Dexter's Laboratory
A Boy Named Sue/Lab on the Run
TV Flash files “A Boy Named Sue/Lab on the Run” as hour 58 of 78 in the TV Flash guide — Dexter's Laboratory (1996–2003) on Cartoon Network, season 3, episode 6, aired 2002-03-29, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E06: listed hour 58 of 78 in the Dexter's Laboratory guide, hour 6 of 13 in season 3. It aired 2002-03-29 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “If Memory Serves/A Mandark Cartoon/Tele Trauma” (S03E05). Next is “Dos Boot/A Dee Dee Cartoon/Would You Like That In The Can” (S03E07).
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Boy Named Sue/Lab on the Run sit in the Dexter's Laboratory guide?
S03E06 is listed hour 58 of 78 — hour 6 of 13 in season 3, season 3 episode 6.
When did Dexter's Laboratory S03E06 air?
A Boy Named Sue/Lab on the Run aired 2002-03-29 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.
In the series
Why this series still plays
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.
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…
Also in season 3
- S03E01 Streaky Clean/A Dad Cartoon/Sole Brother
- S03E02 Mind Over Chatter/A Quakor Cartoon/Momdark
- S03E03 Copping an Aptitude/A Failed Lab Experiment/The Grand-Daddy of All Inventions
- S03E04 Poppa Wheely/A Mom Cartoon/The Mock Side of the Moon
- S03E05 If Memory Serves/A Mandark Cartoon/Tele Trauma
- S03E07 Dos Boot/A Dee Dee Cartoon/Would You Like That In The Can