Last But Not Beast
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Last But Not Beast is the name of an episode of the Cartoon Network animated television series Dexter's Laboratory.
This was the season finale of the second season, and was originally meant to be the final episode of Dexter's Lab until the series was brought back more than a year later. After being brought back, it was produced by Cartoon Network and no longer produced by Hanna-Barbera.
This was the final episode to be produced by Hanna-Barbara and the series' only full half-hour long episode, as well as the only episode to include the entire Dexter's Lab cast, Dial M for Monkey cast, and The Justice Friends cast.
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[edit] Plot
Dexter goes to Japan as a foreign exchange student, while his family is host to a young Japanese boy, Toshi. On his first day at school, Dexter tries to impress some of the other children with his inventions, but they are unfazed; they too have power suits and giant robots. As the game of one-upmanship increases, Dexter inadvertently awakens the giant monster known as Badaxtra from his volcanic hibernation, putting the whole world in danger.
G.L.O.B.A.L., the entire team of the Justice Friends and Monkey battle the monster, but are defeated one by one, leaving Dexter as the sole savior of the world.
Dexter returns home to think of a plan for stopping Badaxtra, and realizes that he must use his most powerful robot ever (or his "Really-Greatest Invention"). Due to its size and complexity, it must be controlled by four people to function correctly, so Dexter needs the help of Dee Dee and his parents. Thusly, he is forced to reveal his secret laboratory to his parents.
The four, with the help of Monkey, and a secret told to them by Toshi are finally able to defeat Badaxtra. During the battle, Monkey's true identity is revealed, as well.
Afterwards, Dexter blanks his parents' memory, so that they will forget about his lab. Monkey then blanks Dexter's memory, so that Dexter can't remember the identity of Monkey. All of this confusion leads to Mandark believing that he saved the world. And the only one who knows the truth is Dee Dee.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Dexter Characters
- Dexter
- Dee Dee
- Mom
- Dad
- Monkey
- Mandark
[edit] Justice Friends Characters ( And real comic heroes they parody)
- Major Glory ( Captain America)
- Val Hallen (Thor)
- Sam R I (Silver Samurai)
- White Tiger (Black Panther)
- Living Bullet (Flash)
- Capital G (Hank Pym)
- Tiki Torch
- Silver Spooner (Silver Surfer)
- Krunk (Hulk)
[edit] New Characters
- Toshi
- Toshi's Mom
- Toshi's Dad
- Badaxtra
- Japanese Teacher
- Japanese Student 1
- Japanese Student 2
[edit] Shows and Movies Parodied
[edit] Trivia
- Dexter's "Really-greatest invention" is a combined parody of japanese super robot shows such as Voltron and Power Rangers.Also,the Dexter family-Badaxtra fight is a parody of the Power Rangers Megazord-monster fights.
- Only during this episode, there's a Power Rangers poster in Dexter's room.
- The Japanese boys whom Dexter tries to impress with his robots resemble Trowa Barton and Heero Yuy, two of the main characters from New Mobile Report Gundam Wing. The second set of mecha the boys present also are remniscent of the battle style of the characters they were based on. ("Trowa" had missiles while "Heero" had a transforming robot/jet which had a powerful beam gun).
- The colorscheme for each member of Dexter's family is as follows:
*Dee-Dee- Pink *Dexter- Black *Dexter's mom- Green *Dexter's Dad- Brown
