Episode 18 (Reboot): The Warners Are Present/The Pinktator/Know Your Scroll

The Warners Are Present/The Pinktator/Know Your Scroll^[1] is the 18th episode in the Animaniacs reboot and the 5th episode in its 2nd Season.

Synopsis[]

The Warners heckle an artist at a museum. Brain wants to become a dictator. The Warners try to find something to watch on a streaming service. ^[2]

Theme Song[]

Variable Verse[]

Dot: Polyurethane-y!

The Warners Are Present[]

Animation by Titmouse, Inc.

Plot[]

The Warners are visiting an art museum but apparently don't get anything (apart from Daffy Duck). They encounter Ralph, who attempts to kick them out but they end up at the exhibition of Athena Oddstankovic, who has put herself on display. She sits motionlessly as she listens to the story of a woman who got in trouble because she taught a monkey at the zoo how to open a cage. After the woman leaves, the Warners push to the front of the queue and wonder why she isn't responding to them. Yakko uses Wakko as a car jack while Dot crawls into the artist's mouth in an attempt to diagnose the problem, but ends up reporting that "she's not a car". After being berated to put the artwork down, the Warners ask her a series of complex, rhetorical questions which finally break her. She complains that nothing makes sense to her anymore, before the Warners offer to take her to get an "open-face pepperoni sandwich" (pizza).

Crew[]

• Written by Kathleen Chen and Brian Polk
• Directed by Brett Varon

Trivia[]

• Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade 1 - Gnomus" is the title card music for this cartoon. The tune is a recurring one in the Animaniacs franchise and was most famously used in "Hooked on a Ceiling" from the original series.
• Daffy Duck makes a cameo appearance in this cartoon; serving as a model for a painting.
  • The painter appears to be a caricature of the late Looney Tunes animator Friz Freleng.
  • When Daffy appears, "Merrily We Roll Along" (the Merrie Melodies theme tune) plays.
• Wakko being used as a lifting tool by Yakko echoes a similar measuring gag from "Garage Sale of the Century".
• Dot compares Ms. Oddstankovich's transformation into an art piece to the Transformers multimedia franchise of alien robots turning into cars, specifically the film series adaptation (which also happens to star Jess Harnell and Frank Welker).
• Athena Oddstankovic is a parody of Marina Abramović who also put herself on display.
• The shot of the diner's exterior is a nod to Edward Hopper's 1942 painting "Nighthawks."
• The various artists that the Warners befriended are:
  • Vincent Van Gogh
  • Yayoi Kusama
  • Salvador Dalí
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat
  • Andy Warhol
  • The Warners also turn into Banksy, a street artist whose true identity is unknown.
  • The Warners are confronted by Frida Kahlo and her husband Diego Rivera.
• The Warners' transformation into Banksy is a parody of the liquid-metal shape-shifting from Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

The Pinktator[]

Animation by Digital eMation

Plot[]

Pinky and the Brain sneak into a dictator gathering in order to steal secrets from them. Brain poses as the dictator of "Albrainia"; while Pinky poses as his assistant. To get further into their circle; Brain must join the dictators' dinner and use Pinky to win its fool contest.

Crew[]

• Written by Brad DePrima
• Directed by Brett Varon

Trivia[]

• Much of this cartoon appears to take inspiration from the 2010 film Dinner for Schmucks.
• When recounting past "foolish" exploits; The Brain mentions the events of "Future Brain." Pinky recalls the events of "Ex-Mousina," "Mousechurian Candidate," "Of Mice and Memes," and "Roadent Trip."
• Brain poses as Emperor Brain of Albrainia. He previously created a fake nation, Brainania, in the Pinky and the Brain episode of the same name.
• During the food fight, a song that sounds like "Yakety Sax" (most commonly associated with The Benny Hill Show) plays.

Know Your Scroll[]

Animation by Saerom Animation

Plot[]

The Warners struggle to find something to watch on WebPix during the "Golden Age" of television. The cartoon ends showing a group of kids watching the segment and deciding to pass on the series as it is "way too meta."

Crew[]

• Written by James Butler
• Directed by Brett Varon

Trivia[]

• "WebPix" is a parody of the streaming channel Netflix, a channel which streamed the original Animaniacs in the US from 2016-2017 (and made a failed bid to stream the Animaniacs reboot).
  • Wakko is about to mention the actual "Netflix" name just before Yakko cuts him off.
• One of the movies available is Brain's A Beautiful Brain from the episode "Future Brain."
  • Also a picture of The Rock in Riverboat from the episode "Manny Manspreader", can be seen.
• The title of the reality dating show, Dates on a Plane, is a parody of the movie Snakes on a Plane.
• The narrator of one of the WebPix trailers was voiced by Jon Bailey, who is well known for being the announcer for Honest Trailers (and does recurring voices for the Animaniacs reboot).
• After watching the fictitious film The Too Much, Dot mentions that an American remake is on the way starring Tilda Swinton as "the computer tea was spilled on."

International Releases[]

• Australia: November 6, 2021 (Stan)
• Canada: November 11, 2021 (Teletoon)
• Latin America: March 31, 2022 (HBO Max)

Cast[]

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