Dexter, of
Dexter's Laboratory, is a small red-haired boy who is a scientific
genius. At only 6 years old, Dexter speaks with an accent that only a middle-aged Austrian man would tote. He typically wears thick-rimmed
black glasses, black
slacks, a white
lab coat, and
purple latex gloves. He has one older sister,
DeeDee, and is otherwise a member of a typical
nuclear family. His
arch nemesis is
Mandark,
lard of dorkness.
Dexter is alone in the world, with only
science to keep him company. He creates
robots and
intelligent machines so that he does not become
stupid, a state thoroughly feared by Dexter. He loves school, and is the
teacher's pet until Mandark enters the
scene. His sister is constantly ruining his scientific endeavors, and so Dexter is always on the run.
Gennedy Tartakovsky is credited with creating Dexter's lab. He developed DeeDee first, and then went on to create Dexter, her ultimate opposite. A dancing
DeeDee was the 1991 animation project that spawned Dexter's existence. Since then, Dexter's Laboratory has been produced as both
cartoons and
comic books by
Cartoon Network.
Recently, Dexter appeared in the
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. He was the largest
inflatable man at the event.