MB202 said:
About Bob's point, I get the feeling that this was a "Beverly Hillbillies" sort of thing, namely that the idea that Dexter Douglas downloaded the Internet into him and THAT'S what made him a maniac might have just been a coincidence and probably something Tom Ruegger, Paul Rugg, and the like probably never even thought of, and the whole "cyberspace" thing was just an arbitrary way of giving Freakazoid his powers. Still, this also counts as a "hilarious in hindsight" as well.
If I recall correctly, the bit about having the entire internet downloaded into his brain was clarified in the episodes "The Chip" parts 1&2. In the first part, Roddy MacStew discovers the flaw in the chip, and describes it's effects, which I believe included downloading all the content of the internet into the user's mind, overloading him, making him insane and "very silly."
Now I'm going to have to go home and watch it to make sure I'm remembering it right (like I need an excuse for more Freakazoid!).
