Dexter accidentally gives himself telepathy that he cannot shut off when trying to overhear his father’s thoughts to figure out what he got for his birthday, causing everyone to accidentally read his own mind.
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).
When Dexter’s friends become tired of his complicated traps and cheating while playing a role-playing game, they put Dee Dee in his place. She changes the style of play, which annoys Dexter but impresses his friends.
When Dexter’s new device, made to help him see through solid objects, fails to work as expected, he ends up seeing through people’s clothes, which puts him in an uncomfortable situation.
Dexter and Dee Dee enter tryouts to become Major Glory’s sidekick. When Dee Dee wins, Dexter realizes that fancy costumes are not the only criterion to become a superhero.
Dexter participates in the “Annual Soapbox Derby down Volcano Mountain”. This episode is a spoof of the popular Japanese manga/anime Speed Racer. In this episode, the movements and dialog deliveries of the characters are similar to anime. While Dexter parodies Speed Racer and his father parodies Pops Racer, Monkey parodies Chim-Chim and Dee Dee parodies […]
After Dexter’s pencil rolls to the back of the school bus, Dexter goes to retrieve it, but legend says that no one has ever returned from the back of the bus.
Dexter’s school and parents decide to send him to college. He ignores his fellow students, who prefer to “party now, study later”, until his mind finally snaps from the workload.
Monkey’s birthday party is interrupted by Barbequor (Robert Ridgely), an intergalactic villain who plans to eat the planets, and his sidekick, the Silver Spooner (Rob Paulsen).
During a trip to Japan as part of a student exchange program, Dexter accidentally releases a giant monster with an axe-like head from a volcano, forcing him to enlist the aid of his family to defeat it.
Dee Dee’s stuffed animals come to life and roam the house when Dee Dee uses a formula that brings inanimate objects to life, which delights Dee Dee, much to his dismay.
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