"I can't believe that we're doing this," Daffy Duck complained to his friends as they made their way to the Animaniacs lot.

Bugs glared at his feathered friend. "It was your idea, Daf."

"H-H-H-He makes a good point, Daffy." Porky Pig agreed.

"Oh, stuff it, you pig," Daffy grumbled. "Nobody asked for your opinion."

Bugs sighed, wondering why he was blessed and cursed to have such friends.

Since this morning, he has tirelessly worked to ensure that all the work that needed to be done that day was finished before leaving early so that he could catch the last bit of his kids during their first day of shooting. He planned on sneaking in as a janitor, but after getting dressed up, he accidentally ran into Daffy and Porky. The rabbit tried to offer some excuse for his disguise, yet neither was fooled. Well, that's not true. Porky was almost convinced until featherhead had to spoil it. Bugs recalled.

Realizing that he couldn't fool his friends, Bugs confessed his plan of sneaking into the lot and watching his kids perform. To his surprise, Daffy and Porky asked if they could join him rather than try to talk him out of it. After grabbing more janitor uniforms from the maintenance shed and a handcart, the three lowered their heads so that no one would recognize them as they began making their way to the Animaniacs' studio lot.

Bugs cast a curious look at his friends as he pushed the cart. "Just outta curiosity, why did you guys want to come with me on this? You could get in some serious trouble, you know?"

Porky offered Bugs a small smile. "M-M-Maybe, but what Mr. Plotz did is pretty rid-reed-ridic— ...eh, uh, pretty silly, if you ask me. You should be allowed to watch your kids perform, especially on their first day. B-B-Besides, I'm curious to see how they are doing, myself."

"Eh, I just wanted to see if those kids have driven ol' Plotz-y over the edge yet." Daffy admitted with a shrug.

Bugs rolled his eyes at the toon duck's words. "Oh, I'm sure they will. If not today, then certainly sometime in the future. After all, he's their special friend."

His two friends chuckled quietly at his words, and the rabbit grinned as he imagined what sort of justified torment the Warners might have inflicted on the studio's CEO.

A few minutes later, they reached the outskirts of the lot and began looking around while trying to maintain their cover. Bugs noticed something unusual as they began making their way towards the studio building. "Is it just me, or is there much less activity around here than there should be?" he asked his friends.

"I-I-It's not just you, Bugs," Porky stated, looking at the workers who should be working but were lounging around, not doing their jobs.

Daffy was also curious about the inactivity and spotted a technician fiddling with a piece of equipment. Walking up behind the person, the toon duck gently asked them, "Excuse me, bub, but why is everyone not working? They on a coffee breaking, or something?"

"Or something," the technician said, not looking back as they focused on the equipment in their hands. "Production of the show was put on hold about a half-hour ago."

"What!" Daffy exclaimed, with Bugs and Porky looking at each other with shocked looks. "Why?!"

"Don't know exactly. One minute, everything was fine, then suddenly, Mr. Spielberg told us to halt production until further notice. Haven't heard a word from him, or anyone else, since."

This greatly alarmed the three toons. What had happened to stop production on the first day of shooting?

After thanking the technician, the three hurried toward the studio building and looked for any sign of the kids, Plotz, Spielberg, or Ruegger. After two minutes, Porky spotted the Warners with their friends near the water tower replica. "Th-Th-There they are!"

With a sigh of relief, Bugs took a moment to observe his kids, frowning when he saw their faces: Dot looked glum, while her brothers frowned with frustration and crossed their arms over their chests. In fact, he noticed that almost all of their friends held similar expressions, with emotions ranging from glumness to anxiety to frustration and anger.

Standing behind him, Daffy raised a feathered eyebrow at the scene before them. "What the heck is going on here? Why's everyone just standing around and looking miserable?"

"I don't know," Bugs focused on his kids again, noting their expressions before a resolute look washed over his face. "But let's find out. C'mon."

Following the rabbit's lead, the three approached the large group. As they got closer, Dot noticed them coming, and instantly, her mood brightened. "Bugs!" she shouted, getting the attention of everyone, including her older brothers, whose faces also lit up upon seeing the rabbit. Before Bugs could blink, the three kids rushed towards him and embraced him in an enormous, bone-crushing hug.

"Hey, kids," he greeted.

"Are we glad to see you," Wakko said with a bright smile.

"I'll say," Yakko agreed before looking up at Bugs. "You wouldn't believe the day we've had."

"Oh, I don't know about that. I might just surprise you." Bugs half-joked before they finally released him from his embrace. He then looked at them curiously. "So, what's going on here, docs. Why's no one working right now?"

The kids' expressions fell, and they quickly explained the situation. Apparently, production was halted because of the scripts made for the show—they made absolutely no sense whatsoever and were not what either Spielberg or Ruegger had in mind for the show. Obviously, this infuriated everyone, though none more than Plotz, who complained about the cost and time wasted due to the scripts. After Spielberg ordered a stop to production, he, Plotz, and Ruegger were in a meeting discussing what would be done. "They're thinking about replacing those jokers with the writers from that show you told us about this morning—the one staring those two rabbits—but we haven't heard from them since." Yakko concluded their tale, looking downtrodden.

Bugs sighed and ran a hand softly down his face. He honestly should have expected this. While he had really hoped that things were looking up for his kids, it seemed the universe still enjoyed tormenting them.

"Jezz, talk about rough first days." Daffy commented before Porky elbowed him.

"You can say that again," Dot muttered, her eyes downcast. She had been looking forward to this day for a long time and considered it the birth of a new chapter in her life. Yet, it seemed her new chapter had hit a rough start.

"Yeah," Wakko agreed. He then looked at their friends, who looked just as upset as they were. They were all hoping that today would be fun and filled with unforgettable memories, but instead, today was anything but.

"You want to know the really sad part, though?" Yakko said, getting their attention. "We had everything set up. Lights, cameras, the whole shebang. Heck, Steven even commissioned a 35-piece orchestra to make the musical score for the show, and it's some of the best I have ever heard. And yet…none of it was used today because the writer's flipped, we have no script, and couldn't even rehearse." The eldest Warner shook his head sadly. "We couldn't even do a theme song with the scripts they gave us."

Suddenly, it was as if he had been hit on the head with a wooden mallet. A spark of inspiration, at first flickering but slowly growing brighter, that refused to be snuffed as he looked at his kids. "Then why don't you?"

His words confused his kids, and Yakko voiced their thoughts. "Why don't we what?"

"Do a theme song. You kids just said everything is all set and ready to use, right?" Seeing them hesitantly nod their heads, Bugs grinned. "Then let's try to end your first day on a high note. I want to see you perform a theme song for the show!"

Wakko cocked his head. "Yeah, but Yakko just said that the one in the script—"

"Did I say use the one in the old script? You kids are musically talented. Remember those first couple weeks after you got out of the water tower when you used to wake me up at two in the morning with your singing?" Bugs inwardly smirked when he saw the faint blushes on their cheeks; they obviously hadn't forgotten that. "If you kids can do that, then I'm sure you can make a theme song for the show."

"What about Steven and Mr. Ruegger? Won't they be mad if we did this?"

Bugs snorted. "Considering everything that's happened today, I doubt they'll mind much."

"But what about our friends?" Dot gestured behind her. "They're part of the show, too."

Looking at the large group of toons behind his kids, who curiously watched the scene, Bugs smiled. "If you kids want them to, they can participate in the song. The more the merrier, I say."

Dot still looked unsure. "Well, we still need scripts or, at least, some song lyrics so that everyone can coordinate with each other. Where or how are we going to get those?"

This time, Bugs' smirk was visible as he placed his right hand on Yakko's shoulder. "Well, it's a good thing that we have a talented wordsmith currently present who should be able to take care of that little issue with no problem. Eh, Yakko?"

Yakko's eyes widened at the rabbit's words. "Wait, what?!"

"You heard me, doc."

"But I—how? I don't have any paper or anything to write a script, let alone a bunch of them."

"No problem," Bugs then pulled an old typewriter from his hammerspace and placed it in Yakko's hands. "It may be a bit old-fashioned, but it should do the job. And there should be some paper outside in one of the trailers you can use."

"But, Bugs, I—"

"Yakko," Bugs said, his voice uncharacteristically becoming serious as he looked directly into his kid's eyes. "You got this, kid. You got this."

Sensing no dishonesty in the rabbit's words, Yakko was silent momentarily, overwhelmed by the feelings of apprehension for the task and joy at seeing Bugs have so much faith in him. As he slowly gained control of his emotions, the eldest Warner looked back at Bugs and nodded his head. "I-I'll do my best."

Bugs smiled, patting him lightly on the back. "That's all I can ask for. Now, put those wordsmithing skills to work, write a theme song, and make enough copies for everyone."

Yakko gave a crisp salute and said, "Yes, sir! Be back before you know it." He then quickly sped off, leaving nothing but dust in his wake.

Looking at his two other kids, Bugs gave them the same look he gave to Yakko. "As for you two, where's the music Spielberg and Ruegger planned on using?"

As the two toon kids looked at the rabbit, seeing how serious he was about helping them with their show caused both of them to smile. Perhaps this day could be salvaged after all. "C'mon, Bugs, we'll show you," Dot said excitedly.

The two led the rabbit to the sound station set up away from the studio sets and showed him the various cassette tapes containing the show's music. After quickly searching them, they found one labeled "Animaniacs—Opening Title, Ruegger/Stone."

As his kids handed him the tape, Bugs looked back to where his friends were, startling them. Both were confused as the rabbit analyzed them momentarily, feeling shivers trace up their spines before the toon's eyes settled on Porky. Before the toon pig could inquire what was on Bugs' mind, the rabbit called out, "Hey, Private Porkster, catch!" before tossing the tape to him. Porky stumbled as he barely caught the tape with both hands.

"W-W-What's this for, Bugs?" he asked.

"You worked with sound systems and music tapes before, haven't ya?"

Porky looked surprised by this. "Well, yes. I-I mean, I did. But—"

"Perfect! You're hired. Get behind the station and get everything set up." Pulling the fur covering his right wrist back, Bugs looked at his wristwatch. "If I'm right, Yakko should be here any second with those new scripts."

As he said this, he was hit with a slight breeze. With a grin, Bugs turned to see that Yakko had returned with a small stack of scripts in his hands. "About time you got back."

Yakko shrugged good naturally, giving Bugs a semi-apologetic look. "Sorry, I'm late. I had a heck of a time trying to decide whether to include 'It's a show that's made by hacks' in the lyrics before deciding that they wouldn't work."

Bugs shook his head and joked, "Eh, the struggles of a writer." Grabbing one of the scripts from Yakko, the rabbit quickly read through it, humming as he read certain parts.

Yakko looked at the rabbit nervously, clutching the stack of scripts in his hands. "Well?"

"Yakko…" Bugs paused, looking at his kid before shooting him a big smile. "These are incredible!"

"Really?!"

"Would I lie to you?" Yakko jokingly made a thinking posture, much to Bugs' bemusement. "Ha-ha, doc. Now, start passing them around. We don't have a lotta time."

"Right. C'mon, sibs!" Handing a few copies of the script to each of his siblings, the three began distributing them amongst their friends.

Bugs shook his head before he spotted something at the corner of his eye. Turning his head, he shook his head when he spotted Daffy sitting in the director's chair, wearing an ascot and a black beret and holding a bullhorn in his right hand. "Here we go again." Walking towards the duck, he inquired, "Eh, what's up, duck? What's with the get-up?"

"Hey, every cartoon needs a director. So, I'm filling the role." Daffy remarked, shifting slightly to get more comfortable.

"Oh, really? And what, pray tell, makes you qualified to be a director?"

Daffy huffed haughtily. "What else, my experience."

Bugs rolled his eyes. "I hate to break it to ya, Daffy, but we don't need a director."

"Oh, come now, Bugs. Every film or TV show needs a director. How else can they get anything done?"

Bugs glared at the toon duck. "Maybe, but we're not even shooting a real TV show, Daffy. This is all for fun, something to cheer the kids up after the day they've had."

"Details."

"Besides," continued Bugs, "Even if we were doing a show, we'd need a camera to record and film everything. And, unfortunately, we ain't got one."

"Oh-ho! That is where you are wrong, long ears!" Reaching behind him, Daffy pulled out a video camera and held it up for Bugs to see. "While you were looking for that soundtrack, I found this little beauty sitting on a storage rack against the wall. You know, I recognize it from one of those magazines I borrow from Pepé whenever he ain't looking. Pretty swell, huh?" he said, examining the camera as he talked.

As he watched Daffy handle the camera, an idea flew through Bugs' mind. "So, uh, just for curiosity's sake, Daf, who'd you have in mind to do the camera work."

Daffy smirked at the question. "Why, you, of course. After all, they are your kids."

"Yeah, but you have experience, Daffy. You should do it."

"Oh, no. I'm not moving from this chair." Daffy stated firmly. "You should do it."

"No, I couldn't, Daffy. It's better that you should do it."

Daffy frowned in frustration. "No, you should do it."

"You should do it!"

"No, you should do it!"

At that point, Bugs sprang into action. "I should do it!"

"No, I should do it!"

"I should do it!"

His frustration reached the boiling point, and Daffy leaped up from his chair and got into the rabbit's face. "Now, look here, rabbit! I said I was working the camera, and nothing you say is gonna change that. So, if you don't like it, you can just go back to your burrow and stay there!"

Bugs held his hands up in mock surrender. "Okay, okay. You win. You can work the camera."

"That's better," Daffy muttered, feeling satisfied, before walking away with the camera.

Bugs sat in the director's chair, crossed his arms, and mentally counted. "Three, two, one…"

"Hey!" Daffy shouted, whirling back to see Bugs sitting in his former chair. Glaring at the rabbit, the duck did the only thing he could do. "You're despicable!" he hollered before wandering to where Porky was, muttering angrily to himself.

Bugs chuckled to himself before noticing that his kids, who had finished passing Yakko's script to their friends, and Slappy were laughing, having witnessed the verbal duel between him and the duck.

After laughing, Slappy gave the gray-furred toon a smirk. "Nice to see that age hasn't dulled your wit, especially when handling that duck, Bugsy."

"Coming from you, Slappy, that's a real compliment." Bugs teased, earning an eye-roll from the toon squirrel. "You read Yakko's script already?"

"Hey, I've always been a fast reader," Slappy proudly stated. "Besides, the kid made it easy for the rest of us; we only have to remember a few lines while he and his siblings do the lion's share of the work."

Bugs nodded before looking at all of them. "So, are we just about ready?"

Dot shrugged. "Just about. Yakko wanted to give everyone another minute or two to try and memorize their lines before we begin."

"Good. Porky's got the music handled, and Daffy…well, as you just saw, he'll handle the camera work. We should be all set, then."

However, Yakko reminded Bugs of one thing. "There's still one thing missing…or rather someone."

Bugs thought for a moment before realization struck him. "Plotz?"

"Plotz." His kids confirmed, with Wakko adding. "He's still a member of the show. And if we do a theme song without him, he'll really be mad."

"Well, where is the maroon?"

"Still talking to Steven and Mr. Ruegger," Yakko grumbled.

Bugs sighed. "Well, someone's got to get him before we start." He made to get up, but surprisingly, Slappy stopped him by offering to retrieve the CEO. Bugs was, understandably, shocked. "Slappy, you sure you want to? I mean…this is Plotz we are talking about."

Slappy shrugged her shoulders. "Ah, don't worry, Bugsy. You and the kids get everything set up whilst I get him. It'll just take a second."

Before Bugs or the Warner siblings could do anything, Slappy had already started to move outside. Once outside the studio building, she turned and started walking down a small line of trailers that rested against the structure until stopping in front of one. Despite the trailer's walls, Slappy could hear people talking—or, more accurately, shouting—from within the house trailer.

"Well, well…I wonder who could be inside this trailer?" she sarcastically asked herself. Shaking her head, the elderly squirrel walked up and rapped her knuckles against the metal door. Seconds later, the door opened to reveal Plotz's angry face.

"What do you want, you old squirrel?" he demanded heatedly. "I'm extremely busy right now!"

"Sorry to bother you, Plotz," Slappy said, trying to be civil—keyword being trying. "But we need you in the building."

"Why? What's going on?"

"Well, the kids decided they wanted to try and at least end the work day on a high note, especially after everything that's happened today, so they're setting something up. However, they need you for it to work." Slappy replied.

Plotz was aghast to hear this, and he quickly shook his head. "Oh, no! Wherever those Warners are, trouble usually follows them! Just look at what happened today!"

"To be fair, none of what happened today was their fault," Slappy reminded the toon CEO.

"I don't care!" Plotz bellowed. "I want nothing to do with those things—especially for whatever they have planned now! And nothing you say is going to change my mind!"

He had expected the squirrel to scowl at him before walking away. However, instead of being angry, Slappy gave Plotz an evil smile. "I was hoping you would say that."

Before he could act, Slappy reached into her handbag and quickly pulled out a wooden club before hitting Plotz on the head. Stunned, the short toon fell forward into Slappy's arms. "I much prefer this, honestly." She said, chuckling darkly while carrying him away, unaware that Spielberg and Ruegger had stuck their heads out, curious about what had happened before following her.

A minute later, she unceremoniously dropped Plotz in front of Bugs and his kids. Looking at the CEO, Bugs shook his head before turning towards Slappy. "So, which did ya hit him with: the frying pan or the wooden club?"

"The club," Slappy assured. "The kids said they needed him. Couldn't do that if he was unconscious—not that this yutz didn't deserve it."

Bugs and his kids smiled before asking the toon squirrel, "Can he still perform, or would that be too much for him?"

Suddenly, Plotz sat up, startling the kids, who quickly hid behind Bugs. However, judging by the dazed look and smile on the man's face, they quickly realized they had nothing to fear. "Hello, children," Plotz said in a delirious tone. "My name's Mud and I'm three-and-a-half years old."

"I don't think that'll be a problem," Slappy replied as she and the others smirked at Plotz. She then helped Plotz off the ground. "Come along, Mud. We're going to be singing a song together."

"Oh, I like songs! I do, I do, I do!" Plotz rambled as the squirrel dragged him towards the set and explained what he'd be doing.

Bugs could only shake his head and chuckle before turning to look at his kids. "You kids, go get ready. We'll be starting in a minute."

The kids nodded and hugged Bugs before wandering towards the water tower set.

Bugs then turned towards Porky and Daffy. "Everything ready, fellas?"

Daffy pressed a button on the side of the camera, indicating that it was on and ready to start recording. "Camera's all set."

Porky looked at the controls before him and adjusted a few dials and switches before shooting the rabbit a thumbs up. "All systems are a ge-geh-go— ...eh, they're in the green, Bugs."

"Alright, everyone, places!" Bugs announced, using the bullhorn Daffy had earlier. "Let's end this day on a high note! In five, four, three, two, one!"

At the end of Bugs' countdown, Porky began playing the music as Daffy hit the camera's record button. As the music started to play, all eyes turned toward the top of the water tower set, particularly the shield, which slammed open, revealing Yakko, Wakko, and Dot.

"It's time for Animaniacs," they sang together, striking a pose before jumping out of the shield, landing, and bouncing safely on the ground. "And we're zany to the max."

Using their toon powers, the set instantly changed into that of a dentist's office, complete with a chair in the center. Dressed in lab coats, the Warners approached Dr. Scratchansniff, who sat in the chair. With feathers in their hands, Dot and Wakko began tickling the toon doctor's feet, causing him to laugh uncontrollably. "So just sit back and relax. You'll laugh till you collapse." With that verse, Yakko fiddled with a lever next to the chair, causing the toon doctor to crash through the floor. "We're Animaniacs!"

Looking away from the sound controls, Porky whispered to Bugs, "T-T-They're doing great." The rabbit, who had not taken his eyes off his kids, nodded as a smile tugged at his lips.

However, unknown to Bugs, they were not the only ones who had heard Porky's comment. They nodded in agreement, smiling as they watched the madness unfold.

Following the last verse, the kids changed the set to that of Warner Bros.' studio lot. Doing a funny walk, Yakko and Wakko chanted, "Come join the Warner Brothers."

"And the Warner Sister Dot!" Their sister added, jumping in front of them.

"Just for fun, we run around the Warner movie lot." The siblings then did a double take and ran as Ralph began to chase them with a large butterfly net before he eventually captured them and placed them in the water tower. "They lock us in the tower, whenever we get caught."

As Ralph slammed the door in front of the kids, he was startled when they suddenly appeared atop his head, specifically under his hat. "But we break loose, and then vamoose, and now you know the plot!" They sang before running offset.

"We're Animaniacs!" The trio then changed the sets again to resemble a stage with several tables and chairs surrounding it. "Dot is cute and Yakko yaks." As they sang, Dot appeared on stage, posing, while Yakko talked to a very annoyed yak, who fell face-first into a bowl of soup.

Wakko, meanwhile, was literally eating food from the truck full, sitting at a table while a truck dumped large portions into his mouth. "Wakko packs away the snacks, while Bill Clinton plays the sax." The actor, resembling Bill Clinton, stood on one of the tables while playing his saxophone. The kids suddenly popped out as he played the instrument, singing, "We're Animaniacs!"

Before changing the scene, the Warners had various characters line up and sit on chairs atop the stage before the purple curtain, including Ralph, Dr. Scratchansniff, and Plotz, who remained dazed. Bugs and his friends laughed silently when Yakko pretended to beat the characters lightly on their heads in tune with the xylophone music that played.

As the set switched again, this time resembling outer space, the kids stood to the side as Pinky and the Brain appeared, standing atop a small-scale model of the globe next to a machine with a huge magnet. As Brain switched on the device, the Warners continued their song. "Meet Pinky and the Brain who want to rule the universe." As they finished that sentence, both mice were crushed by a replica of Saturn.

The scene then changed to a city scene, complete with telephone wires. Standing atop the cables were the Goodfeathers, with Squit pulling his friends in for a hug and flashing a smile. "Goodfeathers flock together, Slappy whacks them with her purse." At this point, Slappy appeared next to them, twirling her purse. Smiling at their shocked and terrified expressions, she hits the toon birds, sending them flying.

Shifting towards a night scene, everyone watched as Buttons chased after Mindy atop a steel beam of a building under construction before Rita and Runt popped up, the toon cat appearing to sing while her canine best friend smiled. "Buttons chase Mindy, while Rita sings a verse."

Once again, the set changes, revealing the inside of an office building, with two dummies resembling Shakespeare and a blonde woman with springs bursting from their heads and crazed looks on their faces.

"The writers' flipped, we have no script," the Warners sang as they suddenly appeared. Yakko and Dot held their noses as Yakko held one of the original scripts over a waste bin before tossing it. Yet, instead of entering the basket, Wakko burst from the bin and swallowed the script whole. "Why bother to rehearse?" They expressed with a shrug.

Daffy snorted, keeping the camera on them. "Little wonder where they got the inspiration for that verse from, eh, Bugs?" he whispered.

The rabbit didn't say anything. He didn't have to. He just sat there in a daze, the smile never leaving his face as he watched his kids begin to bring their performance home.

The scene again switched to the one with a tug-and-groove wooden floor against a greenish-looking background containing odd-shaped mountains. Unlike the previous times, the Warner siblings were joined by several cast members: Slappy, Skippy, Pinky, Brain, the Goodfeathers, Runt, Rita, Mindy, and Buttons. Looking as if they were walking, the small group of toons began singing together. "We're Animaniacs, we have pay-or-play contracts." They caroled, each toon holding individual contracts for everyone to see.

The set changed once more to a bluish background as the rest of the cast came in. "We're zany to the max," they chanted as Wakko pulled Yakko's slacks while Dot pulled sliced bologna from her hammerspace and dropped the sliced meat into her brother's pants. "There's bologna in out slacks!"

As the music almost reached the end, the set changed to black. The entire cast stood, hands and heads held high, and they proudly proclaimed, "We're Animanie, totally insane-y!"

"Here's the show's name-y." Dot solely sang, shooting Bugs, the camera, and everyone else a cute smile.

"Animaniacs! Those are the facts!" the Warners declared together, throwing their arms up in the air before boldly crossing their arms and smiling as the music finished.

As the echoes of the music faded away, a moment of silence fell over the set. The cast looked at the three toon stars, anxiously awaiting their reactions.

After stopping the music and the recording, Bugs, Porky, and Daffy looked at the cast with astonishment before Bugs, who had been smiling so hard that it was starting to hurt his face, jumped up from his seat and began applauding exuberantly. This stirred Daffy and Porky from their dazed states, and they followed suit, clapping vigorously and offering the cast members smiles.

At first, everyone (except Plotz, who was still in a daze) froze as the three famous toon stars clapped for them. However, the Warners smiled and took a bow, quickly followed by everyone else, who basked in the clear appreciation.

As the kids stood up, they saw Bugs run up to them and give them a hug. As they let themselves be embraced, the rabbit looked down at them. "That was incredible, kids!"

"Thanks, Bugs," Dot said, her eyes watery. Her brothers also looked up at the rabbit, their smiles wide and eyes misty.

As they pulled away from the rabbit, he, Porky, and Daffy, who had approached but kept a respectable distance away, looked up at the rest of the Animaniacs' cast. "In fact, I'd say that you all were pretty incredible." Bugs then turned to his friends. "Right, guys?"

Porky nodded his head in agreement. "I-I-Indeed! You all were very eh-feh-feh-eh-fantastic."

Daffy huffed and rolled his eyes, but he couldn't contain his slight smile as he looked at the large group of toons. "Eh, not bad…I guess. Probably could've done better had I sat in the director's chair, though."

Everyone rolled their eyes at the duck's words. However, they were interrupted by an unexpected voice. "I don't know, Mr. Duck. I'd say that they were all pretty brilliant." Turning towards the voice, everyone was stunned by the appearance of Steven Spielberg and Thomas "Tom" Ruegger. It was Spielberg who had spoken. The man gave everyone a bright smile before turning towards his colleague. "What do you say, Tom?"

Ruegger nodded in agreement. "I'll say. The words, the movements, the energy of everyone as they sang." The man shook his head in amazement. "That was probably some of the best improv I've seen in a long time. You all did an amazing job with what you just did."

The entire cast beamed at the praise, with the Warners looking particularly pleased with the producers' words. Bugs, looking like a proud father, gestured to his kids. "It was all the kids, doc. They helped set everything up, especially Yakko, who made the scripts for the song. All me and the others did was start the music."

"Really?" Steven inquired, looking at the Warners, who suddenly looked embarrassed by the attention they received, especially when most of the cast began agreeing with Bugs. "That's incredible."

"You know, just seeing and listening to all of you is giving me some ideas that might help us really get this show off the ground," Ruegger said, rubbing his chin. Looking towards Daffy, Ruegger walked towards the duck and gestured to see the camera. As the duck deposited the device in his hands, the man continued to speak. "If it's alright with you all, I think with a little bit of work, this bit of improv could turn into the official theme song for Animaniacs. So, what do you say?"

Everyone was surprised by the man's words but smiled as they readily agreed with the man's suggestion and even began talking over each other about ideas on how to make the theme and the show better, especially when both Ruegger and Spielberg confirmed that they'd be getting new scriptwriters effective immediately.

As all this excitement was going on, Bugs looked at his kids and smiled when he saw their happy, hopeful faces as they talked with their friends and coworkers about what they would be doing on the show.

The day may have started rough for them, but the Warners (with some help from him and his friends) managed to have a good first day of shooting. And tomorrow will, hopefully, be better, he thought as he watched his kids.

However, before anyone could say anything else, they were interrupted by Plotz, who was still in a daze. Spielberg looked at the toon CEO with worry. "What happened to Thaddeus there?"

"Eh, nothing to worry about, Mr. Spielberg," Slappy quickly assured him, shooting the man an "innocent" smile before marching towards Plotz and reaching into her purse. "Nothing that another bump on the head won't fix."

Before Slappy could pull out her club, though, a small anvil fell from above and struck Plotz on the head, flattening the toon's head. Plots, stunned, could only gurgle incomprehensibly before falling backward onto his back, the anvil sliding off his head as he fell. Surprised, Slappy looked up to see Skippy waving to her from one of the support struts. Hands-on her hips, she gave her nephew a look. "What about the plot, Hemingway? What's an anvil gotta do with everything that's happened in this story?"

"Who cares," Skippy said, shrugging his shoulders before smiling. "Anvils are funny."

Bugs and his kids laughed, even as Slappy rolled her eyes and sighed, "Kids…what can ya do?"

Notes:

Hello everyone.

So, for those of you who have already guessed, I am a bit of a Looney Tunes, Animaniacs, and Tiny Toons Adventures fan. As a kid, I remember watching them on TV, and I recently rewatched several old episodes of the series. Say what you will, but there was always something special about these TV shows that really caught my attention. Whether it was the characters, the plots, the jokes, or all of the above, I couldn't tell you.

However, what I can say is that my recent rewatching of these shows was what introduced me to the fandom here on A03, specifically SammyHeroes1's story. After reading it, I was suddenly struck with inspiration, and after receiving permission, I began working on creating a series that focuses on the hilarious adventures of Bugs Bunny, his kids (Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner), and all of their friends. After over a month, I am proud to say that this first part of the series is officially done.

Now, I'll admit I went a little overboard with this story. Originally, I hoped that this would be about five-to-six thousand words in total. However, I was determined to do all the characters justice, and this story expanded to just under 16,000 words-yikes! That said, I'm proud of the effort I've put into this and I hope that you guys and gals appreciate the depth and detail in what I've written.

Anyway, before I forget, this is the part where I include the easter eggs:

1) The rabbits that Ralph describes in the beginning are Babs and Buster Bunny (no relation!), and his description is a reference to the Tiny Toons episode "Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian."

2) When Yakko asks Plotz to "define monkey stuff," it is a reference to the first segment of the first episode in the original Animaniacs, "De-Zanitized."

3) When Rita mentions how Ruegger originally had her and Runt as the main characters and then knocked down to side characters because they didn't possess the right type of "energy" he was looking for, this was actually based on real life. Both she and Runt were supposed to be the stars of the show, but Ruegger decided that they didn't have the right type of "energy" for the show.

4) When Dr. Scratchansniff talks about Yakko's obsession with girls, it is a reference to the InkBlot Test segment in the Animaniacs episode "Meet John Brain/Smell Ya Later."

5) When Newt was talking about hunting Minerva for her fur, this is a reference to what he said in the Animaniacs episode "Brain Meets Brawn/Meet Minerva."

6) The scene with The Brain and Plotz's pager is a clear reference to The Brain's voice actor Maurice LaMarche, who also voices Robert "Big Bob" Pataki, a character from the series Hey Arnold!, who is the owner & manager of Big Bob's Beepers, a business that specializes in selling pagers/beepers.

7) Bugs' use of the nickname's "featherhead" and "Private Porkster" is a reference to Space Jam.

8) When Yakko talks about Steven commissioning a 35-piece orchestra for the show, this did, in fact, happen.

9) The title for the tape with the theme song refers to both Ruegger and Richard "The Great Stoneini" Stone, who composed the music for the song.

10) The part where Yakko talks about whether he should've added "It's a show that's made by hacks" refers to when his voice actor, Rob Paulsen, tweeted about the original sheet music for the song and revealed that those were unused lyrics that were eventually replaced with "While Bill Clinton plays the sax."

11) The final scene with Slappy and Skippy hails from the Animaniacs episode segment "I Got Yer Can".

Anyway, please let me know what you guys think and share your thoughts on this story.