#animaniacs s2

[rosecoloredspectacle]

Rob Paulsen is one of the greatest voice actors working today, and "A Brief History of History" proves it. My jaw dropped the first time I heard that vocal run. It was so beautiful!🥹

Can we all just appreciate the fact that Rob Paulsen, a 65-year-old man who overcame throat cancer effortlessly hit a C#5 note while performing a beautiful vocal run in character voice? God damn!

The fact he went through throat cancer, went back to his profession alone and is still doing voice work AND singing at those notes is earning my respect full force.

But yes, the man hit that note like a bell and it sounded absolutely wonderful.

[mouseydate]

My fave PATB segments from season 2

12. The Flawed Couple

11. Reichenbrain Falls

10. The Prisoner’s Dilemma

9. The Pinktator

8. Mouse Congeniality

7. Run, Pinky, Run

6. Mouse Madness

5. Backwards Pinky

4. How Too: Brain Takes Over the World

3. Narf Over Troubled Waters

2. Happy Narfday

1. Plight Of Hand

[emilyshiba]

the reboot was so right for this dynamic specifically

[seagull-scribbles]

The show’s over 🌹

[atomicruinsperfection]

Oh, look. Stede fingered him the episode ~before~ Calypso's birthday.

😎😇

(I'll just let myself out now....)

[draw-n-vent-with-imani]

PatB Review- Happy Narfday

**Before we get into it, I want to apologize for how long this has taken me to get out. I've been juggling a few different projects around and this always got pushed to the back burner.**

Oh dear, you guys want me to start off angry, don't ya?

Okay okay, I said I'd praise every episode at least a little, so I'll start off positive:

The first few minutes were actually pretty decent

Loved the song in this segment, I laugh every time Pinky starts singing

Any episode that gives more insight as to how Pinky thinks has some serious potential, and this one did NOT disappoint in that regard

It really had the potential to have a seriously sweet ending, or at least an interesting ending

Unfortunately...

That's where the positives end

When I tell you that my heart dropped when I read the episode summary before even seeing the segment, it fucking DROPPED.

If you don't need to read an overly negative rant of your favorite segment, here's your que to dip now, I won't be holding back just because I've had a year or two to simmer down.

You're here for the long haul, eh?

Alrighty then

Let's start with the premise: "Brain is forced to celebrate Pinky's Birthday"

There is no better way to piss me off than to word a summary like that. Brain not wanting to celebrate his own birthday is one thing, but to have him despise the idea of celebrating his ONLY FRIEND'S birthday is something completely different. These are the kinds of plotlines where Brain is at his most insufferable because he has to put himself aside. I was actually really worried that Talladega Mouse would turn out this way, but it thankfully didn't (maybe I'll do a review on that one next if it wins the next poll XD).

Brain being 'forced' to do something means he's just going to complain or lie or be antagonistic for the duration of the segment, and in this one he surprisingly manages to tick all of those.

But enough about the premise; I'm sure y'all are more interested in what I think of the meat of the episode. I will tackle this in 3 sections- The Build-Up, The Moment I "Walked Away", and Why the Apology Sucks- and then I'll wrap everything up with my final thoughts. Let's get into it!

The Build-Up (Everything leading up to the reveal)

I went into this segment knowing that there was a 50% chance I wouldn't like it because I HATE plotlines where Brain treats Pinky like he's a 'chore' to deal with, but I was hoping I could be pleasantly surprised.

And the first few minutes actually aren't that bad. Like I said, I love the song, and Pinky actually almost saying that he doesn't want to take over the world all the time could have led to a very interesting conversation.

However, that all changes when Brain decides to lie about the amulet he finds. And I've gotta stop to rant about his 'idea' because it's fucking stupid. So...his plan was to give it to Pinky as a present, take it while he was sleeping, and then use it for his plan (which we all know he wasn't going to enact that night because he had already been up for a FULL 24 HOURS). How stupid does he think Pinky is? It was kind of implied earlier in the episode that Pinky wasn't even really expecting Brain to get him anything. Did Brain think he could just take Pinky's present, one that he loved to the point that he was going to sleep right next to it, and then have that be the end of it? No shit he's going to notice. It makes more sense to just HIDE it for the rest of the episode and have Pinky realize Brain was planning behind his back.

You'll soon realize that a lot of my issues with episodes like these are linked to how if you think about what Brain is doing for more than 5 seconds, it immediately falls apart (i.e. Brain making B.R.A.I.N unfeeling and dumping his feelings on it, making a pocket dimension where he's married to Julia, throwing Pinky under the bus in court).

Anyway, Pinky finds Brain, gets his 'present' and then says this:

"I don't need anything but your friendship to have the best Narfday ever! And I mean it! Zort!"

It is at this point that I knew I would be cringing anytime Brain lies through his teeth. Like I said before, my feelings do end up making me view this episode in a very weird light. Just, Pinky wanted to spend a day with his best friend and not have to worry about ANYTHING. It was a plus to get a gift because he already loves being with Brain so damn much. At this point in season 2, Brain hasn't realized how much he should value his time with Pinky

The next song segment proceeds and then we get to...

The Moment I "Walked Away"

Pinky's confrontation was one of the hardest scenes for me to get through due to one important factor: second-hand rage. I get angry for Pinky a lot of the time ESPECIALLY in the reboot, and this episode had me reach my peak.

For starters, you get to hear Pinky try to get Brain to relax but Brain's trying to lie to get the amulet, which results in it getting destroyed and Brain blowing up at Pinky. This leads to the big reveal that Pinky's birthday had long since past and that he could never find the right time to bring it up until now.

Brain finally realizes he's been a dick and he apologizes and asks for forgiveness. This is where I get irrationally angry

When I tell you I couldn't sit though the scene, I mean every few seconds, I had to pause the video and pace around my room, mentally walking myself through Brain's behavior because I just couldn't comprehend it. What doesn't help is that the structure of the episode prevents any of what Pinky or Brain do in this moment to hit as hard as it really could have.

At this moment, I'm getting into my personal feelings about how I would have written the episode, because the way it is- it's just infuriating:

For starters, I'd make it a full 22 minutes (or at least somewhere between 11-15) because the episode was too damn short for the story they were trying to tell. If they wanted Brain to actually EARN any sort of forgiveness, you can not have him apologize and then have Pinky immediately forgive him. Pinky has more of an edge than that, he's gotten Brain to properly apologize before; let him run off in a huff, or just have him tell Brain "I need some alone time", or SOMETHING

You gotta move the reveal to earlier so that we can see Pinky take some time before he forgives Brain, or give time so that Brain can actually TRY to make it up to Pinky

Brain's apology consisted of him putting himself down and THEN asking for forgiveness; he says NOTHING that implies he won't do the same thing again if he thinks he can get away with it. The reboot gave us one of the darkest interpretations of this character and they give him such an elementary school apology that I just can't accept it.

The whole "returining to the status quo" thing can happen, but why did it have to zoom in so damn quickly? This show just doesn't like letting anyone sit in their emotions

You know what would have been interesting to see? Brain blows up just as he does in the episode, but Pinky goes to get some space and drops his birthday list. When Brain goes to pick it up, he sees what the last thing on Pinky's birthday list was: "Try to take over the world with Brain". Brain has a moment to himself where it is completely silent and he has to live with his mistake and try to make it better. Brain eventually finds Pinky and then gives a PROPER apology

Speaking of the "apology"...

Why the Apology Sucks

I want you to just THINK about the apology again for a second:

"PerhapsI did end up solving my Absolute Zero theory after all, Pinky. For I'm an Absolute Zero when it comes to being a friend. Can you ever forgive me?"

Brain's never been the best at issuing apologies, but this one got be riled up, so I felt the need to add this section in to analyze exactly what makes this not work.

An Ohio State University study cited 6 elements of an effective apology:

More specifically:

Looking at the 2 key elements, while Brain's apology meets the first requirement, he fails to offer to fix the problem himself. Instead, Pinky is the one to ask to do the last thing on his list and Brain allows it.

What's more is that out of the 6 main elements, Brain really only meets 2 of them through his words: Expression of Regret, and Request for forgiveness (the article even talks about how the request isn't the strongest element)

Like I said earlier, Brain spent a majority of the apology saying how bad he was instead of showcasing that he fully understands why Pinky is upset or how sorry he is or saying how selfish he was or simply offering Pinky another chance to do something for his birthday now that he knows it was several weeks ago.

I know I'm being extra hard on Brain, but if you've heard any of my past rambles, you know it's because of how much I love his character and I was actually rooting for his arc he was going on in the reboot.

Final Thoughts

Happy Narfday was an episode that not only met my expectations, it exceeded them in how I expected Brain to be portrayed in this episode.

Have any of you watched "A Family That Poits Together"? Well the first couple of minutes of that episode is EXACTLY how Brain was written for over half of this episode's runtime. Brain being unreasonably angry and annoyed at Pinky the whole time gets irritating and the ending just sends me over the edge in second-hand rage.

Is this an awful episode? No, not by a long shot by this season's standards. Was it the most disappointing? Actually no, that award goes to a completely different season 2 episode.

What this episode represents in my eyes is an attempt to make Brain be more considerate of Pinky, and by my standards, it failed horribly

And with that, this is where this ramble ends

Thank you for being so patient with me, and I'll see you soon with the next episode poll!

[spencerwatchestoons]

absolutely obsessed with the gay rats

[patb-goose]

[termiteterraceclub]

Termite Terrace Club - November 11th

Happy Veterans Day!

1933 - Buddy’s Beer Garden - Dir. Earl Duvall

1961 - Beep Prepared - Dir. Chuck Jones

TV

1991 - Tiny Toon Adventures Season 2 - “Acme Cable TV”

1992 - Tiny Toon Adventures Season 3 - “Music Day” (“Ruffled Ruffee” / “The Horn Blows at Lunchtime” / “Loon Lake”) 1993 - Animaniacs Season 1 - “Smitten with Kittens” / “Alas Poor Skullhead” / “White Gloves”

1995 - Animaniacs Season 3 - “The Presidents Song” / “Don’t Tread on Us” / “The Flame Returns, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”

1995 - The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries Season 1 - “Bull Running On Empty”

2005 - Duck Dodgers Season 3 - “Bonafide Heroes” (Series Finale)

2006 - Loonatics Unleashed S2 - “The Family Business”

[takeaguessbuddy]

I just finished S2 of the Animaniacs reboot, and I really want to do more fanart of these guys. I’m still figuring out how to draw them and some of the other characters, though.

I think learning their silhouettes is a fun place to start. And I had some markers lying around, so why not

[italianpersonwithashippersheart]

Tag game: List 10 of your comfort shows, then tag 10 people

I was tagged by @twig-tea thanks for the tag. Like you I'm having trouble narrowing it down so I cheated a little and some of this are grouped together.

Group One is the Detective group, I used to love detective stories, which means I watched a lot of cop shows, there are some that I can't watch anymore because of the new awarness of the copaganda but these are the ones that I still find comfort in: Cold Case, Elementary, Murder She Wrote, Columbo and Ris Roma (italian version of a CSI like show, this is the first and only spin-off which I like more)

Skam OG S3 and Eyewitness and Skam Italia s2. These I am not reaching for as much since I have BLs now. But they are still comfort shows. Skam Italian s2 in particular I reach when I want to feel better about the borderline semi-fascist hellstate I'm living in, since it's the best gay rep we italians got.

Animated Group: Animaniacs and Tiny Toons along with Looney Toons cartoons I use as background noise kind of shows. And along with the anime Kodomo No Omocha (Rossana in Italian) they remind me the most of childhood. Side note sometimes I listen to intro of Rossana anime and feel like a kid again, cartoon intro used to be a pretty big deal in Italian dub cartoons 80% of which were sanged by a single woman.

Old Sitcom Group: The Golden Girls, Boy Meets the World, Full House and The Nanny

Leverage (not the new seasons, I don't really like them, just the old ones)

Community

Living Single

Superstore

The BL Group (the most recent and the one that I am now leaning to most of all): Until We Meet Again, Be Loved In House I Do, History 2 Right or Wrong, Semantic Error and My School President are the ones that bring me the most comfort.

This is mega cheating because they are not really show as in tv series. But they always bring me the most consistent comfort: Assorted Musicals and Theather Live Recordings. In particular = The Sound of Music, West Side Story 2021, Moulin Rouge, Les Misarable 25th concert, Into the Woods (the 90s recording), Much Ado About Nothing (the 2011 recording with David Tennant), Cats and an italian one Notre Dame De Paris an Italian-French Musical based on the Victor Hugo book not realted to the Disney version at all)

Bonus: the ones that are no longer comfort shows because I can never watch them again: CSI (all of them but I used to love NY), Law and Order, and Veronica Mars (which I haven't been able to watch since I saw s4)

And the ones that didn't make the list: My favorite Power Rangers series (they range from Lost Galaxy to RPM)

Tagging: @thehollowprince @heretherebedork @callipigio @benkaaoi @slayerkitty @respectthepetty

It's not 10 but I am bad with names so these are I could think of. No pressure to them of course.

[disapoitment]

Hi guys!! It's been a little while! As usual, I'm back for the new season...mostly for the mice :D I missed you all!

If it's okay, I'd like to ramble and share my thoughts. But I'll warn you now, they may not be what you expect...

Animaniacs reboot season 3 spoilers ahead!!! Please, please beware :>

I apologise first for my absence. Honestly, I've been oddly hesitant to return to this fandom since Friday, despite it being the loveliest I've ever been in! And that's because, well...

I didn't really like the new season, mouse-wise. I know that's maybe a controversial thing to admit.

I promise I don't wish to drag anyone's joy down with this—gosh knows I wish and wish I could celebrate like everyone else!—but I just want to share how I feel, if that's okay. To people who can maybe understand. I'm sorry D:

There were some segments I enjoyed, and lots of moments and little jokes that made me smile. The concepts themselves rocked! But I just kept getting...this feeling...that something was off? Like the characters were very much, to me, misunderstood, particularly Pinky. I still can't explain it properly.

It might come from all the years I've spent analysing these characters, perhaps a little too seriously. Watching them portrayed (seemingly) without their fully-developed spinoff characterisations in mind always kind of bothers me, and that was an issue I saw in S1 too. S2 mostly evaded it, but it seems to have returned. I don't know.

To be clear, my issue is with the dialogue and dynamic—the script. Something felt off. I could go into this but I'm scared of rambling or making people mad.

What I think saved this (imo) unsatisfactory script was the truly wonderful storyboarding and animation. It managed to express patb as characters who actually LIKE each other and have a bond of decades.

But to find out a lot of the heart from these storyboards was cut too? :( I don't know. I guess I'm feeling a bit down and anticlimactic about this whole thing.

I've poured my heart into this pair for so, so long. I've spent soo much time analysing their characters, their relationship, every line of dialogue. Writing about them. Thinking about them. They helped me through some very hard times. They've been a special interest for years. I know these things are true for many of us.

And I'm so very grateful for those sweet memories. I'm so grateful Brinky is finally canon :'D I suppose I just wish it could have been under some kinder circumstances...

As it stands, Brinky can only be considered canon because someone heroically put their heart into showing it through some really, amazingly clever boarding. If not for that person, it would have ended up as a (by definition) queerbait. I suppose I'm just sad that's still how it has to be in 2023 🥲

On the bright side, I feel creatively inspired! I might put these weepy feelings on paper and punch out another fic. If I can make someone happy, my sorrow will be worth it, I think. 💗

Thank you for reading :)

[1tsny4nc4t]

WARNING:POLENTIAL SPOILERS OF EP 6 S2 OF ANIMANIACS (2020)!!!

(these are just screenshots of the ep)

some screenshots from ep6 S2 "yakko's big idea" (bc then of whatching it i sa this like shot of yakko on the-you know what I'm just gonna show what i am talking about)

(MOBILE USER HERE LOLZ XDD) so i wanted to have a photo of yakko (WITHOUT THE BLACK CORNERS and Max logo) so i try to search some web to whatch it so here the screenshots i took besides the one i wanted

The like kinda-logo of the episode :3 bc i thoguht it look pwretty

"that's capitalism baby!"

Smart boi

(the screenshots of yakko i wanted) ILL PROBABLY REDRAW THIS

There gonna fall- (dot looks horrified)

Love wakkos face :333 (HE IS SO PUPPY/DOG CORE LIKE I SOEMTIMES BELIEVE HE IS PUPGENDER(<- headcanon)

Yakko:"Dot are you pondering what i am pondering?"

Dot:"that when wakko pulls the lamper something Will happen"

OK! that's All,i love you guys buh-bye!

[as-i-watch]

Had to let you know over the weekend I binged Season 1 of Mob Psycho because of your plrecent S2 posts, it is a wonderful show & I can't believe I've slept on it for so long!!

I also watched all of Vox Machina because of your posts and enjoyed every second of it too!

So, I must ask, what's your favorite TV show? (Besides the 3 already mentioned - I'll need something new to watch once in finished with Mob :p )

This is like, the highest compliment you could give me

Currently im enjoying Ted Lasso, im really looking fowards to Good Omens s2, so i would recommend s1 first. Sandman was also good. The Marvelous Mrs Maisel is also fun.

And olddie but a goddie is M*A*S*H but idk if it's for everyone. And Doctor Who is an all time favorite (not all seasons are equally good tho)

And animated, i adore Gravity Falls but i bet you already saw it. The new Animaniacs is also fun.

At the moment im watching a lot of Critical Role and Shane and Ryan from Buzzfeed Unsolved now that they have their own shows in their new company (Watcher). ((also unsolved if you havent watched it, i binged that A LOT)). Also Taskmaster UK in Youtube, where you can find all seasons for free :)

[cometcrystal]

animaniacs s3 is out and i still havent watched s2. Sorry yakko wakko and dot im a bad mother