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"That Crazy Robot" | Premiere Order "D & DD" |
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"That Crazy Robot" | Production Order "D & DD" |
"Hamhocks and Armlocks" |
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| Season 2, Episode 3a | |
| Episode name reference to/pun on: The roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons, also known as "D&D". | |
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| Air date | July 30, 1997 |
| Production number | 203a |
| Written by | Genndy Tartakovsky, Jason Butler Rote |
| Storyboard by | Paul Rudish |
| Directed by | Genndy Tartakovsky Paul Rudish (art direction) |
D & DD is the first segment of the third episode in season 2 of Dexter's Laboratory. It first aired on July 30, 1997.
In this episode, Dexter is playing Monsters and Mazes with his friends, and they get fed up with Dexter's traps and cheating. When Dee Dee is made the Game Master, Dexter's friends find her spin on the game interesting.
Plot[]
In a Dark Forest, three valiant heroes are seen fighting against an army of goblins, which they were able to defeat. Then they arrived at the castle, where the ceiling was about to crush them, only for the knight to hold on to the ceiling as the Archer founded a passage and all three of them escaped, only to encounter a Semitaur, but were able to escape it too as the magician use his magic to cover the hole, where the Semitaur fell. As it seems that they are out of danger, the evil wizard Soraz appeared and shoot the heroes with lighting blast. As the heroes are being tortured, one of them called Soraz a Cheater, which caused Soraz to remove his hood to reveal himself to be Dexter.
It turns out that Soraz and the heroes were none other than Dexter and his friends playing a game of Monsters and Mazes, with Dexter as the Game Master. One of his friends believed that Dexter is cheating due to him always trying to destroy them, to which during a couple of time Dexter throw the dice, he receives a low number, only to purposely move it so that his dice number would be higher. Just then Dexter's Mom came and opened the blind, revealing that Dexter and his friends are playing in the dark. Dee Dee then arrived and after being allowed to play and being the Game Master, asked who is playing who.
Dexter's friends then revealed their characters, with one being a Woodsman named Falcor, another one named Macarbos the Mysterious magician and finally one named Valerian a knight. When asked what he wants to be, Dexter wanted to be a high-level warrior named Gygax but instead, he was given a burrower named Hodo as his character. While Dexter rejects this character, he had no choice but to play as Dee Dee told their quest (taking place in a dungeon forest) where they encountered a savage dragon. While the Heroes had trouble fighting the dragon, Dexter, using Hodo's skill dug all the way to China, only to encounter another Dragon and after holding onto Valerina, manage to cut the dragon's head, only to reveal it to be a pinata filled with Candy.
As Hodo is upset of this scenario, he saw a pixie stick and opened it, only for it to reveal a Pixie named Philian Poppyseed as he thanked the heroes and to show his gratitude, he teleported them to see his Queen, who thanked for saving his prince and offered them gifts. For Valerian, he was given a might steed which was a motorcycle. For Flacor, a stronghold and for Macabros, he gets a lovely assistant with a lifetime of sold-out shows in Vegas. This led to Hodo to receive the Magic Grail that he and his party went on a quest for. However, to his disappointment, the grail is shown to be nothing more than a item to drink.
While Dexter was upset how the quest ended, his friends was instead happy, and Dee Dee suggested a new game; a dating board game with Dee Dee as a bachelorette while Dexter's friends as the bachelors, with Dexter as Hodo.
Characters[]
- Dexter (playing as the Soraz, Gygax, Hodo)
- Dee Dee (playing as Fairy Queen)
- Dexter's Friends (playing as Falcor, Macabros and Valerian)
- Mom
- Soraz
- Semitaur
- Philian Poppyseed
- A dragon piñata
- A chinese dragon
Trivia[]
- On Cartoon Network's schedule, this episode was alternatively called "Siblings and Sorcery".
Cultural References[]
- The game, "Monsters and Mazes" is a parody of the tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons, while the name itself is a reference to 1981 anti-D&D novel, and the 1982 film based on it, Mazes and Monsters.
- Dexter's first game character of choice is named "Gygax the 27th Level Warrior Mage". The name Gygax is a reference/tribute to the creator of Dungeons and Dragons, Gary Gygax.
- Dexter's second game character is named "Hodo the Furry-Footed Burrower". This is a reference to the character of Frodo Baggins from the Lord of the Rings books by the great J. R. R. Tolkien.
- Dexter has a vast knowledge of storytelling and roleplaying games in this episode, as does Dee Dee (much to Dexter's shock).
- Milton Brothers is a reference to the game companies Milton Bradley and Parker Brothers, both of which are subsidiaries of Hasbro since 1984 and 1991, respectively.
- When Dexter jumps into Valerian's head and he can't see the dragon piñata, Dexter says "Use the force!", the same phrase Obi-Wan said to Luke in Star Wars Episode IV.
- Dexter receiving a useless character and weapon may be an homage to the Reboot episode, "Wizards, Warriors, and a Word From Our Sponsor" where Bob is comically put in a similar situation.
Goofs/Errors[]
- When "Valerian" rolls his dice the first time, he claims he rolled a "43", but his dice clearly shows a 49, which is what Dexter's cheats his dice roll into.
Production Notes[]
- Although this episode along with "Hamhocks and Armlocks" aired on 1997, they were actually made in the same year according to the credits.
- This is the first episode that is 11 minutes in length as opposed to 6-7 minutes in length as in all the episodes in Season 1; however beginning from this season episodes could vary in length, ranging from having either three 6-7 minute segments, two 11 minute segments, or as a full-length 22-minute episode.