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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

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. 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

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, 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

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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

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's replacement

Candi Milo Candyce Anne Rose "Candi" Milo (born January 9, 1961) Timestamps: (00:27:12-00:27:45) Milo states that she is "firmly 51". (00:06:40-00:06:47) Milo states that she was born in Palm Springs. (00:16:23-00:16:25) She says her birthday is in Januar ...

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 "

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" 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

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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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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 Powerpuf ...

, 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

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, 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 &
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, 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

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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

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s" 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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for the

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, he inadvertently winds up inside his dog, believing that Dee Dee is infected with a dog virus. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=21a , EpisodeNumber2=8a , Title=Filet of Soul , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Mike Stern , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 9, 03 , ProdCode=211a (34-5408) , ShortSummary=When Dexter and Dee Dee refuse to flush their dead

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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

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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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. His attempts to modernize the Amish family do not go well. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=26a , EpisodeNumber2=13a , Title=Sassy Come Home , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=David Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 08 , ProdCode=213a (34-5439) , ShortSummary=Dee Dee befriends a

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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

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to catch the legendary

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, 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

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). , 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

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to get their fingers unstuck from a

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. , 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

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