Dexter's Laboratory

Dexter's Laboratory (simply known as Dexter's Lab) is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network. The series is about a little boy known as Dexter who has a secret laboratory in his house, while his older sister, Dee Dee, mess things up inside of it. The pilot episode aired as part of What a Cartoon! on February 26th, 1995. It was later picked up as a full fledged series that premiered on April 28th, 1996 and ended on June 10th, 1999 with a TV movie, Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip. The series was revived on November 16th, 2001 and ended again on November 20th, 2003.

## Dexter's Laboratory

### Animation Studio:

Hanna Barbera (Season 2)Cartoon Network Studios (Seasons 1, 3, 4)

### voice actors:

Christine CanavaughCandi Milo

Frank Welker

Rob Paulsen

### premiere date:

April 28th, 1996 (original series)November 16th, 2001 (revival series)

### end date:

December 10th, 1999 (original series)November 20th, 2003 (revival series)

### run time:

22 minutes (both episodes)11 minutes (individual segments)

## Secondary Segments

**Dial M for Monkey-** The segments are about Dexter's pet lab monkey known as Monkey who has secret superpowers and saves the world from evil, along with his partner, Agent Honeydew.

**The Justice Friends-** Follows the adventures of Major Glory (parody of Captain America), Valhallen (parody of Thor), and the Infraggable Krunk (parody of The Incredible Hulk).

**Mini segments-** short segments featuring Dexter and Dee Dee only.

## Characters

### **Major:**

* Dexter- A little boy genius who has a secret laboratory in his room.
* Dee Dee- Dexter's older sister who wreaks havoc in his laboratory.
* Mom- Dexter and Dee Dee's mother whose name was never mentioned.
* Dad- Dexter and Dee Dee's father whose name was never mentioned neither, just like Mom.
* Susan "ManDark" Astronomov- Dexter's arch-rival who wants to destroy his laboratory.

### **Secondary:**

* Monkey- Dexter's lab pet who secretly becomes a superhero.
* Agent Honeydew- Monkey's sidekick.
* Major Glory
* Valhallen
* The infraggable Krunk
* Goosalagoopagop- Dee Dee's imaginary friend.

### **Voice cast**

* Christine Canavaugh (Seasons 1&2) and Candi Milo (Seasons 3&4) as Dexter
* Frank Welker as Monkey
* Rob Paulsen as Mayor Glory

## Broadcast

### **Cartoon Network**

* 1996-2003; original run
* 2003-2004; re-runs
* 2005-2008; The Cartoon Cartoon Show re-runs
* 2012-2014; Cartoon Planet re-runs

### **Boomerang**

* 2006-2015
* 2016-2017
* 2018-2019

## Merchandise

### **Video games**

* Robot Rampage (2000; GameBoy Color)
* Dee-Saster Strikes! (2001; GameBoy Advance)
* ManDark's Lab? (2002; Playstation)
* Science Ain't Fair! (????; PC)

### **Toys**

* Laboratory Playset

A series of Kids Meal Toys from Wendy's was released on November 1997.

Bobbleheads of Dexter and DeeDee were released as part of Kelloggs' Cartoon Network Wobble Heads.

Bobbleheads of Dexter and ManDark were released in one package by Funko, released most likely on the Cartoon Network shop website exclusively.

Vinyl figures of Dexter and Dee Dee were released as part of Series 1 of Titans Vinyl Figures' Cartoon Network series.

Funko released a POP! vinyl figure of Dexter on April 27th, 2020. It was a Funko Shop exclusive but was sold out quickly.

### **Home media**

The Complete First Season of the series was officially released in the U.S. on October 2010. This was the only American Season DVD of Dexter's Lab to be released. Seasons 2, 3, and 4 were never released on DVD in the USA.

All 4 seasons are available to purchase on iTunes.

Various episodes of the series were released on various Cartoon Network crossover DVDS:

* Picture Day (Halloween: 9 creepy capers)
* Dee Dee's Room (Halloween 2: Grossest Halloween Ever)
* Snowdown (Christmas: Yuletide Follies)
* Dexter vs. Santa's Claws (Christmas 2: Christmas Rocks)

The series was available on Netflix from 2013 to 2015. it later became available on Hulu from 2015 to 2018.

Dexter's Laboratory was re-released on HBO Max at launch on May 27th, 2020.