Airdate: September 13, 1997
It: Something is chasing Wakko.
Dot - The Macadamia Nut: The cast of Animaniacs participate in a parody of "Macarena".
Bully for Skippy: Skippy is forced to deal with the school bully, Duke, while Slappy faces an advocate against cartoon violence.
It contains examples of:
- Faux Horrific: What could be so horrifying that Wakko is trying to get away from? Being "it" in a game of tag.
- Impending Doom P.O.V.: Most of the segment is the camera following Wakko as he desperately tries to get away from something.
- The Reveal: Wakko's pursuer is Dot; they were playing tag.
Dot - The Macadamia Nut contains examples of:
- Bilingual Bonus: The foreign lyrics that Yakko and Wakko sing during the song:
- "Donde que vas a Nintendo" - "Where did you go Nintendo?", likely a nod to the sparse amount of console game releases for American Nintendo systems during the transition from Super Nintendo to Nintendo 64 in 1996.
- "Qui a coupé le fromage" - "Who cut the cheese?" (aka "Who farted?") in French.
- "Lava tus manos, por favor" - "Wash your hands, please."
- "Otra vez on y vas" - "On and on again", referring to the repetitive refrain of the song.
- Shot-for-Shot Remake: This parody follows the music video shot for shot, with some comedic twists. For example, "lemons" and "bars" are added to the slot-machine sequel shots.
- Song Parody: Of "Macarena". It helps that Warner Bros. bought the rights to the song and re-recorded it for the show. The following year, spin-off Pinky and the Brain had their own "Macarena" parody, "Schmeerskahoven", in the three-part event "Brainwashed".
Bully for Skippy contains examples of:
- The Bully: Duke is the titular bully who picks on Skippy, but he also bullies the other kids for good measure.
- The Cameo: The Warners are seen at the same FCC ruling as Slappy in the beginning.
- Cutaway Gag: When Skippy tells his aunt Slappy he needs to find non-violent solutions to his bully problem, Slappy mistakes him for an alien pod person like the kind she reads about in the checkout line. Cut to Slappy reading about aliens at the cashier.
- Defeat Means Friendship: After Duke gets beaten up by Slappy and Skippy, he turns over a new leaf and helps the squirrels with their contraption.
- Good Costume Switch: Duke wears a schoolboy uniform after Slappy and Skippy make him stop bullying.
- Hypocrite: Ms. Butley gets angry at Slappy for encouraging Skippy to use violence to solve his problems with Duke, despite the fact that it was her peaceful tactics that kept making the situation worse.
- Malicious Misnaming: As a bully, Duke intentionally gets Skippy's name wrong.
- Mistaken for an Imposter: When Skippy tells Slappy that he's considering non-violent solutions to his bully problem, Slappy, believing it's crazy for her nephew to say that, thinks he's an alien pod person impersonating her nephew.
- Non Sequitur, *Thud*: A Running Gag in the episode has Skippy quoting commercials (and Rocky) when he arrives home after being beaten up by Duke.
- Oh, Crap!: Slappy, Skippy, and the Warner siblings all have this look on their faces at the beginning of the episode, after the Federal Television Agency creates a new legislation that cuts down TV violence and requires 3 hours of educational kids' programming a week.Slappy: We're ruined.
Yakko: It's the end of civilization as we know it.- Also, Skippy's look on his face before he get punched by Duke.
- Shout-Out:
- The first time Skippy comes home after taking a beating from Duke, Slappy exclaims that he looks like he "just went a round with Evander Holyfield!"
- When Skippy says that his school guidance counselor is teaching him non-violent solutions for his bully problem, Slappy accuses him of being "one of those body-snatching pod people".
Slappy: What have you done with my nephew, you little E.T.?!- After the third time he's beaten up by Duke, Slappy asks Skippy if he’s finally "had all he can stands and he can't stands no more".
- So Proud of You: Slappy wipes away a tear of joy when Skippy announces his desire to get revenge on Duke.
- Take That!:
- In an interview, Tom Ruegger called this episode the most politically motivated thing he ever wrote. This was his response to the FCC's ruling of striking down violence in children's programming.
- Slappy believes that the worst day ever in the history of the world is when Mel Brooks makes a sequel to Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
- The whole episode throws shade at the "violence is never the answer" approach to bullying, showing that not everyone has the intelligence to be charmed by kindness.
- Violence Really Is the Answer: After none of the tactics recommended by his guidance counselor work, Skippy gives in to using cartoon violence on Duke, which ends his bullying once and for all.
