Animaniacs S1:E61

De-Zanitized

Dr. Scratchansniff uses every known technique to "de-zani-tize" the Warners, who are just too zany.

The Monkey Song

In a parody of Harry Belafonte's "Monkey," the Warners and Dr. Scratchansniff sing about their tumultuous relationship.

Nighty-Night Toon

In a slight parody of the children's book "Goodnight Moon," each of the Animaniacs characters is wished a good night's sleep.

Yakko's World

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

Cookies for Einstein

As scouts in Switzerland, the Warners attempt to sell cookies to Albert Einstein and accidentally help him discover the mass-energy conversion formula (mistakenly referred to as the formula for his theory of relativity).

Win Big

Brain competes on the trivia game show Gyp-Parody! to win enough money to buy the final part of a device that Brain is building in order to take over the world.

H.M.S. Yakko

The Warners perform a musical tribute to Gilbert & Sullivan.

Slappy Goes Walnuts

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

Yakko's Universe

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

Hooked On a Ceiling

The Warners help Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel.

Goodfeathers: The Beginning

To become a Goodfeather, Squit must pass the initiation test: find some food.

Taming of the Screwy

When potential foreign investors want to meet the wacky Warner siblings, the studio boss orders Dr. Scratchansniff to train the untamable trio.

Temporary Insanity

Plotz hires the Warners after the his secretary goes home sick.

Operation: Lollipop

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

What Are We?

The Warners are hypnotized by Dr. Scratchansniff in order to make them less zany. Dr. Scratchansniff fails and asks them what they are, leading the Warners to offer a number of suggestions.

Piano Rag

The Warner siblings disrupt a piano concert at Carnegie Hall.

When Rita Met Runt

A savvy cat and naive pooch join forces to escape the city pound.

The Big Candy Store

The Warners meet the meanest candy store owner.

Bumbie's Mom

Slappy Squirrel tries to convince Skippy that "Bumbie's Mom" didn't really die in the famous movie.

Wally Llama

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

Where Rodents Dare

Pinky and The Brain infiltrate a summit of world leaders in the Swiss Alps in an attempt to take over the world.

King Yakko

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

No Pain, No Painting

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

Les Miseranimals

In a musical parody of Victor Hugo's novel Les Miserables, Runt breaks out of Le Pound to save Rita and the Miserable Cats.

Garage Sale of the Century

The Warners attempt to buy the seller's garage at the Garage Sale of the Century.

West Side Pigeons

The Goodfeathers battle the Sparrows over possession of a statue of Martin Scorsese in a musical spoof of "West Side Story."

Hello Nice Warners

While running away from Ralph, the Warners get hired by a Jerry Lewis-based comedy director for his movie, leading to a clash of comedic styles. Soon, the Warners end up directing, giving the director the worst day of his life.

La Behemoth

The Hip Hippos cope without their maid.

Little Old Slappy From Pasadena

Slappy Squirrel takes her car for a drive, set to the tune of a classic rock 'n' roll song "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)."

La La Law

Dr. Scratchansniff gets a parking ticket and is represented in court by the firm Warner, Warner and Warner.

Cat on a Hot Steel Beam

Mindy pursues a kitty into a dangerous construction site, and Buttons tries desperately to save her.

Space Probed

The Warners are abducted by aliens and taken aboard their spaceship where their hijinks begin to annoy the aliens.

Battle for the Planet

Brain wants to take over the world by tricking people into thinking that aliens are invading Earth and having them flee the cities in a panic.

Chalkboard Bungle

The studio hires a new teacher named Miss Flamiel to teach the Warners. Despite her best efforts, she meets only with frustration and is unable to teach them anything.

Hurray for Slappy

Slappy goes to a banquet held in her honor in order to receive an award while three of her old nemeses (Walter Wolf, Sid the Squid, and Beanie the Brain-Dead Bison) plot revenge for years of torment by her.

The Great Wakkorotti: The Master and His Music

Wakko belches The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss.

Roll Over, Beethoven

As chimney sweeps, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot annoy Ludwig van Beethoven, and accidentally give him inspiration for his Fifth Symphony.

The Cat and the Fiddle

In 1690s Italy, a violinist named Stradivarius takes a stray cat (Rita) in so that he can make violin strings out of her "catgut."

Pavlov's Mice

In turn of the century Russia, Brain plans to take over the world by stealing the crown jewels of Russia, yet with one setback: he and Pinky have been conditioned by psychiatrist Ivan Pavlov.

Chicken Boo-Ryshnikov

In New York, Chicken Boo is mistaken for a ballet dancer and dances in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.

Nothing But the Tooth

Rasputin has a toothache preventing him from hypnotizing Tsar Nicholas. Unfortunately for him, the Warners are his dentists.

Meatballs or Consequences

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.

A Moving Experience

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

The Flame

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

Four Score and Seven Migraines Ago

On a train to Gettysburg, the Warners help Abraham Lincoln write the opening of the Gettysburg Address.

Wakko's America

In a Jeopardy!-style game in Miss Flamiel's classroom, Wakko has to name the 50 states and their capitols, but fails to put his answer in the form of a question, instead putting it in the form of a song sung to the tune of "Turkey in the Straw."

Davy Omelette

Chicken Boo is mistaken for the frontiersman Davy Omelette. He helps a number of pioneers who are being attacked by a bear

Hearts of Twilight

A crazy film director is millions of dollars over budget, so Plotz sends the Warners out to stop him.

The Boids

The Goodfeathers are hired as stunt birds for The Boids. They try to keep their jobs, but the movie shoot turns out to be harder than they expected.

Guardin' the Garden

Slappy protects Adam and Eve from eating an apple in the Garden of Eden, just as a snake tries to grab it and tempt them to do so.

Plane Pals

Onboard a plane, the Warners annoy a tightwad named Ivan Blosky who is forced to sit by them because of a computer error.

Be Careful What You Eat

The Warners sing about the names of the ingredients in a carton of ice cream and a candy bar.

Up the Crazy River

When Mindy chases a butterfly into a rain forest that is being cut down for wood, Buttons follows and attempts to protect her.

Ta da Dump, Ta da Dump, Ta da Dump Dump Dump

Bobby and Squit must help Pesto when he gets his head caught in a plastic six-pack ring while the trio are rummaging through the garbage in a garbage scow.

Opportunity Knox

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

Wings Take Heart

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

Hercule Yakko

The detective Warners go in search of Marita's missing jewel on a cruise ship filled with "the unusual suspects."

Home on De-Nile

Rita gets adopted by Cleopatra, and Runt saves her after he finds out that Rita is about to be sacrificed.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Warners perform a unique interpretation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Testimonials

Several old-time movie stars talk about their encounters with the Warners and how Milton Berle hated Yakko.

Potty Emergency

In the midst of watching a scary sci-fi movie, Wakko drinks too much soda and scrambles to find an available bathroom. Even after he finds a toilet in his "gag bag", his quest to relieve himself goes from bad to worse when he cannot find any privacy.

Sir Yaksalot

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

You Risk Your Life

Greek playwright Aristotle tries to win cash and prizes on "You Risk Your Life," a game show hosted by Yakko.

I Got Yer Can

A discarded soda can sparks an escalating, one-sided battle of wits between Slappy and her conceited neighbor, Candie Chipmunk.

Jockey for Position

In order to win funds for his latest world-conquering scheme, Brain enters the Kentucky Derby as the world's smallest, lightest jockey. But Pinky's meddling alters the outcome of the race in an unexpected manner. First appearance of Phar Fignewton, a parody of Phar Lap. Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme" plays in this skit.

Moby Or Not Moby

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

Mesozoic Mindy

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

The Good, The Boo And The Ugly

Chicken Boo finds himself as a sheriff in the midst of a spaghetti Western.

Hot, Bothered And Bedeviled

Lost once again, the Warners end up in the fiery realm of Hades, where they end up giving Satan his own eternal torment.

Moon Over Minerva

First Minerva Mink skit. A melancholic Minerva Mink avoids the come-ons of geeky Wilfred Wolf, until the full moon brings out the real wolf in both of them.

Skullhead Boneyhands

In a parody of Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands, Mr. Skullhead (a character brought over from Tiny Toon Adventures)) is adopted and finds acceptance in a suburban family.

Draculee, Draculaa

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.

Phranken-Runt

Rita and Runt end up being chased by a crazy female mad scientist who wants the idiot dog's brain for her own experiments.

O Silly Mio

After witnessing their stained-glass window get destroyed by prima donna opera singer Madame Bruntvin, the Warners torment her in their own variations on Carmen.

Puttin' on the Blitz

In the midst of the Nazi invasion of Poland, Rita and Runt help a little girl reunite with her father while avoiding the enemy (and Newt, a tenacious dachshund).

The Great Wakkorotti: The Summer Concert

Wakko belches Dance of the Hours.

Chairman of The Bored

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 (Ben Stein), that they meet at a party.

Planets Song

Yakko sings about the planets in our solar system. Wakko notifies him at the end that he forgot Uranus, leading to one of the show's elusive innuendos.

Astro-Buttons

Buttons and Mindy are part of a space colony, and Buttons goes after Mindy when she chases after her ball.

Cartoons in Wakko's Body

In a running gag throughout the episode, Wakko has various medical maladies caused by cartoons that are inside him.

Noah's Lark

Noah (who looks and speaks like comedian Richard Lewis) is instructed by God to build an ark for the Great Flood and to gather animals two-by-two, including the Hip Hippos.

The Big Kiss

Chicken Boo is a leading actor who delivers the money shot kiss in a movie without anyone knowing that he is a giant chicken. This skit managed to get away with saying the word "sexiest".

Hiccup

Squit gets a case of the hiccups, forcing the other Goodfeathers to come up with different ways to get rid of them.

Clown And Out

A clown (who looks and speaks like the Jerry Lewis-esque Mr. Director) is hired by Mr. Plotz for Wakko's birthday party, but Plotz learns from Dr. Scratchansniff that, like Mr. Plotz, Wakko has a bad fear of clowns, resulting in the clown being battered and bruised. The skit has become somewhat of an internet meme.

Bubba Bo Bob Brain

The Brain becomes a country-western star in order to plant hypnotic suggestions for world domination. But his main problem in his rise to fame: Pinky keeps screwing up his name.

Very Special Opening

The Warners announce that this will be a very special episode due to characters being mixed up.

In The Garden of Mindy

Brain tries to prepare a plan for world domination, all the while watching over Mindy's mischief. This is followed by a short skit called "Pinky and the Cat", where Pinky is swallowed whole by his cagemate, Rita.

No Place Like Homeless

Runt and Pesto find a home with a kind old woman who does not like pigeons.

Katie Ka-Boo

In Katie Ka-Boom's first appearance, she discovers the hard way that her latest boyfriend is a giant chicken (Chicken Boo to be exact).

Baghdad Cafe

The Warner Brothers (and their sister Slappy in place of Dot) pay a visit to Sodarn Insane (a parody of Saddam Hussein).

Critical Condition

After movie critics Hiskel and Egbert (parodies of Siskel & Ebert) blast her cartoons on a review show, Slappy decides to get revenge: first by blowing their home up, then by sabotaging their latest film viewing. Note: Includes clips from the Looney Tunes shorts What's Opera, Doc?, Duck Amuck, and Porky in Wackyland. Shirley the Loon from Tiny Toon Adventures makes a non-speaking cameo.

The Three Muska-Warners

The Warners, as the Three Musketeers, protect Louis VIII from the threat of "the Viper".

Dough Dough Boys

The Goodfeathers (as carrier pigeons) are forced to deliver an important message through a World War I battlefield.

Boot Camping

The Warners head for summer camp but wind up in basic training instead, leading to chaos, confusion and an angry drill sergeant.

General Boo-Regard

The Southern Rebels of the Civil War are led by Chicken Boo.

Spell-Bound

Pinky and The Brain become "Spellbound" when they attempt to use Merlin's book of magic to take over the world.

Smitten With Kittens

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

Alas Poor Skullhead

Yakko recites a monologue from William Shakespeare's "Hamlet", while Wakko plays Horatio and digs and Dot translates.

White Gloves

As Wakko plays piano in the water tower, his gloves run away by themselves and have an adventure of their own.

Fair Game

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

The Slapper

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

Puppet Rulers

In the 1950s, Pinky and the Brain join the cast of a kids' puppet show named Time for Meany in order to influence the baby-boom generation to follow them in the future.

Buttermilk, It Makes a Body Bitter

A short milk ad parody about why Slappy drinks buttermilk.

Broadcast Nuisance

TV newsanchor Dan Anchorman refuses to tip the Warners for his lunch, leading to one on-the-air humiliation after another. This skit got reaired and had a few changes, since the producers felt that the Warners were being a little too hard on Dan.

Raging Bird

Bobby trains to fight a tough bird in order to impress a female in his fighting ability. This skit was a parody of the movies Raging Bull and Rocky.

Animator's Alley

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.

Can't Buy A Thrill

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

Hollywoodchuck

Charlton "Baynarts" Woodchuck gets a job in Hollywood in a film while getting severely injured in the process.

Of Nice And Men

Runt gets adopted and finds himself taking care of a rabbit farm, while Rita is relegated to rat hunting.

What a Dump

Buttons chases Mindy through a landfill and recycling center when she tries to retrieve her favorite old doll, which has been thrown out with the trash.

Survey Ladies

While trying to find a birthday present 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.

Useless Fact

Bridging segments: Yakko reveals pieces of completely useless information.

The Senses Song

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

The World Can Wait

Brain gives up his world domination plans for one night so that he can woo Billie, a new female white lab mouse who is, it turns out, more attracted to Pinky than to him.

Kiki's Kitten

Rita finds herself unexpectedly adopted by a research gorilla, while Runt just sleeps through the whole thing.

Mary Tyler Dot Song

Dot stars in a parody of the "Mary Tyler Moore" show opening sequence.

Windsor Hassle

The Warners work with Queen Elizabeth II to restore Windsor Castle after the 1992 fire that destroyed it.

...And Justice for Slappy

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.

Turkey Jerky

Native American Warners protect their pet turkey Mr. Gobble from Myles Standish who wants him for a Thanksgiving feast.

Wild Blue Yonder

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

Video Review

The Warners have fun at a video store where the movie covers come to life, a possible update of the Looney Tunes cartoon Book Revue.

When Mice Ruled The Earth

Pinky and the 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.

Mobster Mash

The Warners get into a battle of wits with Mafia boss Don Pepperoni (based on Don Vito Corleone from the movie The Godfather) at his favorite Italian restaurant.

Lake Titicaca

The Warners sing about Lake Titicaca.

Icebreakers

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

Twas the Day Before Christmas

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.

Jingle Boo

Chicken Boo disguises himself as a department store Santa Claus.

The Great Wakkorotti: The Holiday Concert

Wakko belches out the holiday song "Jingle Bells".

Toy Shop Terror

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

Yakko's Universe

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

A Christmas Plotz

A Warner version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with the Warners as the three spirits and Thaddeus Plotz as Ebenezer Scrooge.

Little Drummer Warners

A retelling of the birth of Jesus, set to several familiar carols. The Warners (as shepherds) deliver their own spin on "We Three Kings of Orient Are" and jazz up "The Little Drummer Boy".

The Warners And The Beanstalk

The Warners get carried up a beanstalk where they face a hungry giant (based on Ralph the Guard). To get him to eat something other than them, the Warners pester him to eat gold eggs and meat in a style similar to Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham.

Frontier Slappy

Slappy finds herself facing pioneer Daniel Boone, who wants to cut down her tree to build his house.

Ups And Downs

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

The Brave Little Trailer

A small trailer has to defend his home against tornadoes while avoiding the grasp of a hungry steam shovel.

Yes, Always

A study on voice-acting shows that Brain is re-enacting the infamous Orson Welles Frozen Peas TV commercial meltdown.

Drive-Insane

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

Girlfeathers

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.

I'm Cute

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

Brain Meets Brawn

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.

Meet Minerva

A frustrated and lovelorn Minerva avoids a tenacious dachshund named Newt, who either wants to capture her or have her!

Gold Rush

The Warners take revenge on a prospector named Jake, who steals their entire wealth during the 1840s gold rush in California.

A Gift of Gold

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

Dot's Quiet Time

Dot sings while trying to find a peaceful place to read, so she looks all over the world in order to find a quiet place.

Schnitzelbank

The Warners sing the "International Friendship Song" in Germany with their friend, Professor Otto Von Schnitzelpusskrankengescheitmeir.

The Helpinki Formula

Brain concocts a mystery formula and sells it through TV infomercials as part of his latest plan to take the world.

Les Boutons et le Ballon (Buttons and the Balloon)

Buttons chases Mindy across Paris as she tries to catch a balloon.

Kung Boo

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

Of Course, You Know This Means Warners

A 1942 film of the Warners shows off their assistance on the homefront during World War II.

Up A Tree

Rita finds herself stuck up a giant tree in the middle of Nebraska with a case of acrophobia and Runt barking below her.

Wakko's Gizmo

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

Meet John Brain

Brain throws his hat into the ring in order to run for President of the United States as part of his latest plan to take over the world.

Smell Ya Later

Slappy faces off against her smelly old rival Stinkbomb D. Bassett in order to get her nuts.

Ragamuffins

An old Warner cartoon where the trio 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.

Woodstock Slappy

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.

Karaoke-Dokie

The Warners want a turn singing at a children's karaoke, but are held up by the dull-singing Willie Slakmer.

The Cranial Crusader

Pinky and the Brain become Batman and Robin-styled superheroes in an attempt to gain recognition.

The Chicken Who Loved Me

Chicken Boo stars in a parody of the James Bond films.

Baloney & Kids

The Warners are stuck on a kids' show with the one thing that scares them the most: the big, dumb orange dinosaur Baloney (a parody of Barney, the host of Barney & Friends), who gleefully takes all their abuse no matter what they do to him.

Super Buttons

Mindy and Buttons are seen as superheroes.

Katie Ka-Boom: The Driving Lesson

Katie's dad makes a big mistake when he allows Katie to drive the family car home.

Scare Happy Slappy

Slappy takes Skippy out trick-or-treating along a suburban block that includes the homes of all her old enemies.

Witch One

In colonial Salem, Rita and Runt are chased by an overzealous judge who thinks that Rita is a witch.

MacBeth

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 of cooking up Mr. Director. This skit managed to get away with saying the word "hell".

With Three You Get Eggroll

Pesto has to watch his sister Sasha's egg, but it starts rolling all over town.

Mermaid Mindy

Mindy and Buttons are merpeople under the sea, and Mindy wanders off as usual.

Katie Ka-Boom: Call Waiting

Katie's dad forgets to take a message from one of her friends.

Lookit The Fuzzy Heads

Dr. Scratchansniff holds a group therapy session with the Warners and Elmyra Duff, but Elmyra's behavior drives the trio crazy. To escape, the Warners find Buttons and Mindy, and have Elmyra take all the pain that Buttons usually gets.

No Face Like Home

Slappy goes to get plastic surgery, but Walter tries to mess with her face.

The Warners 65th Anniversary Special

The biggest stars in Hollywood celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Warner Brothers and their sister, Dot.