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Dexter"s Laboratory (commonly abbreviated as Dexter"s Lab) is an American animated series created by Genndy Tartakovsky and produced by Cartoon Network Studios (also co-produced with Hanna-Barbera in 1996-2001). It is about a boy named Dexter, who has an enormous secret laboratory, filled with an endless collection of his inventions, which is entered primarily through a tunnel under his rug in his bedroom. The series premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network on April 28, 1996 and ended on November 20, 2003. As of 2010, Cartoon Network"s sister channel Boomerang reruns the show (But only the 1990"s series).

Each thirty minute episode of Dexter"s Laboratory consists of two to three cartoon shorts, with the exception of the series finale, "Last But Not Beast", which was one longer cartoon. Two of the characters of Dexter"s Laboratory were created by Genndy himself. He made a short based on the cartoon which made its debut on the The Cartoon Cartoon Show currently as "Changes". On April 28, 1996, the first season began airing. Those who worked on Dexter"s Lab went on to create their next projects; Craig McCracken created The Powerpuff Girls and Foster"s Home for Imaginary Friends, Seth MacFarlane created Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, Butch Hartman created The Fairly Oddparents and Danny Phantom and Rob Renzetti created My Life as a Teenage Robot. Dexter"s Laboratory ended in 1998 and was later revived for a movie and two more seasons.
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