History Trivia / DextersLaboratory

** "Dos Boot" sometimes goes missing due to complaints of the CreepyCrossdresser ending involving a Photoshop {{Expy}} and accusations of the episode being a full-on criticism of the IT world. Bootleg versions are still available via Website/YouTube and Eastern European video sites.

** Dexter's VA went from Creator/ChristineCavanaugh to Candi Milo (who now voices her whenever Dexter is included in a video game or a crossover appearance) when the former retired from voice acting early in the last two seasons.

** "Dial M for Monkey: Barbequor" was immediately pulled from syndication for the scenes of Krunk getting drunk and the the [[CampGay flaming homosexual]] villain, Silver Spooner. This includes the Hulu and Netflix releases, as well as the show's lone [=DVD=] release of the first season (barring region 4, which includes the episode), and, as of May 2020, being streamed on HBO Max. The episode has since been replaced with "Dexter's Lab: A Story" on Hulu, Netflix, and HBO Max. However, the real reason why this episode was banned wasn't due to the Spooner being a gay stereotype but due to threats from the estate of Creator/MarvelComics creator Creator/JackKirby, who saw the character as a misuse of one of his creations, the ComicBook/SilverSurfer and threatened to sue Cartoon Network for copyright infringement.

** "Dial M for Monkey: Barbequor" was immediately pulled from syndication for the scenes of Krunk getting drunk and the the [[CampGay flaming homosexual]] villain, Silver Spooner. This includes the Hulu and Netflix releases, as well as the show's lone [=DVD=] release of the first season (barring region 4, which includes the episode), and, as of May 2020, being streamed on HBO Max. The episode has since been replaced with "Dexter's Lab: A Story" on Hulu, Netflix, and HBO Max. However, the real reason why this episode was banned wasn't due to the Spooner being a gay stereotype but due to threats from Creator/MarvelComics, who saw the character as a misuse of the ''ComicBook/SilverSurfer'' and threatened to sue Cartoon Network for copyright infringement.

** "Dial M for Monkey: Barbequor" was immediately pulled from syndication for the scenes of Krunk getting drunk and the the [[CampGay flaming homosexual]] villain, Silver Spooner. This includes the Hulu and Netflix releases, as well as the show's lone [=DVD=] release of the first season, and, as of May 2020, being streamed on HBO Max. The episode has since been replaced with "Dexter's Lab: A Story" on Hulu, Netflix, and HBO Max.

** ''Ego Trip'' hasn’t seen any official release since its VHS release back in 2000.
*** It is on the quite rare Region 4 "Collected Experiments" release, but good luck getting it.

* AdamWesting: Koosalagoopagoop is voiced by Creator/DomDeLuise and is a parody of the increasingly saccharine Creator/DonBluth movies [=DeLuise=] had been in, like ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark''.

** Hungary holds a reunion for the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' cast: Dexter's first voice was Melvin; Dee Dee is Chibiusa; Dexter's first mom was Sailor Neptune; Mandark's first voice was Alan's second voice; and Dexter's second mom was Berthier, Karonite, Eugeal, Mimet, Telulu, PallaPalla, and Fisheye. Mandark's second voice is not Chad.
** In Spain, Dexter and Dee Dee are the same VAs who played [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart and Lisa]], respectively.

** Action Hank only gets to speak in three episodes, but his voice actor is never the same. He is played by Michael Armstrong in "Beard to be Feared", John Garry in "Decode of Honor", and Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson in "911". Greg Eagles voices him in the PlayStation video game "Mandark's Laboratory".

** In "Dee Dee and The Man," Dee Dee's sexy replacement is an actress named Candi, who's voiced by Creator/CandiMilo.

* ArtistDisillusionment: Though he hasn't spoken ill of the show, Genndy Tartakovsky has said that he's "done" with the characters and not at all interested in working on a revival, preferring to focus more on his [[DarkerAndEdgier slower, more atmospheric]] projects.

** The ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' parody's Golden Ticket analogue is a golden Floppy Disk (referred to as a Golden Diskette in the episode).
** Despite the science theme of the series, you rarely if ever see mentions to the internet. While the internet did exist in the late 1990s, it didn't become extremely mainstream until a few years later.
** One episode had Dexter scoffing at an old early 1980s video game in comparison to his more modern game. Said video game is a parody of the new-at-the-time ''VideoGame/PrimalRage''.

* ArtistDisillusionment: Though he hasn't spoken ill of the show, Genndy Tartakovsky has said that he's "done" with the characters and not at all interested in working on a revival, preferring to focus more on his [[DarkerAndEdguer slower, more atmospheric]] projects.

* UnCancelled: Season 3, [[FranchiseZombie made without the input]] of creator Creator/GenndyTartakovsky (or writers Creator/ButchHartman and Creator/SethMacFarlane, who had left to make ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' and ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', respectively) during the infamous 2001 merger with CN's parent company Time Warner and internet service company AOL, and thus a point of much contention of both the uncancellation and the merger.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/EddieDeezen's laugh for Mandark began as a flat, smug "Ha," lifted from one of his standup bits. When he was told that they wanted a "mad scientist" laugh, he gave them the now-famous "HA ha ha! HA ha HA ha HA!"
** Originally, the backup segment in the first season of ''Dexter's Laboratory'' was to be Rob Renzetti's ''WesternAnimation/MinaAndTheCount'', which already had a pilot short produced and aired on the ''WhatACartoonShow''. It was passed over in favor of ''Dial M for Monkey'' and ''The Justice Friends'', both of which were part of the main show's continuity.

* WordOfGod: Genndy has stated that the infamous episode "[[MissingEpisode Rude Removal]]", where Dee Dee and Dexter go into a machine that removes all of their rudeness and concentrates it into another version of themselves, was actually meant to be part of the the show's second season, not just a way for the crew to blow off steam during a stressful production. The network, however, disapproved of having an episode that centered around the characters constantly swearing, censored or not.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: [[JustifiedTrope Well not surprising considering it was one of Cartoon Network's first successful original animated series]]. But from 1998-2001, it, along with ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' were the flagship shows of the network.

** ''Ego Trip'' hasn’t seen any official release since its VHS release back in 2000. ''Barbequor'' will likely never see any sort of release since its banning.

** Dexter's VA went from Creator/ChristineCavanaugh to Candi Milo when the former retired from voice acting early in the last two seasons.

** Monkey's sound effects were done by Creator/FrankWelker, but his speaking voice in "The Lab of Tomorrow" was provided by Creator/CoreyBurton.

** In Spain, Dexter and Dee Dee are [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart and Lisa]], respectively.

** Dexter was voiced by two women in English.

* BannedEpisode: A handful of episodes were pulled from syndication for their raunchier-than-usual content.

** "Dial M for Monkey: Barbequor" was immediately pulled from syndication for the scenes of Krunk getting drunk and the the [[CampGay flaming homosexual]] villain, Silver Spooner. This includes the Hulu and Netflix releases, as well as it's lone [=DVD=] release of the first season, and being streamed on HBO Max. The episode has since been replaced with "Dexter's Lab: A Story" on Hulu, Netflix, and HBO Max.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Well not surprising considering it was one of Cartoon Network's first successful original animated series. But from 1998-2001, it, along with ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' were the flagship shows of the network.

** "Dial M for Monkey: Barbequor" was immediately pulled from syndication for the scenes of Krunk getting drunk and the the [[CampGay flaming homosexual]] villain, Silver Spooner. This includes the Hulu and Netflix releases, as well as it's lone [=DVD=] release of the first season.
** "Rude Removal" was this for a number of years before a one-off airing on Creator/AdultSwim in TheNewTens.

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Some people who got to see "Rude Removal" at conventions claimed it contained more swearing than it actually did and it was uncensored, but Genndy insists that the version eventually released by Adult Swim is the only one that exists; those people who say otherwise are either misremembering or intentionally making stuff up.

* ActorAllusion:
** Creator/KathSoucie voices another [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM another intelligent AI who assists the main character frequently]].
** Koosie making a pepé wrap is an allusion to Creator/DomDeLuise's second career as a cook.
** Rasslor from the ''Dial M for Monkey'' episode of the same name was voiced by Wrestling/RandySavage. His last line in the episode was, naturally, "''OH '''YEAAAH!'''''".
** "Just an Old Fashioned Lab Song" is wall-to-wall references to guest star Music/PaulWilliams' music and personal life. [[note]]This includes: his height, his appearance, his songs ("We've Only Just Begun"), his album titles ("Here Comes Inspiration") his album covers (the title card is made to look like the cover of his album "Classics"), and even ''his car!'' Thankfully, they didn't include the substance abuse.[[/note]]
** In the ''Justice Friends'' segment ''Things That Go Bonk in the Night'', Major Glory and Puppet Pal Mitch, both voiced by Creator/RobPaulsen, have puppets of each other, as do Valhallen and Puppet Pal Clem, both voiced by Creator/TomKenny.

** ''Ego Trip'' hasn’t seen any official release since its VHS release back in 2000.''Barbequor'' will likely never see any sort of release since its banning.

** Only the first season was released on Creator/CartoonNetwork's "Hall Of Fame" [=DVD=] series before briefly showing up on Netflix (and like the other classic [=CN=] shows, the service had the bizarre setup of only carrying one or two seasons at a time, rather than the complete series). As of 2015, the entire series, bar ''WesternAnimation/EgoTrip'' and the BannedEpisode "Barbequor," is on Hulu.

* RoleReprisal: "Dyno-Might", the episode crossing over with ''WesternAnimation/DynomuttDogWonder'', had Creator/GaryOwens and Creator/FrankWelker reprise their respective roles as Blue Falcon and Dynomutt.

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Some people who got to see "Rude Removal" at conventions claimed it contained more swearing than it actually did and it was unbleeped, but Genndy insists that the version released by Adult Swim is the only version and those people are either misremembering or intentionally making stuff up.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Well not surprising considering it was one of Cartoon Network's first successful original animated series. But from 98-2001, it, along with ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' were the flagship shows of the network.