History WesternAnimation / Animaniacs2020

Has it all gonе mad since we went away?\\
Oh, updatе us, please, and put us at ease\\

* NeverRecylceYourSchemes: Averted in "Talladega Mice: The Ballad of Pinky Brainy", where Brain reveals he plans to create an army of mouse-controlled robot cars to rob Fort Knox, with Pinky pointing out [[CallBack they had done that before]]. Brain replies this time, the plan is more thought out.

* TheCameot

* GroundhogDayLoop: The episode "Groundmouse Day" has Brain repeatly trying to take over the world by co-opting a Groundhog Day ceremony, while stuck in a time loop, in a parody of ''Film/GroundhogDay''.

* TheCameo

* EndOfSeriesAwareness: On the 13th episode of the 3rd season on ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs|2020}}'' (the reboot, not the original) Has the episode segement called "The Stickening" that has a plot about The Warner Bros, trying to get the lollipop out of their hair. In the 1st half, The Pigeon from S1 E6 is seen when they are flying high with a lot of balloons. But then they ride on the teacups, seeing everything go fast, On the ride, the lollipop sticks more objects and eventually spins so fast that the lollipop generates a torando, sucking in everyone including a clown. The tornado soons becomes a black hole, and sucks every character that's appeared throughout the reboot, in to it. Including Characters from series, that are from segments of the episodes. Dot even lampshades this by mentioning that going out with a big bang. Even the Everyday Safety segment knew that the show hasn't been renewed for more seasons, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot attempt to say their last lines, but are struck by a meteor. I guess you could say, that the series is now Extinct again!

** At the end of "Groundmouse Day Again", Brain points out to Pinky that crocodiles are differentiated from alligators by having interlaced teeth when correcting him in calling an alligator plushie as "Crocodile Brain".

* CatchingUpOnHistory: In the first episode, the Warner siblings sing about what they missed in the past 22 years such as smartphones, rising sea levels, the recession, Uber, Youtubers, Pluto as a dwarf planet, online shopping, and the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations. They lampshade that since the show is written in 2018 due to AnimationLeadTime, they sing predictions about the next two years such as chips in their brains, further climate disasters, living underground, living in Mars, and a movie about a time-travelling talking police car.

* AnimationLeadTime: Discussed in the musical number "Catch Up". The show was released in 2020, but it was written in 2018. The Warners acknowledge this by reciting the presidential elections of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, UsefulNotes/BarackObama, and UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, while admitting with the latter that they only ''think'' Trump is still president in 2020 because of the lead time. Dot and Wakko lament that this means the Warners have two years' worth of events they can't use for the show's topical humor like normal. They resort to in-universe WildMassGuessing as to what happened between 2018 and 2020, including that the world is run by polar bears and that the top-rated show on TV is about a time-travelling police car that can talk.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: One of the donuts Wakko has in "[=WhoDonut=]" is squid-ink flavored. While this may seem strange to many Western viewers, [[https://soranews24.com/2015/10/10/why-does-burger-kings-black-burger-turn-poo-green-in-the-u-s-and-the-u-k-but-not-japan/ squid ink is commonly used as food coloring in many Asian countries.]]

On January 4, 2018, Creator/{{Hulu}} picked up the streaming rights for the original ''Animaniacs'', ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'', and ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' while ordering two new seasons of ''Animaniacs'' direct to series. The revival's first thirteen-episode season premiered on November 20, 2020, with the Warner Siblings and the fan favorite Pinky and the Brain returning as the two main recurring segments. On February 25, 2021, before the second season had even been released, the show was greenlit for a third season. The second season was released on November 5, 2021.

** The song about television reboots references ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'', ''Series/TheXFiles'', ''Series/FullHouse'', ''Series/MurphyBrown'', ''Series/MelrosePlace'', ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', ''Series/LostInSpace'', ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'', ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', ''Series/WillAndGrace'', ''Series/Dynasty1981'', ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'', ''Series/TwinPeaks'', ''Series/{{Fargo}}'', ''Franchise/CarmenSandiego'', ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'', ''Series/QueerEye'', and ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'', all of which have or have had reboots. Also, they mention ''Series/MySuperSweetSixteen'' as if it were a reboot of ''Film/SweetSixteen''.

** "Christopher Columbus-ted" pulls no punches in pointing out Christopher Columbus's less-than-pleasant qualities, particularly the crimes he committed on the Indigenous peoples of America.

** "Christopher Colum-busted" pulls no punches in pointing out Christopher Columbus's less-than-pleasant qualities, particularly the crimes he committed on the Indigenous peoples of America.

* BalefulPolymorph: Disgusted by the grossness of daily life, Dot decides to cutify the entire world in "The Cutening", starting with her own brother Yakko, who, like most people, is opposed to it.
-->'''Yakko:''' Wait, wait, Dot. You ''don't'' have to make everything cute.\\
'''Dot:''' [[DrunkWithPower Yes, yes I do!]]\\
'''Yakko:''' No, no! I'm the one who yaks! I've got a rakish charm about me!
** Wakko, however, subverts the trope, as he's more or less indifferent to it and lets it happen.
-->'''Wakko:''' ''(shrugs)'' I'll try anything once.

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* TastesLikeDiabetes: InUniverse. In "The Cutening", Dot cutifies everything in the world, turning the entire Earth into a colorful land free of pollution and full of cutesy creatures with huge eyes. Film/TwentyEightDaysLater, everyone is sick of this, as sugar is coming out of Yakko's ''eyes'', and the Warners quickly try to reverse what they've done by doing something incredibly gross.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: In the original intro, the Earth cracks in pieces after Saturn falls on it. In the reboot theme song, the Earth is squashed, but doesn't break.

* WholePlotReference: "Yakko Amacko" is a direct one ''WesternAnimation/DuckAmuck'', but starring Yakko, right down to [[MetaGuy Yakko]] [[NoFourthWall calling it out as such]]. Unlike past victims of this plot, since Yakko does have medium awareness, he actually manages to turn the table on his tormentor.