History Funny / Animaniacs

** He also tries shooting himself like an arrow to hit an apple. Slappy uses a frying pan to stop him and remarks, "You look like a young Scrappy-Doo."

[[AC: Meta]]
* When Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} attempted to edit the theme song to remove as many references to its origins as a Warner Brothers cartoon from the intro, a FunnyAneurysmMoment comes in about one thing... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezIl76NZ0Qs They ended up cutting about two-thirds of the intro]], because the "plot" is practically declaring its origins with Creator/WarnerBros with every other line!

---> ''It's time for another 'Good Idea, Bad idea.' Good idea: Whistling while you work. Bad idea: [[{{Corpsing}} Whistling while you eat]]. TheEnd."

* "[[Theatre/WestSideStory West Side Pigeons]]": After Squit agrees to fly away with Carloota, the rival gang's bird, he [[ItMakesAsMuchSenseInContext engages in his love song as he gets swallowed up by the police cat that's been following them.]] Even while ''in the stomach'', Squit continues to sing in a sickly-sweet manner, causing Officer Krupkitty to [[TastesLikeDiabetes immediately cough up Squit.]]

* "The Please Please Please Get A Life Foundation" had several of these moments:
** Yakko saying that being happily engrossed in inconsequental cartoon trivia causes people's socks to stand up by themselves.
** The torture for the toughest case being [[spoiler: Baloney coming to visit the fourth geek]].
** Yakko telling the viewer to call the foundation before they rewind to see what was in the bedroom in the opening shot.
** The ending, where the first geek [[spoiler: notices that the last "Please" was spelled with two [=Es=], believing it to be intentional]].

* "[[Film/WestSideStory West Side Pigeons]]": After Squit agrees to fly away with Carloota, the rival gang's bird, he [[ItMakesAsMuchSenseInContext engages in his love song as he gets swallowed up by the police cat that's been following them.]] Even while ''in the stomach'', Squit continues to sing in a sickly-sweet manner, causing Officer Krupkitty to [[TastesLikeDiabetes immediately cough up Squit.]]

* In the ''Animaniacs'' comic series story ''Dot the Vampire Slayer'', Dot's stomach growls and she tells it to stop growling because Ralph was going to hear and it wasn't very ladylike. Although there was a bunch of things throughout the series she DID that weren't very ladylike.

--> ''It's time for another 'Good Idea, Bad idea.' Good idea: Whistling while you work. Bad idea: [[{{Corpsing}} Whistling while you eat]]. TheEnd."

* In "With Three, You Get Eggroll", after the Godpigeon gives the Goodfeathers some advice, Bobby and Pesto remark upon this, and then Squit says, "Did anyone else notice that the Godpigeon had gas?" After this, Bobby and Pesto shoot Squit a dirty look.
* The RunningGag of Skippy getting hit with the soccer ball in "Soccer Coach Slappy". Every time after the first results in a NonSequiturThud. Slappy also comments each time.

* [[Funny/YakkoWakkoAndDot Yakko, Wakko and Dot]] have so much moments, they got their own page.

* Just about ''all'' of [[BizarroEpisode "Animaniacs Stew"]], due to the gimmick of replacing one character with another for every segment (e.g. Pesto taking Rita's place in a Rita and Runt sketch), but special mention goes to 'Pinky and the Cat'. The entire segment is an opening theme, four lines of dialogue, and a closing theme, with any actual plot being cut short by, well, [[RealityEnsues exactly what you'd think would happen if you put a lab mouse and a hungry stray cat in the same cage.]]

* Just about ''all'' of [[BizarroEpisode "Animaniacs Stew"]], due to the placing of multiple characters in place of other characters (i.e. Pesto taking Rita's place in a Rita and Runt sketch), but special mention goes to 'Pinky and the Cat'. The entire segment is an opening theme, four lines of dialogue, and a closing theme, with any actual plot being cut short by, well, [[RealityEnsues exactly what you'd think would happen if you put a lab mouse and a hungry stray cat in the same cage.]]

** One of them is "Good idea: Playing catch with your grandfather. Bad idea: Playing catch ''with'' your grandfather."

* Each 'Good Idea... Bad Idea' combined "life lessons from CaptainObvious" with Tom Bodet's great deadpan delivery and [[ButtMonkey Mr. Skullhead's]] inevitable doom:

** Extra special super bonus points to the one that made Tom Bodet laugh a little in the aired recording:

* In the Animaniacs comic series story ''Dot the Vampire Slayer'', Dot's stomach growls and she tells it to stop growling because Ralph was going to hear and it wasn't very ladylike. Although there was a bunch of things throughout the series she DID that weren't very ladylike.

* When Nickelodeon attempted to edit the theme song to remove as many references to its origins as a Warner Brothers cartoon from the intro, a FunnyAneurysmMoment comes in about one thing... They ended up cutting about two-thirds of the intro, because the "plot" is practically declaring its origins with Creator/WarnerBros with every other line!

[[AC:Yakko, Wakko and Dot]]

* [[Funny/YakkoWakkoAndDot See here.]]

[[AC:WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain]]
* [[Funny/PinkyAndTheBrain See here.]]

[[AC:2020 Revival]]
* [[Funny/Animaniacs2020 See here.]]

[[AC:2020 Revival]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh_vASjvYQE The first scene]] shown at the virtual NYCC event, and also the ColdOpening to the very first episode of the revival: a ''spot-on'' spoof of the iconic "Welcome to Film/JurassicPark" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJlmYh27MHg scene,]] complete with Music/JohnWilliams[='s=] score. With Creator/StevenSpielberg replacing John Hammond, and the Warners replacing the dinosaurs.
** Also, Creator/StevenSpielberg says he '[[MultipleReferencePun reanimated]]' the Warners.
-->'''Ian Malcolm:''' He-- he did it. That, that, that, that crazy son of a [[GoshDarnItToHeck gun]] actually did it.
* The first full trailer for the revival showed the Warner Siblings haven't lost their touch at all. To name some notable highlights from them and Pinky and the Brain:
** Yakko opens the trailer pointing out the problem with reboots representing "a fundamental lack of originality in Hollywood"... [[HypocriticalHumor then the camera pans out to show the Warners all wearing green clothes with the Hulu logo stamped all over them.]] Then they are handed a check for 100 billion dollars from Hulu.
--->'''Offscreen voice:''' Here's your check for the ''Animaniacs'' reboot, you sellouts.
** While the Warners are prepping their first lines, Yakko constantly interrupts Dot before she can make a suggestion. She gets so mad that she pulls out a hammer and smashes her brothers.
--->'''Dot:''' 22 years later and I'm ''still'' a knockout.
** The new CEO shows the siblings a tablet and explains that it contains all human knowledge. Clearly, the Warners are not caught up with today's technology; Yakko thinks that she means tablet = pill, so what does he do? Gets a glass of water ''and SWALLOWS it,'' and proceeds to get shocked.
--->'''Yakko:''' ''(in Wakko and Dot's arms)'' Quantum mechanics... quinoa wraps... [[Music/{{Beyonce}} Queen Bey]]... we've missed so much!
*** In a FreezeFrameBonus, the tablet is on the [[BlandNameProduct in-universe Wikipedia,]] "Wiki-maniacs". And it's on the ''Animaniacs'' page!
** Pinky is complaining about how he's always getting catfished and has no idea if any potential dates of his are real. It turns out this prospect is an [[ExactWords actual catfish]]. Brain can only facepalm at this.
** Brain is prepared to finish his famous catchphrase...[[CatchphraseInterruptus only for scientists to spray him and Pinky with foam]].
--->'''Pinky:''' WHEEEEE! FOAM PARTY!
** Dot summons a TastesLikeDiabetes pegasus straight out of a Lisa Frank artwork...which tries to warn her about a horrible war in the voice of Creator/KyleHebert.
--->'''Dot:''' Yeah yeah yeah. Less talky, more flappy.
** Once the trailer ends on the Warners with the opening title, it cuts to Brain uploading the trailer in anticipation of high viewership. One like for it comes in, and he checks to see who was the first to enjoy it. It's only Pinky, much to Brain's chagrin.
*** A FreezeFrameBonus: the name of the [[BlandNameProduct in-universe Instagram?]] "Instagra-tification".

** At one point, the Snake coils into a bouncy coil, starts bouncing, and tries to get an apple to tempt Eve and Adam. Slappy has him hit various objects until she gets bored. Then Slappy rolls him into a ball and hits him with a golf club. Cue the snake ending up in The Garden of Eden Mini Golf Course. Baby Plucky is there. He says, "Look Daddy, snake!" and whacks the poor reptile into a hole. "Snakey go down the hooooole" indeed.

** The new CEO shows the siblings a tablet and explains that it contains all human knowledge. Clearly the Warners are not caught up with today's technology; Yakko thinks that she means tablet = pill, so what does he do? Gets a glass of water ''and SWALLOWS it,'' and proceeds to get shocked.

** Pinky is complaining about how he's always getting catfished, and has no idea if any potential dates of his are real. It turns out this prospect is an [[ExactWords actual catfish]]. Brain can only facepalm at this.

-->'''Bobby:''' Maybe he thinks you're cute. Know what I'm saying?\\

* Just about ''all'' of [[BizarroEpisode "Animaniacs Stew"]], due to the placing of multiple characters in place of other characters (i.e. Pesto taking Rita's place in a Rita and Runt sketch), but special mention goes to 'Pinky and the Cat'. The entire segment is an opening theme, four lines of dialogue, and a closing theme, with any actual plot being cut short by, well, [[RealityEnsues exactly what you'd think would happen if you put a lab rat and a hungry stray cat in the same cage.]]

** Dot summons a TastesLikeDiabetes unicorn straight out of a Lisa Frank artwork...which tries to warn her about a horrible war in the voice of Creator/KyleHebert.