Animaniacs

Its on a platform not accessible to most people so the lack of notice is probably the reason why.

Wakko's Wish was brought up in the thread for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish due to the similar premise (a lot of characters competing for a wishing star). What I found weird about that movie is that Dot being sick and dying is completely unironically Played for Drama, even though she, like her brothers, is normally a practically immortal Zany Cartoon character.

She was never really sick though. She needed an operation... to make her even cuter by adding a beauty mark. Notice that she instantly feels better in the end without any medicine or shots or anything like that.

Also dot seems to be able to exaggerate her cough for a gag "I'm the cute one, with the cough. But you gotta admit even the cough is cute. Hack hack wheeze." If the harsh coughing was an act, the smaller coughs were likely an act too. (And yakko mentions how she's had acting lessons too which paid off in the end.)

I have only seen the movie once, so maybe I misremembered how much it was Played for Laughs / Played for Drama.

Anyway, Season 3 of the reboot show has been out for a while now, has anyone watched it? I'm halfway into it now, and it has quite a few fun segments, like the "Groundhog Day" Loop two-parter starring Pinky and the Brain.

I also got exposed to two spoilers thanks to YouTube, a surprise cameo by Slappy Squirrel and the Sudden Downer Ending in the final episode.

I do wish Julia was in the show more. simulation Julia and Julia team up against the mouse who makes their lives so bad would have been a good episode to end the season.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Mar 3rd 2023 at 12:04:50 PM

Honestly, you can tell that the cancellation was sudden - they were teasing Virtual and Real Julia teaming up and Starbox being chased by a new potentially more dangerous Scout for next season.

Wait— Did Hulu announce that they were cancelling the Animaniacs reboot?

Yeah,there was an announcement some time ago,and there's a backlash to how the show is ending

literally dropped a meteor on them

Yup - terrible ending to the show too.

Still, at least we got a Slappy Squirrel short.

Not that it really matters. If the show gets a second revival they'll just Hand Wave it somehow. They run on Rule of Funny after all.

Since Slappy is retiring, anyone else want to know whatever the other characters are doing?

Other than beating up Chicken Boo for capturing them?

The Goodfellas appeared in a cameo in a Series 3 episode, notably as the idea of Easter Eggs were being discussed.

Okay, I liked the Writing Around Trademarks jokes about Brawl and Bash Siblings, the world-famous carpenter sisters María and Luísa, Jackass Monkey and Beastwipe^note his catchphrase, "Beastwipe slam", sounds like he's a HULK MASH!-Up, but his design is more evocative of Blanka.

I can't believe that the Animaniacs reboot is getting cancelled all of a sudden. It seems like a lot of animated content is getting cancelled a lot lately.

Just watched the final episode. Interestingly, it's not just the last Warners segment that ends with an Earth-destroying disaster; in the first segment, the Warners barely save humanity from getting completely obliterated by aliens; in the second segment the Warners accidentally create a vortex that sucks in every character from the reboot. It's almost as if the writers had three different ideas how to give the show a Sudden Downer Ending, and they decided to include all three.

The last reveal!

Pinky and The Brain (mostly The Brain) tries to take over the world ONE. LAST. TIME.

With a (very official) MasterClass!

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Mar 14th 2023 at 1:38:29 PM

Gonna miss this return of Pinky and the Brain. Julia was great, even if she only appeared in three episodes.