In a parody of Tom and Jerry, Dexter accidentally switches his brain with that of a mouse’s and must avoid his mother when she decides to exterminate him.
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 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.
With only one television in their apartment, Major Glory, Krunk, and Valhallen disagree on what to watch: Major Glory’s televised capture of the Disgruntled Postman, TV Puppet Pals, or the monster truck pull.
Loading the player... 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.
Mandark disguises himself as Dexter’s mom to get into Dexter’s Lab. Unfortunately for Mandark, he now has to deal with Dexter, Dad, and Dee Dee’s requests, which are too much for him.
Dexter catches the chicken pox, and Dee Dee tells him a ridiculous tale that if he keeps scratching them, he will turn into an evil chicken. Dexter completely restrains himself so that he will not have to scratch it; unfortunately, he is unable to resist and his nonstop scratching eventually does just that.
Monkey must defend the city from a giant underground lava monster, Magmanamus (Brad Garrett), who cannot sleep because of the noise created by its residents.
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.
Dexter invents a robot parrot that happily repeats self-congratulatory comments he makes, but when it starts repeating things about his lab and escapes, he sets out to destroy it before it tattles to his parents.
Mandark brings his lab duck Ducky for show and tell to counter Dexter and his lab monkey. Though neither creature displays remarkable characteristics at school, Ducky, unbeknownst to Mandark, is the alter ego of supervillain Quackor the Fowl.
Dexter travels to the moon and finds that aliens are planning an invasion on Earth, and he uses his Robo-Dexo 2000 to stop them. It turns out that they only were interested in purchasing sweaters for the winter.
Dexter and Dee Dee’s father buys a video game for them to play, but the game sucks Dexter inside when he plugs in the cartridge, and it is up to Dee Dee to bring him out.