The next day at school, the toons were all gathered around in the hall, having their own conversations about the Animaniacs coming to visit today, feeling eager to see them for the first time in years.
"Isn't this very exciting?", Buster asked, "I can't wait to meet up with our old friends again."
"I'm quite looking forward to it", Cliff commented, "It'll be nice to make some more new friends."
"I think they'll like you, Cliff", Babs said. "You should play a song for them when you get the chance."
"That sounds like a good idea."
After a minute of waiting, the front doors opened, and there stood the entire cast of Animaniacs.
"Helloooooooo, toonsters!", the Warner siblings shouted.
"They're here!", Buster exclaimed as the toons all stepped up to greet the Animaniacs.
"Hello there Buster, Babs", Yakko greeted as he shook hands with the two bunnies.
"Glad you guys could make it", Buster replied.
"Why, hello there", Elmyra said as she stepped up to Pinky & The Brain, "my cute little mousey-wousies!"
"I knew this was coming", The Brain said, before Elmyra picked up him & Pinky, then hugged them really tight.
"I haven't seen you two in years! It's great to be together again!"
"Are you pondering what I'm pondering?", The Brain asked Pinky.
"I think so, Brain", Pinky replied, "but how are we gonna squeeze her in a cage our size?"
Meanwhile, Shirley was having a conversation with Dot, as Fowlmouth stared lovestruck at Minerva Mink.
"H-h-h-hi, Minerva", Fowlmouth stuttered.
"Oh, it's you", Minerva replied.
"Say, I was wondering if you got my message of me asking you out on a dad-gum date?"
"I don't date poultry."
"You asked her out?", Shirley asked Fowlmouth. "When?"
"You were out of town that one time."
"Oh, so you thought it was okay to go behind my back and-"
"Are you jealous?"
Shirley made a look of shock after she realized what she just said.
"No! I mean, I'm not jealous at all. If you want him, Minerva, keep him."
"You DO have a dad-gum crush on me, don't you?"
"No!", Shirley chirped before Plucky stepped in.
"Hey! Who says you can put the moves on my girl?"
"I'm not your girl!", Shirley exclaimed, "I'm nobody's girl!"
Fowlmouth then shouted, "You couldn't last 10 seconds on a dad-gum date with Shirley!"
"Oh yeah?!", Plucky replied, "At least I don't swear every time I open my mouth!"
As Plucky & Fowlmouth continued arguing over Shirley, the white loon placed her hands on her forehead & groaned.
"Like, I hate being in a love triangle."
"Boys, go fig", Dot said. Meanwhile, Furrball & Fifi were checking out the conversations going on between the toons & the Animaniacs.
"This is awesome, Fifi", Furrball spoke up, "the Animaniacs are all here!"
"Oui, eet eez tres exciteeng", Fifi replied.
"Well well, look who we have here", a female voice said. The cat & skunk turned to see Rita, with Runt sitting behind her.
"Rita!", Furrball exclaimed as he ran up to her.
"Hello, Furrball", Rita replied as the two cats hugged.
"It's so great to see you again. Hey Runt."
"Hello", Runt replied as he shook hands with Furrball. Fifi approached Rita & greeted her.
"Bonjour, Rita."
"Hey sis", Rita replied, shaking hands with Fifi. "Long time no see."
"Oui, how are vous?"
"Things are pretty good over here. Even though Runt & I are still looking for a home. Just like Furrball over here."
"Not anymore", Furrball responded.
"I beg your pardon?"
Furrball stood next to Fifi & replied, "Fifi's given me a home for Christmas. We're living together."
"Well, lucky you. If only we could find ourselves a home, right Runt?"
"Oh, we'll find one, Rita", Runt answered, "definitely find one."
"So anyway, I've been thinking about you for the past week, Furrball."
"Really?", Furrball asked, "You have?"
"Yeah, and I was really looking forward to see you again, to see how you're doing. I missed you bunches."
"I missed you too, Rita. Gosh, I haven't seen you since we did that episode together."
"Ah yes, 'Home On De-Nile'. I quite enjoyed that one."
Fifi's smile slowly faded away during the conversation. She couldn't believe what she's hearing, thinking that the two cats have something going on right now.
Just then, Gogo Dodo appeared from under the clock.
"CUCKOO-CUCKOO-CUCKOO! Don't be late for class, or you are CUCKOO-CUCKOO!"
Once everyone all started their way to class, Fifi spoke up.
"Furrball?"
"Yes, sweetheart?"
"What was zhat all about?"
"What?"
"Between you & Rita?"
"Oh, that's nothing. It's been so long since we've last seen each other, that's all."
"Okay."
"Why? Is something wrong?"
"Non, eet's alright."
The cat & skunk continued making their way to class, with Furrball wondering what's on Fifi's mind right now.
The toons were all in class with Professor Wile E. Coyote, who is, without a doubt, Calamity's favorite teacher.
Today, he is teaching the toons astronomy, and he has a little surprise set up for them, who are all unaware at the moment.
"Good morning, class", said Wile.
"Good morning, Professor Coyote", the class replied.
"Now, as you all know, today we will be discussing the topics of the Solar System. But, before we get started, we have some special guests here with us."
The toons all got excited hearing this. Most of them knew right away that the special guests will be the characters from Animaniacs, or at least one of them.
"Like, who is it?", Shirley asked.
"Come on in!", Professor Coyote shouted at the door. It opened up, and the three Warner siblings entered the classroom.
"Good morning, toonsters", Yakko said, the toons smiling, "and to you too, Professor Coyote."
"Good morning", Wile replied.
"Wait a minute", Buster started, "are we taking lessons from the Warner siblings themselves?"
"Indeed you are", Professor Coyote said as he stood & turned to the Warner siblings. "Now remember, I don't want any of you to be acting out of control. I was given permission by Bugs Bunny himself to install surveillance cameras throughout the school. He's watching your every move."
The three Warners looked up to see a camera looking down upon them, then turned backed to Wile with wide grins.
"Don't worry about us", Yakko said, "we will have total self control here...unless, of course, Dot ends up seeing an attractive man around here."
Wakko then started snickering, with Dot looking at him in annoyance.
"So anyway", Yakko continued, "what's our topic of today?"
"The Solar System", Plucky answered.
"Ah yes, the Solar System. The home of the 9 planets we all love."
"Eight of them, actually", Dot commented. "Pluto is no longer considered a planet anymore."
"Well, it's still technically a planet", Wakko started, "but it's now a, uh...uhh..."
"A dwarf planet", Calamity said.
"Yes, that's it. Thank you."
"Hey, wait a minute", Yakko started, "since when did you start talking, Calamity?"
"He ain't the only one", Furrball pointed out.
"You can talk too?"
Furrball nodded his head in response.
"Wow, I'm quite surprised."
"Yeah, a lot of things have changed since we last met."
Dot then said, "And I thought we were the ones full of surprises."
"But let's not get off topic here", Yakko then said, "we'll talk about all that later. Let's now resume talking about the Solar System."
Buster then raised his hand.
"Yes, Buster?"
"Didn't you sing a song about the Solar System back in the days?"
"Funny you asked that, because I was just about to hop right to it."
Yakko then pulled down the map of the Solar System & took out a long ruler, using it to point out each respective planet as he sang.
The closest to the sun
Is the planet Mercury,
Next the shrouded planet Venus
Is as cloudy as can be.
The Earth is next; we call it home
Let's hope it stays that way,
And then there's Mars; it's really red
What more can I say?
The gassy planet Jupiter's
As big as planets come,
Then there's Saturn with its mighty
Rings made up of tiny crumbs.
We travel on to Neptune,
That's a gassy, freezing ball,
And cold and tiny Pluto
Is the furthest one of all.
"Well, there you go", Yakko concluded. "That's our solar system."
Wakko then said, "You forgot Uranus."
"Goodnight, everybody!", Yakko exclaimed, which made the whole class burst into laughter. Even Wile couldn't help but snicker under his breath.
Later on during lunch, the toons were all having lunch with the Animaniacs, each having their own topics on certain things.
Buster & Babs were eating with the Warners, talking about what they've been up to since their shows were cancelled.
"We've been doing quite a lot", Yakko said, "but lately we've made a deal with Warner Bros. Studio to bring us back to television in a brand new show."
"Really?", Buster questioned in surprise. "All brand new, as in, new material?"
"Yep", Wakko answered, "and we've already come up with the name: The Animaniacs Show."
"That's awesome!", Babs exclaimed, "Is the entire cast gonna be in it?"
"Most of them will be", Dot explained, "but we're doing everything we can to get everyone involved."
"What channel will the show be on?", Buster asked.
"Cartoon Network."
"Ah, that channel", Babs commented. "I liked the old Cartoon Network better. The one that had the classic Looney Tunes."
Plucky overheard the conversation & added, "You said it. Now we've got children watching these awful shows nowadays. Like that stupid show called 'Breadwinners'. What kind of P.O.S. show is that?!"
"What does P.O.S. stand for?"
"Pile of scrap."
Wakko then said, "I thought it stood for piece of-"
Yakko quickly covered his brother's mouth & chuckled. "I think we've heard enough."
Meanwhile, Furrball & Fifi were sitting together with Rita & Runt, having their own conversation.
"So, Furrball", Rita started, "what's it like living with Fifi here?"
"It's the best", Furrball replied, "much better than living in the alley."
"But how do you put up with her smell?"
"I do not stink anymore", Fifi commented.
"You don't?"
"Non. Calamity came up weez this potion zhat allows moi to control my smell completely. He also made one for mon cousin."
"That's very cool. I'm glad to hear that you two are living a happy life together."
Furrball then added, "Much like how you & Runt enjoy being together?"
"Oh yeah", Runt said, "Rita's a good dog, d-definitely a good dog."
"She's not a dog, she's a-", Fifi started, but Rita interrupted her.
"Ah ah ah! Shhh!"
"What?"
Rita covered her mouth from Runt & whispered to Fifi, "He doesn't know I'm a cat. Let's keep it that way."
"Oh, okay. Sorwy."
"Hey Rita", Furrball spoke, "what have you been doing after Animaniacs ended?"
"Oh, not a whole lot", Rita replied, "I've been getting into broadway performances."
"Broadway? Really?"
"Yeah. I missed singing to audiences, so I figured that that would be my kind of career."
Runt then added, "She sings some of the sweetest songs I've ever heard."
"Do you ever sing, Furrball?", Rita asked.
"No, but I play guitar."
"Really? Well, I wonder how well you can sing."
"I don't really sing. The only time I ever sang was in the Tiny Toons opening, but even then my voice is hardly noticeable."
At that moment, Cliff appeared with his Steinberger in his hand.
"Hey Lerxst", he greeted.
"Dirk. How's it going?"
"Are you ready to hit the stage?"
"Yeah, lemme finish up real quickly."
"Excuse me", Rita spoke up to Cliff, "don't I know you from somewhere?"
Cliff replied, "Oh. The name's Evans. Cliff Evans. I just recently moved here & became a member of Tiny Toons."
Cliff shook hands with Rita as she said, "Name's Rita, and this is Runt."
"Hello", Runt said as Furrball quickly finished his lunch.
"Alright", he said, quickly standing up, "let's rock 'n' roll."
Furrball followed Cliff to the stage, where Calamity is waiting for them. Rita then turned to Fifi & spoke up.
"Is Furrball part of a band?"
"Oui, he's een a tribute band."
"What's the group called?"
"The Subdivisions."
"Nice. What does he do?"
"Furrball? He plays zhe guitar & wears zhis lovely outfit."
"Oh yeah? What's he look like?"
Fifi pointed past Rita in response. The grey cat turned to see Furrball, fully dressed in his Angus Young schoolboy outfit.
"Ooh", Rita purred, "he looks so...ravishing."
Fifi frowned upon hearing that comment. She said the exact same thing about Furrball the night The Subdivisions played at the French diner. After hearing that comment, she thinks Rita & Furrball are hitting on each other.
But before she could say anything to Rita, the sound of a speaker feedback is heard as Cliff turned on the microphone. Everyone in the room turned toward the stage.
"Good afternoon everyone", Cliff started. "Um, it's great to have you all here again, and it's such an honor to have the Animaniacs here with us as well."
The toons all cheered for the Animaniacs, who all smiled in response.
Dot, upon seeing Cliff, stared at the tan cat lovingly, resting her head on her hands & sighing dreamily.
"Who's that handsome young man?", Dot asked in a lovestruck tone.
"That's Cliff", Buster answered, "one of our newest members of Tiny Toons."
"Gosh, he's so...charming."
Babs then said, "I hate to break it to ya, but he already has someone."
"D'oh, shoot! Why are all the good ones always taken?
"So anyway", Cliff resumed, "we'd like to play a song for the Animaniacs from our forthcoming album, which we hope to finish sooner or later. This song's called The Main Monkey Business."
The crowd cheered as Furrball placed his Gibson-SG on & stepped up to a 12-stringed acoustic guitar mounted sideways. The band then started their 6-minute long instrumental song.