Changes

"Dexter's Laboratory", later known as "Changes", is the second episode of What a Cartoon! It aired on February 26, 1995 on Cartoon Network. It was written and directed by the creator, Genndy Tartakovsky. This, along with "The Big Sister," "Old Man Dexter," and "Dimwit Dexter" were back door pilots to what led to Dexter's Laboratory being commissioned as a fully realized series in 1996; the "Changes" short was then integrated as the third segment of the fourth episode.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mom
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kath Soucie
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dexter
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Christine Cavanaugh
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dad (photo)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dee Dee
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Allison Moore
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Albert Einstein (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dee Dee
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Allison Moore
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Albert Einstein (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Dexter's residence
 * Dexter's lab

Objects

 * Animal changing remote
 * Pops

Vehicles

 * None

Filming
It was copyrighted in 1995.

Music
The What a Cartoon! theme song was performed by Gary Lionelli. The episode's main music was composed by Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.

Crew credits

 * Art directors: Craig McCracken, Paul Rudish
 * Executive producer: Buzz Potamkin
 * Supervising producer: Larry Huber
 * Line producer: Bob Onorato
 * Unit production coordinator: Nicole Pouliot
 * Additional layout artists: David Fulip, Virgina Hawes, Craig Kellman, Miles Thompson
 * Design assistants: Dana Jo Granger, Barbara Krueger, Donna Zeller
 * Casting director: Kris Zimmerman
 * Talent coordinators: Cindi Lyn Peltier, Jill Ziegenhagen
 * Supervising sound engineer: Ed Collins
 * Recording engineer: Preston Oliver
 * Background stylists: Jane Nussbaum, Martin Ansolabehere
 * Background supervisor: Al Gmuer
 * Background artists: Joseph Binggeli, Bonnie Callahan, Jonathan Goley, Craig Robertson, Leonard Robledo
 * Ink and paint supervisor: Alison Leopold
 * Color stylist: Casey Clayton
 * Final checker: Nelda Ridley
 * Ink and paint artists: Etsuko Fujioka, Meling Pabian, Lydia Swayne
 * Graphics artist: Iraj Paran
 * Camera operator: Dan Larsen
 * Executive in charge of post-production: John Forrest Niss
 * Animation checker: Beth Goodwin
 * Xerographists: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley, Richard Wilson
 * Track readers: Jim Hearn, Kerry Iverson
 * Supervising film editor: Tom Gleason
 * Post-production supervisor: Gayle Mnookin
 * Post-production coordinators: Valerie Menk, Gail D. Silvers
 * Sound services: Advantage Audio
 * Sound editor: Michael Warner
 * Re-recording mixers: Bill Koepnick, Jim Hodson
 * Negative consultant: William DeBoer, Jr.
 * Video services: Four Media
 * Telecine: Scott Ostrowsky
 * On-line editor: Brian Schnuckel
 * Pre-production manager: Debby Hindman
 * International production coordinator: Brooke Williams
 * Production assistants: Sandra Benenati, Duke Heberlein, Linda Moore
 * Executives in charge of production: Joe Mazzuca, Catherine Winder
 * Program executive: Margot McDonough
 * Development executive: Dan Smith
 * Produced in association with: FIL-Cartoons, Jaime Diaz Productions
 * Production executive at FIL-Cartoons: Bill Dennis
 * Overseas animation director: Jaime Diaz

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: February 26, 1995 at 7 pm on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * Some of "Changes" had been previewed in the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "President's Day Nightmare."
 * Of course, the big irony is that Dee Dee is getting mad at Dexter for going into her room without her permission.
 * There's a tiger on the cereal box in the kitchen that says, "They're good," a parody of Tony the Tiger's catchphrase, "They're great" for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes.

Home availability

 * In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
 * March 27, 2000: Warner Home Video releases Dexter's Laboratory: Volume 1 on VHS.
 * In the United States:
 * July 3, 2001: Warner Home Video releases Dexter's Laboratory: Greatest Adventures on DVD.
 * October 12, 2010: Warner Home Video releases Dexter's Laboratory: Season One on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * February 13, 2008: Madman Entertainment releases Dexter's Laboratory: Season 1 on DVD.
 * October 25, 2017: Madman Entertainment releases Dexter's Laboratory: Collected Experiments on DVD.