Framed is episode 44 of Dexter's Laboratory, the episode aired on March 18, 1998.
Synopsis
Dexter breaks his glasses, but fortunately for him, this makes him cooler.
Plot
The episode starts out as a bus takes children to school, Dexter and Douglas are listening to science lessons and laughing at the same time. Dee Dee ccomes up and starts to bother them for no reason. She unplugs the earphone cable and the player activates its loudspeaker. Everyone on the bus hears it and start laughing, Becky even calls Dexter a "dork." Then, Dee Dee picks up Dexter's glasses and makes fun of him. Everyone started laughing harder. When the bus got to school, the crowd got off the bus, except for Dexter. He was searching the bus for his glasses, he soon finds them and notices that the lenses are broken. The bus driver tells him to get off the bus, he gets off and talks to Douglas. Gwen notices his glasses and whispers in Becky's ear about them. The two walk over to Dexter and Douglas and admire his glasses. In class, Becky tries out the glasses and says that they look "super cool." When the period was over, everyone in the hallway ran toward Dexter. A boy in blue liked the glasses, and so did the others. The next day, everyone gets broken glasses and Douglas is jealous, so is Dee Dee. Later that night, Dad tells Dexter that he needs new glasses and he replies that broken glasses are cool, Dad then tells him a story about cool things. The next day, Gwen and Becky are seen holding broken glasses in their hands while Dexter repeats what his dad said. At the front of the bus arrives Mandark. Everyone swooned over him; they did not realize that Mandark had an accident, but they liked him anyway. Dexter says that broken glasses are uncool and the two boys listen to their tape.
Characters
Trivia
- This is the second appearance of Becky and Gwen, the first one was The Bus Boy.
- Mandark made a brief cameo in the very ending of the episode.
- The music that plays on the title card was the same music used in the episode The Laughing
- When Gwen and Becky left the bus. Gwen was seen sitting in the crowd as a background character in the very next frame.
- The title of this episode is a term used for when someone gets sent to prison for something that they didn't do but got blamed for.