Dexter

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Dexter J. Smith

From the Official Cast Page

First Appearance: Code-A-Holics Anonymous (February 8, 1999)

He's annoying. He's a slob. He's a total jerk. And did we mention he's annoying? He's the nerdy fanboy everyone loves to hate, but he keeps coming back with those blasted redeeming qualities that makes you feel bad about hating him. Then he does something annoying again to make you wonder where those redeeming qualities went.

Yep, you guessed it. We're talking about Dexter.

Dexter was a bit of an accident. He started as just a one-shot joke in the middle of the Code-A-Holics Anonymous story line, but for some reason I just kept coming up with reasons to use him. This pudgy, nerd-ish fan-boy is obsessed with science fiction, so much so that he once dreamed of joining the crew of Jurassic Park, until he realized it was just a movie. The only thing stronger to him than the pull of knowing every bit of Star Trek trivia is his attraction to Ki, which has brought him into direct confrontation with Nick on several occasions. While he acknowledges that Nick won that war, he'd be happy to comfort Ki the instant Nick might mysteriously vanish.

He played a pivotal role in the Nerdvana saga, and even managed to take over the strip one April Fools' week. His shining moments, however, include helping Nick save some stranded kids during "Special Delivery" (then saving Nick himself), and helping the U.G.A. combat C.R.U.D.E. at the Battle of Manhattan (see Surreptitious Machinations, Chapter 8: Wars and Confrontations). Behind the Babylon 5 models and Star Wars figurines, Dexter actually does have a big heart that's usually in the right place. He just has that habit of being... so... irritating to be around.

Dexter is notorious for his poor dating habits. Although he often woos the ladies on the first date by being a perfect gentleman, he quickly deteriorates to a possessive freak who doesn't know when to leave a girl alone (which Ki quickly found out). He also briefly dated Fooker's girlfriend, Sharon, but that relationship undoubtedly ended rather quickly. His memory of that relationship was erased by Fooker when the U.G.A. wiped his memories after the Battle of Manhattan, but that was eventually undone by a lengthy conversation with Sharon. Currently, Sharon and Dexter are once again friends.

Dexter was a contractor, jumping from job to job, depending on where he was needed. (Or, as Fooker put it, a "disposable employee"). He began working with GPF Software to help rebuild their business following the events of Surreptitious Machinations, but at the end of 2003 he decided to accept Dwayne's offer to become a full-time employee.

Some of Dexter's GPF milestones: