Dexter's Laboratory

1996
4.4
43 reviews
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Season 2 episodes (13)

1 The Beard To Be Feared / Quakor: The Fowl / Ant Pants
7/16/97
Season-only
"The Beard To Be Feared" Dexter decides to emulate his hero, Action Hank, and grow a synthetic beard to make himself more rugged. It works so well that the boy genius is mistaken for Action Hank and thrown into the middle of a smuggling ring fight. "Quakor: The Fowl" (Monkey) Dexter and Mandark compete to be the best at show and tell. They've both created marvels of science - Dexter's Monkey and Mandark's duck, Quackor - which can do incredible tricks. Unfortunately, the night before, Quackor invades Dexter's lab and a battle royale between Monkey and Quackor ensues. "Ant Pants" Dexter shrinks himself and Dee Dee down to explore first hand the wonder and magnificent organization of his ant farm.
2 Mom and Jerry / Chubby Cheese / That Crazy Robot
7/23/97
Season-only
"Mom and Jerry" When Dexter's brain transplant experiment goes awry, his brain is switched with that of a mouse. Of course, Mom will not tolerate a mouse in the house and unknowingly tries to squash her son as he scampers about the house. "Chubby Cheese"Mom and Dad take Dexter and Dee Dee to Chubby Cheeses, a family fun restaurant. When Dexter uses science to beat Dee Dee in a game, he's whisked away behind the scenes by the evil organization that runs the restaurant - intent on raking the kids and parents for lots of dough and achieving world domination. "That Crazy Robot" Dee Dee removes a wrench from one of Dexter's robots and to her glee it comes to life. The robot is friendly to Dee Dee, but causes problems for her at school and at home. Dee Dee must go to Dexter for help, but unfortunately the robot turns on its creator as well.
3 D & DD / Ham Hocks n' Arm Locks
7/30/97
Season-only
"D & DD" Dee Dee wants to play Monsters & Mazes with Dexter and his friends. Against Dexter's wishes, she is made the game master! Dexter is relegated to a secondary character, but his friends have a great time in Dee Dee's world. "Ham Hocks n' Arm Locks" While on a road trip, car trouble forces Dexter and his family to pull into a truck stop. When Earl, a local arm wrestling champ, gets Dad angry, they decide to have an arm wrestling contest. Knowing Dad has no chance of winning, Dexter comes up with a technological way to make Dad stronger.
4 Hunger Strikes / The Koos is Loose / Morning Stretch
8/6/97
Season-only
"Hunger Strikes" Dexter is denied dessert when he doesn't finish his vegetables. He decides to use gamma radiation to alter his tastebuds. Now he craves vegetables, but when he finds none in the house he transforms into a huge Hulk-like figure and doesn't return to normal until his vegetarian cravings are satisfied. "The Koos is Loose" Dee Dee is playing hide and seek in Dexter's lab with her invisible friend, Koosalagoopagoop. When Dexter refuses to believe in its existence, he is surprised when the great-big, rainbow colored happy monster appears. Of course, the monster is all about fun and hugs and love and totally disrupts Dexter's quest for science. "Morning Stretch" After working all night on a project, Dexter oversleeps the next morning, threatening to make him tardy at school. To avoid this blemish on his spotless record, the boy genius uses his time elongator to stretch one minute into one hour for himself while everything around him works in super slow motion.
5 Dee Dee Locks and the Ness Monster / Backfire / Book'Em
8/13/97
Season-only
"Dee Dee Locks and the Ness Monster" Dexter tries to entertain his ill sister by reading to her out of his science text. Bored by protons and neutrons, Dee Dee uses her imagination to make up a story of her own. "Backfire" In an attempt to shorten future road trips with his family and annoying sister, Dexter sups up the car using antimatter. But Dee Dee accidentally touches the car and is fused into it - becoming the automobile. "Book'Em" Dee Dee's childish behavior causes Dexter to accidentally take a library book home without checking it out. To avoid spoiling his perfect record he must return it. That night, dressed as two ninjas, Dexter and Dee Dee sneak in to return the book.
6 Sister's Got a Brand New Bag / Shoo, Shoe Gnomes / Lab of the Lost
8/20/97
Season-only
"Sister's Got a Brand New Bag" Dee Dee sees Big Daddy Fat doing a new dance on "Groove Train" and has to learn it. She's then intent on showing it to Dexter, who goes to great lengths to avoid her and get back to work. "Shoo, Shoe Gnomes" Dexter's precious black boots get a scuff mark and are ruined. He wallows in despair until Dee Dee tells him about the gnomes who repair shoes. Dexter invites the gnomes into his lab where they not only fix his shoes but drive him crazy by applying their idiot-logic to all the inventions. "Lab of the Lost" While testing a new super fast flight car inside the lab, Dexter is hurled headlong into a distant section he hasn't been in for years. He's lost, and to make matters worse, he's surrounded by discarded robots that are angry over his neglect.
7 Labels / Game Show / Fantastic Boyage
8/27/97
Season-only
"Labels" During a fight with his sister over the chair in front of the TV, Dexter gets the idea to start labeling his things. Dee Dee retaliates with a label maker of her own and soon the two label everything in the house! "Game Show" Dee Dee and Dexter are playing for great prizes on the game show "Sibling Rivalry." Dee Dee wins the physical challenge rounds but Dexter ties her by winning the answer and question round. In the tie breaker Dexter discovers what's really important to his sister. "Fantastic Boyage" In a mission to cure the common cold, a miniaturized Dexter launches himself towards Dee Dee. The dog gets in the way, and Dexter enters the dog's system instead. Still intent on killing the germs, Dexter fights the evil germ-minions, ultimately attacking the nose-dwelling Mother Germ.
8 Filet of Soul / Golden Diskette
9/3/97
Season-only
"Filet of Soul" Because Dexter and Dee Dee can't bring themselves to flush their beloved dead fish, Fishy, down the toilet, Fishy's restless spirit haunts them. Soon other pet spirits from "The Sewer Beyond" rise from the dead and join fishy in haunting terror. The only way to stop their nightmare is for the two kids to give Fishy a proper flushing. "Golden Diskette" In this Willy Wonka parody, Dexter wants to find a Golden Diskette for a chance to tour Professor Hawk's fabulous factory and win the Mystery Grand Prize. Unfortunately, Dee Dee gets the diskette but is nice enough to take Dexter as her guest.
9 Snowdown / Figure Not Included / Mock 5
9/10/97
Season-only
"Snowdown" Dee Dee keeps pelting Dexter with snowballs. Dad sees this and teaches his son the true art of snowball throwing - it seems that Dad was the ultimate champion snow ball king in his youth until it all went terribly wrong with the coming of a better snow-baller - Mom!! "Figure Not Included" Dexter wants to fit in with the neighborhood kids, but he doesn't have an action figure. Dee Dee suggests that Dexter make his own action figure. Dexter's figure is so great the other kids in the gang coerce him to make some for them. "Mock 5" In a parody of "Speed Racer," Dexter and Mandark race in the annual soap box derby down the side of an erupting volcano. It looks as is Dexter is going to lose because of Mandark's trickery, until the mysterious "Racer D" enters the race.
10 Eww, That's Growth / Nuclear Confusion / Germ Warfare
9/17/97
Season-only
"Eww, That's Growth" When the whole family goes to the carnival, Dexter can't go on a ride because he's too short. Using his lab, he makes himself grow taller, but can't stop. "Nuclear Confusion" Using a nuclear reactor core, Dexter makes the perfect reading lamp. Dee Dee takes the core so she can play hide and seek with Dexter, leaving clues for him to follow. Dexter has to find the core in an hour or the Earth will be destroyed. "Germ Warfare" Dexter is desperately trying to avoid catching the flu as his family sneezes and coughs around him. He hides in his lab only to have runny-nosed Dee Dee come in search of her pink hanky. He puts himself into a bubble while Dee Dee destroys his laboratory. She then finds her hanky in Dexter's pocket, right where she left it.
11 Hard Day's Day / Road Rash / Ocean Commotion
9/24/97
Season-only
"Hard Day's Day" Dexter finds that his normal scientific zeal is squelched one day when everything that can goes wrong, does. Dee Dee explains that his run of bad luck is due to the alignment of the moon and earth.... so, he decides to move the moon. "Road Rash" When Dexter gets a new bike, he is told to go outside and ride it. Despite the fact that Dexter can't ride, he gets embroiled in a race with a rollerblading Dee Dee. "Ocean Commotion" Dee Dee befriends a white whale on a family outing to the beach. While playing with her new friend, Capt. Ahab and his evil whaling crew kidnap her. It is now up to the white whale and Dexter to save Dee Dee from the peril of the whalers.
12 The Busboy / Things That Go Bonk In The Night / Ol' McDexter
10/1/97
Season-only
"The Busboy" When Dexter is harassed by two bullies and forced to go into the back of a school bus chasing his #2 writing implement, he must brave the legend of little Billy Blumberg who disappeared back there years ago. "Things That Go Bonk In The Night" (Justice Friends) Krunk has been watching a Puppet Pals marathon on television for 4 days straight. When he finally falls asleep, he dreams of going to the Puppet Pals' world.. Puppet Pal Mitch starts to bonk Krunk and the Puppet Justice Friends come to his aid. "Ol' McDexter" It's summer, and Dee Dee goes off to space camp while Dexter must toil away on a farm (where technology is forbidden). In an attempt to help, Dexter creates light from harnessing potato energy and is labeled a "bad seed." Luckily, Dexter is saved when Dee Dee is dropped out of the sky in a space capsule and is mistaken for the Magical Crop Fairy.
13 Sassy Comes Home / Photo Finish
10/8/97
Season-only
"Sassy Comes Home" While vacationing in the woods with his family, Dexter finds Sasquatch tracks and hopes to photograph the mythical beast. Of course, Dee Dee finds the Sasquatch first. Having the same size feet, they become close friends. "Photo Finish" When Dee Dee takes several pictures of the lab with her new camera, Dexter must stop the film from being developed and his hidden lab exposed. In true James Bond style, Dexter chases the film to the secret processing lab run by evil criminals. He foils their plans, but ultimately is too late to stop Mom from seeing the pictures - of Dee Dee's fingers in front of the lens.

About this show

Meet Dexter, half-Einstein and half-third grader. This boy genius creates awesome inventions in the secret space-age laboratory attached to his room, but no genius is without trouble! Dexter's space-brained sister, Dee Dee, is always messing up his work, and his dorky rival, Mandark, is constantly trying to one-up him. Time to fight fire with--science!

Ratings and reviews

4.4
43 reviews
Heath Chrystall
May 3, 2021
Loved this show. Watched it every chance I got on cartoon Network. $20 a season is a bit rich for such an old show though
Steven (Agenttru)
June 17, 2014
Watched every eps from beginning to end, anyone that likes robots, monsters, magic, monkeys and has an annoying sister to boot
Rayan Osseiran
June 10, 2014
Learnt my first French word here :) Omelet Du Fromage