Monstory

Monstory
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Monstory is the thirty-ninth episode of season one of Dexter's Laboratory. It is the thirty-ninth episode overall.

Synopsis

Dexter, annoyed by Dee Dee's non-stop chatter, attempts to silence her by giving her a potion, only to accidentally turn her into a monster.

Plot

The episode begins in space featuring a giant multi-lens microscope reflecting an eye looking over the world and scaring the human population. Immediately in the next scene it is revealed that it is Dexter who is looking through his microscope at the world with an earpiece to listen to the sounds emitted by the planet in his laboratory.

While studying Dexter drops a pin whose sound after hitting the floor is amplified by his earpiece, hurting his eardrums. Dee Dee then shows up and despite Dexter telling her he needs quiet she tries to tell him a story. At one point Dexter asks Dee Dee if this is one of her knock knock jokes but she says no. When Dee Dee keeps talking Dexter gives her a potion he believes will shrink her mouth but realizes too late that it will turn her into a monster.  

When Dee Dee begins crying, Dexter won't let her cries destroy the lab so he declares war and drinks the last drop of the potion. But Dexter just turns into a slug and Dee Dee chases him demanding he listen to her story. Dexter manages to lose Dee Dee and forms into a cocoon.  Months later Dexter emerges as a monster too but Dee Dee, who has been sitting next to the cocoon patiently for months still wants for him to listen to her story.  

Dee Dee chases Dexter into the city and Dexter and Dee Dee both mutate into even bigger monsters, the last one leaving them bigger than the city. Dee Dee changes into a giant spider on her own, while Dexter desperate to overpower her drinks toxic waste. They both eventually engage in a video game-esque fight that ends with Dee Dee pinning Dexter down to the ground.  Dee Dee victoriously declares that know Dexter has to listen to her story and continues stating "so the boy told the girl in the park on the pony... Knock Knock!"  Dexter realizing that the whole story really was one of Dee Dee's knock knock jokes lets out a loud "NOOOOOO!" with Dee Dee still pinning him.  Just then the scene pans out showing the whole world and a giant multi-lens microscope from the beginning of the episode watching Dee Dee and Dexter.

Characters

• Dexter
• Dee Dee

Trivia

• The title of this episode is a pun combination between the words "Monster" and "Story".
• Dee Dee mentions having a friend named Laila.
• When Dee Dee transforms into a monster, her white stockings and her pink ballet tutu shoes disappear leaving her with her pink ballerina dress.

Cultural References

• The episode is a parody of the popular kaijun monster movies seen in Japan with both Dexter and Dee Dee parodying two monsters from the Godzilla franchise:
• Dexter's monstrous transformation parodies Godzilla.
• Dee Dee's transformation resembles Kumonga, a spider-like monster.
• At the beginning of the episode, Dexter talks about his "recent study of Horton's theory of Who." This is a reference to the Dr. Seuss book "Horton Hears a Who".
• The city in which Dexter and Dee Dee fight in resembles New York City. The reference strengthens when both Dexter and Dee Dee climb up the same tall building in the same fashion Kong King Kong climbs up the State Building Empire State Building, which is located in New York.

Errors

• When Dexter and Dee Dee start attacking each other, for a second, when Dee Dee grabs Dexter's body with her arms, they turn purple, the same color as Dexter's skin. Then they turn back to the normal color.

Production Notes

• This is the last episode of Season 1 of Dexter's Laboratory.
• The character and background designs of the show are slightly changed after this episode.

Gallery

Dexter's potion vials in his labcoat.

"Dee Dee, would you like a drink?"

"Oh, sweet father of chemistry, what have I done?!"

"Nice Dee Dee, nice Dee Dee... AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

"It is time to fight fire with fire!"

Dexter's transformation...

is not so intimidating

"You will listen to my story!"

"Oh, Dexter! Dexter!"

"Now where did he go?"

Goo at the top

Dexter's Yawn

This is Dexter true monster form

Dee Dee's Second form

Dexter's second form

Dee Dee's final form

Dexter's final form