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* BreathAttack: Dexter's "Monkey Mouth" is a classic fire breath attack.

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* BreathAttack: BreathWeapon: Dexter's "Monkey Mouth" is a classic fire breath attack.
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* BreathAttack: Dexter's "Monkey Mouth" is a classic fire breath attack.

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* ShoutOut: To ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', when Major Glory puts White Tiger out the apartment, then the latter reenters through the window and puts Major Glory out. Majesty Glory yells "Wilma" before calling out for Kronk, who comes dressed as Wilma Flintstone.

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To ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', when Major Glory puts White Tiger out the apartment, then the latter reenters through the window and puts Major Glory out. Majesty Glory yells "Wilma" before calling out for Kronk, who comes dressed as Wilma Flintstone.Flintstone.
** White Tiger chasing Kronk in a mouse suit is similar to ''Franchise/TomAndJerry''.
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* ShoutOut: To ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', when Major Glory puts White Tiger out the apartment, then the latter reenters through the window and puts Major Glory out. Majesty Glory yells "Wilma" before calling out for Kronk, who comes dressed as Wilma Flintstone.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Krunk is at first happy to see White Tiger in the apartment, greeting the "kitty" happily. However, he helps Major Glory try to get rid of him due to Major Glory's allergy to cats. Later when his allergies get even worse and he begs Krunk to put White Tiger out, Krunk gives a determined glare and says "Krunk stop cat's reign of terror".


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* HereWeGoAgain: Major Glory is allergic to cats, thus White Tiger's presence is a problem. At the end of the segment after White Tiger and Valhallen leave, the villain Heck Hound invades the apartment and Krunk sneezes, revealing he's allergic to dogs.
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* HandGagging: Dexter covers Dee Dee's mouth with his hands when asking her if her story is another one of her stupid knock knock jokes.

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* MakeMeWannaShout: When Dee Dee becomes a monster, her crying is so loud it starts destroying Dexter's lab.


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* SonicScream: When Dee Dee becomes a monster, her crying is so loud it starts destroying Dexter's lab.
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* ThisMeansWar: Dexter declares this against Dee Dee when her crying destroys his lab.
-->'''Dexter:''' This is unacceptable! You want to torture me? Fine! But when you mess with the lab, there will be a piper to pay! It is time to fight fire with fire! I'm coming after you.
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* BrickJoke: Early on in the episode, Dexter asks Dee Dee if her story isn't another one of her stupid knock knock jokes, which she claims it isn't. In the closing moments of the episode as Dee Dee forces Dexter to listen to her story, she eventually says "knock knock", revealing [[ILied she lied]].
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* {{Expy}}: White Tiger is a parody of Black Panther and Mental Mouse is one of M.O.D.O.K.[[note]][[AluminumChristmasTrees What’s really hilarious]] is Marvel actually has a character called [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Tiger_(comics) White Tiger]] who debuted in 1975.[[/note]]

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* {{Expy}}: White Tiger is a parody of Black Panther and Mental Mouse is one of M.O.D.O.K.[[note]][[AluminumChristmasTrees What’s really hilarious]] is Marvel actually has a character called [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Tiger_(comics) White Tiger]] who debuted in 1975.[[/note]]
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* NoRangeLikePointBlankRange: During Dexter and Dee Dee's fight, Dee Dee latches some of her legs onto Dexter's neck, and he responds by blasting her with a fire-breath attack at point-blank range, which hits her hard enough to let go of him and push her back.

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'''Production code:''' 113

'''Original air date:''' 1/1/1997

'''Inflata-Dee Dee''': Dee Dee steals Dexter's balloon suit.

'''Can't Nap''': The Justice Friends meet White Tiger.

'''Monstory''': Dee Dee and Dexter become monsters.




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!!Production code:
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!!Air date:
*January 1, 1997 (USA)
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!!Inflata-Dee Dee Synopsis:
Dee Dee steals Dexter's balloon suit.

!!Can't Nap Synopsis:
The Justice Friends meet White Tiger.

!!Monstory Synopsis:
Dee Dee and Dexter become monsters.
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'''Inflata-Dee Dee / Can't Nap / Monstory'''

'''Production code:''' 113

'''Original air date:''' 1/1/1997
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* {{Expy}}: White Tiger is a parody of Black Panther and Mental Mouse is one of M.O.D.O.K.[[note]][[AluminumChristmasTrees What’s really hilarious]]is Marvel actually has a character called [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Tiger_(comics) White Tiger]]who debuted in 1975.[[/note]]

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* {{Expy}}: White Tiger is a parody of Black Panther and Mental Mouse is one of M.O.D.O.K.[[note]][[AluminumChristmasTrees What’s really hilarious]]is hilarious]] is Marvel actually has a character called [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Tiger_(comics) White Tiger]]who Tiger]] who debuted in 1975.[[/note]]
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* {{Expy}}: White Tiger is a parody of Black Panther and Mental Mouse is one of M.O.D.O.K.[[note]]What’s really hilarious is Marvel actually has a character called White Tiger who debuted in 1975.[[/note]]

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* {{Expy}}: White Tiger is a parody of Black Panther and Mental Mouse is one of M.O.D.O.K.[[note]]What’s [[note]][[AluminumChristmasTrees What’s really hilarious is hilarious]]is Marvel actually has a character called [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Tiger_(comics) White Tiger who Tiger]]who debuted in 1975.[[/note]]
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* {{Expy}}: White Tiger is a parody of Black Panther and Mental Mouse is one of M.O.D.O.K.[[note:]]Whats really hilarious is Marvel actually has a character called White Tiger who debuted in 1975.[[/note]]

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* {{Expy}}: White Tiger is a parody of Black Panther and Mental Mouse is one of M.O.D.O.K.[[note:]]Whats [[note]]What’s really hilarious is Marvel actually has a character called White Tiger who debuted in 1975.[[/note]]
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* {{Expy}}: White Tiger is a parody of Black Panther and Mental Mouse is one of M.O.D.O.K.

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* {{Expy}}: White Tiger is a parody of Black Panther and Mental Mouse is one of M.O.D.O.K.[[note:]]Whats really hilarious is Marvel actually has a character called White Tiger who debuted in 1975.[[/note]]
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* KingKongClimb: Dexter tries to evade Dee Dee by climbing the Empire State Building, but she climbs up it as well. Dee Dee is then ticketed by a police officer for violating the city's "One monster per building" code.
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'''Inflata-Dee Dee''': TheOneWhere Dee Dee steals Dexter's balloon suit.

'''Can't Nap''': TheOneWhere The Justice Friends meet White Tiger.

'''Monstory''': TheOneWhere Dee Dee and Dexter become monsters.

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'''Inflata-Dee Dee''': TheOneWhere Dee Dee steals Dexter's balloon suit.

'''Can't Nap''': TheOneWhere The Justice Friends meet White Tiger.

'''Monstory''': TheOneWhere Dee Dee and Dexter become monsters.









-->'''Dee Dee:''' Now you'll listen! So the boy told the girl in the park on the pony... knock knock!

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-->'''Dee Dee:''' Now you'll listen! So the boy told the girl in the park on the pony... knock knock!knock!
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* {{Expy}}: White Tiger is a parody of Black Panther and Mental Mouse is one of M.O.D.O.K.



* {{Expy}}: White Tiger is a parody of Black Panther and Mental Mouse is one of M.O.D.O.K.



* WhamLine: Played for laughs in the closing moments of the episode, once Dee Dee has dexter pinned and forces him to listen to the rest of her story.

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* WhamLine: Played for laughs PlayedForLaughs in the closing moments of the episode, once Dee Dee has dexter Dexter pinned and forces him to listen to the rest of her story.

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* SkewedPriorities: When Dee Dee first transforms into a monster, her first reaction is to be upset that Dexter won't let her finish her story rather than the fact she is now a monster. As she and dexter continue to transform into bigger monsters all they care about is finishing the story and not listening to the story respectively, with neither concerned on how they can change back to normal.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Dexter asks in horror what has he done when he realizes he gave Dee Dee the wrong potion and she begins turning into a monster.



* SkewedPriorities: When Dee Dee first transforms into a monster, her first reaction is to be upset that Dexter won't let her finish her story rather than the fact she is now a monster. As she and Dexter continue to transform into bigger monsters all they care about is finishing the story and not listening to the story respectively, with neither concerned on how they can change back to normal.



* TickleTorture: Dee Dee's "Squid Attack" appears to be this. She uses several of her legs to latch on to Dexter's neck and they appear to shake briefly while latched on. It is hard to tell since Dexter doesn't seem to react to it other brief shock before knocking her back.

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* TickleTorture: Dee Dee's "Squid Attack" appears to be this. She uses several of her legs to latch on to Dexter's neck and they appear to shake briefly while latched on. It is hard to tell since Dexter doesn't seem to react to it other than brief shock before knocking her back.



-->'''Dee Dee:''' Now you'll listen! So the boy told the girl on the park on the pony... knock knock!

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-->'''Dee Dee:''' Now you'll listen! So the boy told the girl on in the park on the pony... knock knock!
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* TailSlap: One of Dexter's attacks he uses against Dee Dee, which he simply calls "Tail Whip". He slaps her with his tail sending her flying back slightly, and is briefly seen standing over her in the next shot.



* UnsportsmanLikeGloating: After Dee Dee defeats Dexter and pins him down, she brags that ''now'' he'll listen to her story before continuing... only to quickly reveal it was a knock knock joke the whole time, which [[ILied she specifically said early it wasn't]].

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* UnsportsmanLikeGloating: After Dee Dee defeats Dexter and pins him down, she brags that ''now'' he'll listen to her story before continuing... only to quickly reveal it was a knock knock joke the whole time, which [[ILied she specifically said early it wasn't]].wasn't]].
* WouldHitAGirl: When Dexter finally decides to stop running from Dee Dee and fight her, in an attempt to ''force'' her to shut up. During their fight he ends up shredding part of her skin, knocking her away with a TailSlap, and hitting her with a fire-breath attack at point-blank.
* WhamLine: Played for laughs in the closing moments of the episode, once Dee Dee has dexter pinned and forces him to listen to the rest of her story.
-->'''Dee Dee:''' Now you'll listen! So the boy told the girl on the park on the pony... knock knock!
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* ComedicallyMissingThePoint: When Dexter grows to his last monster form, he declares to Dee Dee "this ends now!" when challenging her, intending to stop her rampage. Dee Dee just whines to him "but I'm not finished!" still only thinking about finishing her story.

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* ComedicallyMissingThePoint: ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Dexter grows to his last monster form, he declares to Dee Dee "this ends now!" when challenging her, intending to stop her rampage. Dee Dee just whines to him "but I'm not finished!" still only thinking about finishing her story.

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Though Dee Dee constantly annoys him and destroys his experiments, when Dexter finally pops the balloon suit he races to save her when she starts plummeting toward the ground.



* HeroAntagonist: White Tiger is a hero like the Justice Friends, but is also technically the main antagonist of the segment due to Major Glory being allergic cats and him and Kronk trying to get him out of the apartment.

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* HeroAntagonist: White Tiger is a hero like the Justice Friends, but is also technically the main antagonist of the segment due to Major Glory being allergic cats to cats, and him and Kronk trying to get him out of the apartment.





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\n* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Valhallen invites White Tiger over to his apartment to spend the night, but this ends up being a problem since Major Glory is allergic to cats.




* BigNo: At the end of the episode when Dee Dee forces Dexter to listen to her story while she has him pinned, she finishes saying "knock knock" to him, and Dexter, realizing the whole thing was one of her stupid knock knock jokes, lets out a loud "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" which can apparently be heard from space.



* ComedicallyMissingThePoint: When Dexter grows to his last monster form, he declares to Dee Dee "this ends now!" when challenging her, intending to stop her rampage. Dee Dee just whines to him "but I'm not finished!" still only thinking about finishing her story.



* DisproportionateRetribution: Dee Dee wants to tell Dexter a story and he doesn't want to listen. This eventually results in the two of them ''fighting each other'' over the story, with the city getting caught in their crossfire.



* HopeSpot: Dexter drinks toxic waste from a power plant to force himself to transform and match Dee Dee. Dexter is shown putting up a decent fight against Dee Dee, only for her to defeat him anyway and pin him down, forcing him to listen to the rest of her story.



** The plot is a homage to the Creator/TexAvery cartoon ''WesternAnimation/KingSizeCanary'' which also had the main characters engage in an ongoing battle [[SerialEscalation as they grow successively larger]].

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** The plot is a homage to the Creator/TexAvery cartoon ''WesternAnimation/KingSizeCanary'' which also had the main characters engage in an ongoing battle [[SerialEscalation as they grow successively larger]].larger]].
* SlasherSmile: Dee Dee is seen smirking victoriously as she watches Dexter slowly fall to the ground, knocking down several buildings in the process.
* TickleTorture: Dee Dee's "Squid Attack" appears to be this. She uses several of her legs to latch on to Dexter's neck and they appear to shake briefly while latched on. It is hard to tell since Dexter doesn't seem to react to it other brief shock before knocking her back.
* UnsportsmanLikeGloating: After Dee Dee defeats Dexter and pins him down, she brags that ''now'' he'll listen to her story before continuing... only to quickly reveal it was a knock knock joke the whole time, which [[ILied she specifically said early it wasn't]].
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* {{Kaiju}}: Dexter and Dee Dee turn into giant monsters that eventually grow bigger than the entire city, apparently big enough to see from space. Bonus points for Dexter's form resembling Godzilla, one of the most famous kanji ever.

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* {{Kaiju}}: Dexter and Dee Dee turn into giant monsters that eventually grow bigger than the entire city, apparently big enough to see from space. Bonus points for Dexter's form resembling Godzilla, one of the most famous kanji kaiju ever.
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* PupatingPeril: Unfortunately for Dexter, his initial form is rather unimpressive... up until he manages to find somewhere isolated enough to make a cocoon, resulting in a surprisingly creepy scene in which he gradually metamorphoses into something much more intimidating and capable of matching Dee Dee's height. Unfortunately, Dee Dee isn't done transforming... and neither is Dexter.

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* ShoutOut: Dexter's narration at the beginning as he studies a tiny world has him mention "Horton's Theory of Who". This obviously is a parody of ''Literature/HortonHearsAWho'' by Creator/DrSeuss, which involved worlds being so small they were the size of a speck of dust.

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Dexter's narration at the beginning as he studies a tiny world has him mention "Horton's Theory of Who". This obviously is a parody of ''Literature/HortonHearsAWho'' by Creator/DrSeuss, which involved worlds being so small they were the size of a speck of dust.dust.
** The plot is a homage to the Creator/TexAvery cartoon ''WesternAnimation/KingSizeCanary'' which also had the main characters engage in an ongoing battle [[SerialEscalation as they grow successively larger]].
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* BigShutUp: Dexter gives several of these to Dee Dee, because he doesn't want to listen to her dumb story. The biggest is when she is crying because he won't listen and her screams destroy the lab around her, eventually Dexter yells at her to shut up, and she becomes quiet instantly.


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* SkewedPriorities: When Dee Dee first transforms into a monster, her first reaction is to be upset that Dexter won't let her finish her story rather than the fact she is now a monster. As she and dexter continue to transform into bigger monsters all they care about is finishing the story and not listening to the story respectively, with neither concerned on how they can change back to normal.
* MakeMeWannaShout: When Dee Dee becomes a monster, her crying is so loud it starts destroying Dexter's lab.
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'''Inflata-Dee Dee''': TheOneWhere Dee Dee steals Dexter's balloon suit.

'''Can't Nap''': TheOneWhere The Justice Friends meet White Tiger.

'''Monstory''': TheOneWhere Dee Dee and Dexter become monsters.

!!Inflata-Dee Dee contains examples of:
* FailureMontage: After Dexter yells at Dee Dee that he is going to bring her down the remainder of the episode is his various attempts to do so, all resulting in failure. His final attempt is kinda successful in that he does get her down, but accidentally destroyed his suit in the process.
* SayingTooMuch: Dexter accidentally reveals how Dee Dee can activate his inflatable hydro-plasmatic suit when telling her she is too dumb to figure it out.


!!Can't Nap contains examples of:
* BattyLipBurbling: Mental Mouse does this after he is defeated and thrown in jail.
* BigBallOfViolence: When Major Glory sees White Tiger messing with his knitting he attacks him telling him to drop the yarn and the two of them get into a huge fight cloud. Kronk ends up getting dragged into it quickly and it apparently lasts most of the night.
* HeroAntagonist: White Tiger is a hero like the Justice Friends, but is also technically the main antagonist of the segment due to Major Glory being allergic cats and him and Kronk trying to get him out of the apartment.
* {{Expy}}: White Tiger is a parody of Black Panther and Mental Mouse is one of M.O.D.O.K.


!!Monstory contains examples of:
* AmbiguousSituation: Partly due to the GainaxEnding, it is unknown what the last shot of the episode with the multi-lens microscope signifies. Could it imply that this is not the actual Dexter and Dee Dee and the real one was watching them, or is it just a simple BrickJoke to call back to the beginning of the episode?
* TheBadGuyWins: Dee Dee defeats Dexter when the two battle in the city and pins him down, forcing him to listen to the rest of her story. To add further insult to injury, the whole thing turned out to be one long knock knock joke, which Dee Dee [[ILied claimed earlier that it wasn't]].
* BookEnd: The episode begins with Dexter watching a tiny world with a multi-lens microscope. The ending has another device that looks exactly like the one Dexter was using watching Dexter and Dee Dee.
* CallingYourAttacks: Dexter and Dee Dee shout their attack names when they battle each other.
* {{Determinator}}: Dee Dee refuses to stop until Dexter listens to her story. Even when she continuously transforms into a monster she chases him down demanding he listen. She eventually succeeds in forcing him to listen.
* GainaxEnding: Dexter and Dee Dee remain giant monsters with no indication of how or if they can turn back to normal. The final shot of the episode has Dee Dee pinning Dexter as he screams a BigNo and a multi-lens microscope suddenly appearing to watch them.
* GiantSpider: Dee Dee's final monster form looks like a giant spider.
* ILied: Dee Dee claims that her story isn't another one of her knock knock jokes. She reveals at the end that it ''is''.
* {{Kaiju}}: Dexter and Dee Dee turn into giant monsters that eventually grow bigger than the entire city, apparently big enough to see from space. Bonus points for Dexter's form resembling Godzilla, one of the most famous kanji ever.
* ManBitesMan: During the fight between Dexter and Dee Dee, one of the quick close up scenes shows Dee Dee taking a huge bite into Dexter. Though it is debatable how much they qualify since they have both become monsters by this point.
* ShoutOut: Dexter's narration at the beginning as he studies a tiny world has him mention "Horton's Theory of Who". This obviously is a parody of ''Literature/HortonHearsAWho'' by Creator/DrSeuss, which involved worlds being so small they were the size of a speck of dust.

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