In the 90's superhero cartoons were everywhere, X-Men, Spider-Man, Bat Man, and the list goes on. While those shows were good, they really needed some not-so-serious competitors. Fox jumped on this with "The Tick," which was really amusing, along with Disney's "Darkwing Duck," another great show. When the WB came around, Warner decided to have a new comedic superhero that would put them out of place, and thus "Freakazoid!" came to be. So what exactly is Freakazoid, well he's the alter ego of Dexter Douglas, a nerd whose cat hit a few buttons and sucked him in to the internet. Now whenever Dexter says "Freak out," he turns into Freakazoid. Other characters include Cosgrove, whose monotone voice is great, Steph, Freakazoid's girlfriend, "Fan Boy" which I believe to be a parody of anyone that watches shows like this, and humorous villains out the gamut, such as the maniacal genius the Lobe, the creepy Candle Jack, and the man bull Long Horn. Now the shows humor is unlike any other comedic superhero cartoon, mostly due to being in the style of "Animaniacs," which gave it a nice anthology feel. The parodies are ingenious, such as "Babe" and "Braveheart" combined to "Babeheart" which is all done off camera, which really adds to the imagination. Also the nonsense that just goes on is all good fun. And like many shows at the time there are suggestive jokes in it, more than likely for it's intended audience of teenagers and up. I strongly feel that this is the definitive comedic superhero show of the 90's, although people say "The Tick," which was also good, but was more superhero show. I suggest if you just want humor watch "Freakazoid!" but if you want some superhero action in your funny superhero watch "The Tick."
Review of Freakazoid!
