History YMMV / Freakazoid

-->'''Roddy:''' [[MindOverMatter Strength and speed will only take you so far, lad.]]\\

* MisaimedMarketing: The show's incredibly clever humor proved its downfall. The network promised to deliver the 2-11 demographic to advertisers. It flopped with them, but did well with the 18-34 demographic. Attempts to suggest to Creator/TheWB to market it as such [[ScrewedByTheNetwork were completely ignored]] and the show was canceled as a result.

* DiscreditedMeme: Candle Jack is [[SubvertedTrope discre--]][[DoubleSubverted Okay, in all seriousness]] the meme is often regarded as low hanging fruit humor-wise and can cause a text discussion of Freakizoid to devolve into cut-off nonsense. While people still like Candle Jack, a lot are also tired of him and his meme. [[spoiler: Fair enough!]]

** In the episode "Next Time, Phone Ahead", two clips of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' intro are shown. Combine them together, and you're left with an intro similar to the one used for ''Animaniacs'' on Nickelodeon, minus the pitch-shift.

** [[JustForFun/CandleJack Candle Jack]] [[InterruptingMeme is well kn--]]
--->"I'm gonna need more rope!"
** "Hey. Cut it out."
** "Laugh with me, Jocko!"

** "That's so very very sad."
** "NOT THE BOATS!"
** "Have a good time now!"

** The "You wanna see something strange and mystical?" scene has been getting a lot of usage in WebAnimation/{{YouTube Poop}}s lately.

** In the episode "And Fan Boy Is His Name", Freakazoid tries to bargain with Fan Boy to leave him alone by offering an autograph picture of Creator/StanLee and then both dismissing him as someone they never heard of. Fan Boy only leaves Freakazoid when he finds Creator/MarkHamill signing autographs. Now, when you think about it, the routine was funny in and of itself in the 90's because Stan Lee created Creator/MarvelComics, the biggest rival of Warner Brothers owned Creator/DCComics, and ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies were distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, one of Warner Brother's oldest rivals. However, by 2012, both Marvel AND Star Wars were acquired by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Warner's biggest rival of all]]!

* PlayAlongMeme: Candle Jack, from the episode "Candlejack", is a bogeyman-like villain who appears to kidnap children [[SpeakOfTheDevil if his name is ever spoken out loud]]. This inspired a popular InterruptingMeme where fans pretend to be Candle Jack's victims by typing his name in a comment, then cutting off the text to make it appear as though Candle Jack himself has kidnapped them at that very moment. Sometimes, a NonSequitur will begin from where the original text is cut off, making it seem like Candle Jack also hijacked the user's computer for fun.

** JustForFun/CandleJack made a big enough impact to spawn his own me

* {{Woolseyism}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYtA3hM8iio The Brazilian version]], specially the hilarious LargeHam provided by Guilherme Briggs as the title character (Briggs states Freakazoid is one of his all-time favorite characters), who even provides some adequate translations - "Better than a Thighmaster!" became "I'm stronger than Mike Tyson!"

** Series writer John P. [=McCann=] would later write the just as wacky but clearly more adult superhero show ''[[WebAnimation/LoboWebseries Lobo]]''. Lobo also has spiky hair like Freakazoid. What makes it even funnier is that Paul Rugg would have voiced Vril Dox' asisstant in a family friendly ''ComicBook/{{Lobo}}'' cartoon before it got retooled to the adult oriented cartoon that stayed true to the comics.

** Series writer John P. [=McCann=] would later write the just as wacky but clearly more adult superhero show ''[[WebAnimation/LoboWebseries Lobo]]''. Lobo also has spiky hair like Freakazoid.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Bonjour, Lobey!" from the season 2 premiere, a parody of "Hello, Dolly!"

* FoeYay: It's heavily implied the only reason The Lobe commits crime is so Freakazoid will chase him.

* SecondSeasonDownfall: And depressingly so. See MisaimedMarketing above.

** Series writer John P. [=McCann=] would later write the just as wacky but more adult superhero show ''[[WebAnimation/LoboWebseries Lobo]]''.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The end line "He's here to save the nation/So stay tuned to this station/If not, we'll be unemployed..." (and the shot of the cast members in [[BankruptcyBarrel barrels]] to illustrate this) stops being funny when you realize that this show was canceled before its time due to low ratings.

** The opening credits sequence described in FunnyAneurysmMoment above.

* WeirdAlEffect: How many kids recognized the "Sneaking Song" from "The Island of Doctor Mystico" as "Carefully on Tiptoe Stealing" from ''Theatre/HMSPinafore''? Humorously enough, Paul Rugg would later direct an amateur production of it!

* MST3KMantra: "Just keep telling yourself: ''it's only a TV show.''"

* DiscreditedMeme: Candle Jack is [[SubvertedTrope discre--]][[DoubleSubverted Okay, in all seriousness]] the meme is often regarded as low hanging fruit humor-wise and can cause a text discussion of Freakizoid to devolve into cut-off nonsense. While people still like Candle Jack, are lot are also tired of him. [[spoiler: Fair enough!]]

** Mystico only appeared for about half an episode, but is regarded as one of the most memorable one-off villains for how [[LargeHam utterly loud and bonkers he acts.]] Being one of the hankies roles of the already hammy Creator/TimCurry certainly helps.

* DiscreditedMeme: Candle Jack is [[SubvertedTrope discre--]]

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The series finale’s inclusion of Vera Lynn’s “We’ll Meet Again” has become this due to the crossover episode with ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' in 2020. It made the song true to its word. ''We did meet again''.

** In the episode "And Fan Boy Is His Name", Freakazoid tries to bargain with Fan Boy to leave him alone by offering an autograph picture of Creator/StanLee and then both dismissing him as someone they never heard of. Fan Boy only leaves Freakazoid when he finds Creator/MarkHamill signing autographs. Now, when you think about it, the routine was funny in and of itself in the 90's because Stan Lee created Creator/MarvelComics, the biggest rival of Warner Brothers owned Creator/DCComics, and Franchise/StarWars movies were distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, one of Warner Brother's oldest rivals. However, by 2012, both Marvel AND Star Wars were acquired by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Warner's biggest rival of all]]!
** Freakazoid once said that the scariest thing would be if Sinbad had a second TV series. Well, that never exactly happened, [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse BUT...]]

** This show wouldn’t be the last time Creator/JeffBennett [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong voiced someone known as “The Huntsman”…]]
** “Foamy The Freakadog” is a million times funnier when you know Paul Rugg himself had a similar dynamic with [[https://youtu.be/AdMgVkp4OXI his pet chihuahua, Lucky.]] The irony of it hadn’t escaped him either, as he [[http://froynlaven.blogspot.com/2009/07/trouble-with-lucky.html pointed it out on his blog back in 2009]].

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[Awesome/{{Freakazoid}} Has its own page.]]

* TearJerker: [[TearJerker/{{Freakazoid}} Has its own page.]]

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** The end line "He's here to save the nation/So stay tuned to this station/If not, we'll be unemployed..." (and the shot of the cast members in [[BankruptcyBarrel barrels]] to illustrate this) stops being funny when you realize that this show was canceled before its time due to low ratings.
* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: [[Funny/{{Freakazoid}} Has its own page.]]

* {{Woolseyism}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYtA3hM8iio The Brazilian version]], specially the hilarious LargeHam provided by Guilherme Briggs as the title character (Briggs states Freakazoid is one of his all-time favorite characters), who even provides some adequate translations - "Better than a Thighmaster!" became "I'm stronger than Mike Tyson!"