List of Freakazoid! episodes
Steven Spielberg Presents Freakazoid! is an American animated series that has lasted 24 episodes in two seasons from 1995 to 1997. Freakazoid! lasted one complete season and part of a second season on its premiere network, Kids' WB, from September 9, 1995, until February 14, 1997, when it was cancelled due to low ratings.[1] However, the show was later picked up by Cartoon Network and was rebroadcast on April 5, 1997 and ended on March 29, 2003.[1]
This list shows both seasons. The episodes here are organized by the air dates in which the episodes were shown with their segments in their originally produced order (for example, the episode "Statuesque" actually premiered on November 29, 1996, with its respective segments in a different order, but its airdate is given as June 6, 1997, the airdate in which it was shown with its segments in the original order).[2] Most episodes were written by Paul Rugg and the directors for each cartoon varied.
Series overview[]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
1 | 13 | September 9, 1995 | February 17, 1996 | ||
2 | 11 | September 7, 1996 | June 1, 1997 |
Episodes[]
Season 1 (1995–96)[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code [3] |
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1 | 1 | "Five Day Forecast/The Dance of Doom/Handman" | Ronaldo Carmen & Jack Heiter | John McCann & Tom Ruegger | September 9, 1995 | 001 |
Five Day Forecast – Freakazoid announces the day's weather, getting more and more overexcited as he mentions more and more dangerous weather. He then comically calms down.[4] | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Candle Jack/Toby Danger in Doomsday Bet/The Lobe" | Scott Jeralds & Eric Radomski | Paul Rugg, Tom Minton & Tom Ruegger | September 16, 1995 | 002 |
Candle Jack – Presented in Scream-O-Vision. On a camping trip in Camp Wennamigunnagohome with Steff, Freakazoid runs into the ghostly villain Candle Jack, who kidnaps and ties up anyone who says his name.[7] | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Mo-Ron/The Sewer Rescue/The Big Question/The Legends Who Lunch" | Tom Ruegger & Paul Rugg | September 23, 1995 | 003 | |
Mo-Ron – A UFO arrives in Washington, DC, proving the existence of 'unintelligent' life on other planets. | ||||||
4 | 4 | "And Fanboy Is His Name/Lawn Gnomes: Chapter IV – Fun in the Sun/Frenching with Freakazoid" | Scott Jeralds and Turk Flipnutt | Paul Dini & John McCann | September 30, 1995 | 004 |
And Fanboy Is His Name – After Freakazoid's sidekick Expendable Lad is hospitalized following the fight with Milk Man, Fanboy desires to become Freakazoid's new sidekick...whether he likes it or not. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "In Stereo Where Available/Foamy the Freakadog/Office Visit/An Ode to Leonard Nimoy/Emergency Broadcast System/Conversational Norwegian" | Ronaldo Carmen & Eric Radomski | Paul Dini & Paul Rugg | October 7, 1995 | 005 |
In Stereo Where Available: Joe Leahy informs the viewers that Freakazoid in stereo as they are shown a rotating view of a neighborhood with the Freakazoid! billboard. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "The Chip: Part 1" | Dan Riba | Paul Rugg | November 4, 1995 | 006 |
In this origin story, Dexter Douglas gets the new Pinnacle Chip for his computer that was created by Roddy MacStew. Dexter's pet cat Mr. Chubbikins steps on the keyboard and enters the secret combination of letters and numbers that sucks Dexter into the computer when he hits the "delete" key, turning him into Freakazoid. This leads him and Roddy to being targeted by the evil Armando Guitierrez and his minions. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "The Chip: Part 2 /Freakazoid Is History!" | Dan Riba | Paul Rugg & Alan Burnett | November 11, 1995 | 007 |
The Chip: Part 2 - Continued from Part 1, Dexter unleashes Freakazoid for the first time in defeating the evil Guitierrez. Freakazoid Is History! - A strange mishap sends Freakazoid back in time to Pearl Harbor in World War II. Can Freakazoid's sense of justice alter history itself? Can he take his eyes off the hula girls long enough to do so? | ||||||
8 | 8 | "Hot Rods from Heck!/A Time for Evil/Freakmobile Toy Line" | Ronaldo Carmen & Jack Heiter | John McCann | November 18, 1995 | 008 |
Hot Rods from Heck! - Freakazoid has to stop the evil villain Longhorn from stealing a missile using robotic hot rod cars and his super truck. The hero's new Freakmobile - which is featured in a fake in-show ad - helps him save the day, not to mention a special assist from the seventh-inning stretch. | ||||||
9 | 9 | "Relax-O-Vision (Terror on the Midway)/Fatman and Boy Blubber/Limbo Lock-Up/Terror Palace" | Scott Jeralds, Eric Radomski & Jack Heiter | Paul Dini, Tom Ruegger & John McCann | November 25, 1995 | 009 |
Cold opening: Steff is chased into an alley by the Booger Beast. Freakzoid shows up and he gets sneezed on by Booger Beast causing him to bail leaving Steff sarcastically quoting "My hero!" | ||||||
10 | 10 | "In Arms Way/The Cloud" | Dan Riba, Scott Jeralds | Ken Segall & Paul Rugg | December 16, 1995 | 010 |
In Arms Way – Freakazoid's Christmas shopping is interrupted by Arms Akimbo's crime spree. | ||||||
11 | 11 | "Next Time, Phone Ahead/Nerdator" | Eric Radomski & Jack Heiter | Tom Ruegger & Paul Dini | February 3, 1996 | 011 |
Next Time, Phone Ahead – In a parody of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial that is pitched by Steven Spielberg, Mo-Ron is found and cared for by Freakazoid, who tries to help him "phone home". | ||||||
12 | 12 | "House of Freakazoid/Sewer or Later" | Scott Jeralds & Ronaldo Carmen | Paul Dini | February 10, 1996 | 012 |
House of Freakazoid – A werewolf who somehow knows about Dexter's secret identity visits his home to ask his assistance for a cure. Freakazoid sends him into the Internet by exploiting the flaw. The werewolf is cured, but he did not change in any other way. | ||||||
13 | 13 | "The Wrath of Guitierrez" | Scott Jeralds | Paul Rugg | February 17, 1996 | 013 |
Using his authority in jail, Guitierrez manages to escape into the Internet and become a being similar to Freakazoid (but retains his sanity). He then begins draining power from Freakazoid, prompting him to jump into a trap in the Internet to survive. Using a video game, Guiterrez has Freakazoid fighting for his life, but ultimately is thrown off a castle tower and into the digital abyss of the Internet. |
Season 2 (1996–97)[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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14 | 1 | "Dexter's Date" | Jack Heiter | Paul Rugg & Alan Burnett | September 7, 1996 | 014 |
Dexter is on a date with Steph at a fancy restaurant, but is briefly forced to leave so as to deal with the Lobe. Due to an electrical accident however, Freakazoid is unable to transform back into Dexter and is instead turning into different TV personalities, putting his date at risk. When the Lobe later arrives at the same restaurant (in a rousing parody of Hello Dolly!), Freakazoid is forced to ask him for help. | ||||||
15 | 2 | "The Freakazoid" | Rich Arons & Jack Heiter | Paul Rugg | September 14, 1996 | 015 |
In a parody of The Godfather, Freakazoid has to grant all requests made to him on his birthday like the Huntsman asking Freakazoid for help finding a new employment. As a result, he cannot stop the Lobe's latest crime spree since the Lobe requested that he leave him alone. This causes the citizens to lose faith in Freakazoid while every other superhero is at a superhero convention on some moon. Wakko Warner and the Brain from Animaniacs guest star. Songs: Wakko's America (briefly) "You're a Meany, Nasty Lobe" and "When You Cannot Show Your Face" | ||||||
16 | 3 | "Mission: Freakazoid" | Rich Arons & David Marshall | John McCann | September 28, 1996 | 016 |
In a parody of Mission: Impossible, Freakazoid and his friends travel to Vuka Nova, the brutal police state, to rescue the Douglas Family (and the "Mime Time" mime from Animaniacs) from Chesky Beresch Prison. | ||||||
17 | 4 | "Joe's Very Own Story/Virtual Freak" | Peter Shin | Melody Fox & John McCann | November 2, 1996 | 017 |
Joe's Very Own Story: In a callback to the cold opening of episode 5, Joe tells a story about terrible things in the neighborhood in a rotating view like a man-eating plant eating a man, a man fighting his spouse on a ledge while being seduced by his sexy neighbor, Count Dracula on the loose, King Kong on a rampage, and ghosts pushing over the defaced Freakazoid! billboard. After that story, the Network Censor is heard objecting to the story causing Joe to tell a nicer one with the same rotating view from episode 5. | ||||||
18 | 5 | "Hero Boy" | Jack Heiter & Rich Arons | Paul Rugg, Tom Sheppard & Wendell Morris | November 9, 1996 | 018 |
Gutierrez returns (though now with cybernetic implants on the left side of his head to their previous encounter). After many comical misunderstandings on what Freakazoid's weakness is, Gutierrez tricks the heroic moron into making himself a prisoner and sends a "Freaka-Clone" out in his place so as to ruin Freakazoid's reputation. | ||||||
19 | 6 | "A Matter of Love" | Rich Arons | Paul Rugg & Lisa Malone | November 16, 1996 | 019 |
Cosgrove begins dating cosmetics queen Mary Beth, ignoring poor Freakazoid in favor of her. As Freakazoid starts filling the hole that Cosgrove left, he notices Mary Beth revealing herself to be a green-colored monster. Now Mary Beth wants to take Freakazoid's essence to maintain her eternal youth, and Cosgrove is forced to decide between his friend and his monster of a girlfriend. | ||||||
20 | 7 | "Statuesque" | Peter Shin | John McCann | November 29, 1996 | 020 |
Waylon Jeepers has finally perfected his Medusa Watch, which turns humans and pigeons into stone. In addition, he has also summoned the monster Vorn the Unspeakable. When Steph gets petrified, Freakazoid must seek a cure. | ||||||
21 | 8 | "Island of Dr. Mystico" | Rich Arons & David Marshall | Jed Spingarn | February 7, 1997 | 021 |
While flying a plane containing the Lobe, Cave Guy, Longhorn, Candle Jack, and Cobra Queen to a new prison, Freakazoid (unsurprisingly) ends up crashing the plane on an island. As Candle Jack scares Professor Jones and Cobra Queen helps Steph fix the plane, Freakazoid, Cosgrove, the Lobe, Cave Guy, and Longhorn go out into the jungle to look for provisions, but are abducted by the evil Dr. Mystico and his Orangu-Men. Leonard Maltin guest-stars as himself. | ||||||
22 | 9 | "Two Against Freak" | Rich Arons & Jack Heiter | Ken Segal | February 14, 1997 | 022 |
Cave Guy and Cobra Queen have joined forces to obtain the Diamond Hat of the Czars, while Freakazoid tries to learn the art of telekinesis with his mentor. However, due to his mental instability, Freakazoid ends up hitting himself in the face repeatedly with bricks (developing a phobia of them in doing so). At the same time, Cosgrove is followed by a crew from a police TV show to see how he operates. | ||||||
23 | 10 | "Freak-a-Panel/Tomb of Invisibo" | Rich Arons & Peter Shin | Mitch Watson | May 31, 1997 | 023 |
Freak-a-Panel - While pursuing Cave Guy at a TV/comic book convention, Freakazoid takes in the sights, discovers to his disappointment that everyone is more interested in Superman than him, and even learns Klingon. After Cave Guy is defeated, Freakazoid is confronted Lord Bravery, the Huntsman, Fanboy, and Mo-Ron/Bo-Ron about being dropped from the show. | ||||||
24 | 11 | "Normadeus" | Rich Arons & David Marshall | Paul Rugg | June 1, 1997 | 024 |
The Lobe has committed the most heinous crime ever: kidnapping Norm Abram and forcing him to build the ultimate weapon against Freakazoid: a giant wooden horn built to shatter Freakazoid to bits. To make his plot interesting, the Lobe invites Cave Guy, Longhorn, Cobra Queen, Waylon Jeepers, Candle Jack, Invisibo, and Guiierrez to this event where he plans to have the winner of the raffle do the honors of blowing the wooden horn. The series ends with the entire cast coming out in a group rendition of "We'll Meet Again". |
References[]
- ^ a b Lenburg, Jeff (1999). "Steven Spielberg Presents Freakazoid [Television Series]". The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (Second ed.). New York, New York: Checkmark Books. pp. 520. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- ^ "Freakazoid! episodes". Toon Zone. Retrieved 2007-06-30.
- ^ "Freakazoid! a Titles & Air Dates Guide". epguides.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- ^ "Five Day Forecast". Freakazoid!. Season 1. Episode 1. 1995-09-09. Kids' WB!.
- ^ Writer: John McCann; Director: Ronaldo Del Carmen (1995-09-09). "Dance of Doom". Freakazoid!. Season 1. Episode 1. Kids' WB!.
- ^ Writer: Tom Rugger; Director: Jack Heiter (1995-09-09). "Handman". Freakazoid!. Season 1. Episode 1. Kids' WB!.
- ^ Writer: Paul Rugg; Director: Scott Jeralds (1995-09-16). "Candle Jack". Freakazoid!. Season 1. Episode 2. Kids' WB!.
- ^ Writer: Tom Minton; Director: Scott Jeralds (1995-09-16). "Toby Danger in Doomsday Bet". Freakazoid!. Season 1. Episode 2. Kids' WB!.
- ^ Writer: Tom Ruegger; Director: Scott Jeralds (1995-11-16). "The Lobe". Freakazoid!. Season 1. Episode 2. Kids' WB!.
External links[]
- Freakazoid! at IMDb
- Lists of American children's animated television series episodes