The Best Episodes of Dexter's Laboratory

Dexter will do anything to make the ice cream vendor stop to get some ice cream.

Director: Robert Alvarez

Writer: N/A

When his mother falls ill, Dexter creates a robot to do her chores. Dee Dee gets hold of its remote control and wreaks havoc, forcing Dexter to create a second robot to counter Dee Dee's.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Rob Renzetti

Writer: N/A

Banned from watching a late-night movie due to his young age, Dexter uses his technology to artificially grow into adulthood, but Dee Dee tampers with his machine, causing Dexter to turn into an old man.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Craig McCracken

Writer: N/A

After a fright from Dee Dee, Dexter lays down in the beard growing machine and tries to grow a beard like his hero, Action Hank. Unfortunately, everyone thinks he's a hero.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

Writer: N/A

Monkey must defend the city from a giant underground lava monster, Magmanamus, who cannot sleep because of the noise created by its residents.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Paul Rudish

Writer: N/A

Dexter uses radiation therapy so he can like vegetables, it actually causes him to only eat vegetables, also, the therapy has consequences if Dexter goes too long without them. He turns into a Parody of The Incredible Hulk without vegetables.

Director: Rob Renzetti

Writer: N/A

Dexter and Dee Dee label everything in the house. When their parents get home, they mistake Dexter for Dee Dee (he had a Dee Dee label on his forehead), but he already blamed Dee Dee for the chaos.

Director: Rob Renzetti

Writer: N/A

In "Deedeemensional", Dee Dee time-travels to save Dexter from a monster. In "Magmanamus", Monkey goes up against a lava being that dislikes human-caused noise. In "Maternal Combat", when his mother falls, Dexter creates a robot mom to substitute for her.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Rob Renzetti

Writer: N/A

Dexter and Dee Dee get their Action Hank and Pony Puff Secret Codes mixed up.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Alvarez

Writer: N/A

Mandark Astronomanov, a new student at Dexter's school, seems to be superior to Dexter academically. Mandark forces Dexter to shut down his lab so that Mandark's lab can gain more power. However, with the help of Dee Dee, Dexter manages to destroy Mandark's lab.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

Writer: N/A

Rerun of "Dexter's Laboratory", the first "What a Cartoon!" pilot.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

Writer: Genndy Tartakovsky

To avoid the bath, Dexter decides to laminate himself.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

Writer: N/A

In need of an assistant to operate his latest invention, Dexter performs a brain transplant on Dee Dee to make her smart enough to fulfill the role. With her new brain, Dee Dee proves to be more intelligent than Dexter.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Rob Renzetti

Writer: N/A

Dee Dee and her friends, Lee Lee and Mee Mee, enter Dexter's lab and wreak havoc. Dexter clones himself to stop them, but the girls too make clones of themselves.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Rob Renzetti

Writer: N/A

Dexter prevents Dee Dee from destroying some ants. In order to teach her about ants, Dexter and Dee enter Dexter's ant farm. The ants think Dexter is a criminal and has him fight to the death with a stronger ant.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

Writer: N/A

Dexter's father gets challenged to an arm wrestling match against a local champion at a truck stop, when he causes the champion to lose for the first time, but refuses to do so even when he trashes the family car. He finally accepts the challenge when he slams the door in Mom's face. Dee Dee knows he'll get creamed, so Dexter builds him a robotic arm to help him win the match.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Rob Renzetti

Writer: N/A

Dexter must go to the back of the school bus to retrieve his pencil, where another kid got lost years ago.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Rob Renzetti

Writer: N/A

Dee Dee photographs Dexter's secret lab.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Alvarez

Writer: N/A

Dexter is forced to play dodgeball by his P. E. teacher. Constantly failing, Dexter builds a robotic exoskeleton to defend himself.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Craig McCracken

Writer: N/A

Monkey encounters Simion, an intelligent anthropomorphic chimpanzee who seeks vengeance on humans for turning him into his current state.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Paul Rudish

Writer: N/A

Monkey's birthday party is interrupted by Barbequor an intergalactic villain who plans to eat the planets, and his sidekick, the Silver Spooner.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Paul Rudish

Writer: N/A

When Dexter's friends tire of the complicated traps he sets up as Dungeon Master (he has their character's killed every time), they put Dee Dee in charge for a change of pace.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

Writer: N/A

Dee Dee Locks and the Ness Monster—Dexter's mother forces Dexter to read to Dee Dee when she's sick, but she makes up her own story after being bored by Dexter's story (which was actually a science article). The story is completely mixed up and makes no sense. Dexter ends up catching Dee Dee's illness.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Alvarez

Writer: N/A

Dexter fuses Dee Dee with the family car by accident, causing mayhem. A Parody of Herbie the Love Bug.

Director: Rob Renzetti

Writer: N/A

Dexter accidentally takes a library book without checking it out, so he and Dee Dee try to put it back without being caught.

Director: Robert Alvarez

Writer: N/A