"Reboot It" is a song from the Animaniacs 2020 reboot, during the first episode's segment "Suspended Animation Part Two." It chronicles the recent trend in film of reboots, revivals and the like being prioritized by studios over original ideas.

Description[]

The Warners sing this song listing off the recent TV shows like their own that have received reboots, stating that many of them are simply made as cashgrabs. They also talk about the people's potential negative reactions to them, subtly taking a jab at their own reboot.

Immediately after the song, Yakko Warner gives a PSA to the audience, saying that "reboots are symptomatic of a fundamental lack of originality in Hollywood. A creativity crisis fueled by terrified executives clinging to the past like rats to the debris of a sinking ship." The Warners then proceed to take their words back as they receive the check for the Animaniacs reboot.

Lyrics[]

Yakko:

They ran out of ideas for fresh new shows,

So Hollywood did the only thing it knows

Murphy Brown, Melrose Place, Gilmore Girls, Lost in Space

That's So Raven's what they're cravin'

Wakko:

I know that's a show worth saving!

Yakko:

I vote X-Files for a comeback

Dot:

Duchovny's still a real snack!

Yakko:

Would The Golden Girls be darker

Yakko, Wakko and Dot:

If we resurrect Bea Arthur?

Reboot it, renew it

Reshoot it, redo it

And reuse it, retool it

Abuse it, just view it

If you wanna make some easy cash

Just recycle and rehash

Yakko:

Repeat it, reinstate it

Reheat it, recreate it

There's no need to feel frustrated

Simply just regurgitate it

Yakko, Wakko and Dot:

For a guaranteed ratings smash

Dig it up out of the trash

Come on, just reboot it!

Dot:

Will & Grace, and Dynasty

Sweet 16 on MTV

Wakko:

Blue's Clues, Twin Peaks, and Fargo

Go catch Carmen Sandiego

Yakko:

Just relax and take the flak

If people want it, bring it back!

Looney Tunes, Queer Eye, and DuckTales

Just reboot it, cause it sells!

Dot:

Take something foreign, then translate it

Shamelessly appropriate it

Even if the old fans hate it

Yakko, Wakko and Dot:

Get the script rights cleared!

Yakko:

You've done sequels, try for prequels

Wakko:

Think of all the streams that equals

Utilizing these techniques

Wakko and Dot:

Will make your shows revered

Shows revered!

Yakko, Wakko and Dot:

Reboot it, renew it

Reshoot it, redo it

And reuse it, retool it

Abuse it, just view it!

If you wanna make some easy cash

Just recycle and rehash

Repeat it, reinstate it

Reheat it, recreate it

There's no need to feel frustrated

Simply just regurgitate it

For a guaranteed ratings smash

Dig it up out of the trash

Come on, just reboot it!

Trivia[]

• Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, and Tress MacNeille are voice doubled by Gabriel Mann, Brock Baker, and Missi Hale, respectively, for portions of this song.
  • On the soundtrack version present in Animaniacs Season One (Soundtrack from the Animated Series) and the Water Tower Music YouTube upload; Missi Hale performs the "Take something foreign and translate it" line despite Tress MacNeille singing it in the episode itself.
  • Yakko's line "If people want it, bring it back!" appears to be redubbed for the soundtrack version.
• The outfits Yakko and Wakko wear during this song are reprised 6 episodes later at the very end of "France France Revolution".

Media Referenced[]

• Murphy Brown, Melrose Place, Gilmore Girls (retooled as A Year in the Life), Lost in Space, That's So Raven (retooled as Raven's Home), The X-Files, The Golden Girls, Will and Grace, Dynasty, My Super Sweet 16, Blue's Clues, Twin Peaks, Fargo, Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego, Looney Tunes, Queer Eye, and DuckTales were all referenced and mentioned in the song.
  • A rejected joke about ThunderCats Roar was pitched by storyboard artist Meg Syverud. It would've involved the Warners orchestrating the production of that show specifically to annoy people.^[1] It's currently unknown if it was going to be in this cartoon or not.
  • Ironically, the 2017 revival of DuckTales was announced to be concluding after the third season around the time the episode featuring this song was released.
  • The Will and Grace revival had also ended earlier on April 23, 2020.
• The "Johnny 2: Telling Lies" is a reference to the memetic nursery rhyme, "Johnny Johnny Yes Papa". This is further implied by the prequel poster, which shows a toddler Johnny Depp eating sugar from a sack. It was mistaken to be a mean-spirited joke directed towards the actor's personal issues but this was confirmed to be false.^[2]

Error[]

• Wakko's hair tuft is mis-colored white on the billboard at the end.

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