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The Best Episodes of Dexter's Laboratory

Every episode of Dexter's Laboratory ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Dexter's Laboratory!

Dexter, a boy-genius with a secret laboratory, constantly battles his sister Dee Dee, who always gains access despite his best efforts to keep her out,...
Genres:AnimationComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

Best Episodes Summary

"Ice Cream Scream" is the best rated episode of "Dexter's Laboratory". It scored 8.1/10 based on 201 votes. Directed by Robert Alvarez and written by N/A, it aired on 10/15/1997. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Decode of Honor".

  • Ice Cream Scream
    8.1/10201 votes
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    #1 - Ice Cream Scream

    Season 2 Episode 39 - Aired 10/15/1997

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

    Director: Robert Alvarez

    Writer: N/A

  • Decode of Honor
    7.9/109 votes
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    #2 - Decode of Honor

    Season 2 Episode 40 - Aired 10/22/1997

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

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Alvarez

    Writer: N/A

  • Maternal Combat
    7.8/10253 votes
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    #3 - Maternal Combat

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/28/1996

    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

  • Old Man Dexter
    7.8/10243 votes
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    #4 - Old Man Dexter

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/12/1996

    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

  • Beard To Be Feared
    7.8/10184 votes
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    #5 - Beard To Be Feared

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/16/1997

    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

  • Labels
    7.7/10177 votes
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    #6 - Labels

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 8/27/1997

    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

  • DeeDeemensional
    7.6/10292 votes
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    #7 - DeeDeemensional

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/28/1996

    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

  • Dial M for Monkey: Magmanamus
    7.6/10257 votes
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    #8 - Dial M for Monkey: Magmanamus

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/28/1996

    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

  • Hunger Strikes
    7.6/10179 votes
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    #9 - Hunger Strikes

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 8/6/1997

    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's Rival
    7.5/10223 votes
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    #10 - Dexter's Rival

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/12/1996

    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

  • Changes
    7.5/10185 votes
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    #11 - Changes

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/19/1996

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

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

    Writer: Genndy Tartakovsky

  • Dexter is Dirty
    7.5/10160 votes
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    #12 - Dexter is Dirty

    Season 2 Episode 38 - Aired 10/15/1997

    To avoid the bath, Dexter decides to laminate himself.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

    Writer: N/A

  • Dexter's Assistant
    7.4/10201 votes
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    #13 - Dexter's Assistant

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/5/1996

    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

  • Double Trouble
    7.4/10189 votes
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    #14 - Double Trouble

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/19/1996

    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

  • Ant Pants
    7.4/10166 votes
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    #15 - Ant Pants

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/16/1997

    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

  • Hamhocks and Armlocks
    7.4/10167 votes
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    #16 - Hamhocks and Armlocks

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 7/30/1997

    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

  • The Bus Boy
    7.4/10152 votes
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    #17 - The Bus Boy

    Season 2 Episode 32 - Aired 10/1/1997

    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

  • Photo Finish
    7.4/10157 votes
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    #18 - Photo Finish

    Season 2 Episode 36 - Aired 10/8/1997

    Dee Dee photographs Dexter's secret lab.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Alvarez

    Writer: N/A

  • Dexter Dodgeball
    7.3/10202 votes
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    #19 - Dexter Dodgeball

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/5/1996

    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

  • Dial M for Monkey: Simion
    7.3/10194 votes
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    #20 - Dial M for Monkey: Simion

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/12/1996

    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

  • Dial M for Monkey: Barbequor
    7.3/10182 votes
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    #21 - Dial M for Monkey: Barbequor

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/19/1996

    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

  • D & DD
    7.3/10146 votes
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    #22 - D & DD

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 7/30/1997

    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
    7.3/10152 votes
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    #23 - Dee Dee Locks and the Ness Monster

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 8/13/1997

    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

  • Backfire
    7.3/10149 votes
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    #24 - Backfire

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 8/13/1997

    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

  • Star Check Unconventional
    7.3/10197 votes
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    #25 - Star Check Unconventional

    Season 2 Episode 37 - Aired 10/15/1997

    Dexter and two friends go to the Star Check Convention, but certain confusion might send them to a different one.

    Director: Rob Renzetti

    Writer: N/A