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created by

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for

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. Initially debuting on February 26, 1995, as a seven-minute '' World Premiere Toons'' pilot, it was expanded into a full series after gaining network approval. The first season, which consists of 13 episodes divided into three segments each, premiered on

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on April 27, 1996, and on TBS and Cartoon Network the following day. A second season that consists of 39 episodes premiered in 1997. In this season, Allison Moore, the voice actor for Dee Dee during the first season, was replaced by Kat Cressida, save for a few episodes. "Last But Not Beast", the second-season finale, was originally supposed to conclude the series in 1998. However, Tartakovsky directed a television movie titled '' Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip'' which aired on Cartoon Network on December 10, 1999. He left the series after the movie, focusing on his other projects, ''

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'' and '' Star Wars: Clone Wars''. Production on a third season began in 2000 with

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taking over as creative director and later producer. The third season, consisting of 13 episodes, premiered worldwide on November 18, 2001, during Cartoon Network's "Dexter Goes Global" marathon. The third-season episode "Poppa Wheely/A Mom Cartoon/The Mock Side of the Moon" is the first to feature

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's replacement

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as the voice of Dexter. Milo would voice the character from the next episode onward, with the exception of "Tele Trauma". A fourth and final season consisting of 13 episodes aired from November 22, 2002, to November 20, 2003. In total, there are 78 episodes and a television movie across 4 seasons. A previously unaired episode called "

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" was originally shown only at certain comic conventions that Tartakovsky attended beginning in 1998. The segment, originally produced for season two, was released online by

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on January 22, 2013.

Series overview

Episodes

Pilots (1995–96)

Season 1 (1996–97)

Season 2 (1997–98)

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match by a man named Earl at a

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to enable himself to like vegetables, but a severe

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on the family car to shorten road trips, he accidentally fuses Dee Dee with the car. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=18c , EpisodeNumber2=5c , Title=Book 'Em , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2= Greg Miller &
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into the toilet, they are haunted by its spirit. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=21b , EpisodeNumber2=8b , Title=Golden Diskette , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy= , Aux2=Dave Smith , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 9, 03 , ProdCode=211b , ShortSummary=Dee Dee wins a '' golden diskette'', earning her a free trip to the laboratory of Professor Hawk, one of Dexter's favorite scientists. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=22a , EpisodeNumber2=9a , Title=Snowdown , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez &
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during a camping trip, but Dexter is determined to capture it. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=26b , EpisodeNumber2=13b , Title=Photo Finish , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Don Shank , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 8 , ProdCode=213b , ShortSummary=When Dee Dee takes photographs of his lab, Dexter goes on an adventure to retrieve the photos before his parents see them. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=27a , EpisodeNumber2=14a , Title=Star Check Unconventional , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Paul Rudish , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 15 , ProdCode=215a , ShortSummary=When Dexter and his friends go looking for a " Star Check" convention, they accidentally end up at a " Darbie" doll convention. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=27b , EpisodeNumber2=14b , Title=Dexter Is Dirty , DirectedBy=Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Greg Emison &
Genndy Tartakovsky , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 15 , ProdCode=215b , ShortSummary=When Dexter is tired of bathing, he laminates himself to stay clean. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=27c , EpisodeNumber2=14c , Title=Ice Cream Scream , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Kevin Kaliher , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 15 , ProdCode=215c , ShortSummary=When Dexter cannot get the ice cream truck to stop for him, he creates a series of obstacles to do so. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=28a , EpisodeNumber2=15a , Title=Decode of Honor , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Craig McCracken , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 22 , ProdCode=214a , ShortSummary=Dexter and Dee Dee's secret decoder rings hold the keys to joining the Action Hank and Pony Puff fan clubs respectively, but they receive a strange list in order to do so. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=28b , EpisodeNumber2=15b , Title=World's Greatest Mom , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Andy Bialk , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 22 , ProdCode=214b , ShortSummary=When Dexter accidentally hits his mother with a ray of energy, she gains superpowers. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=28c , EpisodeNumber2=15c , Title=Ultrajerk 2000 , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez , WrittenBy=Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Daniel Krall , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 22 , ProdCode=214c , ShortSummary=When Dexter creates a robot to assist him, the robot starts controlling his lab and tries to destroy Dexter. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=29a , EpisodeNumber2=16a , Title=Techno Turtle , DirectedBy=Rob Renzetti , WrittenBy=Jeffrey Delman, Laura Glendinning, & Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Rob Renzetti , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 29 , ProdCode=216a , ShortSummary=When Dee Dee befriends a turtle that gets severely injured, Dexter not only heals it, but gives it superpowers. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=29b , EpisodeNumber2=16b , Title=Surprise! , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez , WrittenBy=Jeffrey Delman, Laura Glendinning, & Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Andy Bialk , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 29 , ProdCode=216b , ShortSummary=On his birthday, Dexter makes himself invisible to learn whether his parents bought the Major Glory action figure he always wanted. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=29c , EpisodeNumber2=16c , Title=Got Your Goat , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez &
Genndy Tartakovsky , WrittenBy=Jeffrey Delman, Laura Glendinning, & Zeke Kamm , Aux2=Nora Johnson , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1997, 10, 29 , ProdCode=216c , ShortSummary=Dexter and Dee Dee go to

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into the garbage. A traumatized Dee Dee begins to behave oddly, prompting Dexter to go to the garbage dump and get it back. , LineColor=CCCC52 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=31a , EpisodeNumber2=18a , Title=Unfortunate Cookie , DirectedBy=Robert Alvarez &
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