed , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Kevin Kaliher , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 3, 18 , ProdCode=232b (34-5493) , ShortSummary=When Dexter's glasses break, he creates a new

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(wearing glasses with cracked lenses) and becomes extremely popular at his school. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=44c , EpisodeNumber2=31c , Title=That's Using Your Head , DirectedBy=John McIntyre , WrittenBy= , Aux2= Clayton McKenzie Morrow , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 3, 18 , ProdCode=232c (34-5488) , ShortSummary=Dexter thinks that a crazy homeless person balancing electronic devices on his head and muttering gibberish is a genius trying to contact aliens, so he takes him home. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=45a , EpisodeNumber2=32a , Title=DiM , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Michael Ryan , Aux2=Craig McCracken , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 3, 25 , ProdCode=233a (34-5501) , ShortSummary=In a mostly dialogue-free episode, Dexter makes a trip to the hardware store to buy a new light bulb for his lab. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=45b , EpisodeNumber2=32b , Title=Just an Old-Fashioned Lab Song... , DirectedBy=John McIntyre , WrittenBy=Michael Ryan , Aux2=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 3, 25 , ProdCode=233b (34-5497) , ShortSummary=Dexter reluctantly takes piano lessons from Professor Williams ( Paul Williams), but when the Professor stumbles onto Dexter's lab, he discovers that Dexter has more musical talent than he thought. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=45c , EpisodeNumber2=32c , Title=Repairanoid , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov , WrittenBy=Michael Ryan , Aux2=Greg Miller , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 3, 25 , ProdCode=233c (34-5498) , ShortSummary=When an electrician comes to Dexter's house to repair a blown-out fuse, he accidentally stumbles onto his laboratory, and Dexter enlists him to repair the lab. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=46a , EpisodeNumber2=33a , Title=Sdrawkcab , DirectedBy=John McIntyre , WrittenBy=Seth MacFarlane , Aux2=Clayton McKenzie Morrow , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 4, 01 , ProdCode=236a (34-5500) , ShortSummary=Dexter invents a belt whose wearer can do anything backwards, but mayhem occurs when Dee Dee gets hold of the belt's directional switch. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=46b , EpisodeNumber2=33b , Title=The Continuum of Cartoon Fools , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Seth MacFarlane , Aux2=Don Shank , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 4, 01 , ProdCode=236b (34-5499) , ShortSummary=Dexter tries to figure out how Dee Dee keeps entering his lab every time he kicks her out and seals the entrance. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=46c , EpisodeNumber2=33c , Title=Sun, Surf, and Science , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Seth MacFarlane , Aux2=Mike Stern , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 4, 01 , ProdCode=236c (34-5491) , ShortSummary=Mandark enters a surfing contest and tries to cheat his way to victory to win Dee Dee's heart from another surfer. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=47a , EpisodeNumber2=34a , Title=Big Bots , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Seth MacFarlane , Aux2=Craig McCracken , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 4, 08 , ProdCode=228a (34-5469) , ShortSummary=Dee Dee dares Dexter into building her a giant robot similar to his Robo-Dexo 2000. They then team up to try to save an

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's population from being destroyed by an erupting

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using their giant robots. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=47b , EpisodeNumber2=34b , Title=Gooey Aliens That Control Your Mind , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Seth MacFarlane , Aux2=Todd Frederiksen &
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sends Dexter to an alien prison, prompting Dee Dee to go on a mission to save Dexter. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=48a , EpisodeNumber2=35a , Title=Dee Dee's Rival , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Chris Savino , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 4, 15 , ProdCode=235a (34-5505) , ShortSummary=Mandark's sister Olga Astronomonov (a.k.a. Lalavava) tries to upstage Dee Dee at dance school. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=48b , EpisodeNumber2=35b , Title=Pslyghtly Psycho , DirectedBy=John McIntyre &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Daniel Krall , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 4, 15 , ProdCode=235b (34-5504) , ShortSummary=On

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, Dexter's mother has her gloves taken by the family so that she can relax and not do housework, but she is unable to adjust to a life where she cannot keep the house clean. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=48c , EpisodeNumber2=35c , Title=Game for a Game , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Greg Miller , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 4, 15 , ProdCode=235c (34-5509) , ShortSummary=After Dee Dee declares that she can beat Dexter in any game, Dexter challenges her to a series of games in his lab, though he prefers to win by cheating. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=49a , EpisodeNumber2=36a , Title=Blackfoot and Slim , DirectedBy=John McIntyre , WrittenBy=Seth MacFarlane , Aux2=Chris Savino , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 4, 22 , ProdCode=237a (34-5496) , ShortSummary=A

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team observes "Blackfoot" (Dexter) and "Slim" (Dee Dee) in their "natural habitat". , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=49b , EpisodeNumber2=36b , Title=Trapped with a Vengeance , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Seth MacFarlane , Aux2=Todd Frederiksen &
Genndy Tartakovsky , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 4, 22 , ProdCode=237b (34-5490) , ShortSummary=In a parody of

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, Dexter is trapped in his school by the

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in revenge for making him work late everyday. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=49c , EpisodeNumber2=36c , Title=The Parrot Trap , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov &
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, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 4, 22 , ProdCode=237c (34-5495) , ShortSummary=Dexter invents a robot

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that happily repeats self-congratulatory comments he makes, but when it starts repeating things about his lab and escapes, he sets out to destroy it before it tattles to his parents. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=50a , EpisodeNumber2=37a , Title=Dexter and Computress Get Mandark! , DirectedBy=John McIntyre , WrittenBy=Tyler Samuel Lee , Aux2=John McIntyre , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 4, 29 , ProdCode=234a (34-5508) , ShortSummary=Created and narrated by a six-and-a-half-year-old boy named Tyler Samuel Lee, who sent a tape containing the episode's audio to Cartoon Network, the story follows Dexter and Mandark's robot "brother" Computress teaming up to make Mandark's head shrink. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=50b , EpisodeNumber2=37b , Title=The Justice Friends: Pain in the Mouth , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Genndy Tartakovsky , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 4, 29 , ProdCode=234b (34-5503) , ShortSummary=When Krunk gets a

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stuck in his tooth, Major Glory decides to fix it by pulling the tooth out himself against Valhallen's admonition to take him to the dentist as they have the tools to take the chip out properly. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=50c , EpisodeNumber2=37c , Title=Dexter vs. Santa's Claws , DirectedBy=Rumen Petkov &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Kevin Kaliher , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 4, 29 , ProdCode=234c (34-5502) , ShortSummary=Dexter tries to prove to Dee Dee that Santa Claus is not real. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=51a , EpisodeNumber2=38a , Title=Dyno-Might , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Michael Ryan , Aux2=Paul Rudish , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 5, 06 , ProdCode=238a (34-5492) , ShortSummary=In this crossover with ''

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'', Blue Falcon (

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) comes to Dexter's house and asks him to rebuild an injured Dynomutt. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=51b , EpisodeNumber2=38b , Title=LABretto , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Michael Ryan , Aux2=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 5, 06 , ProdCode=238b (34-5507) , ShortSummary=Dexter's life story, from his birth to the creation of his secret laboratory, is retold as an

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. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=52 , EpisodeNumber2=39 , Title=Last But Not Beast , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Paul Rudish, Craig McCracken &
Genndy Tartakovsky , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1998, 6, 15 , ProdCode=239 (34-5506) , ShortSummary=During a trip to Japan as part of a student exchange program, Dexter accidentally releases a giant monster with an axe-like head from a volcano, forcing him to enlist the aid of his family, along with the cast of ''The Justice Friends'' and the cast of ''Dial M for Monkey'', to defeat it. , LineColor=CCCC52

"Rude Removal"

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TV movie (1999)

A television movie titled ''Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip'' premiered on Cartoon Network in 1999. It was the final televised ''Dexter's Laboratory'' media in which creator Genndy Tartakovsky was directly involved. ''Ego Trip'' was also the last project made by Cartoon Network Studios under ownership of Hanna-Barbera before the studio branched off as a separate facility when Hanna-Barbera was folded into

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, John McIntyre,

& Genndy Tartakovsky , Aux2=David Smith, Chris Savino,
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, access-date=2013-01-23 , ShortSummary=After Dexter battles an army of robots who enter his laboratory through his time machine, he travels forward in time in search of the moment when his older self will save the future. , LineColor=#030

Season 3 (2001–02)

Candi Milo replaces Christine Cavanaugh from taking the role of Dexter after the first 6 episodes, due to Season 2's dramatic conclusion. This was the first episode with the new character designs and UPA-influenced backgrounds. According to the end credits, the variation of Cartoon Network Studios with Dexter and Dee Dee with black background has been replaced by the white background. {{Episode table , background=52CC52 , overall= , season= , title= , director= , airdate= , aux2= , aux2T=Storyboard by , writer= , prodcode= , prodcodeR= , episodes= {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=53a , EpisodeNumber2=1a , Title=Streaky Clean , WrittenBy=David Smith , DirectedBy=

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, ArtDirectionBy=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2001, 11, 18 , ShortSummary=Dexter creates a satellite to clean stains off of his clothes, but it goes horribly wrong when

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hits the satellite that Dexter created and the satellite becomes damaged, causing the fabric beneath each stain to be eliminated as well. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=302a {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=53b , EpisodeNumber2=1b , Title=A Dad Cartoon , WrittenBy=David Smith , DirectedBy= John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Aux2=John McIntyre , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2001, 11, 18 , ShortSummary=Dad decides to give the car a retouch, but keeps breaking things and saying he will fix it later. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=302b {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=53c , EpisodeNumber2=1c , Title=Sole Brother , DirectedBy=John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Art Direction=David Smith , Aux2= Clayton McKenzie Morrow , WrittenBy=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2001, 11, 18 , ShortSummary=Dexter accidentally becomes Dee Dee's foot when the two fuse together. Now, they have to wait 24 hours to reverse the fusion. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=302c {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=54a , EpisodeNumber2=2a , Title=Mind Over Chatter , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez & Chris Savino , Aux2=Cindy Morrow , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2001, 11, 18 , ShortSummary=Dexter accidentally gives himself telepathy that he cannot shut off when trying to overhear his father's thoughts to figure out what he got for his birthday, causing everyone to accidentally read his own mind. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=301a {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=54b , EpisodeNumber2=2b , Title=A Quackor Cartoon , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2=Chris Savino , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2001, 11, 18 , ShortSummary=Quackor returns to battle Monkey in Dexter's Lab until Quackor lays an egg; then the two fall in love. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=301b {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=54c , EpisodeNumber2=2c , Title=Momdark , DirectedBy=John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Aux2=Cindy Morrow , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2001, 11, 18 , ShortSummary=Mandark disguises himself as Dexter's mom to get into Dexter's Lab. Unfortunately for Mandark, he now has to deal with Dexter, Dad, and Dee Dee's requests, which are too much for him. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=301c {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=55a , EpisodeNumber2=3a , Title=Copping an Aptitude , DirectedBy=John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Aux2=Kevin Kaliher , WrittenBy=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2001, 11, 30 , ShortSummary=Dexter's school and parents decide to send him to college. He ignores his fellow students, who prefer to "party now, study later", until his mind finally snaps from the workload. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=304a {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=55b , EpisodeNumber2=3b , Title=A Failed Lab Experiment , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2=Chris Savino , WrittenBy=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2001, 11, 30 , ShortSummary=When Dexter's new device, made to help him see through solid objects, fails to work as expected, he ends up seeing through people's clothes, which puts him in an uncomfortable situation. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=304b {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=55c , EpisodeNumber2=3c , Title=The Grand-Daddy of All Inventions , DirectedBy=John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Aux2=Clayton McKenzie Morrow , WrittenBy=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2001, 11, 30 , ShortSummary=During a trip to his grandfather's house, Dexter learns that the outwardly boring old man has a lab just like his own. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=304c {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=56a , EpisodeNumber2=4a , Title=Poppa Wheely , DirectedBy=John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Aux2=Mike Stern , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 1, 18 , ShortSummary=It is Career Day, and because Dexter is ashamed of his father, he creates a better father for himself. However, he soon discovers that his real father is much cooler. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=303a {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=56b

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13b , Title=A Mom Cartoon , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2=Chris Savino , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 1, 18 , ShortSummary=Dexter's mom fights another woman at the supermarket for some new latex gloves. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=303b

312b {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=56c , EpisodeNumber2=4c , Title=The Mock Side of the Moon , DirectedBy=John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Aux2=Clayton McKenzie Morrow , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 1, 18 , ShortSummary=Dexter travels to the moon and finds that aliens are planning an invasion on Earth, and he uses his Robo-Dexo 2000 to stop them. It turns out that they only were interested in purchasing

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s for the winter. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=303c {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=57a , EpisodeNumber2=5a , Title=If Memory Serves , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez & Chris Savino , Aux2=Cindy Morrow , WrittenBy=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 2, 22 , ShortSummary=To keep himself from forgetting anything important, Dexter uses a device to copy his memories, which causes a mayhem in his own head. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=306a (611-014) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=57b , EpisodeNumber2=5b , Title=A Mandark Cartoon , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2=Chris Savino , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 2, 22 , ShortSummary=Mandark plans another scheme to get rid of Dexter. Everything in this cartoon is to the tune of Mandark's trademark laugh. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=306b (611-105) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=57c , EpisodeNumber2=5c , Title=Tele Trauma , DirectedBy=John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Aux2=John McIntyre , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 2, 22 , ShortSummary=Since his studying is interrupting his favorite TV shows, Dexter creates a helmet to absorb the shows directly. However, the plan backfires when he randomly snaps into television-based outrages. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=306c (611-007) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=58a , EpisodeNumber2=6a , Title=A Boy Named Sue , DirectedBy=John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Aux2=Walt Dohrn , WrittenBy=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 3, 29 , ShortSummary=Mandark's birth and origins as the child of hippies are revealed, as is the beginning of his rivalry with Dexter and the cause of his villainy. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=305a (611-012) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=58b , EpisodeNumber2=6b , Title=Lab on the Run , DirectedBy=John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Aux2=David Smith , WrittenBy=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 3, 29 , ShortSummary=Two robots (

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) escape from Dexter's lab in order to have a better life and avoid Dexter's totalitarian rule. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=305b (611-011) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=59a , EpisodeNumber2=7a , Title=Dos Boot , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2=Walt Dohrn , WrittenBy=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 6, 07 , ShortSummary=Mandark gets inside Dexter's computer system and creates a computer virus, so Dexter must follow him inside and kick him out from cyberspace. However, Dee Dee has other plans in mind. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=307a {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=59b , EpisodeNumber2=7b , Title=A Dee Dee Cartoon , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez & Chris Savino , Aux2=Anna Chambers , WrittenBy=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 6, 07 , ShortSummary=Dee Dee goes and plays in her own "lab" after being kicked out of Dexter's. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=307b {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=59c , EpisodeNumber2=7c , Title=Would You Like That in the Can , DirectedBy=John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Aux2=Paul McEvoy , WrittenBy=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 6, 07 , ShortSummary=Dexter and his friend Douglas Mordecai must enter the girls' bathroom to retrieve Dexter's lunchbox, which was put in there by another student. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=307c {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=60a , EpisodeNumber2=8a , Title=That Magic Moment , DirectedBy=John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Aux2=Paul McEvoy , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 6, 14 , ShortSummary=Dexter's Magic Uncle Fergle O'Reilly ( Mark Hamill) pays a visit to the family. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=308a (611-021) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=60b , EpisodeNumber2=8b , Title=A Silent Cartoon , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2=Chris Savino , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 6, 14 , ShortSummary=Parodying ''

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'', Dexter is trying to paint his lab blue, but Dee Dee wants to make it pink. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=308b (611-107) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=60c , EpisodeNumber2=8c , Title=Opposites Attract , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2= Andy Bialk , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 6, 14 , ShortSummary=Dexter creates a magnetic field to keep Dee Dee away from him, but it malfunctions, causing them to stick together. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=308c (611-018) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=61a , EpisodeNumber2=9a , Title=Comic Relief , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2=Clayton McKenzie Morrow , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 6, 21 , ShortSummary=Dexter creates a device to make a lifelike superhero comic, with his sister villain "Deestructa". , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=310a (611-024) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=61b , EpisodeNumber2=9b , Title=A Third Dad Cartoon , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2=Chris Savino , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 6, 21 , ShortSummary=Dexter's father plays golf with his kids. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=310b (611-109) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=61c , EpisodeNumber2=9c , Title=Robo-Dexo 3000 , DirectedBy=John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Aux2=Kevin Kaliher , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 6, 21 , ShortSummary=Dexter creates the ultimate robot to replace his Robo-Dexo 2000. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=310c (611-022) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=62a , EpisodeNumber2=10a , Title=Glove at First Sight , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez & Chris Savino , Aux2=Cindy Morrow , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 6, 28 , ShortSummary=Dexter's parents remember their first date and dance together. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=311a (611-026) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=62b , EpisodeNumber2=10b , Title=A Mom & Dad Cartoon , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2=Cindy Morrow , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 6, 28 , ShortSummary=Dexter and Dee Dee listen in on their parents' conversation; they are playing Scrabble, but the way they talk makes it sound like Dad was cheating on Mom. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=311b (611-110) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=62c , EpisodeNumber2=10c , Title=Smells Like Victory , DirectedBy=John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Aux2=Paul McEvoy , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 6, 28 , ShortSummary=The U.S. army invades Dexter's lab under the mistaken impression that aliens are using it as a base of operations on Earth, and Dexter must convince them that this is actually his lab, and also has to keep this a secret from Dee Dee. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=311c (611-023) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=63a , EpisodeNumber2=11a , Title=Oh, Brother , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2= Greg Miller & Walt Dohrn , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 7, 05 , ShortSummary=Dexter turns Dee Dee into a boy, but is disappointed when "he" (

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) is not a genius as Dexter would like it. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=309a (611-003) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=63b , EpisodeNumber2=11b , Title=Another Dad Cartoon , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2=Cindy Morrow , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 7, 05 , ShortSummary=With everyone out of the house, Dexter's father decides to spend the time dancing. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=309b (611-108) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=63c , EpisodeNumber2=11c , Title=Bar Exam , DirectedBy=John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Aux2=Shellie Kvilvang , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 7, 05 , ShortSummary=Dexter's parents discover that he is making false excuses to get out of physical education and now Dexter must pass a physical exam if he wants to pass P.E. and move up a few grades. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=309c (611-022) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=64a , EpisodeNumber2=12a , Title=Jeepers, Creepers, Where Is Peepers , DirectedBy=David Smith , Aux2=David Smith , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 7, 12 , ShortSummary=Dexter and Koos must save Peepers to keep the land of Kooz from disappearing. However, they must contend with a villain who is determined to make the land of Kooz disappear forever. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=313a {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=64b , EpisodeNumber2=12b , Title=Go, Dexter Family! Go! , DirectedBy=John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Aux2=Walt Dohrn , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 7, 12 , ShortSummary=Dexter's family must rescue him from aliens. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=313b (611-025) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=65a , EpisodeNumber2=13a , Title=Scare Tactics , DirectedBy=John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Aux2=Walt Dohrn , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 9, 20 , ShortSummary=After watching a horror film, Dexter and his father become easily frightened. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=312a {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=65c , EpisodeNumber2=13c , Title=My Dad vs. Your Dad , DirectedBy=John McIntyre & Chris Savino , Aux2=Cindy Morrow , WrittenBy= , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 9, 20 , ShortSummary=Dexter and Mandark's fathers become embroiled in a conflict after trying to defuse one between their sons. , LineColor=52CC52 , ProdCode=312c

Season 4 (2002–03)

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, Art Direction = Paul Stec , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 11, 22 , ShortSummary=When Dexter discovers that Beau (

), Dee Dee's new boyfriend, has similar interests as him, Dexter tries to steal Beau's attention from Dee Dee. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=402a {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=66b , EpisodeNumber2=1b , Title=Remember Me? , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2=Kevin Kaliher , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 11, 22 , ShortSummary=When Dexter gets amnesia, Dee Dee decides to play tricks on him by creating a whole new identity for him in her image. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=402b {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=66c , EpisodeNumber2=1c , Title=Over-Labbing , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2= Clayton McKenzie Morrow , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2002, 11, 22 , ShortSummary=Dexter and Mandark drill underground to expand their labs, but end up running into each other's work. So they agree to share the lab, inducing chaos. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=402c {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=67a , EpisodeNumber2=2a , Title=Sis-Tem Error , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=

, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 4, 25 , ShortSummary=Dee Dee accidentally shuts down Dexter's lab, and he has to power it back. In the process, Dee Dee attempts to keep Dexter from finding out what she really did. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=401a (626-005) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=67b , EpisodeNumber2=2b , Title=Bad Cable Manners , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2=Clayton McKenzie Morrow , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 4, 25 , ShortSummary=Dexter pirates cable for his father. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=401b {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=67c , EpisodeNumber2=2c , Title=Dexter's Library , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=Mark O'Hare , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 4, 25 , ShortSummary=Dexter becomes the stern administrator of his local library. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=401c (626-001) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=68a , EpisodeNumber2=3a , Title=The Scrying Game , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2=Mike Stern , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 5, 02 , ShortSummary=Dee Dee learns a new game that can predict the future events. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=405a {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=68b , EpisodeNumber2=3b , Title=Monstrosi-Dee Dee , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=Gabe Swarr , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 5, 02 , ShortSummary=When Dee Dee eats a contaminated apple, she turns into a monster every time when she tells Dexter what to do. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=405b {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=68c , EpisodeNumber2=3c , Title=Dad Man Walking , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2= Carlos Ramos , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 5, 02 , ShortSummary=Dexter's father sleepwalks into Dexter's lab. Dexter discovers this, and now has to escort him out of the lab without waking him up, which proves more difficult than thought. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=405c {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=69a , EpisodeNumber2=4a , Title=Dexter's Little Dilemma , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=Clayton McKenzie Morrow , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 5, 09 , ShortSummary=Dexter shrinks his parents and puts them into a model of their house for observation. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=403a {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=69b , EpisodeNumber2=4b , Title=Faux Chapeau , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=

Chris Reccardi Christopher Joseph Reccardi (November 24, 1964 - May 2, 2019) was an American animator, cartoon director, writer, storyboard artist, character designer, graphic designer, musician, and producer. He worked on numerous animated television series, i ...

, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 5, 09 , ShortSummary=Dexter's newest invention looks like a hat, so Dee Dee takes it and wears it around town. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=403b {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=69c , EpisodeNumber2=4c , Title=D2 , DirectedBy=Tim Walker & Chris Savino , Aux2=Mark O'Hare , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 5, 09 , ShortSummary=Dexter and Dee Dee realize that they make a good team, so they decide to do stuff together, but doing so makes things worse. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=403c {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=70a , EpisodeNumber2=5a , Title=Head Band , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=Kevin Kaliher , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 5, 16 , ShortSummary=Dee Dee gets a song stuck in her head, which is actually a virus. Dexter and Mom soon catch it, and Dexter has to reverse the effects of this. He succeeds at the end, not knowing that Dad also caught it. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=404a {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=70b , EpisodeNumber2=5b , Title=Stuffed Animal House , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2=Gabe Swarr , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 5, 16 , ShortSummary=Dee Dee's stuffed animals come to life and roam the house when Dee Dee uses a formula that brings inanimate objects to life, which delights Dee Dee, much to his dismay. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=404b {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=70c , EpisodeNumber2=5c , Title=Used Ink , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=Carlos Ramos , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 5, 16 , ShortSummary=Dexter creates a new type of ink that lets him command people to do whatever he wants. However, when Mandark gets his hands on it, Dexter is the one that becomes commanded. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=404c {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=71a , EpisodeNumber2=6a , Title=School Girl Crushed , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2= Charlie Bean , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 5, 23 , ShortSummary=Dexter and Mandark are both outperformed by a new girl at school, so they reluctantly team up to get rid of her. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=407a {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=71b , EpisodeNumber2=6b , Title=Chess Mom , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=Charlie Bean , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 5, 23 , ShortSummary=Dexter's mother attempts to support him during a chess tournament but does nothing but embarrass him. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=407b {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=71c , EpisodeNumber2=6c , Title=Father Knows Least , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=Carlos Ramos , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 5, 23 , ShortSummary=Dexter's father is left to watch the kids while his wife visits her sister. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=407c {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=72a , EpisodeNumber2=7a , Title=Dexter the Barbarian , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2=Chris Savino , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 5, 30 , ShortSummary=Dexter tries to emulate the barbarian hero of his favorite comic book. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=406a {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=72b , EpisodeNumber2=7b , Title=Tuber Time , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=Mark O'Hare , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 5, 30 , ShortSummary=Dexter studies the potato, and when he is fascinated by its power to light up a light bulb, he tries to use it as an energy source. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=406b {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=72c , EpisodeNumber2=7c , Title=Sore Eyes , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2= Bill Wray , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 5, 30 , ShortSummary=Dexter tries to improve his eyesight by giving himself laser eye surgery, but goes too far in doing so. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=406c {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=73a , EpisodeNumber2=8a , Title=Babe Sitter , DirectedBy=

& Chris Savino , Aux2=Mark O'Hare , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 9, 05 , ShortSummary=Dee Dee is hired by Mandark's parents to babysit him. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=413a (626-019) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=73b , EpisodeNumber2=8b , Title=Mountain Mandark , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=Kevin Kaliher , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 9, 05 , ShortSummary=Mandark gets in touch with nature. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=413b (626-021) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=73c , EpisodeNumber2=8c , Title=2Geniuses 2Gether 4Ever , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=Clayton McKenzie Morrow , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 9, 05 , ShortSummary=Dexter decides to work with Mandark, but finds himself doing all of the work. In the end, Mandark tries to press the button when Dexter connects the plug in the outlet to bring his show title back.

Note: This episode was dedicated to Nelda Ridley, a final checker who passed away before the episode aired. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=413c (626-020) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=74a , EpisodeNumber2=9a , Title=Height Unseen , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=Kevin Kaliher , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 9, 12 , ShortSummary=Again tired of being short, but mindful of his past failures, Dexter decides to make everyone shorter than himself. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=408a (626-027) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=74b , EpisodeNumber2=9b , Title=Bygone Errors , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez & Chris Savino , Aux2=Clayton McKenzie Morrow , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 9, 12 , ShortSummary=Old Dexter And Old Dee Dee's talks about the glory days, and his sister is still there to inject her opinions, telling him what really happened. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=408b (626-026) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=74c , EpisodeNumber2=9c , Title=Folly Calls , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2= Bobby London , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 9, 12 , ShortSummary=When Dee Dee tries to cut off a piece of her hair, she accidentally cuts off one of her pigtails. Dexter gives her a potion to make her missing hair grow back. However, Dee Dee squirts too much of it in her hair, and Dexter must return Dee Dee's hair back to normal. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=408c (626-016) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=75a , EpisodeNumber2=10a , Title=Voice Over , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez & Chris Savino , Aux2=Charlie Bean , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 9, 19 , ShortSummary=When Dexter's computer gets laryngitis, Dexter must find a replacement voice. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=409a (626-030) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=75b , EpisodeNumber2=10b , Title=The Blonde Leading the Blonde , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=

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, OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 9, 19 , ShortSummary=Dexter refuses to admit that blondes have more fun, so Dee Dee secretly dyes his hair blond to prove it to him. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=409b (626-029) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=75c , EpisodeNumber2=10c , Title=Comic Stripper , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=Chris Reccardi , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 9, 19 , ShortSummary=Dexter finds out that all of Mandark's plans are taken from a comic book. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=409c (626-028) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=76a , EpisodeNumber2=11a , Title=Tee Party , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=Aaron Springer , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 9, 26 , ShortSummary=Dexter and his father enter a golf tournament, but Dexter's father proves inept at the sport. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=410a (626-035) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=76b , EpisodeNumber2=11b , Title=Dexter's Wacky Races , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=Chris Reccardi , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 9, 26 , ShortSummary=Dexter, Monkey, Agent Honeydew, the Justice Friends, Dee Dee, her imaginary friend Koosalagoopagoop, Mandark, his parents, and Dexter's parents participate in a cross-country race a la ''

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''. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=410b (626-034) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=77a , EpisodeNumber2=12a , Title=The Lab of Tomorrow , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=Charlie Bean , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 11, 04 , ShortSummary=Monkey narrates a documentary of the future of laboratories and sciences. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=411a {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=77b , EpisodeNumber2=12b , Title=Chicken Scratch , DirectedBy=

, Aux2=''Storyboard by: ''Genndy Tartakovsky , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 11, 04{{efn, "Chicken Scratch" originally premiered theatrically in July 2002 in front of ''

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'', during Season 3's run. It later officially premiered on Cartoon Network on November 4, 2003. , ShortSummary=When Dexter gets chicken pox, Dee Dee warns him with a ridiculous story about some hens that pecked children at night leaving pimples on them that if scratched would turn into evil contaminated chickens. So Dexter tries not to scratch himself, but can't resist and scratches incessantly, eventually transforming into a tainted hen. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=411b {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=77c , EpisodeNumber2=12c , Title=Garage Sale , DirectedBy=Don Judge & Chris Savino , Aux2=Clayton McKenzie Morrow , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 11, 04 , ShortSummary=Dexter creates a device that turns people into hideous blobs. His parents then sell the device in a garage sale, where it ends up in Mandark's hands. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=411c {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=78a , EpisodeNumber2=13a , Title=They Got Chops , DirectedBy=Chris Savino , Aux2=Kevin Kaliher , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 11, 20 , ShortSummary=When Dee Dee's Judo skills prove too much for Dexter, Dexter learns how to fight back at the same dojo she went to. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=412a {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=78b , EpisodeNumber2=13b , Title=Poetic Injustice , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez & Chris Savino , Aux2=Mark O'Hare , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 11, 20 , ShortSummary=Dexter falls in love with a new girl at his school, but he cannot win her heart until Dee Dee helps him with poetry. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=412b {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=78c , EpisodeNumber2=13c , Title=Comedy of Feathers , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky & Chris Savino , Aux2=Genndy Tartakovsky , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 11, 20 , ShortSummary=Dexter is forced to take Dee Dee to the zoo. There, she ends up trying to save an ostrich with disastrous results. , LineColor=0000FF , ProdCode=412c

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