Airdate: August 6, 1997
Episode code: 204
"Hunger Strikes": Dexter creates an invention that will make him enjoy vegetables, but accidentally turns him into a veggie-crazed monster.
"The Koos is Loose": Dee Dee's imaginary friend Koosalagoopagoop comes to life and pesters Dexter.
"Morning Stretch": Dexter creates a machine to turn 30 seconds into 30 minutes so he can get his morning routine done in time.
"Hunger Strikes":
- Greens Precede Sweets: Dexter refuses to eat his peas and so is refused upside-down pineapple cake as while Dee-Dee and Dad are allowed to have the ridiculously unhealthy and large-portioned desserts that dwarves the size of the small peas they ate (defeating the purpose of eating those peas). And so Dexter uses his scientific equipment to adjust his taste preferences, but as a consequence, he only wants to eat plants (especially in enormous quantity) and nothing else!
- HULK MASH!-Up: Dexter alters his taste buds in an attempt to make himself find vegetables more appetizing, the result being that he transforms into a huge, green-skinned brute whenever he gets hungry.
- Kids Hate Vegetables: Dexter is shown unable to stand eating peas, which his family demands that he eat or else he can't have dessert afterwards. In order to avoid future denial of desserts, Dexter invents a machine that will genetically alter his taste buds and thus make eating vegetables more palatable. Only problem is that this machine not only makes veggies suddenly delicious, but he also happens to turn into an Incredible Hulk-like monster that destroys everything in his path in search of the vegetables he craves.
"The Koos is Loose":
- Actor Allusion: Koosie making a pepé wrap is an allusion to Dom De Luise's second career as a cook.
- Adam Westing: Koosalagoopagoop is voiced by Dom De Luise and is a parody of the increasingly saccharine Don Bluth movies DeLuise had been in, like A Troll in Central Park.
- Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress: Both Dexter and Koosie get this in spades during the battle with Hookocho.
- Jerkass: The Trollbetoots. Everyone else in the Land of Koos was right to be offended by Koosy when he punched their king and kissed the queen (even if it was Dee Dee's doing, Koosy tried to stop her, and the people forgave him), but the Trollbetoots had absolutely no justifiable reason to pick on Koosy.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Dexter wishes away Dee Dee's imaginary friend, Koosalagoopagoop from the lab in anger, then realizes in horror how mean that was of him, even giving Koos a hug and tearing up as Koosie sadly bids his farewells.
"Morning Stretch":
- Didn't Think This Through: He slows time down to turn 30 seconds into 30 minutes in order to go to school on time, not realizing that it would be really difficult to shower and take forever to microwave breakfast with time slowed down. In the end, his efforts are for naught because it's a snow day.
- "Shaggy Dog" Story: Dexter uses a device to slow down time so that he won't be late for school. When he's finally ready to go, Dee Dee tells him it's a snow day and school's out.
- Storm in a Teacup: Dexter uses a time expansion helmet so he can get showered, dressed, eat breakfast, and finish his homework before the school bus arrives. He gets all this done just as time returns to normal, only for Dee Dee to block his path because it happens to be a snow day, so school is cancelled. (And the fact that Dee Dee was still in her nightdress suggests their parents weren't going to send them to school anyway due to the bad weather.)
- Time Stands Still: Dexter uses a helmet to slow down time to try and get ready for school, not realizing that it would take forever to shower or microwave food with time being so slow.
- Toilet-Drinking Dog Gag: In one episode, Dexter tries to inject himself inside a sick Dee Dee cure her cold, but ends up in the dog instead, which he doesn't notice. At one point, the dog is seen drinking water from the toilet, which makes Dexter believe Dee Dee is infected with a dog virus.
