Truly one of the best series on television
Why it rocks =
1 ) a good idea of dexter inventing several machines despite being 8 years old
2 ) many hilarious jokes ( eg = in " picture day " , when dee dee showed images of beefcake men , dexter said " i am not a beefcake . i am a cupcake . " )
3 ) in " the big cheese " , dexter said " omlelette du fromage " ( cheese omlette ) ( the most popular meme )
4 ) colourfull and detailed animation
5 ) creative inventions and plot devices
6 ) many memorable characters like the justice friends , agent honeydrew , monkey , and koosaloopagoopagoop .
7 ) there are great episodes like dexter's rival , dee dee's rival , sun surf and science , mom and jerry and last but not beast .
8 ) it's original series finale , ego trip was great . unfortunately , it got renewed like other CN shows , and it was made by the controversial animator chris savino as genndy left the series to make samurai jack .
Bad qualities =
1 ) it went downhill during seasons 3 - 4 .
2 ) character flanderization =
a ) dexter went from a good scientist to an egogistic jerk ( in dexter vs santa's claws , dexter's library , copping an attitude, poetic injustice )
b ) dee dee became a selfish brat ( a dee dee cartoon , they got chops , remember me , trick or tree house , beau tie , opposites attract )
c ) dexter's parents became even dumber than before ( a mom cartoon , a dad cartoon , a mom and dad cartoon , the old switcherooms , a third dad cartoon , and tee party )
d ) mandark ( momdark , a boy named sue )
2 ) as i am saying , the series had severely declined in quality after being renewed .. however , even before the revival , there were still terrible episodes like dexter detention , dexter vs santa's claws , the old switcherooms , and rude removal ( the banned episode ) .
3 ) in seasons 3 - 4 , the animation is bad and a bunch of toilet humour and gross out jokes are used . the worst offenders are jeepers, creepers where is peepers and sore eyes . some of the above episodes are also such examples . however there are still some good episodes like lab on the run , robo dexo 3000 , comic relief , go dexter's family go , dexter the barbarian , dexter;s wacky races , and 2 geniuses 2 gether 4 ever . there are a few more good episodes in these seasons . however , the episode " comedy of feathers " was a really bad way to end the revival .
even though the animation is bad , it is fairly smooth in " chicken scratch" , and it is a good episode , thanks to genndy who directed it . not as the director , but genndy was still involved .
4 ) dee dee can be unlikable at times .
5 ) the entire episode " the lab of tommorow " is a ripoff of the sponge bob episode "krusty krab training video "
6 ) the episode " a boy named sue " rehashes the plot of Dexter's rival as they both show how dexter and mandark met for the first time . they showed how it
7 ) A mandark cartoon and a third dad cartoon have only one gag which are however left incomplete even at the end of the episode , which makes them the lowest rated episodes .