Simion

This article is about the episode. For the character, see Simion (character).

Simion
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Joined with	Dexter's Rival Old Man Dexter
Network	Cartoon Network
Premiere date	May 11, 1996
Starring	Frank Welker Maurice LaMarche Paula Tiso Bob Ridgely
Music composed by	Gary Lionelli
Writer(s)	Lou Romano
Storyboard artist(s)	Lou Romano
Director(s)	Paul Rudish Genndy Tartakovsky
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"Simion" is the second part of the third episode of Dexter's Laboratory season one, as well as the thirteenth episode. It is also the third episode of the Dial M for Monkey backup segments. It aired on May 11, 1996 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Lou Romano, and directed by Paul Rudish and the series creator, Genndy Tartakovsky.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Agent Honeydew	Paula Tiso
Monkey	Frank Welker
Commander	Bob Ridgely
Simion	Maurice LaMarche

Organizations

• Global Security

Locations

• Earth
  • Unspecified jungle
• Simion's space station

Production

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: Lou Romano
• Background designers: Paul Rudish, Lou Romano
• 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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: May 11, 1996 on Cartoon Network
• United Kingdom and Ireland:

Behind the scenes

• Global Security is a parody of S.H.I.E.L.D., a spy organization in comic publications by Marvel Comics.
  • Likewise, the Commander is a parody of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury.
• Part of Simion's speech to Monkey in getting him to join his cause, "Together we can combine our forces and bring a new order to the galaxy ... Seek your heart. You know it to be true," is a paraphrase of Darth Vader's speech to Luke Skywalker in the 1980 film Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, when Vader says, "With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy ... Search your feelings. You know it to be true."
• Simion quotes the song "I Wan'na Be Like You" from the 1967 Disney film The Jungle Book, when he says to Monkey, "I wanna walk like you, talk like you, oo-ooo" although when King Louie said that to Mowgli, it was about humanizing himself like Mowgli.
• This is the only episode Honeydew is voiced by Paula Tiso, with all further appearances assumed by Kath Soucie.

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.