Dexter's Laboratory
Dexter's Laboratory
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Dexter's Laboratory

He skips grades. She just skips

7.7 / 10
1996
4 seasons
220 episodes
AnimationComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

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.

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Dexter's Laboratory (1996-2003) Intro

Cast

Seasons

  • DeeDeemensional

    1.DeeDeemensional

    7.0
    28-04-19967m

    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...

  • Dial M for Monkey: Magmanamus

    2.Dial M for Monkey: Magmanamus

    7.0
    28-04-19967m

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

  • Maternal Combat

    3.Maternal Combat

    7.0
    28-04-19967m

    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...

  • Dexter Dodgeball

    4.Dexter Dodgeball

    7.0
    05-05-19967m

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

  • Dial M for Monkey: Rasslor

    5.Dial M for Monkey: Rasslor

    7.0
    05-05-19967m

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

  • Dexter's Assistant

    6.Dexter's Assistant

    7.0
    05-05-19967m

    In need of an assistant to operate his latest invention, Dexter performs a brain transplant on Dee Dee to make her smart enough to fulfill the role. With her new brain, Dee Dee pro...

  • Dexter's Rival

    7.Dexter's Rival

    7.0
    12-05-19967m

    Mandark Astronomanov, a new student at Dexter's school, seems to be superior to Dexter academically. Mandark forces Dexter to shut down his lab so that Mandark's lab can gain more...

  • Dial M for Monkey: Simion

    8.Dial M for Monkey: Simion

    7.0
    12-05-19967m

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

  • Old Man Dexter

    9.Old Man Dexter

    12-05-19967m

    Banned from watching a late-night movie due to his young age, Dexter uses his technology to artificially grow into adulthood, but Dee Dee tampers with his machine, causing Dexter t...

  • Double Trouble

    10.Double Trouble

    7.0
    19-05-19967m

    Dee Dee and her friends, Lee Lee and Mee Mee, enter Dexter's lab and wreak havoc. Dexter clones himself to stop them, but the girls too make clones of themselves.

  • Dial M for Monkey: Barbequor

    11.Dial M for Monkey: Barbequor

    7.0
    19-05-19967m

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

  • Changes

    12.Changes

    19-05-19967m

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

  • Jurassic Pooch

    13.Jurassic Pooch

    7.0
    26-05-19967m

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

  • Dial M For Monkey: Orgon Grindor

    14.Dial M For Monkey: Orgon Grindor

    7.0
    26-05-19967m

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

  • Dimwit Dexter

    15.Dimwit Dexter

    26-05-19967m

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

  • Dee Dee's Room

    16.Dee Dee's Room

    7.0
    02-06-19967m

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

  • Dial M For Monkey: Huntor

    17.Dial M For Monkey: Huntor

    7.0
    02-06-19967m

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

  • The Big Sister

    18.The Big Sister

    02-06-19967m

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

  • Star Spangled Sidekicks

    19.Star Spangled Sidekicks

    7.0
    20-11-19967m

    Dexter and Dee Dee enter tryouts to become Major Glory's sidekick. When Dee Dee wins, Dexter realizes that fancy costumes are not the only criterion to become a superhero.

  • The Justice Friends: TV Super Pals

    20.The Justice Friends: TV Super Pals

    7.0
    20-11-19967m

    With only one television in their apartment, Major Glory, Krunk, and Valhallen disagree on what to watch: Major Glory's televised capture of the Disgruntled Postman, TV Puppet Pals...

  • Game Over

    21.Game Over

    7.0
    20-11-19967m

    Dexter and Dee Dee's father buys a video game for them to play, but the game sucks Dexter inside when he plugs in the cartridge, and it is up to Dee Dee to bring him out.

  • Babysitter Blues

    22.Babysitter Blues

    7.0
    27-11-19967m

    Dexter has a crush on his teenage babysitter Lisa. When he finds out that she has a boyfriend, he sabotages their relationship and accelerates his age by ten years in an attempt to...

  • The Justice Friends: Valhallen's Room

    23.The Justice Friends: Valhallen's Room

    7.0
    27-11-19967m

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

  • Dream Machine

    24.Dream Machine

    7.0
    27-11-19967m

    When Dexter's nightmares become frequent and problematic, he invents a machine that allows him to have nice dreams, as long as Dee Dee can operate it properly while she is awake.

  • Dollhouse Drama

    25.Dollhouse Drama

    7.0
    04-12-19967m

    Suspicious that Dee Dee has not entered his lab even once on a particular day, Dexter shrinks himself and enters her room to spy on her. He soon becomes an unwilling character in D...

  • The Justice Friends: Krunk's Date

    26.The Justice Friends: Krunk's Date

    7.0
    04-12-19967m

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

  • The Big Cheese

    27.The Big Cheese

    7.0
    04-12-19967m

    Dexter's new device allows him to study for the next day's French test while sleeping. It malfunctions, causing a single phrase -omelette du fromage- to repeat throughout the night...

  • Way of the Dee Dee

    28.Way of the Dee Dee

    7.0
    11-12-19967m

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

  • The Justice Friends: Say Uncle Sam

    29.The Justice Friends: Say Uncle Sam

    7.0
    11-12-19967m

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

  • Tribe Called Girl

    30.Tribe Called Girl

    7.0
    11-12-19967m

    To learn more about girls, Dexter camouflages himself and enters Dee Dee's room, where she is having a sleepover with her friends Lee Lee and Mee Mee. He gets caught by the girls,...

  • Spacecase

    31.Spacecase

    7.0
    18-12-19967m

    To prevent himself from being taken away by aliens for experimentation, Dexter tricks Dee Dee into going instead, but he regrets his decision after realizing how much he cares for...

  • The Justice Friends: Ratman

    32.The Justice Friends: Ratman

    7.0
    18-12-19967m

    To fix their apartment's plumbing, Krunk and Valhallen go to the basement, where they meet Ratman, a diminutive vigilante raised by rats (a parody of Batman).

  • Dexter's Debt

    33.Dexter's Debt

    7.0
    18-12-19967m

    Dexter's lab is threatened with repossession unless he can repay his debt to NASA. When Dee Dee wins the same amount in a lottery, he decides to steal her money out of desperation.

  • The Justice Friends: Bee Where?

    34.The Justice Friends: Bee Where?

    7.0
    25-12-19967m

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

  • Mandarker

    35.Mandarker

    7.0
    25-12-19967m

    Following the destruction of his lab by Dexter and Dee Dee (in the episode Dexter's Rival), Mandark turns to magic to beat Dexter at the science fair.

  • Inflata Dee Dee

    36.Inflata Dee Dee

    7.0
    01-01-19977m

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

  • The Justice Friends: Can't Nap

    37.The Justice Friends: Can't Nap

    7.0
    01-01-19977m

    After fellow Justice Friend White Tiger helps Valhallen stop a super-villain, the latter invites him to spend the night in his apartment, forgetting that Major Glory is allergic to...

  • Monstory

    38.Monstory

    7.0
    01-01-19977m

    Not interested in hearing Dee Dee's long-winded story, Dexter gives her a silencing formula to keep her quiet, but it instead turns her into a giant monster still bent on telling h...

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