Guide Note

The animated series Animaniacs ran from 1993-1998, primarily featuring the "Warner" siblings, Yakko, Wakko and Dot.

The series had several other characters with our own cartoon segments, including Pinky and the Brain, The Goodfeathers, Slappy Squirrel and Minerva Mink.

Fast Facts

1. Network: Fox Kids, Kids WB
2. First Aired: 1993
3. Creator: Tom Ruegger
4. Starring: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille
5. Producer: Steven Spielberg
6. The Warner's are based on Tom Ruegger's children
7. Episodes: 99
8. Frequently included references to Citizen Kane and Goodfellas

The most prominent features on Animaniacs were cartoons featuring the Warner siblings and Pinky and the Brain sketches. The Warners would typically find a "straight man," often their psychiatrist, and wreak havoc in that persons life for about six minutes. Pinky and the Brain featured two lab rodents, one of whom was particularly clever and plotted to dominate the world. Brain was voiced by Maurice LaMarche, who made the voice eerily similar to that of Orson Welles. In 1995, Pinky and the Brain became a spin-off show of Animaniacs.

• "Helloooo, nurse!"
• "I'm cute."
• "Are you pondering what I’m pondering?"
• "Spew!"
• "Now, that's comedy!"