Episode 22: Statuesque

"Statuesque" is Episode 22 of Freakazoid!, although it was the 20th to air. It is the seventh episode of season 2, and aired on November 29, 1996. It was written by John P. McCann and directed by Peter Shin.

Synopsis

Waylon Jeepers finally harnesses the power of the Gorgons and perfects his strange and mystical watch that can turn anyone to stone. He also summons a monster, Vorn the Unspeakable, whose enemies are the enemies of he who summoned him. All of this is bad news for Freakazoid, who has gotten on Jeepers's bad side due to his constant dismissiveness, and Jeepers takes revenge by turning Steff to stone. Freak, Cogsrove and Jonesy set off on a globe-trotting quest to track Jeepers down and save Steff.

Characters

• Announcer
• Sergeant Mike Cosgrove
• Dracula (voiced by Jeff Glen Bennett)
• Freakazoid
• Professor Heiny
• Waylon Jeepers
• Jeepers's Upstairs Neighbor (voiced by Andrea Martin)
• Professor Jones
• The Loch Ness Monster
• Emmitt Nervend (handing out fliers in Venice Beach, Ca.)
• Steff
• Vorn the Unspeakable
• The Wolfman

Other

Main Title Version: jumping chimp

Gag Credit: If you have a strange and mystical watch, please feel free to write the cast of “Kirk” and tell them all about it in great detail.

Tag: Jeepers's neighbor screams and runs away

Trivia

• SCTV veteran and Tony-winning actress Andrea Martin voices Jeepers's upstairs neighbor.
• Richard Moll, the voice of Two-Face on Batman: The Animated Series, voices Vorn the Unspeakable.
• This was the first new episode to air in the show's new Friday afternoon time slot.
• This is Dracula's first speaking role on the show. He previously had cameos in "House of Freakazoid" and "Joe's Very Own Story."
• Kirk, referenced in the gag credit, was a Kirk Cameron vehicle then airing as part of the WB's prime time lineup.
• The title card features a group of singers chanting, "Bum! Bum! Bum!" continuing the running joke from "The Freakazoid" and "Mission: Freakazoid."
• The establishing shot of the Freakalair reuses a background painting that originally appeared in "House of Freakazoid."
• Freakazoid and Professor Heiny's exchange includes a callback to Freakazoid's anguish over the demise of the Disneyland boat ride, last referenced in "The Cloud."

Voice Credits

Paul Rugg as Freakazoid

Edward Asner as Sgt. Cosgrove

Tracy Rowe as Steff

Jonathan Harris as Professor Jones

Jeff Glen Bennett as Jeepers

Richard Moll as Vorn the Unspeakable

Ed Gilbert as Professor Heiny

Andrea Martin as Female Neighbor

Joe Leahy as Our Announcer