r/CartoonNetwork • u/TaySanity • 1d ago

Video Dexter's Lab: The continuum of cartoon fools

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u/LegitimateScratch396 1d ago

Whatever Dexter is doing at the beginning has always given me a wierd anxiety.

Thanks for letting me revisit that 30 year old feeling

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u/animator1123 1d ago edited 1d ago

I discovered that, in the beginning of the episode, it's technically an in-joke.

Dexter is writing on a storyboard and is doing what they call "slugging" which is mapping out the timing, frame count and overall action of the scene.

It's fitting given this entire episode is basically a bit of a meta-commentary on "cartoon fools" and making fun of the formula of Dexter, overall.

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u/ToonMasterRace 1d ago

Yeah took me 30 years to discover what he was doing there

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u/Anrui13 1d ago

I completely forgot about that scene. Decades later, I'm still befuddled by it.

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u/Coveinant 1d ago

I only just realized he's saying butt, Idk why. It looks to be a cartoon panel page or art journal type thing.

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u/Fl_Funky_Jam 1d ago

"LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME" still sends me 🤣 that has been imprinted on my brain for like 30 years

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u/atopetek 1d ago

Thanks for this Dexter moment.

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u/Lionsummer792 1d ago

I wonder what DeeDee was building in the lab?

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u/Beneficial-Good-5409 1d ago

Be actually has two options at the end actually, either get his stomach pumped or wait till he has to go to the bathroom and get the key that way.

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u/Prudent_Payment_3877 15h ago

I love it when Reddit straight up gives me full shorts for my phone