Line #35 Recap/Animaniacs2020Episode24


1	'''Release date:''' November 5, 2021
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3	'''Opening line:''' (Yakko) "Mirage Arcane-y!"
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5	'''A Brief History of History:''' Yakko explains the history of the world.
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7	'''The Incredible Gnome in People's Mouths: Gerard:''' Gerard has a gnome in his mouth.
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9	'''The Prisoners Dilemma:''' Pinky and Brain are mousenapped by another supervillain.
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11	'''Math-terpiece Theater: Beachballs:''' Dot gives a dramatic math lesson about beach balls.
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13	!!Tropes found in "A Brief History of History":
14	* ArtShift: Yakko's song is done in a 3D CGI style.
15	* BlandNameProduct: The Warners play ''[[TabletopGame/SettlersOfCatan Settlers of Suburbia]]''.
16	* ContinuityNod: The Creator/JeffGoldblum caricature points out that ''Animaniacs'' already made a reference to ''Film/JurassicPark'' back in the pilot.
17	* CurseCutShort:
18	-->'''Yakko''': We mined coals and built trains, machines plowed our grain, and we treated the workers real sh--
19	-->'''Alien''': How many more of [[TwoOfYourEarthMinutes your Earth seconds]] is this going to take?
20	-->'''Yakko''': [[LampshadeHanging Well-timed interruption!]]
21	* GoofyFeatheredDinosaur: The song shows a feathered theropod bumping into the foot of a sauropod. Averted with the partly-feathered ''Tyrannosaurus'' that appears in the same song, however.
22	* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: To Creator/StephenHawking's ''A Brief History of Time''.
23	!!Tropes found in "The Incredible Gnome in People's Mouths: Gerard":
24	* BotheringByTheBook: The Gnome itemizes the California labor laws the retirement home is violating and threatens to report them.
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26	!!Tropes found in "The Prisoners Dilemma":
27	* BaldOfEvil: Baldo Billions.
28	* BorrowedCatchphrase: Pinky uses Yakko's "Goodnight, everybody!" catchphrase, and expresses excitement that he finally "crossed over". Bonus points that Yakko and Pinky are both voiced by Creator/RobPaulsen.
29	* TheCameo: Francis "Pip" Pumphandle appears on a bus ad for "Take it Easy!" Soda.
30	* {{Egopolis}}: Doppler's village is named Dopplerville.
31	* {{Expy}}:
32	** Mrs. Kettle looks like [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Mrs. Potts]].
33	** Phoenicia Leatherpants looks like a GenderFlipped [[WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines Dick Dastardly]].
34	* DramaticIrony: Brain didn't value the role Doppler gave him on the plan. When Brain takes over, the plan fails because he didn't do the one thing Doppler told him to do.
35	* MeaningfulName: Doppler is named after the Doppler weather radar.
36	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Baldo Billions looks like Jeff Bezos.
37	* PrisonersDilemma: By both title and plot. Brain and the other supervillains quickly learn they cannot trust each other (though this is all a result of Pinky's accidental interference) and quickly scheme against themselves despite having gathered to work together for world domination.
38	* ShoutOut:
39	** Parts of the episode allude to ''Series/ThePrisoner1967''. The supervillain island closely resembles The Village (itself shot at the Portmeirion result, and the other unnamed villains there are dressed in similar striped suits, shirts and sweaters. This is not the first time ''Pinky and the Brain'' have referenced ''The Prisoner''; in the [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain original spin-off series]] three-part "Brainwashed" episode, the mice are taken to a location where everyone is named by the type of hat they wear (rather than by number).
40	** There are several references to ''Film/Titanic1997'': when Mrs. Kettle is frozen, Pinky compares her to Jack Dawson among others; then at the end of the short, when Dr. Doppler climbs on a floating plank that already has a woman lying on it, he exclaims: "See, I knew Jack and Rose could have both made it!"
41	* SpannerInTheWorks: Pinky accidentally subdues all of the villains.
42	* ThatsWhatSheSaid:
43	--> '''Brain''': It appears, in this game, [[AccidentalInnuendo I'm not just playing with myself]].
44	--> '''Pinky''': (''[[ActorAllusion voice briefly turning into Yakko's]]'') [[BorrowedCatchphrase Goodnight, everybody!]]
45	* WeatherControlMachine: Doppler's specialty.
46	* WellDoneSonGuy: Brain craves Doppler's approval and even calls him "dad".
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48	!!Tropes found in "Math-terpiece Theater: Beachballs":
49	* ArtShift: The math problems are illustrated by grainy, scratchy horror movies.

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