Airdate: September 23, 1993
Opening Line: "Shirley MacLaine-y"- Dot
Wally Llama: The Warners visit the all-knowing guru Wally Llama for the answer to an important question. However, Wally is sick of answering questions and would like to be left alone!
Where Rodents Dare: The Brain hopes to freeze the world leaders at a peace conference in Switzerland.
Wheel Of Morality: $5,000
Wally Llama has examples of
- The Cameo: At one point, Pinky and the Brain randomly walk by Wally Llama's mountain.
- The Cat Came Back: No matter where Wally goes, the Warners are waiting for him.
- Heroic BSoD / Sanity Slippage: Happens to Wally Llama at the end when he realizes he doesn't know the answer to the Warners' question.Yakko: Maybe we should just write Dear Abby.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: The last person Wally sees before the Warners is Shirley MacLaine, who wants to know if she was Kaye Ballard in a past life. (A spoof on MacLaine's belief in reincarnation – Kaye Ballard was still alive when the cartoon was produced.)
- Reverse Psychology: The Warners get Wally to hear their question by saying that he probably doesn't know the answer.
- Take That!: Yakko says that climbing up all the stairs is "worse than Sweatin' to the Oldies.Dot: But not as annoying.
Yakko: True. No Richard Simmons.
Where Rodents Dare has examples of:
- Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?: "I think so, but where would we find an open tattoo parlor at this time of night?"
- Bilingual Bonus: The castle where the peace conference is taking place is called Schloss Danke Shoen, German for "thank you very much."
- Brick Joke: To see how far the drop is, Pinky spits from his vantage point. When he and the Brain accidentally drop, the spit hits Pinky on the head.
- The Cameo: The Warners are seen sitting with the dignitaries at the dinner table.
- Code Name: On the walkie-talkies, the Brain is Gray Squirrel, and Pinky is Bullfrog.
- Commercial Break Cliff Hanger: The first half ends with Pinky and Brain falling to a ravine after their first failed attempt to land. The plan resumes after the ads.
- I Am Not Weasel: Pinky gets offended when the news reporter mistakes them for rats.
- Insistent Terminology: Brain prefers to be called "General Brain" in this short. This marks the first of several titles that Brain wants Pinky to call him but Pinky keeps forgetting.
- Left the Background Music On: When a military drumming is heard, it's always revealed to be Pinky until Brain tells him to cut it out.
- Shout-Out: The title spoofs Where Eagles Dare.
- Swallowed Whole: Pinky and Brain by separate birds. They communicate to each other through the stomach walls pressed against each other, rather one-sidedly on Pinky's part.
- Tongue on the Flagpole: Pinky licks the frozen janitor and gets his tongue stuck.
Closing Tower Gag: Wakko: "Lather,"(washes hair)Dot: "Rinse,"(shoots him with water gun)Yakko: "Repeat" (dumps bucket of water on the two of them)
