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* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Freakazoid is able to defeat Cobra Queen by getting her to try and say a difficult tongue-twister, which she incapable of saying due lisp, until she passes out from trying to.
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* HorrifyingTheHorror: Eventually, the Wolfman is desperately trying to escape Freakazoid's "help".

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* ContinuityNod: Lonnie tries to get in the house by claiming to be Dexter's driving instructor.
-->'''Douglas:''' Dexter's driving instructor is [[Recap/FreakazoidSeason1Episode6 a Scotsman]].



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* FriendlyEnemy: Cobra Queen apologizes for mistaking Freakazoid for another hero, saying it's just so dark in her lair. Freakazoid gives her some advice about hanging up Japanese lanterns, which she thinks is a good idea. Then the fighting starts.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Paul Harvey narrates a flashback showing that Cobra Queen used to be a mere shoplifter, but her using an experimental lotion left in the Sun too long transformed her into a snake-themed supervillain.
-->'''Paul Harvey:''' And now you know the rest of the backstory! Good day!
* GilliganCut: Freakazoid asserts that is absolutely no way whatsoever that he's going down into the sewers. It then cuts to the sewers, but he's really not there; he's at home watching TV. He's down there after the commercial break, though, much to his extreme displeasure.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Atomic Boy has apparently clashed with Cobra Queen multiple times.
* LampshadeHanging:
** Despite his absolute and repeated refusal to go into the sewer, Freakazoid eventually heads down there.
--->'''Freakazoid:''' It's my civic duty! Besides, if I don't, the show just kind of sits there.
** Freakazoid gets the better of Cobra Queen by mocking her SssssnakeTalk and suggesting she say alliterative saying to prove him wrong. She passes out from repeated failed attempts to do so, prompting Freakazoid to question ''why'' that actually worked to begin with.
* RecognitionFailure: Cobra Queen initially mistakes Freakazoid for Atomic Boy, due to how dark it is in her lair.
* ShoutOut:
** When refusing to go into the sewer, Freakazoid is at home watching ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''.
** Freakazoid annoys Cobra Queen by saying she sounds like [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Sylvester the Cat]].
* SnakesAreSinister: Cobra Queen commands a pair of large and fearsome-looking snakes, though still subject to the usual zany slapstick on this show.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Cobra Queen threatens to turn one of her snakes into "a large wallet" in the event of failure.

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->'''Lonnie''': Sorry. Pets don't like me.

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->'''Lonnie''': -->'''Lonnie''': Sorry. Pets don't like me.me.
* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: Referenced by Freakazoid after successfully curing Lonnie:
-->'''Freakazoid:''' ''[BreakingTheFourthWall]'' Wait'll he gets my bill!
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*ScareTheDog: Lonnie entering Dexter's room causes Mr. Chubbikins to yowl and scamper off... [[{{Slapstick}} directly into a closed window]]. Twice.
->'''Lonnie''': Sorry. Pets don't like me.
*SignificantWardrobeShift: At the beginning of the segment, Lonnie wears a [[EvilWearsBlack black]] raincoat and [[GloomyGray gray]] tie. When he returns to the Douglas household after being cured of his lycanthropy, he's wearing a [[GoodWearsWhite white]] jacket and pale blue tie.

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* MagicalRomani: Parodied with an {{Expy}} of Maleva, Maria Ouspenskaya's character in ''The Wolf Man''. She appears briefly, making a reference to the movie's "Even a man who is pure at heart" poem and then asking for car fare.

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* MagicalRomani: Parodied with an {{Expy}} of Maleva, Maria Ouspenskaya's Creator/MariaOuspenskaya's character in ''The Wolf Man''. She appears briefly, making a reference to the movie's "Even a man who is pure at heart" poem and then asking for car fare.


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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Being an {{Expy}} of Larry Talbot, Lonnie is modeled after Creator/LonChaneyJr. Likewise with the {{Expy}} of Creator/MariaOuspenskaya's character.
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* {{Homage}}: To Franchise/UniversalHorror, specifically ''[[Film/TheWolfMan1941 The Wolf Man]]'' and its sequels.
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* MagicalRomani: Parodied with an {{Expy}} of Maleva, Maria Ouspenskaya's character in ''The Wolf Man''. She appears briefly, making a reference to the movie's "Even a man who is pure at heart" poem and then asking for car fare.
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* MonsterMash: Though primarily focused on Freakazoid meeting the Wolfman, the episode ends on the stinger of Dracula, Frankenstein and the Mummy showing up to the house.

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* MonsterMash: Though primarily focused on Freakazoid meeting the Wolfman, [[spoiler: the episode ends on the stinger of Dracula, Frankenstein {{Dracula}}, FrankensteinsMonster and the Mummy a {{Mummy}} showing up to the house.]]
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* WerewolvesAreDogs: Freakazoid talks to Lonnie Tallbutt in werewolf form as though he were a dog. Pretty much Averted with werewolf Lonnie's actual characterization, which is essentially the same as the werewolf in The Wolf Man (1941).

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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Lonnie Tallbutt is essentially the classic Franchise/UniversalHorror WolfMan werewolf that changes every full moon,[[spoiler: but can apparently be cured by being sent into the internet]].
* WerewolvesAreDogs: Freakazoid talks to Lonnie Tallbutt in werewolf form as though he were a dog. Pretty much Averted {{averted}} with werewolf Lonnie's actual characterization, which is essentially the same as the werewolf in The Wolf Man (1941).
''Film/TheWolfMan1941''.
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* WerewolvesAreDogs: Freakazoid talks to Lonnie Tallbutt in werewolf form as though he were a dog. Pretty much Averted with werewolf Lonnie's actual characterization, which is essentially the same as the werewolf in The Wolf Man (1941).
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* MonsterMash: Though primarily focused on Freakazoid meeting the Wolfman, the episode ends on the stinger of Dracula, Frankenstein and the Mummy showing up to the house.
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'''Release Date:''' February 10, 1996

'''House of Freakazoid:''' A werewolf who somehow knows about Dexter's secret identity visits his home to ask his assistance for a cure.

'''Sewer or Later:''' Cobra Queen makes a getaway through the sewers, and Freakazoid does not want to go after her because sewers "smell like poo gas!"

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