Dexter's Laboratory (disambiguation)

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* [[Dexter's Laboratory (TV series)]]

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'''Dexter's Laboratory''' (or '''Dexter's Lab''' for short) is a Cartoon Network animated series, that was created by [[Genndy Tartakovksy]].

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* [[Dexter's Laboratory (location)]]

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==Summary==

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* [[Changes]] - Originally titled ''Dexter's Laboratory''

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The series revolves around a boy genius named [[Dexter]], who has a secret laboratory filled with highly advanced equipment hidden behind a bookshelf in his bedroom. Access to this never-ending laboratory is achieved by speaking various passwords or by activating hidden switches on the bookcase. Dexter is normally in conflict with his ditzy older sister, ppDee Dee]], who has an uncanny talent for gaining access to the laboratory despite his best efforts to keep her out. Dee Dee eludes all manner of security and, once inside, delights in playing in the lab, often destroying many of his inventions and creations. For reasons left unexplained, Dexter manages to keep the lab a secret from his clueless, cheerful parents, and in the beginning of the show, Dee Dee is the only other character to know about his lab. In several episodes, however, he is forced to reveal his lab to his parents, although such episodes always end with his parent's memories being wiped.

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[[Category:Disambiguations]]

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Dexter has an arch-nemesis, a boy named [[Mandark]]. Often Mandark, through fraud or (rarely) by coincidence, attempts to take credit for Dexter's achievements. Mandark is also "secretly" in love with Dee Dee. In the later seasons, after the change of animation studios, his laboratory became dark-looking and spiky and his plans more diabolical and nasty.

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The show's humor derives in part from Dexter's essentially one-sided and intense rivalry with his sister (in which Dexter, although brilliant, never gets the upper hand) and from exaggerated stereotyping of his high intelligence and social awkwardness. Much [[absurdism|absurdist]] and [[surrealism|surrealist]] humour is used as well.

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The show breaks the time-honored TV rule of returning the characters and situation to the [[status quo]] at the end of each episode; most episodes end in an ''unresolved'' state with no easy solution offered for returning the characters to normal; e.g. Dexter is a mutated mass of protoplasm, a large tentacled monster attacks the house (this monster appears in a Cartoon Network bumper), there are multiple clones of Dexter and Dee Dee running around, the entire lab self-destructs and is completely gone, Dexter destroys the lab and is later turned into a sandwich, etc. However, each episode always ''begins'' from the accepted "normal" premise of the program.

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===Cast===

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*[[Christine Cavanaugh]]- Dexter (Episodes 1-57; Episode 58C)

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*[[Candi Milo]]- Dexter (Episodes 57-78, excluding 58C)

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*[[Allison Moore]]- Dee Dee (Production Seasons 1 and 3)

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*[[Kat Cressida]]- Dee Dee (Production Seasons 2 and 4)

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*[[Kath Soucie]]- Mom/Dexter's Computer/OceanBird/Agent HoneyDew/Lee Lee/Additional Voices

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*[[Jeff Bennett]]- Dad/WindBear/Additional Voices

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*[[Eddie Deezen]]- Mandark

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*[[Tom Kenny]]- ValHallen/Additional Voices

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*[[Frank Welker]]- Monkey/Krunk/Additional Voices

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*[[Rob Paulsen]]- Major Glory/Additional Voices

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*[[Kimberly Brooks]]- Mee Mee/Additional Voices

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*[[Earl Boen]]- Additional Voices

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== Production ==

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===Early Designs===

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After drawing a ballerina, Tartakovsky matched her tall and thin shape to a short and blocky opposite, Dexter. In 1991, he made his first "Dexter" short. On February 20th, 1995, Dexter's Laboratory made its television debut on the ''What a Cartoon!'' show.

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===The Series===

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In March 1996, the first season sparked off. Dexter's Laboratory ended its initial run in 1999, with the series finale being the movie "[[Ego Trip]]", however, due to good ratings, it re-entered production in 2001. However, due to the closing of Hanna-Barbara studios and with Tartakovsky working on another show, the show's second run, which lasted only two seasons, had a different production team than the originals and was produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The newer episode were often critized, since they featured new character and background designs, alternative storyline and character backgrounds, and Dexter's new voice actress.

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===Current Status===

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In the United States, the show currently airs on [[Cartoon Network]]'s sister channel, [[Boomerang (TV channel)|Boomerang]] at 9:30 P.M and on the [[Cartoon Cartoon Show]] on [[Cartoon Network]].

Changes: Dexter's Laboratory (disambiguation)

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+* [[Dexter's Laboratory (TV series)]]
-'''Dexter's Laboratory''' (or '''Dexter's Lab''' for short) is a Cartoon Network animated series, that was created by [[Genndy Tartakovksy]].
+* [[Dexter's Laboratory (location)]]
-==Summary==
+* [[Changes]] - Originally titled ''Dexter's Laboratory''
-The series revolves around a boy genius named [[Dexter]], who has a secret laboratory filled with highly advanced equipment hidden behind a bookshelf in his bedroom. Access to this never-ending laboratory is achieved by speaking various passwords or by activating hidden switches on the bookcase. Dexter is normally in conflict with his ditzy older sister, ppDee Dee]], who has an uncanny talent for gaining access to the laboratory despite his best efforts to keep her out. Dee Dee eludes all manner of security and, once inside, delights in playing in the lab, often destroying many of his inventions and creations. For reasons left unexplained, Dexter manages to keep the lab a secret from his clueless, cheerful parents, and in the beginning of the show, Dee Dee is the only other character to know about his lab. In several episodes, however, he is forced to reveal his lab to his parents, although such episodes always end with his parent's memories being wiped.
+[[Category:Disambiguations]]
-Dexter has an arch-nemesis, a boy named [[Mandark]]. Often Mandark, through fraud or (rarely) by coincidence, attempts to take credit for Dexter's achievements. Mandark is also "secretly" in love with Dee Dee. In the later seasons, after the change of animation studios, his laboratory became dark-looking and spiky and his plans more diabolical and nasty.
-The show's humor derives in part from Dexter's essentially one-sided and intense rivalry with his sister (in which Dexter, although brilliant, never gets the upper hand) and from exaggerated stereotyping of his high intelligence and social awkwardness.  Much [[absurdism|absurdist]] and [[surrealism|surrealist]] humour is used as well.
-The show breaks the time-honored TV rule of returning the characters and situation to the [[status quo]] at the end of each episode; most episodes end in an ''unresolved'' state with no easy solution offered for returning the characters to normal; e.g. Dexter is a mutated mass of protoplasm, a large tentacled monster attacks the house (this monster appears in a Cartoon Network bumper), there are multiple clones of Dexter and Dee Dee running around, the entire lab self-destructs and is completely gone, Dexter destroys the lab and is later turned into a sandwich, etc. However, each episode always ''begins'' from the accepted "normal" premise of the program.
-===Cast===
-*[[Christine Cavanaugh]]- Dexter (Episodes 1-57; Episode 58C)
-*[[Candi Milo]]- Dexter (Episodes 57-78, excluding 58C)
-*[[Allison Moore]]- Dee Dee (Production Seasons 1 and 3)
-*[[Kat Cressida]]- Dee Dee (Production Seasons 2 and 4)
-*[[Kath Soucie]]- Mom/Dexter's Computer/OceanBird/Agent HoneyDew/Lee Lee/Additional Voices
-*[[Jeff Bennett]]- Dad/WindBear/Additional Voices
-*[[Eddie Deezen]]- Mandark
-*[[Tom Kenny]]- ValHallen/Additional Voices
-*[[Frank Welker]]- Monkey/Krunk/Additional Voices
-*[[Rob Paulsen]]- Major Glory/Additional Voices
-*[[Kimberly Brooks]]- Mee Mee/Additional Voices
-*[[Earl Boen]]- Additional Voices
-== Production ==
-===Early Designs===
-After drawing a ballerina, Tartakovsky matched her tall and thin shape to a short and blocky opposite, Dexter. In 1991, he made his first "Dexter" short. On February 20th, 1995, Dexter's Laboratory made its television debut on the ''What a Cartoon!'' show.
-===The Series===
-In March 1996, the first season sparked off. Dexter's Laboratory ended its initial run in 1999, with the series finale being the movie "[[Ego Trip]]", however, due to good ratings, it re-entered production in 2001. However, due to the closing of Hanna-Barbara studios and with Tartakovsky working on another show, the show's second run, which lasted only two seasons, had a different production team than the originals and was produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The newer episode were often critized, since they featured new character and background designs, alternative storyline and character backgrounds, and Dexter's new voice actress.
-===Current Status===
-In the United States, the show currently airs on [[Cartoon Network]]'s sister channel, [[Boomerang (TV channel)|Boomerang]] at 9:30 P.M and on the [[Cartoon Cartoon Show]] on [[Cartoon Network]].