The Name
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When Dilbert wakes up, with Dogbert's help, after another night of having the egg dream, he discovers he isn't the only one to have had this dream. His fellow employees, Wally and Alice, tell Dilbert about a guy, Chicken Man, who turned into a chicken after he was put in charge of a project that he was unable to name. After the dismal failure of the throat lozenges, Dilbert is put in charge of a project to come up with a new product. As the project hits one snafu after another, Dilbert's reactions begin to increasingly resemble those of a chicken. Dilbert finally comes up with the name Acorn, only to discover that the word had caused serious embarrassment for the vice-president during his childhood. He is forced to use Dilmom's suggestion to name the product, and they settle on the name Gruntmaster 6000.
The Competition
Series 1, Episode 2 PG
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When rumors of competition in the field reach Dilbert, he is forced to push up the deadline on the Gruntmaster 6000. The Boss decides they need to increase security, so their progress is not leaked, and puts Dogbert in charge of the new extensive security. Dilbert is suspected of being a traitor and fired from his job, so he takes a job with the rival company. At his new job Dilbert has his own office and is surprised by how smoothly things run. Dilbert innocently suggests a marketing department, which ends up destroying the rival company, and he gets his old job back, minus the extensive security.
The Prototype
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When Dilbert, Alice, and Wally are working on a new prototype, they realize they are competing against the notoriously ruthless Lena to come up with the best idea, and the losers will be transferred to the dreaded Albany. Lena seduces Dilbert in order to steal his idea of a skin depruner, while Wally joins Lena's team. The crowd embraces Lena's depruner, until Dogbert points out that it causes impotency, so Dilbert's team wins. Their prototype, the Gruntmaster, an exercise machine, ends up killing Lena, and it is unanimously decided that it was a fate better than moving to Albany.
The Takeover
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When Dilbert discovers Wally reading Dogbert's investing book, the two get involved in an elaborate stock buying charade orchestrated by Dogbert, and wind up owning a controlling interest in their own company. Wally and Dilbert attend a board meeting, where the board members attempt to determine how to lose more money and Dogbert becomes CEO. Dilbert proposes the idea of flex-time, where employees make up their own schedules. This causes a mass exodus form the workplace and the company loses all its money. Wally sells both his and Dilbert's stock before the prices go back up, so they are left with nothing, unlike Dogbert, who now owns the company.
Testing
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It is now time to test the Gruntmaster, and the legendary and jaded Bob Bastard is brought in to put the prototype to the test. The first test is the test of seismic activity, and the second is the test of high temperature endurance, both of which the prototype fails, much to Bob's satisfaction. Alice and Wally are completely under Bob's spell, so it is up to Dilbert to make sure the Gruntmaster passes its final test, which is the asteroid crash simulation test. Meanwhile, Dogbert has joined the space program and is on the space shuttle. From space, Dogbert is able to destroy the asteroid before it hits the Gruntmaster and Dilbert and Alice push the Gruntmaster out of Bob's way. Dilbert is able to stamp the prototype approved, as Bob's spaceship crashes to earth.
Elbonian Trip
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Dilbert, Alice, Wally and the Boss go to Elbonia, a third world country, which is covered in mud, where their factory is located to manufacture Gruntmasters. They discover the working conditions are horrendous, as the "Right" people have been horribly exploiting the Lefties, who they believe to be inferior because they are left handed. Dilbert tries to help the Lefties rebel, but is arrested and sentenced to death, while Alice tries to save the babies from the assembly line. As attempt after attempt to execute Dilbert fail, Dogbert, who is diplomat of Elbonia, makes himself dictator, and then frees Dilbert and meets the demands of the Lefties to improve their working conditions.
Tower of Babel
Series 1, Episode 7 PG
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When a cold epidemic hits the office, Dilbert realizes the importance of his own office, with a door, in order to stop the germ spreading cycle. The cold soon leads to mutations, as employees sprout new limbs, and the Boss decides, with Dogbert's prompting, to build a new office building. Dilbert gets himself put in charge of the new building, to ensure that he gets an office with a door. Dilbert works very hard on the new building, even accommodating all the new needs of his mutant employees, and finally completes it. Loud Howard's voice causes the whole building to crumble to the ground, but not before the Boss decides to it is too expensive and they must return to their old building.
Little People
Series 1, Episode 8 PG
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Dilbert arrives at work to discover that someone has been in his cubicle, rearranging his stuff and using his computer. Later, the Boss coaxes Wally, Alice, and Dilbert to go to the dry-erase meeting with the promise of free food, but when they get there the food is all gone. After the meeting, Dilbert receives porn magazines for little people and also discovers that all the dry-erase markers are missing. When, Dilbert, Alice, and Wally stake out Dilbert's desk to catch the marker thieves, they discover it is a group of tiny engineers, who have been literally downsized. They all have colored noses because they have been sniffing the markers. Meanwhile, Dogbert has organized an armed posse and they all see the little people partying beneath the floor. Finally, Dogbert turns off the telecommunications hub, so the little people can no longer order markers, and he decides to sell them as toys.
The Knack
Series 1, Episode 9 PG
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When Dilbert was little, he has was diagnosed with "the knack" for technology by the garbage man disguised as a doctor, which ensured his career as
Y2K
Series 1, Episode 10 PG
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With the year 2000 rapidly approaching, the employees discover that the computer mainframe, known as Black Betty, will break down when it becomes 2000. Dilbert is put in charge of fixing this problem, and Wally, who was there when Black Betty was installed, does not remember how to access the mainframe. Reminiscent of "The Wizard of Oz", Dilbert, Alice, Asok, Wally, and Dogbert go to see Catbert for help. Catbert's suggestion is to hypnotize Wally, which Dogbert quickly sets about doing, and Catbert also gives them a list of recently fired employees, who can help them. Dogbert successfully hypnotizes Wally to regain his memory. With the help of Zimbu, the monkey, Wally is able to access the mainframe of Black Betty and avoid the technological breakdown of the new millennium.
Charity
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Driven by the need for a new plaque to cover up a dead fly stain on his wall, the Boss has volunteered to chair the "Associated Way" charity drive. Of course he has no intention of doing this himself and appoints Wally as charity coordinator. Participation is strictly voluntary, but the t-shirt you are given upon donation emblazoned with "I Get To Keep My Job" is just added incentive. Everyone has gotten into the charity mode (the collecting of it, that is) -- including Dogbert who has formed his own personal charity, "Canine Apathy." (Meanwhile, the Boss has asked Dilbert to pick up the plaque at the charity banquet and his speech hits a nerve when he asks the simple question "just where does your money go?" And, in a strange twist of fate, Dilbert must perform an act of charity on the Boss -- and it doesn't even cost him anything).
Holiday
Series 1, Episode 12 PG
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Dilbert is sick and tired of the holidays and feels they have all become a big waste of time. Dogbert has the solution. He goes to Congress under the auspices of the APWDBUD (The Association Of People Who Drink Beer And Use Dynamite) and convinces them to vote on consolidating all holidays into one -- National Dogbert Day. The idea has its merits until Wally is on the brink of suicide (he used to be able to spread his depression out amongst all holidays) and Dilbert realizes that he misses the true spirit of the holidays -- even with all their crassness, craziness and commercialism.
Infomercial
Series 1, Episode 13 PG
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Much to Dilbert's horror, he finds out the Boss has already shot an infomercial for the Gruntmaster 6000 and has sent the machine out to a family for field-testing. The family, an incredibly dumb one from the depths of rural Texas, has no idea that they have in their possession a machine that could annihilate the entire solar system. As Dilbert travels to Texas to track down the Gruntmaster, the Boss develops psychic powers and his staff become his groupies. Dilbert's worst fears are realized when a Black Hole develops in Texas slowly engulfing the entire state. Dogbert travels to London to ask the help of renowned scientist Stephen Hawking. It is Hawking who helps put everything back in perspective -- fortunately saving the world from ultimate destruction.
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