Dexter's Laboratory Ego Trip (1999) (TV)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Genndy Tartakovsky

Writers:

Chris Savino (story) and
Amy Rogers (story) ...

Release Date:

31 December 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

Plot:

After Dexter is confronted with robots who wish to "destroy the one who saved the future," he uses his time machine to see how he saved it.

Plot Keywords:

Robot | Superhero | Futuristic | Laboratory | Post Apocalyptic

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Christine Cavanaugh	...	Dexter / D22 / Old Man Dexter (voice)
Eddie Deezen	...	Mandark / Executive Mandark / Overlord Mandark / Braindark (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Action Dexter / Mandark Robot / Dad / Robot #1 / Officer 9412 (voice) (as Jeff Glen Bennett)
Kath Soucie	...	Mom / Head Secretary (voice)
Kathryn Cressida	...	Dee Dee (voice) (as Kat Cressida)
Tom Kenny	...	Curator / Village Man / Robot #2 / Computer / Man (voice)

Runtime:

50 min | 60 min (with commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:PG

Company:

Cartoon Network

Goofs:

Plot holes: It is extremely odd that Action Dexter doesn't remember that the lab is still intact, considering that, from his viewpoint, he's already lived through the events of the day in question twice: once as Boy Dexter and once as Wimpy Dexter.

Quotes:

Old Man Dexter: [thundering voice from inside a tower] WHOO DARES TO DISTURB THE GREAT DEXTER WHILE HE DROPS SCIENCE UPON THE WORLD?
Dexter: We are the Dexters of the past. We have come from the past to try to reach your all-knowing presence!
Old Man Dexter: PRESENTS? I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY? I'LL BE RIGHT DOWN!

Movie Connections:

Followed by Dexter's Laboratory: Chicken Scratch (2002)

Hard to follow but some fun

My young son is a big fan of the TV show and I usually get a chuckle out of the goofy family Dexter is forced to deal with, so we grabbed this from the rental shelf to check it out.

The movie is all about Dexter (present and future) and his nemesis, Mandark. There is little of sister DeeDee, and no sign of glove-wearing mom or good old dad. Dexter travels forward in time, then forward still further, then back a little between the first two jumps (I think) in order to meet his future self who he believes "saved the future". He meets and joins up with future versions of himself who are all quite different from present Dexter.

This normally brightly colored cartoon was fairly monochrome in this long feature, and the time jumping was hard to follow a viewer of any age. It lacked the usual characters and laughs of a short episode, but it wasn't meant to be Shrek or anything... (5/10)

BTW - the only part to make me and my son laugh out loud was at the very end when all the Dexter's were saying their farewells... Goodbye Billy! Some more flat out humor and less misery would have been nice.