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* StereotypicalNerd: Without his axe, Valhallen gradually transforms into a stereotypical nerd, complete with NerdyNasalness, NerdGlasses, and GeekPhysique making him utterly useless in a fight and is in opposition to his typical cool, rock star, ladies man persona.

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* StereotypicalNerd: Without his axe, guitar, Valhallen gradually transforms into a stereotypical nerd, complete with NerdyNasalness, NerdGlasses, and GeekPhysique making him utterly useless in a fight and is in opposition to his typical cool, rock star, ladies man persona.
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* {{Nerd}}: Without his axe, Valhallen gradually transforms into a stereotypical one, complete with nasal voice and glasses.

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* {{Nerd}}: StereotypicalNerd: Without his axe, Valhallen gradually transforms into a stereotypical one, nerd, complete with nasal voice NerdyNasalness, NerdGlasses, and glasses.
GeekPhysique making him utterly useless in a fight and is in opposition to his typical cool, rock star, ladies man persona.
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* NotWearingPantsDream: [[spoiler: When Dexter's "good dream" turns into another nightmare, not only does he lose his enlarged-with-knowledge brain, but his clothes fly off, leaving him naked in front of a laughing crowd.]]

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'''Production code:''' 111

'''Original air date:''' 11/27/1996

'''Babysitter Blues:''' Dexter develops a one-sided crush on his babysitter Lisa.

'''Valhallen's Room:''' Valhallen loses his magic axe and his powers with it. It's up to Major Glory and Krunk to find the axe in Valhallens's room.

'''Dream Machine:''' Dexter creates a machine to help him deal with a reoccurring nightmare that Dee Dee is smarter than him.

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'''Production code:''' !!Production code:
111

'''Original air date:''' 11/27/1996

'''Babysitter Blues:''' Dexter develops a one-sided crush on his babysitter Lisa.

'''Valhallen's Room:''' Valhallen loses his magic axe and his powers with it. It's up to Major Glory and Krunk to find the axe in Valhallens's room.

'''Dream Machine:''' Dexter creates a machine to help him deal with a reoccurring nightmare that Dee Dee is smarter than him.
!!Air date
*November 27, 1996 (USA/Canada)




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!!Babysitter Blues Synopsis:
Dexter develops a one-sided crush on his babysitter Lisa.

!!Valhallen's Room Synopsis:
Valhallen loses his magic axe and his powers with it. It's up to Major Glory and Krunk to find the axe in Valhallens's room.

!!Dream Machine Synopsis:
Dexter creates a machine to help him deal with a reoccurring nightmare that Dee Dee is smarter than him.

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'''Babysitter Blues / Valhallen's Room / Dream Machine'''

'''Production code:''' 111

'''Original air date:''' 11/27/1996
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'''Babysitter Blues:''' Dexter develops a one-sided crush on his babysitter.

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'''Babysitter Blues:''' Dexter develops a one-sided crush on his babysitter.babysitter Lisa.



* CallBack: Dexter's aging machine from "Old Man Dexter" is used again, to make him old enough to date his babysitter.
* EvilLaugh: Dexter lets one out as he hatches a plan to separate the babysitter and her boyfriend.
* PrecociousCrush: Dexter has a crush on his teenage babysitter.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dexter convinces his babysitter's boyfriend that she broke up with him because "[she] loves Dexter". [[spoiler:At the end of the segment, the boyfriend shows up to beat up Dexter... who aged himself up to a teenager, so he doesn't even have the defense of WouldntHurtAChild.]]

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* CallBack: Dexter's aging machine from "Old Man Dexter" is used again, to make him old enough to date his babysitter.Lisa.
* EvilLaugh: Dexter lets one out as he hatches a plan to separate the babysitter Lisa and her boyfriend.
* PrecociousCrush: Dexter has a crush on his teenage babysitter.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dexter convinces his babysitter's Lisa's boyfriend that she broke up with him because "[she] loves Dexter". [[spoiler:At the end of the segment, the boyfriend shows up to beat up Dexter... who aged himself up to a teenager, so he doesn't even have the defense of WouldntHurtAChild.]]]]
* PrecociousCrush: Dexter has a crush on Lisa, his teenage babysitter.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dexter convinces his babysitter's boyfriend that she broke up with him because "[she] loves Dexter". [[spoiler:At the end of the segment, the boyfriend shows up to beat up Dexter... who aged himself up to a teenager, so he doesn't even have the defense of WouldntHarmAChild.]]

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dexter convinces his babysitter's boyfriend that she broke up with him because "[she] loves Dexter". [[spoiler:At the end of the segment, the boyfriend shows up to beat up Dexter... who aged himself up to a teenager, so he doesn't even have the defense of WouldntHarmAChild.WouldntHurtAChild.]]
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* CallBack: Dexter's aging machine from from "Old Man Dexter" is used again, to make him old enough to date his babysitter.

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* CallBack: Dexter's aging machine from from "Old Man Dexter" is used again, to make him old enough to date his babysitter.



* PrecociousCrush: Dexter develops a crush on his teenage babysitter.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dexter convinces his babysitter's boyfriend that she broke up with him because "[she] loves Dexter". [[spoiler:At the end of the segment, the boyfriend shows up to beat up Dexter... who aged himself up to a teenager, so he doesn't even have the defense of WouldNotHarmAChild.]]

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* PrecociousCrush: Dexter develops has a crush on his teenage babysitter.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dexter convinces his babysitter's boyfriend that she broke up with him because "[she] loves Dexter". [[spoiler:At the end of the segment, the boyfriend shows up to beat up Dexter... who aged himself up to a teenager, so he doesn't even have the defense of WouldNotHarmAChild.WouldntHarmAChild.]]
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* WhamShot and WhamLine: [[spoiler:Dee Dee is the Grandfather of all Knowledge. This reveal is where Dexter realizes he's in another nightmare.]]

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* WhamShot and WhamLine: [[spoiler:Dee Dee is the Grandfather of all Knowledge. This reveal is where Dexter realizes he's in another nightmare.]]]]
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* CallBack: Dexter's aging machine from from "Old Man Dexter" is used again, to make him a teenager.

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* CallBack: Dexter's aging machine from from "Old Man Dexter" is used again, to make him old enough to date his babysitter.
* EvilLaugh: Dexter lets one out as he hatches
a teenager. plan to separate the babysitter and her boyfriend.




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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dexter convinces his babysitter's boyfriend that she broke up with him because "[she] loves Dexter". [[spoiler:At the end of the segment, the boyfriend shows up to beat up Dexter... who aged himself up to a teenager, so he doesn't even have the defense of WouldNotHarmAChild.]]
* RunningGag: Dexter distract Dee Dee by pointing and asking "What is that?". Dee Dee is shown looking for "that" throughout the rest of the episode.



* EatBrainForMemories: Implied in a blink-and-you-will-miss-it scene in Dexter's dream where he ''drinks Einstein's brain''.



* TheOmniscient: Dexter's dream culminates with him absorbing ''all'' knowledge... [[spoiler:except for the purpose of meaning]].

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* TheOmniscient: Dexter's dream culminates with him absorbing ''all'' knowledge... knowledge [[spoiler:except for the purpose of meaning]].meaning]].
** The mysterious "Grandfather of all Knowledge" is also implied to be this.
* WhamShot and WhamLine: [[spoiler:Dee Dee is the Grandfather of all Knowledge. This reveal is where Dexter realizes he's in another nightmare.]]

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'''Dream Machine:''' Dexter creates a machine to help him deal with a reoccurring nightmare.

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'''Dream Machine:''' Dexter creates a machine to help him deal with a reoccurring nightmare.
nightmare that Dee Dee is smarter than him.



* NightmareSequence: The episode begins with Dexter's recurring nightmare that Dee Dee's smarter than him, and ends with a very disturbing sequence when his Dream Machine malfunctions.

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* BrickJoke: Elements from Dexter's initial nightmare re-appear in his machine-induced "good dream":
** In his nightmare, Dexter did not know how much 2 + 2 make. In the dream, the last piece of knowledge he learns (pumped in his head by a supercomputer, no less) is "2 + 2 = 4".
** On a more serious note, Dee Dee easily answered "What is the purpose of meaning?" in the original nightmare. [[spoiler: Dexter realizing he doesn't know the answer to that is where his good dream turns into another nightmare.]]
* DerangedAnimation: Some of the imagery in what Dexter considers his good dream, such as him drinking Einstein's brain with a straw, or his head turning into a mouth that eats equations.
* TheMeaningOfLife: Spoofed. The tough question that Dee Dee easily answers in Dexter's nightmare is "What is the purpose of meaning?"
* MyBrainIsBig: In Dexter's "good dream", he gets this as his intelligence is enhanced.
* NightmareSequence: The episode begins with Dexter's recurring nightmare that Dee Dee's smarter than him, and ends with a very disturbing sequence when his Dream Machine malfunctions.malfunctions.
* {{Omniglot}}: Among other things, Dexter understands "the root of all languages" in his dream.
* TheOmniscient: Dexter's dream culminates with him absorbing ''all'' knowledge... [[spoiler:except for the purpose of meaning]].
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'''Babysitter Blues:''' Dexter develops a one-sided crush on his babysitter.
'''Valhallen's Room:''' Valhallen loses his magic axe and his powers with it. It's up to Major Glory and Krunk to find the axe in Valhallens's room.
'''Dream Machine:''' Dexter creates a machine to help him deal with a reoccurring nightmare.

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!!Babysitter Blues contains examples of:
* CallBack: Dexter's aging machine from from "Old Man Dexter" is used again, to make him a teenager.
* PrecociousCrush: Dexter develops a crush on his teenage babysitter.

!!Valhallen's Room contains examples of:
* BiggerOnTheInside: Valhallen's room. Krunk even {{Lampshades}} how it's bigger than his.
--> '''Major Glory:''' That's why he pays extra.
* ExtremeOmniGoat: [[spoiler:As it turns out, Valhallen's axe has been eaten by his goat.]]
* {{Nerd}}: Without his axe, Valhallen gradually transforms into a stereotypical one, complete with nasal voice and glasses.

!!Dream Machine contains examples of:
* NightmareSequence: The episode begins with Dexter's recurring nightmare that Dee Dee's smarter than him, and ends with a very disturbing sequence when his Dream Machine malfunctions.

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