Line #39 Trivia/DextersLaboratory


1	For Trivia tropes from ''Ego Trip'', go [[Trivia/EgoTrip here]].
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3	!{{Trivia}} tropes for ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''
4	!!Trivia With Their Own Pages
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6	* [[ReferencedBy/DextersLaboratory Referenced By...]]
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9	!!General examples:
10	* ActingForTwo:
11	** Creator/FrankWelker voiced Monkey, Quackor and Krunk, in addition to some one-off characters.
12	** Creator/EddieDeezen voiced Mandark and his sister Lalavava.
13	** Creator/KathSoucie voices Dexter's mother, Mandark's mother, Agent Honeydew and the Quadraplex T-3000 Computer, in addition to some supporting and background characters.
14	** Creator/JeffBennett voices both Dexter's dad and Mandark's dad, who have a fight in one episode. Bennett also voiced the narrator in the ''Justice Friends'' segments.
15	* AdoredByTheNetwork: While this is not surprising (considering it was one of Cartoon Network's first successful original animated series), from 1998-2001, it, along with ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' (and, to a lesser extent, ''Johnny Bravo'', ''Cow and Chicken'', and ''Ed, Edd, and Eddy'') were the flagship shows of the network that were original programming (as opposed to the acquired and syndicated shorts and shows Cartoon Network had since the channel's start in 1992).
16	* BannedEpisode: A handful of episodes were pulled from syndication for going a bit too far with the raunchy content.
17	** "Dos Boot" sometimes was skipped over due to complaints of the CreepyCrossdresser ending involving a BlandNameProduct of Photoshop and accusations of the episode having a CluelessAesop. Bootleg versions are still available via Website/YouTube and Eastern European video sites and it is legally available on streaming services.
18	** "Dial M for Monkey: Barbequor" was immediately pulled from syndication for the scenes of Krunk getting drunk and the CampGay villain, Silver Spooner. Presently, the only place in which the episode can be seen is on the Amazon Creator/{{PrimeVideo}} streaming service. However, the real reason why this episode was banned wasn't due to the Spooner being a gay stereotype but due to the estate of Creator/MarvelComics creator Creator/JackKirby, seeing the character as a misuse of one of his creations, the ComicBook/SilverSurfer and threatened to sue Cartoon Network for copyright infringement.
19	** "Rude Removal" was this for a number of years (to the point that it was thought to be an urban legend) before a one-off airing on Creator/AdultSwim in [[TheNewTens the 2010s]].
20	* CastIncest: In the French dub, Dexter and his mom were voiced by a married couple (Marc Saez and Véronique Picciotto).
21	* ChannelHop: The show aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork during its original run, but in 2023 Creator/AdultSwim started airing reruns as part of its "Checkered Past" block. While technically the same channel, both are considered different for ratings purposes (as they have wildly different target age demographics).
22	* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer:
23	** The TV guide description for "Trapped with a Vengeance" is as such: "The janitor punishes Dexter by making him clean the entire school". The actual plot of the episode is a parody of ''Film/DieHard'' where the janitor attempts to trap Dexter in the school to punish him for leaving a mess every time he works late at night past school hours.
24	** The TV guide description for "Decode of Honor" states that Dexter and Dee Dee get their decoder rings mixed up. The actual plot has their decoder message sheets get mixed up, not the rings.
25	* CreatorsApathy: 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. He also explained that half of what made the show work was Christine Cavanaugh as Dexter and he doesn't want to replace her after her death.
26	* CreatorBacklash: Tartakovsky was not impressed with ''The Justice Friends'', feeling that it was short on character development and humor. This is quite ironic, as many fans considered their segments one of the [[EnsembleDarkhorse best things]] to come out of the show.
27	* CrossDressingVoices:
28	** Dexter was voiced by two voice actresses in the English version (Christine Cavanaugh during the original episodes and Candi Milo for almost all later episodes and whenever Dexter appears on a Cartoon Network video game or in a crossover cameo, as seen on the ''Time Squad'' series finale "Orphan Substitute" where one of the kids Larry and Tuddrussel abduct to help them with fixing history is Dexter himself)
29	** Eddie Deezen voiced Lalavava, with his voice sped up to sound higher and more girlish.
30	* TheDanza:
31	** Paul Williams himself guest stars in the episode "Just an Old Fashioned Lab Song" as Dexter's piano instructor... Prof. Williams, who is drawn [[InkSuitActor roughly the same height as Dexter]].
32	** The foreign exchange student in "Last But Not Beast" is named Toshi and voiced by Brian Toshi.
33	** The robots from one of the revival's episodes are F.R.E.D. and M.A.R. 10, voiced by comedy duo Creator/FredWillard and Creator/MartinMull.
34	* DeletedRole: The credits for the ''Dial M for Monkey'' segment "Peltra" credits Creator/TomKenny as voicing Tailor, who doesn't appear in the episode, but did appear in a comic adaptation of the episode that was featured in the fourth issue of ''Cartoon Network Presents''.
35	* FakeBrit: Kath Soucie gave Agent Honeydew a refined British accent.
36	* FollowTheLeader: Seems to have inspired shows such as ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''.
37	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
38	** ''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.
39	** [[MissingEpisode "Rude Removal"]] became this after it was finally shown to the public. Creator/AdultSwim got its hands on the episode and actually aired it, and afterward posted the short on its Website/YouTube channel in 2013. Shortly thereafter, the episode was made private and no official release of it currently exists.
40	** Neither of the two soundtrack albums, ''Musical Time Machine'' and ''The Hip Hop Experiment'', have received digital releases.
41	* KidsMealToy:
42	** Wendy's released a set of five toys in 1997, including a Spark Maker.
43	** Dairy Queen released a set of six toys in 2001. These consisted of five of Dexter's inventions and Monkey.
44	** Burger King released a set of eight toys in 2003. These depicted Dexter and Dee Dee inside things like a gravity chamber or a microscope.
45	* NoDubForYou: The show only aired in Hebrew-subtitled form in Israel; only the "Chicken Scratch" short gets dubbed in Hebrew.
46	* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: The script for "Dexter and Computress Get Mandark!", if [[StylisticSuck you couldn't tell already]].
47	* OneBookAuthor: Dee Dee is the only voice role for Allison Moore, who was a college friend of series creator, Genndy Tartakovsky. She only voiced the character in the first season, but briefly came back several seasons later when her replacement Kathryn Cressida (who has done some other voice work) was unavailable.
48	* TheOtherDarrin:
49	** Dexter's voice went from the late Creator/ChristineCavanaugh in the original run to Creator/CandiMilo for almost all of the later run (plus all crossover appearances, games, marketing, etc since) when the former retired from voice acting. Cavanaugh did, however, reprise her role in the first three episodes of the later run, as well as the third segment of the 5th episode, which were likely recorded before her retirement.
50	** Dee Dee was first voiced by Allison Moore, a college friend of Genndy Tartakovsky who had originated the role in the original pitch video, but she moved to New York after the first 13 episodes to pursue a career in theater, and the role was taken over by Kathryn Cressida for the rest of the original run. When the show was revived in 2001, [[TheOriginalDarrin Moore reprised the role]] due to the new showrunner Chris Savino wanting to change some voices around, but Cressida returned for the second half of that run, presumably due to Cartoon Network preferring her. Despite this, many viewers never noticed the change due to how similar the voices sounded (indeed Cressida was cast by how close her impression was to Moore).
51	** 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 Platform/PlayStation video game "Mandark's Laboratory".
52	** In the "Dial M for Monkey" shorts, the chief of the organization Agent Honeydew works for was originally played by Creator/RobertRidgely, but Earl Boen became his voice actor in the second season.
53	** Monkey's sound effects were done by Creator/FrankWelker (using the same monkey sounds he uses for Abu in ''Aladdin'' or Ma-Ti's pet monkey on ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' or any cartoon or live-action project that needs monkey noises), but his speaking voice in "The Lab of Tomorrow" was provided by Creator/CoreyBurton.
54	** Justice Friends member Capital G was originally voiced by Creator/TomKenny in the episode "Rasslor". In the second season finale "Last But Not Beast", he was instead voiced by Creator/GregEagles.
55	** Agent Honeydew was voiced by Paula Tiso for her first appearance, but by Creator/KathSoucie (the voice of Dexter's Mom) for every subsequent appearance.
56	* PopCultureUrbanLegends: The notorious episode "Rude Removal" was the subject of a great deal of confused rumors over the years. Since the episode was never aired and involves Dexter and Dee Dee swearing, some who claimed to have seen it (either at conventions or from some private source) stated that it was extremely vulgar and completely uncensored, in some cases even describing the characters engaging in scatological acts. A common (and totally untrue) story was that it was created as a joke by the studio staff and never even meant to be aired, hence the intensity of the cussing. A number of fans actually wound up disappointed when the episode was finally released in 2013, revealing that every swear word was censored with an audio bleep, and it was quite tame compared to many of the rumors.
57	* RoleReprise: "Dyno-Might", the episode crossing over with ''WesternAnimation/DynomuttDogWonder'', had Creator/GaryOwens and Creator/FrankWelker reprise their respective roles as Blue Falcon and Dynomutt. For Owens, it would be the final time that he voiced Blue Falcon before his 2015 death.
58	* ShrugOfGod: Even the series creator, Genndy Tartakovsky, isn't certain about what Dexter's [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent bizarre accent]] is supposed to be.
59	* ThrowItIn: The reason for the audience randomly flying away at the end of the BigLippedAlligatorMoment song in the [[SuckECheeses Chubby Cheese's]] episode is because the storyboard script had a note saying "audience takes off". When the storyboards were sent to Creator/RoughDraftStudios in South Korea, the note was translated literally, resulting in the audience "taking off" into the air. The editors thought it was hilarious and added in a magical sound effect to accompany it.
60	* UnCanceled: 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.
61	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
62	** 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!"
63	** Originally, the backup segment in the second season of ''Dexter's Laboratory'' was to be Rob Renzetti's ''WesternAnimation/MinaAndTheCount'', which already had a pilot short produced and aired on the ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow''. It was passed over in favor of simply foregoing the "rotating secondary segment" routine from the first season.
64	* 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 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.
65	* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Genndy Tartakovsky, who was at the peak of his workaholism at the time, reportedly worked so diligently banging out as many stories as possible for the show that he didn't even see the finished product until it was on television.
66	* WriteWhoYouKnow: Dee Dee and Dexter's relationship was based on creator Genndy Tartakovsky and his brother Alex, who was always destroying Genndy's personal projects when they were younger. Ironically, said brother eventually grew up to be a scientist.

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