Line #10 Trivia/WakkosWish


1	* BillingDisplacement: Despite centering on Wakko (Creator/JessHarnell), the films still credits Creator/RobPaulsen as Yakko first.
2	* BoxOfficeBomb: A rare case for a straight to video film. The studio toyed with the possibility of sequels involving the Animaniacs, but the movie's disappointing returns in the home video market led them to pull the plug on this idea.
3	* {{Feelies}}: The video came with a rolling toy of Yakko, Wakko, and Dot on snowboards stuck under the plastic. Like with the VHS release of ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'', the toy was under the plastic of the clamshell cover and difficult to remove.
4	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Or in this case, the [=DVD=]s. Warner Bros. released the movie on VHS, but did not release it on DVD, even though they were already releasing movies on that format at the time. Eventually, it ''did'' become available on iTunes and had regularly appeared on {{Creator/HBO}}, Creator/CartoonNetwork and (until it shutdown) Creator/TheHub. Finally, Warner Bros announced that they would be releasing the film on DVD on October 7th 2014, with a re-release occuring in October 2018 under a complete series boxset with all 99 ''Animaniacs'' episodes.
5	* MilestoneCelebration: This movie is essentially ''Animaniacs''' 100th episode.
6	* SwanSong: This was the final credit for composer Richard Stone and director Rusty Mills, before their respective deaths in 2001 and 2018.
7	* TrailerDelay: A rare teaser that appeared on the VHS release of ''Dennis The Menace Strikes Again'' gave a November 1998 release date. The film was actually released on December 31, 1999.
8	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
9	** Before this film there were plans for an ''Animaniacs'' movie back in 1995. The idea was scrapped due to Warner Bros. pouring their money into the production of ''Film/SpaceJam'' instead.
10	** Originally, the movie was planned to be theatrically released after very good test scores, but the idea was scrapped due to the last few animated movies WB had distributed (with the exception of ''Film/SpaceJam'') [[BoxOfficeBomb doing poorly at the box office]] and Warner Bros. didn't want to spend money on advertising.
11	** [[http://mentalfloss.com/article/30629/way-more-you-ever-wanted-know-about-animaniacs Plans for two sequels]] (''This Means Warners'', taking place in World War II, and ''Revolution Warners'', during the Revolutionary War) were considered but due to a number of factors such as the death of composer Richard Stone, [[BoxOfficeBomb The diminishing returns of this movie]], Steven Spielberg's then-growing disinterest in Warner Brothers (though it's been rekindled in recent years and has since directed ''[[Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018 Ready Player One]]'' for the studio, and overseen revivals of ''[[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020 Animaniacs]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Tiny Toons]] ''respectively), The demise in popularity of the ''Animaniacs franchise'' and the Steven Spielberg "animated universe" at the time thanks partly to ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' which lead to the shifting interest towards anime for Saturday Morning at the time, the AOL/Time Warner deal and other reasons, the ideas were scrapped.
12	* WorkingTitle: It's a Wakko, Wakko, Wakko, Wakko Wish; The Warners and the Wishing Star; Wakko and the Wishing Star; Wakko's Wakko Wish.

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