Animaniacs

1993 - 1998 TV-Y7 21m 7.9

The zany adventures of a trio of 1930s animated characters in the modern world.

Ensemble cast of off-the-wall Warner Brothers characters, appearing in a wide variety of roles. Mainly staring the Warner Siblings Wakko, Yakko, and Dot, who were created by the WB Studios but found they were just too "zany" to be of any use to the studio. Other popular characters in the series include: Pinky and the Brain, two lab mice bent on world domination. Rita and Runt, a cat and dog team who get into perilous situations every episode but always seem to find time to sing a song, Bobby, Pesto, and Squit, the Goodfeathers, part of a New York City mob of pigeons, who take orders from The Godpigeon and worship Martin Scorsese. Slappy the Squirrel is a late middle-age squirrel. She starred in a series of popular cartoons in the Golden Age but is now retired and looking after her nephew, Skippy Squirrel. Buttons is a watch-dog, charged with watching the mischievous toddler, Mindy. Chicken Boo is a giant chicken trying to integrate into human society. Flavio and Marita are two urbane hippopotami.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 De-Zanitized

1. De-Zanitized

Aired: Sep 13, 1993

Dr. Scratchansniff uses every known technique to "de-zani-tize" the Warners, ...

Episode 2 The Monkey Song

2. The Monkey Song

Aired: Sep 13, 1993

In a parody of Harry Belafonte's "Monkey," the Warners and Dr. Scratchansniff...

Episode 3 Nighty-Night Toon

3. Nighty-Night Toon

Aired: Sep 13, 1993

In a slight parody of the children's book "Goodnight Moon," each of the Anima...

Episode 4 Yakko's World

4. Yakko's World

Aired: Sep 14, 1993

Yakko sings a song to the tune of the "Mexican Hat Dance" listing the nations...

Episode 5 Cookies for Einstein

5. Cookies for Einstein

Aired: Sep 14, 1993

As scouts in Switzerland, the Warners attempt to sell cookies to Albert Einst...

Episode 6 Win Big

6. Win Big

Aired: Sep 14, 1993

Brain competes on the trivia game show Gyp-Parody! to win enough money to buy...

Episode 7 H.M.S. Yakko

7. H.M.S. Yakko

Aired: Sep 15, 1993

The Warners perform a musical tribute to Gilbert & Sullivan.

Episode 8 Slappy Goes Walnuts

8. Slappy Goes Walnuts

Aired: Sep 15, 1993

Slappy and Skippy Squirrel gather nuts from Doug the Dog’s yard.

Episode 9 Yakko's Universe

9. Yakko's Universe

Aired: Sep 15, 1993

Yakko leads a trip through the universe as he sings about the galaxies.

Episode 12 Taming of the Screwy

12. Taming of the Screwy

Aired: Sep 17, 1993

When potential foreign investors want to meet the wacky Warner siblings, the ...

Episode 14 Operation: Lollipop

14. Operation: Lollipop

Aired: Sep 20, 1993

Buttons tries to keep Mindy safe after her lollipop gets stuck on the side of...

Episode 15 What Are We?

15. What Are We?

Aired: Sep 20, 1993

The Warners are hypnotized by Dr. Scratchansniff in order to make them less z...

Episode 16 Piano Rag

16. Piano Rag

Aired: Sep 21, 1993

The Warner siblings disrupt a piano concert at Carnegie Hall.

Episode 19 Bumbie's Mom

19. Bumbie's Mom

Aired: Sep 22, 1993

Slappy Squirrel tries to convince Skippy that "Bumbie's Mom" didn't really di...

Episode 20 Wally Llama

20. Wally Llama

Aired: Sep 23, 1993

The Warners trek to Tibet seeking answers to the mysteries of life from a fam...

Episode 21 Where Rodents Dare

21. Where Rodents Dare

Aired: Sep 23, 1993

Pinky and The Brain infiltrate a summit of world leaders in the Swiss Alps in...

Episode 22 King Yakko

22. King Yakko

Aired: Sep 24, 1993

A freak accident of lineage results in Yakko becoming "King Yakko" of Anvilania.

Episode 23 No Pain, No Painting

23. No Pain, No Painting

Aired: Sep 27, 1993

Modern art is born when the Warners help Pablo Picasso discover his painting ...

Episode 24 Les Miseranimals

24. Les Miseranimals

Aired: Sep 27, 1993

In a musical parody of Victor Hugo's novel Les Miserables, Runt breaks out of...

Episode 26 West Side Pigeons

26. West Side Pigeons

Aired: Sep 28, 1993

The Goodfeathers battle the Sparrows over possession of a statue of Martin Sc...

Episode 27 Hello Nice Warners

27. Hello Nice Warners

Aired: Sep 29, 1993

While running away from Ralph, the Warners get hired by a Jerry Lewis-based c...

Episode 30 La La Law

30. La La Law

Aired: Sep 30, 1993

Dr. Scratchansniff gets a parking ticket and is represented in court by the f...

Episode 32 Space Probed

32. Space Probed

Aired: Oct 1, 1993

The Warners are abducted by aliens and taken aboard their spaceship where the...

Episode 34 Chalkboard Bungle

34. Chalkboard Bungle

Aired: Oct 4, 1993

The studio hires a new teacher named Miss Flamiel to teach the Warners. Despi...

Episode 35 Hurray for Slappy

35. Hurray for Slappy

Aired: Oct 4, 1993

Slappy goes to a banquet held in her honor in order to receive an award while...

Episode 37 Roll Over, Beethoven

37. Roll Over, Beethoven

Aired: Oct 5, 1993

As chimney sweeps, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot annoy Ludwig van Beethoven, and acci...

Episode 39 Pavlov's Mice

39. Pavlov's Mice

Aired: Oct 6, 1993

In turn of the century Russia, Brain plans to take over the world by stealing...

Episode 43 A Moving Experience

43. A Moving Experience

Aired: Oct 7, 1993

Flavio and Marita head to New York in order to find a trendy new place to live.

Episode 44 The Flame

44. The Flame

Aired: Oct 11, 1993

A candleflame guides us through a special night in American history.

Episode 46 Wakko's America

46. Wakko's America

Aired: Oct 11, 1993

In a Jeopardy!-style game in Miss Flamiel's classroom, Wakko has to name the ...

Episode 47 Davy Omelette

47. Davy Omelette

Aired: Oct 11, 1993

Chicken Boo is mistaken for the frontiersman Davy Omelette. He helps a number...

Episode 48 Hearts of Twilight

48. Hearts of Twilight

Aired: Oct 12, 1993

A crazy film director is millions of dollars over budget, so Plotz sends the ...

Episode 49 The Boids

49. The Boids

Aired: Oct 12, 1993

The Goodfeathers are hired as stunt birds for The Boids. They try to keep the...

Episode 50 Guardin' the Garden

50. Guardin' the Garden

Aired: Oct 13, 1993

Slappy protects Adam and Eve from eating an apple in the Garden of Eden, just...

Episode 51 Plane Pals

51. Plane Pals

Aired: Oct 13, 1993

Onboard a plane, the Warners annoy a tightwad named Ivan Blosky who is forced...

Episode 53 Up the Crazy River

53. Up the Crazy River

Aired: Oct 15, 1993

When Mindy chases a butterfly into a rain forest that is being cut down for w...

Episode 55 Opportunity Knox

55. Opportunity Knox

Aired: Oct 18, 1993

Brain wants to steal all of the gold in Fort Knox as part of his latest plan ...

Episode 56 Wings Take Heart

56. Wings Take Heart

Aired: Oct 18, 1993

When a male moth and a female butterfly fall in love they head to the city, l...

Episode 57 Hercule Yakko

57. Hercule Yakko

Aired: Oct 19, 1993

The detective Warners go in search of Marita's missing jewel on a cruise ship...

Episode 58 Home on De-Nile

58. Home on De-Nile

Aired: Oct 19, 1993

Rita gets adopted by Cleopatra, and Runt saves her after he finds out that Ri...

Episode 60 Testimonials

60. Testimonials

Aired: Oct 21, 1993

Several old-time movie stars talk about their encounters with the Warners and...

Episode 61 Babblin' Bijou

61. Babblin' Bijou

Aired: Oct 21, 1993

An old black-and-white Warner cartoon where Dot goes into the movies (literal...

Episode 62 Potty Emergency

62. Potty Emergency

Aired: Oct 21, 1993

In the midst of watching a scary sci-fi movie, Wakko drinks too much soda and...

Episode 63 Sir Yaksalot

63. Sir Yaksalot

Aired: Oct 21, 1993

The Warners are recruited by King Arthur to save Camelot from a dragon.

Episode 64 You Risk Your Life

64. You Risk Your Life

Aired: Oct 25, 1993

Greek playwright Aristotle tries to win cash and prizes on "You Risk Your Lif...

Episode 65 I Got Yer Can

65. I Got Yer Can

Aired: Oct 25, 1993

A discarded soda can sparks an escalating, one-sided battle of wits between S...

Episode 66 Jockey for Position

66. Jockey for Position

Aired: Oct 25, 1993

In order to win funds for his latest world-conquering scheme, Brain enters th...

Episode 67 Moby Or Not Moby

67. Moby Or Not Moby

Aired: Oct 26, 1993

The Warners protect the legendary Moby-Dick from the wrath of Captain Ahab.

Episode 68 Mesozoic Mindy

68. Mesozoic Mindy

Aired: Oct 26, 1993

In the Stone Age, cavegirl Mindy gets in trouble and Buttons rescues her.

Episode 71 Moon Over Minerva

71. Moon Over Minerva

Aired: Oct 28, 1993

First Minerva Mink skit. A melancholic Minerva Mink avoids the come-ons of ge...

Episode 72 Skullhead Boneyhands

72. Skullhead Boneyhands

Aired: Oct 28, 1993

In a parody of Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands, Mr. Skullhead (a character b...

Episode 73 Draculee, Draculaa

73. Draculee, Draculaa

Aired: Oct 29, 1993

In an attempt to head towards their ancestral home of Pennsylvania (since the...

Episode 74 Phranken-Runt

74. Phranken-Runt

Aired: Oct 29, 1993

Rita and Runt end up being chased by a crazy female mad scientist who wants t...

Episode 75 O Silly Mio

75. O Silly Mio

Aired: Oct 31, 1993

After witnessing their stained-glass window get destroyed by prima donna oper...

Episode 76 Puttin' on the Blitz

76. Puttin' on the Blitz

Aired: Oct 31, 1993

In the midst of the Nazi invasion of Poland, Rita and Runt help a little girl...

Episode 79 Planets Song

79. Planets Song

Aired: Nov 1, 1993

Yakko sings about the planets in our solar system. Wakko notifies him at the ...

Episode 80 Astro-Buttons

80. Astro-Buttons

Aired: Nov 1, 1993

Buttons and Mindy are part of a space colony, and Buttons goes after Mindy wh...

Episode 82 Noah's Lark

82. Noah's Lark

Aired: Nov 2, 1993

Noah (who looks and speaks like comedian Richard Lewis) is instructed by God ...

Episode 83 The Big Kiss

83. The Big Kiss

Aired: Nov 2, 1993

Chicken Boo is a leading actor who delivers the money shot kiss in a movie wi...

Episode 84 Hiccup

84. Hiccup

Aired: Nov 2, 1993

Squit gets a case of the hiccups, forcing the other Goodfeathers to come up w...

Episode 85 Clown And Out

85. Clown And Out

Aired: Nov 3, 1993

A clown (who looks and speaks like the Jerry Lewis-esque Mr. Director) is hir...

Episode 86 Bubba Bo Bob Brain

86. Bubba Bo Bob Brain

Aired: Nov 3, 1993

The Brain becomes a country-western star in order to plant hypnotic suggestio...

Episode 87 Very Special Opening

87. Very Special Opening

Aired: Nov 4, 1993

The Warners announce that this will be a very special episode due to characte...

Episode 90 Katie Ka-Boo

90. Katie Ka-Boo

Aired: Nov 4, 1993

In Katie Ka-Boom's first appearance, she discovers the hard way that her late...

Episode 91 Baghdad Cafe

91. Baghdad Cafe

Aired: Nov 4, 1993

The Warner Brothers (and their sister Slappy in place of Dot) pay a visit to ...

Episode 92 Critical Condition

92. Critical Condition

Aired: Nov 7, 1993

After movie critics Hiskel and Egbert (parodies of Siskel & Ebert) blast her ...

Episode 94 Dough Dough Boys

94. Dough Dough Boys

Aired: Nov 8, 1993

The Goodfeathers (as carrier pigeons) are forced to deliver an important mess...

Episode 95 Boot Camping

95. Boot Camping

Aired: Nov 8, 1993

The Warners head for summer camp but wind up in basic training instead, leadi...

Episode 97 Spell-Bound

97. Spell-Bound

Aired: Nov 9, 1993

Pinky and The Brain become "Spellbound" when they attempt to use Merlin's boo...

Episode 98 Smitten With Kittens

98. Smitten With Kittens

Aired: Nov 10, 1993

Rita and Runt find a litter of "puppies" that cling to the stray cat as their...

Episode 99 Alas Poor Skullhead

99. Alas Poor Skullhead

Aired: Nov 10, 1993

Yakko recites a monologue from William Shakespeare's "Hamlet", while Wakko pl...

Episode 100 White Gloves

100. White Gloves

Aired: Nov 10, 1993

As Wakko plays piano in the water tower, his gloves run away by themselves an...

Episode 101 Fair Game

101. Fair Game

Aired: Nov 11, 1993

Ned Flat has the Warners compete on his game show "Quiz Me Quick" where they ...

Episode 102 The Slapper

102. The Slapper

Aired: Nov 11, 1993

An advertisement about a device that slaps people, commonly used by Slappy.

Episode 103 Puppet Rulers

103. Puppet Rulers

Aired: Nov 11, 1993

In the 1950s, Pinky and the Brain join the cast of a kids' puppet show named ...

Episode 105 Broadcast Nuisance

105. Broadcast Nuisance

Aired: Nov 14, 1993

TV newsanchor Dan Anchorman refuses to tip the Warners for his lunch, leading...

Episode 106 Raging Bird

106. Raging Bird

Aired: Nov 14, 1993

Bobby trains to fight a tough bird in order to impress a female in his fighti...

Episode 107 Animator's Alley

107. Animator's Alley

Aired: Nov 15, 1993

The Warners are stuck on a forum show with an old Warner Bros. animator named...

Episode 108 Can't Buy A Thrill

108. Can't Buy A Thrill

Aired: Nov 15, 1993

The Hip Hippos try to improve their boring lives by going on a dangerous vaca...

Episode 109 Hollywoodchuck

109. Hollywoodchuck

Aired: Nov 15, 1993

Charlton "Baynarts" Woodchuck gets a job in Hollywood in a film while getting...

Episode 110 Of Nice And Men

110. Of Nice And Men

Aired: Nov 16, 1993

Runt gets adopted and finds himself taking care of a rabbit farm, while Rita ...

Episode 111 What a Dump

111. What a Dump

Aired: Nov 16, 1993

Buttons chases Mindy through a landfill and recycling center when she tries t...

Episode 112 Survey Ladies

112. Survey Ladies

Aired: Nov 16, 1993

While trying to find a birthday present for Dr. Scratchansniff at the mall, t...

Episode 113 Useless Fact

113. Useless Fact

Aired: Nov 17, 1993

Bridging segments: Yakko reveals pieces of completely useless information.

Episode 114 The Senses Song

114. The Senses Song

Aired: Nov 17, 1993

The Warners sing about the senses – the usual five, plus several others.

Episode 115 The World Can Wait

115. The World Can Wait

Aired: Nov 17, 1993

Brain gives up his world domination plans for one night so that he can woo Bi...

Episode 116 Kiki's Kitten

116. Kiki's Kitten

Aired: Nov 17, 1993

Rita finds herself unexpectedly adopted by a research gorilla, while Runt jus...

Episode 118 Windsor Hassle

118. Windsor Hassle

Aired: Nov 18, 1993

The Warners work with Queen Elizabeth II to restore Windsor Castle after the ...

Episode 120 Turkey Jerky

120. Turkey Jerky

Aired: Nov 21, 1993

Native American Warners protect their pet turkey Mr. Gobble from Myles Standi...

Episode 121 Wild Blue Yonder

121. Wild Blue Yonder

Aired: Nov 21, 1993

A newly-hatched bird tries to find its mother and ends up following a F-117A ...

Episode 122 Video Review

122. Video Review

Aired: Nov 22, 1993

The Warners have fun at a video store where the movie covers come to life, a ...

Episode 124 Mobster Mash

124. Mobster Mash

Aired: Nov 23, 1993

The Warners get into a battle of wits with Mafia boss Don Pepperoni (based on...

Episode 126 Icebreakers

126. Icebreakers

Aired: Nov 23, 1993

Rita and Runt stow away to Florida, but they end up in the Arctic, where they...

Episode 128 Jingle Boo

128. Jingle Boo

Aired: Nov 28, 1993

Chicken Boo disguises himself as a department store Santa Claus.

Episode 130 Toy Shop Terror

130. Toy Shop Terror

Aired: Nov 28, 1993

In a parody of Tom and Jerry, the Warners run amok at a toy store.

Episode 131 Yakko's Universe

131. Yakko's Universe

Aired: Nov 28, 1993

Yakko sings a song about the relative vastness of space from one person to th...

Episode 132 A Christmas Plotz

132. A Christmas Plotz

Aired: Dec 5, 1993

A Warner version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with the Warners as t...

Episode 135 Frontier Slappy

135. Frontier Slappy

Aired: Feb 9, 1994

Slappy finds herself facing pioneer Daniel Boone, who wants to cut down her t...

Episode 136 Ups And Downs

136. Ups And Downs

Aired: Feb 10, 1994

Wakko and Dr. Scratchansniff are stuck in an elevator for several hours.

Episode 138 Yes, Always

138. Yes, Always

Aired: Feb 10, 1994

A study on voice-acting shows that Brain is re-enacting the infamous Orson We...

Episode 139 Drive-Insane

139. Drive-Insane

Aired: Feb 13, 1994

Dr. Scratchansniff's date at a drive-in theater gets out of hand when the War...

Episode 140 Girlfeathers

140. Girlfeathers

Aired: Feb 13, 1994

The Girlfeathers, who are the "girlfriends" of the Goodfeathers, take some al...

Episode 141 I'm Cute

141. I'm Cute

Aired: Feb 13, 1994

Dot sings a song about how cute she is, while her brothers slowly get sick of...

Episode 142 Brain Meets Brawn

142. Brain Meets Brawn

Aired: Feb 14, 1994

In the late 1800s, Brain drinks Dr. Jekyll's potion as part of a scheme to ta...

Episode 143 Meet Minerva

143. Meet Minerva

Aired: Feb 14, 1994

A frustrated and lovelorn Minerva avoids a tenacious dachshund named Newt, wh...

Episode 144 Gold Rush

144. Gold Rush

Aired: Feb 15, 1994

The Warners take revenge on a prospector named Jake, who steals their entire ...

Episode 145 A Gift of Gold

145. A Gift of Gold

Aired: Feb 15, 1994

The trials and tribulations of a piece of gold wrapping paper are shown.

Episode 146 Dot's Quiet Time

146. Dot's Quiet Time

Aired: Feb 15, 1994

Dot sings while trying to find a peaceful place to read, so she looks all ove...

Episode 147 Schnitzelbank

147. Schnitzelbank

Aired: Feb 16, 1994

The Warners sing the "International Friendship Song" in Germany with their fr...

Episode 150 Kung Boo

150. Kung Boo

Aired: Feb 16, 1994

A parody of The Karate Kid where Chicken Boo enters a martial-arts championsh...

Episode 152 Up A Tree

152. Up A Tree

Aired: Feb 17, 1994

Rita finds herself stuck up a giant tree in the middle of Nebraska with a cas...

Episode 153 Wakko's Gizmo

153. Wakko's Gizmo

Aired: Feb 17, 1994

Wakko shows off a large and bizarre Rube Goldberg device that sets off a whoo...

Episode 154 Meet John Brain

154. Meet John Brain

Aired: Feb 27, 1994

Brain throws his hat into the ring in order to run for President of the Unite...

Episode 155 Smell Ya Later

155. Smell Ya Later

Aired: Feb 27, 1994

Slappy faces off against her smelly old rival Stinkbomb D. Bassett in order t...

Episode 156 Ragamuffins

156. Ragamuffins

Aired: Feb 28, 1994

An old Warner cartoon where the trio get jobs in a bakery and try to eat ever...

Episode 157 Woodstock Slappy

157. Woodstock Slappy

Aired: Feb 28, 1994

In 1969, Slappy and Skippy head for their summer cottage in Woodstock, New Yo...

Episode 158 Karaoke-Dokie

158. Karaoke-Dokie

Aired: Mar 1, 1994

The Warners want a turn singing at a children's karaoke, but are held up by t...

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Info about Animaniacs

Current Status: Ended

Network: The WB

Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Family, Animation, Musical, Short