D & DD/Hamhocks and Armlocks

Name: D & DD/Hamhocks and Armlocks
Released: 1997-07-30

TV Flash files “D & DD/Hamhocks and Armlocks” as hour 16 of 78 in the TV Flash guide — Dexter's Laboratory (1996–2003) on Cartoon Network, season 2, episode 3, aired 1997-07-30, 30 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S02E03: listed hour 16 of 78 in the Dexter's Laboratory guide, hour 3 of 39 in season 2. It aired 1997-07-30 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Mom and Jerry/Chubby Cheese/That Crazy Robot” (S02E02). Next is “Hunger Strikes/The Koos is Loose/Morning Stretch” (S02E04).

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D & DD. When Dexter's friends become completely tired of Dexter setting complicated traps he sets up as Game Master (as well as his cheating) while playing a RPG game, they put Dee Dee as Game Master in his place. She completely changes the style of play, which annoys Dexter but impresses his friends. Hamhocks and Armlocks. Dexter's father is challenged to an arm wrestling match by a man named Earl at a truck stop. Stunned at the strength of Earl and his determination to beat his father, Dexter attaches a robotic arm to his father to enable him to win.

Viewer FAQ

Where does D & DD/Hamhocks and Armlocks sit in the Dexter's Laboratory guide?

S02E03 is listed hour 16 of 78 — hour 3 of 39 in season 2, season 2 episode 3.

When did Dexter's Laboratory S02E03 air?

D & DD/Hamhocks and Armlocks aired 1997-07-30 and is listed at 30 minutes.

Where did it come from?

Cartoon Network from 1996 after What a Cartoon! shorts — creator-driven shorts as the network's original-hit model.

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Why this series still plays

Filed by Julian Hart · The Binge Brief · Show package

A boy genius, a secret lab, and a sister who treats every experiment like a dance floor. Genndy Tartakovsky’s early Cartoon Network voice: tiny scientist, huge ego, omnilingual babble, and slapstick that moves like storyboards on espresso. Creator-driven shorts as brand-building — late-nineties CN comedy before the lab door ever stayed locked.

The work, first: a boy genius, a secret lab, a sister who treats every experiment like a dance floor, slapstick that moves like storyboards on espresso. Genndy Tartakovsky's Cartoon Network series arrived in 1996 out of *What a Cartoon!* shorts and became a key early original hit: tiny scientist, huge ego, omnilingual babble. Christine Cavanaugh's Dexter; Allison Moore, later Kathryn Cressida, as Dee Dee. Jeff Bennett as Dad. Creator-driven shorts as brand-building before the lab door ever stayed locked.

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Filed against

Christine Cavanaugh as Dexter
Christine Cavanaugh’s Chuckie Finster made Rugrats a nervous narrator of the backyard jungle — 1990s catalog Nicktoons invention, then Dexter’s Laboratory asking the same throat for a boy genius with a dance-floor sister. TV Flash files…
Allison Moore as Dee Dee
Allison Moore voiced Dee Dee on Dexter’s Laboratory — the sister who treats every boy-genius experiment like a dance floor and every secret lab like an unlocked door. Genndy Tartakovsky’s Cartoon Network shorts needed that chaos. TV Flash…
Kathryn Cressida as Dee Dee (later)
Kathryn Cressida voiced Dee Dee later on Dexter's Laboratory — Cartoon Network sister energy as a dance-floor wrecking ball aimed at a boy-genius lab. Genndy Tartakovsky slapstick, omnilingual babble, shorts that moved like espresso…
Jeff Bennett as Dad
Jeff Bennett voices Dad on Dexter’s Laboratory — boy genius, secret lab, a sister who treats every experiment like a dance floor. Genndy Tartakovsky’s early Cartoon Network voice: tiny scientist, huge ego, slapstick on espresso. TV Flash…
Kath Soucie as Mom
Kath Soucie made baby twins sound like a whole suburb on Rugrats — Phil and Lil DeVille as pickle-jar mythology — then slipped into Dexter’s Laboratory’s Cartoon Network lab noise. Nicktoons invention with a second register. TV Flash…

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