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"Freakazoid!" (1995) More at IMDbPro »

• In the Toby Danger cartoon "Doomsday Bet," Toby Danger and Dr. Vernon Danger are played by Scott Menville and Don Messick, respectively. The characters are spoofs of Jonny Quest and Dr. Benton Quest from "Jonny Quest", who were also respectively voiced by Menville and Messick.
  
  
• From his two appearances, we can piece together that Lord Bravery's real name is Nigel Skunkthorpe.
  
  
• The sequence of keystrokes that triggers the bug in the Pinnacle chip responsible for turning Dexter Douglas into Freakazoid is "@[=g3,8d]\&fbb=-q]/hk%fg", followed by DELETE. Also, on Dexter's keyboard, DELETE is in BACKSPACE's usual position and marked in a slanted lower-case font, which is typical of an Apple Computer keyboard for a later Apple II or a Macintosh.
  
  
• The bug Dexter's computer exhibits is a parody of the FDIV bug that plagued the first run of the Intel Pentium CPUs in the early 1990s, which made headlines when technical users complained about it (and eventually got their CPUs replaced under warranty).
  
  
• The show did well, attracting many viewers during its initial run, but Warner tried to sell commercial slots on this show on the basis that kids were its main audience. However, it soon turned out that most regular viewers were 14 years or older. It was considered to move the show to prime time but in the end it was just canceled after 24 episodes.
  
  
• The Lobe's real name and background were never revealed in the series.
  
  
• Fanboy's name and age were never revealed.
  
  
• The show was originally going to have a similar serious theme like the 90s "Batman" and "Superman" with comedic undertones.
  
  
• The each of the Douglas family's first names begin with a "D". This includes Douglas, Debbie, Duncan, and Dexter.
  
  

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