History Trivia / Freaktown

** Co-creator Peter Ricq isn't very proud of the show, due to the massive amounts of ExecutiveMeddling from Creator/PortfolioEntertainment, who changed or outright ignored most of his ideas and suggestions for the series, resulting in a show that was pretty much nothing like what he wanted. For all intents and purposes, he pretty much considers his real creation to be ''Sweets vs. Freaks'', with ''Freaktown'' being [[https://peterricq.com/show-concepts/ "a series out of our control"]].
** While this applies with many of the final choices Portfolio made with Ricq's character designs (on his website, the most positive thing he had to say was that Priscilla "kinda turned out okay"), he was especially displeased with the final design choice for Princess Boo Boo, explaining it was his "least favorite" of the concepts he sent to the studio.

** Creative differences between Ricq and Creator/PortfolioEntertainment (the studio that produced the show) caused the series to go through numerous revisions, and Ricq had a huge distaste for most of the changes. As a result, [[CreatorBacklash he chooses to distance himself]] from ''Freaktown'', since most of his ideas and concepts were ignored or changed without his approval.
** Ricq's contract with Portfolio was supposed to let him direct the first three episodes, but as Ricq explains on his website, Portfolio "did everything they can to not have me there to direct". Ultimately, Ricq was only allowed to co-direct remotely from Vancouver, sending notes to the Toronto studio from his apartment. Aside from selective character designs, his input was mostly disregarded.

** Ben initially had a grey shirt, but Creator/PortfolioEntertainment forced Ricq to change it to red for reasons unknown.
** Lenny was originally named Manny[[note]]Ricq never acknowledges the name change on his website, suggesting he wasn't very fond of it and still considers the character's name to be Manny[[/note]]. Ricq was strictly against him having a SurferDude voice and insisted he sound more akin to the cast members of ''Series/{{Workaholics}}'', but his requests were ignored.

** The episode "B-1000" was initially boarded by Ricq, and he had some very specific indications, such as Ben throwing "angry coo-coo nuts" instead of "boogermelons" and Cuddles going through a long screaming gag, as well as specific voice directions in the board reminiscent of popular media (e.g. any of the characters yelling in akin to Chris Tucker's character in ''Film/TheFifthElement'' or Cuddles saying "yooou" in akin to Ren Hoek from ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''). The board was subsequently re-written without his input.
* WorkingTitle: ''Sweets vs. Freaks''. Teletoon apparently loved the title enough to pick up the series, but it wasn't to stick, thanks to Portfolio's meddling.

** For a particular case within the show proper, Ricq was not particularly fond of the final design choice for Princess Boo Boo, calling it his "least favorite".

** Lenny was originally named Manny. Ricq was strictly against him having a SurferDude voice and insisted he sound more akin to the cast members of ''Series/{{Workaholics}}'', but his requests were ignored.

* ExecutiveMeddling: According to co-creator Peter Ricq, creative differences between him and Creator/PortfolioEntertainment (the studio that produced the show) caused the series to go through numerous revisions, most of the changes Ricq had a huge distaste for (He describes the show on his official website as [[https://peterricq.com/show-concepts/ "a series out of our control"]]). As a result, he chooses to distance himself from it since most of his ideas/concepts were ignored or changed without his approval. Ricq was also contracted to initially direct the first three episodes, but due to the studios' meddling, was only allowed to co-direct remotely from Vancouver. Aside from selective character designs, his input was mostly disregarded.

* OldShame: As described above, co-creator Peter Ricq isn't very fond of the show these days, due to the massive amounts of ExecutiveMeddling from Creator/PortfolioEntertainment, who changed or outright ignored most of his ideas and suggestions for the show, resulting in a show that was pretty much nothing like what he wanted. In particular, Boo-Boo's design in the final product was actually his ''least favorite'' of all the pitched concepts for the character.

** According to co-creator Peter Ricq, the series was initially titled ''Sweets vs. Freaks'', which sold the show to Creator/{{Teletoon}} in the first place. His original network pitch however had a completely different artstyle from the final product, one more in line with his usual work and with many characters having vastly different designs.
** Ben initially had a grey shirt, but Creator/PortfolioEntertainment forced him to change it to red for reasons unknown.
** Lenny was originally named Manny and Ricq was strictly against him having a stereotypical SurferDude voice and insisted he have a voice in akin to the cast members of ''Series/{{Workaholics}}''. That decision was averted in the final product, although Ricq remains adamant about calling the character Manny.
** Ricq was not particularly fond of the final design choice for Princess Boo Boo, calling it his "least favorite".
** Cuddles was supposed to have dark eyes to make him look like a real teddy bear.
** Ricq suggested the Freaktown island to have a more dark-saturated color to contrast with the bright Sweetlandia exterior and even sent a revised illustration design, which was ignored as well.
** The episode "B-1000" was initially boarded by Ricq and he had specific indications such as Ben throwing "angry coo-coo nuts" instead of "boogermelons" and Cuddles going through a long screaming gag, as well as specific voice directions in the board reminiscent of popular media (e.g. any of the characters yelling in akin to Chris Tucker's character in ''Film/TheFifthElement'' or Cuddles saying "yooou" in akin to Ren Hoek from ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''). The board was subsequently re-written.

* ExecutiveMeddling: According to co-creator Peter Ricq, creative differences between him and Creator/PortfolioEntertainment (the studio that produced the show) caused the series to go through numerous revisions, most of the changes Ricq had a huge distaste for. As a result, he chooses to distance himself from it since most of his ideas/concepts were ignored or changed without his approval. Ricq was also contracted to initially direct the first three episodes, but due to the studios' meddling, was only allowed to co-direct remotely from Vancouver. Aside from selective character designs, his input was mostly disregarded.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to co-creator Peter Ricq, the series was intially titled ''Sweets vs. Freaks'', which sold the show to Creator/{{Teletoon}} in the first place.

** Lenny was originally named Manny and Ricq was strictly against him having a stereotypical Main/SurferDude voice and insisted he have a voice in akin to the cast members of Workaholics. That decision was averted in the final.

* ExecutiveMeddling: According to co-creator Peter Ricq, creative differences between him and Portfolio Entertainment (the studio that produced the show) caused the series to go through numerous revisions, most of the changes Ricq had a huge distaste for. As a result, he choses to distance himself from it since most of his ideas/concepts were ignored or changed without his approval. Ricq was also contracted to initially direct the first three episodes, but due to the studios' meddling, was only allowed to co-direct remotely from Vancouver. Aside from selective character designs, his input was mostly disregarded.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to co-creator Peter Ricq, the series was intially titled "Sweets vs. Freaks", which sold the show to Teletoon in the first place.
** Ben initially had a grey shirt but the studio forced him to change it to red for reasons unknown.

** Ricq suggested The Freaktown island to have a more dark-saturated color to contrast with the bright Sweetlandia exterior and even sent a revised illustration design, which was ignored as well.
** The episode "B-1000" was intially boarded by Ricq and he had specific indications such as Ben throwing "angry coo-coo nuts" instead of "boogermelons" and Cuddles going through a long screaming gag, as well as specific voice directions in the board reminiscent of popular media (e.g. any of the characters yelling in akin to Chris Tucker's character in ''Film/TheFifthElement'' or Cuddles saying "yooou" in akin to Ren Hoek from ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''). The board was subsequently re-written.

** The episode "B-1000" was intially boarded by Ricq and he had specific indications such as Ben throwing "angry coo-coo nuts" instead of "boogermelons" and Cuddles going through a long screaming gag, as well as specific voice directions in the board reminiscent of popular media (e.g. any of the characters yelling in akin to Chris Tucker's character in Film/TheFifthElement or Cuddles saying "yooou" in akin to Ren Hoek from WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow). The board was subsequently re-written.

** Lenny was originally named Manny and Ricq was strictly against him having a stereotypical Main/SurferDude voice and insisted he have a voice in akin to the cast members of [[Series/Workaholics Workaholics]]. That decision was averted in the final.

** Lenny was originally named Manny and Ricq was strictly against him having a stereotypical Main/SurferDude voice and insisted he have a voice in akin to the cast members of Series/Workaholics. That decision was averted in the final.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: ''Hard''. After airing the show every Monday through the summer of 2016, Creator/{{Teletoon}} suddenly aired multiple episodes of the show on the last Saturday of August before putting it on a hiatus. The rest of the season was then dumped onto Saturday afternoons in October 2016, with the last episodes being aired on a lone Sunday afternoon and cancellation being declared. The series vanished from the channel almost immediately afterwards and has never returned since.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: ''Hard''. After airing the show every Monday through the summer of 2016, Creator/{{Teletoon}} suddenly aired multiple episodes of the show on the last Saturday of August before putting it on a hiatus. The rest of the season was then dumped onto Saturday afternoons in October 2016, with the last episodes being aired on a lone Sunday afternoon and cancellation being declared. The series vanished from the channel almost immediately afterwards and has never returned since.
* TalkingToHimself: Ron Pardo does pretty much all the secondary characters in the show.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: ''Hard''. After airing the show every Monday through the summer of 2016, Creator/{{Teletoon}} suddenly aired multiple episodes of the show on the last Saturday of August before putting it on a hiatus. The rest of the season was then dumped onto Saturday afternoons in October 2016, with the last episodes being aired on a lone Sunday afternoon and cancellation being declared.

* NoExportForYou: It Aired elsewhere, excluding the US.

* NoExportForYou: The show had never been seen nor released in the U.S period.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: ''Hard''. After airing the show every Monday through the summer of 2016, Creator/{{Teletoon}} suddenly aired multiple episodes of the show on the last Saturday of August before putting it on a hiatus. The rest of the season was then dumped onto Saturday afternoons in October 2016, with the last episodes being aired on a lone Sunday afternoon and cancellation being declared.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: ''Hard''. After airing the show every Monday through the summer of 2016, Creator/{{Teletoon}} suddenly aired multiple episodes of the show on the last Saturday of August before putting it on a hiatus. The rest of the season was then dumped onto Saturday afternoons in October 2016, appropriately enough, with the last episodes being aired on a lone Sunday afternoon, with the possibility of renewal being highly unlikely.