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'''"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]]," | '''"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]]," was a back door pilot 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. | ||
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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 |
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"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," was a back door pilot 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
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Locations
Objects
- Dexter's cookies
- Brain of the Year
- Robo-Dexo 2000
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
- Art directors: Craig McCracken, Paul Rudish
- Background designer: Mike Moon
- Executive producer: Buzz Potamkin
- Supervising producer: Larry Huber
- Line producer: Bob Onorato
- Production supervisor: Sylvia Edwards
- Overseas animation director: John Rice
- Clean up artists: Barbara Krueger, Dana Jo Granger
- Casting director: Kris Zimmerman
- Talent coordinator: Cindi Lyn Peltier
- Supervising sound engineer: Ed Collins
- Recording engineer: Preston Oliver
- Background stylist: Martin Ansolabehere
- Background supervisor: Al Gmuer
- Background artist: Rustico Roca
- Xerographists: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley, Catherine Parotino
- Ink and paint supervisor: Alison Leopold
- Color stylist: Karen Greslie
- Final checker: Nelda Ridley
- Ink and paint artists: Lori Hanson, Christine Kingsland, Carmen Brooks
- Graphics artist: Iraj Paran
- Camera operator: Steven Mills
- Executive in charge of post-production: John Forrest Niss
- Animation checkers: Beth Goodwin, Rob Revell
- Track readers: Kay Douglas, Jim Hearn, Kerry Iverson, Carol Iverson
- Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
- Post-production supervisor: Gayle Mnookin
- Post-production coordinator: Gail D. Silvers
- Sound services: 21st Century Sound Design Corp
- Negative consultant: William DeBoer, Jr.
- Video services: Four Media
- Pre-production manager: Debby Hindman
- International production coordinator: Brooke Williams
- Production assistants: Donna Castricone, Sandra Benenati, Linda Moore, Jeffrey Collins
- Production liaison: Heather Kenyon
- Executive in charge of production: Joe Mazzuca
- Development executive: Dan Smith
- Produced in association with: FIL-Cartoons
- Senior Vice President of Production: Sherry Gunther
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 |
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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:
- 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.