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The Prototype

Episode Number: 3    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Monday February 8, 1999    Prod Code: 102
A rival engineering department is developing a prototype of their own for the Gruntmaster 6000. Headed by the legendary Lena, who is rumored to steal the ideas and heads of other engineers. She sets her sights on Dilbert.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Jeff Kahn
Director: Alfred Gimeno
Star: Chris Elliott (Voice of Dogbert),  Jim Wise (Loud Howard),  Daniel Stern (Voice of Dilbert),  Tress MacNeille (Carol/Various Guests),  Tom Kenny (Ashok/Ratbert),  Larry Miller (Voice of the Pointy-Haired Boss),  Kathy Griffin (Voice of Alice (uncredited)),  Gordon Hunt (Voice of Wally),  Jackie Hoffman (Voice of Dilmom),  Maurice LaMarche (Garbage Man/Bob the Dinosaur),  Gary Kroeger (Marketing Guy)
Recurring Role: Jim Wise (Voice of Loud Howard),  Maurice LaMarche (Voice of Garbage Man),  Tom Kenny (Voice of Asok/ Ratbert),  Gary Kroeger (Voice of Unknown),  Tress MacNeille (Voice of Unknown)
Guest Star: Billy West (Voice of Unknown),  Tress MacNeille (Voice of Lena)

Notes

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This is the first appearance of the character The Garbage Man. (edit)

Quotes

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Dilbert: (in the bathtub with his hand looking for soap between his legs) It's so small… I can't find it… (edit)
Dogbert: I hate origami.
Dilbert: (folding napkins) I have a date.
Dogbert: (chuckling) Boy that was weird. I thought you said you had a date. (edit)
Garbage Man: Although it might seem that way on the surface, it's you who's blocking yourself. (edit)
Dilbert: I don't want to de-prune people. I want to make the world a better place to live in. (edit)
Alice: Now I'm thinking of sex at the same time I see you naked... NOW I'VE GOT DILBERT AND SEX IN THE SAME PART OF MY BRAIN!
Loud Howard: You've ruined sex for me! Forever! (edit)

Trivia

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When Dilbert is about to enter Lena's cubicle you can see inside the cubicle wall that the wall is blue like normal. But when he enter the cubicle you can see the wall is made of stone. (edit)
Dilbert is sitting the wrong way in the bathtub. Most people would be sitting facing the faucet. Instead he is sitting with his back against the faucet and over the drain. (edit)

Allusions

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Machiavellian: The term comes from the ideas written in Machiavelli's book The Prince, which describes corrupt government practices. (edit)
Wellesley: A woman's college on the east coast. (edit)
Albany, New York: This city in upstate New York is known for its long winters. (edit)
Zena of engineers: Based on the television show Zena: Warrior Princess. (edit)
Wally's screensaver: It's the Windows rotating cube that ships with every Windows operating system. (edit)
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