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* TheCameo: [[Literature/OfMiceAndMen George and Lenny]] make a brief appearance. [[note]] They resemble Creator/LonChaneyJr and Creator/BurgessMeredith in the classic 1939 film version. Creator/MauriceLaMarche voices George with the same voice he would use for Max the owl in "Raging Bird," who spoofs Burgess Meredith's role in Film/{{Rocky}}. [[/note]] In his hands, Lenny is holding [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain the Brain]].

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* TheCameo: [[Literature/OfMiceAndMen George and Lenny]] make a brief appearance. [[note]] They resemble Creator/LonChaneyJr and Creator/BurgessMeredith in the classic 1939 film version. Creator/MauriceLaMarche voices George with the same voice he would use for Max the owl in "Raging Bird," who spoofs Burgess Meredith's role in Film/{{Rocky}}.''Film/{{Rocky}}''. [[/note]] In his hands, Lenny is holding [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain the Brain]].
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* TheCameo: [[Literature/OfMiceAndMen George and Lenny]] make a brief appearance. In his hands, Lenny is holding [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain the Brain]].

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* TheCameo: [[Literature/OfMiceAndMen George and Lenny]] make a brief appearance. [[note]] They resemble Creator/LonChaneyJr and Creator/BurgessMeredith in the classic 1939 film version. Creator/MauriceLaMarche voices George with the same voice he would use for Max the owl in "Raging Bird," who spoofs Burgess Meredith's role in Film/{{Rocky}}. [[/note]] In his hands, Lenny is holding [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain the Brain]].
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* NoFourthWall: After Runt sings, Rita tells the audience, "Hey, it's a cartoon. What'd ya expect, [[Creator/StephenSondheim Sondheim]]?"

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* NoFourthWall: After Runt sings, sings a lullaby, Rita tells the audience, "Hey, it's a cartoon. What'd ya expect, [[Creator/StephenSondheim Sondheim]]?"



--> '''Runt: ''' Mm. Fur. Nice and soft like the bunny. ''(Gasps)'' Bunnies? Uh-oh. Bunny coats. Definitely bunny coats.

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--> '''Runt: ''' Mm. Fur. Nice and soft like the bunny. ''(Gasps)'' Bunnies? '''Bunnies?''' Uh-oh. Bunny coats. Definitely bunny coats.
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* CatchPhrase: "Would you like to take a survey?"

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* CatchPhrase: CharacterCatchphrase: "Would you like to take a survey?"

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* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: Buttons. He gets bounced around in a garbage bin, lifted by a crane, falls off it and lands in a pile of bottles when the rope he hangs from breaks, gets trapped in a bottle, flies into a crane arm and lands in a pile of cans, exhausts himself trying to find the recycle bin that Mindy is in at a warehouse, only to find it's still on the truck, all just to keep Mindy safe.
* BittersweetEnding: Buttons manages to rescue Mindy and bring her back home safely. However, because Mindy has her old doll that her mother threw out, Mindy's Mom accuses Buttons of digging through the garbage and gives him a bath as punishment.
* ChasingAButterfly: Mindy chasing her old doll is what sets off this episode's plot.



* RecycledAnimation: After Mindy falls into trash in, the scene where the camera zooms in to Buttons' [[OhCrap Oh, Crap!]] look uses a scene from [[Recap/AnimaniacsEpisode14 Cat on a Hot Steel Beam]].

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* BirthdayEpisode: The Warners head to the mall to buy a birthday present for Dr. Scratchensniff.

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* RecycledAnimation: After Mindy falls into trash in, the scene where the camera zooms in to Buttons' [[OhCrap Oh, Crap!]] look uses a scene from [[Recap/AnimaniacsEpisode14 "[[Recap/AnimaniacsEpisode14 Cat on a Hot Steel Beam]].

Beam]]".
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: When Buttons returns Mindy to their house, Mindy still has her old doll with her. Mindy's Mom sees this and asks her where she got it. She tells her "Buttons!", leading Mindy's Mom to believe that Buttons dug in the garbage against her wishes.

!! Survey Ladies "Survey Ladies" contains examples of:
* BirthdayEpisode: The Warners head to the mall to buy a birthday present for Dr. Scratchensniff. They eventually settle on the Survey Ladies themselves.





"Do you eat beans?"


"Would you like to see a new movie starring George Wendt?"


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"Would you like to see a new movie starring George Wendt?"

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* TheCameo: After the Warners have entered the mall and are pointing out the different stores, ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' stars Shannen Doherty, Tori Spelling, and Jennie Garth pass by.

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After the Warners have entered the mall and are pointing out the different stores, ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' stars Shannen Doherty, Tori Spelling, and Jennie Garth pass by.
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[[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Fifi La Fume and Baby Plucky]] appear in this short, the former as the owner of a perfume shop, and the latter sending the Survey Ladies down in the mall elevator after they ask him if ''he'd'' like to take their survey. Mr. Skullhead also gives an "invalid survey" to the ladies.

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\n** [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Fifi La Fume and Baby Plucky]] appear in this short, the former as the owner of a perfume shop, and the latter sending the Survey Ladies down in the mall elevator after they ask him if ''he'd'' like to take their survey. Mr. Skullhead also gives an "invalid survey" to the ladies.





-->"Maybe they don't like beans."


-->"Maybe they don't like George Wendt."


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** Closing Tower Gag:

"Wanna take a survey?"

--Yakko, Wakko, and Dot

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** Closing Tower Gag:

Gag: "Wanna take a survey?"

survey?" --Yakko, Wakko, and Dot
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-->'''Yakko and Wakko''': Heh-LOOOO, 90210's!

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-->'''Yakko and Wakko''': Heh-LOOOO, 90210's!
''Heh-LOOOO, 90210's!''
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-->'''Yakko and Wacko''': Heh-LOOOO, 90210's!

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-->'''Yakko and Wacko''': Wakko''': Heh-LOOOO, 90210's!

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* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Fifi La Fume and Baby Plucky]] appear in this short, the former as the owner of a perfume shop, and the latter sending the Survey Ladies down in the mall elevator after they ask him if ''he'd'' like to take their survey. Mr. Skullhead also gives an "invalid survey" to the ladies.

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* TheCameo: After the Warners have entered the mall and are pointing out the different stores, ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' stars Shannen Doherty, Tori Spelling, and Jennie Garth pass by.

-->'''Yakko and Wacko''': Heh-LOOOO, 90210's!

[[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Fifi La Fume and Baby Plucky]] appear in this short, the former as the owner of a perfume shop, and the latter sending the Survey Ladies down in the mall elevator after they ask him if ''he'd'' like to take their survey. Mr. Skullhead also gives an "invalid survey" to the ladies.

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Closing Tower Gag: "Wanna take a survey?"- Yakko, Wakko, and Dot

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** Closing Tower Gag: Gag:

"Wanna take a survey?"- Yakko, survey?"

--Yakko,
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-->"Maybe they don't like beans."


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-->"Maybe they don't like beans."



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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: "Do you like beans?" "Do you like George Wendt?" "Would you see a movie with George Wendt eating beans?"

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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: BreadEggsBreadedEggs:


"Do you like beans?" "Do you like George Wendt?" eat beans?"


"Would you like to see a new movie starring George Wendt?"


"Do you eat beans
with George Wendt eating beans?"Wendt?"...





* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Fifi La Fume and Baby Plucky]] appear in this short, the former as the owner of a perfume shop, and the latter sending the Survey Ladies down in the mall elevator after they ask him if he'd like to take a survey. Mr. Skullhead also gives an "invalid survey" to the ladies.

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* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Fifi La Fume and Baby Plucky]] appear in this short, the former as the owner of a perfume shop, and the latter sending the Survey Ladies down in the mall elevator after they ask him if he'd ''he'd'' like to take a their survey. Mr. Skullhead also gives an "invalid survey" to the ladies.
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* OhCrap: Runt when he realizes that fur coats were made from rabbits.
--> '''Runt: ''' Mm. Fur. Nice and soft like the bunny. ''(Gasps)'' Bunnies? Uh-oh. Bunny coats. Definitely bunny coats.
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*RecycledAnimation: After Mindy falls into trash in, the scene where the camera zooms in to Buttons' [[OhCrap Oh, Crap!]] look uses a scene from [[Recap/AnimaniacsEpisode14 Cat on a Hot Steel Beam]].
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-->'''George''': Men don't play with mice.
-->''(George flings the Brain out of Lennie's hand.)''
-->'''The Brain''': AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering
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'''Warners run away from the tower chased by Ralph'''
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Opening Line: Miss Cellan-y

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Opening Line: Miss Cellan-y
"Miss Cellan-y"- Yakko
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Opening Line: Miss Cellan-y



-->"See, it's a running gag thing, I think everyone gets the idea now."

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-->"See, it's a running gag thing, I think everyone gets the idea now.""

Closing Tower Gag: "Wanna take a survey?"- Yakko, Wakko, and Dot
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* NonSequiturThud: After crashing into a door, Rita says, "That's two minutes in the penalty box for clipping."

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* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Fifi La Fume and Baby Plucky]] appear in this short, the former as the owner of a perfume shop, and the latter sending the Survey Ladies down in the mall elevator after they ask him if he'd like to take a survey.

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-->"Maybe they don't like beans."
* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Fifi La Fume and Baby Plucky]] appear in this short, the former as the owner of a perfume shop, and the latter sending the Survey Ladies down in the mall elevator after they ask him if he'd like to take a survey. Mr. Skullhead also gives an "invalid survey" to the ladies.


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-->"Maybe they don't like George Wendt."
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* FurAndLoathing: Runt finds out that the reason why Happy Bob runs a rabbit farm is so that he can skin the rabbits for their pelts to make fur coats. Just as Bob is about to skin a rabbit, Runt fights Bob and saves the rabbits.




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* YouDirtyRat: When Happy Bob adopts Rita, he makes her catch the rats in his barn. Rita hates this job because she finds cats catching rats a cruel stereotype, and during her song, a rat bites her tail.




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* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: While trying to get her old doll back from the dump after her mom threw it away, Mindy wanders into the recycling center, where used cans are packed up in crates. Buttons comes to a warehouse filled with identical crates, looking for the one Mindy is in. It turns out that the crate Mindy was in was never in the warehouse, as it was still on the truck.



* {{Pun}}: Dot picks up a music box and says that it plays Bach. Yakko's response is, "Yeah, but does it play forward?"

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* FatAndSkinny: The blonde Survey Lady is the fat one, and the red-haired one is the skinny one.
* IdeaBulb: Yakko gets one when he decides what to get Dr. Scratchensniff for his birthday (the Survey Ladies themselves), which Wakko promptly eats.
* {{Pun}}: Dot picks up a music box and says that it plays Bach. Yakko's response is, "Yeah, but does it play forward?"forward?" Cue a RimShot from Wakko.
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* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Fifi La Fume and Baby Plucky]] appear in this short, the former as the owner of a perfume shop, and the latter sending the Survey Ladies down in the mall elevator after they ask him if he'd like to take a survey.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Reportedly, this was based on the show staff's actual run-ins with survey ladies at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, which WBA's offices were close to.

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* NoFourthWall: After Runt sings, Rita tells the audience, "Hey, it's a cartoon. What'd ya expect, Sondheim?"

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* NoFourthWall: After Runt sings, Rita tells the audience, "Hey, it's a cartoon. What'd ya expect, Sondheim?"[[Creator/StephenSondheim Sondheim]]?"


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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: "Do you like beans?" "Do you like George Wendt?" "Would you see a movie with George Wendt eating beans?"
* TheCatCameBack: The Warners just can't seem to shake the survey ladies.
* CatchPhrase: "Would you like to take a survey?"
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* TheCameo: [[Literature/OfMiceAndMen George and Lenny make a brief appearance. In his hands, Lenny is holding [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain the Brain]].

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* TheCameo: [[Literature/OfMiceAndMen George and Lenny Lenny]] make a brief appearance. In his hands, Lenny is holding [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain the Brain]].
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'''Airdate:''' December 3rd, 1993

'''Of Nice and Men:''' Rita and Runt are taken in by a rabbit farmer.

'''What a Dump!:''' Mindy chases the garbage truck to a landfill to retrieve her doll. Buttons, of course, chases Mindy.

'''Survey Ladies:''' Yakko, Wakko and Dot go to the mall and find themselves pursued by a pair of ladies with surveys.

!! Of Nice and Men contains examples of:
* BunniesForCuteness: The short takes place on a rabbit farm, so yeah.
* TheCameo: [[Literature/OfMiceAndMen George and Lenny make a brief appearance. In his hands, Lenny is holding [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain the Brain]].
-->'''The Brain:''' I hate cameos.
* NoFourthWall: After Runt sings, Rita tells the audience, "Hey, it's a cartoon. What'd ya expect, Sondheim?"
* ShoutOut: Multiple to ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen'', including the aforementioned cameo.

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!! Survey Ladies contains examples of:
* BirthdayEpisode: The Warners head to the mall to buy a birthday present for Dr. Scratchensniff.
* {{Pun}}: Dot picks up a music box and says that it plays Bach. Yakko's response is, "Yeah, but does it play forward?"
* RunningGag: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Dot...
-->"See, it's a running gag thing, I think everyone gets the idea now."

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