Episode
Dexter's Laboratory: Hamhocks and Armlocks
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Dexter's Laboratory
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1997-07-30
- Runtime
- 11 min
Episode context
Hamhocks and Armlocks is Episode 8 in Season 2 of Dexter's Laboratory. It aired on 1997-07-30. The runtime is 11 min.
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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 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.
More episodes from this season
Episode 6: That Crazy Robot
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 Dexter.
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 5: Chubby Cheese
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.
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 4: Mom and Jerry
Dexter switches his brain with a mouse, and must avoid his mother when she decides to exterminate him. A Parody of Tom and Jerry.
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 3: Ant Pants
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 to the death with a stronger ant.
Episode 13: Backfire
Dexter fuses Dee Dee with the family car by accident, causing mayhem. A Parody of Herbie the Love Bug.
Episode 2: Quackor the Fowl
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, unaware that Monkey is Dexter's pet.
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.