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Monkey
Voiced by: Frank Welker, Corey Burton (speaking voice in "The Lab of Tomorrow")
Dexter's pet moneky- The Ace: In-Universe, he is the most powerful and respected hero on the planet.
- Action Pet: When off duty, his personality is similar to Dee Dee's and he is often seen playing with her in the laboratory, but when it is time to save the world Monkey is extremely serious and heroic and risks his very life to ensure the safety of the world and those he loves.
- Almighty Janitor: As far as Dexter is concerned, Monkey will never be anything more than a normal, average monkey.
- Amplified Animal Aptitude: Even without his powers, Monkey is just as intelligent — if not moreso — than all the humans around him.
- Animal Superheroes: He's a superheroic monkey.
- Badass Adorable: He is considered to be one of the Dexterverse's top superheroes.
- Batman Can Breathe in Space: Apparently his energy field provides life support for himself and passengers.
- A Birthday, Not a Break: The banned "Barbequor" episode took place when the other heroes threw a birthday party for him, but even after he defeated the Barbequor and the Silver Spooner, Monkey wasn't able to enjoy his birthday because he then had to give Krunk a ride home and Krunk kept on giving very lousy directions on where his home was.
- Brought Down to Badass: When Huntor's technology completely counteracts Monkey's powers, Monkey defeats the villain using only his skills, brains, and gorilla — er...— guerilla tactics.
- Brought to You by the Letter "S": The letter M (for monkey), in this case, being part of his mask and belt.
- Clark Kenting: An odd variation. His costume disguises his entire body, but he is still called Monkey regardless of whether he's in his superhero getup or posing as an ordinary monkey. Dexter still never makes the connection until he sees Monkey unmasked.
- Determinator: In his fight with Rasslor, he kept on being knocked down, and wouldn't give up. Rasslor threw the fight (and decided to spare the Earth) because he was genuinely impressed by this.
- A Dog Named "Dog": A monkey named Monkey.
- Dub Name Change: To make the "M" motif work, the Swedish dub changed his name to "Markatta", the swedish name for the Guenon family of monkeys.
- Flying Brick: He can generate an energy field around his body that gives him this set of powers.
- Furry Reminder: Monkey is intelligent, but his instinctive reactions, body language and problem-solving skills are all quite simian.
- Henshin Hero: Monkey can transform into his superhero costume at will.
- Heroic Spirit: He can be defeated (with humorous ease in some cases), but he'll never surrender.
- Intelligible Unintelligible: Monkey communicates in hoots and screeches like an ordinary monkey. No one has any trouble understanding him.
- Interspecies Romance: He is often paired with his sidekick and girlfriend Agent Honeydew on his missions who he cares about deeply and appears to posses a psychic link with her. He also has a brief fling with Quackor, a superpowered duck.
- Irony: Dexter experimented on Monkey extensively, only to be disappointed that they didn't produce any observable enhancements or mutations. Dexter, of course, didn't realize that his test subject already had superpowers.
- Kid-Appeal Character: In-Universe, Monkey is particularly popular among children.
- Loves My Alter Ego: Non-romantic example. Dexter admires the super hero Monkey and has no idea that his lab monkey leads a double life. He remains thoroughly unimpressed that his monkey failed to developed super powers.
- Narrator All Along: "The Lab of Tomorrow" ends with the revelation that he was the one narrating the episode. No explanation is given for how he became capable of human speech.
- Out of Focus: His appearances became less frequent in the final two seasons. He did get a bizarre Day in the Limelight episode, though.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: He's simply adorable both in and out of costume.
- Secret Identity: As Dexter's lab monkey. Dexter and his family are completely unaware of his double life.
- Suddenly Speaking: Is revealed to have become able to speak at the end of "The Lab of Tomorrow".
- Superhero: He's considered the best of them all in the series' universe.
- Superpower Lottery: Played with. Monkey has an extremely wide variety of superpowers — to a far greater extent than any other hero in his universe — but they're all tied to the energy field his body generates. If that field is neutralized, he's basically an ordinary monkey.
- Super-Scream: Monkey can release a high-pitched sonic wave using his voice.
- Talking the Monster to Death: Convinces Simion, another super-enhanced primate, to abandon his plan of destroying the Earth in favor of returning to a more simple lifestyle in the jungle. Not bad for somebody who communicates primarily by chirping and screeching.
Agent Honeydew
Voiced by: Kath Soucie
Monkey's colleague- Action Girl: As part of her agent training, she is a trained fighter who is proficient in firearms.
- Boyish Short Hair: She has short black hair with curly bangs.
- Fights Like a Normal: Honeydew possesses telepathic powers but primarily uses them to communicate with Monkey. In battle, she relies on her hand-to-hand combat training and use of firearms.
- Expy: Of Agent 13 of The Avengers
- Interspecies Romance: Despite their different species' (and the questionable ethics of this), it appears that Monkey and Honeydew's relationship is very close and romantic, as both are often seen going out on dates when off duty, sharing romantic dinners and Monkey staying over at her house where they apparently bathe together while she grooms him.
- Ms. Fanservice: She is a sexy spy.
- Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Has pale skin and black hair.
- Spy Catsuit: She wears a violet-blue S.H.I.E.L.D.-style jumpsuit when is in mission.
- Psychic Link: She appears to have one with Monkey. Why is never explained.
Commander Chief
Voiced by: Robert Ridgely (Season 1), Earl Boen (Season 2)
Monkey and Honeydew's boss- Big Good: By way of being the head of the organization Agent Honeydew works for, he's the highest authority figure Monkey works for.
- Expy: Of Nick Fury, both characters being leaders of police organizations who wear eyepatches.
- Eyepatch of Power: To go with the mustache, he also wears an eyepatch.
- Punny Name: Commander(-in) Chief.
- Trapped in TV Land: It's implied that he is actually trapped in a TV set rather than broadcasting from somewhere.
Barbequor
Voiced by: Robert Ridgely
Monkey's first enemy.- Expy: He's a parody of Galactus.
- Planet Eater: He takes the planets of the solar system and tries to eat them like a shish kabob.
Magmanamus
Voiced by: Brad Garrett
A lava monster who got awakened and just wanna go to sleep- Anti-Villain: He doesn't really want to hurt anyone. All he wanted was to get some sleep.
- Magma Man: He's a giant lava monster.
- Ironic Name: Magnanimous means generous and forgiving. Magmanamous is neither of those things (though it's hard to blame the poor guy.)
- Starter Villain: The villain of the first aired episode of Dial M For Monkey.
Rasslor
Voiced by: Randy Savage
Some wrestling ET dude.- Affably Evil: A world destroying alien wrestler who will show respect to his worthy adversaries and even honorable attempts like Major Glory."Major Glory, you speak boldly and your breath is minty fresh. For this, I salute you."
- Barbarian Long Hair: Reaches to the small of his back.
- Boisterous Bruiser: A given being voiced by Macho Man Randy Savage.
- Blood Knight: Loves to wrestle and fight.
- Blue-and-Orange Morality: His system of ethics is basically "go to planets, fight champions, and blow them up to spare them of their disgrace."
- Challenge Seeker: His main MO throughout his intergalactic travels. He seeks to find his Worthy Opponent, going planet to planet defeating each champion. If the planet gives him a worthy adversary, he spares the planet. If any world fails however, he blows it up.
- Expy: He's very obviously a take on Marvel character Champion of the Universe
, as the cosmic champion who challenges planet's strongest heroes to determine their worth, just more pro-wrestling-oriented. - Fantastic Racism: Initially looked down on Monkey as a non threat and refused to “soil (his) hands on so lowly a creature.” Turns his opinion around at the end of the episode.
- Graceful Loser: While he technically didn’t lose the match against Monkey, he did concede it when Monkey showed his willingness to fight on"Incredible. I could crush your body. I could smash your bones, but I could never break your spirit. You are a marvel little Monkey! Any planet who could spawn one as noble as you is truly blessed! I spare your Earth!"
- Human Aliens: Looks mostly human save for his teal skin and 90's physique.
- Invincible Villain: Played with. For starters, he destroys planets if no one can beat him in a fight. And he himself goes around challenging planets in the first place, so he's definitely in villain territory. For the invincible part, no one who actually fights him seems to be able to put a dent in him. The only reason Rasslor spares Earth is because he is impressed by Monkey's willingness to fight and decides to concede.
- Large Ham: Comes with being voiced by the Macho Man himself.
- Motive Rant: Delivers one to the assembled heroes he brought onto the Shippodrome.
- Near-Villain Victory: Rasslor pretty much beats every opponent that goes against him but the only reason he spares Earth at the last second is because Monkey impressed him with his unrelenting determination.
- No-Sell: Easily defeats the entire Justice Friends without breaking a sweat. Doesn’t even flinch when Monkey tries strangling his leg.
- One-Shot Character: Appears in the titular episode Rasslor.
- Role Association: At the end of the episode when everyone is celebrating, Rasslor gives Monkey a one-armed hug and belts out a nice, big "OOOOH YEEEEAH!"
- Worthy Opponent: Searches the galaxy to find one by wrestling the champions of many worlds. He found one in a superpowered monkey.
Promotor
Voiced by: Rob Paulsen.
Rasslor's manager.- Expy: A parody of Mike Tyson manager Don King
- One-Shot Character: Appears in the episode "Rasslor"
Quackor the Fowl/Ducky
Voiced by: Frank Welker
Monkey's archnemisis like Mandark is to Dexter.- A Dog Named "Dog": Her real name is Ducky.
- Dark Action Girl: After she's revealed to be female in her second appearance, we learn that she's this.
- Evil Counterpart: To Monkey. She is Mandark's pet duck and Monkey's arch-nemesis.
- Feathered Fiend: An evil duck.
- Heel–Face Turn: In her second appearance, due to falling in love with Monkey.
- Lunacy: She becomes Quackor when the moonlight hits her. Sunlight restores her to normal.
- Punny Name: Quackor the Fowl; "fowl" is a term for both ducks and chickens, while a homonym "foul" means "wicked" or "amoral".
- Rogues' Gallery Transplant: According to the The Powerpuff Girls episode "Bought and Scold", Quackor the Fowl is somehow one of their enemies.
- Samus Is a Girl: Implied in her second appearance; she and Monkey not only fall in love, but she lays an egg.
- Undying Loyalty: Implied to have this for Mandark in her debut episode, seeing as she goes off to destroy Dexter's lab after hearing Mandark mumble about wanting to do so in his sleep.
Simion the Monkey
Voiced by: Maurice LaMarche
Sort of Monkey's evil counterpart.- Affably Evil: He's a very sophisticated villain who even has a banquet prepared for Monkey when he breaks into his base.
- Evil Counterpart: To Monkey. Both gained superpowers as a result of human experimentation. Monkey became a superhero while Simion turned to villainy due to the bitterness over being abandoned by humans.
- Going Native: After he destroys his ship and goes to a native planet Monkey takes him to, Simion rips off his clothing, revealing his underwear and after hugging Monkey, decides to make his new life on the planet, thanking him.
- Humans Are the Real Monsters: He wanted to destroy humanity for experimenting on brought him.
- No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine: He invites Monkey to dinner before informing him that his space station is set to destroy Earth in five minutes.
- One-Shot Character: He was never seen outside the episode: Simion.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: His voice was based on that of Charlton Heston's.
- Psychic Powers: Simion becomes enlightened and acquires the power of telekinesis and matter creation.
- Talking Animal: Unlike Monkey, Simion is quite eloquent.
- Talking the Monster to Death: While attempting to convince Monkey to join him, Monkey simply offers him the banana Agent Honeydew gave him and explains the compassion behind it, convincing him to stand down.
- Tragic Villain: He's the result of an experiment to send monkeys into space. The craft exploded which exposed him to gamma radiation. The experience made him super-intelligent, but was also torturous and desolate, leading to his bitterness towards humans.
- We Can Rule Together: Simion lures Monkey to his ship to propose an alliance in which they can bring a new order to the galaxy. Monkey, naturally, refuses.
Orgon Grindor
Voiced by: Jim Cummings
An evil performer- And I Must Scream: Ends up encased in gold while still conscious.
- Fat Bastard: Overweight and a nasty crook.
- Funny Foreigner: He speaks in a stereotypical Italian accent.
- Greed: He tries to hypnotize Monkey into stealing valuables for him.
Peltra
Voiced by: Dee Dee Rescher
An alien fashion designer- Bald of Evil: She has no hair whatsoever. Honeydew lampshades the Irony of a hairless villain stealing other animals' fur to wear herself.
- Barbie Doll Anatomy: When stripped naked by Agent Honeydew, her exposed body is devoid of genitalia or any other detail.
- Cruella to Animals: She hires her goons Tanner and Skinner to kill animals just so she can have them made into exotic clothes.
- Cat Fight: With Honeydew, complete with hissing and noises. She's even wearing an outfit made of cat's hide at the time.
- Designated Girl Fight: Honeydew takes her down; Monkey takes out her minions and wraps her up afterwards.
- Expy: Her pale white skin, obsession with fur and her two henchmen make her an obvious parody of Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmatians.
- Fat Bastard: She is quite rotund and she tries to make a pelt out of Monkey.
- The Fashionista: She fancies herself one, and she makes her own clothes.
- Faux Action Girl: Without a ray gun or the element of surprise, she has no combat skills whatsoever. Honeydew is able to subdue her with contemptuous ease in their fight.
- Gonky Femme: She's not pleasant to look at and is obsessed with fashion.
- Nonhumans Lack Attributes: Not only does she have neither hair (anywhere) or genitalia, she also has no breasts and her large belly extends far beyond where her hips would go. Probably the only way the show got away with showing an adult (coded) female character getting stripped naked, Barbie Doll Anatomy or no.
- Talking Is a Free Action: Falls victim to this. When Honeydew interrupts their Cat Fight to deliver the episode's aesop, Peltra immediately stops fighting and just lets Honeydew rip off her hat and clothes, then give her a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown before Monkey arrests her.
- Shameful Strip: After Agent Honeydew ruins her plan by splashing paint on Monkey, she is then stripped naked and wrapped in sheets of metal.
- Unlimited Wardrobe: Has a wide variety of outfits, and wears a different one in each of her scenes.
Huntor
Voiced by: Ed Gilbert
An alien trophy hunter- Aliens of London: Huntor is an alien who speaks with an Australian accent.
- Badass Normal: Huntor doesn't have any super powers and relies on his weaponry and skills as a hunter.
- Beast of Battle: Uses his biomechanical Snorkdro as a steed to pursue his prey, at least until it's incapacitated.
- BFG: Whips out a tricked-out rifle nearly twice as long as he is tall in his attempt to take down Monkey. Unfortunately for him, that made it easier to destroy.
- The Cameo: In an episode of Samurai Jack.
- Cat Boy: Somewhat resembles a large muscular cat.
- Combat Pragmatist: His weapons are designed to counteract and neutralize Monkey's powers.
- Egomaniac Hunter: In this case, one who hunts heroes.
- Expy: He and his episode serve as a long Expy and Shout-Out to Predator including its signature scene of Dutch laying traps, applying war paint and letting loose a war cry to draw the Predator out for a final show down.
- Faux Affably Evil: Casually talks with Monkey about the sport of hunting, until Monkey refuses to take part, at which point he reveals that he has Agent Honeydew and Commander Chief as hostages.Huntor: You refuse to be hunted? Well, that's not very sportsmanlike, is it?
- Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: The self-proclaimed "greatest hunter in the universe" nowadays hunts superheroes for sport, as they're the only prey that provides a challenge for him anymore.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Ultimately left by Monkey on an unknown planet, to be chased after by giant redneck alien hunters.
- Sadistic Choice: Tries to invoke this on Monkey by setting his space station to self-destruct and forcing him to rescue Agent Honeydew and Commander Chief, but it ultimately doesn't work due to him being just that fast.
- Walking Armory: Half of his arsenal was designed for forcing Monkey to comply to his rules, either rendering his abilities ineffective or outright taking them away. The other half, on the other hand...
