Rude Removal (Dexter's Laboratory)
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 An episode that is so infamous it was left unaired for a fucking good reason.
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Rude Removal (also known as Dexter's Rude Removal) is the second and last banned episode of Dexter's Laboratory. It was not aired on Cartoon Network due to standards of not liking the episode's nature because it contains excessive use of profanity in a kids' show. However, it was screened at the World Animation Celebration on February 21, 1998. After the screening, the episode was rumored to be lost for years until 2013, when Cartoon Network's sister channel and adult-oriented block Adult Swim released it online on January 22, 2013, on their website, YouTube, Dailymotion. There was also an uncensored version, but the original version is lost and unknown if it was made.
Summary
Dexter invented his latest invention, the Rude Removal system. He planned to remove Dee Dee's rudeness, but both ended up inside the machine, duplicating them as rude, using New York accents while turning into nice, using British or New Yorker accents. When their mother calls them for lunch, the rude counterparts go into the kitchen, engage in a food fight, and swear at their mother. But she had enough that she told them to clean up their mess and get sent to their rooms forever. But when the nice counterparts enter the living room, they are blamed by their mother and see the mess. They go back to the laboratory to stop their rude counterparts from existing. Once Dexter and Dee Dee fully return to normal and go to Dexter's bedroom, they encounter their mother, having soap on her hands as she prepares to clean their unusually filthy mounts.
Why It's So F***ing Rude And Never Contributes Nice
- To get the elephant in the room: This episode is extremely out of place as it features swearing but is censored, in a PG-rated show, it feels more like a parody episode that would be seen on YouTube or something by Adult Swim.
- Sure, Dexter's Laboratory isn't entirely for kids as it has some adult jokes and dark humor, which is the reason why the show is also for teens and adults alike and not only for kids, but this episode is cranked up to 11 to the point it feels like a completely different show, and funny enough the Adult Swim version of this episode is entirely uncensored.
- The episode has a very mean-spirited concept about swearing, rude counterparts of Dexter and Dee Dee:
- Rude Dexter spits his food out on his mother's face after swearing, making her faint.
- Rude Dexter and Dee Dee engage in a food fight, damaging the kitchen.
- Rude Dexter and Dee Dee then damage his laboratory.
- Among the rude counterparts of Dexter and Dee Dee, Rude Dexter seems to be more rude than Rude Dee Dee, since he swears more often than Rude Dee Dee or a sailor.
- It has these stereotypes where New Yorkers are rude while British people are polite by giving Rude Dexter and Dee Dee New York accents and Nice Dexter and Dee Dee British accents.
- Hypocrisy: For some reason, "Crap" was censored, even though that word was used in the first season episode "Dexter Dodgeball" where the coach asks: "What's this crap" which was edited in reruns on Cartoon Network at times, but not on Boomerang or home video.
- For some reason, Mom cannot recognize the differences between the rude and nice versions of his kids even though they look entirely different.
- This episode has an entire overuse of profanity, even more so than an entire episode of South Park or every other adult animated show in general. And because of its excessive use of profanity, the bleep-censoring can get annoying at times.
- The title card (see infobox) is very rude, and disrespectful, and feels totally out of place.
- Dee Dee is shown flipping off the middle finger, while Dexter is mooning at the viewer, showing his rear.
- Even worse, they look like they are their normal counterparts, which could be misleading since the normal/nice Dexter and Dee Dee with the same design are nicer.
- Mom threatens her kids to go to their rooms forever, which is child abuse, unrealistic, and feels more like those mean-spirited grounded videos that you can find on websites such as YouTube, Plotagon, and Vyond. (Although, it can be interpreted that she didn't mean it, as she was just frustrated)
- Nobody apologizes to the nice, then-real Dexter and Dee Dee for their actions, who were innocent and ruined by their rude counterparts.
- There are some animation errors such as when Dexter's hair explodes, it looks black and spiky, (it turns normal by the next scene).
- Horrible ending: Dexter and Dee Dee go back to normal, and as Mom comes in the room to clean their "filthy" mouths, Dexter says "Oh sh*t", hence proving Dexter as the rude one at the end.
Nice Qualities
- The beginning was decent as it feels like a normal Dexter’s Laboratory episode.
- Dexter and Dee Dee's nice counterparts are likable.
- Seeing the characters swearing and acting completely out of place is funny, especially Dexter's last line.
Reception
This episode received overwhelmingly negative feedback and backlash from fans and was regarded as one of the worst episodes made in the series along with "Dexter vs. Santa's Claws", "Dexter's Detention", "Jeepers Creepers Where Is Peepers?", and "Sore Eyes". However, Cartoon Network had to ban and reject this episode due to the characters swearing, even though the language was censored.
Trivia
- This episode wasn't meant for airing. Instead, it was made for private conversations, and Adult Swim didn't exist at that time until 2001, the same year as the show's revival.
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