Episode
Dexter's Laboratory: Backfire
Overview
Dexter fuses Dee Dee with the family car by accident, causing mayhem. A Parody of Herbie the Love Bug.
Details
- Series
- Dexter's Laboratory
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1997-08-13
- Runtime
- 7 min
Episode context
Backfire is Episode 13 in Season 2 of Dexter's Laboratory. It aired on 1997-08-13. The runtime is 7 min.
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Episode 12: Dee Dee Locks and the Ness Monster
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 actually a science article). The story is completely mixed up and makes no sense. Dexter ends up catching Dee Dee's illness.
Episode 14: Book 'Em
Dexter accidentally takes a library book without checking it out, so he and Dee Dee try to put it back without being caught.
More episodes from this season
Episode 11: Morning Stretch
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 minutes, but realizes that slowing down time is more detrimental than helpful. When he gets everything done, the helmet shuts off. But Dee Dee blocks his door causing him to miss the bus. When Dexter asks Dee Dee why, she replies "Snow Day, school's canceled!". Dexter realizes he did all that rushing around for nothing!
Episode 15: Sister's Got a Brand New Bag
Dee Dee's new dance annoys Dexter to no end.
Episode 10: The Koos is Loose
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.
Episode 16: Shoo, Shoe Gnomes
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 butt. Dexter gets rid of the last one with his boot, but it's damaged again.
Episode 9: Hunger Strikes
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 turns into a Parody of The Incredible Hulk without vegetables.
Episode 17: Lab of The Lost
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 inventions, then moved on to another great invention.
Episode 8: Hamhocks and Armlocks
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 even when he trashes the family car. He finally accepts the challenge when he slams the door in Mom's face. Dee Dee knows he'll get creamed, so Dexter builds him a robotic arm to help him win the match.
Episode 18: Labels
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 Dee for the chaos.
Episode 7: D & DD
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.
Episode 19: Game Show
Dexter and Dee Dee compete against each other on a game show. Where Dexter can't seem to win.