History Trivia / Freakazoid

** The show and ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' were slated to air on Creator/TheHub in late 2014, but the idea was abandoned when said channel became Discovery Family.

** As one of the show's producers and writers, Creator/PaulRugg voices Freakazoid. It was more of a fluke, as no suitable actor had been found and Rugg was just trying to provide an example of how the voice should sound. However, Creator/StevenSpielberg heard the performance and thought it was great, so Rugg inadvertently got the role.

** As one of the show's producers and writers, Paul Rugg voices Freakazoid. It was more of a fluke, as no suitable actor had been found and Rugg was just trying to provide an example of how the voice should sound. However, Creator/StevenSpielberg heard the performance and thought it was great, so Rugg inadvertently got the role.

* MeaningfulReleaseDate: “[[Recap/TeenTitansGoS6E31Huggbees Huggbees]]”, the {{Crossover}} episode on ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', premiered on November 14th, 2020; just a little over 2 months after ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}''’s 25th anniversary, and the day before Creator/EdAsner’s 91st Birthday.

** An interesting case with the VR game depicted in "Virtual Freak". VR came and went in the 1990's and was considered a passing fad due to enormous amounts of equipment and money required, not to mention Nintendo's UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy being an unmitigated disaster. Then came the New Tens and the resurgence of VR with new arcades popping up featuring set-ups almost identical to the one depicted in a now-twenty-year-old cartoon show.

** The original idea was for the series to be a fairly straightforward superhero show with comedic overtones (ComicBook/TheJoker as a good guy) with Creator/BruceTimm in charge. Creator/StevenSpielberg, however, asked for a full-blown comedy. Timm bowed out, as he honestly thought he wouldn't do a full-blown comedy concept justice. This is perhaps a textbook example of ExecutiveMeddling ''improving'' a show. (The ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries New Batman Adventures]]'' episode "Beware The Creeper" is a glimpse of how Timm and Creator/PaulDini would have done ''Freakazoid!'')

** Mo-ron was hastily renamed as "Bo-ron" in his second appearance because studio executives feared that someone would get offended.

* TropeNamer: This series is the TropeNamer for:
** GonnaNeedMoreX
** LaughWithMe
** RelaxOVision
** ThrowABarrelAtIt

** Moron was hastily renamed as "Boron" in his second appearance because studio executives feared that someone would get offended.

** As stated elsewhere, the series was originally meant to be a more straightforward superhero show with a comedic bent. Creator/StevenSpielberg asked that it be retooled into a full-blown comedy, which led to Creator/BruceTimm and creator/PaulDini bowing out because they thought they couldn't do justice to Spielberg's request.

** As one of the show's producers, Paul Rugg voices Freakazoid. It was more of a fluke, as no suitable actor had been found and Rugg was just trying to provide an example of how the voice should sound. However, Creator/StevenSpielberg heard the performance and thought it was great, so Rugg inadvertently got the role.

* ExecutiveMeddling:
** See WhatCouldHaveBeen for Spielberg invoking this trope in an ultimately positive way.

** Paul Rugg as Freakazoid. It was more of a fluke, as no suitable actor had been found and Rugg was just trying to provide an example of how the voice should sound. However, Creator/StevenSpielberg heard the performance and thought it was great, so Rugg inadvertently got the role.

* NamesTheSame: The entire series and its protagonist have nothing to do with the song "Freak-A-Zoid" by Midnight Star (nor was the song used as the show's theme).

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/DavidWarner is primarily known for playing serious characters but he completely lets loose and plays the Lobe with a manic energy. On the DVD commentaries, the production crew notes that this is one of the few straight comedic roles Warner's taken in a decades long career (the other is on the short-lived series ''WesternAnimation/{{Toonsylvania}}'').

* QuoteSource:
** MrExposition