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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,...
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Season 1

  • DeeDeemensional
    7.6/10292 votes
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    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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    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

  • Maternal Combat
    7.8/10253 votes
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    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

  • Dexter Dodgeball
    7.3/10202 votes
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    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: Rasslor
    6.9/10194 votes
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    Dial M for Monkey: Rasslor

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/5/1996

    Intergalactic wrestling champion Rasslor challenges Earth's superheroes, including Monkey, with the planet's fate at stake.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Paul Rudish

    Writer: N/A

  • Dexter's Assistant
    7.4/10201 votes
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    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

  • Dexter's Rival
    7.5/10223 votes
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    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

  • Dial M for Monkey: Simion
    7.3/10194 votes
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    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

  • Old Man Dexter
    7.8/10243 votes
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    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

  • Double Trouble
    7.4/10189 votes
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    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

  • Dial M for Monkey: Barbequor
    7.3/10182 votes
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    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

  • Changes
    7.5/10185 votes
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    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

  • Jurassic Pooch
    7.2/10178 votes
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    Jurassic Pooch

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/26/1996

    To clone a dinosaur with an incomplete DNA sequence, Dexter uses his dog's genetic code to fill in the gaps.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Craig McCracken

    Writer: N/A

  • Dial M For Monkey: Orgon Grindor
    7.0/101 votes
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    Dial M For Monkey: Orgon Grindor

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 5/26/1996

    While on a date with Agent Honeydew, Monkey gets hypnotized by the music of the Organ Grindor who commands him to rob Fort Knox.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Paul Rudish

    Writer: N/A

  • Dimwit Dexter
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    Dimwit Dexter

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 5/26/1996

    Due to overworking his brain, Dexter's mind shuts down, making him act idiotic.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

    Writer: N/A

  • Dee Dee's Room
    7.0/101 votes
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    Dee Dee's Room

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 6/2/1996

    After Dee Dee steals his critical invention, Dexter ventures into her room to find it.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

    Writer: N/A

  • Dial M For Monkey: Huntor
    7.0/101 votes
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    Dial M For Monkey: Huntor

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 6/2/1996

    Monkey encounters an alien hunter named Huntor and must fight him to save Agent Honeydew and Commander Chief.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Paul Rudish

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Sister
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    The Big Sister

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 6/2/1996

    Rerun of the second "What a Cartoon!" pilot.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

    Writer: Genndy Tartakovsky

  • Star Spangled Sidekicks
    7.0/101 votes
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    Star Spangled Sidekicks

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/20/1996

    Dexter and Dee Dee enter tryouts to become Major Glory's sidekick. When Dee Dee wins, Dexter realizes that fancy costumes are not the only criterion to become a superhero.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

    Writer: N/A

  • The Justice Friends: TV Super Pals
    7.0/101 votes
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    The Justice Friends: TV Super Pals

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/20/1996

    With only one television in their apartment, Major Glory, Krunk, and Valhallen disagree on what to watch: Major Glory's televised capture of the Disgruntled Postman, TV Puppet Pals, or the monster truck pull.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Craig McCracken

    Writer: N/A

  • Game Over
    7.0/101 votes
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    Game Over

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/20/1996

    Dexter and Dee Dee's father buys a video game for them to play, but the game sucks Dexter inside when he plugs in the cartridge, and it is up to Dee Dee to bring him out.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Craig McCracken

    Writer: N/A

  • Babysitter Blues
    7.0/101 votes
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    Babysitter Blues

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 11/27/1996

    Dexter has a crush on his teenage babysitter Lisa. When he finds out that she has a boyfriend, he sabotages their relationship and accelerates his age by ten years in an attempt to win her heart.

    Director: Craig McCracken, Rob Renzetti

    Writer: N/A

  • The Justice Friends: Valhallen's Room
    7.0/101 votes
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    The Justice Friends: Valhallen's Room

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 11/27/1996

    Valhallen loses his magic ax and starts turning into a nerd, forcing Major Glory and Krunk to enter his room to find it.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

    Writer: N/A

  • Dream Machine
    7.0/101 votes
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    Dream Machine

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 11/27/1996

    When Dexter's nightmares become frequent and problematic, he invents a machine that allows him to have nice dreams, as long as Dee Dee can operate it properly while she is awake.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Rob Renzetti

    Writer: N/A

  • Dollhouse Drama
    7.0/101 votes
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    Dollhouse Drama

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 12/4/1996

    Suspicious that Dee Dee has not entered his lab even once on a particular day, Dexter shrinks himself and enters her room to spy on her. He soon becomes an unwilling character in Dee Dee's doll story, but he believes the story to be real.

    Director: Rob Renzetti

    Writer: N/A

  • The Justice Friends: Krunk's Date
    7.0/101 votes
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    The Justice Friends: Krunk's Date

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 12/4/1996

    While fighting Comrade Red and his gang, Krunk falls in love with his equivalent in their gang, She-Thing.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Cheese
    7.0/101 votes
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    The Big Cheese

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 12/4/1996

    Dexter's new device allows him to study for the next day's French test while sleeping. It malfunctions, causing a single phrase -omelette du fromage- to repeat throughout the night, causing Dexter to wake up the next morning speaking nothing else except "omelette du fromage".

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

    Writer: N/A

  • Way of the Dee Dee
    7.0/101 votes
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    Way of the Dee Dee

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 12/11/1996

    Dee Dee teaches Dexter how to live life her way instead of being lonely and purely focused on science.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Paul Rudish

    Writer: N/A

  • The Justice Friends: Say Uncle Sam
    7.0/101 votes
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    The Justice Friends: Say Uncle Sam

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 12/11/1996

    Major Glory forces Krunk and Valhallen to tidy up their apartment for his Uncle Sam, who is coming over for a visit.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

    Writer: N/A

  • Tribe Called Girl
    7.0/101 votes
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    Tribe Called Girl

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 12/11/1996

    To learn more about girls, Dexter camouflages himself and enters Dee Dee's room, where she is having a sleepover with her friends Lee Lee and Mee Mee. He gets caught by the girls, who force him to take part in their activities.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Rob Renzetti

    Writer: N/A

  • Spacecase
    7.0/101 votes
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    Spacecase

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 12/18/1996

    To prevent himself from being taken away by aliens for experimentation, Dexter tricks Dee Dee into going instead, but he regrets his decision after realizing how much he cares for her.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Rob Renzetti

    Writer: N/A

  • The Justice Friends: Ratman
    7.0/101 votes
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    The Justice Friends: Ratman

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 12/18/1996

    To fix their apartment's plumbing, Krunk and Valhallen go to the basement, where they meet Ratman, a diminutive vigilante raised by rats (a parody of Batman).

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

    Writer: N/A

  • Dexter's Debt
    7.0/101 votes
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    Dexter's Debt

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 12/18/1996

    Dexter's lab is threatened with repossession unless he can repay his debt to NASA. When Dee Dee wins the same amount in a lottery, he decides to steal her money out of desperation.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

    Writer: N/A

  • The Justice Friends: Bee Where?
    7.0/101 votes
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    The Justice Friends: Bee Where?

    Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 12/25/1996

    Major Glory, Krunk, and Valhallen try to rid their apartment of a bee.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Rob Renzetti

    Writer: N/A

  • Mandarker
    7.0/101 votes
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    Mandarker

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 12/25/1996

    Following the destruction of his lab by Dexter and Dee Dee (in the episode Dexter's Rival), Mandark turns to magic to beat Dexter at the science fair.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

    Writer: N/A

  • Inflata Dee Dee
    7.0/101 votes
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    Inflata Dee Dee

    Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 1/1/1997

    Dee Dee inflates Dexter's hydro-plasmatic suit and constantly floats in the air, prompting Dexter to bring her down.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

    Writer: N/A

  • The Justice Friends: Can't Nap
    7.0/101 votes
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    The Justice Friends: Can't Nap

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 1/1/1997

    After fellow Justice Friend White Tiger helps Valhallen stop a super-villain, the latter invites him to spend the night in his apartment, forgetting that Major Glory is allergic to cats.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

    Writer: N/A

  • Monstory
    7.0/101 votes
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    Monstory

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 1/1/1997

    Not interested in hearing Dee Dee's long-winded story, Dexter gives her a silencing formula to keep her quiet, but it instead turns her into a giant monster still bent on telling her story. When he realizes that nothing can make her quiet, he becomes a giant monster himself.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Rob Renzetti

    Writer: N/A