(Fade in to an outside view of the Dexter family home, with the view zooming in; it appears to be sunset)
(Cut to the inside of the kitchen; Mom is seen wiping her mouth with a napkin; Dad pushes his plate away)
Dad: Honey, that was deeeeelicious! What's for dessert?
(Pan over to Dee Dee and Dexter, the latter shown drinking water from his glass)
Dee Dee: Yay, dessert!
Mom: Something special for my little family: upside-down cake!
(She removes the cloche on the plate, revealing an upside-down cake with large pineapple slices that sparkles)
Dad, Dee Dee, and Dexter: Ooh!
(Mom serves a slice of cake to Dad, who is panting like a dog)
Mom: One for my big man...
(She passes a slice to Dee Dee, who becomes delighted)
Mom: One for my little princess...
(Mom then passes a slice over to Dexter, who reaches for it)
Mom: And one for my little man.
(Dee Dee peers from behind the table; she pushes the plate away and puts her other hand on Dexter's face; she points at the peas on Dexter's plate and looks at him smugly with a raised eyebrow)
Dee Dee:' Mom, look! Dexter didn't eat his veggies!
Mom: Good heavens. Well, we can't have that. Finish your dinner, Dexter.
(Dexter struggles to reach his plate; Mom pulls the plate away and Dexter sits down disappointedly; Dee Dee retreats back under the table)
Dexter: (stammering) But--but--but--but--
Dad: Now, Dexter, you listen to your mom. (he reaches the piece of cake over to Dexter, who delightfully looks at it) If you want some of this great dessert, (he quickly pulls it back, leaving Dexter frowning) eat your veggies.
(Dexter picks up his fork and slowly reaches for a lone pea on his plate; he moves his face away as he pulls the pea toward him; he touches the pea with the tip of his tongue and recoils in disgust; he rubs his mouth with the back of his hand, then spits twice)
(The view pans over to Dee Dee, who is rapidly eating her share of cake with her hands and the sound of a jackhammer accompanying; it then cuts to Dad, who is rapidly eating his cake with the sound of a grass trimmer accompanying)
(Dexter thinks for a moment, then snaps his fingers)
Dexter: Oh, Mother, I submit that if I did indeed consume all of my vegetables, I would not have room for your delicious dessert.
Mom: Now, now, Dexter, if you don't eat your veggies, you can't have any cake. How can you have cake if you don't eat your veggies?
Dexter: (defeated) I concede to your infinite wisdom. (normal tone) Please excuse me.
(He gets down from his chair and leaves to the right; fade to black, then back in to another outside view of the Dexter family home, where it is now nighttime; cut to the inside of Dexter's laboratory; a view of a chart with "Meats", "Grains", "Dairy", and "Plants" as headers is shown; the meat, grain, and dairy bars are high up while the plant bar is very low; it zooms out to show Dexter using a sensor where four lasers are on his tongue)
Dexter: According to the taste-bud sensor, there is a decrease in my vegetable area.
(The lasers deactivate and the grip loosens on Dexter's tongue; he pulls it back into his mouth; it then cuts to Dexter walking to the gamma radiation room)
Dexter: In order to change this situation, I must alter my atomic DNA structure. This requires drastic measures. My dessert future is at stake.
(The gamma radiation room doors slam shut; cut to the inside; Dexter is laying on a table with a large gamma radiation beam pointed at him; it pans up to show the large machine in question, then shows Dexter pressing three buttons to power on the machine)
Dexter: I have decided to deploy a reasonable amount of gamma radiation-- just enough to get the taste buds level.
(The table tilts downward; the beam powers up)
Computer: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
(The gamma radiation beam is fired at Dexter, showing his skeleton a few times before the machine powers down)
(Back outside, the gamma radiation room doors slide open with a white glow, then it flashes to Dexter standing in the doorway)
Dexter: Hmm. Interesting. I don't feel different.
(Back at the taste-bud sensor, Dexter reaches his tongue out and the gripper grabs it, with the lasers activating; on the monitor, the "Plants" meter rises)
Dexter: But the scanner reads that the vegetarian levels are high.
(The word "DANGER" flashes on the monitor)
Dexter: Hmm. "Danger." That's an odd reading, but I feel great!
(In Dexter's room, the bookshelf slides up and Dexter leaves the laboratory yawning, to which the bookshelf slides back down; Dexter then jumps out of his shoes and into bed)
Dexter: Boy, that gamma radiation can take it out of you.
(His stomach suddenly rumbles)
Dexter: Odd. I have a strange urge for a lettuce, broccoli, and cucumber sandwich.
(He jumps off the bed and back into his boots)
Dexter: I shall reward my new vegetarian passions with a midnight snack.
(He opens the fridge; the view pans up and down)
Dexter: There are no vegetables. Perhaps the pantry.
(He jumps into the pantry and crawls inside; several bottles are heard clinking; Dexter peeps back out)
Dexter: Nothing!
(He lands back in the middle of the kitchen)
Dexter: There are no vegetables in the house!
(His stomach rumbles again, but louder than usual; Dexter clutches his stomach as the view spins around him)
Dexter: Must... find... vegetables!
(He falls on his knees in pain, then doubles over while continuing to hold onto his stomach; Dexter removes his glasses and his iris shrinks; suddenly, he gains muscle mass and green skin; outside, Dexter is heard roaring)
(Back in the kitchen, a silhouette of Dexter, now depicted as a green-skinned creature, stomps on the kitchen floor, with it cracking at each step; Dexter walks near the kitchen sink, raises his fist, then slams it down)
(As the dust settles, Dexter's silhouette is seen walking into the night whereas the kitchen sink is no longer there)
(At the supermarket later that night, the outside is shown; it then fades to the inside, where it pans over to the front window; Dexter busts through the store wall; he looks around, then pants while looking at the produce section)
(At the produce section, Dexter lands in the middle of it, causing the fruits and vegetables to jump up and down; he stomps the floor and sends a shockwave to several cucumbers, which fly into Dexter's mouth; Dexter then grabs and squeezes several stalks of corn, with the husks falling into his mouth; he then eyes a row of more vegetables, then grabs the entire tray and dumps all of the produce down his throat)
(Satiated, Dexter sits on his rear then rubs his mouth; he burps loudly and reverts back to his normal form, where he subsequently falls asleep; fade to black and back in to the next morning at the Dexter family house; in the kitchen, Mom and Dad are seen drinking coffee while Dee Dee is eating grapefruit slices; in the living room, the front door opens and Dexter stumbles inside)
Mom: Dexter? Just what do you think you're doing? You've missed breakfast, and you're still not dressed for school. You'll be late for the bus.
(Dad looks at his watch)
Dad: Whoops-a-doodle. Speaking of late, I've got to run.
(He puts on a fedora then runs to the right while carrying a briefcase)
Dee Dee: Bye, Daddy!
(Cut to the hole in the wall; Dad runs through it)
Dad: So long, pumpkin!
(Wipe to Huber Elementary later that morning; it zooms in to one of the classroom windows, then cuts to the inside; the teacher is seen at the front of the class, then it pans over to Dexter sitting in th front row)
Teacher: As Nutrition Awareness Week begins, we will have several guest speakers. Without further ado, let me introduce... Mr. Dancing Carrot.
(The classroom door is shown; it opens and a man dressed like a carrot enters)
Mr. Dancing Carrot: Hiya, kids!
Kids: Hiya, Mr. Dancing carrot!
(Dexter recoils at the sight of the costume; his stomach growls and he hides his face)
Mr. Dancing Carrot: ♪ Veggies are your pals, veggies are your pals hi-ho a-derry-o, veggies are your pals ♪
(As he sings, Dexter uncovers his face and his eyes turn green, his stomach continuing to rumble)
Mr. Dancing Carrot: Ok, kids. Sing along!
(He does a reprise of the song, with the kids in class singing along with him)
Mr. Dancing Carrot: ♪ Hi-ho a-derry-- ♪ OH!
(Dexter is hanging on the costume's tail with his teeth; he then chomps on it, causing Mr. Dancing Carrot to scream and recoil)
Mr. Dancing Carrot: Aah! Get him off me!
(The lunch bell rings; Dexter spits then jumps up, his eyes green)
Dexter: Lunch!
(He bolts out of the classroom and to the serving line in the cafeteria)
Dexter: Oh, please, o kind lunch lady, I must partake of vegetables.
Lunch lady: I can't be doing that. You have to wait in line. There are other kids before you, (she points at the line of students, with the camera panning to show a long line of them) and nobody cuts the line in my lunchroom!
(Dexter's stomach rumbles once more; he sweats profusely)
Dexter: You are making me hungry. You wouldn't like me when I'm hungry.
(He faces away, then transforms into his monster form, with his lab coat tearing up; out on the playground, Dexter busts through the school walls; he looks fierced, then delighted when he sees a lemon tree on the far side of the playground)
(Dexter stomps toward the lemon tree; it pans to two boys playing on the jungle gym, which Dexter smashes to pieces and having many bolts and bars flying everywhere; it then cuts to two boys and a girl on a merry-go-round; Dexter walks near it and makes the merry-go-round spin faster than normal, sending the boys and girl flying; at a teeter-totter, Dexter lands on the other side, sending the boy propelling into the air and back into the school through one of the windows)
(Dexter, upon reaching the lemon tree, bites into the side of it and devours the whole thing, where he uses a branch as a toothpick and leaves a stump in its place; while continuing to hold the branch, Dexter burps and reverts back to normal; he looks around to see two boys standing near him, one wearing a baseball glove with the baseball and the other carrying a baseball bat)
Boy: You ok?
Dexter: Please excuse me.
(He runs to the right; fade to the Dexter family home; sounds of electricity are heard coming from the inside and a machine is powering down; in Dexter's laboratory, he is seen leaving the gamma radiation room and walks to the left)
Dexter: Well, everything seems normal. It was just a matter of reversing some gamma radiation. Quite simple, really.
(Cut to Mom in the kitchen)
Mom: Dinner, everybody!
(Dad, Dee Dee, and Dexter all take their seats)
Dee Dee: Any eating problems, Dexter?
Dexter: (raising an eyebrow) There are no concerns.
Dad: What's for dinner?
Mom: Well, dear, I thought we'd try something different: Liver and onions!
(She removes the cloche covering the liver and onions; Dee Dee looks at them and wrinkles her face)
Dee Dee: Ewww!
Dexter: Liver and onions! (with green eyes) My favorite!
(His stomach rumbles once more and he sweats again; iris close on Dexter)
