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Freaky Stories (1997)

Animation · Comedy · Fantasy

Freaky Stories is a Canadian television series, which was originally broadcast by YTV in English and Canal Famille in French. It is an animated show about urban legends hosted by two animatronic puppets, Larry de Bug, a cockroach, and his gooey sidekick, Maurice the maggot in Ted's Diner - a 1940's era diner setting staffed by Rosie the waitress. The series, described as "a Twilight Zone for kids", centers on the kind of myths and legends that are told as scary campfire or bedtime stories. Every episode always starts with and finishes with the phrase: "This is a true story, and it happened to a friend of a friend of mine." and by the words of Larry, "Just because they never happened, doesn't mean they ain't true." Animation styles and musical scoring varied within each half-hour episode, incorporating 20 different looks in the first season alone. The short stories and changing styles were specifically designed to keep viewers' attention span.

IMDb rating
7.5 (590 votes)
Seasons
3
Streaming (US)
The Roku Channel · Tubi TV
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1997)

8.31 avg 13 episodes 7.8 → 8.8 22 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 17 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 14 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 13 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 13 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 10 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 10 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 10 votesEp 9: 8.6 · 9 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 7 votesEp 11: 8.6 · 8 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 9 votesEp 13: 8.8 · 6 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Big Queasy7.817
2Boys and Ghouls7.914
3Animal Maggotism7.513
4Take This Job and Love It!7.813
5Designer Tales8.410
6Boo!8.510
7When You Gotta Go8.411
8Law & Disorder8.810
9Not the Waltons8.69
10Oops!8.67
11Gotcha!8.68
12School Daze8.39
13End of the Day8.86

Season 2 (1998)

8.28 avg 11 episodes 8.4 → 8.3 23 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 10 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 9 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 8 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 6 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 6 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 7 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 6 votesEp 11: 8.5 · 7 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 6 votesEp 13: 8.3 · 6 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Dog From Mexico/The Mortician's Daughter/Pigeon Dave/Hair Today, Gone...8.411
2Murray and the Rats/Safe at Home/The Gift/Maple Syrup8.210
4Stolen Lunchbox/Front Row Seats/The Vanishing/Dead Man Walking8.09
5Radar Benny/Battleship/Severed Digit/Photo Op8.08
6Last Call/Identical Twins/Bat Girl/The Nosy Maid8.36
8The Smell of Fear/The Need for Speed/Zit's a Horrible Life/The Girl with the Hoarky Cough8.56
9A Fishy Story/Apologies to Steinbeck/Dumped in the Outback/The Creeping Curse of the Mummy's Tomb8.37
10The Iron Fist Principal8.36
11Did You Have Fun at the Party?/Last Laugh/Sewer Swimming Hole/The Boy Who Cried Alien8.57
12The Man Who Picked His Brain8.36
13Pirates/Choc-Roaches/Femme Fatale/Dear Mother and Father8.36

Season 3 (2000)

8.77 avg 9 episodes 8.8 → 8.8 22 min avg

Ep 1: 8.8 · 6 votesEp 2: 8.6 · 5 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 5 votesEp 4: 8.8 · 5 votesEp 5: 8.8 · 5 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 6 votesEp 7: 8.8 · 5 votesEp 8: 9.2 · 6 votesEp 9: 8.8 · 5 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Double Your Pleasure/Deep Forest Diver/Hocus Pocus/The Prize8.86
2Rugs R Us/Fishin' Hole/Bean Boy/The 13th Floor8.65
3Duelling Sisters8.65
4Chatty Monk/Mark IV/Invisible Shirley/Mouse in the House8.85
5Ouija Board/Fountain of Youth/Houston, We Have a Problem/So Long Sing Sing8.85
6Loch Ness Incident/At the Circus8.56
7Sour Puss/Monkey's Paw/First Anniversary/Bagel Boy8.85
8Just a Little Push/The Babysitter/The Meal/Monkey Shines9.26
9Mystery of the Wax Museum/Mouse Trap/The Getaway/The Lodger8.85