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Dilbert - Episode Guide

Season 1

The Name

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jan 25, 1999

The Name

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.

The Competition

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Feb 1, 1999

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.

The Prototype

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Feb 8, 1999

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.

The Takeover

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Feb 15, 1999

The Takeover

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

Testing

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1999

Testing

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

Elbonian Trip

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Mar 1, 1999

Elbonian Trip

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

Tower of Babel

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Mar 22, 1999

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 in exchange for a new office.

Little People

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Apr 5, 1999

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.

The Knack

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Apr 21, 1999

The Knack

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

Y2K

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: May 3, 1999

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. 

Charity

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: May 10, 1999

Charity

Dilbert questions the idea of charity and is forced to be the coordinator for the "Associated Way" charity drive.

Holiday

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: May 17, 1999

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.

The Infomercial

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: May 24, 1999

The Infomercial

The pre-production, non-lab-tested Gruntmaster 6000 is scheduled to be tested by a Texan family whose ill treatment of it threatens to destroy the world. Meanwhile, the Boss begins predicting the future while asleep after injuring his head while making a commercial for the Gruntmaster 6000.

Season 2

The Gift

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Nov 2, 1999

The Gift

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 years ago.

The Shroud of Wally

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1999

The Shroud of Wally

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. 

Art

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Nov 16, 1999

Art

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.

The Trial

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Nov 23, 1999

The Trial

Dilbert is arrested and sent to jail after the boss frames him for a fatal traffic accident that kills multiple nobel prize winners. Once inside, he applies his knowledge of mathematics and engineering to prison life and takes over his cell block.

The Dupey

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Dec 7, 1999

The Dupey

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.

The Security Guard

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Jan 18, 2000

The Security Guard

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.

The Merger

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Jan 25, 2000

The Merger

The Boss decides that the company needs to merge with another, and chooses a company of brain-sucking extraterrestrials.

Hunger

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2000

Hunger

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.

The Off-Site Meeting

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Feb 8, 2000

The Off-Site Meeting

Dilbert's home is chosen as the location for an off-site meeting when a dendrophile sues his company because of their deforestation policies.

The Assistant

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2000

The Assistant

To hide that there are engineering jobs elsewhere, Dilbert is unwillingly promoted to management and given an assistant, sparking a showdown with the other engineers.

The Return

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2000

The Return

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.

The Virtual Employee

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: May 30, 2000

The Virtual Employee

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.

Pregnancy (1)

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Jun 6, 2000

Pregnancy (1)

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.

The Delivery (2)

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2000

The Delivery (2)

Dilbert's pregnancy turns into a media circus as the various "parents" of his baby sue for custody, with pro wrestler Steve Austin presiding over the hearing.

Company Picnic

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Jul 11, 2000

Company Picnic

The annual company picnic comes around and so does the softball game between Marketing and Engineering.

The Fact

Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Jul 18, 2000

The Fact

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.

Ethics

Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Jul 25, 2000

Ethics

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.

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