Maternal Combat
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| Joined with | DeeDimensional Magmanamus |
| Premiere date | April 27, 1996 |
| Starring | Christine Cavanaugh Allison Moore Kath Soucie Jeff Bennett |
| Music composed by | Thomas Chase Steve Rucker |
| Writer(s) | Rob Renzetti |
| Storyboard artist(s) | Rob Renzetti |
| Director(s) | Rob Renzetti Genndy Tartakovsky |
| Art director(s) | Paul Rudish |
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"Maternal Combat" is the third and final part of the first episode of Dexter's Laboratory season one, and the seventh episode overall. It aired on April 27, 1996 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Rob Renzetti, and directed by Renzetti and the series creator, Genndy Tartakovsky.
Dexter builds a robot mother when his real one falls ill.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Dad: (passes Momdroid) Hello, honey. Hello, Dexter. Hello, Dee Dee. (passes Momdroid 1000) Hello, honey. (passes through door off-screen) Hello, honey.
Characters
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Locations
Objects
- Dexter's inhaler
Vehicles
- Dad's cars
Production
Development
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: Rob Renzetti
- Background designers: Todd Frederiksen, Andrew Bialk
- 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
- 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 episode title is a play on the video game series Mortal Kombat, beginning in 1992.
- The way Dexter brings the Momdroid to life, he screams, "It is alive," in a similar manner to Dr. Frankenstein screaming, "It's alive," in the 1931 film Frankenstein. The Momdroid also has bolts in its neck like Frankenstein's monster, and its hair is reminiscent of the Bride from the 1935 sequel, The Bride of Frankenstein.
- The two Momdroids fight like the Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots playset. At the end of the episode, Dee Dee also knocks Dexter's head up as one of the robots, too.
- The Dial M for Monkey short "Magmanamus" is placed between "DeeDimensional" and "Maternal Combat."
Errors
- Ironically, even though the title card shows real Mom engaging in a fight, she was too sick to be involved herself in the episode.
- When Dad greets his real wife, she is supposed to be in bed sick.
Legacy
Critical reception
In other languages
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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.
- 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.
