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This is a list of episodes of the TV series Animaniacs.
Season 1: 1993-1994[]
# | Airdate: | Title: | Overview |
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1 |
S1, Ep1 Sept. 13, 1993 |
De-Zanitized | Dr. Scratchansniff tells the story of how he met the Warners and once tried to make the Warners less zany with psychoanalysis. |
The Monkey Song | In the tune to Calypso music, the Warners and Dr. Scratchansniff sing about their tumultuous relationship. | ||
Nighty-Night Toon | In a slight parody of the children's book Goodnight Moon, each of the Animaniacs are wished a good night's sleep. Most of the major characters are present. | ||
2 |
S1, Ep2 Sept. 14, 1993 |
Yakko's World | Yakko sings a song to the tune of "Mexican Hat Dance" about the nations of the world. |
Cookies for Einstein | As scouts in Switzerland, the Warners attempt to sell cookies to Albert Einstein and accidentally help him discover the mass-energy conversion formula (mistakenly referred to as the formula for his theory of relativity). | ||
Win Big | First Pinky and the Brain short. Brain competes on trivia game show "Gyp-Parody" to win money to buy a device in order to take over the world. | ||
3 |
Sept. 15, 1993 |
H.M.S. Yakko | The Warners trespass on Captain Mel's beach. He tries to get them to leave. This cartoon contains parodies of songs from the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas Pirates of Penzance and H.M.S. Pinafore. |
Slappy Goes Walnuts | First Slappy Squirrel cartoon. Slappy tries to get some walnuts in a yard guarded by a dog. | ||
Yakko's Universe | Yakko sings a song about the relative vastness of space from one person to the entire universe. | ||
4 |
S1, Ep4 Sept. 16, 1993 |
Hooked on a Ceiling | Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, nearly ruined and fixed by the Warners who were offended by all the naked people on it. |
Goodfeathers: The Beginning | First Goodfeathers cartoon. In order to become a Goodfeather, Squit must find the Godpigeon some food. Inspired by two movies, Goodfellas and The Godfather. | ||
5 |
S1, Ep5 Sept. 17, 1993 |
Taming of the Screwy | Thaddeus Plotz has invited over some very important business people to a business dinner and it's Dr. Scratchansniff's job to train the Warners with manners so they can attend. |
6 |
S1, Ep6 Sept. 20, 1993 |
Temporary Insanity | When Plotz's secretary gets sick, he accidentally hires Yakko, Wakko, and Dot as replacements. |
Operation: Lollipop | First Buttons and Mindy short. After Mindy receives a lollipop, she gets into trouble when the lollipop sticks to the side of a mail truck and she and Buttons (protecting Mindy) pursue it. | ||
What Are We? | The Warners are hypnotized by Dr. Scratchansniff in order to make them less zany. Dr. Scratchansniff fails and asks them what they are, leading the Warners to offer a number of suggestions. | ||
7 |
S1, Ep7 Sept. 21, 1993 |
Piano Rag | Dr. Scratchansniff, Ralph the Guard, and Hello Nurse all chase after the Warners, so they hide in a piano concert until the coast is clear. |
When Rita Met Runt | First Rita and Runt cartoon. An independent cat and a stupid dog meet in an animal shelter, where they decide to bust out and find a real home. | ||
8 |
S1, Ep8 Sept. 22, 1993 |
The Big Candy Store | After a nun is kicked out of a candy store, the Warners give the owner of the candy store a hard time. |
Bumbie's Mom | After Skippy gets traumatized with a death in Bumbie, the Dearest Deer, Slappy tries to teach him that "no one dies in cartoons" by visiting the actress who played the part. | ||
9 |
S1, Ep9 Sept. 23, 1993 |
Wally Llama | Wally Llama (based on the Dalai Lama), the wisest creature in the world, vows to stop answering questions after being asked too many stupid ones. However, the Warners have a very pressing question that drives Wally Llama crazy. |
Where Rodents Dare | With one of his new inventions, Brain plans to freeze all the leaders of the world when they are at an international peace conference in the Alps. | ||
10 |
S1, Ep10 Sept. 24, 1993 |
King Yakko | Yakko inherits the throne of Anvilania, a small kingdom best known as the world's largest producer of anvils. This episode was based on the Marx Brothers movie, Duck Soup. |
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# | Airdate: | Title: | Overview |
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11 |
S1, EP11 Sep. 27, 1993 |
No Pain, No Painting | In 1905, the Warners arrive at the Paris home of the famous artist Pablo Picasso. They want to help him paint and annoy him so much that he will let them paint as he relaxes. |
Les Miseranimals | Runt, a rebellious dog in 1905 Paris, helps Rita and other captured cats get free from a future of being pies. Loosely based on the Broadway musical Les Miserables. | ||
12 |
S1, Ep12 Sep. 28, 1993 |
Garage Sale of the Century | Papa Bear is having a garage sale, but runs into problems when the Warners take the expression too literally. |
West Side Pigeons | In an avian parody of West Side Story, the Goodfeathers are having a rivalry with a group of sparrows when Squit falls in love with Carloota, the sister of a rival sparrow. | ||
13 |
S1, Ep13 Sep. 29, 1993 |
Hello Nice Warners | While running away from Ralph, the Warners get hired by a control-obsessed comedy director for his movie, leading to a clash of comedic styles. |
La Behemoth | First Hip Hippos short. When Flavio and Marita's giraffe maid quits over a misunderstanding, the Hip Hippos are forced to do their own housework with disastrous results. This is an opera episode in which the title was based on La bohème. | ||
Little Old Slappy from Pasadena | To the famous Jan & Dean song, Slappy drives her brand new car all over town in order to deliver a letter. | ||
14 |
S1, Ep14 Sep. 30, 1993 |
La La Law | When Dr. Scratchansniff gets a parking ticket, he goes to court to fight it. The Warners act as his lawyers and frustrate the judge with their hijinks. The title was based on the live-action L.A. Law. |
Cat on a Hot Steel Beam | Mindy follows a kitten into a dangerous construction site. | ||
15 |
S1, Ep15 Oct. 1, 1993 |
Space Probed | The Warners are abducted by aliens and taken aboard their spaceship where their hijinks begin to annoy the passengers. |
Battle for the Planet | Pinky and the Brain want to take over the world by tricking people into thinking that aliens are invading. | ||
16 |
S1, Ep16 Oct. 1, 1993 |
Chalkboard Bungle | The studio hires a new teacher named Miss Flamiel to teach the Warners. Despite her best efforts, she meets only with frustration and is unable to teach them anything. |
Hurray for Slappy | Slappy goes to a banquet held in her honor in order to receive an award while three of her old nemesis plot revenge for years of torment. | ||
The Great Wakkorotti: The Master and His Music | Wakko belches The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss. | ||
17 |
S1, Ep17 Oct. 5, 1993 |
GOOD IDEA BAD IDEA Mr. Skullhead | Good Idea: play a piccolo in a band. Bad Idea: Play a piano in the band. |
Roll Over, Beethoven | Yakko, Wakko, and Dot help Beethoven compose his fifth symphony. | ||
GOOD IDEA BAD IDEA Mr. Skullhead | Good Idea: feeding stray kittens in the park. Bad Idea: feeding stray kittens to a bear. | ||
The Cat and the Fiddle | In 1690's Italy, Stradivarius takes a stray Rita in hope to make violin strings out of her "catgut". | ||
18 |
S1, Ep18 Oct. 6, 1993 |
Pavlov's Mice | In turn of the century Russia, Brain plans to take over the world by stealing the crown jewels of Russia, yet with one setback: he and Pinky have been conditioned by psychiatrist Pavlov. |
Chicken Boo-Ryshnikov | First Chicken Boo short. In New York, Chicken Boo is mistaken for a ballet dancer and dances in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. | ||
Nothing But the Tooth | Rasputin has a toothache preventing him from hypnotizing the tsar. Unfortunately, the Warners are his dentists. | ||
19 |
S1, Ep19 Oct. 7, 1993 |
Meatballs or Consequences | During a visit to Sweden, the Warners run afoul of Death, who tries to take Wakko away after he eats one too many meatballs during a contest. To save him, Yakko and Dot challenge Death to a game of checkers. |
Dot's Poetry Corner | "Little Miss Muffett." | ||
A Moving Experience | Flavio and Marita head to New York in order to find a trendy new place to live. This episode was to be the first Flavio and Marita episode. | ||
20 |
S1, Ep20 Oct. 11, 1993 |
Four Score and Seven Migraines Ago | On a train to Gettysburg, the Warners help Abraham Lincoln write the opening of the Gettysburg Address. |
Wakko's America | In a Jeopardy!-style game in the classroom, Wakko has to name the 50 states and their capitals. | ||
Davy Omelette | Chicken Boo is mistaken for Davy Omelette the frontiersman. He helps a number of pioneers who are being attacked by a bear. | ||
The Flame | The Flame lights the room as Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence. |
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21 |
S1, Ep21 Oct. 12, 1993 |
Hearts of Twilight | A crazy film director (based on Jerry Lewis) is millions of dollars over budget, so Plotz sends the Warners out to stop him. It was partially inspired by Apocalypse Now but more so by the documentary on the making of the film Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse. |
The Boids | The Goodfeathers are hired as stunt birds for an Alfred Hitchcock horror movie. They try to keep their jobs, but the move shoot turns out to be harder than they expected. | ||
22 |
S1, Ep22 Oct. 8, 1993 |
Guardin' the Garden | Slappy protects Adam and Eve from eating an apple in the Garden of Eden, just as a snake tries to tempt them to do so. Features a cameo by Baby Plucky Duck from Tiny Toon Adventures. |
Plane Pals | Onboard a plane, the Warners annoy a tightwad who is forced to sit by them because of a computer error. | ||
23 |
S1, Ep23 Oct. 15, 1993 |
Be Careful What You Eat | The Warners sing about the ingredients of junk food. |
Up the Crazy River | When Mindy chases a butterfly into a rain forest that is being cut down for wood, Buttons follows and protects her. | ||
Ta Da Dump, Ta Da Dump, Ta Da Dump Dump Dump | The Goodfeathers must help Pesto when he gets his head caught in a plastic six-pack ring while rummaging through the garbage. | ||
24 |
S1, Ep24 Oct. 18, 1993 |
Opportunity Knox | Brain wants to steal all of the gold out of Fort Knox. |
Good Idea, Bad Idea With Mr. Skullhead |
Good Idea: Stopping to smell the roses. Bad Idea: Stopping to feel the roses. | ||
Wings Take Heart | When a male moth and a female butterfly fall in love they head to the city. | ||
25 |
S1, Ep25 Oct. 19, 1993 |
Hercule Yakko | The detective Warners go in search of Marita's missing jewel on a cruise ship filled with "the unusual suspects". (Slappy, Minerva, Pinky and the Brain, Flavio and Marita). Based on the works of Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot. First appearance of Minerva Mink. |
Home on De-Nile | Rita gets adopted by Cleopatra. Runt saves her after he finds out that Rita is about to be sacrificed. | ||
A Midsummer Night's Dream | The Warners' unique interpretation of Shakespeare, complete with Batman and Robin. | ||
26 |
S1, Ep26 Oct. 21, 1993 |
Testimonials | Several old-time movie stars talk about their encounters with the Warners and how Milton Berle never really liked them. |
Babblin' Bijou | An old black-and-white Warner cartoon where Dot goes into the movies (literally) to find the sheik of her dreams. | ||
Potty Emergency | In the midst of watching a scary sci-fi movie, Wakko drinks too much soda and scrambles to find an available bathroom. Even after he finds a potty in his "Gag Bag," his quest to relieve himself goes from bad to worse. | ||
Sir Yaksalot | The Warners are recruited by a medieval king to save his home from a dragon. Guest appearances by Pinky and the Brain. | ||
27 |
S1,Ep27 Oct. 25, 1993 |
You Risk Your Life | Yakko hosts a game show similar in style and feel to Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life. |
I Got Yer Can | A discarded soda can sparks an escalating, one-sided battle of wits between Slappy and her neighbor, Candie Chipmunk. | ||
Jockey for Position | In order to win funds for his latest world-conquering scheme, Brain enters the Kentucky Derby as the worlds smallest, lightest jockey. But Pinky's meddling alters the outcome of the race in an unexpected manner. | ||
28 |
S1, Ep28 Oct. 26, 1993 |
Moby or Not Moby | The Warners protect the legendary Moby-Dick from the wrath of Captain Ahab. |
Mesozoic Mindy | In the Stone Age, cavegirl Mindy gets in trouble and Buttons rescues her. | ||
The Good, the Boo, and the Ugly | Chicken Boo finds himself in the midst of a spaghetti western. | ||
29 |
S1, Ep29 Oct. 29, 1993 |
Draculee, Draculaa | In an attempt to head towards their ancestral home of Pennsylvania (since their parents are pencils), the Warners end up at the estate of Count Dracula in Transylvania. Cameo by the Tasmanian Devil. |
Phranken-Runt | Rita and Runt end up being chased by a crazy female mad scientist who wants the idiot dog's brain for her own experiments. | ||
30 |
S1, Ep30 Oct. 28, 1993 |
Hot, Bothered and Bedeviled | Lost once again, the Warners end up in the fiery realm of Hades, where they end up giving Satan his own eternal torment. |
Moon Over Minerva | A melancholic Minerva Mink avoids the come-ons of a geeky wolf male, until the full moon brings out the real wolf in both of them. | ||
Skullhead Boneyhands | In a parody of Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands, Mr. Skullhead (a character brought over from Tiny Toon Adventures) is adopted and finds acceptance in a suburban family. |
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# | Airdate: | Title: | Overview |
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31 |
S1, Ep31 Nov. 1, 1993 |
O Silly Mio | After witnessing their stained-glass window get destroyed by a primadonna opera singer, the Warners torment her in their own variations on Carmen. |
Puttin' on the Blitz | In the midst of the Nazi invasion of Poland, Rita and Runt help a little girl reunited with her father while avoiding the enemy (and Newt). | ||
The Great Wakkorotti: The Summer Concert | Wakko belches Dance of the Hours. | ||
32 |
S1, Ep32 Nov. 2, 1993 |
Chairman of the Bored | The Warners are tortured going through the longest, most boring one-sided conversation of their lives courtesy of a drone-voice man (Ben Stein) they meet at a party. |
Planets Song | Yakko sings of the planets in our solar system (except Uranus). | ||
Astro-Buttons | Buttons and Mindy are part of a space colony. | ||
33 |
S1, Ep33 Nov.3, 1993 |
Cartoons in Wakko's Body 1 | In a running gag throughout the episode, Wakko has various medical maladies caused by cartoons inside of him. |
Noah's Lark | Noah (who looks and speaks like comedian Richard Lewis) is instructed by God to build an ark for the flood and to gather animals two-by-two, including the Hip Hippos. Cameos by Babs and Buster Bunny, and Pinky and the Brain. | ||
Cartoons in Wakko's Body 2 | In a running gag throughout the episode, Wakko has various medical maladies caused by cartoons inside of him. | ||
The Big Kiss | Chicken Boo is a leading actor who delivers the money-shot kiss in a movie without anyone knowing he's a giant chicken. | ||
Hiccup | Squit gets a case of the hiccups, forcing the other Goodfeathers to come up with different ways to get rid of them. | ||
Cartoons in Wakko's Body 3 | In a running gag throughout the episode, Wakko has various medical maladies caused by cartoons inside of him. | ||
34 |
S1, Ep34 Nov 3, 1993 |
Clown and Out | A clown (who looks and speaks like the Jerry Lewis-esque Mr. Director) is hired by Mr. Plotz for Wakko's birthday party, but Plotz learns from Dr. Scratchensniff that, like Mr. Plotz, Wakko has a fear of clowns. The episode has become somewhat of an internet meme. |
Bubba Bo Bob Brain | The Brain becomes a country-western star in order to plant hypnotic suggestions for world domination. But his main problems in his rise to fame: Pinky keeps screwing up his name. | ||
35 |
S1, Ep35 Nov. 5, 1993 |
In the Garden of Mindy | Brain tries to prepare a plan for world domination, all the while watching over Mindy's mischief. |
No Place Like Homeless | Runt and Pesto find a home with a kind old woman who doesn't like birds. | ||
Katie Ka-Boo | In Katie Ka-Boom's first appearance, she discovers the hard way that her latest boyfriend is a giant chicken (Chicken Boo to be exact). | ||
Baghdad Cafe | The Warner Brothers (and their sister Slappy in place of Dot) pay a visit to Saddam Hussein spoof, Sodarn Insane. | ||
36 |
S1, Ep36 Nov. 8, 1993 |
Critical Condition | After two movie critics blast her cartoons on a review show, Slappy decides to get revenge: first by blowing their home up, then by sabotaging their latest film viewing. Includes clips from the Looney Tunes shorts What's Opera, Doc?, Duck Amuck, and Porky in Wackyland, and a cameo by Shirley the Loon (from Tiny Toon Adventures). |
The Three Muska-Warners | The Warners, as The Three Musketeers, protect their king from the threat of "The Viper". | ||
37 |
S1, Ep37 Nov 9, 1993 |
Dough Dough Boys | The carrier pigeon Goodfeathers are forced to deliver an important message through a World War I battlefield. |
Boot Camping | The Warners head for summer camp but wind up in basic training instead, leading to chaos, confusion and an angry drill sergeant. | ||
General Boo-Regard | The Southern Rebels of the Civil War are led by Chicken Boo. | ||
38 |
S1, Ep38 Nov 10, 1993 |
Spellbound | Pinky and the Brain go on a quest to get the last ingredient for a spell needed to help them conquer the world. Cameos by Witch Hazel, Hansel and Gretel from the short Bewitched Bunny, Slappy Squirrel, the Goodfeathers, and Rita and Runt. |
39 |
S1, Ep39 Nov. 11, 1993 |
Smitten with Kittens | Rita and Runt find a litter of "puppies" that cling to the stray cat as their mother. |
Alas Poor Skullhead | Yakko recites the famed Hamlet soliloquy while Wakko digs and Dot translates. | ||
White Gloves | As Wakko plays piano in the water tower, his gloves run away and have an adventure on their own. | ||
40 |
S1, Ep40 Nov. 12, 1993 |
Fair Game | The Warners compete on the game show "Quiz Me Quick" where they drive the host bonkers. |
The Slapper | An advertisement about a device that slaps people. | ||
Puppet Rulers | In the 1950s, Pinky and the Brain join the cast of a kids puppet show to influence the baby-boom generation to follow them in the future. Cameo by Rita and Runt. |
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41 |
S1, Ep41 Nov. 15, 1993 |
Buttermilk, It Makes a Body Bitter | A short milk ad parody about why Slappy drinks buttermilk. |
Broadcast Nuisance | A TV news anchor refuses to tip the Warners for his lunch, leading to one on-air humiliation after another.
Note: This segment had a second "censored" version that was altered and redubbed due to the excessive violence and controversial elements in the first version. | ||
Raging Bird | Bobby trains to fight a tough bird in order to impress a female in his fighting ability. This movie was inspired by the movies Raging Bull and Rocky. | ||
42 |
S1, Ep42 Nov. 16, 1993 |
Animator's Alley | The Warners are stuck on a forum show with an old animator, who keeps falling asleep as he reminisces about his time at the studio. |
Can't Buy a Thrill | The Hip Hippos try to improve their bored lives by going on a dangerous vacation. | ||
Hollywoodchuck | An arrogant forest creature gets a job in Hollywood on a TV show while getting angry at everyone in the process. | ||
43 |
S1, Ep43 Nov. 17, 1993 |
Of Nice and Men | Runt gets adopted and finds himself taking care of a rabbit farm, while Rita is relegated to rat hunting. Cameo by the Brain. |
What a Dump! | Buttons chases Mindy through a landfill and recycling center when she tries to retrieve her favorite old doll, which has been thrown out with the trash. | ||
Survey Ladies | While trying to find a birthday present at the mall, the Warners keep running into two relentless survey ladies asking about beans and George Wendt. Cameos by Fifi La Fume and Baby Plucky Duck. | ||
44 |
S1, Ep44 Nov. 18, 1993 |
Useless Fact 1 | Bridging segments: Yakko reveals pieces of completely useless information.
Termites can live to be 50 years old. |
The Senses | The Warners sing about the senses - the usual five, plus several others. | ||
Useless Fact 2 | Eskimos have more than 100 words for "ice", and no words for "hello". | ||
Dot's Poetry Corner |
Dot recites her own version of "Humpty Dumpty." | ||
The World Can Wait | Brain gives up his world domination plans for the night so he can woo a new female lab mouse who is more attracted to Pinky. | ||
Useless Fact 3 | A shrimp's heart is in its head. | ||
Kiki's Kitten | Rita finds herself unexpectedly adopted by a research gorilla, while Runt sleeps through the whole thing. | ||
Useless Fact 4 | Starfish have no brain. | ||
45 |
S1, Ep45 Nov. 19, 1993 |
Windsor Hassle | The Warners work with the queen of England to restore Windsor Castle after a fire. |
...And Justice for Slappy | Slappy is put on trial for assaulting Walter Wolf. | ||
46 |
S1, Ep46 Nov. 22, 1993 |
Turkey Jerky | Native American Warners protect their pet turkey from a Pilgrim who wants him for dinner. Cameos by Slappy and Skippy, and Elmer Fudd. |
Wild Blue Yonder | A newly hatched bird tries to find its mother and ends up following an air military fleet. | ||
47 |
S1, Ep47 Nov. 23, 1993 |
Video Revue | The Warners have fun at a video store where the movie covers come to life. Cameos by Baby Plucky Duck, Bugs Bunny, and Daffy Duck. |
When Mice Ruled the Earth | Pinky and the Brain go back to the dawn of man to influence mice and give them evolutionary advantages to rule the world. | ||
48 |
S1, Ep48 Nov. 24, 1993 |
Mobster Mash | The Warners get into a battle of wits with a Mafia boss (based on Vito Corleone) at his favorite Italian restaurant. |
Lake Titicaca | The Warners sing about a South American lake. | ||
Icebreakers | Rita and Runt stow away to Florida, but they end up in the Arctic, where they encounter Ross Perot. Cameo by Buttons and Mindy. | ||
49 |
S1, Ep49 Dec. 6, 1993 |
A Christmas Plotz | A Warner version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. |
Little Drummer Warners | A retelling of the birth of Jesus, set to several familiar carols. The Warners (as shepherds) deliver their own spin on "We Three Kings" and jazz up "The Little Drummer Boy." | ||
50 |
S1, Ep50 Dec. 6, 1993 |
'Twas the Day Before Christmas | Slappy tells Skippy a story about the studio's plans to deliver Christmas presents to the Warners, with Ralph standing in for Santa Claus. Cameos and guest appearances by every major Animaniacs character, including the Mime. |
Jingle Boo | Chicken Boo diguises himself as a department store Santa Claus. | ||
The Great Wakkorotti: The Holiday Concert | Wakko belches "Jingle Bells." | ||
Toy Shop Terror | The Warners run amok at a toy store. This is the only use of Raymond Scott's song (and classic WB cartoon soundtrack cue) "Powerhouse" in Animaniacs. | ||
Yakko's Universe | (reairing) Yakko sings a song about the relative vastness of space from one person to the entire universe. | ||
51 |
S1, Ep51
Feb. 10, 1994 |
Branimaniacs | An advertisement about a cereal that sends you to a bathroom (due to its large amount of fiber). |
The Warners and the Beanstalk | The Warners climb up the beanstalk where they face a hungry giant. To get him to eat something other than them, the Warners pester him to eat gold eggs and meat in a style similar to Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham. | ||
Frontier Slappy | Slappy finds herself facing pioneer Daniel Boone, who wants to cut down her tree to build his house. Cameos by Tom, Dick, and Larry, the protagonists of the Merrie Melodies short The Dover Boys. | ||
52 |
S1, Ep52 Feb. 11, 1994 |
Ups and Downs |
Wakko and Dr. Scratchansniff are stuck in an elevator for several hours. Wakko does a Randy Beaman story. Notes: (This Episode can be seen as a skit on the Kids for Character with Tom Selleck VHS) |
The Brave Little Trailer | A small trailer has to defend his home against tornadoes while avoiding the grasp of a hungry steam shovel. | ||
Yes, Always | A study on voice-acting shows Brain re-enacting an infamous Orson Welles commercial meltdown. | ||
53 |
S1, Ep53 Feb. 14, 1994 |
Drive-Insane | Dr. Scratchansniff's date at a drive-in gets out of hand when the Warners join him. |
Girlfeathers | The "girlfriends" of the Goodfeathers take in some alone time by flying to the Grand Canyon, but the boys keep chasing them the whole way. | ||
I'm Cute | Dot sings a song about how cute she is while her brothers slowly get sick of the whole spectacle. | ||
54 |
S1, Ep54 Feb. 15, 1994 |
Brain Meets Brawn | In the late 1800s, Brain steals Dr. Jekyll's formula as part of a scheme to take over the British Empire. |
Meet Minerva | A frustrated and lovelorn Minerva avoids a hunting dog named Newt, who either wants to capture her or have her! This was to be the first Minerva short. | ||
55 |
S1, Ep55 Feb. 16, 1994 |
Gold Rush | The Warners take revenge on a prospector who steals their entire wealth during the 1840s gold rush in California. |
A Gift of Gold | The trials and tribulations of a piece of gold wrapping paper. Cameos by Buttons and Mindy. | ||
Dot's Quiet Time | Dot sings while trying to find a peaceful place to read. | ||
56(theme sung in French) |
S1, Ep56 Feb. 16, 1994 |
Schnitzelbank | The Warners sing the "International Friendship Song." |
The Helpinki Formula | Brain concocts a mystery formula and sells it through infomercials as part of a world-conquering scheme. | ||
Le Boutons et le Ballon (Buttons and the Balloon) | Buttons chases Mindy across Paris as she tries to catch a balloon. All spoken lines are in French. Cameo by Baby Plucky Duck. | ||
Kung Boo | A parody of The Karate Kid where Chicken Boo goes for a martial-arts championship. | ||
57 |
S1, Ep57 Feb. 17, 1994 |
Of Course You Know, This Means Warners | The Warners show off their assistance on the homefront during World War II. |
Up a Tree | Rita finds herself stuck up a giant tree in the middle of Nebraska with a case of acrophobia and Runt barking below her. | ||
Wakko's Gizmo | Wakko shows off a bizarre Rube Goldberg device. | ||
58 |
S1, Ep58 Feb. 18, 1994 |
Meet John Brain | Brain throws his hat into the ring to run for President of the United States. |
Smell Ya Later | Slappy faces off against a smelly old rival to get her nuts. | ||
59 |
S1, Ep59 Mar. 1, 1994 |
Ragamuffins | An old Warner cartoon where the trio get jobs in a bakery and try to eat everything in sight. |
Woodstock Slappy | In 1969, Slappy and Skippy head for their summer cottage on Woodstock, New York, but find themselves in the middle of a famous music festival. | ||
60 |
S1, Ep60 Mar. 2, 1994 |
Karaoke Dokie | The Warners are forced to put up with the horrible singing of Willie Slakmer at a karaoke bar. |
Cranial Crusader | The Brain and Pinky become Batman-styled superheroes in an attempt to gain recognition. | ||
The Chicken Who Loved Me | Chicken Boo stars in a James Bond parody. | ||
61 |
S1, Ep61 May 2, 1994 |
Baloney and Kids | The Warners are stuck on a kids show with an orange dinosaur (a parody of Barney & Friends) that gleefully takes all their abuse. |
Super Buttons | Mindy and Buttons are seen as superheroes. | ||
Katie Ka-Boom: The Driving Lesson | Katie's dad makes a big mistake when he allows Katie to drive the family car home. | ||
62 |
S1, Ep62 May 3, 1994 |
Scare Happy Slappy | Slappy takes Skippy out trick-or-treating along a block that includes all her old enemies. Cameo by Tweety; Skippy dresses up as Buster Bunny. |
Witch One | In colonial Salem, Rita and Runt are chased by an over-zealous judge who thinks Rita is a witch. Cameo by Witch Hazel. | ||
MacBeth | Dot, Hello Nurse, and Slappy act out the Three Witches' scene from Act IV of the Scottish play, with Yakko translating, and cook up a sinister brew with unexpected results. Cameos by Newt (from Meet Minerva), Buttons, Michigan J. Frog, and Mr. Director. | ||
63 |
S1, Ep63 May 9, 1994 |
With Three You Get Eggroll | Pesto has to watch his sister's egg, but it starts rolling all over town. |
Mermaid Mindy | Mindy and Buttons are mer-people. | ||
Katie Ka-Boom: Call Waiting | Katie's dad forgets to take a message from one of her friends. | ||
64 |
S1, Ep64 May 16, 1994 |
Lookit the Fuzzy Heads | Dr. Scratchansniff holds a group therapy session with the Warners and Elmyra Duff, but Elmyra's behavior drives the trio crazy. Guest appearances by Buttons and Mindy. |
No Face Like Home | Slappy goes to get plastic sugery, but Walter tries to fiddle with her face. | ||
65(no opening theme) |
S1, Ep65 May 23, 1994 |
The Warners 65th Anniversary Special | A "live" special that highlights the anniversary of the Warners' creation, from their original roles as sidekicks to the early Looney Tunes character Buddy through their golden age and their occasional breakouts prior to recent times. Behind the scenes, though, a mysterious adversary is plotting their demise. Guest appearances by Slappy and Skippy Squirrel, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam and Tweety Bird. |
Season 2: 1994[]
# | Airdate: | Title: | Overview |
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66 |
S2, Ep66 Sep. 10, 1994 |
Take My Siblings, Please | In a take on Three Billy Goats Gruff, the Warners attempt to cross over a "troll bridge" between them and a nearby meadow. |
The Mindy 500 | Mindy follows a clown-painted race car onto the track at the Indianapolis 500. | ||
Morning Malaise | The Warners annoy rude radio show host "Howie Tern" (a parody of Howard Stern) and challenge him to out-joke them. | ||
67 |
S2, Ep2 Nov. 5, 1994 |
Miami Mama-Mia | The Goodfeathers fly to Miami to visit Pesto's mother and her fiancé, but Pesto tries to put him out of commission in order to stop the wedding. Cameo by Buttons and Mindy (as mer-people). |
Pigeon on the Roof | In a musical parody of Fiddler on the Roof, the Goodfeathers try to determine their relationship with the Girlfeathers, who want to settle down, while the male pigeons just want to hang around their Martin Scorsese statue and Pesto dreams of becoming Godpigeon. | ||
68 |
S2, Ep3 Sep. 17, 1994 |
We're No Pigeons | The Goodfeathers trick a hungry young owl into believing that they are not pigeons. Cameo by Pepé Le Pew. |
Whistle-Stop Mindy | Mindy follows a train to blow its whistle. | ||
Katie Ka-Boom: The Broken Date | Katie's date doesn't arrive on time. | ||
69 |
S2, Ep4 Nov. 12, 1994 |
I'm Mad | The Warners bicker constantly as Dr. Scratchansniff gets them ready for a car trip. First used as a theatrical short. |
Bad Mood Bobby | Pesto and Squit try to get Bobby out of his bad mood. | ||
Katie Ka-Boom: The Blemish | Katie freaks out when she gets a pimple before her study group. | ||
Fake | The Warners try to prove Dr. Scratchansniff that wrestling is fake. |
Season 3: 1995-1996[]
# | Airdate: | Title: | Overview |
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70 |
S3, Ep1 Sep. 9, 1995 |
Super Strong Warner Siblings | In a parody of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the Warners fight against evil monsters and the threat of a giant bug. |
Nutcracker Slappy | Slappy and Skippy resort to extreme measures in order to crack the last nut in the kitchen. Guest appearance by Charlton Woodchuck (from Hollywoodchuck). | ||
Wakko's New Gookie | Wakko tries to come up with a new "gookie," or bizarre facial expression. | ||
A Quake! A Quake! | A song about the 1994 Northridge earthquake | ||
71 |
S3, Ep2 Sept. 16, 1995 |
Variety Speak | A song about how to read the headlines in Variety magazine |
Three Tenors and You're Out | Slappy's plans to take Skippy to a baseball game at Dodger Stadium go wrong when an opera performance is scheduled for that night instead. The singers (a parody of the Three Tenors) return at the end of the show to perform a shortened version of the Animaniacs theme. | ||
Bingo | Dr. Scratchansniff has only one player for his weekly bingo game - Wakko. | ||
72 |
S3, Ep3 Sept. 9, 1995 |
Deduces Wild | The Warners bother Sherlock Holmes for help with their scavenger hunt. |
Rest in Pieces | Slappy is asked to attend Walter's funeral, which is really a ruse planned by Walter to blow Slappy sky-high. | ||
U.N. Me | The Warners sing about the United Nations to the tune of "Down by the Riverside." | ||
73 |
S3, Ep4 Sept. 23, 1995 |
A Hard Day's Warners | In a parody of The Beatles in A Hard Day's Night, the Warners run from their fans. |
Gimme a Break | Slappy tries to get away from the filming of an epic movie on her vacation day. | ||
Please Please Please Get a Life Foundation | The Warners try to tell people to "get a life" instead of going over every little reference in their show. | ||
74 |
S3, Ep5 Sept. 30, 1995 |
The Tiger Prince | A parody of the opening of The Lion King |
All the Words in the English Language | Throughout the episode, Yakko tries to sing the entire dictionary to the tune of the Mexican Hat Dance | ||
The Kid in the Lid | The Warners visit two children in the style of The Cat in the Hat | ||
Method to Her Madness | In the 1950's, Slappy and Skippy attend a method acting class, which Slappy turns into a comical class. | ||
75 |
S3, Ep6 Nov. 11, 1995 |
The Presidents | To the William Tell Overture, the Warners sing about all presidents from George Washington to Bill Clinton |
Don't Tread on Us | Pinky And The Brain plot to replace the Declaration Of Independence with Brain's Declaration of Obedience. | ||
The Flame Returns | The Flame reads the story of Paul Reveere. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow guest stars. | ||
76 |
S3, Ep7 Oct. 21, 1995 |
Gimme the Works | Tired of their episode's latest plot, The Warners go out of the cartoon. |
Buttons in Ows | Mindy and Buttons Parody The Wizard of Oz. | ||
Hercules Unwound | Pinky and the Brain plan to steal Zeus's lightning bolt. | ||
77 |
S3, Ep8 Nov. 4, 1995 |
This Pun for Hire | In a parody of The Maltese Falcon and film-noir, the Warners (as detectives) search and protect a mysterious statue from several suspicious characters. |
Star Truck | The Warners are beamed onto their favorite old sci-fi show, where they cause chaos to the crew and introduce the engineer to doughnuts. | ||
Go Fish | Wakko plays Go Fish with himself, but becomes a sore loser when he accuses himself of cheating. | ||
Multiplication Song | Yakko sings a song about multiplying 47 times 83. | ||
78 |
S3, Ep9 Nov. 18, 1995 |
The Sound of Warners | Mr. Plotz hires Prunella Flundergust, a nanny who unknowingly gives the Warners a hard time with her singing and motherly personality. Since they can't do anything to her (they don't attack people who're nice to them), they get Slappy to take care of her. |
Yabba Dabba Boo | Chicken Boo plays a script doctor for the Flintstones film. | ||
79 |
S3, Ep10 Jan. 27, 1996 |
My Mother the Squirrel | The little bird from Wild Blue Yonder returns and is adopted by Slappy. |
The Party | The Warners invite several people to their water tower in expectation of a surprise guest. | ||
Oh! Say Can You See | The Flame assists Francis Scott Key writing "The Star Spangled Banner" during the War of 1812. | ||
The Twelve Days of Christmas Song | The bird (accompanied by the Animaniacs orchestra) sings "The Twelve Days of Christmas". | ||
80 |
S3, Ep11 Feb. 3, 1996 |
Dot's Entertainment | Dot Warner and her brothers essentially turn the Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals upside-down. |
The Girl with the Googily Goop | The Warners appear in a parody of old Betty Boop cartoons. | ||
Gunga Dot | Dot is the only one with water in the village and every one wants it, because it's hot out. | ||
81 |
S3, Ep12 Feb. 3, 1996 |
Soccer Coach Slappy | Slappy is the coach of a Soccer team. Skippy keeps getting hit in the face by the ball, causing him to cry and Slappy deciding to put him out of the game. But at the final game, the last hit by the ball in Skippy's face gives the team the win. |
Belly Button Blues | Katie Kaboom gets furious when her parents won't let her wear clothes that are "in-style" at her school which makes her belly button visible. | ||
Our Final Space Cartoon, We Promise | The Warners wake up from suspended animation in a spaceship. When the computer of the ship orders them to return to their sleeping pods, the Warners refuse to and things get out of hand. | ||
Valuable Lesson | The Warners are visited by the network censors after harassing atilla the hun. | ||
82 |
S3, Ep13 Feb. 24, 1996 |
Wakko's 2-Note Song | Wakko proves to Schratchnsniff that his song made of two-notes is actual music. |
The Panama Canal | A song on the Latin American waterway to the tune of "Low Bridge" | ||
Hello Nurse | The Warner brothers sing an ode to their favorite femme. | ||
The Ballad of Magellan | The Warners sing a song about Magellan to the tune of Git Along, Little Dogies. | ||
The Return of the Great Wakkorotti | Wakko, using fart sounds from his hands, performs the Chinese Dance from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. | ||
The Big Wrap Party Tonight | The Warners sing about who's at their wrap party. |
Season 4: 1996[]
# | Airdate: | Title: | Overview |
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83 |
S4, Ep1 Sept. 7, 1996 |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock | After being made to believe that his aunt Slappy is going insane, Skippy places her in a retirement home for cartoon characters. A parody of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
84 |
S4, Ep2 Sept. 7, 1996 |
Cutie and the Beast | Parody of Disney's Beauty and the Beast with Dot as the heroine taken in by a beast played by the Tasmanian Devil. The Fourth Wall was broken almost constantly in this episode. |
Boo Happens | Chicken Boo reinacts Forrest Gump | ||
Noel | The Warners sing Noel in some very strange ways. early cameo appearance by Lucky Bob from Histeria!. | ||
85 |
S4, Ep3 Sept. 14, 1996 |
Jokahontas | Parody of Disney animated films concentrating on Pocahontas, with Dot as the eponymous Native princess. |
Boids on the Hood | The Goodfeathers take revenge on Mr. Plotz to the music of Ride of the Valkyries. | ||
Mighty Wakko at the Bat | A parody of the poem Casey at the Bat, with the Animaniacs crew as the Mudville Nine and Wakko as Casey. | ||
86 |
S4, Ep4 Sept. 21, 1996 |
A Very Very Very Very Special Show | In a blatant attempt to win a humanitarian animation award, the Warners make an extremely politically correct cartoon. |
Night of the Living Buttons | Mindy chases a frog through a graveyard, while Buttons tries to keep waking zombies at bay. | ||
Soda Jerk | After Wakko gets the hiccups from having too much ice cream soda, Yakko and Dot attempt to cure him. | ||
87 |
S4, Ep5 Sept. 28, 1996 |
From Burbank with Love | The Warners are partnered with James Bond on a mission. |
Anchors A-Warners | Dr. Scratchansniff goes on a vacation. Unfortunately for him, the Warners tag along with him. | ||
When You're Traveling from Nantucket | Yakko explains in song the different time zones. | ||
88 |
S4, Ep6 Oct. 19, 1996 |
Papers for Pappa | The Warners chase Ernest Hemingway around the world when he refuses to sign for his office supply delivery. |
Amazing Gladiators | The Hippos compete in a parody of American Gladiators. | ||
Pinky and the Ralph | A promo for a fake spin-off starring Pinky and Ralph T. Guard is shown. | ||
89 |
S4, Ep7 Nov. 2, 1996 |
Ten Short Films About Wakko Warner | 10 short films with Wakko being his zany self. |
No Time for Love | A cuckoo clock bird falls for a real female bird and tries to win her love on the hour. | ||
The Boo Network | Chicken Boo diguises himself and create a TV schedule that everybody likes, yet all have chicken-themed programs. | ||
90 |
S4, Ep8 Nov. 16, 1996 |
Pitter Patter of Little Feet | The Hip-Hippos are delivered a new baby in the form of The Brain. |
Mindy in Wonderland | Buttons tries to protect Mindy in a "Alice In Wonderland" world. | ||
Ralph's Wedding | Ralph unexpectedly gets married to Chicken Boo. |
Season 5: 1997–1998[]
# | Airdate: | Title: | Overview |
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91 |
S5, Ep1 Sept. 8, 1997 |
Back in Style | After the closing of the animation department in the early 1960s, the Warners are loaned out to other cartoon studios to help their own studio keep making profit. |
Bones in the Body | The Warners sing about all the bones in the body while referring to Dem Bones. | ||
92 |
S5, Ep2 Sept. 13, 1997 |
It | Wakko is being chased by something terrifying behind the camera. It turns out to be Dot, who just tagged him in a game of tag. |
Dot - The Macadamia Nut | Nearly the whole cast of Animaniacs star in a parody of the Macarena music video with a song sung by and about Dot, a.k.a. "Macadamia". | ||
Bully for Skippy | Skippy is forced to deal with a bully at school at the same time as Slappy faces an advocate against cartoon violence. | ||
93 |
S5, Ep3 Oct. 11, 1997 |
Cute First (Ask Questions Later) | Snow White asks the mirror on the wall "who's the cutest of them all" and its answer is Dot. Now she's trying to make Dot uncute so she will be the cutest. |
Acquaintances | A parody of the TV series Friends | ||
Here Comes Attila | The Warners sing a song about Attila the hun. | ||
Boo Wonder | Chicken Boo plays the sidekick of the Caped Crusader. | ||
94 |
S5, Ep4 May 9, 1998 |
Magic Time | Two magicians are hosting a magic show where the Warners are volunteers. Contained somewhat one of the funniest quotations of Yakko according to the fans ("Hi, I'm a pretty girl, how's it going?") |
The Brain's Apprentice | The last ever "Pinky and the Brain" segment in the cartoon, also the only short where its silent, a parody on The Sorcerer's Apprentice from Fantasia. Ironically, one of the darkest of Pinky and the Brain as well. | ||
95 |
S5, Ep5 Jan. 3, 1998 |
Hooray for North Hollywood (Part I) | The Warners write a script for a movie, which is turned down by Mr. Plotz. |
96 |
S5, Ep6 Jan. 3, 1998 |
Hooray for North Hollywood (Part II) | After the Warners' movie becomes a huge hit, Mr. Plotz finds himself sinking deeper and deeper after being let go by his studio. |
97 |
S5, Ep7 Feb. 21, 1998 |
The Carpool | The Warners join in a carpool where they drive the rest of the passengers crazy. |
The Sunshine Squirrels | Slappy and an old partner reunite to perform a sketch on a TV show | ||
98 |
S5, Ep8 Apr 25, 1998 |
The Christmas Tree | Slappy ends up pestering everyone when her tree becomes the Christmas tree for New York City's Rockefeller Center. |
Punchline (Part I) | Chicken Boo is asked about the eternal question: "Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?" | ||
Prom Night | Katie Kaboom is asked to the prom. | ||
Punchline (Part II) | Another question asked to Chicken Boo: "Which Came First: The Chicken or the Egg?" | ||
99 |
S5, Ep9 Nov. 14, 1998 |
Birds on a Wire | The Goodfeathers look out and comment on a sunrise. |
The Scoring Session | The Warners drive a conductor crazy for the scoring of their shows. (featuring nearly the entire cast as the studio orchestra) | ||
The Animaniacs Suite | A clip show segment of "the first ninety-nine episodes" of Animaniacs intended to fill out remaining time in the show's final episode, set to an orchestral arrangement of the show theme and various character themes. Soundtrack is the last known composition by Richard Stone. |