[95] Cartoon Network Racing, a PlayStation 2 video game, contains the episodes "Dexter's Rival" and "Mandarker" as unlockable extras. Dexter's Laboratory went on hiatus on June 15, 1998, after two seasons, with season two lasting 39 episodes. [89] Discovery Zone sponsored Cartoon Network's eight-week-long "Dexter's Duplication Summer" in 1998 to promote the series' new schedule. [90] Madman Entertainment released season one and part of season two in Region 4 in 2008. She was so much fun. [16] In 2018, he noted that his generation was the first in which people could become showrunners at a young age, saying, "Everybody before us were in their forties, at least, and so [our generation's experience] was a very different way to do something where we had no clue what we were doing and we were just trying to make each other laugh. As she destroys the whole city, Dexter must pilot his giant Robo-Dexo 2000. "[18] After putting the series on hiatus, Tartakovsky became a supervising producer on colleague Craig McCracken's series, The Powerpuff Girls; he also directed episodes of that series and worked on The Powerpuff Girls Movie. Cartoon Network has aired reruns in Canada since its launch on July 4, 2012. Dexter's father sleepwalks into Dexter's lab. There, she ends up trying to save an ostrich with disastrous results. From The TV IV < Dexter's Laboratory. [132], Six Dexter's Laboratory video games have been released: Robot Rampage for the Nintendo Game Boy Color,[133] Chess Challenge[134] and Deesaster Strikes! [127] The following April, a similar promotion featured Dexter's Laboratory-themed Airheads packs and an online sweepstakes. Each capture is accompanied by the sequences set in Dexter's home depicting the piece's defeat. Dexter creates a satellite to clean stains off of his clothes, but it goes horribly wrong when. at Hanna-Barbera, basing it on student films he produced at the California Institute of the Arts. Dee Dee accidentally shuts down Dexter's lab, and he has to power it back. The segment, originally produced for season two, was released online by Adult Swim on January 22, 2013.[4]. The misadventures of a boy genius and his annoying sister. [6] Monkey's superpowers include super-strength, telekinesis, flight, and super speed, among others. Season 12 (as "Cartoon Network Studios" for Season 1). [116] Upon Cartoon Network's request for the artist to write an original song for Dexter's Laboratory: The Hip-Hop Experiment, rapper Coolio, who provided the track "Dexter (What's His Name? [44] In season three, Moore briefly returned to voice Dee Dee before Cressida again assumed her role for season four. Due to Tartakovsky's departure, the last two seasons featured Chris Savino as showrunner along with a new production team at Cartoon Network Studios with changes made to the visual art style and character designs. Later on, I started on Dexter and he took over."[2]. 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. Although he comes from a typical American family, Dexter speaks with an accent of indeterminate origin. Dexter shrinks his parents and puts them into a model of their house for observation. A television movie titled Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip premiered on Cartoon Network in 1999. Sources: VHS TV capture by VHSnancyFinal (10:00pm) The first season, which consists of 13 episodes divided into three segments each, premiered on TNT on April 27, 1996,[1] and on TBS and Cartoon Network the following day. 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. In this episode, Dexter develops a crush on his babysitter, Lisa. Mandark's sister Olga Astronomonov (a.k.a. Although Tartakovsky suggested that Dexter is intended to be about six to eight years old and that Dee Dee is "a couple years older", he also stressed that he would "never want" to specify Dexter's exact age. He doesn't know what to say to her because he's too nervous. When Dexter and Dee Dee's father buys his children a video game, Dexter plugs in the cartridge and becomes trapped inside. Mandark, however, uses this as an opportunity to get a kiss from Dee Dee. As Dexter enters the machine to advance his age, he says "I will blind her with science! Mandark plays with his toys and he laughs in joy. Their adventures deal less with superhero life and more with an inability to agree with each other; it is presented much like a sitcom, including a laugh track. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Dexter and Dee Dee test the former's latest invention: a device that turns people into animals, which yields crazy results. When Dexter learns that Dee Dee is making a, After she expresses her desire to become a Pony Puff Princess, Dexter transforms Dee Dee into a. [138], Similar to Battle Chess, Chess Challenge is a chess video game that triggers battle animations each time an overtaking move occurs. Dexter cracks due to overworking himself and starts acting idiotic, which makes him the butt of jokes among Dee Dee and the entire neighborhood. [16][17][18] His co-workers on that series, Craig McCracken, Rob Renzetti, Paul Rudish, and Lou Romano, had been classmates of his at Cal Arts[19] and went on to collaborate with him on Dexter's Laboratory. [73] In a 2012 top 10 list by Entertainment Weekly, Dexter's Laboratory was ranked as the fourth best Cartoon Network series. However, the plan backfires when he randomly snaps into television-based outrages. When Mandark is in his bed, there is a magazine hidden under the mattress that says "Real Science" on it. Domestic Television Distribution. 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. Mandark thinks of it as a date for them and he says loving things to her and asks for a kiss, but Dee Dee just feeds him tofu and keeps calling him Susan. "[70], Shortly after the premiere of its first season, Dexter's Laboratory was hailed as one of the best new series on Cartoon Network by Ted Cox of the Daily Herald. Mandark, however, uses this as an opportunity to get a kiss from Dee Dee. [2] A second season that consists of 39 episodes premiered in 1997. Security captures him for tampering with the machine, and he falls into the hands of a mad scientist. He succeeds at the end, not knowing that Dad also caught it. Dee Dee, get out of my laboratory! Characters from the series first appear in Cartoon Network Presents, a 24-issue volume showcasing Cartoon Network's premiere animated programming, which was produced from 1997 to 1999. "[12], The sibling dynamic in Dexter's Laboratory was partially modeled on Tartakovsky's relationship with his older brother, Alex. Dexter and Mandark's fathers become embroiled in a conflict after trying to defuse one between their sons. Dexter's Laboratory (Production Order) Pilots (1995-1996): 1. Dexter's Laboratory - Babysitter blues / valhallen's room / quit buggin' me / dream machine. 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. After watching a horror film, Dexter and his father become easily frightened. Mandark is in his lab playing with action figures of himself, Dee Dee, and Dexter made to look like Star Wars characters. Mandark wanted Dee-Dee to kiss him in this episode even though in a previous episode ", Mandark's bed and room are all hippie-like, but in the episode. Babysitter Blues (1996) Hanna-Barbera - Dexter's Laboratory. The siblings inadvertently end up inside the device, which splits the pair into two copies, one well-behaved and the other rude. A fourth and final season consisting of 13 episodes aired from November 22, 2002, to November 20, 2003. The misadventures of a boy genius and his annoying sister.The misadventures of a boy genius and his annoying sister.The misadventures of a boy genius and his annoying sister. Babe Sitter is the first part of the 8th aired and 13th and final produced episode of Season 4 in Dexter's Laboratory. "Chicken Scratch" originally premiered theatrically in July 2002 in front of, "TNT commercials ca. [48][49] Occasionally reruns of the series still occur. 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. This a rare use of the family's fireplace/chimney. "[56] Linda Simensky, then-vice president of original programming for Cartoon Network, said "I still think it's very funny. [50] This launch was commemorated by parent network Teletoon, which aired Cartoon Network-related programming blocks and promotions in weeks leading up to it, including episodes of Dexter's Laboratory. "Mountain Mandark" (7 minutes) Getting in touch with nature, Mandark becomes Mountain Mandark, throwing of the shackles of technology. [124][125] Six kids' meal toys were sold during an April 2001 Dairy Queen promotion. Dad trains Dee Dee to fight a gang of bicycle-riding rogues dressed as. [79] To this, Gizmodo's editor Beth Elderkin adds: "Since then, he's become a staple in children's and adult animation, responsible for everything from the Hotel Transylvania series to the powerful (and ultra-violent) Primal. The person at the door turns out to be Jeff, who thought that Lisa broke up with him for somebody named Dexter. [29][30] Rob Renzetti would later go on to create My Life as a Teenage Robot for Nickelodeon. Mandark takes Dee-Dee up into his lab with her and tries to get a moonlight kiss with her but she doesn't even notice and decides to play around and goof off and have fun. [120], In November 1997, Wendy's promoted Dexter's Laboratory with six collectible toys in their kids' meals. When Dexter oversleeps after staying up late in his lab, he awakes one minute before his school bus arrives. A previously unaired episode called "Rude Removal" was originally shown only at certain comic conventions that Tartakovsky attended beginning in 1998. [28], Dexter's Laboratory originated with one of Genndy Tartakovsky's designs of a ballet dancer. Dexter creates a magnetic field to keep Dee Dee away from him, but it malfunctions, causing them to stick together. On his birthday, Dexter makes himself invisible to learn whether his parents bought the Major Glory action figure he always wanted. "Mountain Mandark" (7 minutes) Getting in touch w "Babe Sitter" (7 minutes) Mandark thinks he's going to have a nice romantic evening with his lady love when Dee Dee shows up to babysit him. Dexter makes his own Major Glory action figure to join the neighborhood's Major Glory gang. Pilots [] Dimwit Dexter []. Star Spangled Sidekicks (1996) Hanna-Barbera - Dexter's Laboratory. Dexter creates the ultimate robot to replace his Robo-Dexo 2000. 233 views. Dream Machine (1996) Hanna-Barbera - Dexter's Laboratory. Four pilot shorts were produced for What a Cartoon! [72], In 1997, Bill Ward of the Star Tribune named Dexter's Laboratory to his Critic's Choice list, recommending it for the "young of all ages". This was superseded by Cartoon Network Block Party, which ran from 2004 to 2009. This is the first season to feature the new character designs and the UPA-influenced backgrounds. 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. Dee Dee teaches Dexter how to live carefree instead of being lonely and purely focused on science. So they agree to share the lab, inducing chaos. When Dexter called the house phone the first time and Dee Dee answered, his voice wasn't disguised. Dee Dee learns a new game that can predict the future events. 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. [68] Dexter's Laboratory was one of the network's highest-rated original series of 2002. To prevent himself from being abducted by aliens, Dexter tricks Dee Dee into going instead, but he regrets his decision after realizing how much he cares for her. Hanna-Barbera - Dexter's Laboratory. [47] This marathon featured fan-selected episodes of Dexter's Laboratory and culminated by premiering two new episodes of season 3.[47]. Dexter's Laboratory is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network.Initially debuting on February 26, 1995 as a seven-minute World Premiere Toons pilot, it was expanded into a full series after gaining network approval. Dexter's Laboratory/Babe Sitter. The episode D & DD, an episode parodying the famous role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons, was changed to Sibling and Sorcery to avoid legal troubles. It is Career Day, and because Dexter is ashamed of his father, he creates a better father for himself. Like Dexter, Mandark is a boy genius with his own laboratory, but his schemes are generally evil and designed to gain power or downplay or destroy Dexter's accomplishments. The Hip-Hop Experiment concurrently released with three hip hop music videos for the tracks "Back to the Lab" by Prince Paul, "Dexter (What's His Name?)" We continue our 30th celebrations with a full episode of Dexters Laboratory. Perhaps cartoons are futile in two respects. "Babe Sitter" is the first part of the 8th aired episode and 13rd produced episode of Season 4 in Dexter's Laboratory, which first aired on September 5, 2003. [144][145] Dexter's Laboratory characters are featured in Cartoon Network Racing[146] and Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion. Unfortunately for Mandark, he now has to deal with Dexter, Dad, and Dee Dee's requests, which are too much for him. logo and looks to his left and right. "[82], Dexter's Laboratory first appeared in home media on three VHS tapes from 2000 to 2001. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! DC Comics printed four comic book volumes featuring Dexter's Laboratory. 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