Dilbert

6.8
199922m

Production

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Dilbert is an animated television series adaptation of the comic strip of the same name, produced by Adelaide Productions, Idbox, and United Media and distributed by Columbia TriStar Television. The first episode was broadcast on January 25, 1999, and was UPN's highest-rated comedy series premiere at that point in the network's history; it lasted two seasons on UPN and won a Primetime Emmy before its cancellation.

Trailers & Videos

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Dilbert - Intro

Seasons

13 Episodes • Premiered 1999

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1. The Name

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Dilbert is tasked with naming a product that hasn't even been designed yet, and the stress (brought on by a recurring nightmare) makes Dilbert think he's turning into a chicken.

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2. The Prototype

Dilbert and Alice must work together to stop a rival team led by the legendary "Lena" from stealing their ideas and presenting them to the Boss as her own.

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3. The Competition

Dilbert is fired from his job when he is suspected of being a spy for a rival company (which was a rumor cooked up by Dogbert's online newsletter) and gets hired at a company that actually treats their workers like people.

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4. Testing

The Gruntmaster 6000 prototype is put to the test by an evil masked test engineer named Bob Bastard.

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5. Elbonian Trip

Dilbert, Alice, Wally, Dogbert, and the Pointy-Haired Boss take a business trip to Elbonia. Alice and Dilbert attempt to free the Elbonian people (Alice adopts an Elbonian baby while Dilbert introduces the workers to human rights) while Wally becomes a prophet.

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6. The Takeover

Dilbert and Wally become majority shareholders of their company after Dogbert manipulates the stock market.

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7. Little People

Dilbert discovers that the office is inhabited by a race of former employees who have been "downsized" (literally shrunken down to size after they've been laid off) after finding all of his belongings used, the dry-erase markers disappearing, and X-rated websites on his computer.

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8. Tower of Babel

The repetitive passing-on of the same cold strain in Dilbert's office causes it to mutate and turns the coworkers into monsters. Rather than eliminate the virus, the company decides to start fresh by moving everyone to a new office, which Dilbert is tasked with designing.

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9. Y2K

On the eve of the new millennium, everyone — except Dilbert — is making New Year's plans. While assuring everyone that the company is prepared for Y2K, Dilbert discovers that the computer mainframe's main processor isn't Y2K-compatible and all the company's systems will crash if it isn't fixed. Dilbert is rewarded for discovering this by being assigned to fix it, and he discovers that the system's original programmer was Wally. But have years of drudgework dulled his brain too much to be able to tackle this crucial task?

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10. The Knack

Dilbert loses "the knack" for technology when he gets management DNA from accidentally drinking from the Boss's cup. His resulting mis-steps send the world back to the Dark Ages.

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11. Charity

Dilbert is forced to be a charity coordinator for the "Associated Way" charity drive.

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12. Holiday

Dilbert thinks there are too many time-wasting holidays; Dogbert concurrently convinces Congress to abandon all holidays in favor of a National Dogbert Day.

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13. Infomercial

The pre-production—non-lab-tested—Gruntmaster 6000 is scheduled to be tested by a Texan family.

Cast

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Daniel Stern

Dilbert (voice)

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Larry Miller

Pointy-Haired Boss (voice)

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Gordon Hunt

Wally (voice)

Photo of Chris Elliott

Chris Elliott

Dogbert (voice)

Photo of Jim Wise

Jim Wise

Loud Howard (voice)

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Jackie Hoffman

Dilmom (voice)

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