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Mom is Dexter and Dee Dee's unnamed red-haired mother. She is an everyday house mom as well as a Germ-o-phobic. She always wears a pair of yellow rubber gloves and is mostly seen keeping things clean around the house. She is a very busy mom who is seen doing lots of other work around the house as well. She is voiced by Kath Soucie.
Background[]
Appearance[]
Dexter and Dee Dee's Mom is a middle aged woman with a curvy figure, rather large hips, and a distinctly large rear end, a frequent source of adult humor in some episodes. She is rarely seen without her yellow rubber gloves, wearing them at all times. She also wears a pale green blouse-shirt with a wide collar, white apron, dark green pants, and pumps. For swimwear, she wears a polka dot bikini, the color of which changes per episode.
As a baby, she wore a diaper, had a single red hair on her head, and loved sucking on her pacifier.
Several changes were made to Mom’s design after the show’s revival, as was the case with the entire cast. Her head is made larger, and facial features more angular. The bow is removed from her apron, and her torso and hands are now smaller and skinnier. In contrast, her hips and rump are enlarged even further, with a more shapely outline given to her butt cheeks.
In the episode “Chess Mom,” she reveals a photo of herself as a cheerleader in 1983. She wore a blue uniform with yellow skirt and pom poms, and fashioned her hair in a ponytail. She is also much skinnier, lacking her signature giant buttocks.
Personality[]
Mom is a woman who is afraid of germs and has trouble being around the rest of the family without her rubber gloves. She is rarely seen without her gloves, and, should she happen to lose them, starts to go insane in an episode - "Pslightly Psycho" to be exact - when they have gone missing from her nightstand. She is also shown to have quite a ferocious temper, but sometimes she is very strict that shows itself when she is disobeyed or angered in some way, going so far as to threaten Dexter with a spanking due to his unwillingness to throw out the garbage.
Although a stereotypical housewife, a few episodes imply that most of Dexter's personality comes from her, including her perfectionist streaks, intelligence, and penchant for dramatics. She speaks in a kind of Minnesotan accent. Normally she is shown to be just as unintelligent as Dad, although occasionally she is shown to be smarter than him, or Dad is more calculating than her.
Biography[]
Mom meeting Dad for the first time
Though her first name is unknown, her maiden surname before marrying Dad was probably O'Reilly since that is the last name of her brother.
Mom, and the whole family
It is revealed in a flashback episode that she used to be a Valley Girl type in the 1980s, which may also be the basis for her accent. She also met her future husband in college; he ended up helping her cope with university life and her germ fear. It's also revealed he gave her her yellow gloves to help her. In Chess Mom it is revealed that she used to be a cheerleader in high school. She is always seen walking on her tiptoes and her feet make a very dainty, clicking sound whenever she walks around which explains how Dee Dee inherited the squishy sound her feet make when she walks around. On that note, it is revealed in one episode that Dee Dee inherited snowball fighting skills from Mom. Her real name has never been revealed, and her husband only refers to her as "honey," "dear," etc. When she was a baby, she was a pacifier sucking addict and always whined.
Dexter's mother has also shown to be able to fight very well. She beat up another mom, rescued Dexter from aliens, and helped Dexter save the world from Badaxtra.
Appearances[]
Episodes[]
Dexter's Laboratory[]
The Big Sister[]
Old Man Dexter[]
Maternal Combat[]
Dexter Dodgeball[]
Double Trouble[]
Jurassic Pooch[]
Star Spangled Sidekicks[]
Babysitter Blues[]
Dollhouse Drama[]
The Big Cheese[]
Tribe Called Girl[]
Spacecase[]
Dexter's Debt[]
Beard to Be Feared[]
Mom and Jerry[]
Chubby Cheese[]
That Crazy Robot[]
D & DD[]
Hamhocks and Armlocks[]
Hunger Strikes[]
Morning Stretch[]
Dee Dee Locks and the Ness Monster[]
Shoo, Shoe Gnomes[]
Backfire[]
Labels[]
Fantastic Boyage[]
Filet of Soul[]
Golden Diskette[]
Snowdown[]
Ewww That's Growth[]
Nuclear Confusion[]
Germ Warfare[]
A Hard Day's Day[]
Road Rash[]
Ocean Commotion[]
Sassy Come Home[]
Photo Finish[]
Star Check Unconventional[]
Dexter is Dirty[]
Ice Cream Scream[]
Decode of Honor[]
World's Greatest Mom[]
Techno Turtle[]
Surprise![]
911[]
Down in the Dumps[]
Unfortunate Cookie[]
The Muffin King[]
Picture Day[]
Now That's a Stretch[]
Don't Be a Baby[]
G.I.R.L. Squad[]
Koosalagoopagoop[]
Project Dee Dee[]
Topped Off[]
No Power Trip[]
Sister Mom[]
The Laughing[]
Dexter's Lab: A Story[]
Coupon for Craziness[]
Better Off Wet[]
Critical Gas[]
Average Joe[]
A Boy and His Bug[]
You Vegetabelieve It![]
Rude Removal[]
Don't Be a Hero[]
The Old Switcharooms[]
Trick or Treehouse[]
Quiet Riot[]
Dad is Disturbed[]
That's Using Your Head[]
DiM[]
Just an Old-Fashioned Lab Song...[]
Repairanoid[]
Sdrawkcab[]
The Continuum of Cartoon Fools[]
Gooey Aliens That Control Your Mind[]
Misplaced in Space[]
Dee Dee's Rival[]
Pslyghtly Psycho[]
Blackfoot and Slim[]
The Parrot Trap[]
Dexter vs. Santa's Claws[]
LABretto[]
Last But Not Beast[]
Streaky Clean[]
Sole Brother[]
Mind Over Chatter[]
Momdark[]
Copping an Aptitude[]
A Failed Lab Experiment[]
The Grand-Daddy of All Inventions[]
A Mom Cartoon[]
If Memory Serves[]
Tele Trauma[]
A Dee Dee Cartoon[]
That Magic Moment[]
Oh, Brother[]
Another Dad Cartoon[]
Bar Exam[]
Glove at First Sight[]
A Mom & Dad Cartoon[]
Scare Tactics[]
My Dad vs. Your Dad[]
Go, Dexter Family! Go![]
Bad Cable Manners[]
Beau Tie[]
Dexter's Little Dilemma[]
D²[]
Head Band[]
Stuffed Animal House[]
Used Ink[]
The Scrying Game[]
Monstrosi-Dee Dee[]
Dad Man Walking[]
Dexter the Barbarian[]
Tuber Time[]
Sore Eyes[]
Chess Mom[]
Father Knows Least[]
Height Unseen[]
Dexter's Wacky Races[]
The Lab of Tomorrow[]
Garage Sale[]
They Got Chops[]
Comedy of Feathers[]
Film[]
Ego Trip[]
Printed Media[]
Comic Books[]
Miscellaneous Books[]
Miscellaneous[]
Relationships[]
Quotes[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Neither her first or last names were revealed during the series' run and the show's staff simply dubbed her "Dexter's Mom".
- She is the only person in the family who doesn't have a rivalry with her Astronomonov Family counterpart. Though it may be possible that she does because in the episode My Dad vs Your Dad, Dexter and Mandark bet that their moms could beat each other up.
- Mom is often credited as one of the pioneers of the “Hartman Hips” animation trope, where a female character has a skinny torso and massive hips and butt.
- In the episode Glove at First Sight, it was revealed that Mom put her hand in between her and Dad's lips during their first “kiss,” which they still recreate in the present day.
- While Dexter's mom is a germophobe, she was shown on Smells Like Victory to be sharpening a pencil with her mouth.
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