Who Shot Doctor Dexxen?

* Part One
* Part Two

**"Who Shot Doctor Dexxen?"** is a two-part episode of Big Group, with the first part being the final episode of the sixth season and the 128th episode overall, and the second part being the first episode of the seventh season and the 129th episode overall. In Part One, Doctor Dexxen plans on blocking the sky from Sandwood Summers, enraging many of its citizens, notably Daniel, his wife Karen, Doctor Genesis, Doctor Thomas, and Video Game Guy. He successfully manages to block the sky, but he is then shot by an unidentified assailant, thus ending the episode and the season on a cliffhanger. In Part Two, Chief Baskins, the Sandwood Summers police and the Cappies try to find the culprit, with their main suspects being Karen Dexxen and Daniel Davis.

Both parts were written by Alan Johnson, David Fisherson and Dianne Dixon; Part One, directed by Dan Povenmire, originally aired on Cartoon Time! on May 19, 2000, while Part Two, directed by Wes Archer, originally aired on September 15, 2000, with an hour-long special titled Sandwood Summers Most Wanted, hosted by John Walsh, the host of Fox's America's Most Wanted (not to be confused with The Big Group Movie 2's subtitle of the same name), aired an hour before Part Two. Part One was viewed by approximately 15.0 million viewers, while Part Two was viewed by approximately 22.6 million viewers. Both parts received critical acclaim for its humor, and its extensive story and clues. Although the episode received controversy for its dark story, especially the scene where Doctor Dexxen is shot and seen bleeding.

## Characters

* Doctor Dexxen - J. K. Simmons
* Karen Dexxen - Jill Talley
* Frank Turner - Mike Judge
* Wendy Miles - Cheryl Chase
* Daniel Davis - Nancy Cartwright
* Lucas Markman - Rob Paulsen
* Doctor Genesis - Hank Azaria
* Doctor Thomas - Dan Castellaneta
* Howard Genesis - Billy West
* Lily Davis - Tara Strong
* Charlie Davis II - Dan Castellaneta
* Charlie Davis III - Howie Mandel
* Rose Davis - Tress MacNeille
* Vanessa Davis - Mila Kunis
* Tony Miles - Mike Judge
* Edward Turner - Jerry Seinfeld
* Paula Turner - Tress MacNeille
* Randy Markman - William Ragsdale
* Sharon Markman - Melaine Chartoff
* Jeff Goldblum - Himself
* Video Game Guy - Billy West
* Joe Harrison - Mr. Lawrence
* Susan Markman - Cheryl Chase
* Timothy Darwins - Tara Strong
* Alvin Testaburger - Pamela Hayden
* Greta Schwartzenegger - Mila Kunis
* Martin Harolds Jr. - Russi Taylor
* DeeDee Brown - Yeardley Smith
* Sabrina Terrens - Grey DeLisle
* Izzy Warner - Catherine Cavadini
* Barbara Wolfcastle - Jodi Benson
* Chief Baskins - J. K. Simmons

## Suspects

Frank states that every person in town could be a suspect and it is true that Doctor Dexxen blocked out the sky. However there are certain suspects whose motives are focused on, and the public was assured that the contest was winnable, so there could only be a limited number of suspects - presumably a character present at the Town Meeting who has been seen before. The most obvious suspects at the meeting were...

* Daniel Davis - lost it after Dexxen kept forgetting his name.
* Karen Dexxen - dumped
* Doctor Genesis - lost his home.
* Doctor Thomas - lost his pet.
* Video Game Guy - lost his store.
* Joe Harrison - broke his eyes
* Charlie Davis II - lost his retirement home and his magazines.
* Susan Markman - Timothy's legs were broken and her treehouse was destroyed
* Timothy Darwins - Broke his legs.
* Jeff Goldblum - lost his career.
* Chief Baskins - it's his job to find the shooter and he could pin it on anybody and look like a hero. Baskins is always carrying a gun and is well known to be corrupt.
* Wendy Miles - Her poodle was injured.
* Frank Turner - lost his science program.
	+ However as well as the primary suspects who draw the most attention to themselves at the Town Hall, there are other, less significant characters in the general area and at the Town Hall with potential motives...
* Alvin Testaburger - Dexxen broke his bike
* Greta Schwartzenegger - Dexxen took photos of her naked
* Martin Harolds Jr. - Dexxen called him Buzz Lightyear due to his hair color.
* DeeDee Brown - Dexxen made fun of her homeland.
* Lucas Markman - Dexxen made all the chocolate milk go away.
* Sabrina Terrens - Ripped Teddy in half.
* Izzy Warner - Made her cry.
* Barbara Wolfcastle - Ruined her makeup.
* Charlie Davis III - his sports team lost.
* Tony Miles - His dead wife was made fun of.
* (later cleared in Part One) Rose Davis - "He's making us all yell!"
* Lily Davis (the culprit) - Vents her anger at the town meeting, likely because of her connection to her family, who all vented their anger. (She shot Dexxen because he stole her lollipop)

## Trivia

### General

* This is the first episode of the series to be split into two parts, not counting the shorts "Lucas in Peril: Chapter One" and "Lucas in Peril: The Thrilling Conclusion", or the hour-long specials "Movie Surfin'", "Big Group Episode IV", "The Road Back to Sandwood Summers", "Road to America", and "The Day Sandwood Summers Erupted".
	+ However, when this episode premiered on Disney Channel on October 20, 2019, it was aired as an hour-long special.