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'''Freakazoid''': ''"NO! Get out of here with that watch, lay off the poor beavers, will ya?! SHEEZE! You're a creep! Go away, we were having a good time until you showed up, Jeepers! ARGH! Go have some coffee with cream, or something! Because I'll tell ''you'' something! This is a ''happy place''!"'' }}
'''''Freakazoid!''''' is a parody of the [[Superhero]] show, produced by the people who brought you ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'', and the creators of ''[[Animaniacs]]'', [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[Warner Bros]] Animation. It follows the adventures of Freakazoid, an entity created by the addition of [[Hilarious in Hindsight|all the information on the Internet.]] <ref>This was back in 1995, so his head probably didn't explode thanks to the fact that hentai and [[Widget Series|Widgets]] hadn't become synonymous with Japan yet. He probably just went insane from all the Usenet groups.</ref> to a mild-mannered computer nerd, along with weird energy-based powers and a goofy sense of humor. [[Post Modernism|It parodied, lampshaded, or subverted every trope of superheroics at the time.]]
Almost every adventure, Freakazoid would encounter his deadpan policeman buddy, Sgt. Mike Cosgrove, who would offer to take him to some unrelated event or activity ("Hey, Freakazoid! Wanna go out for a mint?" "DO I!") [[
The excellent voice cast included Paul Rugg as the main character, and [[Ed Asner]] as Cosgrove.
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The series is currently available in its entirety on DVD.
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* [[The Ace]]: Greg, the production assistant. Able to rescue the heroes with more than enough time to pick up their mail
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* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]
* [[The Hit Flash]]: Subverted.
* [[Homage]]: [[Post Modernism|To everything and anything.]] Of note is the rewriting of [[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (animation)|"You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch"]] to "You're A Meanie, Nasty Lobe".
** Fanboy and [[Mark Hamill]] doing the famous [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] scene, with Fanboy as Vader, of course.
* [[Hula and Luaus]]: "Waves, Hula Girls!, Pineapples, Hula Girls!, Surfboards, [[Male Gaze|Hula Girls!, Hula Girls!, Hula Girls!]]"
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** Also:
{{quote|''Lobe:'' Freakazoid! Why do we keep falling for so long in this episode?
''Freakazoid:'' [[Rule of Funny|Because it's funny!]]
''Lobe:'' [[Lampshade Hanging|No it's not! It's stupid!]] }}
* [[Perpetual Expression]]: Emmitt Nervend's [[The Un-Smile|Unsmile.]]
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** In "Dance Of Doom," Freakazoid segued to a proceeding scene by shouting "PULL DE STREENG!" a la [[Bela Lugosi]] in ''[[Glen or Glenda]]''. The cast added on the DVD commentary that it was actually inspired by watching ''[[Ed Wood (film)|Ed Wood]]''.
** Freakazoid's costume was based on an early costume worn by ''[[Madman (Comic Book)|Madman]]''. The creator of Madman was never given credit, however.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: "Hero Boy", an ''[[Astro Boy (anime)|Astro Boy]]'' parody that's Freakazoid's favorite cartoon, and "Real Life Police", a ''[[
* [[Sidekick]]: FanBoy, [[Meaningful Name|Expendable Lad]], [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Foamy]] the Freakadog, and many others.
* [[Sigmund Freud]]: Name-checked by the [[Expository Theme Tune]].
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'''Freakazoid:''' I know. Dumb! }}
** In one episode he gets arrested on this charge by the Idiotic Police.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Totally Radical]]: The assistant in 'Virtual Freak'.
* [[The Unfavourite]]: Dexter has shades of this, given that he was yelled at for blowing raspberries, yet Duncan could punch him a lot with little consequence.
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{{quote|'''Freakazoid''': Of course, it all adds up! I've somehow landed in Norway!}}
* [[You Said You Would Let Them Go]]: The show is so [[Genre Savvy]] that Roddy can't even get half of the sentence out of his mouth before receiving the [[I Lied]], as though they're just going through the motions.
And now you know the rest of the backstory! Good day!
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