Series synopsis
Dexter's Laboratory is an American animation comedy sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on Cartoon Network on April 28, 1996. It ended on November 20, 2003. It was created by Genndy Tartakovsky. It stars Christine Cavanaugh, Kat Cressida, Jeff Bennett and Kath Soucie.
Dexter, a boy-genius with a secret laboratory, constantly battles his sister Dee Dee, who always gains access despite his best efforts to keep her out, as well as his arch-rival and neighbor, Mandark.
Premise
Dexter, a boy-genius with a secret laboratory, constantly battles his sister Dee Dee, who always gains access despite his best efforts to keep her out, as well as his arch-rival and neighbor, Mandark.
Premise: He skips grades. She just skips
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Christine Cavanaugh as Dexter (voice)
- Kat Cressida as Dee Dee (voice)
- Jeff Bennett as Dad (voice)
- Kath Soucie as Mom (voice)
- Allison Moore as Dee Dee (voice)
Guest cast
- Candi Milo as Dexter (voice)
- Randy Poffo as Rasslor (voice)
- Dom DeLuise as Koosalagoopagoop (voice)
- Paul Williams as Professor Williams (voice)
- Agostino Castagnola as Doctor / Narrator (voice)
- Martin Mull as M.A.R. 10 (voice)
- Fred Willard as F.R.E.D. (voice)
- Mark Hamill as Magic Uncle Fergel O'Reilly (voice)
- Michael Dorn as Robo Dexo 3000 (voice)
- Andy Suriano as Andy Suriano (voice)
- Brad Garrett as Magmanamus / Man #1 / Driver (voice)
- Paula Tiso as Honeydrew (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 229 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 9 | February 26, 1995 | January 22, 2013 |
| Season 1 | 38 | April 28, 1996 | January 1, 1997 |
| Season 2 | 108 | July 16, 1997 | June 15, 1998 |
| Season 3 | 36 | November 16, 2001 | September 20, 2002 |
| Season 4 | 38 | November 22, 2002 | November 20, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dexter's Laboratory Dexter and Dee Dee test his latest invention: a device that turns people into animals, which yields crazy results. |
February 26, 1995 |
| 2 |
The Big Sister When Dee Dee eats an experimental cookie of Dexter's design, she grows extremely tall and makes the city her dollhouse, leaving it up to Dexter to don his giant Robo-Dexo suit and bring her back. |
March 10, 1996 |
| 3 |
Old Man Dexter Dexter wants to use his Hydro-Cosmetic Accelerator to age himself enough so he could watch late night television without his parents objecting. |
March 24, 1996 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
DeeDeemensional In "Deedeemensional", Dee Dee time-travels to save Dexter from a monster. In "Magmanamus", Monkey goes up against a lava being that dislikes human-caused noise. In "Maternal Combat", when his mother falls, Dexter creates a robot mom to substitute for her. |
April 28, 1996 |
| 2 |
Dial M for Monkey: Magmanamus Monkey must defend the city from a giant underground lava monster, Magmanamus, who cannot sleep because of the noise created by its residents. |
April 28, 1996 |
| 3 |
Maternal Combat When his mother falls ill, Dexter creates a robot to do her chores. Dee Dee gets hold of its remote control and wreaks havoc, forcing Dexter to create a second robot to counter Dee Dee's. |
April 28, 1996 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Beard to be Feared After a fright from Dee Dee, Dexter lays down in the beard growing machine and tries to grow a beard like his hero, Action Hank. Unfortunately, everyone thinks he's a hero. |
July 16, 1997 |
| 2 |
Quackor the Fowl Mandark doesn't know that his pet duck is really Quackor the Fowl, Monkey's rival. Quackor overhears Mandark talking in his sleep about destroying Dexter's lab and tries to do it, unaware that Monkey is Dexter's pet. |
July 16, 1997 |
| 3 |
Ant Pants Dexter prevents Dee Dee from destroying some ants. In order to teach her about ants, Dexter and Dee enter Dexter's ant farm. The ants think Dexter is a criminal and has him fight to the death with a stronger ant. |
July 16, 1997 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Streaky Clean Dexter creates a device to keep his clothes clean. |
November 16, 2001 |
| 2 |
A Dad Cartoon Dad decides to give the car a retouch. |
November 16, 2001 |
| 3 |
Sole Brother After a failed mutation experiment, Dexter becomes Dee Dee's foot. |
November 16, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Beau Tie Dee-Dee has a new boyfriend who also likes science and Einstein, and soon the boy finds himself caught in a vicious tug of war... |
November 22, 2002 |
| 2 |
Remember Me? Dexter is hit by a wrench while working on a device, and suffers amnesia, Dee Dee decides to mess with his head |
November 22, 2002 |
| 3 |
Overlabbing Dexter and Mandark drill underground to expand their labs, but end up overlapping each other's work. They secretly devise a plan to destroy each other. |
November 22, 2002 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Cartoon Network |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 28, 1996 |
| Last aired | November 20, 2003 |
| Runtime | 7 minutes |
| Status | Ended |