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Recurring Characters
Lee Lee and Mee Mee
Voiced by: Kath Soucie (Lee Lee), Kimberly Brooks (Mee Mee)
Dee-Dee's friends. They're a little smarter than her but not by a whole lot.- Alphabetical Theme Naming: Their names rhyme with Dee Dee's.
- Asian Airhead: Lee Lee is Asian, and she and Mee Mee are often depicted as being just as ditzy as Dee Dee. Though "Techno Turtle" shows they're at least marginally smarter than her, since they were able to tell immediately that 'Birdy' was actually a turtle.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Neither of them are anywhere to be seen in the third and fourth seasons.
- Color-Coded for Your Convenience: In "That Crazy Robot", Mee Mee wears purple and Lee Lee wears green.
- Inconsistent Spelling: In an early set of promotional training cards depicting scenes from the series, cards for their first appearance in "Double Trouble" spelled their names as "Li Li" and "Mimi." The credits for their second appearance in "Tribe Called Girl" spelled them the way they're known today.
- Palette Swap: Cartoon example, in that they are basically head swaps of Dee Dee. Starting with "That Crazy Robot", their clothes are colored differently as well.
- Pink Means Feminine: Both wore the same pink clothes as Dee Dee until "That Crazy Robot".
- Sassy Black Woman: Mee Mee can be this.
- Straight Man: Are occasionally shown as being more rational and intelligent than Dee Dee, if only by a smidgen.
- Those Two Girls: They usually appear together as foils to Dee Dee.
- Token Trio: Together with Dee Dee. Dee Dee's white, Lee Lee is asian, and Mee Mee is black.
Koosalagoopagoop
Voiced by: Dom De Luise
Dee-Dee's imaginary friend, sort of.- All of the Other Reindeer: It is shown in the episode "Koosalagoopagoop" that everyone else in the Land of Koos dislikes him for some unexplained reason (likely due to his clumsiness), though this changes at the end of the episode.
- Big Fun: He's a huge and obese creature and really loves to have fun.
- Blatant Lies: Whether he's downplaying his ability to change size or insisting he's king of Koosland, he's a bit of a chronic liar.
- The Cameo: He makes a cameo in The Powerpuff Girls episode "Imaginary Fiend", imagined by Bubbles to combat Patches. All of the jokes surrounding him
involve everyone else's dislike of him. - Classy Cane: Briefly carries one when we first see him.
- Cuddle Bug: He's a hugger with a warm glowing heart symbol on his stomach.
- Easily Forgiven: As far as any of his fellow imaginary beings are aware, he socked the king of Koosland in the face, took his crown, and kissed the queen (all thanks to Dee Dee). The king immediately forgives him for it.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: Dee Dee adores him, but Dexter's justifiably annoyed by him and he's resoundingly disliked in the Land of Koos. He makes a brief cameo in The Powerpuff Girls, where nobody likes him except Bubbles.
- Imaginary Friend: Dee Dee is, by default, the only one who can see him. It's implied that others can see him if they believe he exists; Dexter is only able to because he has unable to prove the opposite besides with his own eyes and scientific mindset. In truth, Koosy is a creature from another world, whose residents are unable to see humans like Dee Dee when she visits. To them, she is depicted as Koosy's imaginary friend. It is possible to imagine him away if they want, as Dexter once did.
- Lethal Chef: He's exceedingly proud of his "Pepe wraps" — an industrial sized tub of meat slapped unseasoned onto a tortilla. It may not taste terrible, but if you don't eat it willingly, he'll likely shove it down your throat.
- Nice Guy: He's very friendly and even attempts to get Dexter and the grumpy Peepers to lighten up.
- Signature Laugh: Has a distinctive, wheezy one that goes hand in hand with being voiced by Dom De Luise.
- Tulpa: He's Dee Dee's imaginary friend and has pretty much become a physical being ever since Dee Dee created him.
- Took a Level in Badass: In his first appearance he doesn't do much but bounce around, giggle, and make a nuisance of himself; in the second, he lies to Dee Dee to make himself look more impressive and likable and mostly gets dragged around by her. By the third, however, he's willing to steal Dexter's robot mecha to save Koosland — and, with Dexter, deliver a Shut Up, Hannibal! to the anime villain destroying it.
- Unexplained Recovery: His first appearance had Dexter imagine him away, supposedly gone forever in one hell of a Mood Whiplash Downer Ending. Obviously he would make recurring appearances afterwards, with no explanation how he was brought back, other than Dee Dee's perenially active imagination.
T.V. Puppet Pals
Puppet Pal Clem (left) and Puppet Pal Mitch (right)
Voiced by: Tom Kenny (Clem) and Rob Paulsen (Mitch)
A pair of slapstick puppet performers who are popular in both Dexter's universe and the Justice Friends universe.
- Breakout Character: Clem and Mitch would go on to get their very own live-action bumpers on Cartoon Network.
- Character Catchphrase: "BONK!"
- Full-Name Basis: Both of them always refer to each other with the term "Puppet Pal" preceding their names.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: The two of them live together, sleeping in a bunk bed, but show no signs of attraction.
- Muppet: In-Universe; their designs evoke many cues from Jim Henson's puppets, and they're capable of grabbing objects.
- Recursive Canon: Though they're a popular show in the Justice Friends universe, Justice Friends happens to be a popular show in their own universe.
- Show Within a Show: The main characters of The Puppet Pals Show, broadcast on TVs within the series.
- Slapstick: Their main source of comedy comes from beating each other up at the most opportune moments.
- Spiders Are Scary: Neither of them seem to like spiders.Mitch: Puppet Pal Clem! There's a spider in your bed! (Clem hits his head on the top bunk) BONK!
- Tap on the Head: Mitch loves bonking Clem on the head every chance he gets.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: They do everything together, but this doesn't stop them from beating each other up.
Douglas E. Mordecai III
Voiced by: Tom Kenny
One of the Dexter's friends- First-Name Basis: The earlier seasons had Dexter refer to him as Douglas but after the show was brought back from cancellation Dexter started calling him Mordecai as if he always had been doing so.
- Ink-Suit Actor: He's basically Tom Kenny if he were a kid Dexter's age.
- Nerd Glasses: Like Dexter, he has thick framed glasses that double as Eye Glasses.
- Satellite Character: He's Dexter's best friend. That's pretty much it.
Action Hank
Voiced by: Michael Armstrong ("Beard to be Feared"), John Garry ("Decode of Honor"), Kevin Michael Richardson ("911"), Greg Eagles ("Mandark's Laboratory?")
This show's Mr. T parody.- Boisterous Bruiser: His strength is matched only by his good nature and noble intentions.
- Expy: Of G.I. Joe, Mr. T, and Shaft.
- Manly Facial Hair: A symbol to his ruggedness, and while he often settles things with his fists, in the episode in which he is introduced, he and Dexter (who had obtained his own beard through SCIENCE) join beards to fight criminals.
- Nice Guy: Is actually a friendly individual when not fighting villains despite his intimidating disposition. This is best seen in "Decode of Honor", where his reaction to Dexter showing up in a tutu is to explain that he got his code mixed-up and that Dexter would be in no trouble for this, and when he realizes the code mix-up means that someone else is in trouble, he immediately heads to help.
- Soul Brotha: He's an Affectionate Parody of the trope.
Mandark's Parents (Windbear and Oceanbird)
Windbear, Oceanbird, and Mandark as a baby.
Voiced by: Jeff Bennett and Kath Soucie
Mandark's hippie parents. With 'em as parents, we can kinda see why Mandark is the way he is.- Abusive Parents: While they're not the worst examples of the trope, they aren't very supportive of Mandark's love for science, and they gave him a name Susan that would subject him to a lot of ridicule from other kids. They also made him dress and act like a girl when he had no interest in doing so. Mandark's father also is the first to actively attempt to shut down Mandark's scientific pursuits and displays anger problems when things don't go his way.
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Not only are they hippies, but they had the audacity to name their son Susan, which eventually helped to push him into his evil tendencies.
- Berserk Button: Windbear gets mad exactly once, in "My Dad vs. Your Dad", when Dexter's dad makes fun of his hippie lifestyle.
- Bourgeois Bohemian: Downplayed. They're both pretty conventional for hippies, living in the suburbs with their nuclear family. However, they are completely hippie-esque otherwise, and only left their commune for Mandark's sake.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Oceanbird's brief, non-speaking appearance in "A Mandark Cartoon" is this due to
airing before "A Boy Named Sue", which properly introduced both parents. - Granola Girl: Oceanbird. Befitting for a hippie mother, she doesn't eat meat. Windbear is a male example.
- Hippie Name: They're hippies fittingly named Windbear and Oceanbird. In the spirit of gender non-conformity, they also named Mandark the Gender-Blender Name Susan, which he hates.
- Hippie Parents: Mandark's real name is Susan, because they wanted to give him a name that fit "beyond the confines of society" and one without "preconceived connotations" as befitting their highly liberal views.
- Insistent Terminology: They don't like Mandark calling them "Mom" or "Dad" because it represents societal conformity. They also refer to him as their "love child," much to his annoyance.
- Nature Lover: A couple of hippies connected to the earth who lived in a little woodsy village called Flowertopia with Mandark before moving to the city.
- New-Age Retro Hippie: They missed the 60s by at least a decade or two, but you'd never be able to tell just by looking at them.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Windbear more so.
- Non-Indicative Name: Mandark's debut suggests his (and, by extension, their) surname is Astronomonov. Not the kind of surname you'd expect from hippies.
- Prefers Going Barefoot: They always go barefoot, just like the utmost stereotypical hippies you can think of. Mandark did not take after them.
- Round Hippie Shades: Windbear has a design very reminiscent of John Lennon, right down to a tiny pair of round shades.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: As the aforementioned tropes demonstrate, their questionable parenting ultimately didn't do their son very many favors, but it was naming him Susan that in his youth would finally push him over the edge.
Pony Puff Princess
Voiced by: Kath Soucie
A colorful pony that Dee-Dee's fond of.- Does Not Like Men: More specifically, she despises anything masculine. As Dee Dee finds out, even women doing or wearing anything masculine won't be spared.
- My Little Phony: She's the titular character of the in-universe equivalent toyline to My Little Pony.
- Nothing Nice About Sugar and Spice: Despite her stereotipically cute appearance and being a hit among young girls, the Pony Puff Princess is actually quite merciless, threatening to eat Dexter, Lee Lee and Mee Mee if they didn't let Dee Dee roam free ("Dee Dee's Tail"), and trying to drip Dee Dee into a cauldron full of boiling oatmeal because she incorrectly wore army-themed clothes and warpaint and got a tattoo, as well as trying to take down Action Hank and his men because they are not feminine ("Decode of Honor").
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: She's a Princess and she's willing to fight alongside her fellow Pony Puffs against Action Hank and his men.
One-Time Characters
Lisa the Babysitter
Voiced by: Kath Soucie
Dexter and Dee-Dee's babysitter- Buxom Beauty Standard: She has a pretty well endowed bust, especially for a teenager.
- Hartman Hips: Due to the art style, lots of women in the series have Hartman Hips.
- Leg Focus: She wears a plaid skirt that shows off her long, sturdy legs.
- Ms. Fanservice: She has a slender but curvy figure.
- Nice Girl: Lisa is shown to be very kind and friendly, and is evidently very good with children, seeing as she's a part-time babysitter.
- One-Shot Character: She only appears in a very early episode of the series and never shows up again after that. But look up any fanart of her and you'd be surprised at how much of it there is.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: It is unknown if Jeff and Lisa got back together after Dexter broke them up.
Gary
Voiced by: Rob Paulsen
Gary is a bully at Dexter's school.
- Berserk Button: Children with "funny accents".
- The Bully: Towards kids with "funny accents".
- Defeat Means Friendship: After being beaten by the kids with "funny accents", he becomes friends with them.
- Heel–Face Turn: At the end of the episode.
- One-Shot Character: He only appears in the episode "Accent You Hate".
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Has shades of this, given that his favorite targets were minorities.
- Reformed Bully: By the end of the episode, Gary turned out to like kids with funny accents due to getting hit in the face by a statue, distorting his own voice.
Professor Williams
Voiced by: Paul Williams
Dexter's piano teacher- Ink-Suit Actor: He looks a lot like Paul Williams.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: He is based on (and voiced) by soft rock singer Paul Williams.
- One-Shot Character: Only appears in "Just an Old Fashioned Lab Song".
Yani the Janitor
- Voiced by: Tom Kenny
- Almighty Janitor: A literal case.
- Didn't Think This Through:
- The final phase of his revenge involves him littering the cafeteria floor with potato chips and throwing ketchup packets and forks at Dexter. Apparently it didn't dawn on Yani that by doing so would cause an even bigger mess than what Dexter could make, and thus resulting in more work for Yani. He also forgot the fact that he would still be coming home late and his wife would be pissed.
- When you also think about it, Yani's also committed multiple crimes - including kidnapping and aggressive battery - in his attempt to get revenge on a student at the school he works at. If, or more accurately, when the school and the authorities would find out about this, he'd lose his job and likely even get arrested. Then, his wife would be even more angry than before.
- Freudian Excuse: Always having to work and be away from his abusive beloved all night long thanks to Dexter.
- Gone Horribly Wrong: He ends up making a bigger mess in his attempt to get revenge on Dexter.
- Henpecked Husband: Part of his motive for trapping Dexter in the school is that he was abused by his wife.
- Jerkass Has a Point: His grievance with Dexter's constantly leaving a mess behind is legitimate. It's the fact that he never seems to have gone to the school board or Dexter himself about the problem, and instead jumped straight to terrorism that places him in Jerkass territory.
- One-Shot Character: Only appears in the episode "Trapped With A Vengeance". It's very possible he got fired and even arrested after what he did to Dexter, so this might be a justified case.
- Too Dumb to Live: He traps to have Dexter imprisoned inside the school, despite Dexter being a super genius who could easily escape and setting up traps would only keep him working even longer.
- Would Hurt a Child: He tried to beat up Dexter when he tried to escape.
Darbie High Priestess
- Voiced by: June Foray
- Evil Old Folks: She seems to be an elderly woman and she's a nasty piece of work to boot.
- Expy: She's meant to be a parody of the Vulcan Minister T'Pau from the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Amok Time".
- One-Shot Character: She along with her fellow Darbie collectors only appear in the episode "Star Check Unconventional" where they were the main antagonists.
- Oh, Crap!: When she sees that Dexter is about to chuck the turpol at her Darbie doll.
- Serious Business: Removed a Darbie doll from it's box? That's grounds for a serious beating in her eyes.
- Trrrilling Rrrs: "A box was opened... There must be... Rrretribution."
Large Dealer
- Voiced by: Rob Paulsen
- Brawn Hilda: She's a huge lady.
- Dark Action Girl: She takes on Dexter in a fight after his friend commits the atrocious crime of removing a Darbie doll from it's box.
- The Dragon: To the Darbie High Priestess.
- Expy: She's meant to be a parody of the Klingons from Star Trek: The Original Series.
- Offhand Backhand: She does this to one of Dexter's friends when he attempts to use a Vulcan nerve pinch on her.
- Serious Business: “You're ruined the collector's value! NEVER REMOVED FROM BOX!”
- Would Hurt a Child: She is willing to fight Dexter over one of his friends opening a Darbie box. Unfortunately for her, Dexter is tougher than he looks and ends up winning their fight.
The Dodgeball Bullies
- Voice by: Rob Paulsen (The Thin One and Fat One) Kath Soucie (The Short One)
- Big, Thin, Short Trio: They don't even have names, but one is a Fat Bastard, one is tall and skinny, and one is much shorter than the other two.
- Depraved Dwarf: The Short One.
- Dirty Coward: They spend most of the climax running away from Dexter's exoskeleton in terror. Although, it can be seen as a case of Know When to Fold 'Em given that they were facing someone armed with a weapon and they didn't have a weapon of their to fight back against it.
- Dodgeball Is Hell: They make it hell for Dexter. He then returns the favor by making it hell for them.
- Fat Bastard: The Fat One.
- Gang of Bullies: They picked on Dexter during P.E. until Dexter soundly beat them up.
- Laser-Guided Karma: After picking on Dexter during P.E. for an entire week with dodgeball, causing him serious harm, he gets his revenge on them the next Monday by beating them up with dodgeballs thanks to his Dexo-Transformer.
- Lean and Mean: The Thin One.
- Hidden Eyes: The Thin One's eyes are hidden beneath his hat.
- One-Shot Character: They only appeared in the episode "Dexter Dodgeball."
- Terrible Trio: They are trio of bullies who are always together.
Olga "Lalavava" Astronomonov
- Voice by: Eddie Deezen
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Bullies her older brother, Mandark, and bosses him around.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: She disappears after her only appearance as later seasons depict Mandark as an only child.
- Creepy Child: She is a Tiny Tyrannical Girl who likes dark and depressing scary things.
- Dramatic Thunder: Thunder strikes whenever someone says her name "Lalavava".
- Enfant Terrible: Even Mandark is afraid of her.
- Evil Counterpart: To Dee Dee, a short and solemn performer to Dee Dee's tall and joyful performer; while Dee Dee unwittingly destroys Dexter's creations but truly loves her brother, Lalavava bullies Mandark mercilessly and displays little to no care for him.
- Girlish Pigtails: Has a bowl cut similar to Mandark's but with long pigtails on top.
- Mirror Character: After Olga and Dee Dee's ballet performance using their brothers' giant robots fails to please the audience, they both agree that science stinks and end up hanging out together as friends.
- One-Shot Character: Only appears in the episode "Dee Dee's Rival" and is never seen again even after Mandark's parents are revealed. Probably had something to do with her appearing near the end of season 2, right before the show's major production shift.
- The Rival: To Dee Dee in the art of ballet.
Becky and Gwen
- Voice by: Kath Soucie (Becky) and Kimberly Brooks (Gwen)
- Alpha Bitch: Both of them, especially Gwen, who seems to be the more bitchier of the two.
- The Bully: Both are quite cruel, especially to Dexter.
- Laser-Guided Karma: They get their comeuppance for causing Dexter to lose his pencil when Billy Bloomberg sticks their heads to the bus ceiling with chewing gum.
- Pet the Dog: It's implied that Becky is the nicer of the two. She was the first to compliment Dexter's glasses after they got cracked.
- Tomboy: Both of them, especially Becky, given her clothes.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Becky (Tomboy) to Gwen (partly Girly Girl).
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Gwen.
Ice Cream Man
- Voiced by: Tom Kenny
- Break the Cutie: He had originally enjoyed his job until Dexter paid him in pennies and practically ruined his life.
- The Chew Toy: Ever since Dexter bought ice cream from him, and paid him in pennies, a series of unfortunate events had happened to him since, including chipping his tooth while trying to put them in the safe due to tripping on his laces after counting them, dumped by his girlfriend, having his car towed away, getting kicked out of his apartment and being forced to live under a highway because of this one act.
- And to add insult to injury, once the Ice Cream Man forgives Dexter and allows him to purchase ice cream, Dexter pays the Ice Cream Man with a 100 dollar bill.
- Jerkass Has a Point: While no one would argue (especially people who work in similar industries) against the fact that not serving Dexter was rude, Dexter had paid for an expensive ice cream with pennies (which took him 5 hours to count), causing him to trip over his own shoelaces, chip his teeth, return home too late to pay the rent (which got him kicked out of his apartment), getting his car impounded, having his girlfriend dump him and ending up having to live with wild animals under the freeway.
Computress
- Voiced by: Tyler Samuel Lee
A sentient computer created by Mandark. He only appears in "Dexter and Computress Get Mandark!".
- Butt-Monkey: Bad things seem to happen to him whether he works for Mandark or Dexter. When he worked for Mandark, Mandark would destroy his laboratory and make Computress rebuild it by himself, and when he worked for Dexter, he accidentally enlarged Mandark's head instead of shrinking it and got chewed out by Dexter as a result.
- Gender-Blender Name: Computress is a male computer, but has a feminine name.
- Robo Family: Computress is introduced as Mandark's brother, apparently.
- Turned Against Their Masters: Computress turned against Mandark and teamed up with Dexter to shrink Mandark's head because Mandark destroyed his laboratory and made Computress rebuild it by himself.
The Detention Warden
- Voiced by:: Michael Pataki
- Big "NO!": He screams one when Dexter and the other "criminals" escape at the end of the episode.
- Character Catchphrase: Uses the word "criminal" a lot. With a close-up on his mouth for emphasis.
- Evil Laugh: He laughs sadistically during the sequence where Dexter and the other "criminals" write "I am a criminal" on the chalkboard.
- Jerkass: He refuses to listen to Dexter's protests of innocence and treats the students as low-life criminals.
- Monster of the Week: Only appears in Dexter Detention where he was the main antagonist.
- Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: "I.. Am.. A.. Criminal.."
- Wardens Are Evil: The man treats his room like it was an actual prison, calling all students that are there "criminals" (the camera even zooms in on his mouth every time he says the word to make emphasis on this), trying to torture them psychologically so they accept their alleged guilt, and putting them into a "Punishment Box" that is just a little hole in the ground barely bigger than a shoebox (and if you don't fit, too bad—he'll make you fit) where he will keep them until they go mad or he decides to let them out, whichever comes first.
Sassy
Voiced by: Frank WelkerThe local sasquatch
- Big-Hearted Bigfoot: He turns out to rather kind and all happy to play with Dee-Dee.
Gork
Voiced by: Jeff BennettAn ET who thought Dexter looked delicious
- Big Eater: He is shown to be perpetually hungry as seen when he ate all the food in the space prison cafeteria and then tries to eat Dexter when he saw there was no more food in the prison.
- Cruel Elephant: Has an elephant-like shape and was intending to eat Dexter when there was no food left for him.
- I'm a Humanitarian: He was going to eat Dexter when he learned that there was nothing left in the prison cafeteria.
- Graceful Loser: When Dee-Dee offers him a turkey dinner as an alternative to eating Dexter, he just decides to eat that instead.
The King and Queen of Koosland
- Voiced by: Tom Kenny and Kath Soucie
- Nice Guy: They're both kind and fair rulers. It's best seen when The King stops the rest of the Koosland residents from attempting to kill Koosie and forgives Koosie for the whole fiasco.
- Santa Claus: The King seems to be Koosland's equivalent what with his role of travelling around the world giving toys to the good girls and boys.
Hookocho
- Voiced by: Jay Hugley
- Agent Peacock: While he is a threatening Alien Prince, he also looks like a very pretty woman. A Freeze-Frame Bonus also reveals that his nails
◊ are painted. - Alien Prince: Or at least imaginary alien.
- Animesque: He is a parody of Bishōnen anime characters with his effeminate appearance and heels.
- Conquering Alien Prince: He's a parody of this trope, as many Mecha Anime of The '70s and The '80s had them as villains (such as Gigantor, Voltes V and Daimos).Hookocho: "Well, well, well gentlemen, I applaud your courage and heartfelt attempt to destroy me and my cause. But you see, no one has ever defeated Hookocho, The Prince of Pain and Misery. Now prepare yourself for complete and total annihilation. My powers as of now are far superior then all the power through out the universe. And when the reversal of Peepers' power is complete, I will equal to no other, and all will perish who defy me. Prepare for a new dawn, gentlemen. And in just a few moments, you will be the first to kneel before your new king, King Hookocho!"
- The Dog Bites Back: Hookocho spends most of the episode abusing Peepers and telling him no will one come save him. He is defeated when Peepers grows in size and stomps on him.
- Evil Laugh:Hookocho: "Goodbye Planet Koos. Goodbye forever! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
- Pretty Boy: He has long, blue hair and Icy Blue Eyes amongst his slender build.
- Icy Blue Eyes: His are a deep blue colour.
- Inconsistent Spelling: His name was often misspelled "Hookochu", but it was actually spelled "Hookocho" in the ending credits of the episode. This aligns with the source material he's parodying, as the romanization of Japanese names infamously varies between translations.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: When he's using his powers, his eyes and hair turn red. The energy beam he shoots is also red.
- Red Is Violent: See above.
- Space Elves: He is an alien who resembles an elf, albeit with cyan skin.
- Verbal Tic: "Well, well, well!" and "gentlemen".
