Difference between revisions of "The Big Sister"

From Hanna-Barbera Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
Line 4: Line 4:
|prodno=  
|prodno=  
|premiere= [[March 10]], [[1996]]
|premiere= [[March 10]], [[1996]]
|run_time= 7:30
|run_time= 7:33
|cast= [[Christine Cavanaugh]]<br />[[Allison Moore]]<br />[[Kath Soucie]]
|cast= [[Christine Cavanaugh]]<br />[[Allison Moore]]<br />[[Kath Soucie]]<br />[[Jeff Bennett]]<br />[[Frank Welker]]
|music= [[Thomas Chase]]<br />[[Steve Rucker]]
|music= [[Thomas Chase]]<br />[[Steve Rucker]]
|writers= [[Genndy Tartakovsky]]
|writers= [[Genndy Tartakovsky]]
Line 21: Line 21:
{{CastTop}}
{{CastTop}}
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Mom (Dexter's Lab)|Mom]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Dexter]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Christine Cavanaugh]]
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Dee Dee]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Allison Moore]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Dexter's Laboratory characters|Man #1]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Jeff Bennett]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Dexter's Laboratory characters|Man #2]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Frank Welker]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Dexter's Laboratory characters|Cop]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennett
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Dexter's Laboratory characters|Professor]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennett
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Dexter's Laboratory characters|Anchorman]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennett
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Dexter's Laboratory characters|General guy]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Bill Clinton]] (voice only)
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Albert Einstein]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Dexter's Laboratory characters|Ms. Physics]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Kath Soucie]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Kath Soucie]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Dexter]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mom (Dexter's Lab)|Mom]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Christine Cavanaugh]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Kath Soucie]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Dexter's Laboratory characters|Dexter robot]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Christine Cavanaugh
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Dad (Dexter's Lab)|Dad]] (photo)
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[List of unnamed Dexter's Laboratory characters|General]] (voice only)
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| N/A
|style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Dee Dee]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Computer]] (voice only)
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Allison Moore]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kath Soucie
|-
|-
{{CastBottom}}
{{CastBottom}}
Line 40: Line 73:
*** [[Dexter's residence]]
*** [[Dexter's residence]]
**** [[Dexter's lab]]
**** [[Dexter's lab]]
*** [[Washington, D.C.]] (mentioned)
* [[Sun|The Sun]]


==Objects==
==Objects==
*  
* Dexter's cookies
* [[Brain of the Year]]
* [[Robo-Dexo 2000]]


==Vehicles==
==Vehicles==
*  
* Tanks
* Fighter jet


==Production==
==Production==
===Development===
===Development===
===Filming===
===Filming===
It was copyrighted in 1995.
It was copyrighted in [[1995]].


==Music==
==Music==
Line 57: Line 95:
==Crew credits==
==Crew credits==
* Art directors: [[Craig McCracken]], [[Paul Rudish]]
* Art directors: [[Craig McCracken]], [[Paul Rudish]]
* Background designer: [[Mike Moon]]
* Executive producer: [[Buzz Potamkin]]
* Executive producer: [[Buzz Potamkin]]
* Supervising producer: [[Larry Huber]]
* Supervising producer: [[Larry Huber]]
* Line producer: [[Bob Onorato]]
* Line producer: [[Bob Onorato]]
* Unit production coordinator: [[Nicole Pouliot]]
* Production supervisor: [[Sylvia Edwards]]
* Additional layout artists: [[David Fulip]], [[Virgina Hawes]], [[Craig Kellman]], [[Miles Thompson]]
* Overseas animation director: [[John Rice]]
* Design assistants: [[Dana Jo Granger]], [[Barbara Krueger]], [[Donna Zeller]]
* Clean up artists: [[Barbara Krueger]], [[Dana Jo Granger]]
* Casting director: [[Kris Zimmerman]]
* Casting director: [[Kris Zimmerman]]
* Talent coordinators: [[Cindi Lyn Peltier]], [[Jill Ziegenhagen]]
* Talent coordinator: [[Cindi Lyn Peltier]]
* Supervising sound engineer: [[Ed Collins]]
* Supervising sound engineer: [[Ed Collins]]
* Recording engineer: [[Preston Oliver]]
* Recording engineer: [[Preston Oliver]]
* Background stylists: [[Jane Nussbaum]], [[Martin Ansolabehere]]
* Background stylist: [[Martin Ansolabehere]]
* Background supervisor: [[Al Gmuer]]
* Background supervisor: [[Al Gmuer]]
* Background artists: [[Joseph Binggeli]], [[Bonnie Callahan]], [[Jonathan Goley]], [[Craig Robertson]], [[Leonard Robledo]]
* Background artist: [[Rustico Roca]]
* Xerographists: [[Star Wirth]], [[Martin Crossley]], [[Catherine Parotino]]
* Ink and paint supervisor: [[Alison Leopold]]
* Ink and paint supervisor: [[Alison Leopold]]
* Color stylist: [[Casey Clayton]]
* Color stylist: [[Karen Greslie]]
* Final checker: [[Nelda Ridley]]
* Final checker: [[Nelda Ridley]]
* Ink and paint artists: [[Etsuko Fujioka]], [[Meling Pabian]], [[Lydia Swayne]]
* Ink and paint artists: [[Lori Hanson]], [[Christine Kingsland]], [[Carmen Brooks]]
* Graphics artist: [[Iraj Paran]]
* Graphics artist: [[Iraj Paran]]
* Camera operator: [[Dan Larsen]]
* Camera operator: [[Steven Mills]]
* Executive in charge of post-production: [[John Forrest Niss]]
* Executive in charge of post-production: [[John Forrest Niss]]
* Animation checker: [[Beth Goodwin]]
* Animation checkers: [[Beth Goodwin]], [[Rob Revell]]
* Xerographists: [[Star Wirth]], [[Martin Crossley]], [[Richard Wilson]]
* Track readers: [[Kay Douglas]], [[Jim Hearn]], [[Kerry Iverson]], [[Carol Iverson]]
* Track readers: [[Jim Hearn]], [[Kerry Iverson]]
* Supervising film editor: [[Paul Douglas]]
* Supervising film editor: [[Tom Gleason]]
* Post-production supervisor: [[Gayle Mnookin]]
* Post-production supervisor: [[Gayle Mnookin]]
* Post-production coordinators: [[Valerie Menk]], [[Gail D. Silvers]]
* Post-production coordinator: [[Gail D. Silvers]]
* Sound services: [[Advantage Audio]]
* Sound services: [[21st Century Sound Design Corp]]
* Sound editor: [[Michael Warner]]
* Re-recording mixers: [[Bill Koepnick]], [[Jim Hodson]]
* Negative consultant: [[William DeBoer, Jr.]]
* Negative consultant: [[William DeBoer, Jr.]]
* Video services: [[Four Media]]
* Video services: [[Four Media]]
* Telecine: [[Scott Ostrowsky]]
* On-line editor: [[Brian Schnuckel]]
* Pre-production manager: [[Debby Hindman]]
* Pre-production manager: [[Debby Hindman]]
* International production coordinator: [[Brooke Williams]]
* International production coordinator: [[Brooke Williams]]
* Production assistants: [[Sandra Benenati]], [[Duke Heberlein]], [[Linda Moore]]
* Production assistants: [[Donna Castricone]], [[Sandra Benenati]], [[Linda Moore]], [[Jeffrey Collins]]
* Executives in charge of production: [[Joe Mazzuca]], [[Catherine Winder]]
* Production liaison: [[Heather Kenyon]]
* Program executive: [[Margot McDonough]]
* Executive in charge of production: [[Joe Mazzuca]]
* Development executive: [[Dan Smith]]
* Development executive: [[Dan Smith]]
* Produced in association with: [[FIL-Cartoons]], [[Jaime Diaz Productions]]
* Produced in association with: [[FIL-Cartoons]]
* Production executive at FIL-Cartoons: [[Bill Dennis]]
* Senior Vice President of Production: [[Sherry Gunther]]
* Overseas animation director: [[Jaime Diaz]]


==Release==
==Release==
Line 107: Line 141:
==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
* Dee Dee announces the ''What a Cartoon!'' logo.
* Dee Dee announces the ''What a Cartoon!'' logo.
* Although the President is not mentioned by name, Frank Welker is doing an impression of then President of the United States Bill Clinton.
* Dexter's room is filled with posters of colorful suited characters resembling the Power Rangers from the [[1990s]] TV series ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', and a spaceship resembling the ''USS Enterprise'' from the [[1960s]] TV series ''Star Trek''.
* Kath Soucie is uncredited for voicing Dexter's computer.


==Errors==
==Errors==
*  
* Why is Einstein depicted as [[God]]?
* The drop Dexter took should've killed him.


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==

Revision as of 07:21, 22 October 2023

The Big Sister
File:.png
Premiere date March 10, 1996
Run time 7:33
Starring Christine Cavanaugh
Allison Moore
Kath Soucie
Jeff Bennett
Frank Welker
Music composed by Thomas Chase
Steve Rucker
Writer(s) Genndy Tartakovsky
Director(s) Genndy Tartakovsky
Art director(s) Craig McCracken
Paul Rudish
Episode navigation
← Previous Next →
Title card
WAC 128 title card.png

"The Big Sister" is the twenty-eighth episode of What a Cartoon! It aired on March 10, 1996 on Cartoon Network. It was written and directed by the creator, Genndy Tartakovsky. This, along with "Changes," "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 Big Sister" short was then integrated as the third segment of the sixth episode.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Dexter Christine Cavanaugh
Dee Dee Allison Moore
Man #1 Jeff Bennett
Man #2 Frank Welker
Cop Jeff Bennett
Professor Jeff Bennett
Anchorman Jeff Bennett
General guy Frank Welker
Bill Clinton (voice only) Frank Welker
Albert Einstein Frank Welker
Ms. Physics Kath Soucie
Mom Kath Soucie
Dexter robot Christine Cavanaugh
General (voice only) Frank Welker
Computer (voice only) Kath Soucie


Locations

Objects

Vehicles

  • Tanks
  • Fighter jet

Production

Development

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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: March 10, 1996 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

  • Dee Dee announces the What a Cartoon! logo.
  • Although the President is not mentioned by name, Frank Welker is doing an impression of then President of the United States Bill Clinton.
  • Dexter's room is filled with posters of colorful suited characters resembling the Power Rangers from the 1990s TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and a spaceship resembling the USS Enterprise from the 1960s TV series Star Trek.
  • Kath Soucie is uncredited for voicing Dexter's computer.

Errors

  • Why is Einstein depicted as God?
  • The drop Dexter took should've killed him.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning

Home availability

References

Retrieved from "https://hanna-barberawiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Big_Sister&oldid=122914"