Dexter's Laboratory

7min

Animation

Comedy

Sci-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.

Production Companies

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Cartoon Network Studios

Episodes

Cast

DeeDeemensional

1. DeeDeemensional

7min

28th Apr 1996

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.

Dial M for Monkey: Magmanamus

2. Dial M for Monkey: Magmanamus

7min

28th Apr 1996

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

7min

28th Apr 1996

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.

Dexter Dodgeball

4. Dexter Dodgeball

7min

5th May 1996

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

7min

5th May 1996

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

Dexter's Assistant

6. Dexter's Assistant

7min

5th May 1996

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 proves to be more intelligent than Dexter.

Dexter's Rival

7. Dexter's Rival

7min

12th May 1996

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 power. However, with the help of Dee Dee, Dexter manages to destroy Mandark's lab.

Dial M for Monkey: Simion

8. Dial M for Monkey: Simion

7min

12th May 1996

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

7min

12th May 1996

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 to turn into an old man.

Double Trouble

10. Double Trouble

7min

19th May 1996

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

7min

19th May 1996

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

7min

19th May 1996

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

Jurassic Pooch

13. Jurassic Pooch

7min

26th May 1996

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

7min

26th May 1996

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

7min

26th May 1996

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

Dee Dee's Room

16. Dee Dee's Room

7min

2nd Jun 1996

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

7min

2nd Jun 1996

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

7min

2nd Jun 1996

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

Star Spangled Sidekicks

19. Star Spangled Sidekicks

7min

20th Nov 1996

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

7min

20th Nov 1996

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, or the monster truck pull.

Game Over

21. Game Over

7min

20th Nov 1996

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

7min

27th Nov 1996

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 win her heart.

The Justice Friends: Valhallen's Room

23. The Justice Friends: Valhallen's Room

7min

27th Nov 1996

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

7min

27th Nov 1996

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

7min

4th Dec 1996

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 Dee Dee's doll story, but he believes the story to be real.

The Justice Friends: Krunk's Date

26. The Justice Friends: Krunk's Date

7min

4th Dec 1996

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

7min

4th Dec 1996

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, causing Dexter to wake up the next morning speaking nothing else except "omelette du fromage".

Way of the Dee Dee

28. Way of the Dee Dee

7min

11th Dec 1996

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

7min

11th Dec 1996

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

7min

11th Dec 1996

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, who force him to take part in their activities.

Spacecase

31. Spacecase

7min

18th Dec 1996

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 her.

The Justice Friends: Ratman

32. The Justice Friends: Ratman

7min

18th Dec 1996

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

7min

18th Dec 1996

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?

7min

25th Dec 1996

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

Mandarker

35. Mandarker

7min

25th Dec 1996

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

7min

1st Jan 1997

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

7min

1st Jan 1997

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 cats.

Monstory

38. Monstory

7min

1st Jan 1997

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 her story. When he realizes that nothing can make her quiet, he becomes a giant monster himself.

First air date

28th Apr 1996

Last air date

20th Nov 2003

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks