Circus
Circus is a 1989 Indian television series directed by Aziz Mirza and Kundan Shah, set in a circus troupe, starring Shahrukh Khan, Makarand Deshpande, Pavan Malhotra, Ashutosh Gowariker, Neeraj Vora, Hyder Ali and many other talented actors.
Plot[edit]
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Episodes[edit]
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Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||||
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First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||
Pilot | October 19 , 1999 | A8E | ||||
1 | 39 | September 20, 2000 | November 22, 2001 | ABC | ||
2 | 39 | November 21, 2002 | TBA | AMC | ||
Specials | 4 | December 22, 2003 | January 23, 2003 | Animal Planet | ||
Editorials | 44 | January 23, 2004 | TBA | BET | ||
Film | February 24, 2005 | iON | ||||
Act | March 25, 2006 |
=== Pilot (1999) ===
Title | Original air date |
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"Circus" | October 19, 1999 |
Season 1 (2000-01)[edit]
No. overall | No. in season | Title |
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1 | "Juggling" | |
Grami and Nemo have a juggling contest. | ||
2 | "Tightrope" | |
Nemo chases Grami across a tightrope. | ||
3 | "Grami & Jack" | |
Jack has problems with a ladder. | ||
4 | "Grami as a Baby Bird" | |
Grami is very hungry and sees a bird nest. He tries to get in the nest but the mother bird chases him away. He tries again, this time wearing a baby bird costume. A snake tries to attack the nest but Grami beats up the snake. The snake attacks again but Grami punches the snake away, but breaks an egg in the process. The mother bird and other baby birds beat Grami and throw him out of the nest. | ||
5 | "A Magic Box" | |
A magic box splits Nemo in half. | ||
6 | "A Merry Go Round" | |
Grami rides a strange merry-go-round. | ||
7 | "Baboo" | |
Baboo joins the circus. | ||
8 | "A Rainy Day" | |
A thunderstorm causes big leaks. under the big top. | ||
9 | "Gladiator" | |
The lions become gladiators. | ||
10 | "A Voodoo Doll" | |
Baboo stumbles across a voodoo doll. | ||
11 | "Throwing Stars" | |
Jack discovers that Sam has is very talented with throwing stars and starts a new show with him where Jack puts apples on his head and Sam aims at the apples without hurting Jack. Sam remembers all atrocities Jack committed on him and knowingly misses his target. | ||
12 | "Gomtang, the Courier" | |
A special delivery puts Nemo on edge. | ||
13 | "Moses Basket" | |
Jack asks Grami to babysit. | ||
14 | "Pair Skating" | |
The lions put on an ice skating show. | ||
15 | "Gomtang Band" | |
Imaginary instruments inspires real rock music. | ||
16 | "The Grim Reaper" | |
The Grim Reaper visits Jack but Jack is ready and starts beating Grim Reaper. Grami snatches the bone which is hanging around Grim Reaper's neck. Grim Reaper switches clothes with Nemo and Jack mistakenly beats Nemo up. The Grim Reaper takes Grami away instead of Jack. | ||
17 | "The Swan Lake" | |
The circus performs "Swan Lake." | ||
18 | "Lightning" | |
A storm livens things up. | ||
19 | "An Excalibur" | |
A legendary sword causes turmoil. | ||
20 | "A Match Boy" | |
Grami goes begging in the streets. | ||
21 | "Hello, Nancy" | |
The circus gets a puppy, but she isn't as harmless as she looks. | ||
22 | "Love Story" | |
Grami hides from his new admirer. | ||
23 | "A Horrible Vacation" | |
A vacation goes wrong. | ||
24 | "About Nancy" | |
Nancy becomes very rich. | ||
25 | "Chameleon" | |
Nemo finds a chameleon. The chameleon bites Nemo and he gets the colour changing power of chameleon. He plays tricks on his friends using his powers, but he can't control his instinct to eat a fly, gets caught and loses his powers. Others beat him up. | ||
26 | "A Treadmill" | |
The lions try out a treadmill. | ||
27 | "Astronauts" | |
The lions undergo astronaut training. | ||
28 | "Horang, The Sergeant Tiger" | |
A new and tough trainer arrives. | ||
29 | "Guitar Players" | |
Grami and Nemo play music. | ||
30 | "A Toilet" | |
The lions get a bathroom lesson. | ||
31 | "A Rubber Duck" | |
Bath toys go berserk. | ||
32 | "Three Lion Cubs" | |
The lions learn about when they were cubs. | ||
33 | "Escape from Watertank" | |
Nemo struggles to escape from a water tank. | ||
34 | "My Lovely Chick" | |
Grami tries to protect a chick. | ||
35 | "A Ring of Fire" | |
The lions jump from a ring of fire. | ||
36 | "Alarm Clocks" | |
New alarm clocks make sleep difficult. | ||
37 | "Jack and the Beanstalk" | |
Jack climbs a beanstalk and finds a giant Grami. | ||
38 | "Pro-Wrestling" | |
The lions try out pro wrestling. | ||
39 | "Blowing out Candles" | |
Nemo has trouble blowing out candles. |
Season 2 (2002)[edit]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | |||||
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14a | 1a | "Beard to Be Feared" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Jason Butler Rote | Paul Rudish | July 16, 1997[1] | 201a (34-5418) |
After watching an Action Hank movie on television, Dexter grows a synthetic beard to try to be cool, but the police mistake him for Action Hank himself. | |||||||
14b | 1b | "Quackor the Fowl" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Jason Butler Rote | Genndy Tartakovsky | July 16, 1997[1] | 201b (34-5406) |
Mandark brings his lab duck Ducky for show and tell to counter Dexter and his lab monkey. Though neither creature displays remarkable characteristics at school, Ducky, unbeknownst to Mandark, is the alter ego of supervillain Quackor the Fowl. | |||||||
14c | 1c | "Ant Pants" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Jason Butler Rote | Butch Hartman | July 16, 1997[1] | 201c (34-5401) |
When Dexter catches Dee Dee killing ants, he shrinks them both to take her inside an ant colony so that she can learn how organized the ants are. | |||||||
15a | 2a | "Mom and Jerry" | Robert Alvarez | Jason Butler Rote | Andy Bialk and Paul Rudish | July 23, 1997 | 202a (34-5417) |
In a parody of Tom and Jerry, Dexter accidentally switches his brain with that of a mouse's and must avoid his mother when she decides to exterminate him. | |||||||
15b | 2b | "Chubby Cheese" | Rob Renzetti | Jason Butler Rote | Dave Smith | July 23, 1997 | 202b (34-5403) |
While out for dinner at a pizza restaurant, Dexter tries to slow down the "Whack the Weasel" machine to win a stuffed Monkey doll before Dee Dee does. Security captures him for tampering with the machine, and he falls into the hands of a mad scientist. | |||||||
15c | 2c | "That Crazy Robot" | Rob Renzetti | Jason Butler Rote | Andy Bialk | July 23, 1997 | 202c (34-5409) |
When Dee Dee frees one of Dexter's robots by removing the wrench that froze it, the robot tries to destroy anyone who is mean to Dee Dee, including her friends, her mother and Dexter himself. | |||||||
16a | 3a | "D & DD" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Jason Butler Rote | Paul Rudish | July 30, 1997 | 203a (34-5405) |
When Dexter's friends become tired of his complicated traps and cheating while playing a role-playing game, they put Dee Dee in his place. She changes the style of play, which annoys Dexter but impresses his friends. | |||||||
16b | 3b | "Hamhocks and Armlocks" | Rob Renzetti and Genndy Tartakovsky | Jason Butler Rote | Craig McCracken | July 30, 1997 | 203b (34-5416) |
Dexter's father is challenged to an arm wrestling match by a man named Earl at a truck stop. Stunned at the strength of Earl and his determination to beat his father, Dexter attaches a robotic arm to his father to enable him to win. | |||||||
17a | 4a | "Hunger Strikes" | Rob Renzetti | Zeke Kamm | Ace Conrad | August 6, 1997 | 204a (34-5420) |
After being denied dessert by his parents for not eating his vegetables, Dexter uses radiation therapy so that he can like vegetables, but it causes a severe side effect that turns him into an Incredible Hulk-like character if he goes too long without them. | |||||||
17b | 4b | "The Koos Is Loose" | Robert Alvarez | Zeke Kamm | Dave Smith | August 6, 1997 | 204b (34-5413) |
Dee Dee's imaginary friend Koosalagoopagoop (Dom DeLuise) suddenly comes to life and starts annoying Dexter. | |||||||
17c | 4c | "Morning Stretch" | Rob Renzetti | Zeke Kamm | Ace Conrad and Genndy Tartakovsky | August 6, 1997 | 204c (34-5422) |
After staying up late at his lab, Dexter oversleeps, waking up one minute before his school bus arrives. With no time to do his morning chores and homework, he pulls out a secret prototype device, which converts his last 30 seconds into 30 minutes. | |||||||
18a | 5a | "Dee Dee Locks and the Ness Monster" | Robert Alvarez and Genndy Tartakovsky | Zeke Kamm | Paul Rudish | August 13, 1997 | 206a (34-5426) |
Dexter's mother asks him to read a story to a sick Dee Dee. Dee Dee becomes bored of Dexter's story and creates one of her own. | |||||||
18b | 5b | "Backfire" | Rob Renzetti | Zeke Kamm | Nora Johnson | August 13, 1997 | 206b (34-5425) |
When Dexter uses anti-matter on the family car to shorten road trips, he accidentally fuses Dee Dee with the car. | |||||||
18c | 5c | "Book 'Em" | Robert Alvarez | Zeke Kamm | Greg Miller and Genndy Tartakovsky | August 13, 1997 | 206c (34-5423) |
When Dee Dee causes Dexter to mistakenly take a book from the library without checking it out, they sneak into the library at night to put it back. | |||||||
19a | 6a | "Sister's Got a Brand New Bag" | Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | Jeff DeGrandis and Genndy Tartakovsky | August 20, 1997 | 207a (34-5428) |
Dee Dee's new dance moves annoy Dexter to no end. | |||||||
19b | 6b | "Shoo, Shoe Gnomes" | Rob Renzetti | TBA | Mike Stern | August 20, 1997 | 207b (34-5414) |
Dexter calls upon the "shoe gnomes" to repair his shoes, but he seeks out Dee Dee to rid himself of them afterwards. | |||||||
19c | 6c | "Lab of the Lost" | Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | C. Miles Thompson and Butch Hartman | August 20, 1997 | 207c (34-5402) |
Following a mishap in his lab, Dexter ends up in the old, long-abandoned part of the lab, and discovers his early, neglected inventions. | |||||||
20a | 7a | "Labels" | Rob Renzetti | Zeke Kamm | Kevin Kaliher | August 27, 1997 | 205a (34-5429) |
When Dee Dee claims that anything can be hers because Dexter "doesn't have his name on it", he invents a label-making gun. | |||||||
20b | 7b | "Game Show" | Robert Alvarez | Zeke Kamm | Butch Hartman | August 27, 1997 | 205b (34-5412) |
Dexter and Dee Dee compete against each other on a game show. | |||||||
20c | 7c | "Fantastic Boyage" | Robert Alvarez | Zeke Kamm | Dan Krall | August 27, 1997 | 205c (34-5424) |
When Dexter tries to inject himself into an ill Dee Dee to find a cure to the common cold, he accidentally ends up inside his dog, believing that Dee Dee is infected with a dog virus. | |||||||
21a | 8a | "Filet of Soul" | Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | Mike Stern | September 3, 1997 | 208a (34-5408) |
Dexter and Dee Dee refuse to flush their dead goldfish into the toilet and are later haunted by its spirit. | |||||||
21b | 8b | "Golden Diskette" | Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | Dave Smith | September 3, 1997 | 208b (34-5412) |
Dee Dee wins a golden diskette, earning her a free trip to the laboratory of Professor Hawk (Tom Kenny), one of Dexter's favorite scientists. | |||||||
22a | 9a | "Snowdown" | Robert Alvarez and Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | Craig McCracken | September 10, 1997 | 210a (34-5415) |
When Dexter becomes the victim of Dee Dee's snowballs, their father teaches him to be the snowball terror that he used to be in his youth. | |||||||
22b | 9b | "Figure Not Included" | Rob Renzetti | TBA | Butch Hartman | September 10, 1997 | 210b (34-5411) |
Dexter makes his own Major Glory action figures so that he can join the neighborhood's Major Glory gang, but gets into serious trouble when the rest of the gang finds out that none of his action figures are original. | |||||||
22c | 9c | "Mock 5" | Rob Renzetti and Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | Craig McCracken | September 10, 1997 | 210c (34-5407) |
Dexter participates in the "Annual Soapbox Derby down Volcano Mountain". This episode is a spoof of the popular Japanese manga/anime Speed Racer. In this episode, the movements and dialog deliveries of the characters are similar to anime. While Dexter parodies Speed Racer and his father parodies Pops Racer, Monkey parodies Chim-Chim and Dee Dee parodies both Racer-X and Spritle.[2] | |||||||
23a | 10a | "Ewww That's Growth" | Rob Renzetti | Zeke Kamm | Mike Stern | September 17, 1997 | 209a (34-5427) |
Unable to ride in a roller coaster due to his height, Dexter creates a device to make himself taller. | |||||||
23b | 10b | "Nuclear Confusion" | Robert Alvarez | Zeke Kamm | Butch Hartman | September 17, 1997 | 209b (34-5421) |
When Dee Dee hides the core of Dexter's nuclear lamp, he must decipher her clues within one hour to find it. | |||||||
23c | 10c | "Germ Warfare" | Robert Alvarez and Genndy Tartakovsky | Zeke Kamm | Ace Conrad and Genndy Tartakovsky | September 17, 1997 | 209c (34-5434) |
When his family is suffering from the flu, Dexter tries his best to not acquire the illness, but his efforts are thwarted by a sick Dee Dee's presence in his lab. | |||||||
24a | 11a | "A Hard Day's Day" | Rob Renzetti | TBA | Craig McCracken | September 24, 1997 | 212a (34-5430) |
Dexter tries to move the Moon, which is blocking Saturn and its "science waves" (which is what makes it a "good day for science"). | |||||||
24b | 11b | "Road Rash" | Rob Renzetti | TBA | Nora Johnson | September 24, 1997 | 212b (34-5436 |
Dexter's parents get him a bike for exercise, but he's unable to catch Dee Dee on her inline skates. | |||||||
24c | 11c | "Ocean Commotion" | Rob Renzetti | TBA | Kevin Kaliher | September 24, 1997 | 212c (34-5419) |
Dexter's family goes to the beach, where Dexter tries to communicate with whales. He must rescue Dee Dee (dressed as a mermaid), when she is captured by manic pirates. | |||||||
25a | 12a | "The Bus Boy" | Robert Renzetti and Genndy Tartakovsky | Zeke Kamm | Don Shank | October 1, 1997 | 213a (34-5442) |
After Dexter's pencil rolls to the back of the school bus, Dexter goes to retrieve it, but legend says that no one has ever returned from the back of the bus. | |||||||
25b | 12b | "Things That Go Bonk in the Night" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Zeke Kamm | Craig McCracken | October 1, 1997 | 213b (34-5435) |
After a Puppet Pals marathon, Krunk dreams the Puppet Pals are attacking puppet versions of Major Glory and Valhallen. | |||||||
25c | 12c | "Ol' McDexter" | Robert Alvarez and Genndy Tartakovsky | Zeke Kamm | Mike Stern | October 1, 1997 | 213c (34-5438) |
Dexter is disappointed when he ends up at an Amish farm instead of a high-tech farm for summer camp. His attempts to modernize the Amish family do not go well. | |||||||
26a | 13a | "Sassy Come Home" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Zeke Kamm | Dave Smith | October 8, 1997 | 211a (34-5439) |
Dee Dee befriends a sasquatch during a camping trip, but Dexter is determined to capture the sasquatch. | |||||||
26b | 13b | "Photo Finish" | Robert Alvarez and Genndy Tartakovsky | Zeke Kamm | Don Shank | October 8, 1997 | 211b (34-5433) |
When Dee Dee takes photographs of his lab, Dexter goes on an adventure to retrieve the photos before his parents see them. | |||||||
27a | 14a | "Star Check Unconventional" | Rob Renzetti | Zeke Kamm | Paul Rudish | October 15, 1997 | 214a (34-5432) |
When Dexter and his friends go looking for a "Star Check" convention, they accidentally end up at a "Darbie" doll convention. | |||||||
27b | 14b | "Dexter Is Dirty" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Zeke Kamm | Greg Emison and Genndy Tartakovsky | October 15, 1997 | 214b (34-5447) |
Tired of bathing, Dexter laminates himself to stay clean. | |||||||
27c | 14c | "Ice Cream Scream" | Robert Alvarez | Zeke Kamm | Kevin Kaliher | October 15, 1997 | 214c (34-5449) |
When Dexter cannot get the ice cream truck to stop for him, he creates a series of obstacles to do so. | |||||||
28a | 15a | "Decode of Honor" | Robert Alvarez and Genndy Tartakovsky | Zeke Kamm | Craig McCracken | October 22, 1997 | 215a (34-5437) |
Dexter and Dee Dee's secret decoder rings hold the keys to joining the Action Hanks and Pony Puff fan clubs respectively, but they interchange the clues by mistake, causing them to switch clubs. | |||||||
28b | 15b | "World's Greatest Mom" | Rob Renzetti | Zeke Kamm | Andy Bialk | October 22, 1997 | 215b (34-5443) |
When Dexter accidentally hits his mother with a ray of energy, she gains superpowers. | |||||||
28c | 15c | "Ultrajerk 2000" | John McIntyre | Zeke Kamm | Daniel Krall | October 22, 1997 | 215c (34-5445) |
Dexter creates a robot to assist him, but the robot starts controlling his lab and tries to destroy Dexter. | |||||||
29a | 16a | "Techno Turtle" | Rob Renzetti | Jeffrey Delman, Laura Glendinning, and Zeke Kamm | Rob Renzetti | October 29, 1997 | 217a (34-5441) |
When Dee Dee befriends a turtle that gets severely injured, Dexter not only heals it, but gives it superpowers. | |||||||
29b | 16b | "Surprise!" | Robert Alvarez | Jeffrey Delman, Laura Glendinning, and Zeke Kamm | Andy Bialk | October 29, 1997 | 217b (34-5451) |
On his birthday, Dexter makes himself invisible so that he can find out whether his parents have bought him the Major Glory action figure he always wanted. | |||||||
29c | 16c | "Got Your Goat" | Robert Alvarez and Genndy Tartakovsky | Jeffrey Delman, Laura Glendinning, and Zeke Kamm | Nora Johnson | October 29, 1997 | 217c (34-5444) |
Dexter and Dee Dee go to South America to catch the legendary chupacabra. | |||||||
30a | 17a | "Dee Dee Be Deep" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Zeke Kamm | Chris Savino | November 5, 1997 | 218a (34-5454) |
When Dexter is tired of Dee Dee's bad singing, he tries to transform her voice, but he ends up giving her a baritone voice (Kevin Michael Richardson). | |||||||
30b | 17b | "911" | Rob Renzetti and Genndy Tartakovsky | Zeke Kamm | Ace Conrad and Genndy Tartakovsky | November 5, 1997 | 218b (34-5446) |
When his television show is interrupted by the Emergency Broadcast System, Dexter sets about fixing any emergencies in the neighborhood to make the signal go away. | |||||||
30c | 17c | "Down in the Dumps" | Robert Alvarez | Zeke Kamm | Kevin Kaliher | November 5, 1997 | 218c (34-5456) |
In a fit of rage, Dexter dumps Dee Dee's favorite teddy bear into the garbage. An upset Dee Dee begins to behave oddly, prompting Dexter to go to the garbage dump and get it back. | |||||||
31a | 18a | "Unfortunate Cookie" | Robert Alvarez and Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | Kevin Kaliher | November 12, 1997 | 216a (34-5440) |
Dexter and Dee Dee must travel to Chinatown to get their fingers unstuck from a Chinese finger puzzle. | |||||||
31b | 18b | "The Muffin King" | Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | Mike Stern | November 12, 1997 | 216b (34-5450) |
Dexter and Dee Dee protect their mother's muffins from their muffin-loving father while she is out shopping. | |||||||
32a | 19a | "Picture Day" | Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | Dave Smith | November 19, 1997 | 221a (34-5455) |
Dexter is upset that Dee Dee is more photogenic than him, so he transforms his face into a handsome one for his next Picture Day. | |||||||
32b | 19b | "Now That's a Stretch" | Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | Nora Johnson | November 19, 1997 | 221b (34-5453) |
When Dexter cannot reach anything in his lab, he makes himself more flexible by combining himself with bubble gum. | |||||||
32c | 19c | "Dexter Detention" | Rob Renzetti | TBA | Dave Smith and Christopher Battle | November 19, 1997 | 221c (34-5431) |
Dexter is given detention after accidentally shouting out the answer to a test question. | |||||||
33a | 20a | "Don't Be a Baby" | Robert Alvarez and Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | Mike Stern | November 26, 1997 | 220a (34-5457) |
Dexter tries to make himself and Dee Dee older to see an R-rated movie, but he accidentally makes everybody else babies instead. | |||||||
33b | 20b | "Peltra" | Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | Paul Rudish | November 26, 1997 | 220b (34-5458) |
Peltra wants to turn Monkey into a fur coat. | |||||||
33c | 20c | "G.I.R.L. Squad" | Rumen Petkov | TBA | Andy Bialk | November 26, 1997 | 220c (34-5459) |
After a crime prevention talk at school, Dee Dee, Lee Lee, and Mee Mee become crime fighters, but they unintentionally end up being neighborhood criminals. | |||||||
34a | 21a | "Sports a Poppin'" | Rob Renzetti and Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | Douglas McCarthy and Genndy Tartakovsky | December 3, 1997 | 219a (34-5463) |
When Dexter's father tries to teach his son sports, he realizes that Dexter is not athletic. | |||||||
34b | 21b | "Koosalagoopagoop" | Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | Dave Smith | December 3, 1997 | 219b (34-5462) |
Dee Dee enters the land of her imaginary friend Koosalagoopagoop. | |||||||
34c | 21c | "Project Dee Dee" | Robert Alvarez | TBA | Chris Savino | December 3, 1997 | 219c (34-5460) |
When Dexter learns that Dee Dee is trying to make a science project alone, he decides to help her, but she does not want his help. | |||||||
35a | 22a | "Topped Off" | Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | Chris Savino | January 14, 1998 | 222a (34-5465) |
Dexter and Dee Dee experiment with coffee after seeing how it energizes their parents in the morning. | |||||||
35b | 22b | "Dee Dee's Tail" | Rumen Petkov | TBA | Kevin Kaliher | January 14, 1998 | 222b (34-5464) |
After she expresses her desire to become a Pony Puff Princess, Dexter transforms Dee Dee into a horse with pink fur, and a yellow tail and mane. | |||||||
35c | 22c | "No Power Trip" | Rob Renzetti | TBA | Chris Battle | January 14, 1998 | 222c (34-5466) |
Despite warnings from the computer, Dexter consumes too much power while performing numerous experiments, causing his lab to shut down. | |||||||
36a | 23a | "Sister Mom" | Rob Renzetti and Genndy Tartakovsky | Paul Harrison | Craig McCracken | January 21, 1998 | 224a (34-5461) |
When Dexter is asked to bring his mother to school, he disguises Dee Dee as her so that she can take her place, but Dee Dee does not behave like their mother. | |||||||
36b | 23b | "The Laughing" | Robert Alvarez and Genndy Tartakovsky | Paul Harrison | Bryan Mailles and Genndy Tartakovsky | January 21, 1998 | 224b (34-5452) |
When Dexter is bitten by a clown's dentures, he begins turning into a mad clown every night, terrorizing the town with his mayhem, and only Dee Dee, who knows mime, can stop him. | |||||||
37a | 24a | "Dexter's Lab: A Story" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Sami Rank and Michael Ryan | Paul Rudish | January 28, 1998 | 223a (34-5467) |
Dexter finds a lost Labrador Retriever, but when he teaches the dog to speak human language, he turns out to be very annoying, prompting Dexter to find the dog's owner. | |||||||
37b | 24b | "Coupon for Craziness" | Rumen Petkov | Sami Rank and Michael Ryan | Chris Savino | January 28, 1998 | 223b (34-5476) |
Dexter finds the exact opposite of his family, a hyperactive boy who is like Dee Dee and has scientist parents who are like Dexter. Sensing to fit in, he switches places with the boy. | |||||||
37c | 24c | "Better Off Wet" | John McIntyre | Sami Rank and Michael Ryan | Andy Bialk | January 28, 1998 | 223c (34-5468) |
Dexter tries to avoid being pushed into the family's new swimming pool by his father, since he cannot swim and is afraid of water. | |||||||
38a | 25a | "Critical Gas" | Rumen Petkov | Michael Ryan | Mike Stern | February 4, 1998 | 225a (34-5474) |
After Dexter orders and eats a giant burrito, he suffers severe stomach pains. Believing a test the computer gave him, he assumes that he has only 30 minutes to live. | |||||||
38b | 25b | "Let's Save the World You Jerk!" | John McIntyre | Michael Ryan | Kevin Kaliher | February 4, 1998 | 225b (34-5473) |
Dexter and Mandark team up to fight asteroids that are heading towards the Earth. | |||||||
38c | 25c | "Average Joe" | Rumen Petkov | Michael Ryan | Dave Smith | February 4, 1998 | 225c (34-5470) |
When an intelligence test grades Dexter as "average", he shuts down his lab and tries to live life like a normal kid. | |||||||
39a | 26a | "Rushmore Rumble" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Seth MacFarlane | Genndy Tartakovsky | February 11, 1998 | 226a (34-5472) |
Dexter and Mandark bring the Abraham Lincoln and George Washington faces respectively on Mount Rushmore to life and make them fight each other to determine who is the best. | |||||||
39b | 26b | "A Boy and His Bug" | John McIntyre | Seth MacFarlane | Genndy Tartakovsky | February 11, 1998 | 226b (34-5471) |
When Dexter neglects his metal-eating pet bug, it begins eating his lab as revenge. | |||||||
39c | 26c | "You Vegetabelieve It!" | Rumen Petkov | Seth MacFarlane | Bob Staake | February 11, 1998 | 226c (34-5475) |
Dee Dee uses Dexter's growth formula on the plants in the garden, which causes them to grow to an enormous size......and man-eating monsters as well. | |||||||
40a | 27a | "Aye Aye Eyes" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Seth MacFarlane | Craig McCracken | February 18, 1998 | 227a (34-5448) |
A little girl with big eyes falls in love with Dexter and follows him everywhere after he returns a toy she dropped earlier, much to his chagrin. | |||||||
40b | 27b | "Dee Dee and the Man" | John McIntyre and Genndy Tartakovsky | Steve Marmel | Craig McCracken | February 18, 1998 | 227b (34-5479) |
Dexter "fires" Dee Dee, only to realize that the chaos she causes has been helping him concentrate. | |||||||
41a | 28a | "Old Flame" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Michael Ryan | Paul Rudish | February 25, 1998 | 230a (34-5480) |
Dexter brings the caveman who first discovered fire back from the past, who acts like Dee Dee and starts smashing the lab. | |||||||
41b | 28b | "Don't Be a Hero" | Rumen Petkov | Michael Ryan | Mike Stern | February 25, 1998 | 230b (34-5483) |
Dexter tries to turn himself into a superhero, but gives up after every power he tries backfires. | |||||||
41c | 28c | "My Favorite Martian" | John McIntyre | Michael Ryan | Andy Bialk | February 25, 1998 | 230c (34-5477) |
Dexter travels to Mars to find intelligent life, unaware that Dee Dee has stowed away in his space capsule. After Dee Dee gets covered in red dirt, Dexter thinks she is a real-life Martian. | |||||||
42a | 29a | "Paper Route Bout" | John McIntyre | Michael Ryan | Daniel Krall | March 4, 1998 | 228a (34-5485) |
Dee Dee's father trains her to fight a gang of bicycle-riding rogues dressed as ninjas who target her paper route every morning. | |||||||
42b | 29b | "The Old Switcharooms" | John McIntyre | Michael Ryan | Kevin Kaliher | March 4, 1998 | 228b (34-5485) |
When their father makes Dexter and Dee Dee switch rooms, Dexter believes that Dee Dee is destroying his lab, causing him to go mad and destroy her room in retaliation. | |||||||
42c | 29c | "Trick or Treehouse" | Rumen Petkov | Michael Ryan | Dave Smith | March 4, 1998 | 228c (34-5478) |
Dee Dee builds a tree house and allows everyone inside except Dexter, in revenge for the times he kicked her out of his lab. | |||||||
43a | 30a | "Quiet Riot" | Rumen Petkov and Genndy Tartakovsky | Michael Ryan | Chris Savino | March 11, 1998 | 229a (34-5489) |
After working in his lab all night creating his latest invention, Dexter tries to sleep, but he is constantly interrupted by Dee Dee. | |||||||
43b | 30b | "Accent You Hate" | John McIntyre | Michael Ryan | Dave Smith | March 11, 1998 | 229b (34-5486) |
Dexter and his friends are targeted by a bully at school for their multicultural accents. | |||||||
43c | 30c | "Catch of the Day" | Rumen Petkov | Michael Ryan | Bob Staake | March 11, 1998 | 229c (34-5487) |
Dexter's father tries to get himself and Dexter to his fishing spot before sunrise so that they can start fishing before others arrive. | |||||||
44a | 31a | "Dad Is Disturbed" | John McIntyre | Genndy Tartakovsky | John McIntyre | March 18, 1998 | 232a (34-5494) |
Dexter's father tries to watch a golf tournament, but is constantly interrupted by his wife, Dexter, and Dee Dee. | |||||||
44b | 31b | "Framed" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Craig McCracken | Kevin Kaliher | March 18, 1998 | 232b (34-5493) |
When Dexter's glasses break, he creates a new fad (wearing broken glasses) and becomes extremely popular at his school. | |||||||
44c | 31c | "That's Using Your Head" | John McIntyre | Genndy Tartakovsky | Clayton Morrow | March 18, 1998 | 232c (34-5488) |
Dexter thinks that a crazy homeless person balancing electronic devices on his head and muttering gibberish is a genius trying to contact aliens, so he takes him home. | |||||||
45a | 32a | "DiM" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Michael Ryan | Craig McCracken | March 25, 1998 | 233a (34-5501) |
Dexter makes an angst-ridden trip to the hardware store to buy a new light bulb for his lab. | |||||||
45b | 32b | "Just an Old-Fashioned Lab Song..." | John McIntyre | Michael Ryan | Dave Smith | March 25, 1998 | 233b (34-5497) |
Dexter reluctantly takes piano lessons from Professor Williams (Paul Williams), but when the Professor stumbles onto Dexter's lab, he discovers that Dexter has more musical talent than he thought. | |||||||
45c | 32c | "Repairanoid" | Rumen Petkov | Michael Ryan | Greg Miller | March 25, 1998 | 233c (34-5498) |
When an electrician comes to Dexter's house to repair a blown-out fuse, he accidentally stumbles onto his laboratory, and Dexter enlists him to repair the lab. | |||||||
46a | 33a | "Sdrawkcab" | John McIntyre | Seth MacFarlane | Clayton Morrow | April 1, 1998 | 235a (34-5500) |
Dexter invents a belt whose wearer can do anything backwards, but mayhem occurs when Dee Dee gets hold of the belt's directional switch. | |||||||
46b | 33b | "The Continuum of Cartoon Fools" | Rumen Petkov and Genndy Tartakovsky | Seth MacFarlane | Don Shank | April 1, 1998 | 235b (34-5499) |
Dexter tries to figure out how Dee Dee keeps entering his lab every time he kicks her out through one entrance and seals it. | |||||||
46c | 33c | "Sun, Surf, and Science" | Rumen Petkov and Genndy Tartakovsky | Seth MacFarlane | Mike Stern | April 1, 1998 | 235c (34-5491) |
Mandark enters a surfing contest and tries to cheat his way to victory to win Dee Dee's heart from another surfer. | |||||||
47a | 34a | "Big Bots" | Rumen Petkov and Genndy Tartakovsky | Seth MacFarlane | Craig McCracken | April 8, 1998 | 231a (34-5469) |
Dee Dee dares Dexter into building her a giant robot similar to his Robo-Dexo 2000. They then team up to try to save an island's population from being destroyed by an erupting volcano using their giant robots. | |||||||
47b | 34b | "Gooey Aliens That Control Your Mind" | Rumen Petkov and Genndy Tartakovsky | Seth MacFarlane | Todd Frederiksen and Genndy Tartakovsky | April 8, 1998 | 231b (34-5481) |
Dexter's parents and Dee Dee have their minds taken over by an alien life form that escaped from Dexter's lab. | |||||||
47c | 34c | "Misplaced in Space" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Seth MacFarlane | Chris Savino | April 8, 1998 | 231c (34-5481) |
A teleporter malfunction sends Dexter to an alien prison, prompting Dee Dee to go on a mission to save Dexter. | |||||||
48a | 35a | "Dee Dee's Rival" | Rumen Petkov and Genndy Tartakovsky | Genndy Tartakovsky | Chris Savino | April 15, 1998 | 236a (34-5505) |
Mandark's sister Olga Astronomonov (a.k.a. Lalavava) tries to upstage Dee Dee at dance school. | |||||||
48b | 35b | "Pslyghtly Psycho" | John McIntyre and Genndy Tartakovsky | Genndy Tartakovsky | Daniel Krall | April 15, 1998 | 236b (34-5504) |
On Mother's Day, Dexter's mother has her gloves taken by the family so that she can relax and not do housework, but she is unable to adjust to a life where she cannot keep the house clean. | |||||||
48c | 35c | "Game for a Game" | Rumen Petkov | TBA | Greg Miller | April 15, 1998 | 236c (34-5509) |
After Dee Dee declares that she can beat Dexter in any game, Dexter challenges her to a series of games in his lab, though he prefers to win by cheating. | |||||||
49a | 36a | "Blackfoot and Slim" | John McIntyre | Seth MacFarlane | Chris Savino | April 22, 1998 | 237a (34-5496) |
A nature documentary team observes "Blackfoot" (Dexter) and "Slim" (Dee Dee) in their "natural habitat". | |||||||
49b | 36b | "Trapped with a Vengeance" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Seth MacFarlane | Todd Frederiksen and Genndy Tartakovsky | April 22, 1998 | 237b (34-5490) |
Dexter is trapped in his school by the janitor in revenge for making him work late everyday due to Dexter's habit of leaving the school last everyday. | |||||||
49c | 36c | "The Parrot Trap" | Rumen Petkov and Genndy Tartakovsky | Seth MacFarlane | Mark O'Hare | April 22, 1998 | 237c (34-5495) |
Dexter invents a robot parrot that happily repeats self-congratulatory comments he makes, but when it starts repeating things about his lab and escapes, he sets out to destroy it before it tattles to his parents. | |||||||
50a | 37a | "Dexter and Computress Get Mandark!" | John McIntyre | Tyler Samuel Lee | John McIntyre | April 29, 1998 | 234a (34-5508) |
Created and narrated by a six-and-a-half-year-old boy named Tyler Samuel Lee, who sent a tape containing the episode's audio to Cartoon Network,[3] the story follows Dexter and Mandark's robot "brother" Computress teaming up to make Mandark's head shrink. | |||||||
50b | 37b | "Pain in the Mouth" | Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | Genndy Tartakovsky | April 29, 1998 | 234b (34-5503) |
When Krunk gets a tortilla chip stuck in his tooth, Major Glory decides to fix it by pulling the tooth out himself against Valhallen's admonition to take him to the dentist as they have the tools to take the chip out properly. | |||||||
50c | 37c | "Dexter vs. Santa's Claws" | Rumen Petkov and Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | Kevin Kaliher | September 3, 1999 | 234c (34-5502) |
Dexter tries to prove to Dee Dee that Santa Claus is not real and is in fact their father in disguise. He ends up paying for his mistake when he has captured the real Santa Claus. | |||||||
51a | 38a | "Dyno-Might" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Michael Ryan | Paul Rudish | May 6, 1998 | 238a (34-5492) |
In this crossover with Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, Blue Falcon (Gary Owens) comes to Dexter's house and asks him to rebuild an injured Dynomutt. | |||||||
51b | 38b | "LABretto" | Genndy Tartakovsky | Michael Ryan | David Smith | May 6, 1998 | 238b (34-5507) |
Dexter's life story, from his birth to the creation of his secret laboratory, is retold as an opera. | |||||||
52 | 39 | "Last But Not Beast" | Genndy Tartakovsky | TBA | Paul Rudish, Craig McCracken, and Genndy Tartakovsky | June 15, 1998 | 239 (34-5506) |
During a trip to Japan as part of a student exchange program, Dexter accidentally releases a giant monster with an axe-like head from a volcano, forcing him to enlist the aid of his family to defeat it. Note: This is the last episode to use traditional cel animation. |
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