Dad (Dexter's Lab)

Dad (Dexter's Lab)
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Species	Human
Gender	Female
Occupation	Office worker
Goals	Supporting his family
Father	Grandpa (father-in-law)
Mother	Not mentioned
Other relative(s)	One aunt-in-law, Dextamina
Marital status	Married to Mom
Children	One son, Dexter One daughter, Dee Dee
First appearance	DL: "Changes" (1995)
Played by	Jeff Bennett (1995-2003)

Dad is the unnamed father of Dexter and Dee Dee, and a secondary character in the Dexter's Laboratory animated television series. He serves as a parental figure of their family, despite under beneath with his wife in terms of general authority. He is voiced by Jeff Bennett.

Character description

Dad is characterized as an inverted variation of a father archetype seen in 1950s TV sitcoms; an upright parent who teaches goodness within others, yet appears to be incredibly aloof and bumbling for the most part. Additionally, he also comes across as childish and somewhat manipulative, as seen in several episodes like "[[Better off Wet]," where he intentially pulls pranks at his family for his own amusement; although, he never looks down at Dexter when he does the same prank at him. Despite this, he also appears to be caring to his kids at times, but mostly favors Dee Dee.

His interests include bowling, golf, and is uniquely obsessed with his wife's muffins, of which she expertly creates.

Appearances

TV series

• Dexter's Laboratory

Movies

• Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip

Shorts

• Cartoon Network bumpers and blocks

Comics

• Dexter's Laboratory (DC Comics)
• Dexter's Laboratory (IDW Publishing)

Biography

Debut series

In "The Muffin King", Dad's workplace is suggested to be at an office when Dee Dee takes pictures of him dressed as Mom; she says, "Wait 'til the boys at the office see these."

Gallery

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