| Maternal Combat | |
| Season 1, Episode 1c | |
| Episode name reference to/pun on: {{{pun}}} | |
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Maternal Combat is the sixth episode of season 1 of Dexter's Laboratory. It is the sixth episode overall.
Synopsis
Mom is sick and so Dexter creates a robotic clone of her who will let him do whatever he wants. Dee Dee, however, is going to get in the way of that.
Plot
When Dexter creates a Mom-Droid to do his mother's chores when she falls ill. However, Dee Dee gets hold of the remote to the robot and wreaks havoc. Dexter desperately creates another one to counter Dee Dee.
Characters
Trivia
- It is revealed that Dexter has asthma, or some other type of respiratory ailment, as he took out an inhaler when a ball of dust was neared him.
- This is the first episode where Mom and Dad appeared outside of the pilot episodes.
Cultural References
- The title of this episode is a pun on Mortal Kombat which is a fighting video game.