Testing (Dilbert episode)
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| “Testing” | |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 4 |
| Guest stars | Maurice LaMarche |
| Written by | Ned Goldreyer |
| Directed by | Seth Kearsley |
| Production no. | 104 |
| Original airdate | February 22, 1999 |
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| "The Competition" | "Ebonian Trip" |
| List of Dilbert animated series episodes | |
Testing is the fourth episode of the Dilbert animated series. It originally aired on February 22, 1999.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
It is now time to test the Gruntmaster 6000, and the legendary and jaded Bob Bastard is brought in to put the prototype to the test. The first test is the test of seismic activity, and the second is the test of high temperature endurance, both of which the prototype fails, much to Bob's satisfaction. Alice and Wally are completely under Bob's spell, so it is up to Dilbert to make sure the Gruntmaster passes its final test, which is an asteroid crash simulation test.
[edit] Trivia
- Bob Bastard wears a luchador costume.
- Bob Bastard's original name was Outtawedloc ("out of wedlock"), but his parents changed it when he was 3.
- The episode reveals that Alice was once married, but is now divorced.
- Wally continues to show signs of being easily impressionable as he did in The Competition.
- In a scene that shows Dogbert in space, one of the astronauts asks him "Hey Dogbert, ya wanna know where Gene Roddenberry is?", as a USS Enterprise with "Gene Roddenberry" on the side passes by a window.
- Dogbert says Dilbert is like the illegitimate child of Bill Gates (extreme technical knowledge) and the Pillsbury Doughboy (plump shape and white coloring).
