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* I noticed something about some of the educational songs and the tunes used for them. "Yakko's World" is sung to the "Mexican Hat Dance," which would be a song that the American viewers would associate with a foreign country (although a specific one). "Wakko's America" is sung to "Turkey in the Straw," which is a traditional American folk song that would be suited for a song that is specifically about American states. The song "Yippie-Ki-Yi-Yo" is about a rancher traveling with his cows, and it is used for the song about Magellan's voyage. Finally, the song about food ingredients is to the tune of the Can-Can, which is commonly associated with France, which is also famous for its food (As an added bonus, the northeast US supermarket chain ShopRite, which does an semiannuall canned goods sale called the "Can-Can Sale" which is advertised with an (in)famous series of animated ads featuring a parody version of the song, complete with animated can can dancers and a stereotypical Parisian artist mascot.)

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* I noticed something about some of the educational songs and the tunes used for them. "Yakko's World" is sung to the "Mexican Hat Dance," which would be a song that the American viewers would associate with a foreign country (although a specific one). "Wakko's America" is sung to "Turkey in the Straw," which is a traditional American folk song that would be suited for a song that is specifically about American states. The song "Yippie-Ki-Yi-Yo" is about a rancher traveling with his cows, and it is used for the song about Magellan's voyage. Finally, the song about food ingredients is to the tune of the Can-Can, which is commonly associated with France, which is also famous for its food (As an added bonus, the northeast US supermarket chain ShopRite, [=ShopRite=], which does an semiannuall a semi annual canned goods sale called the "Can-Can Sale" which is advertised with an (in)famous series of animated ads featuring a parody version of the song, complete with animated can can dancers and a stereotypical Parisian artist mascot.)

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* Ralph's earlier appearances in ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' had him as incredibly competent at his job, in sharp contrast to his continual failures against the Warners here. But that actually makes a lot of sense when you look at the circumstances. The Tiny Toons cast were toons in training and couldn't always pull of the kinds of tricks that their mentors could. The Warners by contrast are not just experienced toons but also completely unhinged by toon standards. Ralph isn't just dealing with professionals who can employ ToonPhysics at their leisure but ones who are also nutty enough to use their experience in completely unexpected ways. [[OvershadowedByAwesome against average humdrums he has little trouble but the Warners are solidly in a league of their own]].
** This would also explain the seemingly unfair anger he has to deal with for his failures in handling the Warners. His coworkers and boss know he can be competent, even against reality bending toons, but his constant inability to do much against the Warners makes him look worse than he really is.
** It should also be noted that the Warners KarmicTrickster roles may help them out here. The Warners constant escapes might be a headache for Plotz and the other studio staff but they rarely do anything that's actually wrong. Ralph chasing them is mostly Plotz's doing, who is heavily biased against the Warners and forces Ralph to chase them, forcing him into the role of an unjustified antagonist. Ralph is essentially competent but the Warners have KarmicProtection which capability can't overcome in this world.
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**In that case you could argue he was protecting her from any nasty repercursions of her hulking out or even that he was protecting the other kids from her.
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* Mindy only ever calls her mother "lady", despite her mother insisting to be called "Mom". Considering that she only leaves ''Buttons'' in charge of watching Mindy, and never does it herself, Mindy probably doesn't think of her as a parent.

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* Mindy only ever calls her mother "lady", despite her mother insisting to be called "Mom". Considering that she only leaves ''Buttons'' in charge of watching Mindy, and never does it herself, Mindy probably doesn't think of her as a parent. Building off of this, her exceptional affection for Buttons is shown by him being the only one she calls by their preferred name or epithet.

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