Changes

Changes
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Premiere date	February 26, 1995
Run time	7:30
Starring	Christine Cavanaugh Allison Moore Kath Soucie
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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"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," was a back door pilot 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, which aired on May 18, 1996.

Memorable quotes

Dee Dee: You were playing with my doll!! I can't believe you would walk into my room, take my doll, take it back to your room, put it on your stinky, slimey machines and then you… (Dexter's remote lands on her hand) Ooooh! What does this button do?
Dexter: Please, please. Do not push the button! You have no idea what it… (Zapped by the remote's ray) does…

Mom: You kids stop fooling around and come downstairs, or you'll miss your bus.
Dee Dee: (in Dexter's body) Last one down is an icky-icky, slimey spider!
Dexter: (in Dee Dee's body) Why not? I've been everything else today…

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Mom	Kath Soucie
Dexter	Christine Cavanaugh
Dad (photo)	N/A
Dee Dee	Allison Moore
Albert Einstein (poster)	N/A

Locations

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

Objects

• Animal changing remote
• Pops

Vehicles

• None

Production

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.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • August 6, 1996: Turner Home Entertainment releases Classic Scooby-Doo: Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too on VHS.
  • July 3, 2001: Warner Home Video releases Dexter's Laboratory: Greatest Adventures on VHS.
  • October 12, 2010: Warner Home Video releases Dexter's Laboratory: Season One on DVD.
• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • March 27, 2000: Warner Home Video releases Dexter's Laboratory: Volume 1 on VHS.
• 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.