Magmanamus

Magmanamus
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Joined with	DeeDimensional; Maternal Combat
Network	Cartoon Network
Premiere date	April 27, 1996
Starring	Frank Welker; Brad Garrett
Music composed by	Gary Lionelli
Writer(s)	Craig McCracken
Storyboard artist(s)	Craig McCracken
Director(s)	Paul Rudish; Genndy Tartakovsky
Art director(s)	Paul Rudish
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This article is about the Dial M for Monkey episode. For the character, see Magmanamus (character).

"Magmanamus" is the second part of the first episode of Dexter's Laboratory, and the sixth episode overall. It is also the first episode of the Dial M for Monkey backup segments. It aired on April 27, 1996 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Craig McCracken, and directed by Renzetti and the series creator, Genndy Tartakovsky.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Taxi driver	Brad Garrett
Magmanamus	Brad Garrett
Man reading comic	Tom Kenny
Screaming woman	Christine Cavanaugh
Dexter	Christine Cavanaugh
Monkey	Frank Welker
Emergency voice	Frank Welker
Fighter pilot	Frank Welker
Crying man	Tom Kenny

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Dexter's residence
    - Dexter's lab
  - Power plant
The Sun

Objects

None

Vehicles

Taxi
Ice cream van
Police car
Subway train

Production

Development

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1996.

Music

The theme song and music were composed by Gary Lionelli. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.

Crew credits

Storyboard artist: Craig McCracken
Background designer: Don Shank
Model designers: C. Miles Thompson, Andrew Bialk
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
Additional animation directors: Robert Alvarez, Craig McCracken, Robert Renzetti
Fil-Cartoons animation director: Chris Cuddington
Layout designers: Charlie Bean, Andrew Bialk, Julian Chaney, David Mucci Fassett, Butch Hartman, Christopher Mitchell, Joseph Orrantia, Conrad Vernon, John Carey Yost
Additional background designers: C. Miles Thompson, Andrew Bialk
Model designers: Sean Edberg, Todd Frederiksen, C. Miles Thompson
Clean up artist: Barbara Krueger
Casting director: Kris Zimmerman
Talent coordinator: Collette Sunderman
Supervising sound engineer: Ed Collins
Recording engineer: Preston Oliver
Background artists: Martin Ansolabehere, Julian Chaney, Kathryn Yelsa
Ink and paint supervisor: Alison Leopold
Color stylists: Karen Greslie, Cynthia Mcintosh
Final checker: Nelda Ridley
Graphics artist: Iraj Paran
Animation checkers: Sandra Benneati, Beth Goodwin
Xerographits: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley
Executive in charge of post-production: John Forrest Niss
Track readers: James Hearn, Kay Douglas, Carol Iverson, Kerry Iverson
Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
Film editor: Pat Foley
Post-production supervisor: Gayle Mnookin
Post-production assistant: Gina Lamar
Negative consultant: William DeBoer, Jr.
Post-production coordinator: Gail D. Silvers
Telecine/On-line editor: Modern Videofilm
Sound editor: 21st Century Sound Design Corp
Sound re-recording mixer: Digimix
Production assistants: Sami Rank, Sandra Benenati, Linda Moore, Jeffrey Collins
Production liaison: Heather Kenyon
Production accountant: Diana Stolpe
Executives in charge of production: Joe Mazzuca, Brian A. Miller
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 25, 1996 on Cartoon Network
United Kingdom and Ireland:

Behind the scenes

The man reading the comic laughs at "I hate Mondays" joke, which is an allusion to the Garfield newspaper comic strips.

Errors

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

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.
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.

References