Dexter Dodgeball

Dexter Dodgeball
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Joined with	Rasslor Dexter's Assistant
Network	Cartoon Network
Premiere date	May 4, 1996
Run time	6:34
Starring	Christine Cavanaugh Allison Moore Kath Soucie Rob Paulsen Michael Pataki
Music composed by	Thomas Chase Steve Rucker
Writer(s)	Ricky Nierva
Storyboard artist(s)	Ricky Nierva
Director(s)	Craig McCracken Genndy Tartakovsky
Art director(s)	Paul Rudish
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"Dexter Dodgeball" is the first part of episode two of Dexter's Laboratory season one, and the eighth episode overall. It aired on May 4, 1996 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Ricky Nierva, and directed by Craig McCracken, and the series creator, Genndy Tartakovsky.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Dexter	Christine Cavanaugh
Dee Dee	Allison Moore
Bully #1	Rob Paulsen
Bully #2	Kath Soucie
Bully #3	Rob Paulsen
Coach	Michael Pataki
Kid	Kath Soucie

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Dexter's residence
      • Dexter's lab
    • Huber Elementary School
• The Sun

Objects

• Gym excuse letter
• The Book of Physics

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1996.

Music

The theme song and music were composed by Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker. The end title lyrics were written by Pamela Phillips Oland. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.

Crew credits

• Storyboard artist: Ricky Nierva
• Background designer: Todd Frederiksen
• Background color stylist: Martin Ansolabehere
• Executive producer: Larry Huber
• Executive producer: Debby Hindman
• Production supervisor: Sylvia Edwards
• Production coordinator: Donna Castricone
• Unit post-production supervisor: Gary Hall
• Story consultant: Jason Butler Rote

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: May 4, 1996 on Cartoon Network
• United Kingdom and Ireland:

Behind the scenes

• The Dial M for Monkey short "Rasslor" is placed between "Dexter Dodgeball" and "Dexter's Assistant."

Legacy

• Dexter refers to the events of this episode when he uses the Dexo-Transformer in "Gooey Aliens That Control Your Mind." It is in the latter that it gets its name.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

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.
  • June 25, 2024: Warner Home Video releases Dexter's Laboratory: The Complete Series 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.