The U.S. army invades Dexter’s lab under the mistaken impression that aliens are using it as a base of operations on Earth, and Dexter must convince them that this is actually his lab, and also has to keep this a secret from Dee Dee.
Dexter and Dee Dee listen in on their parents’ conversation; they are playing Scrabble, but the way they talk makes it sound like Dad was cheating on Mom
To fix their apartment’s plumbing, Krunk and Valhallen go to the basement, where they meet Ratman (Maurice LaMarche), a diminutive vigilante raised by rats (a parody of Batman).
Dexter and Dee Dee’s secret decoder rings hold the keys to joining the Action Hanks and Pony Puff fan clubs respectively, but they interchange the clues by mistake, causing them to switch clubs.
When his television show is interrupted by the Emergency Broadcast System, Dexter sets about fixing any emergencies in the neighborhood to make the signal go away.
Dexter’s new device allows him to study for the next day’s French test while sleeping. It malfunctions, causing a single phrase (omelette du fromage) to repeat throughout the night, causing Dexter to wake up the next morning speaking nothing else except omelette du fromage.
Dexter travels to the moon and finds that aliens are planning an invasion on Earth, and he uses his Robo-Dexo 2000 to stop them. It turns out that they only were interested in purchasing sweaters for the winter.
To prevent himself from being taken away by aliens for experimentation, Dexter tricks Dee Dee into going instead, but he regrets his decision after realizing how much he cares for her.
Dexter has a crush on his teenage babysitter Lisa (Kath Soucie). When he finds out that she has a boyfriend, he sabotages their relationship and accelerates his age by ten years in an attempt to win her heart.
Mandark disguises himself as Dexter’s mom to get into Dexter’s Lab. Unfortunately for Mandark, he now has to deal with Dexter, Dad, and Dee Dee’s requests, which are too much for him.
Suspicious that Dee Dee has not entered his lab even once on a particular day, Dexter shrinks himself and enters her room to spy on her. He soon becomes an unwilling character in Dee Dee’s doll story, but he believes the story to be real.
When Dexter’s nightmares become frequent and problematic, he invents a machine that allows him to have nice dreams, as long as Dee Dee can operate it properly while she is awake.
When Dee Dee tries to cut off a piece of her hair, she accidentally cuts off one of her pigtails. Dexter gives her a potion to make her missing hair grow back. However, Dee Dee squirts too much of it in her hair, and Dexter must return Dee Dee’s hair back to normal.