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6[[caption-width-right:350:''In Dexter's Laboratory,\
7Lives the smartest boy you've ever seen!\
8But, Dee Dee blows his experiments\
9To smithereens!'']]
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11->''"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door, where impossible things may happen that the world's never seen before!"''
12-->-- '''Creator/{{Mako}}''', EndingTheme
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14Creator/CartoonNetwork's first [[Creator/CartoonCartoons original series]] that wasn't based on an [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast already existing character]] or an [[WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow anthology series]], ''Dexter's Laboratory'' originated as creator Creator/GenndyTartakovsky's thesis film, ''Changes'', and was later remade for the ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'', a shorts showcase for Creator/HannaBarbera employees (''[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 The Powerpuff Girls]]'' was made under the same circumstances, whilst Tartakovsky and ''Powerpuff'' creator Creator/CraigMcCracken worked on both shows).
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16Dexter (voiced by Creator/ChristineCavanaugh from series 1 up to the first half of series 3, Creator/CandiMilo in the later episodes) is a [[ChildProdigy boy genius]] with [[WhatTheHellisThatAccent an unplaceable]] [[HerrDoktor Central European accent]], thick-rimmed glasses and a gigantic secret laboratory in his bedroom. Yet for all his high intellect and scientific genius, Dexter is never able to keep his reckless older sister, Dee Dee, out of his lab. Dexter must also contend with threats from his [[ArchEnemy arch enemy]] Mandark (Creator/EddieDeezen) a rival boy genius who harbors an unrequited crush on Dee Dee.
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18This show follows a fairly standard "ThreeShorts" format, with a ''Dexter'' cartoon at the start and end, and another series in between. Throughout its run, this slot was filled by spin-off series ''Dial M for Monkey'' and ''Justice Friends'', both of these SuperHero parodies. ''Dial M for Monkey'' followed Dexter's eponymous pet monkey, who fought aliens and monsters behind Dexter's back. ''The Justice Friends'' provided a domestic sitcom take on ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'', exploring the apartment life shared by three superheroes who fight crime better than they get along as roommates. Outside the US the filler shows were sometimes dropped and the ''Dexter'' cartoons shown in a different order.
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20After running for two seasons, the series was given a TVMovie entitled ''WesternAnimation/EgoTrip'', which was intended to serve as the GrandFinale. In spite of this, two more seasons were made without Genndy Tartakovsky's involvement (and without ''Dial M for Monkey'' or ''The Justice Friends'', replacing them with segments focused on Dexter's supporting cast).
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22Do '''NOT''' confuse with that other ''Series/{{Dexter}}''; [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids much tragedy will come of it]]. Well, ''[[http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs41/f/2009/017/d/c/dc8eb09e513535ba09701e0eb641d177.jpg some]]'' tragedy.
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24!!Ahh, what a fine day for troping!:
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26[[AC:Main series]]
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28[[index]]
29* DextersLaboratory/TropesAToC
30* DextersLaboratory/TropesDToF
31* DextersLaboratory/TropesGToL
32* DextersLaboratory/TropesMToR
33* DextersLaboratory/TropesSToZ
34[[/index]]
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36[[AC:Spin-offs]]
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38[[index]]
39* ''[[DextersLaboratory/TropesDialMForMonkey Dial M for Monkey]]''
40* ''[[DextersLaboratory/TropesJusticeFriends Justice Friends]]''
41[[/index]]
42----
43->''[[EndingTheme There is gloom and doom\
44While things go boom...\
45In Dexter's Laaaaaaaaaaab!]]''

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