Sergeant Mike Cosgrove

Sergeant Mike Cosgrove is a character from the Freakazoid series.

Mike is a heavyset, gruff cop with a heart of gold, who is friends with Freakazoid and several other characters.

Personality
Cosgrove is a cop who seems curmudgeonly on the surface, but underneath he has the same irreverent interests as Freakazoid. He also acts as a mentor to Freakazoid, offering sound advice, though often non-committal (he often adds the phrase "That's what I'd do, but that's just me" to all pieces of advice). He and Freakazoid have a deep friendship based on Cosgrove offering to take Freakazoid somewhere fun and interesting (even in the middle of a mission) and Freakazoid accepting.

Abilities
Super authoritative voice: Cosgrove is capable of getting anyone to cease any activity by pointing at them and firmly saying, "cut it out." He has performed this ability effectively to stop even the Animaniacs (something many have tried previously without success).

Omnipresent: Cosgrove seems to be omnipresent to some degree, showing up in locations far from Washington, D.C. (like the desert and mountains of Europe), not to help, but to ask Freakazoid to do something.

4th Wall Awareness: Much like Freakazoid, Cosgrove is aware that they are in a television show and sometimes even talk to the audience.

Trivia

 * According to the audio commentaries, he was only supposed to be in "Dance of Doom" for that one mint scene. Paul Rugg, however, thought it was funny and included it in an episode he was writing. Other writers followed suit until Cosgrove became a regular character.