Dilbert
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.
Seasons
1. The Name
Air Date: 1999-01-25
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.
2. The Prototype
Air Date: 1999-02-01
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.
3. The Competition
Air Date: 1999-02-08
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.
4. Testing
Air Date: 1999-02-15
The Gruntmaster 6000 prototype is put to the test by an evil masked test engineer named Bob Bastard.
5. Elbonian Trip
Air Date: 1999-02-22
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.
6. The Takeover
Air Date: 1999-03-01
Dilbert and Wally become majority shareholders of their company after Dogbert manipulates the stock market.
7. Little People
Air Date: 1999-03-22
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.
8. Tower of Babel
Air Date: 1999-04-05
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.
9. Y2K
Air Date: 1999-04-26
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?
10. The Knack
Air Date: 1999-05-03
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.
11. Charity
Air Date: 1999-05-10
Dilbert is forced to be a charity coordinator for the "Associated Way" charity drive.
12. Holiday
Air Date: 1999-05-17
Dilbert thinks there are too many time-wasting holidays; Dogbert concurrently convinces Congress to abandon all holidays in favor of a National Dogbert Day.
13. Infomercial
Air Date: 1999-05-24
The pre-production—non-lab-tested—Gruntmaster 6000 is scheduled to be tested by a Texan family.
1. The Gift
Air Date: 1999-11-02
Dilbert's mother's birthday is coming up, and in search of the perfect gift, he returns to the mall where he was abandoned by his father (voiced by Buck Henry) years ago.
2. The Trial
Air Date: 1999-11-23
Dilbert is sent to prison after the boss frames him for a fatal traffic accident. Once inside, he applies his knowledge of mathematics and engineering to prison life and takes over his cell block.
3. The Shroud of Wally
Air Date: 1999-11-16
Dilbert has a near-death experience at a gas station, and finds that the afterlife is exactly like the office. Meanwhile, a group listening to a multi-level marketing speech become hypnotized, and through a bizarre accident caused by a crashing space shuttle and the birthday kit create a religion based on Wally. Dilbert and Dogbert manage to cover up the crash, while Wally turns away his followers with his odd habits.
4. The Dupey
Air Date: 1999-12-07
Dilbert's attempts to design a Furby-style children's toy go horribly awry when the toys gain sentience and mutate into hideous but benevolent creatures that want independence.
5. Art
Air Date: 2000-02-22
Dilbert is assigned to create a digital work of art. The result, the "Blue Duck," ends up appealing to the lowest common denominator of society and destroys the value and popularity of classic artworks.
6. Hunger
Air Date: 2000-02-01
Dilbert tries to end world hunger by creating a new, safe, artificial food, but it tastes so bad that even people dying of starvation refuse to eat it – until his mother gets involved.
7. The Security Guard
Air Date: 2000-01-18
After a heated debate, Dilbert and the building's security guard trade jobs to see who can do the other's job better. Dilbert quickly finds himself in over his head when he discovers an illegal casino being run underneath the building.
8. The Merger
Air Date: 2000-01-25
The Boss decides that the company needs to merge with another, and chooses a company of brain-sucking extraterrestrials.
9. The Off-Site Meeting
Air Date: 2000-02-08
Dilbert's home is chosen as the location for an off-site meeting when a dendrophile sues his company because of their deforestation policies.
10. The Assistant
Air Date: 2000-02-15
Dilbert is unwillingly promoted to management and given an assistant, sparking a showdown with the other engineers.
11. Company Picnic
Air Date: 2000-07-11
The annual company picnic comes around and so does the softball game between Marketing and Engineering. This episode is based on Romeo and Juliet.
12. The Virtual Employee
Air Date: 2000-05-30
Dilbert and his co-workers find an empty cubicle and start dumping their obsolete computer equipment into it. To keep the marketing department from claiming the cubicle, they hack into the human resources database and create a profile for a fake engineer named Todd. The plan backfires when Todd is named project leader and develops a messianic reputation.
13. The Return
Air Date: 2000-06-06
Dilbert tries to buy a computer online but gets the wrong model, leading to an unpleasant surprise when he tries to return it to the company warehouse.
14. Ethics
Air Date: 2000-06-13
After the company employees are forced to take ethical-training classes, Dilbert is put in charge of designing a nationwide Internet voting network. His scruples are put to the test when an attractive female representative of a tobacco special-interest group tries to seduce him.
15. The Fact
Air Date: 1999-11-09
Dogbert becomes rich and famous by writing a best-selling book about an imaginary disease, 'Chronic Cubicle Syndrome', and Dilbert finds himself saddled with the job of devising a cure.
16. Pregnancy
Air Date: 2000-07-18
Ratbert accidentally sends Dilbert's model rocket into space. When it returns with samples of DNA from aliens, cows, hillbillies, engineers, and robots, it rectally impales Dilbert, impregnating him.
17. The Delivery
Air Date: 2000-07-25
Dilbert's pregnancy turns into a media circus as the various "parents" of his baby sue for custody, with Steve Austin presiding over the hearing.
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Rating
6.9/10
Release Date
1999-01-25
Episodes
30 (2 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
Columbia TriStar Television
Idbox
United Media Productions