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"Ant Pants (episode)" | Premiere Order "Mom and Jerry" |
"Chubby Cheese (episode)" | 
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"Monstory" | Production Order "Mom and Jerry" |
"Chubby Cheese (episode)" |
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| Mom and Jerry | |
| Season 2, Episode 2a | |
| Episode name reference to/pun on: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Tom and Jerry and the character Mom | |
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| Air date | July 23, 1997 |
| Production number | 201a |
| Directed by | Robert Alvarez |
Mom and Jerry is the first segment of the second episode in season two of Dexter's Laboratory. It first aired on July 23, 1997.
In this episode, Dexter swaps his brain with a mouse. As he races back to his laboratory to reverse the effects, he must avoid Mom as she attacks him.
Plot[]
In Dexter's laboratory, he is about to perform a brain transplant experiment on a lab rat and Monkey. While Dexter prepares the transplant, Dee Dee whispers Monkey over to her, prompting him to place the helmet on Dexter's head and run over to Dee Dee, where they dance together.
When Dexter prepares the procedure, he turns during the countdown and sees Monkey missing just as the brain transfer is complete. While chasing the mouse, Dexter falls into a hole and slides down a chute leading to the drain in the kitchen sink. As Dexter peeps out, he sees Mom working on a cake. After he squeaks, Mom sees Dexter and uses the rolling pin to attack him, to which Dexter runs on top of toward the cake, flattening it in the process. Mom then grabs a broom and uses it to swat at Dexter as he hides in the vegetable baskets, knocking each one off.
On top of the cabinets, Dexter knocks down each glass plate, to which Mom frantically runs to catch as they fall while using her rear to catch a metal pan, kettle, and cups. Dexter falls into one of the metal cups and lands in the doorway, then watches Mom lose her balance as she falls to the floor with the dishware breaking apart. In the living room, as Dexter runs from Mom, she traps him inside a vase then looks inside. Dexter distracts her by plucking one of Mom's eyelashes then running some more.
Dexter drops the eyelash, making Mom trip over and fall on him. When she stands up to look for Dexter, he pops out of her apron then ran to hide underneath the glass table. Mom sees a pair of wooden clogs and uses them to destroy the glass table. She doesn't find Dexter until she notices a matryoshka doll shaking on the mantle. After opening the third doll, Dexter regains his form and sneaks off while whistling.
At the branch stick wreath, Dexter kicks off the duck decoration and changes form to fit in where it originally was as Mom ran past. She turns to see Dexter, who reverts back into his normal form, wraps the wreath around Mom, and jumps into the ceiling fan globe. Mom breaks herself free from the wreath and picks up the broom preparing to attack Dexter once more. However, he counters by throwing light bulbs from the globe at Mom, who runs for cover behind the couch. Mom fires her glove at the ceiling fan, hitting it hard enough for it to come loose from the ceiling. Dexter then uses the fan to fly back to his room.
In there, Dexter opens the laboratory and has Computer launch F-911, a decoy robot mouse to distract Mom as he enters his laboratory to reverse the process. While the process is beginning, Dee Dee tells Dexter she promised to help him catch the mouse and brings in a stray cat. The cat then chases Dexter, who is chasing the mouse. Dee Dee then joins in on the chase by barking like a dog and chasing after the cat. Monkey sits by watching, then returns to reading Of Mice and Men while smoking a wooden pipe.
Characters[]
Trivia[]
- This episode shows another way to open the bookcase entrance into the lab, by pressing a button located inside a book off Dexter's bookshelf.
Cultural References[]
- Dexter plays Jerry's role and Mom plays Tom's role.
- The title card, name and episode is a parody of the 1940s cartoon Tom and Jerry.
Goofs/Errors[]
- Dexter's mouth doesn't move when he says, "Hey! My room!"
- Mom's cake is laid on the counter beside the one mouse Dexter was on. But when he jumps on the rolling pin, it moved to directly in front of him.
Production Notes[]
- Although this episode along with "Chubby Cheese" and "That Crazy Robot" were aired on July 23, 1997, they were produced in the same year according to the credits.
- This is the first episode along with "Chubby Cheese" and "That Crazy Robot" with Hanna-Barbera logo using the Time Warner byline, following the Time Warner-Turner Entertainment merger in 1996. Also, this is the first episode to copyright to Hanna-Barbera Cartoons since "Dial M for Monkey: Orgon Grindor" in terms of production order.