03x03 - Copping an Aptitude/A Failed Lab Experiment/The Grand-Daddy of All Inventions

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Dexter's Laboratory". Aired: April 27, 1996 – November 20, 2003.*
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A child genius, whips up dazzling, world-saving inventions in his secret laboratory.
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03x03 - Copping an Aptitude/A Failed Lab Experiment/The Grand-Daddy of All Inventions

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Bye, honey.

Bye!

Oh, take care
of yourself.

Ok. Bye, mom.

Bye, son.

Good luck
in college.

But, dear,
he's only a baby.

Yeah, but he's
a smart baby.

[Crying]

Those aptitude tests
said Dexter is
Ivy league material.

Now, you know
those tests don't lie.

At last,
the university!

I wonder what kind
of a brilliant mind

will get paired with
my over-engorged brain?

Ah, this is it.

Hello,
genius roommate.

Your new genius roommate
Dexter is here.

Hey, genius
roommate dude.

What's happening, man?

Uh, genius roommate,

is your name,
uh, Gabriel?

Dude, I'm Gabe.

Yeah!

You're my new
roommate!

Nice. Got yourself
some food.

Very cool.

So listen, young dude,
there's a little

beginning-of-the-year
shindig tonight,

and you, young dude,
are going.

Parties, parties.
Always with the parties.

Is that all
you're here for?

No way, young dude.

For your information,
I am deep in work

on a top,
top secret project:

The world's largest
didgeridoo.

Digi-do-doo? Do what?

Hey, man, you better
take it easy

on the studies,
young dude,

or you're gonna burn
yourself out, baby.

Party now,
study later.

Party now!
Study later!

All: Party now!
Study later!

Party now!
Study later!

[Bell ringing]

Dexter, voice-over: Though I am
surrounded by slackers,

there will be no
cutting corners for me.

While they party
their midnight away,

I will be diving headfirst
into the knowledge.

My roommate Gabe,

perhaps the prince
of slackers,

warns me of burning out.

But for a mind
as bright as mine,

that is simply
impossible.

Now to get started
on my reading.

[Crickets chirping]

Man: Party!

[People shouting]

[Loud music playing]

There's got to be
a quieter place to study.

[Beeping]

Ha!

Eat my dust,
toad.

Oh, yeah? Here comes
the leader shell.

Here's lightning
for both of you.

[Laughing]

Hey, nerds,
shut up!

, , .

Good acoustics in here.

[Loud music playing]

[People cheering]

Aah!

Hey, Dex,
care to join

your buddy here
for a dip?

[Laughing nervously]

No, thank you.

[Soft music playing]

Oh, Mr. Resident advisor.

What?

Excuse me,
Mr. Resident advisor,

but I must report
a disturbance.

You, get in here.

Hey, look who came
to party.

Young dude? Hey!

Gabe, what are you--

ok, turn the music
back up. Way up!

You're just in time,
young dude.

For what?

For my newest invention.

In all my years
of being a student here,

this is my greatest
achievement yet.

I give you
the ultimate
party hot tub!

Ha ha!

All: Wow!

Gabe: Turn on
the jets, man.

Dexter, voice-over:
Study, study.

Study.

Study...

Gabe, voice-over:
Hey, man,

you better take it
easy on the studies.

Dexter, voice-over:
Study, study.

Study, study, study.

[Rising in volume]
Study, study, study!

Study, study, study!

Study! Study! Study!

Gabe, voice-over:
You're gonna burn
yourself out, baby.

Dexter, voice-over:
Study, study! Study! Study!

Study!

Study, study, study.

Study! Study!
Study! Study! Study!

Study!

Shut up!

Shut up!

Aah!

[Screaming]

[Crash]

Gabe, party now!

No party now.
Final paper now.

Last minute
all-nighter,
you dig?

Party now!

No, dude.
Not now.

Party, party, party,
party, party!

Young dude?

Party!

All: Shut up!

Party!

Get lost, kid.

Party!

Dude, time to study.

Par--
shh.

Have to party.

Everybody has to party.

Party now!

All: Shut up!

I'll show them.

Dexter, boy genius,
knows how to party.

[Whispering]
I'll need something...

Big!

Gabe, voice-over:
The world's largest
didgeridoo.

Party now!

Ha ha ha ha!

Robots, go!

Higher! Build it higher!

Higher!

With my new
flate-a-lab...

I, Dexter,
will be the new party guru!

What the heck?

What's going on?

It's so much bigger.

Get out!

Dexter: Ok, everybody,
are you ready to party?

'Cause I know I am!

And we're going to do it

in the world's biggest
hot tub ever.

But I got
an exam today.

Study later!
Party now!

[Sigh]

Finally done.

Must save.

[Glass breaks]

[Gurgling]

[Screaming]

Party, party, party.

Party, party, party.

Party, party...

Party, party.

Party, party,
party, party.

Didn't you
learn anything
in college?

Party now, study later.

Party now, study later.

Dad: Son, I'm afraid

it's back to
grade school for you.

You just couldn't
handle it, could you?

Dexter: Party now!

Dexter: Sweet success.

The finishing touches
on my latest

and greatest invention.

I, Dexter,
will be the crown Jewel

of the scientific
community.

I, Dexter,
will be heralded

as the greatest mind
of all time.

I, Dexter,
will look really cool.

And now, the testing.

Whoa.

I am going to be so rich.

Pardon me, young man.

I seem to have
dropped my teeth,

and I need
a little help
reaching them.

Dexter: Of course

I will help.

Here you go.

Good gravy!

Aah!

What a strange
little man.

[Panting]

Must get back to the lab.

Must--oof!

Whoa, there,
young feller.

You got to be
more careful.

You know,
I once lost my wallet

for two weeks
in this good stuff.

Ho ho ho ho!

Aah!

Dad: Dexter!

Uh, yes, father?

Where are you going
so fast, boy?

Come in here.

There's something
I want to discuss with you.

Dexter, have you seen
the remote control
anywhere?

Uh, no, dad.

Can I go now?

Aah!

I'll have to do it
the hard way.

I'm going
to be sick.

I know, it's horrible

to have to do it
this way.

Aah!

Poor kid, I haven't
the heart to tell him

that we used to
have to do it this way.

Hey, dad!

Dad: Yes, Dexter?

Try your back pocket.

Back pocket. Hey!

But--

mom: Oh, Dexter,
sweetie.

Y-Yeah?

[Gasps]

Would you hand me
that light bulb

there on the table?

Here you go, ma.

Thank you, sweetie.

Don't mention it.

Oh, did you find
the remote for your father?

Uh, it found me.

Figures.

Hey, Dexter,
watch my new dance.

Dee Dee, I do not
have time for--

here I go.

Oh, the horror.

Ew. Ick.

Blah.

Ta-da!

Yeah, yeah.
Now go.

Dexter, you weren't
even watching.

Believe me, I have seen
far too much already.

[Panting]

Science does not need
this kind of advancement.

Dexter: Free energy.

That would be
a scientific impossibility.

But I, Dexter,
boy genius,

am about to change that.

Dexter: It's working.

At last, free energy.

I have failed.

How could this happen?

Oh, I have never failed before.

Or have I and didn't know it?

Am I not the boy genius
I thought I was?

I am not cut out
to be a scientist.

I am just an ordinary boy
from an ordinary family.

Can life get any worse?

Mom: Dexter,

it's time to go
to grandpa's house.

Yeah, mom.

Hi, dad.

I'll pick you up
later, sweetie.

Yeah, mom.

Hi, Billy.

Hi, grandpa.

Grandpa: How you doing,

chum-fella-guy-boy-
pal-buddy-friend?

[Scraping]

[Bones cr*ck]

Can I go home now?

Sure you can,

but then you'll never
know my secret.

What secret?

My secret laboratory.

Secret laboratory?

Yep.

I've kept it
a secret

since I was
about your age.

[Door opens]

But if you want
to go home...

Go home?

I'm not going anywhere

until I see
your secret laboratory.

Grandpa: Ok, ok.
Slow down. Slow down!

Look out, secret stuff.
Here I come.

Secret lab,
here we come.

Look out.

No stopping us now.

Coming through.

Grandpa:
Left, left.

Left, right, left.

Chugga-chugga
chugga-chugga.

Chugga-chugga
chugga-chugga.

Chugga-chugga
chugga-chugga.

Woo woo!

Dexter: Grandpa?

Grandpa?

Grandpa?

[Snoring]

I guess I'll just have to find
the lab myself.

If I were a secret lab,
where would I be?

Bingo!

One of these books
must be the switch

to gain access
to the lab.

Dexter: Aha!

Ha.

Hmm.

Dexter, voice-over:
I have covered every
inch of this house

and not a trace
of technology.

What is this?

Jackpot.

[Mechanical whirring]

Oh, no.

No, no, no,
no, no, no, no.

Dexter: Please, no.

Grandpa.
Grandpa, are you ok?

Grandpa?

No!

What?

Huh?
Who's there?

Grandpa?
Billy?

I'm right here.

Where are you,
Billy?
Here.

If you can hear me,
just follow my voice.

Hi. I just had
the craziest dream.

I dreamt I was
a thigh exercise machine,

and a giant set of thighs
closed around me--

back and forth.
Back and forth.

Back and forth.

I confess.

It was me.
I couldn't
help myself.

I just really
wanted to see your
secret laboratory.

And you will.

I will?

Uh-huh, right after
you clean up this mess.

Dexter:
Sounds like the entire lab

is emerging right
in front of me.

And now to unveil
my greatest invention.

They said
it couldn't be done,

but here it is.

Well, ha.

What do you think?

Mind-boggling, eh?

Dexter, thinking:
This is no laboratory.

It's just a garage,

and he's just an old man,

and I'm just a boy.

I know.

Oh, it gets me
the same way.

She's a real beaut,
ain't she?

Yeah, grandpa.

A real beaut.

Grandpa: Here comes
the tricky part.

Gently, gently.

[Car horn honks]

You look like you
had a good time.

Yeah, ma.

I'll bet you and grandpa
have a lot in common.

He's a genius, you know.

Yeah, ma.

You might say
he invented us.

And now for the finale.

Grandpa: Yippee!

Look at that, Billy.

Free...energy.

Hey, where'd he go?

I guess he's not
interested in science.

Oh, well.

Past the vaulted door

where impossible
things may happen

that the world's
never seen before.

♪ In Dexter's laboratory

♪ lives the smartest boy
you've ever seen ♪

♪ but Dee Dee blows
his experiments ♪

♪ to smithereens

♪ there is gloom and doom
while things go boom ♪

♪ in Dexter's lab
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