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.
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.
This show and its lead character have been criticized as being
plagiarism of the comic book Madman by Mike Allred.
According to a recent online chat with Warner Home Video, Freakazoid
is under "Heavy Consideration" for a DVD boxset.
Dexter's
delivery of his transformation phrase, "Ohhhh, freak out!",
is a direct reference to the main lyrics of the song "Le
Freak" on Chic's 1978 album, C'est Chic.