Freakazoid! @ The Cartoon Scrapbook

Prod. Notes:

September 1995 - June 1997, WB

Amblin Entertainment, Warner Brothers

Cast:

Freakazoid ..................................................................................... Paul Rugg

Narrator ........................................................................................ Joe Leahy

Professor Jones ............................................................. Jonathan Harris

Sgt. Mike Cosgrove ............................................................ Edward Asner

Dexter Douglas .................................................................. David Kaufman

Debbie Douglas .............................................................. Tress MacNeille

Douglas Douglas .............................................................. John P. McCann

Duncan Douglas ...................................................................... Googy Gress

Cobra Queen ................................................................... Tress MacNeille

Steph ........................................................................................... Tracy Rowe

The Lobe ................................................................................ David Warner

Lord Bravery .......................................................................... Jeff Bennett

Cave Guy .................................................................................. Jeff Bennett

Candle Jack ........................................................................... Jeff Bennett

The Huntsman ........................................................................ Jeff Bennett

Fan Boy .................................................................................. Stephen Furst

Armondo Guitierrez ................................................. Ricardo Montalban

Roddy McStew .................................................................. Craig Ferguson

Longhorn ....................................................................... Maurice LaMarche

Synopsis:

His skin was blue, his eyes were black, his tights were red, and his hair looked like it was lifted off of Pepe Le Pew. He was Freakazoid!, the star of his own self-titled, Steven Spielberg-produced cartoon show.

Similar to Earthworm Jim and The Tick in theme and offbeat content, Freakazoid! was another in a long line of quirky cartoon superheroes. But despite the familiar territory, this half-hour program was original and fresh in its own twisted way.

Washington D.C.-based teenager Dexter Douglas was an agreeable, soft-spoken young man who was obsessed with technology. After accidentally getting sucked into his computer, Dexter absorbed all the information available in cyberspace. He also developed super strength, super speed, and a super need to fight evil. With the cry, “Freak out!,” all of these elements combined to turn Dexter from a shy computer geek to a goofy, unpredictable, pop culture-spewing “Freakazoid!”

The goofball hero was aided in his fight against the bad guys by his friend Stephanie and his advisor, Sgt. Cosgrove of the D.C. police force. Together, the three battled villains such as Arms Akimbo and the Lobe.

What made Freakazoid! most entertaining was the smart and witty writing, chock full of references to low-budget sci-fi flicks, lost TV shows, and other staples of popular culture both obvious and obscure. These were staples of fellow Spielberg productions Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs, but alas, Freakazoid! was unable to replicate those shows' success. Airing as part of a fledgling Kids' WB Saturday morning lineup, the show ran only 24 original episodes before low ratings spelled its untimely demise.

Episodes:

Season 1

Five Day Forecast / Dance Of Doom / Hand Man

Candle Jack / Toby Danger In Doomsday Bet / The Lobe

Mo-Ron / The Sewer Rescue / The Big Question / Legends Who Lunch

And Fan Boy Is His Name / Lawn Gnomes Chapter IV: Fun In The Sun / Frenching With Freakazoid

Foamy The Freakadog / Office Visit / Ode To Leonard Nimoy / Emergency Broadcast System

The Chip, Acts I - III

The Chip, Act IV / Freakazoid Is History

Hot Rods From Heck / A Time For Evil

Relax-O-Vision / Fatman And Boy Blubber / Limbo Lock-Up / Terror Palace

In Arms Way / The Cloud

Nerdator

Next Time, Phone Ahead

House Of Freakazoid / Sewer Or Later

The Wrath Of Guitierrez

Season 2

Dexter's Date

The Freakazoid

Mission: Freakazoid

Virtual Freak

Hero Boy

A Matter Of Love

Statuesque

Island Of Dr. Mystico

Two Against Freak

Freak-A-Panel / Tomb Of Invisibo

Normadeus

Opening Lyrics:

"Super-teen extraordinaire

Freakazoid! Freakazoid!

Runs around in underwear

Freakazoid! Freakazoid!

Rescues Washington D.C.

Freakazoid! Freakazoid!

Unless something better's on TV

Freakazoid! Freakazoid!

His brain's overloading

It has a chocolate coating

Textbook case for Sigmund Freud

Freakazoid! Freakazoid!

Check out Dexter Douglas

Nerd computer ace

Went surfing on the internet

And was zapped to cyberspace

He turned into the Freakazoid

He's strong and super-quick

He drives the villains crazy

'Cause he's a lunatic

His home base is the Freakalair

Freakazoid! Fricassee!

Floyd the Barber cuts his hair

Freakazoid! Chimpanzee!

Rides around in the Freakmobile

Freakazoid! Freakazoo!

Hopes to make a movie deal

Freaka me! Freaka you!

He's here to save the nation

So stay tuned to this station

If not, we'll be unemployed

Freakazoid! Freakazoid!

Freakazoid!!!"