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* NerdyBully: A nerdy genius who often seeks to destroy both Dexter and his laboratory. One of his future selves in "Ego Trip" still has the same nerdy appearance and is also an abusive boss who enjoys tormenting and torturing one of his employees (Dexter's future self).
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* SeriousBusiness: Removed a Darbie doll from it's box? That's grounds for a series beating in her eyes.

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* SeriousBusiness: Removed a Darbie doll from it's box? That's grounds for a series serious beating in her eyes.
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* CatchPhrase: "Dee Dee, get out of my [[AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle lab-OR-a-tory!"]]

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"Dee Dee, get out of my [[AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle lab-OR-a-tory!"]]



* CharacterTitle: His name is featured in the show's title.



* TheProtagonist: He is the show's main character.

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* TheProtagonist: ProtagonistTitle: He is the show's main character.character and his name is featured in the show's title.
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* CloudcukoolandersMinder: He is quick to call Dee Dee out on her recklessness and stupidity.

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* CloudcukoolandersMinder: CloudcuckoolandersMinder: He is quick to call Dee Dee out on her recklessness and stupidity.

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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Taken UpToEleven in fan-works.

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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Taken UpToEleven in fan-works.%%* AdorablyPrecociousChild



* AmbiguousDisorder: Despite being a genius, he has NoSocialSkills and has trouble understanding basic concepts; for example, in different episodes, he has no idea what flour and chicken pox are.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Despite being a genius, he has NoSocialSkills and has trouble understanding basic concepts; for example, in different episodes, he has no idea what flour and chicken pox are. In addition, his monotone voice, aforementioned lack of social skills, ChildProdigy intelligence, condescending personality, and restrictive focus on his secret lab are hints of him having AspergerSyndrome or something on the Autism Spectrum Disorder in general.



* CharacterTitle: His name is featured in the show's title.



* CloudcukoolandersMinder: He is quick to call Dee Dee out on her recklessness and stupidity.



* TheProtagonist: He is the show's main character.



* SmartPeopleKnowLatin: Or ''take'' it, anyway. In "Accent You Hate" he's shown opening his locker and saying "Good morning" to [[NerdsLoveToughSchoolwork his Latin and math textbooks]].

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* TheSmartGuy: Of the ChildProdigy variety.
* SmartPeopleKnowLatin: Or ''take'' it, anyway. In "Accent You Hate" he's shown opening his locker and saying "Good morning" to [[NerdsLoveToughSchoolwork his Latin and math textbooks]]. textbooks]].
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Yes. Yes they do.
* StraightMan: He plays this role to Dee Dee.
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* BigThinShortTrio: They don't even have names, but one is a FatBastard, one is tall and skinny, and one is much shorter than the other two.
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* ShoutOut: To Van Halen, and HeavyMetal (mainly HeavyMithril, what with his Viking motif) in general.
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* BareYourMidriff: She wears an outfit that shows her belly in "Sassy Come Home."

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Windbear more so.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: John Lennon Music/JohnLennon and Yoko Ono, Music/YokoOno, Windbear more so.
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* BrawnHilda: She's a huge lady.
* DarkActionGirl: She takes on Dexter in a fight after his friend commits the [[SarcasmMode atrocious]] [[DisproportionateRetribution crime]] of removing a Darbie doll from it's box.
* TheDragon: To the Darbie High Priestess.
* SeriousBusiness: “You're ruined the collector's value! NEVER REMOVED FROM BOX!”
* ScaryBlackMan: She's black and she's savage.

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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Not only are they hippies, but they had the audacity to name him [[spoiler:Susan]], which eventually helped to push him into his evil tendencies.


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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Not only are they hippies, but they had the audacity to name their son [[spoiler:Susan]], which eventually helped to push him into his evil tendencies.
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--> Voiced by: Creator/TomKenny
* EvilOldFolks: She seems to be an elderly woman and she's a nasty piece of work to boot.
* {{Expy}}: She's meant to be a parody of the Vulcan Minister T'Pau from the Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries episode [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/StarTrekS2E1AmokTime "Amok Time"]]
* OneShotCharacter: She along with her fellow Darbie collectors only appear in the episode "Star Check Unconventional" where they were the main antagonists.
* OhCrap: When she sees that Dexter is about to chuck the turple at her Darbie doll.
* SeriousBusiness: Removed a Darbie doll from it's box? That's grounds for a series beating in her eyes.
* TrrrillingRrrs: "A box was opened... There must be... Rrretribution."
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Gary is a reformed bully at Dexter's school who only appeared in the episode "Accent You Hate." He constantly harassed kids with funny accents, his most notable victims being Dexter (Russian accent) and his friends Lucky (Irish accent) and Pierre (French accent). He wore a t-shirt that read, "I Hate Kids with Funny Accents." By the end of the episode, Gary turned out to like kids with funny accents due to getting hit in the face by a statue, distorting his own voice; his t-shirt now reads, "I ♡ Kids with Funny Accents."

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Gary is a reformed bully at Dexter's school who only appeared in the episode "Accent You Hate." He constantly harassed kids with funny accents, his most notable victims being Dexter (Russian accent) and his friends Lucky (Irish accent) and Pierre (French accent). He wore a t-shirt that read, "I Hate Kids with Funny Accents." By the end of the episode, Gary turned out to like kids with funny accents due to getting hit in the face by a statue, distorting his own voice; his t-shirt now reads, "I ♡ Kids with Funny Accents."
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* OneShotCharacter: He only appears in the episode "Accent You Hate".



* ReformedBully: By the end of the episode, Gary turned out to like kids with funny accents due to getting hit in the face by a statue, distorting his own voice.



* OneShotCharacter: Only appears in "Just an Old Fashioned Lab Song".



* MonsterOfTheWeek: Only appears in the episode "Trapped With A Vengeance".

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* MonsterOfTheWeek: OneShotCharacter: Only appears in the episode "Trapped With A Vengeance".






* MonsterOfTheWeek: They only appeared in the episode "Dexter Dodgeball."

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* MonsterOfTheWeek: OneShotCharacter: They only appeared in the episode "Dexter Dodgeball."






* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Appears in the episode "Dee Dee's Rival" and is never seen again even after Mandark's parents are revealed.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Appears in the episode "Dee Dee's Rival" CreepyChild: She is a TinyTyrannicalGirl who likes dark and is never seen again even after Mandark's parents are revealed.depressing scary things.


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* EnfantTerrible: Even ''Mandark'' is afraid of her.


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* OneShotCharacter: Only appears in the episode "Dee Dee's Rival" and is never seen again even after Mandark's parents are revealed.

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[[folder: Olga "Lalavava" Astronomov]]
--> Voice by: Eddie Deezen
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Bullies her older brother, Mandark, and bosses him around.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Appears in the episode "Dee Dee's Rival" and is never seen again even after Mandark's parents are revealed.
* DramaticThunder: Thunder strikes whenever someone says her name "Lalavava".
* EvilCounterpart: To Dee Dee, a short and solemn performer to Dee Dee's tall and joyful performer; while Dee Dee unwittingly destroys Dexter's creations but truly loves her brother, Lalavava bullies Mandark mercilessly and displays little to no care for him.
* GirlishPigtails: Has a bowl cut similar to Mandark's but with long pigtails on top.
* NotSoDifferent: After Olga and Dee Dee's ballet performance using their brothers' giant robots fails to please the audience, they both agree that science stinks and end up hanging out together as friends.
* TheRival: To Dee Dee in the art of ballet.
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* BubblyBlonde: Dee-Dee is a hyperactive, outgoing GenkiGirl who just happens to have blond hair.

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* BubblyBlonde: Dee-Dee is a hyperactive, outgoing GenkiGirl who just happens to have blond hair.



* BubblyBlonde: Dee-Dee is a hyperactive, outgoing GenkiGirl who just happens to have blond hair.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Dexter unintentionally did this to Mandark when he laughed at the latter's EmbarrassingFirstName, which happened to be "Susan."

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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Dexter unintentionally did this to Mandark when he laughed at the latter's EmbarrassingFirstName, which happened to be "Susan."[[spoiler:"Susan."]]



* DudeLooksLikeALady: Dexter's first mistook Mandark for a girl due to his effeminate wardrobe and long hair as per the results of his parent's lifestyle. The fact his name was also "Susan" made the comparison to a lady all the more apparent.

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* DudeLooksLikeALady: Dexter's first mistook Mandark for a girl due to his effeminate wardrobe and long hair as per the results of his parent's lifestyle. The fact his name was also "Susan" [[spoiler:"Susan"]] made the comparison to a lady all the more apparent.

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* BerserkButton: Do not enter his lab.

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** He won't tolerate anyone breaking his glasses, either. In "Ego Trip", Mandark breaking his glasses [[TookALevelInBadass causes the wimpy teenage Dexter to stand up to him]].



* TookALevelInBadass: In "Ego Trip". Teenage Dexter is portrayed as a complete wuss. [[BerserkButton Until Madark breaks his glasses.]]

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* TookALevelInBadass: In "Ego Trip". Teenage Dexter is portrayed as a complete wuss. [[BerserkButton Until Madark Mandark breaks his glasses.]]
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* BubblyBlonde: Dee-Dee is a hyperactive, outgoing GenkiGirl who just happens to have blond hair.
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** "Ahh, what a fine day for science!"
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: It's implied more than once that she just acts goofy for the fun of it and is generally much more aware of what's going than we think.
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* TerribleTrio: They are trio of bullies who are always together.
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[[folder: The Dodgeball Bullies]]
--> Voice by: Creator/RobPaulsen (The Thin One and Fat One) Creator/KathSoucie (The Short One)
* DepravedDwarf: The Short One.
* DirtyCoward: They spend most of the climax running away from Dexter's exoskeleton in terror. Although, it can be seen as a case of KnowWhenToFoldThem given that they were facing someone armed with a weapon and they didn't have a weapon of their to fight back against it.
* DodgeballIsHell: They make ''it'' hell for Dexter.
* FatBastard: The Fat One.
* GangOfBullies: They picked on Dexter during P.E. until Dexter soundly beat them up.
* LeanAndMean: The Thin One.
* HiddenEyes: The Thin One's eyes are hidden beneath his hat.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: They only appeared in the episode "Dexter Dodgeball."
* TerribleTrio

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* TrappedInTVLand: It's implied that he is actually trapped in a TV set rather than broadcasting from somewhere.
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* BoistrousBruiser: A given being voiced by Macho Man Randy Savage.

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