Rude Removal
| Rude Removal | |
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 "Here's ya ******* apology!" | |
| Premiere date | February 21, 1998 (World Animation Celebration) January 22, 2013 (online) |
| Run time | 7:00 |
| Starring | Christine Cavanaugh Allison Moore Kath Soucie |
| Music composed by | Thomas Chase Steve Rucker |
| Storyboard artist(s) | Chong Lee Craig McCracken |
| Director(s) | Rob Ronzetti |
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"Rude Removal is an episode of Dexter's Laboratory that was originally going to be part of its second season. It was originally produced in 1997 and was scheduled to air on Cartoon Network, but was left unaired due to the characters swearing even though the profanities were censored. It was storyboarded by Chong Lee and Craig McCracken, and directed by Rob Ronzetti. The episode was only shown at some animation festivals before being released online by Adult Swim on January 22, 2013.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Rude Dexter: Where the **** are we?
Rude Dee Dee: Beats the **** outta me!
Dexter: Why, you're in Dexter's laboratory, silly! I'm Dexter. And this golden-haired angel behind me is my charming sister, Dee Dee.
Dee Dee: Charmed!
Rude Dexter: Ah, **** off!
Mom: Stop this THIS INSTANT! I've had just about enough of you two! Now clean up this mess, and go to your rooms FOREVER!
Rude Dexter: Look lady, that's cute and all, but let me tell ya somethin'. I make my own ******* rules. So why don't you do what all good mothers are supposed to do and clean it up yaself? So long, toots!
Mom: Now to clean those filthy mouthsâŚ
Dexter: Oooooh, ****!
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Production
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Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: February 21, 1998 at the World Animation Celebration; January 22, 2013 at Adult Swim's website and YouTube channel
Behind the scenes
- The title card shows Dee Dee using her index finger which is made to look like she is using her middle finger.
- At the beginning, Dee Dee asks Dexter if he's going to make another remote control that turns people into animals, which is a reference to the pilot episode "Changes."
- While being seperated from their rude counterparts, both Dexter and Dee Dee speak in a British accent, instead of an unspecified European and American accent, respectively. By contrast, the rude versions of Dexter and Dee Dee speak in a gruff Brooklyn dialect.
- Dexter's dessert ban is reused from the episode "Hunger Strikes." Unlike this episode, Dexter was banned from eating dessert because he didn't eat his vegetables.
Errors
- Dee Dee's name in the blueprint for the Rude Removal Machine is misspelled as "Dede".
- When Dexter's hair explodes, it is black and spiky, but in the next scene it is normal.
- When Rude Dexter grabs a cream pie from the fridge, the cherry on the top is red. But when Dexter's Mom yells at him for having dessert, the cherry is purple.
- Mom makes a grammatical error when she says "Stop this this instant!", when the phrase should have been "Stop that this instant!"
Critical reception
Home availability
- Not available. đ˘
