Recap / Animaniacs Episode 51

Airdate: February 4th, 1994

Branimaniacs: Slappy and Skippy star in a Parody Commercial for a new brand of cereal. It tastes terrible, but at least you get paid if you say you like it.

Opening Line: "Come Back, Shane-y"- Dot

The Warners and the Beanstalk: Yakko, Wakko, and Dot run afoul of a greedy giant in this parody of Jack and the Beanstalk.

Frontier Slappy: Slappy tries to prevent Daniel Boone from chopping down her tree to be used as a front door for his new cabin.

The Warners and the Beanstalk contains examples of:

• Beanstalk Parody: This episode has Yakko, Wakko and Dot in a parody of Jack and the Beanstalk, with Hello Nurse as the harp and Ralph as the giant.
• Halfway Plot Switch: It starts out as a parody of Jack and the Beanstalk, but two-thirds of the way into the story it changes into a Green Eggs and Ham parody before briefly resuming the original plot in the final minute.
• Non Sequitur, *Thud*: After the Giant (played by Ralph) falls, he says, "Dahhhh, fe, fi, fo, fum. / I fawwed down an' hurt my bum."
• Shout-Out: The sketch turns into a parody of Green Eggs and Ham at one point.
  • Godzilla and Rodan make an appearance.
• Spared by the Adaptation: Unlike in the original fairy tale, the giant survives with only a bruised behind and ego, although his ultimate fate is left unknown.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: The giant survived unlike in the original Jack and the Beanstalk ending, but remains unseen afterwards. Perhaps he found a way back home?

Frontier Slappy contains examples of:

• The Cameo: The Dover Boys show up near the end, revealing them to have been the singing narrators for most of the short.
• Greek Chorus: The Dover Boys act as the chorus starts out singing Boone's praises, before they start mocking him as his attemts to kill Slappy fail. An angry Boone eventually fires them.
• Heel–Face Turn: The Dover Boys then go to work for Slappy instead, and the cartoon ends with their singing her praises.
• "Oh, Crap!" Smile: Daniel Boone gives one of these right before his bulls beat him up with their signs after he insults them when Slappy convinces them to unionize.
• Whole-Plot Reference: This short is a parody of Fess Parker's poorly-received followup to Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, which many saw was simply piggybacking off the success of Crockett. (It should be noted that Boone never actually wore a coonskin cap like Crockett did.)

Closing Tower Gag: "It's over. Go away!"- Slappy