FREAKAZOID! (1995 - 1997)

 

Created by: Bruce Timm, Paul Dini
Executive producer: Steven Spielberg
Starring: (voices) Paul Rugg, Edward Asner, Jeff Bennett, Craig Ferguson, Googy Gress, Jonathan Harris, David Kaufman, John P. McCann, Tress MacNeille, Ricardo Montalban, Tracy Rowe, David Warner, Frank Welker, Maurice LaMarche, Cree Summer, Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Joe Leahy, Kenneth Mars, Taylor Nix, James Patrick Cronin, Elisabeth Moss, Don Messick, Scott Menville, Mary Scheer, Granville Van Dusen, Jim Cummings, Stan Freberg, Mark Slaughter, Michael Des Barres, Stephen Furst, Mark Hamill, Carl Ballantine, Rose Marie, Roscoe Lee Browne, Larry Gelman, Clive Revill, Paul Dini, Brian George, Jack Valenti, Neil Ross, Matt Landers, Dorian Harewood, Ben Stein, Marc Drotman, Scott McAfee, Larry Cedar, Ed Gilbert, John Schuck, Aron Kincaid, Quinton Flynn, Mitch Schauer, Bebe Neuwirth, Randy Crenshaw, John Rubinow, Mari Devon, Bob Joyce, Julie Bernstein, Elizabeth Lamers, Andrea Martin, Richard Moll, Tim Curry, Leonard Maltin, Jon Joyce, Corey Burton, John Rhys-Davies, Dave Coulier, Norm Abram

24 episodes
(TV-G - mild animated sci-fi/fantasy violence, some rude humor)

PLOT:
Computer geek Dexter Douglas turns into uncontrollable, unpredictable superhero Freakazoid, who dons red long underwear, blue skin, and weird hair. The transformation occurs while Dexter surfs on the internet. As a superhero, he fights crime whenever he sees it perpetrated by goofy villains, with his friends Steff and Sergeant Mike Cosgrove.

season 1 -
Freakazoid does the weather, rescues a hostage high-school dance and loses a sidekick to marriage. Freakazoid rescues campers from a monster and narrowly escapes a lobotomy. Toby Danger must stop Dr. Sin. A forgetful alien tries to recall his message for mankind, Lord Bravery's first act as a superhero hopeful turns out to be a problem, aliens circle the Earth in hopes of finding an answer to the eternal question of the universe and elderly superheroes dine and recall their glory days. In the first segment (And Fanboy is his Name), a pudgy teenager calling himself Fanboy tries to become Freakazoid's sidekick. The second segment deals with the story of 4 gnomes, who after causing mischief for vikings many years in the past, are turned to stone by day, but come to life at night to help mankind. The final segment (Frenching with Freakazoid) has our hero teaching French to the audience. A rabid dog-like creature becomes Freak's new sidekick; Lord Bravery fights bureaucracy over his name; Fan Boy rhapsodizes over his quest for Spock's autograph; Freak teaches Norwegian. The story of Freak's origins. A vortex sucks Freak into the past. Freak foils a plot to use robotic cars to steal nuclear weapons. The Huntsman goes in search of crime. In order to provide a more calming effect to today's rather violent cartoons, the network censors initiate 'Relax-o-Vision.' The process projects peaceful scenes of tranquility over more violent parts of the day's cartoon. Freakzoid tolerates the interference with his show, until he finally decides to take matters into his own hands against the censors. Freak goes Christmas shopping and searches for the answer to a mysterious cloud which seems to be turning people into zombies. The cartoon is cut short when the show's lazy writers decide to end the episode early to show more 'Animaniacs' reruns. However, Steven Spielberg won't stand for it, and unleashes his vision to finish the cartoon right. Dexter Douglas soon meets a strange alien named Mo-Ron, who becomes lost from his alien friends. Dexter helps Mo-Ron phone home, and soon all is well-that is, until the long distance charges roll in. Freak must rescue a werewolf from his cursed state and delve into the sewers after a pack of jewel thieves led by the Cobra Queen. Evil computer genius Armondo Guitierrez finds a way into the Internet and Freak must defeat his powerful enemy.

season 2 -
The Lobe's plot to cripple the television industry interrupts Steff and Dexter's first date. Freak can't refuse anyone anything on his birthday, according to the Superhero Code Book. Even if the request comes from a villain who wants to be free from heroic interference in his nefarious scheme. Freak and his friends travel to a police state to rescue another friend. Freak and Cosgrove are zapped inside a Virtual Tussle virtual reality game. Guitierrez returns with a device that could vaporize the entire world. Cosgrove's girlfriend takes up all his time and is a fire-breathing monster. Freak pursues the madman who turned Steff into a statue. An evil scientist crashes Freak's plane, trying to add to his human stock for his experiments in crossbreeding with orangutans. Freak's attempts to learn telekinesis leaves him too tired to adequately guard the Diamond Hat of the Czars. Freak contends with an archvillain and his unpopularity at a sci-fi convention. An ancient invisible villain gets loose during a wrestling match between Dexter and Duncan. The Lobe kidnaps PBS's famed carpenter, Norm Abram, to build a wooden device that would kill Freak.

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