The following is a list of episodes for the Warner Bros. and Amblin Entertainment animated television series Animaniacs. The series first premiered on Fox Kids on September 13, 1993.[1] It would later air on Kids' WB from September 9, 1995, until the series finale aired on November 14, 1998, after 99 episodes.
A feature-length direct-to-video film, Wakko's Wish, was released on December 21, 1999. The series also had a spin-off series Pinky and the Brain, which premiered on September 9, 1995, and concluded on November 14, 1998.
Written by : Norman Span and Irving Burgie (uncredited respectively) Adapted by : Tom Ruegger
"Nighty-Night Toon"
Rusty Mills
Nicholas Hollander
(1.) Dr. Scratchansniff relates the story of how he first met the Warners after they finally escaped and once tried to make the Warners less zany with psychoanalysis. (2.) In a parody of Harry Belafonte's song "Monkey", the Warners and Dr. Scratchansniff sing about their tumultuous relationship. (3.) In a parody of the children's book Goodnight Moon, each of the Animaniacs characters is wished a good night's sleep.
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"Yakko's World"
Rusty Mills
Randy Rogel
September 14, 1993 (1993-09-14)
"Cookies for Einstein"
Alfred Gimeno
Paul Rugg
"Win Big"
Dave Marshall and Rusty Mills
Story by : Tom Ruegger Teleplay by : Peter Hastings
(1.) Yakko sings a song to the tune of the "Mexican Hat Dance" listing the nations of the world. (2.) As scouts in 1905 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). (3.) Brain competes on the trivia game show Gyp-Parody! to win enough money to buy the final part of a device that he is building to take over the world.
(1.) The Warners trespass on the beach of the evil pirate Captain Mel. He angrily tries to get them to leave. (2.) Slappy tries to get some walnuts in a yard guarded by her nemesis, Doug the Dog, to make walnut fig dough for her nephew Skippy. (3.) Yakko sings a song about the relative vastness of space from one person to the entire universe.
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"Hooked on a Ceiling"
Rusty Mills
Story by : Tom Ruegger Teleplay by : Gordon Bressack and Charles M. Howell IV
(1.) Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which is nearly ruined and fixed by the Warners, who are offended by all the naked people on it. (2.) Squit must find the Godpigeon some food to become a Goodfeather.
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"Taming of the Screwy"
Alfred Gimeno
Peter Hastings, Earl Kress and Tom Ruegger
September 17, 1993 (1993-09-17)
Plotz has invited over foreign investors to a studio party, and Dr. Scratchansniff must train the Warners to have good manners so that they can attend.
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"Temporary Insanity"
Michael Gerard
Paul Rugg
September 20, 1993 (1993-09-20)
"Operation: Lollipop"
Barry Caldwell
Peter Hastings
"What Are We?"
Michael Gerard
Randy Rogel
(1.) When Plotz's secretary gets sick, he accidentally hires Yakko, Wakko, and Dot as replacements. (2.) After Mindy receives a lollipop, she gets into trouble when the lollipop sticks to the side of a mail truck and she pursues it, with Buttons in tow trying to keep her safe. (3.) After Dr. Scratchansniff fails to hypnotize the Warners to make them less zany, he questions what they are, leading the Warners to offer a number of suggestions through song.
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"Piano Rag"
Michael Gerard
Nicholas Hollander
September 21, 1993 (1993-09-21)
"When Rita Met Runt"
Sherri Stoner
(1.) Dr. Scratchansniff, Ralph, and Hello Nurse chase after the Warners, so they hide in a piano concert until the coast is clear, where they easily annoy the piano player. (2.) Rita and Runt meet in an animal shelter, where they decide to bust out and find a real home.
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"The Big Candy Store"
Jon McClenahan
Story by : Sherri Stoner and Paul Rugg Teleplay by : Paul Rugg
September 22, 1993 (1993-09-22)
"Bumbie's Mom"
Jon McClenahan and Barry Caldwell
Sherri Stoner
(1.) The Warners visit Ferman Flaxseed's candy store and give him a hard time. (2.) After Skippy is traumatized by Bumbie's mother's death in Bumbie, the Dearest Deer, Slappy tries to teach him that "no one really dies in cartoons" by having him visit the cartoon actress who played the part, her old friend Vina Walleen.
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"Wally Llama"
Kirk Tingblad
Paul Rugg
September 23, 1993 (1993-09-23)
"Where Rodents Dare"
Greg Reyna and Dave Marshall
Peter Hastings and Tom Ruegger
(1.) Wally Llama, 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 for Wally that really want him to answer. (2.) Brain plans to freeze all the leaders of the world with his new cryogenic gas at an international peace conference in the Swiss Alps.
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"King Yakko"
Alfred Gimeno and Dave Marshall
Peter Hastings
September 24, 1993 (1993-09-24)
Yakko inherits the throne of Anvilania, a small kingdom best known as the world's largest producer of anvils, and eventually he and his siblings take on the evil dictator Umlott, who wants to take control of the kingdom.
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"No Pain, No Painting"
Alfred Gimeno and Dave Marshall
Peter Hastings
September 27, 1993 (1993-09-27)
"Les Miseranimals"
Gary Hartle and Rich Arons
Deanna Oliver
(1.) 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 decides to let them paint while he relaxes. (2.) Loosely based on the Broadway musical Les Misérables, Runt Val Runt, a rebellious dog in the French Revolution in Paris, helps Rita and other captured cats get free from a future of being cooked into pies.
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"Garage Sale of the Century"
Alfred Gimeno
Story by : Tom Ruegger and Paul Rugg Teleplay by : Earl Kress
September 28, 1993 (1993-09-28)
"West Side Pigeons"
Barry Caldwell, Greg Reyna and Dave Marshall
Deanna Oliver
(1.) Papa Bear is having a garage sale and refuses to give any refunds, but runs into problems when the Warners take the expression too literally and try to buy his garage. (2.) 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.
(1.) While running away from Ralph, the Warners get hired by a Jerry Lewis-based comedy director for his film, leading to a clash of comedic styles. Soon, the Warners end up directing, giving the director the worst day of his life. (2.) When their giraffe maid quits over a misunderstanding, the Hip Hippos are forced to do their own housework with disastrous results. (3.) To the famous Jan and Deansong, Slappy speedily drives her brand-new car all over town to deliver a letter.
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"La La Law"
Michael Gerard and Rich Arons
Paul Rugg
September 30, 1993 (1993-09-30)
"Cat on a Hot Steel Beam"
Barry Caldwell and Greg Reyna
Barry Caldwell
(1.) In a parody of L.A. Law, when Dr. Scratchansniff gets a parking ticket, the Warners act as his lawyers and go to court to fight it despite Dr. Scratchansniff's pleas, and frustrate the judge with their hijinks. (2.) Mindy follows a kitten into a dangerous construction site and Buttons follows in an attempt to return her to safety.
(1.) The Warners are abducted by aliens and taken aboard their spaceship where their hijinks begin to annoy the aliens. (2.) Inspired by the 1938 radio broadcast of War of the Worlds, Brain plans to trick people into thinking that aliens are invading Earth and having them flee the cities in a panic.
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"Chalkboard Bungle"
Rusty Mills
Story by : Tom Ruegger and Paul Rugg Teleplay by : Paul Rugg
October 4, 1993 (1993-10-04)
"Hurray for Slappy"
Rusty Mills
John P. McCann
"The Great Wakkorotti: The Master and His Music"
Jeffery DeGrandis
Written by : Tom Ruegger Music adapted by : Russell Brower
(1.) The studio hires a new teacher named Miss Flamiel to teach the Warners but despite her best efforts, she meets only with frustration and is unable to teach them anything. (2.) Slappy goes to a banquet held in her honor to receive an award while her old nemeses (Walter Wolf, Sid the Squid, and Beanie the Brain-Dead Bison) plot revenge for years of torment by her. (3.) Wakko belches The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss.
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"Roll Over, Beethoven"
Michael Gerard
Paul Rugg
October 5, 1993 (1993-10-05)
"The Cat and the Fiddle"
Alfred Gimeno
Nicholas Hollander
(1.) As chimney sweeps, the Warners annoy Ludwig van Beethoven, and accidentally give him inspiration for his Fifth Symphony. (2.) In 1690s Italy, a violinist named Stradivarius takes a stray cat (Rita) in so that he can make violin strings out of her "catgut".
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"Pavlov's Mice"
Michael Gerard
Story by : John P. McCann, Tom Ruegger and Sherri Stoner Teleplay by : John P. McCann
October 6, 1993 (1993-10-06)
"Chicken Boo-Ryshnikov"
Michael Gerard
Deanna Oliver
"Nothing But the Tooth"
Greg Reyna
Deanna Oliver and Paul Rugg
(1.) In turn of the century Russia, Brain plans to steal the crown jewels of Russia, but faces one setback: he and Pinky have been conditioned by psychiatrist Ivan Pavlov. (2.) In New York, Boo is mistaken for a ballet dancer and dances in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. (3.) Rasputin has a toothache preventing him from hypnotizing Tsar Nicholas. Unfortunately for him, the Warners are his dentists.
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"Meatballs or Consequences"
Greg Reyna
John P. McCann
October 7, 1993 (1993-10-07)
"A Moving Experience"
Rusty Mills and Dave Marshall
Peter Hastings
(1.) During a visit to Sweden, the Warners run afoul of Death, who tries to bring Wakko to the realm of the dead after he eats one too many Swedish meatballs during a contest. To save him, Yakko and Dot challenge Death to a game of checkers. (2.) The Hip Hippos head to New York to find a trendy new place to live.
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"Hearts of Twilight"
Alfred Gimeno
Paul Rugg
October 12, 1993 (1993-10-12)
"The Boids"
Michael Gerard
Deanna Oliver
(1.) A crazy film director (based on Jerry Lewis and Marlon Brando) is millions of dollars over budget, so Plotz sends the Warners out to stop him. (2.) The Goodfeathers are hired as stunt birds for The Boids. They try to keep their jobs, but the shoot turns out to be harder than they expected.
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"The Flame"
Barry Caldwell
Story by : Tom Ruegger Teleplay by : Nicholas Hollander and Tom Ruegger
October 11, 1993 (1993-10-11)
"Wakko's America"
Alfred Gimeno
Story by : Tom Ruegger and Paul Rugg Teleplay by : Gordon Bressack, Charles M. Howell IV and Paul Rugg
Story by : Earl Kress and Tom Ruegger Teleplay by : Nicholas Hollander and Sherri Stoner
October 13, 1993 (1993-10-13)
"Plane Pals"
Rusty Mills and Kirk Tingblad
Story by : Tom Ruegger and John P. McCann Teleplay by : John P. McCann
(1.) Slappy protects Adam and Eve from eating apples from the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden, just as a snake tries to tempt them to do so. (2.) Onboard a plane, the Warners annoy tightwad Ivan Blosky who is forced to sit by them because of a computer error.
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"Be Careful What You Eat"
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Randy Rogel (lyrics)
October 15, 1993 (1993-10-15)
"Up the Crazy River"
Alfred Gimeno
Nicholas Hollander
"Ta Da Dump, Ta Da Dump, Ta Da Dump Dump Dump"
Greg Reyna
Story by : Tom Ruegger Teleplay by : Charles M. Howell IV
(1.) The Warners sing about the names of the ingredients in a carton of ice cream and a candy bar. (2.) When Mindy chases a butterfly into a rain forest that is being cut down for wood, Buttons follows and attempts to protect her. (3.) Bobby and Squit must help Pesto when he gets his head caught in a plastic six-pack ring while rummaging through garbage.
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"Opportunity Knox"
Michael Gerard
Tom Minton
October 18, 1993 (1993-10-18)
"Wings Take Heart"
Alfred Gimeno
Nicholas Hollander
(1.) Brain plans to steal all of the gold in Fort Knox as part of his latest plan to take over the world. (2.) When a moth and a butterfly fall in love, they head to the city, leading to disaster.
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"Hercule Yakko"
Rusty Mills and Dave Marshall
Peter Hastings
October 19, 1993 (1993-10-19)
"Home on De-Nile"
Rusty Mills
Stephen Hibbert
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Rusty Mills
Deanna Oliver
(1.) As detectives, the Warners go in search of Marita's missing jewel on a cruise ship filled with "the unusual suspects" (Slappy, Minerva, and Pinky and the Brain). (2.) Rita gets adopted by Cleopatra, and Runt saves her after he finds out that Rita is about to be sacrificed. (3.) The Warners perform a unique interpretation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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"Testimonials"
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October 21, 1993 (1993-10-21)
"Babblin' Bijou"
Jeffery DeGrandis
Tom Minton
"Potty Emergency"
Rusty Mills
Paul Rugg
"Sir Yaksalot"
Barry Caldwell
Paul Rugg
(Wraparounds.) Several old-time film stars talk about their encounters with the Warners and how Milton Berle hated Yakko. (1.) An old black-and-white cartoon where Dot goes into films (literally) to find the man of her dreams. (2.) In the midst of watching a scary sci-fi film, Wakko drinks too much soda and scrambles to find an available bathroom. Even after he finds a toilet in his "gag bag", his quest to relieve himself goes from bad to worse when he cannot find any privacy. (3.) King Arthur recruits the Warners to save Camelot from a robot dragon created by Pinky and the Brain.
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"You Risk Your Life"
Alfred Gimeno
Paul Rugg
October 25, 1993 (1993-10-25)
"I Got Yer Can"
Alfred Gimeno
Sherri Stoner
"Jockey for Position"
Lenord Robinson and Dave Marshall
Peter Hastings
(1.) Yakko hosts a game show similar in style and feel to Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life. (2.) A discarded soda can sparks an escalating, one-sided battle of wits between Slappy and her conceited neighbor, Candie Chipmunk. (3.) To win funds for his latest world-conquering scheme, Brain enters the Kentucky Derby, but Pinky's meddling alters the outcome of the race in an unexpected manner.
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"Moby or Not Moby"
Michael Gerard
John P. McCann
October 26, 1993 (1993-10-26)
"Mesozoic Mindy"
Greg Reyna
Nicholas Hollander
"The Good, the Boo and the Ugly"
Greg Reyna
Deanna Oliver, Nicholas Hollander, Peter Hastings and Paul Rugg
(1.) The Warners protect the legendary Moby-Dick from the wrath of Captain Ahab. (2.) In the Stone Age, cavegirl Mindy gets in trouble and Buttons rescues her. (3.) Boo finds himself as a sheriff in the midst of a spaghetti Western.
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"Draculee, Draculaa"
Michael Gerard and Byron Vaughns
John P. McCann
October 29, 1993 (1993-10-29)
"Phranken-Runt"
Michael Gerard
(1.) In an attempt to head towards their "ancestral home" of Pennsylvania (since their parents are the pencils that drew them), the Warners end up at the estate of Count Dracula in Transylvania. (2.) Rita and Runt are being chased by a gender swap Dr. Frankenstein who wants the idiot dog's brain for her own experiments.
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"Hot, Bothered and Bedeviled"
Rusty Mills
Story by : Tom Ruegger Teleplay by : John P. McCann
October 28, 1993 (1993-10-28)
"Moon Over Minerva"
Alfred Gimeno
Nicholas Hollander
"Skullhead Boneyhands"
Michael Gerard
Deanna Oliver
(1.) Lost once again while trying to get to the fictional Six Flags Over Flushing, the Warners end up in the fiery realm of Hades, where they end up giving Satan his own eternal torment. (2.) A melancholic Minerva avoids the come-ons of geeky Wilfred Wolf, until the full moon brings out the real wolf in both of them. (3.) In a parody of Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands, Mr. Skullhead is adopted and finds acceptance in a suburban family.
Story by : Tom Ruegger and Nicholas Hollander Teleplay by : Nicholas Hollander
"The Great Wakkorotti: The Summer Concert"
Jeffery DeGrandis
Written by : Tom Ruegger Music adapted by : Russell Brower (uncredited)
(1.) After witnessing their stained-glass window get destroyed by opera singer Madame Bruntvin, the Warners torment her in their own variations on Carmen. (2.) In the midst of the Nazi invasion of Poland, Rita and Runt help a little girl reunite with her father while avoiding the enemy (and Newt, a tenacious dachshund). (3.) Wakko belches Dance of the Hours.
(1.) The Warners are tortured going through the longest, most boring one-sided conversation of their lives courtesy of a drone-voiced man, Francis "Pip" Pumphandle, that they meet at a party. (2.) Yakko sings about the planets in the Solar System. (3.) Buttons and Mindy are part of a space colony, and Buttons goes after Mindy when she chases after her ball.
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"Cartoons in Wakko's Body"
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November 3, 1993 (1993-11-03)
"Noah's Lark"
Greg Reyna
Nicholas Hollander (as Shecky Hollander), Tom Ruegger (as Dr. Plotz Ruegger) and Sherri Stoner (as Boom-Boom Stoner)[3]
(Wraparounds.) In a running gag throughout the episode, Wakko has various medical maladies caused by cartoons that are inside him. (1.) Noah (who looks and sounds like Richard Lewis) is instructed by God to build an ark for the Great Flood and gather animals two-by-two, including the Hip Hippos. (2.) Boo is a leading actor who delivers the money shot kiss in a film without anyone knowing that he is a giant chicken. (3.) Squit gets a case of the hiccups, forcing the other Goodfeathers to come up with different ways to get rid of them.
(1.) Mr. Plotz hires a clown (who looks and sounds like the Jerry Lewis-esque Mr. Director) for Wakko's birthday party, but Plotz learns from Dr. Scratchansniff that, like him, Wakko has a bad fear of clowns, resulting in the clown being battered and bruised. (2.) Brain becomes a country-western star to plant hypnotic suggestions for world domination. But the main problem in his rise to fame: Pinky keeps screwing up his stage name.
(Cold opening and wraparounds.) The Warners announce that this will be a very special episode because all of the usual character pairings have been mixed up. They sing the song "Animaniacs Stew" as they mix up the pairings. (1.) Brain ends up replacing Buttons, as he tries to prepare a plan for world domination, all the while watching over Mindy's mischief. Back at the lab, Pinky has to share the cage with Rita, and is swallowed whole. (2.) Runt and Pesto find a home with a kind old woman who does not like pigeons. (3.) Katie discovers the hard way that her boyfriend is actually Boo. (4.) Dot and Slappy switch places, as Dot loses her temper after being called "Dottie", while the Warners (and Slappy) mistake Sodarn Insane's (a parody of Saddam Hussein) palace for the fictional Baghdad Cafe.
(1.) After film critics Hisskill and Eggbert (parodies of Siskel & Ebert) criticized her cartoons on a review show, Slappy decides to get revenge: first by blowing up their home, then by sabotaging their latest film viewing. (2.) In France, the Warners, as the Three Musketeers, protect King Henry III from the threat of "the Viper", who is slated to arrive at the royal palace at 11:30 PM.
(1.) The Goodfeathers (as carrier pigeons) deliver an important message through a World War I battlefield. (2.) The Warners head for summer camp but wind up in basic training instead, leading to chaos, confusion and an angry drill sergeant. (3.) Boo leads the Southern Rebels of the American Civil War.
(1.) Rita and Runt find a litter of "puppies" that cling to the stray cat as their mother. (2.) Yakko recites a monologue from William Shakespeare's Hamlet, while Wakko plays Horatio and digs and Dot translates. (3.) As Wakko plays piano in the water tower, his gloves run off and have an adventure of their own.
Story by : Peter Hastings Teleplay by : Tom Minton
(1.) Ned Flat has the Warners compete on his game show "Quiz Me Quick" where they drive him bonkers. (2.) An advertisement about a device that slaps people, commonly used by Slappy. (3.) In the 1950s, Pinky and Brain join the cast of a kids' puppet show called Time for Meany to influence the baby-boomer generation to follow them in the future.
(1.) A short milk ad parody about why Slappy drinks buttermilk. (2.) TV newsanchor Dan Anchorman refuses to tip the Warners for his lunch, leading to one on-the-air humiliation after another. (3.) Bobby trains to fight a tough bird to impress a beautiful bird in his fighting ability.
(Wraparounds.) The Warners are stuck on a forum show with an old Warner Bros. animator named Cappy "Cap" Barnhouse, who keeps falling asleep as he reminisces about his time at the studio. (1.) The Hip Hippos try to improve their boring lives by going on a dangerous vacation. (2.) Charlton "Baynarts" Woodchuck gets a job in Hollywood in a film while getting severely injured in the process.
(1.) Runt gets adopted and finds himself taking care of a rabbit farm, while Rita is relegated to rat hunting. (2.) 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. (3.) While trying to find a birthday present for Dr. Scratchansniff at the mall, the Warners keep running into two relentless and persistent survey ladies asking them questions about beans and George Wendt.
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"Useless Facts"
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November 18, 1993 (1993-11-18)
"The Senses Song"
Greg Reyna
Story by : Tom Ruegger Music and lyrics by : Randy Rogel
(Wraparounds.) Yakko reveals pieces of completely useless information. (1.) The Warners sing about the senses – the usual five, plus several others. (2.) Brain gives up his world domination plans for one night so that he can woo Billie, who is, it turns out, more attracted to Pinky than to him. (3.) A research gorilla unexpectedly adopts Rita, while Runt just sleeps through the whole thing.
(1.) The Warners work with Elizabeth II to restore Windsor Castle after the 1992 fire that destroyed it. (2.) Slappy is put on trial for assaulting Walter Wolf, who actually assaulted her first. When she is found innocent, Walter brutally attacks the attorney, who turns out to be his grandson.
(1.) The Native American Warners protect their pet turkey Mr. Gobble from Myles Standish, who wants him for a Thanksgiving dinner. (2.) A newly-hatched bird tries to find its mother and ends up following a stealth bomber.
(1.) The Warners have fun at a video store where the film covers come to life. (2.) Pinky and Brain go back to the dawn of time to influence the evolution of mice and give them evolutionary advantages over mankind so that the duo can rule the world.
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"Mobster Mash"
Greg Reyna and Dave Marshall
Nicholas Hollander
November 24, 1993 (1993-11-24)
"Lake Titicaca"
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Tom Ruegger
"Icebreakers"
Lenord Robinson
Nicholas Hollander
(1.) The Warners get into a battle of wits with Mafia boss Don Pepperoni at his favorite Italian restaurant. (2.) The Warners sing about Lake Titicaca. (3.) Rita and Runt stow away to Florida, but end up in the Arctic, where they encounter Ross Perot.
(1.) Slappy tells Skippy a story about the studio's plans to deliver Christmas presents to the Warners, with Ralph the Guard standing in for Santa Claus. (2.) Boo disguises himself as Santa Claus in a department store. (3.) Wakko belches "Jingle Bells". (4.) In a parody of Tom and Jerry, the Warners run amok at a toy store. (5., repeat) Yakko sings a song about the relative vastness of space from one person to the entire universe.
(1.) A Warner version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with the Warners as the three spirits, Plotz as Ebenezer Scrooge and Ralph as Bob Cratchit. (2.) 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".
(1.) Slappy and Skippy try a new cereal called "Branimaniacs", but it proves to be not delicious as advertised. (2.) The Warners get carried up a beanstalk where they face a hungry giant (based on Ralph). 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. (3.) Slappy finds herself facing pioneer Daniel Boone, who wants to cut down her tree to build his house.
(1.) Wakko and Dr. Scratchansniff are stuck in an elevator for several hours. (2.) In a parody of The Brave Little Toaster, a small trailer has to defend his home against tornadoes while avoiding the grasp of a hungry steam shovel. (3.) A documentary on voice-acting shows that Brain is re-enacting the infamous Orson WellesFrozen Peas TV commercial meltdown.
(1.) Dr. Scratchansniff's date at a drive-in theater gets out of hand when the Warners join him. (2.) The Girlfeathers, who are the "girlfriends" of the Goodfeathers, take some alone time by flying to the Grand Canyon, but the boys keep chasing them the whole way. (3.) Dot sings a song about how cute she is, while her brothers slowly get sick of the whole spectacle.
(1.) In the late 1800s, Brain drinks Dr. Jekyll's potion as part of a scheme to take over the British Empire, and then the world. (2.) A frustrated and lovelorn Minerva avoids Newt, who either wants to capture her or have her.
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"Gold Rush"
Michael Gerard and Dave Marshall
Randy Rogel
February 16, 1994 (1994-02-16)
"A Gift of Gold"
Michael Gerard
Nicholas Hollander
"Dot's Quiet Time"
Michael Gerard
Nicholas Hollander
(1.) The Warners take revenge on a prospector named Jake, who steals their entire wealth during the 1840s gold rush in California. (2.) The trials and tribulations of a piece of gold wrapping paper are shown. (3.) Dot sings while trying to find a quiet and peaceful place to read.
(1.) The Warners sing the "International Friendship Song" in Germany with their friend, Professor Otto Von Schnitzelpusskrankengescheitmeir. (2.) Brain concocts a mystery formula and sells it through TV infomercials as part of his latest plan to take the world. (3.) Buttons chases Mindy across Paris as she tries to catch a balloon. (4.) In a parody of The Karate Kid, Boo enters a martial-arts championship match.
(1.) A 1942 film of the Warners shows off their assistance on the homefront during World War II. (2.) Rita finds herself stuck up a giant tree in the middle of Nebraska with a case of acrophobia and Runt barking below her. (3.) Wakko shows off a large and bizarre Rube Goldberg machine that sets off a whoopee cushion.
(1.) Brain runs for president as part of his latest plan to take over the world. (2.) Slappy faces off against her smelly old rival Stinkbomb D. Bassett to get nuts.
(1.) An old cartoon where the Warners get jobs in a bakery and try to eat everything in sight, but have to avoid their strict boss who kicks them out when they first enter. (2.) In 1969, Slappy and Skippy head for their summer cottage in Woodstock, New York, but find themselves in the middle of the Woodstock Music Festival.
(1.) The Warners want a turn singing at karaoke, but are held up by the dull-singing Willie Slakmer. (2.) Pinky and Brain become Batman and Robin-styled superheroes in an attempt to gain recognition. (3.) Boo stars in a parody of James Bond.
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"Baloney and Kids"
Michael Gerard and Dave Marshall
Peter Hastings
May 2, 1994 (1994-05-02)
"Super Buttons"
Lenord Robinson
Nicholas Hollander
"Katie Ka-Boom: The Driving Lesson"
Audu Paden
Nicholas Hollander
(1.) The Warners are stuck on a kids' show with the one thing that scares them the most: Baloney, who gleefully takes all their abuse no matter what they do to him. (2.) Mindy and Buttons are seen as superheroes. (3.) Katie's dad makes a big mistake when he allows Katie to drive the family car home.
(1.) Slappy takes Skippy out trick-or-treating along a suburban block that includes the homes of all her old enemies. (2.) In colonial Salem, Massachusetts, Rita and Runt are chased by an overzealous judge who thinks that Rita is a witch. (3.) Dot, Hello Nurse, and Slappy act out the Three Witches' scene from Act IV of MacBeth, with Yakko translating, and cook up a sinister brew with unexpected results.
(1.) Pesto has to watch his sister Sasha's egg, but it starts rolling all over town. (2.) Mindy and Buttons are merpeople under the sea, and Mindy wanders off as usual. (3.) Katie's dad forgets to take a message from one of her friends.
(1.) Dr. Scratchansniff holds a group therapy session with the Warners and Elmyra Duff, but Elmyra's behavior drives them crazy. To escape, the Warners find Buttons and Mindy, and have Elmyra take all the pain that Buttons usually gets. (2.) Slappy goes to get plastic surgery, but Walter tries to mess with her face.
A "live" special highlighting 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 (later revealed to be Buddy, who got angry for the Warners destroying his career) is plotting their demise.
(1.) In a take on Three Billy Goats Gruff, the Warners attempt to cross over a "troll bridge" between them and a nearby meadow. (2.) Mindy follows a clown-painted race car onto the track at the Indianapolis 500. (3.) The Warners annoy rude radio show host Howie Tern and challenge him to out-heckle them.
(1.) The Goodfeathers trick a hungry young owl into believing that they are not pigeons. (2.) Mindy follows a train to blow its whistle. (3.) Katie gets angry when her date does not arrive on time.
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3
"Miami Mama-Mia"
Alfred Gimeno
Deanna Oliver
November 5, 1994 (1994-11-05)
"Pigeon on the Roof"
Jenny Lerew
(1.) The Goodfeathers fly to Miami to visit and Pesto's mother and her fiancé Sam Seagull, but Pesto tries to put him out of commission to stop the wedding. (2.) 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 they just want to hang around their Martin Scorsese statue and Pesto dreams of becoming the Godpigeon.
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4
"I'm Mad"
Rich Arons, Audu Paden and Dave Marshall
Story by : Tom Ruegger Music and lyrics by : Randy Rogel
November 12, 1994 (1994-11-12)
"Bad Mood Bobby"
Audu Paden
Deanna Oliver
"Katie Ka-Boom: The Blemish"
Gary Hartle
Nicholas Hollander
"Fake"
Alfred Gimeno
Paul Rugg
(1.) Yakko and Dot bicker constantly while Wakko keeps complaining as Dr. Scratchansniff gets them ready for a car trip (originally released theatrically with Don Bluth's Thumbelina). (2.) Pesto and Squit try to get Bobby out of his bad mood. (3.) Katie freaks out when she gets a pimple before her study group starts. (4.) The Warners try to prove to Dr. Scratchansniff that professional wrestling is fake.
(1.) In a parody of Mighty Max and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the Warners fight a giant insect that is destroying the Warner Studio. (2.) Slappy and Skippy resort to extreme measures to crack the last nut in the kitchen, accompanied by music from The Nutcracker. (3.) Wakko tries to come up with a new bizarre facial expression. (4.) The Warners sing about the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
(1.) Yakko and Dot explain to Wakko through song about how to read the headlines in Variety Magazine. (2.) Slappy's plans to take Skippy to a baseball game at Dodger Stadium go wrong when an opera performance by the famed Domino, Pepperoni, and Carumba is scheduled for that night instead. The singers (a parody of the Three Tenors) return at the end to perform a shortened version of the Animaniacs theme. (3.) Dr. Scratchansniff has only one player for his weekly bingo game – Wakko.
(1.) The Warners bother Sherlock Holmes for help with their scavenger hunt. (2.) Slappy is asked to attend Walter's funeral, which is really a ruse planned by Walter to blow Slappy sky-high. (3.) The Warners sing about the United Nations to the tune of "Down by the Riverside".
(1.) In a parody of A Hard Day's Night, the Warners run from their fans as they try to reach a cartoon convention. (2.) Slappy tries to get away from the filming of a blockbuster action film on her vacation day. (3.) The Warners tell people to "get a life" instead of going over every little reference in their show.
(Cold opening.) A parody of the grand opening of The Lion King. (Wraparounds.) Throughout the episode, Yakko tries to sing all of the words in the English language dictionary to the tune of the "Mexican Hat Dance". (1.) The Warners visit Mary and Scooter and raise a ruckus in the style of The Cat in the Hat. (2.) In the 1950s, Slappy and Skippy attend a method acting class, which Slappy turns into a comedy class.
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"Gimme the Works"
Audu Paden
Peter Hastings
October 21, 1995 (1995-10-21)
"Buttons in Ows"
Audu Paden and Barry Caldwell
Peter Hastings
"HerculesUnwound"
Audu Paden
John Luden and Nick DuBois
(1.) Tired of their episode's latest plot of meeting a hot dog salesman, the Warners walk out of their cartoon. (2.) Buttons and Mindy parody The Wizard of Oz. However, they and Toto have a run-in with Pinky and Brain. (3.) The Warners once again do not feel up to doing another script where they have to help Hercules with his trials. Meanwhile, Pinky and Brain plan to steal Zeus' lightning bolts in ancient Greece as part of Brain's latest plan to take over the world.
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7
"This Pun for Hire"
Audu Paden
Gordon Bressack, Charles M. Howell IV, Peter Hastings and Tom Ruegger
(1.) In a parody of The Maltese Falcon and film noir, the Warners (as detectives) search and protect a mysterious statue from several suspicious characters (Minerva, Hello Nurse, Dr. Scratchansniff, and Ralph the Guard). (2.) The Warners are beamed onto Star Trek, where they cause chaos to the crew and introduce Squatty to donuts. (3.) Wakko gets in a fight with himself over a game of Go Fish. (4.) Yakko sings a song about multiplying 47 by 83. This is parody of Tom Lehrer's New Math
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8
"The Presidents Song"
Al Zegler
Randy Rogel
November 11, 1995 (1995-11-11)
"Don't Tread on Us"
Al Zegler
Gordon Bressack and Charles M. Howell IV
"The Flame Returns"
Barry Caldwell and Audu Paden
Nicholas Hollander (adaption)
(1.) To the William Tell Overture, the Warners sing about all of the U.S. presidents, from George Washington to Bill Clinton. (2.) Pinky and Brain plot to replace the Declaration of Independence with Brain's Declaration of Obedience, which will make him emperor of the world. (3.) The Flame is present as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow writes his famous poem "Paul Revere's Ride".
(1.) In a musical parody of The Sound of Music, Mr. Plotz hires Prunella Flundergust, a nanny who unknowingly gives the Warners a hard time with her constant singing and motherly personality. Since they cannot do anything to her unless she insults them, they try ruining her songs. When that does not work, they enlist someone who is not bound by the "Don't Provoke unless Provoked" code, namely Slappy Squirrel. (2.) Boo attends a table read for the film The Flintstones.
(1.) The little bird is adopted by Slappy. (2.) The Warners invite several people to their water tower in expectation of a surprise guest, whom Plotz believes to be Steven Spielberg, but he is really a different Steven. (3.) The Flame watches along as Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner during the War of 1812. (4.) The little bird (accompanied by the Animaniacs orchestra) sings The Twelve Days of Christmas, with all of the gifts being turtledoves.
(1.) Dot is hired to take up an act in a famous musical. When the director, Andrew Lloyd Webber, becomes annoying, she and her brothers decide to ruin it. (2.) A showing of the Warners' appearance in a Googi Goop cartoon, "Little Red Riding Goop". (3.) In a parody of Rudyard Kipling's poem Gunga Din, Dot is the only one with water in a village and everyone wants it, because it is hot out.
(1.) Slappy is the coach of Skippy's 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 ball that hits Skippy's face gives the team the win. (2.) Katie Ka-Boom gets furious when her parents will not let her wear clothes that are "in-style" at her school, since they make her belly button visible. (3.) The Warners wake up from suspended animation in a spaceship in a parody of 2001: A Space Odyssey. When AL5000, the computer of the ship, orders them to return to their sleeping pods, the Warners refuse to and things get out of hand. (4.) The Warners are visited by network censors after attacking Attila the Hun due to their cartoons being too violent.
Written by : Tom Ruegger Music adapted by : Russell Brower (uncredited)
"The Big Wrap Party Tonight"
Jon McClenahan
Tom Ruegger
(1.) Wakko proves to Dr. Schratchnsniff that his song made of two notes is actual music. (2.) Yakko sings a song on the Latin American waterway to the tune of "Low Bridge". (3.) Yakko and Wakko sings about Hello Nurse. (4.) The Warners sing a song about Ferdinand Magellan to the tune of "Git Along, Little Dogies". (5.) Wakko, suffering from laryngitis and unable to belch, uses fart sounds from his hands to perform the "Chinese Dance" from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. (6.) The Warners sing about their big third-season wrap party at the water tower. Note: Originally dubbed as the “New Years Party Tonight”.
After being made to believe that his Aunt Slappy is going insane after watching too many tabloid talk shows, Skippy places her in a retirement home for cartoon characters, and when Slappy hears that she can not see Skippy again, she attempts to break out of the retirement home. A parody of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
(1.) A parody of Disney's Pocahontas, with Dot as Pocahontas, and Mel Gibson (voiced by Jeff Bennett) as John Smith. (2.) The Goodfeathers take revenge on Plotz to the music of Ride of the Valkyries. (3.) Yakko narrates a parody of the poem Casey at the Bat, with the Animaniacs crew as the Mudville Nine and Wakko as Casey.
(1.) In a blatant attempt to win a humanitarian animation award, the Warners make an extremely politically correct cartoon. (2.) Mindy chases a frog through a graveyard, while Buttons tries to keep waking zombies at bay. (3.) After Wakko gets the hiccups from drinking a milkshake in a single gulp, Yakko and Dot attempt to cure him.
(1.) The Warners are partnered with Municipal Bond, Agent 0007 on a mission to stop the evil (and small-headed) Roy Blowfinger from stealing all the gold from Fort Knox to buy a bigger head. (2.) Dr. Scratchansniff goes on a cruise. Unfortunately for him, the Warners tag along with him. (3.) Yakko explains in song about the different time zones.
Story by : Richard Dasakas Teleplay by : Herb Moore, Andrew Austin, John Over and Kevin Franks
"Pinky and the Ralph"
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(1.) The Warners chase Ernest Hemingway around the world when he refuses to sign for his office supply delivery, as he decides to quit writing when he gets writer's block. (2.) The Hip Hippos compete on a parody of American Gladiators. (3.) A sneak peek of a fictional spin-off starring Pinky and Ralph the Guard.
(1.) 10 short films with Wakko being his usual zany self. (2.) A cuckoo clock bird falls for a real bird and tries to win her love on the hour, though he keeps retracting into his clock. (3.) Boo disguises himself and creates a TV schedule that everybody likes the most, yet all the shows are chicken-themed.
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8
"Pitter Patter of Little Feet"
Audu Paden
Llyn Hunter, Enrique May and Audu Paden
November 16, 1996 (1996-11-16)
"Mindy in Wonderland"
Charles Visser
Nick DuBois
"Ralph's Wedding"
Audu Paden and Jeff Siergey
Sherri Stoner
(1.) The Hip Hippos are delivered a new baby in the form of Brain. (2.) Buttons tries to protect Mindy in an Alice in Wonderland-like world while chasing a bunny. (3.) Ralph unexpectedly marries Boo.
(1.) The Warners are lost at sea and find a message in a bottle floating on the surface. (2.) After Termite Terrace closes in 1962, Plotz loans the Warners out to other cartoon studios to help Warner Bros. stay profitable. (3.) The Warners sing about all the bones in the body, using Mr. Skullhead to demonstrate.
Story by : Nick DuBois and Tom Ruegger Teleplay by : Nick DuBois
(1.) Wakko is being chased by something terrifying behind the camera (Dot, who is playing tag with him). (2.) A parody of the "Macarena" music video with a song sung by and about Dot, a.k.a. "Macadamia". (3.) Skippy is forced to deal with the school bully, Duke, while Slappy faces an advocate against cartoon violence.
(1.) Snow White's magic mirror tells her that she is no longer the cutest one of all, so she decides to settle the score with Dot, who has taken her place as the cutest. (2.) The Warners come to the United States as immigrants and invade the home of the Friends cast. (3.) The Warners sing a song about Attila the Hun. (4.) Boo assumes the role of Batman's sidekick Robin to stop the evil Punchline.
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4
"Hooray for North Hollywood"
Stephen Lewis, Herb Moore, David Pryor and Kirk Tingblad
Randy Rogel and Tom Ruegger
January 3, 1998 (1998-01-03)
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5
Kirk Tingblad
Part 1 : The Warners write a film script only to have Plotz reject it, so they decide to crash a star-studded gala in hopes of making a deal with another studio.
Part 2 : Plotz loses his job after the Warners' film becomes a box office smash, but they realize that they miss having him yell at them and conspire to bring him back.
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6
"The Carpool"
Stephen Lewis
Nick DuBois and Randy Rogel
February 21, 1998 (1998-02-21)
"The Sunshine Squirrels"
Russell Calabrese and Stephen Lewis
Kevin Hopps
(1.) The Warners join a carpool where they drive the rest of the passengers crazy. (2.) Slappy and her old partner Suzi reunite to perform an old sketch on a TV show.
Nick DuBois, Kevin Hopps, Randy Rogel and Tom Ruegger
April 25, 1998 (1998-04-25)
"Punchline (Part I)"
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"Prom Night"
Charles Visser
Nicholas Hollander
"Punchline (Part II)"
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(1.) After Slappy's tree is cut down and taken to New York City for use as the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center, she drives everyone crazy trying to get back to sleep. (2.) Boo and several other characters address the eternal question: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" (3.) Katie Ka-Boom has been invited to the prom, but gets angry while arguing with her parents over her curfew and what to buy. (4.) Another eternal question is addressed: "Which came first: the chicken or the egg?"
(1.) The Warners cause chaos when famous magicians Schnitzel and Floyd (parodies of Siegfried & Roy) invite them to be volunteers in their act. (2.) In a parody of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" from Fantasia, Brain builds robots and almost succeeds in taking over the world, but Pinky gets in the way as usual.
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"Birds on a Wire"
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November 14, 1998 (1998-11-14)
"The Scoring Session"
Mike Milo
Nick DuBois, Kevin Hopps, Randy Rogel and Tom Ruegger
"The Animaniacs Suite"
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Edited by : Al Breitenbach Composed by : Richard Stone
(1.) The Goodfeathers look at, and comment on, a sunrise. (2.) The Warners take the place of Richard Stone (who is out for the day), and drive Neivel Nosenest insane. (3.) A clip show of "the first 99 episodes", set to an orchestral arrangement of the show theme and various character themes.
Story by : Tom Ruegger Screenplay by : Tom Ruegger, Nick DuBois, Earl Kress, Kevin Hopps, Charles M. Howell IV and Randy Rogel
December 21, 1999 (1999-12-21)
Taking place in winter, all the people (and a Mime) lived happily ever after; however, the Warner siblings are portrayed here as orphans and live in a poor town run by a overtaxing king. Wakko makes a wish to heal a sick Dot upon a star which crashlands over the mountains, and so the Warner siblings try to reach the star before everyone else in town does. Includes all the characters from the show and many memorable gags. Note : The direct-to-video film was done with digital ink and paint.
Home media
VHS
Several VHS videos were released in the United States in the United Kingdom and Australia. The British and Australian VHS tapes were put in "volumes", which were generally jumbled at random and are in no particular order with the series. The U.S. videotapes, however, (with the exception of Animaniacs Stew) feature episodes that had focused on one general subject. Each video featured four to five skits each and was accompanied by a handful of skit intros, with a running time of about 45 minutes.
United Kingdom/Australia
Video Name (Volumes)
Ep #
Release Date
Episodes Featured
Volume 1
4
March 27, 1995 (1995-03-27)
Ups and Downs; Critical Condition; Wally Llama; Spell-Bound
Volume 2
5
March 27, 1995 (1995-03-27)
Drive Insane; Cat on a Hot Steel Beam; With Three You Get Egg-Roll; Jockey for Position; Woodstock Slappy
Volume 3
7
October 23, 1995 (1995-10-23)
Hooked on a Ceiling; The Big Kiss; Mesozoic Mindy; The Flame; Chicken Boo-Ryshnikov; Nothing But the Tooth; Pavlov's Mice
Volume 4
6
October 23, 1995 (1995-10-23)
Cookies for Einstein; Hiccup; The World Can Wait; The Wild Blue Yonder; Hurray for Slappy; The Three Muska-Warners
Twas the Day Before Christmas; Little Drummer Warners; The Great Wakkorotti: The Holiday Concert; A Christmas Plotz; Jingle Boo; Yakko's Universe; A Gift of Gold; Nighty-Night Toons
The Ballad of Magellan; The Presidents Song; The Planets; The Panama Canal; Be Careful What You Eat; A Quake, a Quake!; The Big Wrap Party Tonight; The Senses; What Are We?; All the Words in the English Language; The Tiger Prince; Hello Nurse
DVD
Volume 1 of Animaniacs had sold very well; over half of the product being sold in the first week made it one of the fastest-selling animation DVD sets that Warner Home Video ever put out.[11] All 99 episodes are available in four DVD boxed sets, although only Volume 1 has been released outside of Region 1. On October 2, 2018, a Complete Series DVD boxed set featuring all 99 episodes and Wakko's Wish, was released.
DVD Name
Ep #
Release Date
Additional Information
Volume 1
25
July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25) (Region 1)[12] December 3, 2018 (2018-12-03) (Region 2)
This five-disc boxed set contains the first 25 episodes of season 1. Includes the featurette "Animaniacs Live!", where Maurice LaMarche hosts an in-studio interview via satellite big screen TV with Animaniacs friends (voice actors, composers, etc.) as they comment on the show. The featurette is presented in its original television aspect ratio, with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio in English with French and Hungarian languages and French, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian and Slovenian subtitles.
This five-disc boxed set contains the next 25 episodes (26–50) of season 1. Includes the featurette "The Writers Flipped, They Have No Script", where Maurice LaMarche leads a gathering of writers on what their favorite Animaniacs episodes are that they wrote.
This five-disc boxed set includes the last 15 episodes (51–65) of season 1, all four episodes (66–69) of season 2, and the first six episodes (70–75) of season 3. Includes two featurettes "They Can't Help It If They're Cute, They're Just Drawn That Way": Meet the Character Designers, Storyboard Artists and Art Directors who give life and lunacy to Wakko, Yakko, and Dot; and "They're Totally Insane-y: In Cadence with Richard Stone": The music of Animaniacs, highlighted by a tribute to the late composer.
This final three-disc boxed set contains the seven remaining episodes of season 3 (76–82) and all of the episodes of both season 4 (83–90) and season 5 (91–99). There are no special features included in this volume.
This 19-disc box set includes all 99 episodes of the series from all five seasons, as well as the direct-to-video film Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish. The special features from the previous first three volumes are also included in this set.
Notes
^ abc Although these cartoons are considered part of season 3, they were all originally aired as full one-hour episodes (made by combining new shorts with old ones), with their original half-hour format not airing until season 4.[4]