When Dexter gets the chicken pox, Dee Dee tells him that if he scratches he'll turn into a chicken. Dexter strives against the elements of nature to not scratch but he cannot help it. Based on the television series "Dexter's Laboratory."
Direction
Tartakovsky's kinetic timing—every frame a gag
Sound
Tom Kenny's panicked robot noises steal scenes
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn squash-and-stretch peak Cartoon Network
Director
Genndy Tartakovsky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tartakovsky directed this during Samurai Jack Season 1, keeping his Cartoon Network roots alive.
Chicken pox parties were still common in 2002; this short captures that pre-vaccine childhood anxiety.
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