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 Dexter is a genius. He’s fired up for physics. Intrigued by ions. He’s all for ologies. From his bedroom, Dexter accesses his enormous laboratory devoted to all sciences. He studies subatomic phenomena and expands on the de Broglie principle with a mad devotion.
Fortunately, Dexter’s hunky-dory mum and dad are so curious. They have yet to discover the enormous science facility in their house. His big sister Dee Dee, however, has found her way in and makes a habit of innocently bungling Dexter’s ongoing experiments.
Dressed in her ballet outfit and armed with science-defying smart comments, Dee Dee annoys Dexter to the Nth degree. Her pesky and fun-loving attitude plays havoc with Dexter’s well-ordered world.
High technology and this hot-tempered little boy result in a fascinating synthesis of action, adventure and comedy.
DEXTER’S LABORATORY is an innovative half-hour series that examines the life of Dexter, the boy genius who creates fantastic inventions in his huge bedroom laboratory despite the pesky interference of his ditsy big sister Dee Dee.
Dexter has developed a foolproof formula for laughs. In his beloved laboratory, Dexter cooks up adventures that reach beyond the walls of his upstairs bedroom, often defying the universally accepted scientific laws of time and space. His limitless resources, however, have yet to provide the solution to his greatest obstacle and number one test subject, Dee Dee. Dee Dee's minuscule mental capacity in no way mirrors her phenomenal ability to wreak havoc in the structured life of her bespeckled younger brother.
Though their entanglements usually originate in Dexter's laboratory, their ludicrous exploits often take them much further - into other dimensions, to the far reaches of space, and even to the ruthless world of the school playground.
But wherever Dexter's experiments may lead, the quarrelsome siblings always find their way back home, where time machines, secret formulas and frightening creatures from other worlds mean little to their dish-glove wearing mother who expects them to brush their teeth, clean their rooms and be in bed by nine o'clock.
Dexter's Laboratory debuted as a series in April 1996 as the first breakout star of Hanna-Barbera’s World Premiere Toons project. Nominated for a Prime-Time Emmy Award in both 1995 and 1996,
Dexter's Laboratory is created by Genndy Tartakovsky. Each episode includes two Dexter's Laboratory shorts and a third related short—either Justice Friends or Dial M For Monkey. Justice Friends is about a group of super heroes challenged more by the problems of living together than by the evil forces that threaten the world. The star of Dial M For Monkey is, of course, “Monkey,” a superpowered, crime-fighting primate who sets out to save the world when Dexter isn’t looking.
Like a pint-sized descendent from the clan of Dr. Frankenstein, Dexter is a scientific visionary who is obsessed with experimentation and driven by blind ambition ... and who speaks with an outrageous accent of unknown origin. Within the confines of his fantastic laboratory, Dexter conducts countless experiments which can only be imagined in the minds of creative little boys. At school, Dexter is a bookworm with an attitude, dealing with teachers and classmates with the arrogant confidence of an intellectual snob. On the playground, however, where dodge ball is king, Dexter is often taught new lessons in humility. When Dexter has problems, he turns to his wondrous laboratory for the solution. But interdimensional gateways, space probes and robot warriors cannot solve Dexter's Achilles’ heel—the frantic lunacy of his ditsy big sister Dee Dee.
Loaded with sugar and oozing with spice, Dee Dee inherited way too much of what little girls are made of. She is playfully mischievous and sometimes maddeningly inquisitive, especially when it comes to Dexter's experiments. But despite Dexter's complaints that she constantly upsets his delicate calculations with her ridiculous prancing, Dee Dee remains Dexter's number one guinea pig. Whether she's receiving a brain transplant, being sent back in time or being turned into a variety of barn yard animals, Dee Dee maintains her giddy disposition. And like any good big sister, she also can be Dexter's head cheerleader—protecting her younger sibling from neighborhood bullies, rival boy geniuses and, most of all, himself.
Monkey is the intergalactic defender of the universe. He is a superhero utilizing his many powerful abilities to fight the threatening super-natural evil doers of the cosmos. But he also lives a regular life in Dexter’s laboratory as a regular test monkey.
The Infraggable Krunk is a hulking, super strong, beast of a man with a heart to match his girth, and a brain with the girth of a match.
As a patriotic hero, Major Glory fights for truth, justice and the old red, white and blue. As an uptight, compulsive clean freak, he’s got a dazzling smile and minty fresh breath.
The Viking god of rock, Valhallen is armed with a super-natural, all-powerful “Ax.” He’s a Libra, and when he’s not fighting crime, he likes to play guitar, sleep and surf.
Named one of Variety's "50 To Watch" as a future leader in the entertainment industry,1 Genndy Tartakovsky is the creator/writer/director of Dexter's Laboratory and co-creator of Dial M For Monkey and Justice Friends. In addition to being voted “Toon of the Year” by Cartoon Network viewers in 1996, his first professional cartoon creation Dexter's Laboratory has received two Prime-Time Emmy nominations and an Annie Award.
One of the youngest animation directors in the industry, Genndy was born and raised in Moscow, U.S.S.R. until his family moved to Chicago when he was seven years of age. After high school, Tartakovsky studied film at Chicago's Columbia College before moving to Los Angeles to study animation at Cal Arts. At Cal Arts he wrote, directed, produced and animated two student films. One of his films, which was selected for the Cal Arts Producers Show, was the basis for Dexter’s Laboratory.
One of eight animators on Batman in Spain, Tartakovsky has done animation directing, storyboards and layouts on various shows including 2 Stupid Dogs, The Critic and Steven Spielberg’s Tiny Toons. An artist of diverse talents, Tartakovsky has also applied his abilities to the stage. He created and directed a two-minute animated short for a multimedia theatrical play in Chicago. |
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