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Dexter

Dexter is a character in Dexter's Laboratory.

Background

He is created by Genndy Tartakovsky as a companion character for Dee Dee. He created him to be the exact opposite of her. Eventually, he became her younger brother.

Biography

Part of his family's lineage is Irish and French. He picked up a French accent which attracted a bully that "hates kids with funny accents". Since he lives in an urban area, it was revealed that most of his classmates also have accents. His grandfather is Grandpa O'Reilly and his uncle is Magic Uncle Fergle O'Reilly. He loves his family. However, he is afraid of them under regular situations. He does not want to tell his Father and Mother about his secret laboratory, an interest that he inherited from his grandfather. He is rivals with Mandark, Lalavava, and school personnel. Dexter also has a few friends that he plays role play games with. His also competes with his sister Dee Dee and her friends. Dee Dee graciously enters his laboratory no matter how many times he tries to keep her out. She playfully destroys many of his equipment with physical force or by pressing the wrong button. Even if she presses the right button, it results in her saving the day which makes him equally upset. Dexter also interferes in her life. He provided unwanted assistance to her school project which caused the school to be launched in to outer space. She is much more popular among Dexter's friends instead of Dexter. Despite all these rivalries, she protects Dexter, and keeps his wishes to keep his laboratory a secret.

Personality

Dexter is a hard working overachieving competitive "boy genius" that is upset about failures and is overjoyed with success. He keeps a monkey in his laboratory, who becomes a part of The Justice Friends. There are many robots that live there, and of course a Supercomputer. Dexter at times lacks very basic common sense such as how to change a light bulb or to plug his sign in or that many of his inventions are dangerous. Dee Dee frequently outsmarts Dexter because he can not keep her from entering his laboratory and is awkward in comparison when he is around his friends. He is also very egotistical and can not stand it if Mandark wins a competition but also if Dee Dee saves the day.

Production

He is voiced by Christine Cavanaugh in all episodes and specials until 2001. Since episode 5 of Season 3, or the 13th segment, he has been voiced by Candi Milo. Her first episode is: Poppa Wheely. Before that, she provided voices for background characters.

Appearances

Dexter has red hair and wears glasses, he also wears a white trench coat, purple gloves, and black boots. His glasses are large and reminiscent of oversized glasses worn by Bill Cullen. Dexter's eye brows, eyeballs, and eye glasses are practically one and the same. All of these things change together for every facial expression. He is short and blocky, and can not move about as gracefully as his sister can. In most appearances, he is mostly a very large head. When he tried to change his height, he commented for the first time about being able to bend his knees.

Dee Dee & Dexter

He appears in the Dee Dee & Dexter music video made by Klasky - Csupo.

FusionFall

Dexter Fusionfall

Dexter had made an appearance on a computer game called FusionFall. In this video game Dexter is anime and more detailed than in his original series.

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