Since his studying is interrupting his favorite TV shows, Dexter creates a helmet to absorb the shows directly. However, the plan backfires when he randomly snaps into television-based outrages.
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.
Banned from watching a late-night movie due to his young age, Dexter uses his technology to artificially grow into adulthood, but Dee Dee tampers with his machine, causing Dexter to turn into an old man.
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 family is suffering from the flu, Dexter tries his best to not acquire the illness, but his efforts are thwarted by a sick Dee Dee’s presence in his lab.
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.
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’s father sleepwalks into Dexter’s lab. Dexter discovers this, and now has to escort him out of the lab without waking him up, which proves more difficult than thought.
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.
In a fit of rage, Dexter dumps Dee Dee’s favorite teddy bear into the garbage. An upset Dee Dee begins to behave oddly, prompting Dexter to go to the garbage dump and get it back.
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.
Dad decides to give the car a retouch, but keeps breaking things and saying he will fix it later. After having enough, he pushes the car over a cliff, and below it are other crushed cars, meaning this was not the first time.