Dial M for Monkey
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| Dial M for Monkey | |
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 Dial M for Monkey intro card |
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| Format | Animated television series, Comedy, Science fiction |
| Created by | Genndy Tartakovsky |
| Voices of | Frank Welker Kath Soucie Earl Boen Christine Cavanaugh Allison Moore |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
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| Running time | 6 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
Dial M for Monkey is a back-up segment featured in early seasons of the Cartoon Network animated series Dexter's Laboratory. It was created by Genndy Tartakovsky.
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[edit] Premise
The Dial M for Monkey episodes would feature Dexter's monkey, who (unknown to Dexter) has superpowers and fights evil with his partners. Monkey revealed his secret to Dexter in the episode Last But Not Beast, only to have his memory erased afterwards.
These six-minute episodes were shown in the middle of two Dexter shorts during the first half of the show's first season and once in the show's second season.
[edit] Major Characters
| Character | Voice Actor | Description |
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| Monkey | Frank Welker | The main character and the protagonist of this mini-series. He has many superpowers and fights for the good side of the law. |
| Agent HoneyDew | Kath Soucie | Monkey's sidekick, who seems to be romantically involved with him. She also seems to resemble Emma Peel from The Avengers. |
| Commander | Earl Boen | Monkey and HoneyDew's commander, that never appears in person, but only inside display monitors. |
[edit] Episodes
There are a total of seven Dial M for Monkey episodes.
| Episode Name | Description | Notes |
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| Magmanamus | Monkey must defend a city from a giant lava creature. | Pilot Episode. |
| Rasslor | Intergalactic wrestling champion Rasslor comes to Earth looking for a new opponent, and challenges all of Earth's superheroes. However, Rasslor refuses to wrestle Monkey due to his size. | Randy Savage guest stars. |
| Simion | An intelligent chimpanzee enlists Monkey's in getting revenge on the humans who created him. | Maurice LaMarche guest stars. |
| Barbequor | Monkey's birthday is interrupted by Barbequor, a villain who wants to roast Earth for his next meal | Banned due to copyright infringement. |
| Orgon Grindor | A space creature with an Italian accent takes over Monkey's mind during his date with Agent Honeydew. | Jim Cummings guest stars. |
| Huntor | Monkey must fight for his life against a hunter on a jungle asteroid. | |
| Peltra | Peltra wants Monkey's coat. |
[edit] Trivia
- The title of this mini-series is either based on Dial M for Murder, Dial H for Hero or both.
- In 2003, a British band called Bonobo released the album entitled Dial 'M' For Monkey.
- The Dutch band Placemat also has a song named Dial 'M' For Monkey.
- Remixes of the theme song is used in the All Games Interactive podcast as a transition to their "Gaming News" segment.
- Part of the Simian segment was used as the opening to "U Don't Know Me" by Armand Van Helden:
| “ | What's my problem with man, you ask? No...I ask you what was man's problem with me. | ” |
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