Freakazoid! Cartoon Created by Steven Spielberg, Bruce Timm, and Paul Dini

According to Wikipedia:

Freakazoid! is an American animated television series, produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation that aired for two seasons from September 9, 1995 to June 1, 1997. Then, after cancellation, reruns aired on Cartoon Network until March 8, 2003.’
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‘The show’s title character is the superhero alter ego of geeky sixteen-year-old Dexter Douglas (voiced by David Kaufman) who attends Harry Connick High School. His name is a parody of various superheroes with the first and last names using the same first letter or sound (e.g. Clark Kent, Peter Parker, etc). Gaining his abilities from a computer bug (becoming absorbed into his computer and instantly gaining all the information on the Internet), Freakazoid (voiced by Paul Rugg) has enhanced strength and endurance, extraordinary speed, agility, and negligible amounts of sanity. These changes make him a powerful and fearsome force for upholding freedom and righteousness, unless he gets distracted by something like a bear riding a motorcycle. He has a base called the Freakalair, a parody of the Batcave, built by his mute butler, Ingmar. The Freakalair contains a “Hall of Nifty Things to Know” and even a mad scientist lab. His greatest weakness, as he once explained to a villain, is that he can be imprisoned in a cage with graphite bars charged with negative ions. He also expresses a great aversion to “poo gas.”‘1

I used to enjoy Freakazoid!, in particular the introduction to each show. Keep an eye on 0:42 of the title theme below :)

Freakazoid! Title Theme

Here’s another clip from YouTube to give you a feel for the show:

Foamy The Freakadog

You can get copies of the full 2 seasons of Freakazoid! on DVD from Amazon.com or Amazon.ca.

QUESTION: What is your favorite Spielberg produced cartoon television series and why? Please share in the comments section of this post.

References
  1. Freakazoid! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freakazoid Accessed October 24, 2009.

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  1. Janay Ray says:

    You guys should sooo bring Freakazoid back to TV. I watched it as a kid, and to honest i actually miss it…. Yea, i know. I’m 20 years old now and i think you all should bring the team back together and bring out a “New” Freakazoid. Plus, the kids these days are interestead in TV shows like that. Trust me my son watches a bunch of weird things “although he’s only 22 months old. He still laughs like he know whats goin on.
    BRING BACK FREAKAZOID!!!!

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