Last But Not Beast (Dexter's Laboratory)

"Last But Not Beast" is the thirty-ninth episode in the second season of Dexter's Laboratory.

Plot
During a trip to Japan as part of a student exchange program, Dexter accidentally releases a giant monster with an axe-like head from a volcano, forcing him to enlist the aid of his family to defeat it.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The start was very nice, as it has Dexter's family rushing to get ready for work & school, and Dee Dee and her mother find that Dexter is missing and swapped places with a foreign exchange student.
 * 2) Dexter showing his Japanese classmates his robot suit looks very cool and is very impressive for turning a climbing frame into a ball, along with his classmates' inventions. But Dexter combining his family's vehicles into one robot is the most impressive.
 * 3) * They also avoid coming across as a Transformers rip-off despite looking similar and watching the montage of the classmates showing their inventions was also nice.
 * 4) Having a monster come out of a volcano is extremely impressive.
 * 5) Watching the Dial M for Monkey and Justice Friends characters make cameos was very cool to see, and they have an important role to stop the volcano monster Dexter's robot accidentally summoned.
 * 6) The suits Dexter puts his family in look pretty good, along with the vehicles they use and even the song that's sang when driving to Japan. Speaking of which, said song would later be used in the season 3 episode, "Go, Dexter Family, Go!"
 * 7) "I will not fear you, dragon. You may crush my home but you cannot crush my heart or the power it holds" - the boy in the dragon story.
 * 8) The backstory the Japanese exchange student tells the Dexter family about the dragon is neat and interesting.
 * 9) The fight the Dexter family have with the monster is top-notch.
 * 10) Good Ending: When Dexter and his family stop the monster, he hugs his pet monkey only to reveal that he's a superhero, and his parents finally found out about his laboratory. Although he was about to be in trouble, he brainwashed his parents and Monkey brainwashes Dexter.

Reception

 * It holds a rating of 8.2/10 on IMDB.

Trivia

 * This is the only 30-minute special of Dexter's Laboratory.
 * It's a reference to Voltron & the Super Sentai/Power Rangers franchises.
 * Baxdara is a reference to Godzilla & Gamera.
 * The song played here, "Go, Dexter Family, Go!" is a reference to the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers theme song, "Go, Go Power Rangers!"