History Trivia / Animaniacs2020

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: The first episode shows the VirtualPet craze as one of the things the Warners missed in the past 22 years. This is false, as the original ''Animaniacs'' was still airing when this fad occured in 1997.

** According to [[https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/animaniacs-hulu-revival-review-creator-interview-1088188/ this article]], original ''Animaniacs'' co-creator Tom Ruegger is dissatisfied with the revival thus far (its greater use of topical humor especially), along with how neither he nor many of the show's original staff were given the chance to work on it, and the absence of most of the recurring cast other than the cameos in "Good Warner Hunting". Both him and Sherri Stoner also particularly disliked the fact that the original show's characters are shown as dead hunting trophies in the aforementioned episode.

* CreatorsApathy: A varitaion. Acoording to an insider, most of the crew behind of the reboot ''disliked'' [[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs1993 the original show]], and they constantly made fun of it for its "lame" characters, thus a possible explanation for most of the controversial changes, like the absence of most of the original cast and the shift in humor.

* DuelingShows: With the 2021 reboot of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats|2021}}'', another reboot of a popular 90's kids cartoon that's appearing on a streaming service. While both were successful, the fanbase for ''Animaniacs'' grew significantly after the release of the reboot, making it the more successful show. However, ''Animaniacs'' ended after three seasons on January 17th, 2023, while ''Rugrats''' second season premiered on April 14th, 2023.

* DuelingShows: With the 2021 reboot of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats|2021}}'', another reboot of a popular 90's kids cartoon that's appearing on a streaming service. While both were successful, the fanbase for ''Animaniacs'' grew significantly after the release of the reboot, making it the more successful show.

* TorchTheFranchiseAndRun: The finale, with its EndOfSeriesAwareness, ends with [[spoiler: the characters being blown up by a meteorite, being unable to get in a few LastWords]].

--> '''Ruegger''': I find it morally, ethically, and professionally wrong. That’s pretty much it. Whether it’s legally wrong, I don’t know. They own the show, Warner Bros. and Amblin own Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Freakazoid, Pinky and the Brain. I think they feel they can do whatever the heck they want with it. If we, the creators of the show, had passed away, I could completely understand what they did. But we’re not. We’re all alive, thriving, active, and I really don’t get it that they wouldn’t want the people that know the show better than anyone to be involved. It’s odd.

* OutOfHolidayEpisode: Season 1 has a Halloween episode despite coming out on November 20, almost 3 weeks after Halloween.

* ScienceMarchesOn: The show would outright reference scientific discoveries made after the original series ended, such as [[PlutoIsExpendable Pluto's demotion to a dwarf planet]] and feathered dinosaurs.

** And a bigger surprise...in the final episode, Sherri Stoner as Slappy Squirrel.

** And a bigger surprise...in the final episode, Creator/SherriStoner as Slappy Squirrel.

* MissingEpisode: Episode 6 was briefly removed from Hulu because of the flashing lights in "The Cutening", and the phone number featured in "Close Encounters of the Worst Kind" was a real number... ''for a phone sex hotline''. It was later reinstated but without the phone number before being replaced with a new version with a new number.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Hulu has been advertising this show everywhere, from TV broadcasts of shows and events like the UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade to billboards and cars in major cities. They even showed the official trailer at the very end of the live broadcast of the Season 15 finale of Series/AmericasGotTalent, after the credits rolled as TheStinger. They have also utilized it in several recent promotions for their service. It helps that it's based on a well-known property.

!! VideoSource for:
* AnimationLeadTime ("Suspended Animation, Part 1")
* {{Revival}} ("Suspended Animation, Part 2")
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* NoExportForYou: The reboot is a Hulu exclusive. You have one guess for what this means for people living outside the US and Japan (and no, Neither HBO Go nor HBO MAX has it in those regions). However, this is averted for Canada, as the show did air on Creator/{{Teletoon}}. It is also eventually shown on a mishmash of country-specific networks in Europe, but remains a no-show in many parts of Asia.

* NoExportForyou: The reboot is a Hulu exclusive. You have one guess for what this means for people living outside the US and Japan (and no, Neither HBO Go nor HBO MAX has it in those regions). However, this is averted for Canada, as the show did air on Creator/{{Teletoon}}. It is also eventually shown on a mishmash of local networks in Europe, but remains a no-show in many parts of Asia.

* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: Some of the episodes feature short cartoons with all-new characters ("Starbox & Cindy," "The Incredible Gnome in People's Mouths"), suggesting that they might become recurring segments in future seasons if they catch on. The latter segment even said "to be continued" at the end.

** The show sees the return of Creator/RobPaulsen as the voice of Yakko, Pinky and Dr. Scratchansniff, Creator/JessHarnell as Wakko, Creator/TressMacNeille as Dot, Creator/MauriceLaMarche as Brain, and Creator/FrankWelker as Ralph T. Guard and [[spoiler:Chicken Boo]].

** In the Latin American Spanish dub, Dot, Brain, Dr. Scratchsniff and Chicken Boo's voice actors are replaced. In Dot's case, it was because her previous voice actress, Elena Prieto, retired from voice acting, not to mention she doesn't live in Venezuela anymore. Likewise, Brain, Dr. Scratchsniff and Chicken Boo's, Orlando Noguera, was unable to voice him again due to being unable to reach a deal with Etcetera Group, the voice studio who did the dub of the previous series and this one.

%%* NonSingingVoice: In various songs, most notably "Reboot It!" from the first episode, Gabriel Mann, Brock Baker (no, not the [=McGoiter=] guy), and Missi Hale substitute for Paulsen, Harnell, and [=MacNeille=] respectively.