Dexter's Laboratory: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Dexter's Laboratory Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Beard to be Feared
Jul 16, 1997
After a fright from Dee Dee, Dexter lays down in the beard growing machine and tries to grow a beard like his hero, Action Hank. Unfortunately, everyone thinks he's a hero.
Quackor the Fowl
Jul 16, 1997
Mandark doesn't know that his pet duck is really Quackor the Fowl, Monkey's rival. Quackor overhears Mandark talking in his sleep about destroying Dexter's lab and tries to do it,
Ant Pants
Jul 16, 1997
Dexter prevents Dee Dee from destroying some ants. In order to teach her about ants, Dexter and Dee enter Dexter's ant farm. The ants think Dexter is a criminal and has him fight t
Mom and Jerry
Jul 23, 1997
Dexter switches his brain with a mouse, and must avoid his mother when she decides to exterminate him. A Parody of Tom and Jerry.
Chubby Cheese
Jul 23, 1997
At the Chubby Cheese pizza restaurant, Dexter wears a Chubby Cheese hat and tries to slow down the Whack The Weasel machine to win a stuffed Monkey doll before Dee Dee does.
That Crazy Robot
Jul 23, 1997
One of Dexter's robots becomes Dee Dee's servant when she removes a wrench that froze him up, but the robot is willing to destroy anyone who is mean to her or scolds her, including
D & DD
Jul 30, 1997
When Dexter's friends tire of the complicated traps he sets up as Dungeon Master (he has their character's killed every time), they put Dee Dee in charge for a change of pace.
Hamhocks and Armlocks
Jul 30, 1997
Dexter's father gets challenged to an arm wrestling match against a local champion at a truck stop, when he causes the champion to lose for the first time, but refuses to do so eve
Hunger Strikes
Aug 6, 1997
Dexter uses radiation therapy so he can like vegetables, it actually causes him to only eat vegetables, also, the therapy has consequences if Dexter goes too long without them. He
The Koos is Loose
Aug 6, 1997
Dee Dee's imaginary friend comes to life and annoys Dexter. Dexter ends up wishing him away, then he realizes he made a terrible mistake.
Morning Stretch
Aug 6, 1997
Dexter oversleeps and still has to finish his homework along with getting ready for school and eating breakfast, so he creates a helmet that expands thirty seconds into thirty minu
Dee Dee Locks and the Ness Monster
Aug 13, 1997
Dee Dee Locks and the Ness Monster—Dexter's mother forces Dexter to read to Dee Dee when she's sick, but she makes up her own story after being bored by Dexter's story (which was a
Backfire
Aug 13, 1997
Dexter fuses Dee Dee with the family car by accident, causing mayhem. A Parody of Herbie the Love Bug.
Book 'Em
Aug 13, 1997
Dexter accidentally takes a library book without checking it out, so he and Dee Dee try to put it back without being caught.
Shoo, Shoe Gnomes
Aug 20, 1997
Dexter calls upon the "shoe gnomes" to repair his boots, but can't rid himself of them afterwards. The only way to get rid of them, according to Dee Dee, is to kick them in the but
Lab of The Lost
Aug 20, 1997
Dexter ends up in the "old part of the lab" where his earliest inventions, long since forgotten, are not too happy to see him. They are mad at him for saying they were his greatest
Labels
Aug 27, 1997
Dexter and Dee Dee label everything in the house. When their parents get home, they mistake Dexter for Dee Dee (he had a Dee Dee label on his forehead), but he already blamed Dee D
Game Show
Aug 27, 1997
Dexter and Dee Dee compete against each other on a game show. Where Dexter can't seem to win.
Fantastic Boyage
Aug 27, 1997
Dexter tries to inject himself into Dee Dee to find a cure to the common cold, but ends up inside his dog. He believes Dee Dee has been infected with a dog virus. He is then mistak
Filet of Soul
Sep 3, 1997
When Dee Dee refuses to flush their gold fish down the toilet, the ghost of the fish haunts them.
Golden Diskette
Sep 3, 1997
Dee Dee and Dexter win a free pass to Professor Hawk's magic factory after finding the golden diskette.
Snowdown
Sep 10, 1997
Dad encourages Dexter to become the king of snow, as he was in his early days, until someone beated him.
*Figure Not Included
Sep 10, 1997
In an attempt to be popular with his ""friends"", Dexter makes his own Mayor Glory Action Figure.
Mock 5
Sep 10, 1997
In a whole parody of ""Speed Racer"", Dexter and Mandark compete on a race.
Ewww That's Growth
Sep 17, 1997
Dexter can't get into a roller coaster because he's too small so he makes himself taller.
Nuclear Confusion
Sep 17, 1997
Dee Dee steals the nuclear atom that Dexter needs to make his invention work, but she doesn't know that it will explode if Dexter doesn't find it on time.
Germ Warfare
Sep 17, 1997
Everybody except Dexter gets sick, so he makes himself a plastic bubble to get germ protection.
A Hard Day's Day
Sep 24, 1997
It's not a great day for science when Dexter has bad luck due to the position of the stars.
Road Rash
Sep 24, 1997
Mom makes Dexter go outside and ride a bike, thing that turns into a Dexter-Dee Dee chase.
Ocean Commotion
Sep 24, 1997
While at the beach, Dee Dee (who's wearing a mermaid swimsuit) gets captured by a maniac sailor so Dexter must rescue her.
The Bus Boy
Oct 1, 1997
Dexter must go to the back of the school bus to retrieve his pencil, where another kid got lost years ago.
The Justice Friends: Things that go Bonk in the Night
Oct 1, 1997
Krunk stays awake all night watching The Puppet Pals Show Marathon, so his brain starts playing him tricks.
Ol' McDexter
Oct 1, 1997
Dexter is sent to summer camp, in a place far away from civilization.
Sassy Come Home
Oct 8, 1997
While the family is at the woods, Dexter goes searching for the Mighty Bigfoot, if Dee Dee doesn't find him first.
Star Check Unconventional
Oct 15, 1997
Dexter and two friends go to the Star Check Convention, but certain confusion might send them to a different one.
Ice Cream Scream
Oct 15, 1997
Dexter will do anything to make the ice cream vendor stop to get some ice cream.
Decode of Honor
Oct 22, 1997
Dexter and Dee Dee get their Action Hank and Pony Puff Secret Codes mixed up.
Techno Turtle
Oct 29, 1997
Dexter heals a turtle by giving him loads of modern, techno stuff.
Surprise!
Oct 29, 1997
Dexter makes himself invisible to make sure Mom and Dad give him what he wants for his birthday, the Ultimate Mayor Glory Action Figure.
Got Your Goat
Oct 29, 1997
Dexter and Dee Dee go to South America in order to find the chupacabras, an animal that Dexter created.
Dee Dee Be Deep
Nov 5, 1997
Dee Dee, who's not exactly good at singing, gets Dexter's help on getting a better voice, but not the voice Dexter was expecting.
911
Nov 5, 1997
When Dexter's favorite show gets interrupted by an emergency, he searches all town trying to find it and solve so regular broadcast returns.
Down in the Dumps
Nov 5, 1997
Dexter and Dee Dee go to the dumps to retrieve Dee Dee's lost teddy bear.
The Muffin King
Nov 12, 1997
Dexter and Dee Dee must stop Dad from eating Mom's muffins.
Picture Day
Nov 19, 1997
Dexter finds out he's ugly, so he transforms his face to look better for the school photo.
Now That's a Stretch
Nov 19, 1997
Dexter combines himself with bubble gum to become more stretchable.
Dexter Detention
Nov 19, 1997
Dexter is send to detention after a confusion during a test.
Don't Be a Baby
Nov 26, 1997
Dexter and Dee Dee want to become older, but instead they make everyone else a baby.
Dial M For Monkey: Peltra
Nov 26, 1997
A new female villian named Peltra wants Monkey's Coat.
G.I.R.L. Squad
Nov 26, 1997
Dee Dee, LeeLee and MeeMee become crimefighters, but of course they will not actually fight crime.
Koos a la Goop a Goop
Dec 3, 1997
Koosy tells Dee Dee that he is the king of the land of Koos, but when Dee Dee goes there...
Project Dee Dee
Dec 3, 1997
Dee-Dee refuses any kind of help from Dexter on her science project, when Dee-Dee shows Dexter her show-and-tell product, he criticises it heavily and offers his own..contributions
Topped Off
Jan 14, 1998
Surprised of the results coffee causes on Mom and Dad, Dexter and Dee Dee decide to try it themselves.
No Power Trip
Jan 14, 1998
Dexter overloads the energy of the laboratory, so he makes numerous tries to reload it.
Sister Mom
Jan 21, 1998
After Dexter did something really bad at school, he gets her mother called, so to not ruin his reputation, he turns Dee Dee into Mom.
The Laughing
Jan 21, 1998
After Dexter gets bitten by a clown, he turns into one every night.
Dexter's Lab: A Story
Jan 28, 1998
On his way home, Dexter gets followed by a labrador, when he teaches him to speak, the dog becomes even more annoying.
Coupon for Craziness
Jan 28, 1998
A confusion at the supermarket makes Dexter go home with a different, yet extremely scientific, family; but who is home with his real family?
Better Off Wet
Jan 28, 1998
Dexter is afraid of taking a dive at the pool because Dad always pushes him.
Critical Gas
Feb 4, 1998
After Dexter eats a giant burrito he believes he's going to die, so he makes a list of everything he must do before that time comes. (Including, make Mom and Dad happy, do dishes,
Let's Save the World You Jerk!
Feb 4, 1998
Dexter and Mandark must team up in order to save the Earth from a meteor rain.
Average Joe
Feb 4, 1998
After an I.Q. test defines Dexter as ""average"", he decides to live an average life hanging out with an average boy of last name Smith.
Rushmore Rumble
Feb 11, 1998
Dexter and Mandark mechanize the giant figures of Lincoln and Washington from the Mount Rushmore statues and wreak havoc with them.
A Boy and His Bug
Feb 11, 1998
Dexter creates a small bug that eats all the scrap metal caused by Dee Dee's destruction.
You Vegetabelieve It!
Feb 11, 1998
Dexter's untested formula causes all plants in the garden to become dangerous.
Aye Aye Eyes
Feb 18, 1998
After Dexter returns a bunny to a little girl with big round eyes, she starts following Dexter everywhere.
Dee Dee and the Man
Feb 18, 1998
After Dexter ""fires"" Dee Dee, he realizes that his lab needs chaos.
Old Flame
Feb 25, 1998
Dexter travels to the past to meet the caveman that discovered fire.
Don't Be a Hero
Feb 25, 1998
Dexter attempts to make numerous accidents to get super powers.
Paper Route Bout
Mar 4, 1998
Dee Dee and the Ninja Clan battle for who delivers the newspapers in the neighborhood.
The Old Switcharooms
Mar 4, 1998
After Dexter and Dee Dee destroy Dad's bowling trophy, they are sent to each other's room.
Trick or Treehouse
Mar 4, 1998
Dee Dee builds a treehouse in the garden and Dexter can't stop wondering what's up there.
Quiet Riot
Mar 11, 1998
Dexter worked all night on his inventions so all he wants is some sleep, but Dee Dee will make sure that that doesn't happen.
Accent You Hate
Mar 11, 1998
Dexter and his friends Lucky and Pierre(¿?) are victims of a bully that hates kids with funny accents.
Catch of the Day
Mar 11, 1998
Numerous factors like getting up early, being the first ones there, fishing clothes and other accesories, will not allow Dexter and his Dad to go on a fishing trip.
Dad is Disturbed
Mar 18, 1998
Constant interruptions by Dexter, Dee Dee and Mom will not let Dad watch his golf game.
That's Using Your Head
Mar 18, 1998
Dexter meets a bum at an appliance store with a strange device on his head.
Just an Old Fashioned Lab Song...
Mar 25, 1998
Dexter takes piano classes from a man that looks a lot like Paul Williams.
Repairanoid
Mar 25, 1998
When an electricist comes to repair the house, Dexter discovers that if he repairs the lab it will function perfectly.
Sdrawkcab
Apr 1, 1998
Dexter creates a belt that can have its wearer do everything backwards, only to get in trouble when Dee Dee manages to get control of the time directional switch.
The Continuum of Cartoon Fools
Apr 1, 1998
Dee Dee keeps getting into Dexter's lab even though Dexter keeps throwing her out.
Sun, Surf, and Science
Apr 1, 1998
Mandark tries to impress Dee Dee by getting into a surfing contest.
Big Bots
Apr 8, 1998
Dexter makes Dee Dee a robot for herself, at the same time a volcano is going to burst on an island in the middle of the ocean.
Gooey Aliens that Control Your Mind
Apr 8, 1998
Dexter must save his family after they get possesed by aliens.
Misplaced in Space
Apr 8, 1998
Dee Dee must save Dexter who is a slave in a distant galaxy.
Dee Dee's Rival
Apr 15, 1998
Dee Dee and Lalavava (Mandark's sister), compete on a ballet contest.
Pslyghtly Psycho
Apr 15, 1998
It's Mother's Day and Mom can't take that Dad, Dee Dee and Dexter do all the housework.
Game for a Game
Apr 15, 1998
Dexter and Dee Dee compete in various games chosen by Dexter.
Blackfoot and Slim
Apr 22, 1998
A documentary shows the secret lives of Dexter and Dee Dee, also known as Blackfoot and Slim.
Trapped with a Vengeance
Apr 22, 1998
Dexter stays at school too much, forcing the janitor to stay as well, so he waits for a day in which Dexter has to leave early for an emergency, as he plans his revenge...
The Parrot Trap
Apr 22, 1998
Dexter must stop his mechanical parrot before his imitations reveal the secret of his lab.
Dexter and Computress Get Mandark!
Apr 29, 1998
Dexter and Computress team up in order to shrink Mandark's head.
The Justice Friends: Pain in the Mouth
Apr 29, 1998
Krunk gets a nacho stuck in his tooth and Mayor Glory wants to take it out himself while Valhallens insists on taking Krunk to the dentist.
Dexter Vs. Santa's Claws
Apr 29, 1998
Dexter must prove to Dee Dee that Santa Claus doesn't exist.
Dyno-Might
May 6, 1998
When Blue Falcon appears with a destroyed Dynomutt, Dexter decides to build a new one.
LABretto
May 6, 1998
The story of how Dexter was born and how he built his lab, in the style of a musical.
Last But Not Beast
Jun 15, 1998
Dexter must save Japan from being destroyed by a monster, but his robot must be controlled by four people to function correctly, so Dexter must tell Dee Dee... and his parents.