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 Dexter's Laboratory logo since season 2. |
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| Format | Animated television series, Comedy, Science fiction |
| Created by | Genndy Tartakovsky |
| Voices of | Christine Cavanaugh (1996-2001) Candi Milo (2001-2003) Allison Moore (1996-1997; 2001-2002) Kathryn Cressida (1997-1999; 2002-2003) Kath Soucie Jeff Bennett Eddie Deezen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and Genndy Tartakovsky (Геннадий Тартаковский (Gennadiy Tartakovskiy born January 17 1970 is an Emmy Award -winning Russian born Jewish- Christine Cavanaugh (born 1963 in Utah) is an American voice actress who has a distinctive speaking style and has provided the voice for a large range Candi Milo (born January 21, 1966) is an American voice actress and Singer. Not to be confused with Allison Moorer Allison Moore is an American Voice actress. Kathryn Cressida is an American Voice actress, also known as Kat Cressida. Jeff Glenn Bennett (born October 2, 1962) is an American Voice actor in cartoons (most notably those produced by Disney) movies and games Eddie Deezen (born March 6, 1958) is an American Actor and Voice actor, primarily known for playing Nerd roles in The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 78 (List of episodes) |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Cartoon Network/Boomerang YTV/Teletoon (Canada) |
| Original run | April 28, 1996 – November 22, 2003 |
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Production
Dexter's Laboratory was inspired by one of Genndy Tartakovsky's drawings of a ballerina. Genndy Tartakovsky (Геннадий Тартаковский (Gennadiy Tartakovskiy born January 17 1970 is an Emmy Award -winning Russian born Jewish- After drawing her tall and thin shape, he was inspired to pair her with a short and blocky opposite, Dexter. In 1991, he made his first "Dexter" short. On February 20th, 1995, Dexter's Laboratory made its first run on the "What a Cartoon!" show. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 World Premiere Toons (later known as What a Cartoon! Show, now known as The Cartoon Cartoon Show) is the mid-1990s Animation In March 1996, the first season sparked off. Directors and writers on the series included Genndy Tartakovsky, Rumen Petkov, Craig McCracken, Seth MacFarlane, Butch Hartman, Rob Renzetti, Paul Rudish, Mark O'Hare, John McIntyre and Chris Savino. Genndy Tartakovsky (Геннадий Тартаковский (Gennadiy Tartakovskiy born January 17 1970 is an Emmy Award -winning Russian born Jewish- Rumen Petkov (Румен Петков (born 26 January, 1948) is a Bulgarian Animator and comic creator Craig McCracken (born March 31, 1971 in Charleroi Pennsylvania) is an American Animator mostly known as the creator of the cartoon Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26 1973 is an Emmy award-winning American Comedian, Animator, Screenwriter, producer Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV (born January 10 1965 in Highland Park Michigan) is an American Robert "Rob" Renzetti is an American Animator and director who created the Animated television series My Life as a Teenage Paul Rudish is an American animator who helped create Dexter's Laboratory, The PowerPuff Girls, Samurai Jack, and the Mark O'Hare is an American cartoonist who created the Comic strip Citizen Dog. Jonathan McIntyre (often credited as John McIntyre or John Mc Intyre) is an animated series Writer, director, and Artist Chris Savino is an American animator He has worked for Spümcø, Games Animation, Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network Studios and is currently
Dexter's Laboratory ended its initial run in 1999, with the series finale being Ego Trip, but re-entered production in 2001. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The new episodes, which ran for two more seasons, had a different production team than the originals, since Genndy Tartakovsky was busy working on Samurai Jack and Star Wars: Clone Wars. Samurai Jack is a 4-time Emmy Award -winning American Animated television series created by animator Genndy Tartakovsky that aired The second series featured new character and background designs, alternative storyline and character backgrounds, and different sound effects (which were mostly all classic Hanna-Barbera sound effects). Also, Dexter's voice actress changed from Christine Cavanaugh to Candi Milo. Christine Cavanaugh (born 1963 in Utah) is an American voice actress who has a distinctive speaking style and has provided the voice for a large range Candi Milo (born January 21, 1966) is an American voice actress and Singer.
The show currently airs on Cartoon Network's sister channel, Boomerang at 9:30 P. Boomerang is a 24-hour American Cable television channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System (a division of Time Warner) M and on the Cartoon Cartoon Show on Cartoon Network. World Premiere Toons (later known as What a Cartoon! Show, now known as The Cartoon Cartoon Show) is the mid-1990s Animation It aired again on Cartoon Network on June 8, 2008 on The Nacho Chip Marathon on 12:30 P. M.
Premise
The series revolves around a boy genius named Dexter, who has a secret laboratory filled with highly advanced equipment hidden behind a bookshelf in his bedroom. This article is about the stereotypical character For a number of specific historical uses see Whiz Kids. A laboratory (informally lab) is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific Research, Experiments and Access to this never-ending laboratory is achieved by speaking various passwords or by activating hidden switches on the bookcase. Dexter is normally in conflict with his ditzy older sister, Dee Dee, who has an uncanny talent for gaining access to Dexter's lab despite his best efforts to keep her out. Dee Dee eludes all manner of security and, once inside, delights in playing in the lab, often destroying his inventions and creations. For reasons left unexplained, Dexter manages to keep the lab a secret from his clueless, cheerful parents, and in the beginning of the show, Dee Dee is the only other character to know about his lab. In several episodes, however, he is forced to reveal his lab to his parents, although such episodes always end with his parent's memories being wiped. His name forms the root of the word dexterous, meaning one who is mentally adroit and skillful with the hands.
Dexter has an arch-nemesis, a boy named Mandark Astronominov. (In the later seasons where the production team was changed, "Mandark" was changed to his nickname, his new real name being Susan. This is never mentioned in the original seasons. ) Often Mandark, through fraud or (rarely) by coincidence, attempts to take credit for Dexter's achievements. Mandark is also "secretly" in love with Dee Dee. In the later seasons, after the revamp, Mandark becomes significantly more evil, his laboratory dark-looking and spiky (instead of the bright, cartoony lab featuring the Death Star from earlier seasons) and his plans more diabolical and nasty. The Death Star is a Fictional Space station and Superweapon appearing in the Star Wars movies and expanded universe.
The show's humor derives in part from Dexter's essentially one-sided and intense rivalry with his sister (in which Dexter, although brilliant, never gets the upper hand) and from exaggerated stereotyping of his high intelligence and social awkwardness. Much absurdist and surrealist humour is used as well. Absurdism is a Philosophy stating that the efforts of humanity to find meaning in the Universe ultimately fail (and hence are absurd because no such Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members
The show breaks the time-honored TV rule of returning the characters and situation to the status quo at the end of each episode; most episodes end in an unresolved state with no easy solution offered for returning the characters to normal; e. Status quo is a Latin term meaning the present existing state of affairs or "the state in which" g. Dexter is a mutated mass of protoplasm, a large tentacled monster attacks the house (this monster appears in a Cartoon Network bumper), there are multiple clones of Dexter and Dee Dee running around, the entire lab self-destructs and is completely gone, Dexter destroys the lab and is later turned into a sandwich, etc. However, each episode always begins from the accepted "normal" premise of the program.
An hour-long special, Ego Trip, aired on Cartoon Network in 1999, in which Dexter travels through time and meets several of his future selves. Dexter's Laboratory Ego Trip is an Annie Award -winning one-hour Animated Television special spawned from the Cartoon Network Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Ego Trip was originally supposed to conclude the series, but two additional seasons followed.
Backup Segments
Two short segments ran in between episodes during 21-minute slots called Dial M for Monkey and The Justice Friends. These segments existed within the Dexter's Laboratory universe and main characters from either "show" appeared in actual episodes regularly. The episodes of the first half of Season 1 of the show included the "Dial M for Monkey" segment in between two Dexter shorts. The last half of Season 1 included a Justice Friends segment in between the two Dexter shorts. Monkey often appeared in the Justice Friends segments as well, teaming with his fellow superheroes.
Dial M for Monkey
The Dial M for Monkey shorts feature Dexter's lab monkey, Monkey (played by Frank Welker), who (unknown to Dexter) has superpowers and fights evil with his partners. Franklin W Welker (born March 12 1946 is an American voice actor. A superpower is a State with a leading position in the international system and the ability to Influence events and project power on a worldwide scale Monkey revealed his secret to Dexter in the all-star episode Last But Not Beast, only to erase his memories afterwards. This is a list of episodes for the Cartoon Network Animated television series Dexter's Laboratory. The segment's title derives from Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Dial M for Murder ( 1954) is a Howcatchem film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, and
The Justice Friends
Major Glory, Krunk, and Valhallen are all room mates who live in an apartment complex. Most of the adventures of the Justice Friends deal with the three trying to balance out their superhero adventures while just trying to keep their composure living in the house. They have also appeared on at least one episode of The Powerpuff Girls, thereby tying the "universes" of those two shows together. The Powerpuff Girls is an Emmy award-winning The show has come under criticism for its rather excessive violence (including images of characters gushing blood Most of these adventures play out like a sitcom along with a laugh track, which is highly unusual for animated shows, used in a satirical manner. The segment's title likely derives from the DC Comics superhero organization The Justice League and its sanitized animated cartoon version, Super Friends. The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team. Super Friends is an American Animated television series about a team of Superheroes which ran from 1973 to 1986 on ABC as part The three main characters are based on the Marvel Comics characters of Captain America, Hulk, and a hybrid of Thor and Eddie Van Halen. Thor ( Old Norse: Þórr) is the red-haired and bearded God of Thunder in Germanic paganism and its subset Norse paganism Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen (born January 26 1955 is a Dutch Guitarist, Keyboardist, Songwriter and producer
Media
"Ego Trip" film
Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip is an hour-long film that was released on VHS in 1999
"Chicken Scratch" theatrical short
Chicken Scratch is a Dexter's Laboratory episode that appeared in theaters, as a bonus short before The Powerpuff Girls Movie. Dexter's Laboratory Ego Trip is an Annie Award -winning one-hour Animated Television special spawned from the Cartoon Network Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The Powerpuff Girls Movie (also known as The Powerpuff Girls) is animated feature-length film based on the Cartoon Network After Dexter catches the Chicken Pox, DeeDee tells him a ridiculous tale that if he keeps scratching them, he will turn into an evil chicken, and throughout the episode Dexter tries his best not to scratch. Chickenpox is a highly contagious illness caused by primary infection with Varicella zoster virus (VZV Evil, in many cultures is used to describe acts or thoughts which are contrary to some particular religion
Music Videos
Four music videos were made in 2002 and had occasional airings between shows on Cartoon Network. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. One was a mock-anime video sung by They Might Be Giants called DeeDee and Dexter. (anime in Japanese, They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American Alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John
The other three were rap songs which were released on a compilation album:
- Back to the Lab (by Prince Paul): A pop art video highlighting the walkway sequence of a stern Dexter, marching presumably back to the lab. Paul Huston, better known by the Stage name Prince Paul, is an American Disc jockey and hip-hop Record producer. The video consisted of various clips and animatics derived from the series's later seasons.
- Secrets (by Will.i.am): Will. William James Adams Jr (born March 15, 1975 in Los Angeles California, USA) better known by his Stage name will i. am singing/rapping within a color-tinged record studio, with Dexter bumping his head and mixing up beats on a turntable in the background. The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded Sound from the 1870s through the 1980s
- Dexter (What's His Name) (by Coolio): A pseudo "live" performance, essentially Coolio freestyle-rapping beside Dexter on an animated stage, with the large cheering crowd being made of a host Cartoon Network characters. Artis Leon Ivey Jr (born August 1 1963 better known by his Stage name Coolio, is a Grammy Award -winning American Rapper and
Dexter's Laboratory: The Hip Hop Experiment
Dexter's Laboratory: The Hip Hop Experiment, a compilation album featuring songs by various hip hop artists inspired by the series, was released on August 20, 2002. A compilation album is an Album ( Music or Spoken-word) featuring tracks from one or multiple Recording artists, often culled from a variety of Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine The track listing for the CD are as follows:
- "Dexter's Laboratory Opening Theme"
- "Secrets" - will.i.am
- "Dexter (What's His Name?)" - Coolio
- "Love According to Dexter" - Phife Dawg, introducing Slick E. William James Adams Jr (born March 15, 1975 in Los Angeles California, USA) better known by his Stage name will Artis Leon Ivey Jr (born August 1 1963 better known by his Stage name Coolio, is a Grammy Award -winning American Rapper and Phife Dawg (born Malik Taylor on November 20 1974 in Queens, New York) also known as the Five Foot Assassin and The Rose
- "Sibling Rivalries" - De La Soul
- "Mandark's Plan" - YZ
- "Back to the Lab" - Prince Paul
Video games
Two games were released to tie in with the series, Dexter's Laboratory: Chess Challenge for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance which was released in 2002 and Dexter's Laboratory: Mandark's Laboratory? for the Sony Playstation both developed and produced by the now defunct[1] publisher BAM! Entertainment. De La Soul is a Grammy Award-winning hip hop group They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky surreal lyrics and their contributions to the evolution The Hard seat ( abbreviated YZ, is the lowest class of seating in China Railway Paul Huston, better known by the Stage name Prince Paul, is an American Disc jockey and hip-hop Record producer. is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on The Game Boy Advance (often shortened to GBA) is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console BAM! Entertainment is a dormant Video game publisher that published such titles as Carmen Sandiego The Secret of the Stolen Drums, Wallace
DVD Release
The complete first season was released on February 19, 2008 in Australia, on Region 4 DVD. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. It is a two-disc set, and contains the two pilot episodes "Changes" and "Big Sister", as well as a limited edition door hanger. The first half of season two is due for release on July 11, 2008. [2]
No US or UK release has yet been announced.
See also
External links
- Dexter's Laboratory at the Internet Movie Database
- Dexter's Laboratory at Don Markstein's Toonopedia
- Dexter's Laboratory at the Big Cartoon DataBase
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