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In the Freakazoid! episode entitled "The Freakazoid"; the titular hero gets into an argument with Wakko and the Brain about who is Steven Spielberg's favorite.
Following a series of endlessly bad decisions under his reign as CEO of Warner Bros. having damaged the company, Thaddeus Plotz is fired by the studio chairman. ("Hooray For North Hollywood Part 2", 1998).
BREAKING:
After nearly 30 years, a scan of the theatrical run of the Animaniacs cartoon "I'm Mad" has surfaced, thanks to FT Depot on YouTube. Below is a clip of the short's elusive title cards with music.
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"WARnerGAMES" parodies Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. fighting games. The studio who animated the 3D scenes, Flystudio, has also worked on "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate”."
Additionally, Rob Paulsen can be heard in "Brawl" and "Ultimate" as his Metal Gear character, Gray Fox.
The Barney documentary "I Love You, You Hate Me" (2022) features footage of Baloney in the Animaniacs Game Pack. Curiously, the Game Pack footage is credited as being sourced from the series itself, and is cropped to widescreen.
In “WARnerGAMES 2”, Dot attacks her gold copy by using a heart projectile. Dot was first seen doing this in the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and Game Boy Animaniacs game, making it the first instance in which one of the franchise’s own games is referenced within the show.
1994 entertainment industry trade magazine ad from Warner Bros. Animation congratulating Steven Spielberg, featuring various characters from Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs.
WB CEO Thaddeus Plotz is publicly shamed for rejecting the Warners' film "Hooray For North Hollywood," which becomes a massive critical and commercial success at another studio. Consequently, he is labeled as this week's "Big Hollywood Loser" as a result (1998)
A large portion of deleted scenes from the Animaniacs (2020) segment “Gold Meddlers”.
The entire sequence would be reanimated in the final cut of the episode.
Balloons of Yakko, Wakko and Dot, which were present at Burning Man events in the late-2000's.
Yakko is identical to the balloon from the infamous "Mickey Mouse Balloon Incident." This suggests that additional balloons were made as part of a larger set with Wakko and Dot.
In honor of Disney's 100th Anniversary, we will be looking at several occasions where the Animaniacs franchise was officially acknowledged by Disney themselves:
In Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, Starfire recognizes the Warner Bros. Water Tower as the home of the Warners (who are erroneously referred to as the show’s ensemble name, “the Animaniacs”).
Per MeTV Toons' Neal Sabin -
The channel is interested in adding Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain and Tiny Toon Adventures to the line-up. However, it may take a while as the syndication rights are expensive.
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During the Animaniacs' early development days, an initial concept of the Warners portrayed the trio as ducks, based on series creator Tom Ruegger's short "The Premiere of Platypus Duck". As ducks "had been done to death" at that time period, the trio were repurposed-
In the Duck Dodgers episode "Pig Planet", the Cadet is visited by his nephews and niece: Porko, Puerco and Sow. The three are based on Yakko, Wakko and Dot; and share the same voices.
On this day in 1999, the Animaniacs film Wakko's Wish released on home video!
The film focuses on Wakko and the rest of the Animaniacs ensemble's a journey to claim a wish from the elusive Wishing Star, before the evil King Salazar and his men can reach it.
On this day in 1995, the Emmy Award-winning "A Pinky and the Brain Christmas" first aired. Written by Peter Hastings, this episode is especially renowned for the emotional letter reading scene (considered to be the surprise "money shot moment").
The Warners are referenced multiple times in the 2021 Variety report "Children's Hour- How Kids Television Became the Most Heated Front in the Streaming Wars"
In the second pic, Yakko seems to be traced from fan-art by AtariBoy2600 of DeviantArt ().
30 years ago, America was graced with the zaniest creatures living in the Warner Bros. Water Tower and their animan-ey ensemble cast on the Fox Kids programming block.
Happy 30th anniversary to the original
#Animaniacs
series!
Looks like some changes have occurred at the home of the Warner siblings…
The Warner Bros. Water Tower now sports the newer shield of the Warner Bros. Discovery conglomerate.
"Monumental Characters" art that once adorned the Warner Bros. Lot in the 90's, pictured here on the cover of an animation-themed Variety issue from March 24, 1997.
Before the release of the Animaniacs reboot in November 2020, the series received an advertising campaign that featured various forms of advertisements, including hologram projections.
During the 1996-1997 season, The WB was really keen on pushing this "Everybody Dubba!" musical campaign. This anvil-filled variation of the song features some Animaniacs characters joining along (begrudgingly so on Brain's part)…
An alternate version of "At The Big Wrap Party Tonight" aired during The WB's 1995 New Years Eve broadcast entitled "At The New Year's Party Tonight." The full segment is unfortunately lost, but footage of the last half of the song has surfaced courtesy of platypuscomix.
Per Limited Run CEO Josh Fairhurst;
Warner Bros. had apparently declined offers from Limited Run Games for THREE YEARS to re-release the older Animaniacs and Tiny Toon Adventures games, assuming the revenue opportunity was "too small" for them.
The Animaniacs cartoon "Broadcast Nuisance" had some scenes re-edited and even deleted. Shown below are excerpts from an airing of the uncut episode via "Go!" in Australia.
This Wakko stock art that Warner Bros. seems to love using in newer Animaniacs merch products actually comes from fan-art of an "Evil Wakko" made by icelion87 of DeviantArt.
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The Animaniacs reboot is now available to select Disney Plus-Hulu bundle subscribers as part of the merged app beta! Nothing says "Disney Magic" like the Warner siblings after all.
Worrying over expiring streaming rights? We have a solution:
Animaniacs: The Complete Series DVD set contains all 99 episodes of the original series and Wakko's Wish. It was first released on October 2, 2018 in North America to commemorate the show's 25th anniversary.
Kids WB! launched on this day in 1995, with the season 3 premiere of Animaniacs and the introduction of new shows including Pinky and the Brain and Freakazoid!
Around the time the trailer for season 2 of Animaniacs (2020) was released, the Animaniacs social media accounts used new artwork accompanied with a green background.
For unknown reasons, these were replaced a few minutes later with an orange background and alternate art.
In this Kids' WB! promo, "Cartoon Secrets Revealed," Pinky claims hat he isn't really that stupid, and merely acts that way to sabotage Brain's plans so the show can keep going. As this is just a one-off promo, ymmv how you interpret it.