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Dexter Douglas/Freakazoid and Family
Dexter Douglas
Voiced by: David Kaufman
“Ohhhhh, FREAK OUT!”
Our Hero, such as he is. Dexter Douglas was a computer nerd, in the early days of the Internet when that really meant something, until one fateful Christmas when his parents bought him a Pinnacle computer chip, the newest and most powerful on the market. Unbeknownst to Dexter, the chip contained a very particular flaw; if the user entered a specific computer key sequence while connected to the Internet, the chip would overload, and forcibly merge the user's mind with all the information of the online world. You can probably guess what happened next.
- Alliterative Name: Dexter Douglas.
- Butt-Monkey: He has a Big Brother Bully, no friends, and girls repeatedly turn him down for dates.
- Cursed with Awesome: He wasn't too happy at first about becoming Freakazoid, but once he realized the opportunities (code: impressing girls) his attitude changed.
- Friendless Background: As an unpopular nerd, he has no friends.
- Henshin Hero: He transforms via the phrase "Freak out!".
- Intelligence Equals Isolation: Displays remarkable enthusiasm and aptitude for working with computers. Has no friends whatsoever.
- Loners Are Freaks: Steff has referred to him as creepy.
- Only Sane Man: He's perfectly normal when compared to his family.
- Ordinary High-School Student: Was this until he accidentally activated the flaw in the Pinnacle Chip that zapped him into cyberspace and transformed him into Freakazoid.
- Nerd Glasses: As another aspect of being a typical nerd, he wears glasses.
- No Social Skills: One of the reasons he spends all his time on the Internet is because he's very awkward around other people.
- The Un Favourite: Dexter has shades of this, given that he was yelled at for blowing raspberries, yet Duncan could punch him a lot with little consequence. Although his parents have admitted they expect him to be rich and successful when he gets older while Duncan will still be living with them. And no one has a problem with this.
Freakazoid
Voiced by: Paul Rugg
The result of Dexter Douglas having all the information on the Internet downloaded into his brain, creating a superpowered alternate personality. He stands for truth, justice, and the American way... and just happens to be out of his mind!
- Anime Hair: His hair is similar to a Saiyan from Dragonball Z
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: "Cosgrove, he's just a normal regular guy just like anyone... NORM ABRAM!"
- Berserk Button:
- He does not like Jeepers. The villain's first appearance has Freakazoid go on a tirade about his creepiness and turning beavers into gold.
- Don't ask him if he wants to be shown anything strange and mystical either. Especially if you're Jeepers.
- Big Damn Heroes: In "Two Against Freak" when his friends are in danger.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: He's as crazy as they come but he always manages to handily save the day.
- Captain Ersatz: Freakazoid is noticeably similar to the comic book character Madman, which the creator has more or less acknowledged.
- He also has many similarities to DC comics The Creeper, which was one of the original ideas for the show.
- Character Catchphrase: "Aw, Nut Bunnies!"
- Chick Magnet: Has a surprising amount of luck with the ladies, at least until they're exposed to his less appealing traits.
- Chivalrous Pervert: He really loves girls, even taking time away from saving the day to stare at "hula girls!" but also stands for noble causes.
- Cloudcuckoolander: There is rarely a moment that he focuses on any one task. And he's usually rather scatterbrained and manic even when he does try and focus.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Acts like a doofus most of the time, but is a perfectly capable crimefighter when he gets down to it.
- Deadpan Snarker: Whenever he encounters someone dumber than him.
- Everyone Has Standards: There are few people he hates outright, even among the bad guys. But don't be a creep like Weylon Jeepers,
or he will yell at you and instruct you to chill and just go get some coffee. with cream. or something! - Expy: Of Shazam. Both of these characters are kids who turn into an older superhero by saying a specific phrase ("Shazam!" for Shazam and "Freak Out!" for Freakazoid) and still have traits of younger kids while maintaining older physiques. Both Shazam and Freakazoid have lightning based motifs as their super power base as well.
- Fast as Lightning: He's able to move so fast he can generate lightning at times.
- Fun Personified: He's pretty much always in a good mood, cracking jokes and humiliating his enemies.
- Genius Ditz: He has apparently sustained Dexter's ability with computers, as well as all the information on the internet.
- Genre Savvy: "If I know my cartoons - and I do! - I'll be back later on to rescue you from something really horrible!"
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Cosgrove. They both spend a lot of time together.
- Idiot Hero: He's rather street smart, but not quite as book smart. Incidentally, his enemies often use his weird habits against him.
- Intergenerational Friendship: With Cosgrove. Roddy Macstew, Professor Heiney, and Professor Jones as well.
- Keet: Very hyperactive superhero.
- The Knights Who Say "Squee!": Over Norm Abram, of all people."Cosgrove, he's a normal, regular guy just like everyone—NORM ABRAM! I'M TOUCHING NORM ABRAM! I'M HUGGING NORM ABRAM! I'M HOLDING NORM ABRAM ABOVE MY HEAD!"
- Large Ham: His dialogue parodies how some superheroes speak in bold and dramatic manners.
- Leeroy Jenkins: On a mission, he'd much rather storm in and break things than go through with one of Roddy's complicated plans.
- Manly Tears: He sheds tears after reading Roddy MacStew's goodbye email at the end of "The Chip", though he tries to deny it. "That made water come out of my eyes!"
- Oh God, with the Verbing!: Of course, being voiced by Paul "FroynLAYven!!!" Rugg, Freakazoid had a tendency to do a Jerry Lewis imitation in some parts.
- Primary-Color Champion: He has blue skin, a red outfit, and a yellow logo on his suit.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Cosgrove's (and arguably Dexter's) blue. They're even Color-Coded for Your Convenience!
- Ride the Lightning: His Super-Speed is represented by zipping over the ground as a lightning bolt.
- Sexier Alter Ego: The girls tend to find him more attractive than Dexter.
- Superpowered Alter Ego: Although he and Dexter are more along the lines of split personalities, this trope still applies.
- Talkative Loon: He quite often brings up irrelevant pop culture references whenever he speaks.
- Too Dumb to Live: When Guitierrez wants to know his weakness, Freakazoid not only tells him what it is (a special cage) but helps him build it. In another episode, he gets arrested on this charge by the Idiotic Police.
- Took a Level in Badass: When he learns telekinesis. At first he fails utterly and only manages to hit himself in the head with a brick. When he gets angry though, he subconsciously masters the technique and effortlessly thrashes Cave Guy and Cobra Queen in battle. He doesn't use the ability in later episodes, though there were only two episodes left.
- With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: As a result of getting all the information on the Internet downloaded into his brain. Keep in mind this was BEFORE the Internet was a gigantic pornography network.
- Younger Than They Look: He's supposed to be the same age as Dexter (sixteen) but looks like he could be in his twenties.
Mr. Douglas Douglas
Voiced by: John P. McCann
The father of Dexter and Duncan, Mr. Douglas tries to be your typical Standard '50s Father but tends to crack like an egg under pressure.
- Alliterative Name: It's the same name twice.
- Bumbling Dad: A parody of the stereotypical sitcom father.
- Character Catchphrase: Prone to saying "Worms and weasels" whenever things upset him.
- Epic Fail: He once tried to use a camera. Not only was the lens cap on, but he forgot to even put film in the camera.
- Happily Married: With Debbie. Kooky they may be, but they're clearly happy to be together.
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: With Debbie.
- Parental Obliviousness: He and Debbie are unaware of the chaos Dexter goes through and the existence of his alter-ego Freakazoid.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: To his credit, he does try to establish some sort of order in his house. His efforts are usually for naught.
- Repetitive Name: His first and last names are exactly the same.
Mrs. Debbie Douglas
Voiced by: Tress MacNeille
The relentlessly cheerful mother of Dexter and Duncan.
- Alliterative Name: Debbie Douglas.
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Especially during "Dexter's Date".
- Big Eater: If the pilot episode is anything to go by. She did eat twenty-four pizza rolls in one sitting, and then talked about making sloppy joes."I was peckish"
- Happily Married: Although she's so forcefully cheerful it hints otherwise.
- Housewife: Her character is meant to be a stereotypical 1950s version of this.
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: With Douglas.
- Parental Obliviousness: Neither she nor her husband is aware of the chaos their son Dexter gets involved with or of the existence of his alter-ego.
- Stepford Smiler: Most likely a Type B, but Type C is hinted at, particularly in commentaries.
Duncan Douglas
Voiced by: Googy Gress
Dexter's older brother who constantly picks on him and takes any excuse to beat him up. Has a tendency to run afoul of Freakazoid.
- Alliterative Name: Duncan Douglas.
- Big Brother Bully: Picks on Dexter constantly. During one family road trip, he punched Dexter in the arm for 140 miles straight.
- Butt-Monkey: Dexter gets back at him through Freakazoid, resulting in constant moments of humiliation. However, because he picks on Dexter and his parents never reprimand him for it, he kind of deserves it.
- Cassandra Truth: His parents don't believe his stories about the "blue guy" who tends to show up and beat him up whenever he's alone.
- Jerk Jock: Always wears exercise clothes and is constantly seen lifting weights.
- Manchild: Mrs. Douglas even lampshades how he's probably going to be one for the rest of his life. That, and a Basement-Dweller. Duncan is perfectly okay with this.
Friends/Allies
Roddy Macstew
Voiced by: Craig Ferguson
The creator of the Pinnacle computer chip, and the first person to realise the flaw it contained, Roddy sought out Dexter that fateful Christmas and helped train him to use his new powers.
- Badass Normal: He has no powers, but is a helpful ally to Freakazoid. Even after exposing himself to the same flaw that created Freakazoid, the only power he gains is the ability to travel through the Internet.
- Brave Scot: Often participates in Freakazoids missions, despite not having the same powers aside from the ability to move through the Internet.
- Cassandra Truth: Was the one to discover the flaw in the Pinnacle computer chip, and calculated the effect it would have. When he went to the board of directors with his findings, Armando Guitierrez threw him out a window to keep him silent and prevent a recall.
- Character Catchphrase: "Crud!"
- Eccentric Mentor: To Freakazoid.
- Fiery Redhead: He has red hair and is often very irritable and low on patience.
- Genius Bruiser: He's a big man, but also was at least knowledgeable enough to know about the Pinnacle chip's flaw.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: It takes so little to set him off.
- Hot-Blooded: He gets easily angered over every little thing.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's very irascible, but he does care about Dexter and always makes sure that Freakazoid knows what he needs to know to save the day.
- Like a Son to Me: He never outright says it, but there are moments where he does act more like a parent than a mentor towards Freakazoid.
- Man in a Kilt: As befitting the traditional Scottish stereotype, he wears a kilt.
- Mr. Exposition: Although he's not happy about the role. "I feel like Obi-Wan cruddy Kenobi!"
- Secret-Keeper: Was the first person to know Freakazoid's secret identity.
Sgt. Mike Cosgrove
Voiced by: Ed Asner
A police officer in late middle-age, who happens to be Freakazoid's best friend. The two spend countless hours together, visiting random attractions, eating junk food, going to movies, etc.
- Ascended Extra: According to the audio commentaries, he was only supposed to be in "Dance of Doom" for that one mint scene. Paul Rugg, however, thought it was funny and included it in an episode he was writing. Other writers followed suit until Cosgrove became a regular character.
- Badass Normal: He's just a normal cop, but is still a useful ally to Freakazoid.
- Big Eater: Is often seen eating some junk food or another, usually while hanging out with Freakazoid.
- Big Fun: He's not energetic like most examples, but he loves visiting fun places.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Despite his odd personality and tendency to go off on random adventures with Freakazoid, he's an excellent cop.
- Character Catchphrase: "Cut it out!"
- The Comically Serious: Consistently deadpan and subdued. According to the audio commentaries, Ed Asner's only real direction was "Don't act".
- Compelling Voice: Whenever Cosgrove tells people to "Cut it out", they always do as he says.
- Cool Old Guy: He'd have to be to share the interests of a teenage superhero.
- Dull Surprise: Due to being The Comically Serious, he barely shows any emotion regardless of the circumstances.
- Eyes Always Shut: His eyes are usually closed, with exceptions in the episode "The Island Of Dr Mystico", where he opens them twice, and an Animation Bump in "Wrath of Guitierrez".
- Heart Is an Awesome Power: Cosgrove's ability to make ANYBODY immediately stop fighting and behave themselves, from common burglars to supervillain mooks. This might not sound too awesome since as a damn good police officer he can command authority...until you find out that he is the only person to have ever made the Warner siblings sit down and behave.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Freakazoid. When they're not fighting crime, they tend to go off on all sorts of bizarre outings.
- Inexplicably Awesome: His knowledge of villains' schemes, ability to get people to "cut it out," and ability to find Freakazoid no matter where he is are decidedly superhuman, but unlike every other hero and villain on the show, no explanation is ever given for Cosgrove's powers.
- Intergenerational Friendship: He's middle-aged while Freakazoid is a teenager.
- Parental Substitute: He seems to have a sort of fatherly role in Freakazoid's life; he takes him on day trips and is much more genuinely concerned about his well-being than Freakazoid/Dexter's biological parents.
- Perpetual Frowner: Usually looks grumpy, but you can occasionally see him smile.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Freakazoid’s (and in “Two Against Freak”, Roddy’s) red.
- Secret-Keeper: In "Mission: Freakazoid", it's revealed that he knew all along that Dexter and Freakazoid were the same person. He accidentally reveals this to Steph because he thought she already knew, being Freakazoid's girlfriend.
- Skewed Priorities: Whenever there's a problem that needs Freakazoid's attention, Cosgrove will nonchalantly tell him about it only after the two spend the day hanging out.
- In another example, he has to rush Freakazoid to the hospital, but takes the time to place a fast-food drive-thru order...then goes back for the drink, all while Freakazoid is seemingly dying next to him.
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: With Professor Jones.
- The Stoic: Nothing seems to faze him.
- Swiper, No Swiping!: "Hey. Cut it out".
- Ultimate Job Security: Despite constantly using his police car for trivial reasons and wasting a lot of time going on odd trips with Freakazoid, he's still a well-respected police officer.
Stephanie/Steff
Voiced by: Tracy Rowe
Originally one of the many high school girls who rejected Dexter (though she was significantly nicer about it), Steph found herself romantically involved with Freakazoid, despite not knowing his secret identity for several episodes.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing:
- Subtle example. Every once in a while you can spot hints of a hidden mean streak. In "Dance of Doom" she lies to Dexter to get out of being his date to a school dance. She later agrees to a dinner date in "Dexter's Date" but makes him wait six months for it, all the while hoping he'd forget about it. Ultimately she ends up enjoying it.
- In "Mission: Freakazoid" she goes as far as calling Dexter creepy after finding out that he and Freakazoid are the same person. Freakazoid never calls her out on it (Except for almost telling her friends right away. He's just more upset that it was revealed to her at all, let alone so casually), but she doesn't treat him any differently either.
- Damsel in Distress: Justified in that she is a teenage girl with no training.
- Deadpan Snarker: On occasion. One notable example occurs in "The Lobe", where she is hypnotized into aiding the Lobe in dissecting Freakazoid's brain and breaks character to make a remark about Freakazoid knocking himself out when she was going to do it.
- In-Series Nickname: She is often called Steff for short.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Mixed with Nice Girl. She's not fond of Dexter initially at first, but eventually she comes around after learning that he and Freakazoid are one and the same, at least not treating Freakazoid any differently. She ultimately has a huge heart.
- Loves My Alter Ego: She's not fond of Dexter but she's more than happy to be Freakazoid's girlfriend. Even after learning they're one and the same and becoming a Secret-Keeper, she doesn't dwell on it for that long and stays with Freakazoid.
- Ms. Fanservice: Steff is a very beautiful, cute and attractive girl with a great figure and Tomboyish Ponytail.
- Secret Identity Apathy: Despite her thoughts about Dexter and initial reaction to his identity, she has no further trouble spending time with him as Freakazoid.
- Secret-Keeper: Becomes this later on after finding out that Dexter Douglas is Freakazoid.
- The Smurfette Principle: Is the sole female member of Freakazoid's group.
- Taking the Bullet: In "Statuesque" she gets turned to stone trying to pull Freakazoid out of the way of Jeepers' Medusa Watch.
- Women Are Wiser: She tends to be more sensible and rational than Freakazoid, though that's not exactly difficult.
- Wrench Wench: She and the Cobra Queen fix an airplane in "The Island of Dr. Mystico".
Fan Boy
Voiced by: Stephen Furst
An obsessive, overweight nerd with no sense of personal space, Fan Boy began stalking Freakazoid in the hopes of becoming his sidekick after the hero's last partner, Expendable Lad, ended up in the hospital.
- Demoted to Extra: He went from recurring character in the first season to only making one voiceless cameo in the second season.
- I Just Want to Be Special: In his debut episode, his obsession with becoming Freakazoid's sidekick is more about him thinking he'll be popular and respected as one rather than just being obsessed with Freakazoid specifically.
- Nerd Glasses: He's a bespectacled geek.
- Loony Fan: He tends to invade the personal space of the celebrities he idolizes.
- The Team Wannabe: He hounds Freakazoid out of an obsession with becoming his sidekick.
- Villainy-Free Villain: His antagonism comes less from being evil and more from being a nuisance who can't respect the personal space of others.
Professor Jones
Voiced by: Jonathan Harris
A shifty and somewhat histrionic butler who replaced Freakazoid's original manservant Ingmar. Also, wasn't he on a tv-show with a robot?
- Berserk Button: At the very least, don't expect a straight answer from him when asking if he was on a TV show with a robot.
- British Stuffiness: Has a rather uptight demeanor, as well as Harris' mid-Atlantic accent.
- Butt-Monkey: Is the constant victim of various maladies and abuse.
- Drama Queen: Male example. For example, his debut episode has him whine about never getting a vacation after all his years of hard work, to which Freakazoid points out that it has only been his first day on the job. He also acts as if getting splattered by watermelons from Gulliver's act is as traumatizing as stepping on a land mine.
- Expy: The character of Professor Jones, voiced by Jonathan Harris, is essentially an animated version of Dr. Smith, Harris's character from Lost in Space. The show lampshaded this heavily in his debut episode by having at least 3 different characters asking him if he was on "that show with the robot". This was one of the reasons he was hired. One episode even ends with him crying "Oh, the pain! The pain!"
- Ink-Suit Actor: Physically modeled off of Harris.
- The Jeeves: Replaced Freakazoid's old butler Ingmar.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: On occasion. He really shows sympathy for Dexter's family when he goes in to rescue them.
- Lovable Coward: Very much so.
- Prone to Tears: Will break down weeping or run away screaming in seconds.
- Replacement Goldfish: He replaces Freakazoid's old butler Ingmar.
- Say My Name: "FREAKAZOID, YOU NINNY!"
- Screams Like a Little Girl: Frequently.
- Servile Snarker: Constantly. One instance has him show his disdain for Freakazoid's favorite show Hero Boy.
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: To Cosgrove.
Villains
The Lobe
Voiced by: David Warner
A Mad Scientist and Freakazoid's Arch-Enemy, to the extent the concept even applies to the teen hero, The Lobe is a hideously mutated supervillain whose brain has consumed his entire head and seeks nothing short of world domination... well, except on Christmas.
- Affably Evil: He's out to control the world and destroy his hated enemy, but that doesn't mean he's not polite and pleasant.
- Arch-Enemy: To Freakazoid.
- Big Bad: He's the most frequently seen villain. He also serves as the leader of the rogues gallery (such as it is) whenever they team up.
- Deadpan Snarker: Freakazoid's antics usually bring out his sarcastic side.
- Dr. Brainpart: A literal brain-headed scientist called The Lobe.
- Dude, Where's My Respect?: Writer John McCann noted that the Lobe was driven by this.
- Evil Genius: Played straight, he's your typical mad scientist.
- Evil Laugh: Quite often laughs maniacally.
- Friendly Enemy: With Freakazoid. At one point, they even run into each other while Christmas shopping and excitedly ask each other what they got for one another.
- Go-Karting with Bowser: He and Freakazoid like to exchange presents at Christmas and on birthdays.
- Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: He comes up with some fairly good plans, but he's frequently neurotic and easily embarrassed. Freakazoid was once able to defeat him by shaming him for the ridiculousness of a plan (though Freakazoid secretly admitted the plan was actually brilliant).
- Large Ham: He's voiced by David Warner. What did you expect?
- My Brain Is Big: Make that My Brain Is My Entire Head.
- Offstage Villainy: Just how and when did he kidnap Stephanie and brainwash her in "The Lobe"?
- Took a Level in Jerkass: While he is normally Affably Evil and is often depicted as a Friendly Enemy with Freakazoid, he has a meaner streak than usual in "The Freakazoid". Not only does he deceive Freakazoid into believing that superheroes must honor every request given to them on their birthdays and requests him to leave him alone so he can't stop his crimes, but the Lobe also does such heinous things as cutting down the world's oldest tree, stealing from schoolchildren, and dumping loads of triple-strength laxatives in the water supply.
- "The Villain Sucks" Song: He gets one in "The Freakazoid" that parodies "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" and plays during his montage of freely committing crimes while Freakazoid believes he isn't allowed to stop him.
- Wicked Cultured: His idea of a night on the town is going to a posh restaurant where the staff will perform a musical number with him.
Cave Guy
Voiced by: Jeff Bennett
"I subscribe to The New Yorker".
A sophisticated and erudite criminal, who just happens to be a caveman.
- Affably Evil: Makes polite small-talk with Steff in "Dance of Doom" before roaring in her face.
- Contemporary Caveman: A caveman who has somehow found his way to the present and has the mindset of a modern man as well as a modern-sounding name (Royce Mumphry). His origins are never explained.
- Deadpan Snarker: "Yes, I've dined at the Green Gourd. You're better off as hostages".
- Evil Laugh: An appropriately snobbish laugh.
- Genius Bruiser: "I subscribe to the New Yorker!"
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: With Cobra Queen in the second season.
- Leitmotif: A boisterous, brassy number that plays whenever he's out rampaging in the streets.
- Loincloth/Monster Modesty: All he wears is a loincloth.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Cave Guy was a take-off of Jim Backus, specifically echoing Thurston Howell III.
- Starter Villain: Serves as the threat in the first episode, though in-universe it was Gutierrez who was Freak's actual first villain.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: His only clothing is a loincloth and a necklace made of tusks.
- Wicked Cultured: Has a typical New Yorker accent and has refined interests such as fine dining, classical music, and literature despite his brutish behavior.
Cobra Queen
Voiced by: Tress MacNeille
A mutated reptile woman with control over snakes.
- Absurdly Spacious Sewer: Where her lair is located.
- Action Pet: Her giant cobras.
- Affably Evil: She's pretty polite to Freakazoid and Steff.
- Bald of Evil: Being reptilian, she does not have any hair.
- Cute Monster Girl: For a humanoid reptile, she is pretty attractive.
- Friendly Enemy: She accepts decorating advice from Freakazoid (Japanese lanterns for her sewer lair) and casually chats with Steff about dating.
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: With Cave Guy in the second season. At the very least, she is small when compared to the huge Cave Guy.
- Snake People: Because she used an experimental cosmetic that had been left out in the sun too long, she's been mutated into a snake woman.
- Sssssnake Talk: Freakazoid remarks she sounds like Sylvester the Cat.
- Wrench Wench: Helps Steff fix a plane in "The Island of Dr. Mystico".
Candle Jack
Voiced by: Jeff Bennett
Free vouchers to whoever provides me rope...
He's now a Discredited Meme, so you can safely say "Candle Jack" without getting caught. No, seriously, neither this sentence nor the character description for Candle Jack in The Other Wiki's Freakazoid page cut off mid-sentence after typing "Candle Jack", so feel free to combo-break "cut off your sentence after saying Candle Jack" threads and ruin the meme's irrational fear factor for people.
Okay, now that we got that out of the way, where were we... Oh, right.
A Boogeyman that pops up out of nowhere and kidnaps anyone he comes across... as long as they said his name first.
- Affably Evil: A very polite and witty kidnapper.
- Bedsheet Ghost: Well, he wears the sheet at least. Whether or not he's actually a ghost is debatable.
- Creepy Monotone: The only time we hear him raise his voice is when he complains about peanuts being stale.
- The Dreaded: Well, he is the Boogieman. He's even scarier than Sinbad getting another TV show.
- Geas: If his initial episode is any indication, he's utterly powerless unless someone says his name aloud. When he first starts kidnapping kids, he can only interact with the ones who have said "Candlejack"—he doesn't acknowledge them until that specific moment.
- Gone Horribly Right: His debut episode sees him capturing more victims than he knows what to do with.
- Gonna Need More X: He needs more rope from all the kidnappings.
- Light Is Not Good: His most iconic attributes are a candle and his glowing white eyes.
- Nothing Is Scarier: It's never explained where he takes children after they say his name. That doesn't stop them from screaming in terror whenever he shows up.
- His backstory is also a complete blank. Short of being the local Boogieman and his fondness for tying up/kidnapping children, nothing is really known about him.
- They do give a reason: he's a nut.
- His backstory is also a complete blank. Short of being the local Boogieman and his fondness for tying up/kidnapping children, nothing is really known about him.
- Power Floats: Most of his screen time sees him levitating. Also applies to his rope and the victims he ties up with it, conveniently.
- Scary Stitches: Covered in them.
- Speak of the Devil: No matter where you are, no matter what you do, if you say his name, Candle Jack will appear. Though strangely enough, just calling him "Jack" nullifies his powers. All the villains call him this for short and as a result, he doesn't bother kidnapping them.
- Weaksauce Weakness: In his first appearance, Freakazoid was able to defeat him using a delicious pie, his favorite snack.
Longhorn
Voiced by: Maurice LaMarche
A former factory worker turned criminal and eventually a truck-driving supervillain with dreams of country music stardom.
- Beast Man: Is even described as one in his first appearance. He's basically an anthropomorphic longhorn bull.
- Cool Car: Longhorn's rig, Bessie-Mae, which is not only heavily armed but can also drive underwater. Also applies to the eponymous hot rods from Longhorn's debut episode "Hot Rods From Heck".
- Dreadful Musician: He wants to use the funds from his crimes to finance his career as a country musician, but he is a terrible player AND singer.
- Emergency Transformation: Had a surgeon alter him into a bull man to help him avoid the police due to his crime spree.
- From Nobody to Nightmare: Was originally a factory worker who turned to petty crime, and eventually transformed himself into a supervillain.
- Giftedly Bad: No one will tell him how bad he is out of fear he'd stomp them with his big hooves. He almost suspects this trope, but his mook talks him out of it.
- Hood Hornament: Has a truck named Bessie Mae outfitted with a pair of horns.
- Super-Strength: Freakazoid states that he has the strength of 10 men.
Waylon Jeepers
Voiced by: Jeff Bennett
A small, creepy man with a thing for the occult.
- Cut Lex Luthor a Check: It apparently never struck him to melt down the solid gold beavers he ended up with and just sell the gold.
- Jerkass: Unlike most of the other villains, Jeepers has little to no redeeming qualities.
- Persona Non Grata: He was from Venice Beach, California, but was forced to leave for being too strange. "That should tell you something". He apparently had to disguise himself in order to go back and trap Freakazoid.
- Slasher Smile: He constantly has a creepy grin.
- Taken for Granite: Jeepers created the Medusa Watch which let him turn people into stone. A previous prototype succeeded in turning beavers into gold.
- The Unfavorite: Freakazoid has a somewhat frienemy-ish relationship with his other villains, but he absolutely LOATHES Jeepers. It had gotten to a point that he unleashed on the villain an epically hilarious Take That, Scrappy! speech to lay off before he had a chance to show him something "strange and mystical".
- The Unreveal: The fate of his Medusa watch.Joe: I know where it is, but I'm not telling.
Vorn the Unspeakable
Voiced by: Richard Moll
A monster summoned by Jeepers to act as muscle.
- Eldritch Abomination: Or possibly a demon. It's never really explored.
- Expy: Of Cthulhu.
- Extreme Omnivore:Homeless man: Hey buddy, change?
Vorn: Thankyou! *Takes the can and eats it* - I'm a Humanitarian: Makes frequent references to eating people.
- Large Ham:Vorn: I am Vorn the Unspeakable! The skulls of my enemies bleach in the suns of a thousand worlds! And you are?
- Like an Old Married Couple: Becomes this with Jeepers by the end.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Dresses as a surfer to blend in at Venice Beach CA. No one seems to notice.
- Taken for Granite: How he's defeated, via Jeepers' Medusa watch. Undone by the end, once he's safely behind bars.
Dr. Mystico
Voiced by: Tim Curry
A Mad Scientist living in seclusion on an isolated tropical island, having left society behind due to his research into Half-Human Hybrid creations being mocked and condemned.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Unlike most types of mad scientists, Mystico appears to genuinely have some sort of mental disorder, if his weird behavior is anything to go by.
- Do Not Call Me "Paul": If Wendell is indeed his real first name, he hates being called by it.
- Evil Laugh: Subverted. He immediately apologizes for this and explains that he merely thought of something funny.
- Expy: Of Dr Moreau.
- Half-Human Hybrid: His Orangu-Men, which are massive, ape-like humanoids that are half orangutan and half Leonard Maltin.
- Ink-Suit Actor: He greatly resembles Tim Curry in the 1990s, if fatter.
- Large Ham: He's being played by an over-acting Tim Curry. This is best shown in his Motive Rant:"They called me mad! Insane! WENDELL!! They barred me from the universities until I had no choice but to flee here to conduct my research! Well! Who's crazy now, hmmmm?! WHO'S MAD NOW!? HMMMM!?"
- Mad Scientist: Has set up shop on a small island to focus on his research, creating an army of mutated Orangu-Men who all have the face of Leonard Maltin.
- Take Over the World: He initially claims that he's going to use his army of super primates to take over Cleveland.Cosgrove: Don't you mean the world?
Dr. Mystico: I meant the world, yes. What did I say? Cleveland? - Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth: His bizarre behavior is so extreme that even Freakazoid considers him a weirdo.
- Who's Laughing Now?: During the dinner scene.
Armondo Guitierrez
Voiced by: Ricardo Montalbán
The owner of Apex Microchips, and second candidate for the title of Freakazoid's Arch-Enemy, having a personal connection to the hero's origin.
- Actor Allusion: Briefly slips into a parody of Montalban's "He Tasks Me" monologue from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in his debut episode, before catching himself and apologizing.
- Affably Evil: A very refined and polite fellow.
- Berserk Button: Don't call him a weenie. "Hero Boy" also shows that Freakazoid's general antics also irritate him after a point.
- Big Bad: The only character other than The Lobe who could be a contender for the title. He appeared less often, but it was always an event when he did.
- Bond Villain Stupidity: In "The Wrath of Guitierrez". To be fair, he was going to eliminate Freakazoid even if he escaped.
- Brought Down to Normal: Well, mostly normal anyway; he loses his Freakazoid powers at the end of "The Wrath of Guitierrez" after he falls into the depths of cyberspace.
- Character Catchphrase: "Laugh with me!"
- Cool and Unusual Punishment: His idea of torturing Dexter's family is showing them a tape of former actor and comedian Marty Ingels, much to their horror.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Initially, he was the head of Apex Microchips.
- Cyborg: Half of his face looks like a computer's motherboard in "Hero Boy", due to his Disney Villain Death in "The Wrath of Guitierrez".
- Disney Villain Death: Falls to his apparent death at the end of "The Wrath of Guitierrez". He got better.
- Evil Counterpart: Gains powers similar to Freakazoid's in "The Wrath of Guitierrez". Oddly, he returns to (mostly) normal in his next appearance.
- Evil Laugh: Has one befitting Ricardo Montalban, and often insists that his henchmen, or even the heroes, join him in his laughing.
- Eyepatch of Power: Has an eyepatch in his human form; strangely, his eye appears fine beneath it, making you wonder why he even wears it, other than intimidation perhaps, though he hides the code for the Pinnacle chip glitch behind it while in prison. He no longer has it after half his face becomes cybernetic.
- Facial Horror: The cyberized half of his face, which he hides behind a cloak.
- Ink-Suit Actor: He resembles his voice actor, Ricardo Montalban - which means plenty of references to The Wrath Of Khan.
- In the Hood: During "Hero Boy", because half his face is cyberized.
- Knight of Cerebus: Downplayed — his appearances are marginally more serious since he's much more of a threat than most of the other villains. That said, he's still fairly silly in his own way.
- Large Ham: As a parody of over-the-top villains, many of his lines are delivered in a melodramatic manner. Naturally, this means he often says some pretty goofy things.
- Laugh with Me!: The Trope Namer. And at one point he says "Scream with me!".
- Mad Scientist: In "Hero Boy". He even gets an Igor, Jocko.
- Morton's Fork: He rather enjoys doing this; in "The Wrath of Guitierrez" either Freakazoid remains in the real world and has his powers drained, or he enters the Net where Guitierrez's Death Trap awaits. In "Hero Boy" he does something similar, except Guitierrez was threatening to vaporize Earth instead.
- Never Say "Die": He prefers the term "eliminated".
- Shout-Out: His introduction in "Hero Boy" is a reference to The Abominable Dr. Phibes.
- Unexplained Recovery: It's never explained how he managed to escape from being lost in cyberspace at the end of "The Wrath of Guitierrez", nor how he managed to get back to the real world. All that is known is that the experience somehow partially cyberized him.
- You Said You Would Let Them Go: In "The Chip" he says I Lied. In "The Wrath of Guitierrez" he invokes Exact Words instead.
Kid Carrion
- Advertised Extra: Was presumably meant to be a recurring villain on the show, he even appears in the intro, but aside from a brief cameo in "Relax-O-Vision", he never appears in the show itself. He doesn't even get to appear with the other villains in the show's final episode in spite of the fact that one of the villains that did appear was the one-shot antagonist Invisibo. He was apparently a model created during the Bruce Timm phase of production.
- The Voiceless: Doesn't have any lines in his single on-screen appearance, though he does have high-pitched laughter (which sounds suspiciously like Mark Hamill's Joker).
- The Undead: He's an undead cowboy.
Invisibo
Voiced by: Corey Burton
An evil, millennia-old pharaoh who was released from his slumber by the Douglas family during a visit to Egypt.
- Appropriated Appellation: His real name is Ahmon Kor-Unch. He assumes the name Invisibo after Freakazoid refers to him as such, stating that he likes that the name has a sinister ring to it.
- Invisibility: His main power is to become invisible.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: His voice is based on that of Vincent Price.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: His reign over Ancient Egypt ended when he was buried alive in a sarcophagus sealed with an engraving of a scarab, but he was released when Dexter's brother Duncan broke the seal while trying to punch Dexter.
- Special Effect Failure: Parodied in-universe, Freakazoid complains about the lack of a budget for the episode, and Invisibo's staff is shown being moved around by visible wires like in a half-assed b-movie before more money is allocated for special effects.
- Visible Invisibility: While invisible most of the time, he can be seen by his jackal-headed staff in his debut episode and at one point wears a lampshade in "Normadeus".
Arms Akimbo
Voiced by: John Shuck
A former male model turned mobster and extortionist, whose arms have permanently been locked with his hands on his hips in a "jaunty pose" from decades of posing for cameras.
- Abusive Parents: His parents forced him to follow in their footsteps and made him start modelling in childhood, which resulted in his arms locking in place.
- Evil Cripple: Since he can't move his arms, his hands are useless, so he has his henchmen, and occasionally his victims, help him eat and drink.
- Expy: His voice is a parody of actor Edward G. Robinson.
- Person of Mass Destruction: He's somehow able to make entire buildings explode, just using his elbows.
- Shame If Something Happened: His entire criminal enterprise, which consists of selling "Oops Insurance" to store owners. If anyone refuses to pay, he starts knocking things over with his elbows while saying "oops". If needed, he can destroy entire buildings this way.
Others
Valerie
Voiced by: Tress MacNeille
The local Alpha Bitch of Dexter's school, and an early love interest for Freakazoid.
- Alpha Bitch: Very much so.
- Ambiguously Brown: Her skin has a bit of a tan.
- Betty and Veronica: Subverted. She was initially set up to be the Veronica to Steff's Betty, but never really made an appearance again after "Dance of Doom".
- Head-Turning Beauty: So much so that Freakazoid forgets to call her out for turning down Dexter.
- In-Series Nickname: Val.
- Jerkass: Steff and Jill were at least polite (albeit dishonest) when they turned Dexter down for the dance. Val? Not so much."Gee, Dexter, I'd love to go to the dance with you... IF I WERE UGLY AND DEAD!"
- Loves My Alter Ego: She's an absolute bitch to Dexter but is more than happy to make out with Freakazoid.
- Really Gets Around: According to Steff, Val has a history with older guys.
- Temporary Love Interest: For Freakazoid.John McCann: She was Veronica, and she lost.
Jill
Voiced by: Cree Summer
One of several girls Dexter tried asking out in "Dance of Doom", with little luck, though she at least tried to let him down nicely. Unlike Valerie, she really doesn't like Freakazoid.
- Brooklyn Rage: Has the accent and attitude down.
- Jerkass: To Freakazoid, who had just saved her from a hostage situation.
- The Lad-ette: From what little we see of her, this seems to be her characterization.
- Loves My Alter Ego: Inverted and downplayed. She doesn't like either Dexter or Freakazoid but is at least polite to Dexter; Freakazoid, she treats with contempt.
- Oral Fixation: Chews a toothpick while on the phone with Dexter.
Mo-Ron/Bo-Ron
Voiced by: Stan Freberg
A slow-witted alien who arrived on Earth to deliver a warning about an approaching meteor, only to forget the whole thing, and just sort of stuck around afterwards.
- The Ditz: His first appearance is him repeatedly forgetting the message he came to Earth with. He also answers nearly every question he is asked with "I am Mo-Ron" and apparently thinks that 2+2 is 22.
- Expy: Of Ro-Man from the notorious science fiction film Robot Monster. Their names are similar and they both wear weird-looking helmets.
- Fat Idiot: He is very chubby and a complete dunce.
- Meaningful Name: His name is a play on "moron" and he is an idiot.
- Sudden Name Change: After his first appearance, the name was changed to Bo-Ron, allegedly because network censors were concerned that use of the word "moron" would be offensive. In the Cold Opening to Tomb of Invisibo, Lord Bravery lampshades the name change as he refers to Mo-Ron/Bo-Ron as "Mo-Ron... or Bo-Ron or whatever".
Emmitt Nervend
An odd little man with an unnerving grin who appears in random shots and cameos for seemingly no reason.
- The Cameo: During the first season, each episode's end credits show a counter of how many times he appeared in that episode. This is dropped in the second season, but Emmitt continues to appear.
- Flat Character: We don't know much about him.
- Gonk: Short, with hair like he was just electrocuted, an unnerving grin, and an elongated neck with bulging veins.
- Living Prop: It's very rare he does anything but just stand there.
- Perpetual Smiler: His face is locked in a rictus grin.
- Slasher Smile: Emmitt's smile is not encouraging.
- The Voiceless: He never says any words.
The Huntsman
Voiced by: Jeff Bennett
One of Freakazoid's superhero allies, The Huntsman is one of the most skilled and effective heroes in the series, which unfortunately has left him with a lot of time on his hands.
- The Ace: He's so good at fighting crime, that there's virtually no crime in the city, leaving him very bored.
- Character Catchphrase: "Darn the luck, darn!"
- Curb-Stomp Battle: In the intro sequence for his segments, he's shown curbstomping Cave Guy and Candle Jack!
- Epic Hail: The horn of urgency, a massive horn mounted atop the city's police station. Sound it, and The Huntsman will arrive.
- Expository Theme Song: It's longer than his segments typically are, and the only time The Huntsman is really seen in action. It tells how he was once a scrawny and hungry hunter named Marty Feeb who saw an elf being carried away by a crow. Marty saved the elf's life and in return, the elf gave him a sack of magic corn to eat. Marty was transformed into the Huntsman, a muscular hero with superhuman strength, speed and perfect teeth.
- Expy: His post-transformation appearance and voice is a parody of actor Charlton Heston.
- Flight, Strength, Heart: The magic corn the elf gave him to eat granted Marty Feeb strength, speed and perfect teeth.
- Informed Attribute: We only ever see him use his abilities in the intro, in the actual segments, he's mostly looking for stuff to do since he's beaten all of his enemies.
- Nature Hero: His outfit has leaves on it, and he lives in a cave in a forest.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Based on Charlton Heston.
- Power-Up Food: He owes his strength, speed, and shiny teeth to some magic corn he got from a chunky elf for saving him from being eaten by a crow.
- Super-Speed: From the forest to the city, he will get there in a jiffy. In the intro, he outruns a car.
- Super-Strength: He can easily lift Cave Guy and toss him into a police car. The intro shows him wrestling a bear, and winning!
- Victory Is Boring: An unfortunate side effect of his skills - he's such an effective crime fighter that there's not much to do in his city anymore. The police chief even lampshades that he's been a cop for decades and hasn't seen a drought in crime like this before.
- Wrestler of Beasts: The Huntsman's intro shows him wrestling with a bear when he hears the Horn of Urgency calling him to fight evil.
Lord Bravery
Voiced by: Jeff Bennett
The premiere superhero of Great Britain, which might sound impressive, but it's not exactly a high bar to pass.
- Butt-Monkey: No one, neither his family nor the public, respects him.
- Dude, Where's My Respect?: When his attempt to legally use his hero name amounts to nothing, he is forced to use an alternative: Lord Smoked-Meats-And-Fishes. A worried mother outright refused to have him rescue his son because of such a ridiculous name.
- Flying Brick: According to his theme song, he has this powerset, but he doesn't really use it very well in the actual show.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: His voice is clearly based on John Cleese's.
- Obnoxious In-Laws: He doesn't care much for his mother-in-law, even outright asking to her face why she hasn't died yet.
- Super Loser: Despite his noble attempts at fighting crime, he's either treated like a joke or a nuisance by the public, and his own family constantly humiliates him.
Norm Abram
Voiced by: Himself
Master carpenter, engineer, and host of a variety of television programs such as This Old House and The New Yankee Workshop. Just so happens to have the skills needed for The Lobe's latest and greatest scheme.
- As Himself: Abram voiced himself on the show.
- Anything but That!: The Lobe tortures him into helping with his plan by threatening to damage an otherwise perfect and unblemished cube of birch wood with a chainsaw.
- Bringing in the Expert: Unwillingly in Abrams' case; The Lobe finds that despite his genius, he's incapable of the kind of craftsmanship with wood needed for his latest plan. Instead, he has his thugs kidnap Abram, and force him to help.
- Famed In-Story: While Abram is certainly well-known in real life, in the setting of the show, he has a massive fan following that would put most boy bands to shame.
- Last Episode, New Character: His only appearance is in the series finale, "Normadeus".
- Serious Business: Refuses to help the Lobe after being kidnapped, citing a "carpenter's code" that promises to never use his skills for evil. He only agrees under extreme (for him) duress.
Lonnie Tallbutt / The Wolfman
Voiced by: Mitch Schaur (as Lonnie), Jim Cummings (as The Wolfman)
Click here to see Lonnie in werewolf form
A werewolf that asks Dexter Douglas to help cure his lycanthropy.
- Angry Collar Grab: Has a habit of frantically grabbing people by the shirt collar and telling them "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!". Apparently he does it when he's happy, too. When he tries doing this to Freakazoid (who wears a collarless, skintight bodysuit), he ends up having to grab his own shirt collar.
- Bathos: Lonnie's distress with his curse is played with the same utmost seriousness as the original Wolf Man movies, which becomes funny when faced with this show's light tone and sense of humor.
Lonnie: Years ago, I was bitten by a werewolf. Ever since, when the full moon rises, I turn into a wolf myself! I do horrible things... then wake up the next morning without my shoes and socks!
- The Cameo:
- Lonnie appears briefly in "The Wrath of Gutierrez" as the door man in Amazing Castles.
- In "Statuesque", the Wolfman is one of the monsters Freakazoid and company speak to while looking for Jeepers and Gorn the Unspeakable.
- Gag Haircut: Being shaved by Freakazoid leaves the Wolfman nearly bald, missing an eybrow, and with one large clump of hair with a little pink bow tied around it. He retains this haircut when he turns back into Lonnie.
Freakazoid: [Finishing Lonnie's "haircut"] Lon, there you go! You look like a shaved Terrier.
- Horrifying the Horror: After being tied up and shaved by Freakazoid, the Wolfman is almost literally trying to claw his way away from him.
- Monster Mash: The end of "House of Freakazoid" reveals he's friends with a Mummy, Frankenstein's Monster, and Dracula.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Modeled after Lon Chaney Jr., specifically his role as Larry Talbot in the original Universal Wolf Man film and its sequels.
- Our Werewolves Are Different: Essentially the classic Universal Horror Wolf Man werewolf that changes every full moon, but can apparently be cured by being sent into the internet.
- Riddle Me This: In his cameo in "The Wrath of Gutierrez", he makes Freakazoid answer a riddle before entering the castle.
- Scare the Dog: Lonnie entering Dexter's room causes Mr. Chubbikins to yowl and scamper off... directly into a closed window. Twice.Lonnie: Sorry. Pets don't like me.
- Significant Wardrobe Shift: At the beginning of "House of Freakazoid", Lonnie wears a black raincoat and gray tie. When he returns to the Douglas household after being cured of his lycanthropy, he's wearing a white jacket and pale blue tie.
- Werewolves Are Dogs: Surprisingly averted with the Wolfman's characterization; it's essentially the same as the werewolf in The Wolf Man (1941). Freakazoid still talks to him like he were a dog though.
- Wolf Man: An homage to the Trope Namer.
The Lawn Gnomes
Voiced by': Clive Revill (Baffeardin), Carl Ballantine (Huska), Rose Marie (Honna), Larry Gelman (Quist)
A cunning race of tricksters and thieves that have lived in the shadows of mankind since prehistory, until one fateful day when they pissed off the wrong wizard. Now, they turn to stone during daylight, only to come alive at night to combat evil and prove they've changed their ways... which has been a work in progress since around 1000 A.D.
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Realizing they have no chance at all against Rathgar, the gnomes have no problem groveling pathetically for mercy. And it still doesn't work until Baffeardin tries to actually apologize for their actions.
- Hated by All: The Gnomes were a race of obnoxious louts who's only interaction with humans were to ambush, rob and humiliate them, leading to them being seen as sentient vermin more than anything. Even the Great Mystic Gnome doesn't like them much.
- Ignored Epiphany: After the Great Mystic Gnome outright tells them the humans are sick of their crap and they have to change their ways, the Gnomes agree to reform themselves... in about a week or so. This procrastination leads directly to them getting cursed.
- Our Gnomes Are Weirder: These gnomes are sneaks, thugs and thieves, to the point that their own diety described them as "rats with hats".
- Taken for Granite: Under the terms of Rathgar's curse, the Gnomes turn to stone in sunlight, only to return to life at night. This will last until the Gnomes have "changed their ways", however long that might be.
- Too Dumb to Live: "We stole man's fire, and tried to hide it in our pockets!" "That was painful and dumb..."
