Line #17 Recap/Animaniacs2020Episode2


1	'''Release date:''' November 20, 2020
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3	'''Opening line:''' (Dot) "Contains aspartame-y!"
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5	'''Warners Unbound:''' The Warners play Greek Gods who put Odysseus through the works.
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7	'''How to Brain Your Dragon:''' In medieval times, the Brain attempts to conquer the kingdom by defeating a fearsome dragon.
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9	'''Suffragette City:''' On the anniversary of the 19th Amendment, Dot takes on Washington to ensure cartoon characters have the right to vote.
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11	!!Tropes found in "Warners Unbound":
12	* BlatantLies: The Donald Trump ''cyclops'' claims to have two good eyes. He also claims to be very rich when all his island has is a stone hut and a lot of sand.
13	* BoltOfDivineRetribution: The Warners have a tendency to smite those who provoke them.
14	* ChainmailBikini: Odysseus's armor is a rather revealing one, consisting of a midriff-baring breastplate, shoulder pads and a short skirt, showing off his CarpetOfVirility.
15	* ClingyAquaticLife: After Odysseus sails his ship by the Warners, spraying water on them, they get covered by various sea creatures such as a starfish, a jellyfish and an octopus.
16	* CompositeCharacter: The SeaMonster is a composite of the sirens (singing an alluring song) and Charybdis (swallowing Odysseus's ship) from the original myth.
17	* DeathGlare: Yakko and Wakko shoot Dot an affectionate one at the end.
18	* DisproportionateRetribution: After Odysseus torments the Warners by spraying water on them and laughing at them, the three of them go all-out and punish him by unleashing a SeaMonster on him, throwing him in the Underworld, and finally, forcing him to become the Trump-cyclops's toy.
19	* DoNotTauntCthulhu: Odysseus should've known better than to torment Olympian gods.
20	* FacePalm: Wakko does this at the end when Dot tells Yakko and Wakko they can't get rid of a demigod.
21	* FanDisservice: We're treated to several close-ups of the Trump-cyclops's nipples as he uses Odysseus as a loofa.
22	* {{Homage}}: Odysseus mistakes his crew's trip to Hades as a stage of ''Series/NinjaWarrior''. He goes through it the same way, with a skull for a goal button.
23	* JerkJock: Odysseus definitely acts as such.
24	* LamePunReaction: Yakko and Wakko are not amused when Dot says the Roman gods interfered in their affairs and made the Trumpclops a demigod, "or was that a demagogue?"
25	* {{Pride}}: Odysseus uses the Greek term, "hubris", for his sudden urge to taunt the gods.
26	* ShockAndAwe: The Warners have lightning powers.
27	* ShoutOut: The title is a reference to the lost play ''[[Theatre/PrometheusBound Prometheus Unbound]].''
28	* SteelDrumsAndSunshine: When the Warners are travelling to an island for a vacation, a steel drum rendition of the show's theme song plays in the background.
29	* TakeThat:
30	** The cyclops is an obvious [[{{Trumplica}} caricature of Donald Trump]].
31	** The first of the monsters that Dot sends is a parody of teen boy bands. The credits name him as a Bieber monster.
32	* TooKinkyToTorture: To the Warners' shock, Odysseus was this for the most part. That is until he becomes Truclops' new loofa.
33	* {{Trumplica}}: One of the monsters that Odysseus faces is an orange cyclops with blond hair and a huge ego. His voice and manner of speech is also a spot-on Trump impression.
34	* VisualPun: For their first obstacle, Dot [[EarWorm pulls a worm out of her ear]] and turns into a catchy-song singing boy band monster.
35	* WholePlotReference: Of Literature/TheOdyssey. Events might be mixed around, but many of the trials he went through are used in the segment.
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37	!!Tropes found in "How to Brain Your Dragon":
38	* BrickJoke: Brain gets Benedict to act for him by claiming that the King hates the arts and wants to imprison minstrels. At the end, we find out that [[AccidentalTruth Brain was all too right]].
39	* ChekhovsGunman: The minstrels Pinky and the Brain run into early in the episode reappear near the end to reveal Brain's plan to the king.
40	* CurseCutShort: At one point, Pinky interjects, "But Brain, you hate the arts! You always say the 'Renaissance' is French for bull-" only for Brain to smack him off Benedict’s claw before finishing.
41	* LargeHam: The dragon lays it on a little thick, insisting on giving several dying speeches. This leads to Brain's failure in this episode.
42	* LeeroyJenkins: Done and said, word for word, by Pinky, when the duo prepare to capture the dragon.
43	* MonsterFacade: The dragon is an actor who plays the role of a ferocious monster in the Brain's plan to take over the kingdom.
44	* MonsterProtectionRacket: The Brain's second plan consists of the dragon pretending to attack the royal castle, then the Brain pretending to slay the dragon and claiming the kingdom as a reward.
45	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A dragon named Benedict with a major acting vibe is a nod towards Creator/BenedictCumberbatch and alludes to his role as Smaug the dragon in ''Film/TheHobbit'' film trilogy.
46	* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: On ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon''.
47	* ShoutOut:
48	** When hearing about the dragon, the Brain imagines himself with long, flowing white hair, riding a dragon while destroying a town, declaring himself "Brain, Father of Dragons", in a reference to Daenerys Targaryen from ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
49	** Benedict the dragon's many dying scenes include one where he says [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet "Thus, with a kiss, I die!"]] and one where he yells [[Film/{{Rocky}} "Adrian!"]]
50	* TakeThat: The short opens with Brain recruiting a new member into his and Pinky's operation, only for said character to be immediately grabbed and taken away. No doubt a jab at the many instances of executives trying to force a third character into the original show, which eventually resulted in ''WesternAnimation/PinkyElmyraAndTheBrain''.
51	* XanatosSpeedChess: Brain's initial plan was to tame the dragon and use it as a LivingWeapon. Upon discovering Benedict was a soft-hearted aspiring actor, however, he decided to go with an EngineeredHeroics approach.
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53	!!Tropes found in "Suffragette City":
54	* CameoCluster: From various ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and Creator/HannaBarbera characters, and even [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Buster and Babs Bunny]].
55	* MusicalEpisode: The entire segment has Dot celebrating 100th anniversary of launch of the 19th Amendment, allowing women in the USA the right to vote, and the important figures who fought for it. It then moves to Dot's gathering toons so they can get the same rights.
56	* ShoutOut: The episode is named after [[Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars a song]] by Music/DavidBowie.
57	* TakeThat: Some of the ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'' characters appear in the march and get a swipe from Dot ("Whatever ''these'' guys are").
58	* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe: Dot learns mid-song that animated characters like herself didn't have the right to vote and rallies all of them to march to the Capital to get it.

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