Dexter's Laboratory
Dexter's Laboratory (
Dexter's Lab for short) is an
animated series which was first produced by
Hanna Barbera for the
Cartoon Network. The original pilot appeared as an episode of the anthology series
What a Cartoon!, and a series soon followed. The premise of the cartoon involves a short child
genius with a Eastern European accent named Dexter who has a secret
laboratory connected to his bedroom. He is almost constantly in conflict with his ditzy older sister, Dee Dee.
His arch-nemesis is Mandark, another child genius with an irritating laugh. Often Mandark, through trickery or by coincidence, gets credit for Dexter's achievements.
Also appearing regularly in the series are Dexter's father and mother.
In addition to the series there is an hour-long special episode entitled Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip, in which Dexter travels through time and meets several of his future selves.
Characters
- Dexter: laboratory user.
- Dee Dee: Dexter's older sister who likes to play and wreck his laboratory.
- Mom: a germaphobe (mysophobe) who has trouble being around the rest of the family without her rubber gloves.
- Dad: who loves bowling, golf, and has an unnatural affinity for his wife's muffins.
- Mandark: (a.k.a Susan or Astronomonov), Dexter's mind-reading arch-nemesis.
- Mr. Levinski: Dexter's teacher whom Dexter is eager to impress.
- Dexter's friend: Dexter has only one close friend besides his computer.
- Dexter's quadraplex T-3000 computer - that has a personality of its own. Dexter refers to his computer as "my love".
- Lee Lee and Mee Mee: Dee Dee's friends.
- Pony Puff Princess: Dee Dee's idol.
- Koosalagoopagoop: a multi-colored dinosaur-like creature that originates from Dee Dee's imagination.
- Monkey: Dexter's caged monkey which has superpowers, unbeknownst to Dexter.
- Quackor: Mandark's caged duck which also has superpowers that Mandark is unaware of.
- Windbear and Oceanbird: Mandark's hippy parents, who don't understand Mandark's love for evil and science.
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