The Top 11 Best Animaniacs Episodes
Aloha, my fellow readers. It is I, the great James Stryker and I'm bringing you another hilarious chapter of The Mayhem Critic. When we last left off, Sean reviewed Billy Madison for his 100th episode. Today, this is a very special chapter because Sean, Brian and Taylor are going to take a look at the best episodes of Animaniacs in honor of the return of Animaniacs coming this month on Hulu. It's time for another Top 11 countdown and today, it's the Top 11 Best Animaniacs Episodes. So sit back, relax and say hello to Christopher Walken. This is the new chapter of The Mayhem Critic.
P.S.: I do not own anything involved in this story. All rights belong to their respective sources. Animaniacs is owned by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television.
Episode 105
The Top 11 Best Animaniacs Episodes
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Sean the Mayhem Critic, the critic that rips movies a new one." Sean said before introducing Brian and Taylor to the audience. "And sitting right here next to me are Taylor."
"Hi." Taylor waved to the camera.
"And Brian." Sean said.
"Hey, guys." Brian said as he waved to the camera as well.
"I'm glad that you're all here. Pull up a chair, sit down, say hi to Christopher Walken." Sean said.
(The screen slides to show a cartoon Christopher Walken)
Christopher Walken (Voiced by Jeff Bennett): (Waving) Hello.
"So, why are Brian and Taylor joining me today? Well, because we're big fans of a certain animated show from 1993 and I referenced that show on some of my reviews…"
Audience: It's Animaniacs, isn't it?
"SO WHAT IF IT'S GODDAMN ANIMANIACS?!" Sean yelled out.
(Clips from various episodes of Animaniacs are shown in a montage)
Sean: (Narrating) Yes, I have to admit. I love Animaniacs. I know I have referenced them in my reviews and I couldn't help it. The show is that damn good not to reference them.
Brian: (Narrating) And since we're all big fans of the show and we're celebrating the return of Animaniacs this month, we're gonna do something special for you.
Taylor: (Narrating) We're going to be counting down the top 11 best episodes of one of the greatest animated shows of all time. Which ones were hilarious? Which ones have the cleverest writing? Which ones had the best animation? Which ones had the best laughs? It's the best of the best in this countdown.
Sean: (Narrating) We're going to be talking about the episodes. Although there are two exceptions: One, we're not going to be including the songs. It just wouldn't be fair. The songs are so good and catchy and it wouldn't make sense for them to have half of the countdown taken up with them. And two, we're not going to be including the Star Warners episode because that was technically Pinky and the Brain. It was their final episode during the fourth season of their show. It's a good one, but it doesn't count as an Animaniacs episode.
"So before you tune in to Hulu for new episodes of Animaniacs on November 20th, we're gonna take a look at the Top 11 Best Animaniacs Episode. Why top 11? Well, in the words of The Brain, "Guess!"." Sean said, gritting his teeth and impersonating The Brain before speaking in his normal voice. "This is the Top 11 Best Animaniacs Episodes!"
(The Animaniacs intro plays as the "Top 11 Best Animaniacs Episodes" title appears)
Number 11: Plane Pals (Season 1, Episode 51)
Sean: (Narrating) This is one funny episode, it's about a jerkwad businessman who is pushed to the limit when his flight has to move him from his usual first class accommodations to coach class. Yeah, doesn't he remind you of Steve Martin from Planes, Trains and Automobiles?
(A clip from Planes, Trains and Automobiles is shown)
Neal Page (Played by Steve Martin): First you delay me, then you bump me. I can't wait to see what happens next.
Sean: (Narrating) And just when you thought it would be bad enough, the only seat left on coach is near the Warner Brothers and their sister Dot.
Yakko (Voiced by Rob Paulsen): Hi, mister. This is our first trip on a plane. We're gonna be your seatmates for the next 17 hours.
Dot (Voiced by Tress MacNeill): (Holds up a mayonnaise muffin) Want some of my mayonnaise muffin?
Ivan Bloski (Voiced by George Dzundza): Ech! No! Go away, your horrible child.
(Ivan turns around, his nose is pressed against Wakko's nose)
Wakko (Voiced by Jess Harnell): How's about a kiss?
(Wakko kisses Ivan on his nose)
Ivan Bloski: Echh.
Brian: (Narrating) And since he's sitting next to the Warners, you know that they're going to drive him insane. And they go as far as to make him their "special friend".
Ivan Bloski: Do you know who I am?
Yakko: No. Do you know who I am?
Ivan Bloski: No.
Yakko: Then, we're even.
Dot: All we know is that we like you. We have no taste, but we like you.
Yakko: And therefore, on behalf of the Warner Bros…
Dot: And the Warner Sister…
Yakko: I want to make you our special friend.
(They all kiss Ivan on his face and Yakko puts a sign on him that reads "Special Friend")
Taylor: (Narrating) I love how they're satirizing sitting next to a passenger who will end up driving that person. The writing is clever and the animation of the Warners being sad when Ivan doesn't want to be their special friend makes me laugh.
Sean: (Narrating) This is one episode that you will hop aboard on.
(Yakko, Wakko and Dot hop aboard a boat)
Yakko: Wait!
Dot: Stick around!
Wakko: We're going to make sloppy joes and rent Don Knotts videos.
(Interlude to next episode)
Number 10: Noah's Lark (Season 1, Episode 33)
Brian: (Narrating) Here's a hilarious episode with a great premise. It deals with Noah and you all know the tale of Noah. God tells him that he's going to make it rain for 40 days and 40 nights and he commands him to build an ark.
Noah (Voiced by Maurice LaMarche): What's an ark?
(Indiana Jones runs up to Noah)
Indiana Jones (Also voiced by Rob Pauslen): It's what I've been searching for. It's this incredible bejeweled box containing the power of the heavens. And it melts Nazis.
God (Voiced by Malachi Throne): It's a boat, Noah.
Taylor: (Narrating) So he builds the ark and gets two of every animal onto the ark and Noah gets two hippos, and those two happen to be the Hip Hippos Flavio and Marita Hippo. They end up pestering him while they believe it to be a cruise ship.
Marita Hippo (Also voiced by Tress MacNeille): Mr. Captain, we must complain about our cabinmates. They just hang around all day long, and at night they keep us awake with their incessant.
Noah: Knitting. What are you talking about? Who's your roommate, Grandma Moses?
Marita Hippo: Oh, no, our roommates are…
Flavio Hippo (Voiced by Frank Welker): (Holds up the spiders) The spidees.
Noah: Spiders!
(Noah jumps up in fear right out of his cabin)
Flavio Hippo: How did he do that? I do not know.
Sean: (Narrating) This is a pretty hilarious episode with some great writing and great animation. I love that the fact Noah's look, mannerisms and speech are a caricature of comedian Richard Lewis and Noah's voice actor Maurice LaMarche has done a hilarious job voicing the character to make him sound like Richard Lewis.
Noah: Okay, okay. So I cheated a little on the lumber. But given the circumstances, couldn't we do without those hippos?
(Noah gets struck by lightning. His bed gets turned into ashes and he plops on the floor)
Noah: Forget I asked.
Brian: (Narrating) A hilarious episode with a cameo from Buster and Babs Bunny, this is one you should check out. Coming in at number 10.
Noah: (Runs away) No!
Flavio Hippo: Apparently very shy or antisocial.
(Interlude to next episode)
Number 9: Yes, Always (Season 1, Episode 52)
Taylor: (Narrating) A classic and hilarious episode featuring Pinky and the Brain. Most kids who watched this episode wouldn't get it. But when you read about it and learn it's background, it's pretty funny. In this episode, the Brain is called in to do some voiceover work for an episode of Animaniacs. This consists of commercials and narrations, with the Brain getting frustrated.
The Brain (Also voiced by Maurice LaMarche): Sorry? There's no known way of saying an English sentence in which you begin a sentence with "in" and emphasize it. Get me a jury and show me how you can say, "in July," and I'll make cheese for you.
Sean: (Narrating) And that's about it. What makes this episode so funny is that it's parodying the outtakes of world-famous director Orson Welles, who's the inspiration for Brain's voice.
Orson Welles: (Recording) I take directions from one person under protest. But from two I don't sit still.
The Brain: I take directions from one person under protest. But from two I don't sit still.
Brian: (Narrating) This recording narration is so popular over the years, most notably for Welles' temper tantrum and him being impossible to work, this episode pays homage to it, with almost everything being said line for line
The Brain: Get me a jury and show me how you can say, "in July," and I'll make cheese for you.
Orson Welles: (Recording) Give me a jury and show me how you can say, "in July," and I'll go down on you.
The Brain: This is a lot of tripe, you know that?
Orson Welles: (Recording) This is a lot of shit, you know that?
"Well… almost. Because you can't say stuff like that on a kids' show." Brian said.
Taylor: (Narrating) After doing some research about this episode, Maurice LaMarche, the voice actor of the Brain, would warm up his voice by reciting parts of Welles' outtakes whenever he came to the studio to record. You even have the writers, producer and voice director put themselves in the episode.
The Brain: You, leave.
Tom Ruegger: But, Brain. I- I'm the producer.
The Brain: Then leave very quickly. (Points to Peter) You as well, go.
Peter Hastings: Come on, Brain. I write all your best material.
The Brain: Shakespeare wrote my best material. You write drivel unfit for a lightbulb commercial. (Points to Andrea) You too, leave. Go. Out.
Andrea Romano: But Brain, I am the director.
The Brain: You were the director.
Sean: (Narrating) This is an episode that most kids won't get, but when you're an adult, it's pretty funny. Coming in at number 9.
Brain: (Dubbed by Welles' recording) This is a lot of shit, you know that?
(Interlude to next episode)
Number 8: Baloney and Kids (Season 1, Episode 61)
Brian: (Narrating) This is one of the most hilarious episodes of the show. This episode is about the Warners finding themselves on a parody of the PBS show Barney and Friends, and trouble occurs when they meet the big, fat, orange dinosaur Baloney.
Baloney (Also voiced by Jeff Bennett): (Laughs) I'm so glad you're here. There's nothing like new friendly friends to make me feel all warm and yum-yum-doodle-dum inside.
Taylor: (Narrating) This episode shows some Anti-Barney humor. It's a form of humor that targets Barney the Dinosaur. And some of the humor is dark and hostile towards Barney.
"I remember the time that Sean sawed the Barney plush in half for drinking his beer." Taylor said.
"Yeah, he sure did." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) This episode shows a hilarious nature to it when the Warners try to get away from Baloney and they try various methods get rid of Baloney and we get a funny bit where they all sing "The Anvil Song" and Baloney gets hit in the head with an anvil.
Yakko: (Sings) It's made of solid iron…
Dot: (Sings) It weighs a ton or two…
Wakko: (Sings) We know you'd like to meet it…
All: (Sings) It wants to meet you too!
(The Warners move out of the way as Baloney laughs, then an anvil falls on his head)
Baloney: (Gets up and moves the anvil from off of his head) Yay! (Laughs) Let's do it again.
Yakko: Now it's getting scary.
Sean: (Narrating) I just love the animation of the Barney & Kids logo, I just get a laugh when Baloney flings the children off of the logo. So if you're Anti-Barney, then this is the episode for you, coming in at number 8.
Baloney: (Sings) I stand still…
All: (Sings) For "The Anvil Song".
(The Warners move out of the way as another anvil lands on Baloney's head)
(Interlude to next episode)
Number 7: Sir Yaksalot (Season 1, Episode 26)
Brian: (Narrating) A pretty classic and hilarious episode. It's about a dragon rampaging through Camelot and when King Arthur's knights can't seem to stop the dragon, so Merlin conjures up a brave and powerful knight to slay the dragon. And lo and behold, he conjures up the Warners to slay the dragon.
Yakko: Did you call for the bravest, most daring knight in all the land?
King Arthur (Voiced by Dave Thomas): Oh, yes.
Yakko: Well, too bad. You got us.
Dot: What a silly mix-up.
Brian: (Narrating) The premise is very basic and the jokes and references are pretty funny. One of the many highlights of the episode is the references to the musical Camelot. And I mean everything from Richard Harris' changing voice…
King Arthur: I beseech you, SLAY THE DRAGON!/Oh, good knight, PLEASE PASS THE KETCHUP! (Chuckles)/My bravest knights… BURNT TO A CRISP!/Please, YOU MUST HELP ME!
(A clip from the movie Camelot is shown)
King Arthur (Played by Richard Harris): BLAST YOU, MERLIN! IT IS ALL YOUR FAULT!
Brian: (Narrating) And to the usefulness of the songs.
Taylor: (Narrating) Aside from the Camelot references, you get more references in this episode. You get a reference to Dr. Strangelove, magician Doug Henning and there's a Godzilla reference with Maurice LaMarche doing an excellent Raymond Burr impersonation.
Perry Mason (Also voiced by Maurice LaMarche): I fear for all humanity.
Sean: (Narrating) This episode is so much fun, my favorite running gag in this episode would be that when every time someone yells out"Dragon", they get an anvil dropped on their head.
Brian: (Narrating) There's even a great twist to the identity of the dragon, that we won't spoil it. And trust us, it's another hilarious cameo.
Taylor: (Narrating) It's medieval comedy at it's finest, coming in at number 7.
Yakko: Will someone stop this man from yelling "dragon"?
(The animator draws an anvil while King Arthur yells out "dragon". The anvil falls on King Arthur and crushes him)
(Interlude)
Number 6: Hooray for North Hollywood (Season 5, Episodes 5 and 6)
Sean: (Narrating) Here's an episode that deals with getting into showbiz, in this special two-part episode, the Warners go to Mr. Plotz's office to pitch their 800-page script. This episode was originally conceived as a feature-length film before it was condensed into two episodes. With the first part dealing with the Warners pitching their script to Mr. Plotz, part two deals with the Warners sneaking into a big Hollywood fundraiser and they're still focused on finding a buyer for their script and when they find success with a director, their movie becomes a big box-office smash and this embarrasses Plotz because their movie was supposed to be a box-office bomb.
Reporter (Also voiced by Tress MacNeille): No doubt about it, the Warners' movie has captured the nation. And guess who turned down the chance to make this film?
Thaddeus Plotz (Also voiced by Frank Welker): I did.
Brian: (Narrating) This episode satirizes everything, from the stars, to the movies and they even poke fun at writer Joe Eszterhas.
"And if you don't know who Joe Eszterhas, he's the writer of the movie Showgirls." Taylor said.
Thaddeus Plotz: That's the stupidest idea for a script I've ever heard. You'll never work in this town again, Eszterhas.
(Plotz throws the script at Joe Eszterhas, hitting him in the head and knocking him out)
"Boy, that's what he gets for writing a bad script and terrorizing Hollywood." Sean said.
Taylor: (Narrating) With some great comedy and some catchy musical numbers, this special two-part episode is definitely a box-office hit on the number 6 spot.
Wakko: Say, do you have any licorice?
"We're gonna take a quick break now. So now relax." Sean said.
"Grab yourself something to drink." Brian said.
"And say hi to Christopher Walken." Taylor said.
(Cut back to the cartoon Christopher Walken)
Christopher Walken: Hello.
"We'll be right back and during the break, here's the Top 10 Favorite Naughty Animaniacs Jokes." Sean said.
#10
Beethoven (Voiced by Kenneth Mars): I am Ludwig Van Beethoven, world famous composer and pianist.
Yakko: You're a what?
Beethoven: A pianist.
Yakko: (Blows a kiss) Goodnight, everybody!
Beethoven: But that is what I am, a pianist.
Yakko: I think we've heard enough out of you.
#9
Yakko: (To Picasso) Did you know there's P.P. on your smock?
Dot: Diiiiiigusting!
#8
Miss Flamiel (Also voiced by Tress MacNeille): Yakko, can you conjugate?
Yakko: Who, me? I never even kissed a girl.
Miss Flamiel: No no no! It's easy. I'll conjugate with you.
Yakko: (Waves to the audience) Goodnight, everybody.
Miss Flamiel: You don't understand. Let me go to the board and show you.
Yakko: (To the audience) Don't look.
#7
Wakko: Oooh, my bottom hurts.
Yakko: Mwah, goodnight, everybody!
#6
Miles Standish (Also voiced by Maurice LaMarche): (Referring to Mr. Gobble) Begone pests and give me the bird!
Yakko: We'd love to, really, but the Fox censors won't allow it.
#5
(The Warners horse around the car, causing it to bump around frantically as a woman and her son walk past the car. The boy sees the car bouncing around and the woman pulls him away from the sight)
#4
Madonna (Also voiced by Tress MacNeille): Come on, you guys, we're gonna play truth or dare.
#3
Yakko: Wait a second, you expect us poor innocent children to climb dangerous scaffoldings and paint naked people all over a church?
Yakko, Wakko and Dot: WE'LL DO IT!
Yakko: But we're not doing it for the sake of money and we're not doing it for the sake of art! No! We're doing it because… we like painting naked people.
#2
Hello Nurse (Also voiced by Tress MacNeille): I don't know what to say, the monkeys will do!
Yakko: For a nickel, I'll give you a clue!
Sean: (V/O) And the number 1 naughtiest Animaniacs joke of all time is…
Dot: I found Prince! (Carrying Prince, the pop star)
Yakko: No no no, fingerprints!
(Dot looks at Prince, the pop singer smiles at her)
Dot: I don't think so.
(Throws Prince away and he yelps)
Sean: (V/O) And now, back to the countdown.
(We return to the countdown)
"And welcome back to the countdown." Sean said.
"Did you enjoy yourselves?" Brian asked.
"We just had lunch with Christopher Walken." Taylor said.
(Cut to cartoon Christopher Walken eating a sandwich, chewing slowing with his mouth open)
"Oooookay, he looks creepy while eating." Taylor said.
"And now, back to the countdown." Sean said.
Number 5: A Christmas Plotz (Season 1, Episode 49)/'Twas the Day Before Christmas (Season 1, Episode 50)
Sean: (Narrating) Okay, so I know that I'm cheating a little bit here but they're two Christmas-themed episodes. In A Christmas Plotz, it's a parody of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, in which you have Plotz filling in for the Scrooge role and you have the Warners subjecting him to a Dickensian nightmare. And the other, is a parody of the classic poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. Not only they're pretty hilarious, but they're really memorable. I remember owning the episodes on VHS and it's one of my favorite Christmas episodes of all-time. In A Christmas Plotz, I love that the Warners are taking on the role of the three ghosts. I especially love Yakko as the Ghost of Christmas Future, which involves a pretty catchy musical number.
Yakko: (Sings) Relax, chill out, forget about your cares. This is a man who knows what he wants. He's also a man nobody wants. Come on its time for you to climb these stairs. You got a good head on your shoulders, Plotz. Too bad you haven't got a neck.
Sean: (Narrating) And on top of that, he's got some chorus girls joining in on the musical number and I love this naughty moment right here.
Yakko: (To the chorus girls) Hello, nurses, say why don't you stop by the water tower and I'll show you my stamp collection.
Chorus Girl (Also voiced by Tress MacNeille): But Yakko, you don't have a stamp collection.
Yakko: (Puts his finger under her chin) Alright then you can open my mail.
(The chorus girl hugs him)
Sean: (Narrating) And speaking of Christmas joy, 'Twas the Day Before Christmas is a pretty hilarious one too and pretty memorable as well. Every time I watch this with my Mom, she tends to memorize the episode line for line, it's that damn good. The comedy is well done as well. I love the part where the Goodfeathers are wearing antlers aside from Ralph dressed as Santa Claus and Pinky and the Brain dressed as Santa and his elf. How can you not laugh from that?
Squit (Also voiced by Maurice LaMarche): Your antlers look cute, Pesto.
Pesto (Voiced by Chick Vennera): Alright, that's it!
(Pesto starts beating up on Bobby)
Bobby (Voiced by John Mariano): Oh! Pesto, it's Christmas! Quit whackin' on Squit!
Sean: (Narrating) It's two very festive episode that will bring you some holiday cheer and some holiday laughs at the number 5 spot.
Santa Claus (Also voiced by Maurice LaMarche): And Merry Christmas to Yakko, Wakko and Dot!
(Interlude)
Number 4: Meatballs or Consequences (Season 1, Episode 34)
Brian: (Narrating) Here's a classic episode with a very hilarious setup, it deals with the Warners going up against the afterlife. In this episode, they go up against the Grim Reaper to get their dead brother back. Not only this episode has a funny setup, but this episode had some funny foils in which we have the Grim Reaper as one of the funniest foes ever. The Reaper has a thick Swedish accent and yes, this episode is paying homage to Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, which is about a knight who fight for his life against Death. I love how the Reaper's voice sounds in this one. Jess Harnell did an excellent job voicing the Reaper.
Grim Reaper (Also voiced by Jess Harnell): I am Death and I hereby declare you to be living impared. Hence, you must go with me to a dark kingdom of no return.
Wakko: Okay, that sounds fun! When do we leave? Do bears live there? Want some meatball grease?
Brian: (Narrating) I love that the Reaper is a stickler for rules. The best part of this episode is that they tend to make his life a living hell.
Yakko: Take us for a pony ride!
(The Warners get on the Reaper's back)
Warners: (Singing) Pony ride! Pony ride! Pony ride!
Brian: (Narrating) Which results in some pretty hilarious reactions from the Reaper.
Grim Reaper: (Dizzy) I'll have the linguine with clams.
Brian: (Narrating) An episode with great writing and great animation. This is one episode that will make you die from laughter.
Yakko: Spielberg eats this stuff up.
Brian: (Narrating) And speaking of living hell…
(Interlude)
Number 3: Hot, Bothered and Bedeviled (Season 1, Episode 29)
Taylor: (Narrating) In this hilarious episode written by Tom Ruegger and John P. McCann, the same premise as Meatballs or Consequences, only this time, the Warners go up against the prince of darkness himself, Satan, and they torment the living hell out of him while they try to dig themselves right out of Hell. And just like the Grim Reaper, Satan is another funny foe that the Warners are going up against. I would just like to say that Satan, voiced by Ron Perlman, has some of the best voice delivery ever in this one.
Satan (Voiced by Ron Perlman): Little fools! I am Beelzebub, Lucifer, the reaper of souls, the really angry one! I AM SATAN! (Laughs)
Dot: That's nothing, I'm… (In a harsh, raspy voice) Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Banana Fanna Bobesca the Third! (Laughs, then her voice returns to normal) Just a little thing I do.
Taylor: (Narrating) The script and humor are very hilarious with clever references and witty jokes. The situation no matter how silly they are the characters get into, this all springs for a great concept. Also, how awesome is it to see the Warners face off against Satan? It doesn't get any awesome than this. I love Satan in this one. His deep, menacing voice and seeing him get frustrated leads to some pretty hilarious delivery.
Satan: You've frozen everything! Do you have any idea how long it takes to get the pilot lit?!
Taylor: (Narrating) You'll have one hell of a time watching this episode.
Satan: I haven't had a day like this in sometime.
(Interlude)
Number 2: Woodstock Slappy (Season 1, Episode 59)
Sean: (Narrating) In this episode that satirizes music of the 60s and 70s, Skippy has fallen into the hippie crowd, much to Slappy's dismay. So, a little time out in the country will help him be a little less pretentious. Heck, she happens to pick the best spot right in the middle of the biggest concerts of all time, Woodstock.
Skippy Squirrel (Voiced by Nathan Ruegger): We're witnessing history. Woodstock, a single event pulling together a whole generation.
Slappy Squirrel (Voiced by Sherri Stoner): A bowl full of prunes would have the same effect.
Sean: (Narrating) Also, Slappy tries to her best to stop the concert, which leads to some pretty comic moments. Like this moment right here.
Singer: (Sings) Would you still cheer if I had a tin ear? Or would you throw a tomato at me?
(He is hit with a tomato that is thrown by Slappy)
Slappy Squirrel: Yes!
Skippy Squirrel: Chill out, Aunt Slappy, man.
Sean: (Narrating) Aside from mocking the bands and their music, we get one of the funniest moments of all time in which this moment pays homage to Abbott & Costello's "Who's on First" routine.
Slappy Squirrel: Skippy, what's the name of that group playing on stage?
Skippy Squirrel: Who.
Slappy Squirrel: The name of the group.
Skippy Squirrel: Who.
Slappy Squirrel: The group on stage.
Skippy Squirrel: Who.
Slappy Squirrel: The group playing on stage.
Skippy Squirrel: Who!
Slappy Squirrel: You're starting to sound like an owl, Skippy.
Skippy Squirrel: Who is on stage!
Slappy Squirrel: That's what I'm asking you. Who is on stage?
Skippy Squirrel: That's what I said.
Sean: (Narrating) This episode has a great payoff at the end. With all the chaos going on that makes the teens more interested in the concert, there's only one thing that could scare them off when Slappy plays polka music. You'll have a groovy time with this episode.
Slappy Squirrel: (Sings) In the land of the free. Now-that's-co-me-dy.
(Slappy winks at the audience)
"Before we get to number one, here are a few runners up." Sean said.
Runners Up
Potty Emergency (Season 1, Episode 26)
Bubba-Bo-Bob Brain (Season 1, Episode 34)
Bumbie's Mom (Season 1, Episode 8)
Cutie and the Beast (Season 4, Episode 2)
Acquaintances (Season 5, Episode 3)
Hooked on a Ceiling (Season 1, Episode 4)
(Interlude)
Sean: (V/O) and the number one best Animaniacs episode of all time is…
Number 1: Super Strong Warner Siblings (Season 3, Episode 1)
Sean: (Narrating) The first episode to be broadcast on the WB television network after the show made the move from the Fox Kids to Kids WB in 1995. This episode has the funniest animation, the greatest writing and some comedic deliveries. In this episode, it's a parody of the show Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, a show that aired on Fox Kids the same year as Animaniacs.
Brian: (Narrating) A villain by the name of Reeva, a parody of Rita Repulsa, wrecks havoc by sending her warriors down to Earth to destroy the Warners and a giant bug to destroy the lot.
Reeva (Also voiced by Tress MacNeille): Oh, those goody two-shoe Warners! I'll get them, but how I'm wondering!
Hogdar (Also voiced by Frank Welker): Why don't you send your warriors down there to fight the Warners?
Reeva: My warriors, of course! That's what I've planned!
Taylor: (Narrating) I just love the portrayal of Reeva, she just looks so hilarious with that giant bird's nest on her head. Plus, Tress MacNeille did a great job sounding like Barbara Goodson. And on top of that, they make fun of the music in this episode and how they say "Right" like about 12 times in the episode.
Warners: Right!/Right!/Right!/Right!
Sean: (Narrating) This episode is a funny and clever one and if you're a fan of Power Rangers, this is an incredibly fun cartoon that you'll definitely enjoy.
Warners: Right!
(The WB shield heads right towards the screen and breaks)
"And that's all for the Top 11 Best Animaniacs Episodes." Sean said.
"If you want to check out more of the Animaniacs, go check them out on DVD or watch it on Hulu. It's that damn good." Brian said.
"It's one of the greatest animated shows of all time and trust us, it is worth watching. So if you're new to the show, then definitely watch it." Taylor said.
"I'm Sean the Mayhem Critic…" Sean said.
"I'm Brian…" Brian said.
"And I'm cute!" Taylor said.
(We cut to an image of the Warner Bros. water tower like an Animaniacs episode, the WB tower opens up to reveal Sean, Brian and Taylor)
Sean, Brian and Taylor: Goodnight, nurse!
(The tower door closes)
Mayhem Critic Tagline- Goodnight, everybody!
And that's all for the Top 11 Best Animaniacs Episodes. I hope that you all enjoyed the list that I chose. Do you have any favorite episodes of Animaniacs? And are you excited for the return of Animaniacs coming this Friday on Hulu? I might review that for a future review. Next time on The Mayhem Critic, Sean pays tribute to Sean Connery by taking a look at his final outing as James Bond in the 1983 movie Never Say Never Again. Don't forget to review this story, add it to your favorites and follow it for future updates. I'll see you guys next time. Till next time, my fellow readers.