Animaniacs

This article is about the original 1993 series. For the 2020 revival series, see here.

Animaniacs is an American animated comedy musical television series created by Tom Ruegger for Fox Broadcasting Company's Fox Kids block, before moving to The WB in 1995, as part of its Kids' WB afternoon programming block, until the series ended on November 14, 1998. It is the second animated series produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Animation, after Tiny Toon Adventures. It initially ran a total of 99 episodes, along with a feature-length film, Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish. Reruns later aired on Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and Discovery Family, which was at the time The Hub Network.

Animaniacs is a variety show, with short skits featuring a large cast of characters. While the show had no set format, the majority of episodes were composed of three short mini-episodes, each starring a different set of characters, and bridging segments. Hallmarks of the series included its music, satirical social commentary, pop culture references, character catchphrases, and innuendo directed at an adult audience.

A revival of the series was announced in January 2018, with at least two seasons and a third now announced to be produced in conjunction with Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, with producer Steven Spielberg, songwriter Randy Rogel, and many of the main voice actors returning. It premiered on November 20, 2020, on Hulu, with a second season premiering on November 5, 2021.

Cast

Character		Actor
	Yakko Warner	Rob Paulsen
	Dr. Otto Scratchansniff
	Pinky
	Wakko Warner	Jess Harnell
File:Walter (Animaniacs).png	Walter Wolf
	Dot Warner	Tress MacNeille
	Hello Nurse
File:Ms. Flamiel (Animaniacs).png	Ms. Flamiel
File:Mindy's Mom (Animaniacs).png	Mindy's Mom
File:Ralph (Animaniacs).png	Ralph T. Guard	Frank Welker
File:Thaddeus Plotz (Animaniacs).png	Thaddeus Plotz
File:Runt (Animaniacs).png	Runt
File:Buttons (Animaniacs).png	Buttons
File:Flavio (Animaniacs).png	Flavio
File:Chicken Boo (Animaniacs).png	Chicken Boo
File:Mindy's Dad (Animaniacs).png	Mindy's Dad
	The Brain	Maurice LaMarche
File:Squit (Animaniacs).png	Squit
	Slappy Squirrel	Sherri Stoner
		Tress MacNeille (young)
	Skippy Squirrel	Nathan Ruegger
File:Pesto (Animaniacs).png	Pesto	Chick Vennera
File:Bobby (Animaniacs).png	Bobby	John Mariano
File:Godpigeon (Animaniacs).png	Godpigeon	Malachi Throne
File:Rita (Animaniacs).png	Rita	Bernadette Peters
File:Mindy (Animaniacs).png	Mindy	Nancy Cartwright
File:Marita (Animaniacs).png	Marita	Tress MacNeille
		Wendy Knudsen (singing voice)
File:Colin (Animaniacs).png	Colin	Colin Wells
File:Katie Kaboom (Animaniacs).png	Katie Kaboom	Laura Mooney
	Minerva Mink	Julie Brown
File:Mary Hartless (Animaniacs).png	Mary Hartless	Valeri Bromfield

International versions

Language	Title	Channels
Albanian	Animaniakët	Çufo (formerly)^[1]
Arabic	الضاحكون	Spacetoon (formerly) MBC 3 (formerly)
Cantonese	狂歡三寶	TVB Jade (formerly)
Croatian	Animanijaci	HRT 2 (formerly)
Czech (ČT1)	Animáci	ČT1 (formerly) Supermax (formerly)
Czech (Supermax)	Animáci	Supermax (formerly)
Czech (VHS)	Animáci	direct-to-video
Danish	Animaniacs	TV2 (formerly)
Dutch (Boomerang)	Animaniacs	Boomerang (formerly)
Dutch (Nickelodeon)	Animaniacs	Nickelodeon (formerly) Nicktoons (formerly)
Finnish	Animaaniset	MTV3 (formerly) Sub (formerly)
French	Animaniacs	Canal+ (formerly) France 3 (formerly) Cartoon Network (formerly) Boomerang (formerly) Canal+ Family (formerly)
German	Animaniacs	ProSieben (formerly) K-Toon (formerly) Junior (formerly) ORF 1 (formerly) Sat.1 (formerly) RTL II (formerly) Boomerang (formerly)
Greek (Boomerang)	Ανιμάνιακς	Boomerang (formerly)
Greek (VHS)	Ανιμάνιακς	direct-to-video Mega Channel (formerly) Star Channel (formerly)
Hebrew	אנימניאקס	Arutz HaYeladim (formerly)^[2]
Hungarian	Animánia	HBO (formerly) RTL Klub (formerly) TV2 (formerly) Cartoon Network (formerly) Boomerang (formerly)
Icelandic	Animaniacs	Stöð 2 (formerly)^[3]
Italian	Animaniacs	Rai 2 (formerly) Cartoon Network (formerly) Boing (formerly) Boomerang (formerly) Paramount Comedy (formerly)
Japanese	アニマニアックス	TV Tokyo (formerly) Cartoon Network (formerly)
Korean	워너스 스토리 랜드	Tooniverse (formerly)
Macedonian	Анималија	Kanal 5 (formerly)
Mandarin (Southwest China)	乱子壳	direct-to-video ^[4]^[5]^[6]
Mandarin (Taiwan)	瘋狂調皮貓	direct-to-video
Persian	وروجكهای ناقلا	Filimo direct-to-video
Polish	Animaniacy	TVP3 Warszawa (formerly) TVN (formerly) Cartoon Network (formerly) Boomerang (formerly)
Portuguese (Brazil)	Os Animaniacs	Rede Globo (formerly) Warner Channel (formerly) SBT (formerly) Cartoon Network (formerly) Tooncast (formerly) Boomerang (formerly)
Portuguese (Portugal)	Animaniacs	RTP 1 (formerly) RTP 2 (formerly)
Romanian	Animaniacii	Cartoon Network (formerly) Boomerang (formerly)
Russian (СТС)	Озорные анимашки	СТС (formerly) TV-3 (formerly) TNT (formerly) Paramount Comedy (formerly)
Russian (Boomerang)	Анимашки	Boomerang (formerly) 2x2 (formerly)
Russian (VHS)	Аниманьяки	direct-to-video
Spanish (Latin America)	Animanía	Warner Channel (formerly) Cartoon Network (formerly) Tooncast (formerly) Boomerang (formerly) Canal 5 (formerly) Azteca 7 Teletica (formerly) Venevisión (formerly) Televen (formerly) Caracol Televisión (formerly) TVN (formerly) The Big Channel (formerly) Magic Kids (formerly) ATV (formerly) América TV (formerly) Canal 6 (formerly) Frecuencia Latina (formerly) Canal 9 (formerly) Telecanal (formerly) Canal 10 (formerly) Telecinco 2 (formerly) Paramount Comedy (formerly) Canal+ (formerly)^[7] La 1 (formerly)^[8] HBO Max (cancelled release)
Tamil	Animaniacs	Chutti TV (formerly)^[9]
Turkish	Animanyaklar	Show TV (formerly)

Voice-overs

Language	Title	Channels
Bulgarian (Nova TV)	Аниманиаци	Nova TV (aired as part of "Show na Warner," formerly)
Bulgarian (bTV Comedy)	Аниманиаци	bTV Comedy (formerly)
Estonian (voice-over)	Animaniakid	Kanal 2 (formerly)
Romanian	Animaniacii	TVR1 (formerly)
Ukrainian	Мультиманія	QTV (formerly)

Subtitled versions

Language	Title	Channels
Dutch	Animaniacs	RTL 4 (formerly) Cartoon Network (formerly)
Icelandic	Animaniacs	Stöð 2 (formerly)
Norwegian	Animaniacs	NRK1 (formerly)
Swedish	Anima-Dårpippi	SVT1 (formerly) SVT Barnkanalen (formerly)

Notes

Parts of the theme song were dubbed in the Norwegian dub of the Freakazoid! episode "Next Time, Phone Ahead", even though Animaniacs itself has never received a Norwegian dub.

References

↑ https://tvprofil.com/gb/tvschedule/#!datum=2020-12-07&kanal=cufo-tv
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQZ-q4YsxLw
↑ http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=271649&pageId=3890654&lang=is&
↑ https://www.bilibili.com/s/video/BV1VM4y1A72H
↑ https://www.bilibili.com/s/video/BV15q4y137MU
↑ https://www.bilibili.com/s/video/BV1ND4y1c7DM
↑ "ABC (Madrid) - 24/10/1994" (Spanish). ABC 143.
↑ "ABC (Madrid) - 21/01/2001" (Spanish). ABC 258.
↑ "TV programme listings" (English). The Hindu.

[1] ttps://tvprofil.com/gb/tvschedule/#!datum=2020-12-07&kanal=cufo-tv

[2] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQZ-q4YsxLw

[3] ttp://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=271649&pageId=3890654&lang=is&

[4] ttps://www.bilibili.com/s/video/BV1VM4y1A72H

[5] ttps://www.bilibili.com/s/video/BV15q4y137MU

[6] ttps://www.bilibili.com/s/video/BV1ND4y1c7DM

[7] "ABC (Madrid) - 24/10/1994" (Spanish). ABC 143.

[8] "ABC (Madrid) - 21/01/2001" (Spanish). ABC 258.

[9] "TV programme listings" (English). The Hindu.

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