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"The Continuum of Cartoon Fools" | 
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Sdrawkcab
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Storyboard
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Clayton Morrow
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Art Direction
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Craig McCracken
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Directed by
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John McIntyre
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Voices
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Christine Cavanaugh as Dexter
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Air Date
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April 1, 1998
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Sdrawkcab (Backwards) is the first part of the 33rd episode in season 2 of Dexter's Laboratory. It originally aired on April 1, 1998. In this episode, Dexter tests a belt that causes him to do everything he does in reverse, but chaos ensues when Dee Dee gets ahold of the directional switch.
Plot
The episode begins with Dexter wearing a belt he made and walking (and talking) in reverse. He says that the belt works, and it actually reverses his own actions, indicating that he built it. He then tries to call a robot controlling the lever that it can switch it to forward, but he suddenly realizes that he's talking in reverse, and properly speaks backward as if he's saying "Forward". The robot finally responds and switches the direction lever to forward. The light on the belt then changes from red to green, and Dexter walks forward again. After cheering for the belt's success, he reminds himself that in order to be understood, he must speak backward even though he speaks forward. ("Or is it forward so that it sounds reverse?") This indirect command causes the robot to switch the lever to reverse, and Dexter realizes too late. Reversed, Dexter repeats what he said before talking backward like he says "I mean, forward!". The robot switches the lever back to forward, and Dexter reminds it never to oil it again. As Dexter walks off minding his own business, he unknowingly falls off the edge of the platform and is about to land at a steep floor. Dexter shouts "Reverse!" before he could land, and the reverse belt causes Dexter to rise up. ("That was close.") Noticing the edge, he speaks backward and says "Forward!". Before he could land a foot, he falls again, and shouts "Reverse!" He then rises again and speaks "Forward!" in backward again. He falls again, then rises again, then...well, you get the idea. All of this is making Dexter dizzy, and as soon as he's reversed again, he waits until he takes a few steps back before he says "Forward!" in backward talk. Now forward again, Dexter feels hungry and goes into the kitchen to make a sandwich.
After finishing his lunch, Dexter, still wearing the belt, suddenly goes reverse and regurgitates the sandwich (restored instead of chewed up) and his milk. After uneating and undrinking, he suddenly goes forward again, and decides to go to the lab and straighten things out with the robot, whom he thinks is blowing a fuse. Dad notices Dexter and greets him before noticing the sandwich.
Before Dexter could go upstairs, Mom asks him to take the trash out for her. Reluctantly doing so, he's reversed as soon as he gives the trash bag to the garbage man and walks back inside with it. Mom notices and yells at him. Dexter walks backward to the stairs, waving at her, before running forward, then backward, then forward again on them. Dad, feeling full, gets knocked down. Now forward again, Dexter runs to the lab and notices that Dee Dee is playing with the lever, but before he could get to her, she reverses the lever. Realizing he still has his belt on, Dexter removes it and is finally free. Dexter then reprimands her for the trouble she caused, resulting in his losing his lunch, Mom being mad at him and Dad getting hurt. Dee Dee then notices the belt and puts it on. This gives Dexter an idea...
The episode ends with Dee Dee falling off the platform, then rising to it, then falling off it again, and Dexter controlling the lever, as payback for what she did to him.
Trivia
- On some cable boxes, the episode is misspelled as "Sdrawcab."