#I haven't written this much in english since I took the bec exam jajs

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Here is a brief explanation of the entries (I excluded the ones that are more self explanatory)

Tier 1

Dot's full name. Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Banana Fanna Bo Besca III

Hotline controversy. Episode 6 was pulled from Hulu for some time because during the PATB segment a tv advert starring Brain included a real sex hotline

Pink is the genius theory. Popular theory based on the fact that the theme song mentions one being the genius and the other insane but not specifying which one is which. It has more evidence, but I want to keep this brief. You can read it here

Hello Nurse name. It's Heloise Nerz

Uhhh. A sound Yakko sometimes makes as a kind of verbal tic.It was improvised by his voice actor

Yakko balloon incident. A Yakko inflatable balloon was displayed on top of the real life wb water tower to promote the show. However, when Bob Daley, who ran the studio at the time, saw the balloon, he thought that it was a misshapen Mickey Mouse and they were being attacked by Disney.

The Warner's ages. Revealed in the Talkin' Toons podcast . 14, 11 and 9 respectively

Cartoonus characterus. The Warner's species according to Tom Ruegger

Tier 2

Green ducks. Originally the show was going to star a family/group of green ducks. Eventually the team scraped the concept due to ducks being overused in cartoons

Yakky, Smakky & Wakky. A "prototype" of what eventually became the Warners. Yakky (who became Yakko) was the chatty one, Smakky the violent one and Wakky the weird one (this two were fuse together to create wakko). There was also a nameless female character that became Dot.

Brinky. The ship between Pinky and the Brain. Very popular amongst the fandom

Fandom Angst. Despite being a comedy show, the fandom tends to create lots of angsty fan works

Salad breadsticks soup. These beautiful images:

Milk fic. Angst fanfic called "Big Brother's Responsibility" that starts with Yakko drinking milk and having a mental breakdown because he had a fight with is siblings and is lactose intolerant. It became a running joke in the fandom

Please Please Please Get A Life Foundation. Episode form the og show that makes fun at animaniacs fans.

Tier 3

Marx brothers influence. Yakko is heavily inspired in Groucho and Wakko in Harpo

Lakko warner. A character that was supposed to appeared in the cancelled movie "Wandering Warners We" as the fourth warner

Yax. Crack shipp between Yakko Warner and Max Goof

Minerva Mink fake unreleased shorts. For a long time it was rumored that more Minerva Mink cartoons were produced but never released. It was later revealed that these cartoons never existed in the first place, making them false lost media

Animaniacs bible. The show's bible ( a reference document used by screenwriters for information on characters, settings, and other elements of a project)

Cancelled movies. In 1995 there were plans for a movie ( Wandering Warners We) that was scrapped because of wb prioritizing space jam. This Means Warners (set in world war II), Revolutionary Warners (an adaptation of Oliver Twist) and Warner Land (in which the siblings harras santa) were also scrapped ideas.

Cut characters. Characters that didn't make it into the show. These include Bossy Beaver and Doyle (a beaver duo), The Fleas and Nipsy and Russell (a raccoon duo)

Animaniacs live. A concert musical live show where Rob Paulsen (the voice of Yakko and Pinky), Randy Rogel (one of the animaniacs songwriters) perform songs from the show.

Reboot concept art in cuphead art style. There is concept art made by Studio MDHR (the studio behind cuphead) of the Warners in a rubber hose art style.

Nickelaney. It references how the show's intro was butchered in the nickelodeon reruns by writing their name in the beginning, shortening the song and replacing all the variable lines with "nickelaney". It was so bad that apparently lots of at the time fans refused to watch the reruns. A similar thing happened with PATB

Yakko's boat. An image of Yakko with a toy boat that somehow became a meme (I remember seeing it mostly on Instagram)

Salppy dementia episode. Episode 83. Known for being the the most serious and emotional episode of all the series. Sadly it was largely based on Tom Ruegger's memories of visiting his aunt at a nursing home.

Axe fic. A fic called Soliloquy of Regret where Yakko starts killing people with an axe. The first half consists of Yakko slowly descending into madness and the second is about the animaniacs cast trying to stop the apocalypse. Unlike the milk fic that is just angst for the sake of being angst, the axe fic its so insane that ends up being entertaining (at least for me jajs)

Yakko Alvin Warner. Yakko's second name is Alvin according to the comics

Tier 4

1-855-HULU-FAN. At one point after the release of S1 of the reboot you could call this phone number to "talk" to the Warners (it was actually a prerecorded voice message)

Pay for play/pay or play contracts debate. The closed captioning in the og series mistakenly had the line as "pay for play" contracts instead "of pay or play". This sparked an online debate in the old fandom about which line was the correct

Hello Nurse is a secret agent. It's revealed in the comics.

Broadcast Nuisance delated scenes. Some parts of the episode were cut and redubbed because the warners were being too cruel

I'm mad theatrical version. The song was originally released as a theatrical short for Thumbelina. This version included additional title cards that are partially found lost media.

Album exclusive songs. Some albums included songs that weren't in the series ( I'll Take an Island, Several Drops of Rain, the Hello Song)

Pinky is a masochist. There are some instances were pinky seems to enjoy being in pain (though this is inconsistent throughout the show)

Buddy was real. In universe, Buddy was a character whose boring cartoons lead to the creation of the Warners. Turns out he wasn't created for the show, he's a real Looney Tunes character who was the lead star of Warner Bros. cartoons from 1933 to 1935.

Kathy Page Cowan credits running gag. During season 1 and 2 of the og series Kathryn Page (Tom ruegger's assistant) was credited with all sorts of random things as a gag.

Jesus episode. Little Drummer Warners (episode 49). The Earners sing a song to baby Jesus. I added it due to its more serious tone compared to other episodes and just because, aside from the episode where they go to hell, is the only instance where the Warners interact with a religious figure.

Six flags. In the 90s the warners made appearances as costumed characters at Six Flags Theme Parks.

Cancelled robot chicken sketch. It would involve the Warners doing edgy stuff. Apparently cancellation was partly due to the original voice actors refusing to reprise their role out of respect for their characters. As an additional fact, a few years later they made a PATB parody with Maurice LaMarche reprising his role as Brain. In an interview he admitted he regrets doing it..

Sakko Warner. Is the cousin of the Warners who appears in the 33rd issue of the comics.

Tier 5

Episode #55 missing bumper. This episode has a chase scene bumper that's missing from the DVDs

Official twitter retweeted lewd fanart. Yeah according to tv tropes this apparently happened and I say apparently because I couldn't find any other source. So take it with a pinch of salt

He died for our sins. This cursed image from Burning Man 2008

Speedy Gonzales auditioned for Brain. Cartoon Network Latin America released a series of shorts called "biografía toon" that feature the biographies of various cartoon characters. In the one about Speedy Gonzales it's revealed that he tried to audition for the role of Brain.

The warners teast like chicken.

The reason why wakko doesn't wear pants. Issue #42 of the comics is revealed that Wakko doesn't wear pants because it causes those around him to get hurt by random things.

Narf is my safe word tshirt. Rob Paulsen was selling these tshirts trough his website.

Animanicast (unofficial podcast)

Bubble bath guy. A Tumblr user infamous for commenting weird stuff in animaniacs related blogs. Most of their ramblings included the words "bubble bath" hence their name. Nobody knows what was their deal.

Tier 6

Episode 100. Joke entry. There is no episode 100

A Christmas Plotz: The Hip-Hop Musical. It's a 1995 hip-hop audiobook adaptation of "A Christmas Plotz." It's pretty terrible.

alt.tv.animaniacs. A now defunct og animaniacs newsgroup that served as the main online gathering place for the old fandom.

Legion1979 (so sorry I messed up their name in the image). A Tumblr blog that analysed every episode of the og animaniacs, giving their opinion ands some interesting facts.

Animania IV. Fourth of the fourteen Animania fanfests held by the og fandom. It took place in early August 1995 when a group of participants in the alt.tv.animaniacs newsgroup decided to meet each other in Southern California. Hearing this, the producers at Warner Bros. Animation invited them to visit the studio and meet the people who were working on the show. If you want to learn more about it check this website and this video

Keeper1st. A well know fan in the days of the old fandom. He was an active member of alt.tv.animaniacs and wrote many webpages about the show back when it was airing including the transcript of the animancs bible, the cultural references guide for animaniacs and the animaniacs mega lyrics files. Here is his website

Bonus tier (actually things I forgot to add at the moment)

The Geological clock A song from the og series that was cut. It's speculated that it heavily inspired A Brief History of History

Nonbinary Wakko. Popular headcanon based of this panel form the comics

Leg fic. Fic where Pinky losses his leg in a sausage factory during one of Brain attempts at taking over the world but it grows back

Suavo pinky was at one point banned from the sexypedia due to his fans spamming suggestion blogs. The moderators decided to add him to the forbidden characters list just to piss them off. Luckily, the ban has been lifted

So I made an animaniacs iceberg

sad 3am rambles. You can skip it

Yeah, I know the iceberg thing is outdated but I made it as a way to look back at the show and the fandom one last time.

I took a break from animaniacs in the wait for season 3. When I came back I realized how much I had forgotten about the show and it kinda scared me. I decided to write these facts and fandom anecdotes just to have a reminder in case some day I forget.

This is it. I don't have hopes for a season 4 or any other animaniacs media. I'll probably stay here for another week. I don't want to get into personal stuff, so I'll just say that animaniacs was the best thing that happened to me in 2020. I'm going through some rough stuff so I'm glad I got the chance to watch these characters one last time. Even though my interest in the show isn't the same as it used to be, I still hold it very close to my heart ❤️