History Trivia / Freakazoid

** A second ''Toby Danger'' short was written, but it was dropped due to the aforementioned switch from segmented shows to half-hour episodes (it should be noted that the episode was originally intended to e a segment on Animaniacs, but was instead put in to this series to fill space for one episode).

** A second ''Toby Danger'' short was written, but it was dropped due to the aforementioned switch from segmented shows to half-hour episodes,

* HeyItsThatVoice: Dexter Douglas is voiced by WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom (David Kaufman).

** Freakazoid has the same voice as Mr. Director from ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. Freynlaven!

** Freakazoid has the same voice as Mr. Director from ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. Freulaven!

** On a more obscure note, David Warner plays The Lobe using pretty much the same voice he used for [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Ra's Al Ghul]] and [[{{Toonsylvania}} Dr. Vic Frankenstein]], only played more comically.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original idea was for the series to be a fairly straightforward superhero show with comedic overtones (basically, [[{{Batman}} The Joker]] as a good guy) with Bruce Timm in charge. Spielberg, 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 Dini would have done ''Freakazoid!'')

** Likewise, Cosgrove is voiced by [[Film/{{Up}} Carl Fredricksen]] and Guiterrez is voiced by '''[[SayMyName KHHAAAAAAN!]]'''...I mean...Ricardo Montalban.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Dexter Douglas is voiced by DannyPhantom (David Kaufman).

** One-shot villain Deadpan was voiced by Bebe Neuwirth, known for playing the [[IncrediblyLamePun very deadpan]] Lilith Sterin on {{Cheers}} & {{Frasier}}.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original idea was for the series to be a fairly straightforward superhero show with comedic overtones (basically, [[{{Batman}} The Joker]] as a good guy) with Bruce Timm in charge. Spielberg, 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 ''[[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries New Batman Adventures]]'' episode "Beware The Creeper" is a glimpse of how Timm and Dini would have done ''Freakazoid!'')

** On a more obscure note, David Warner plays The Lobe using pretty much the same voice he used for [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Ra's Al Ghul]], only played more comically.
** Craig Ferguson, host of ''The Late, Late Show'', provided the voice of Roddy [=MacStew=].

** According to the DVD commentary, it apparently went on for over 10 minutes, becoming increasingly disjointed and profane; they cut it off right before the cursing started.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Freakazoid'' was originally going to be a comedic adventure series featuring TheCreeper.
** Believe it or not, the original idea was for the series to be a fairly straightforward superhero show with comedic overtones (basically, [[{{Batman}} The Joker]] as a good guy). Spielberg, however, asked for a full-blown comedy. This is perhaps a textbook example of ExecutiveMeddling ''improving'' a show.
** The ''New Batman Adventures'' episode "Beware TheCreeper" is a glimpse of how Timm and Dini would have done ''Freakazoid!''

** Likewise, Cosgrove is voiced by Ed Asner and Guiterrez is voiced by '''[[SayMyName KHHAAAAAAN!]]'''...I mean...Ricardo Montalban.

** Likewise, Cosgrove is voiced by Ed Asner and Guiterrez is voiced by '''[[TheKhan KHHAAAAAAN!]]'''...I mean...Ricardo Montalban.
*** One episode features TimCurry as a guest voice. In one scene, he [[RockyHorrorPictureShow sounds VERY similar to a more famous character he played.]]

** Freakazoid has the same voice as Mr. Director from The Animaniacs. Freulaven!
** On a more obscure note, David Warner plays The Lobe using pretty much the same voice he used for [[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Ra's Al Ghul]], only played more comically.

** One-shot villain Deadpan was voiced by Bebe Neuwirth, known for playing the [[IncrediblyLamePun very deadpan]] Lilith Sterin on {{Cheers}} & {{Frasier}}

*** To be fair, Tim Curry often sounds like that, and as a result also sounds just like [[MightyMax the Skull Master]] and Pretorius from ''TheMask'' animated TV show.

* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]: Dexter Douglas is voiced by DannyPhantom (David Kaufman).

** One-shot villain Deadpan was voiced by Bebe Neuwirth, known for playing the [[IncrediblyLamePun very deadpan]] Lilith Sterin on {{Cheers}} & {{Frasier}}

** Professor Jones is ... [[LostInSpace Dr. Smith]].

*** To be fair, Tim Curry often sounds like that, and as a result also sounds just like [[MightyMax the Skull Master]] and that spider head thingy from ''TheMask'' animated TV show.

** On a more obscure note, David Warner plays The Lobe using pretty much the same voice he used for [[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Ra's Al Guhl]], only played more comically.

** Ben Stein shows up to present us all with Relax-O-Vision.