Dexter and Mandark bring the Abraham Lincoln and George Washington faces respectively on Mount Rushmore to life and make them fight each other to determine who is the best.
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 reluctantly takes piano lessons from Professor Williams (Paul Williams), but when the Professor stumbles onto Dexter’s lab, he discovers that Dexter has more musical talent than he thought.
Dexter’s parents discover that he is making false excuses to get out of physical education and now Dexter must pass a physical exam if he wants to pass P.E. and move up a few grades.
Dexter decides to work with Mandark, but finds himself doing all of the work. In the end, Mandark tries to press the button when Dexter connects the plug in the outlet to bring his show title back.
Dexter tries to prove to Dee Dee that Santa Claus is not real and is in fact their father in disguise. He ends up paying for his mistake when he has captured the real Santa Claus.
It is Career Day, and because Dexter is ashamed of his father, he creates a better father for himself. However, he soon discovers that his real father is much cooler.
Monkey must defend the city from a giant underground lava monster, Magmanamus (Brad Garrett), who cannot sleep because of the noise created by its residents.
While out for dinner at a pizza restaurant, Dexter tries to slow down the “Whack the Weasel” machine to win a stuffed Monkey doll before Dee Dee does. Security captures him for tampering with the machine, and he falls into the hands of a mad scientist.
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.
Mandark brings his lab duck Ducky for show and tell to counter Dexter and his lab monkey. Though neither creature displays remarkable characteristics at school, Ducky, unbeknownst to Mandark, is the alter ego of supervillain Quackor the Fowl.