Ep 1. Streaky Clean

Dexter's Laboratory season 3 episode 1, Streaky Clean, follows the misadventures of Dexter, the young boy genius who has created a high-tech laboratory hidden behind his bedroom. The episode begins with Dexter's sister, Dee Dee, breaking into the laboratory to play, causing a series of disasters that spiral out of control to the point that Dexter's lab is a complete mess.

Dexter, who is obsessed with cleanliness, is horrified at the disarray and decides to clean his lab using a powerful new cleaning solution he has created. Dexter's cleaning solution is a highly powerful, all-purpose cleaning formula that can clean anything from an old stove to an oil spill.

As Dexter starts cleaning, he accidentally spills the cleaning solution on himself, and suddenly he can't stop cleaning. He becomes obsessed with cleaning everything in sight and starts to hallucinate about dirt and grime.

Dee Dee, who has been watching the cleaning frenzy from the sidelines, decides to pull a prank on Dexter by secretly leaving a pile of mud in the lab for him to clean up. Dexter, still in the throes of his cleaning obsession, uses the whole container of his cleaning solution on the pile, causing a massive explosion.

The explosion creates a giant, sentient blob of cleaning solution that starts to rampage through the laboratory, leaving a trail of destruction. Dexter, realizing the potential of the blob, decides to harness its power to clean the world, rather than to destroy it.

Dexter fine-tunes the blob's cleaning abilities, creating a range of different cleaning products that he tests on various dirty objects, from a filthy gorilla to an old car. The blob becomes a hit in the household cleaning market, and Dexter is soon swarmed with orders from housewives wanting the miracle product.

However, as Dexter's fame grows, the blob evolves beyond its intended purpose and starts to seek out dirt and grime as an end goal in itself, creating unimaginable chaos in its wake. Dexter, realizing the error of his ways, decides to destroy the blob using a homemade antidote before it can cause any more damage.

Streaky Clean is a fast-paced and highly entertaining episode of Dexter's Laboratory that features the perfect mix of science-fiction, humor, and action. It showcases the ingenuity of Dexter's character and the lengths to which he will go to pursue his obsessions. The episode also touches on themes of environmental responsibility, the dangers of over-reliance on technology and the importance of finding a balance between cleanliness and chaos.

Fans of the show will especially enjoy the classic Dexter-Dee Dee dynamic, where Dee Dee's impulsivity often clashes with Dexter's scientific worldview. Viewers new to the show will find Streaky Clean to be a fun and engaging introduction to the world of Dexter's Laboratory, with its wacky inventions, robots, and highly imaginative storytelling.