The Best Episodes of Animaniacs

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8.9/10(205 votes)
#1 - Davy Omelette
S1:E4710/11/1993
Chicken Boo is mistaken for the frontiersman Davy Omelette. He helps a number of pioneers who are being attacked by a bear
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8.6/10(190 votes)
#2 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
S1:E5910/19/1993
The Warners perform a unique interpretation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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8.6/10(155 votes)
#3 - Back In Style
S5:E29/8/1997
After the closing of Termite Terrace in 1962, Plotz loans the Warners out to other cartoon studios in order to help Warner Bros. stay profitable.
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8.5/10(361 votes)
#4 - The Monkey Song
S1:E29/13/1993
In a parody of Harry Belafonte's "Monkey," the Warners and Dr. Scratchansniff sing about their tumultuous relationship.
Directors:Rusty Mills, Dave Marshall, Alfred Gimeno
Writers:Peter Hastings, Paul Rugg, Randy Rogel
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Directors:Rusty Mills, Dave Marshall, Alfred Gimeno
Writers:Peter Hastings, Paul Rugg, Randy Rogel
8.5/10(184 votes)
#5 - I Got Yer Can
S1:E6510/25/1993
A discarded soda can sparks an escalating, one-sided battle of wits between Slappy and her conceited neighbor, Candie Chipmunk.
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8.5/10(167 votes)
#6 - Variety Speak
S3:E89/16/1995
Yakko and Dot explain to Wakko through song about how to read the headlines in Variety Magazine.
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8.5/10(155 votes)
#7 - Please Please Please Get a Life Foundation
S3:E139/23/1995
The Warners try to tell people in a TV commercial to "get a life" instead of going over every little reference in their show.
Director:Audu Paden
Writer:Peter Hastings
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Director:Audu Paden
Writer:Peter Hastings
8.4/10(190 votes)
#8 - Hurray for Slappy
S1:E3510/4/1993
Slappy goes to a banquet held in her honor in order to receive an award while three of her old nemeses (Walter Wolf, Sid the Squid, and Beanie the Brain-Dead Bison) plot revenge for years of torment by her.
Director:Rusty Mills
Writer:John P. McCann
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Director:Rusty Mills
Writer:John P. McCann
8.4/10(174 votes)
#9 - The Great Wakkorotti: The Master and His Music
S1:E3610/4/1993
Wakko belches The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss.
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8.4/10(163 votes)
#10 - Cutie And The Beast
S4:E29/7/1996
Parody of Disney's Beauty and the Beast with Dot as the heroine, taken in by a beast played by the Tasmanian Devil. The fourth wall was broken almost constantly in this episode and also got away with using censor bleeps.
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8.3/10(267 votes)
#11 - Hooked On a Ceiling
S1:E109/16/1993
The Warners help Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel.
Directors:Dave Marshall, Alfred Gimeno
Writer:Peter Hastings
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Directors:Dave Marshall, Alfred Gimeno
Writer:Peter Hastings
8.3/10(207 votes)
#12 - The Boids
S1:E4910/12/1993
The Goodfeathers are hired as stunt birds for The Boids. They try to keep their jobs, but the movie shoot turns out to be harder than they expected.
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8.3/10(177 votes)
#13 - The Cat and the Fiddle
S1:E3810/5/1993
In 1690s Italy, a violinist named Stradivarius takes a stray cat (Rita) in so that he can make violin strings out of her "catgut."
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8.3/10(170 votes)
#14 - Babblin' Bijou
S1:E6110/21/1993
An old black-and-white Warner cartoon where Dot goes into the movies (literally) to find the man of her dreams.
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8.3/10(159 votes)
#15 - Home on De-Nile
S1:E5810/19/1993
Rita gets adopted by Cleopatra, and Runt saves her after he finds out that Rita is about to be sacrificed.
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8.3/10(158 votes)
#16 - Wakko's New Gookie
S3:E69/9/1995
Wakko tries to come up with a new "gookie", or bizarre facial expression.
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8.3/10(153 votes)
#17 - Message In A Bottle
S5:E19/8/1997
The Warners are lost in sea and found a message in a bottle floating on the surface.
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8.3/10(150 votes)
#18 - Bully For Skippy
S5:E69/13/1997
Skippy is forced to deal with the school bully, Duke, while Slappy faces an advocate against cartoon violence.
Director:Jon McClenahan
Writer:Nick DuBois
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Director:Jon McClenahan
Writer:Nick DuBois
8.3/10(143 votes)
#19 - Three Tenors and You're Out
S3:E99/16/1995
Slappy's plans to take Skippy to a baseball game at Dodger Stadium go wrong when an opera performance by the famed Domino, Pepperoni, and Carumba is scheduled for that night instead. The singers (a parody of the Three Tenors) return at the end of the show to perform a shortened version of the Animaniacs theme. This episode also features parodies of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Simon.
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8.2/10(270 votes)
#20 - Slappy Goes Walnuts
S1:E89/15/1993
Slappy and Skippy Squirrel gather nuts from Doug the Dog’s yard.
Directors:Barry Caldwell, Jon McClenahan
Writers:Sherri Stoner, Paul Rugg
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Directors:Barry Caldwell, Jon McClenahan
Writers:Sherri Stoner, Paul Rugg
8.2/10(221 votes)
#21 - What Are We?
S1:E159/20/1993
The Warners are hypnotized by Dr. Scratchansniff in order to make them less zany. Dr. Scratchansniff fails and asks them what they are, leading the Warners to offer a number of suggestions.
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8.2/10(210 votes)
#22 - Little Old Slappy From Pasadena
S1:E299/29/1993
Slappy Squirrel takes her car for a drive, set to the tune of a classic rock 'n' roll song "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)."
Directors:Dave Marshall, Michael Gerard
Writer:Tom Minton
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Directors:Dave Marshall, Michael Gerard
Writer:Tom Minton
8.2/10(206 votes)
#23 - Where Rodents Dare
S1:E219/23/1993
Pinky and The Brain infiltrate a summit of world leaders in the Swiss Alps in an attempt to take over the world.
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8.2/10(201 votes)
#24 - Garage Sale of the Century
S1:E259/28/1993
The Warners attempt to buy the seller's garage at the Garage Sale of the Century.
Director:Alfred Gimeno
Writers:Tom Ruegger, Paul Rugg, Earl Kress
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Director:Alfred Gimeno
Writers:Tom Ruegger, Paul Rugg, Earl Kress
8.2/10(197 votes)
#25 - West Side Pigeons
S1:E269/28/1993
The Goodfeathers battle the Sparrows over possession of a statue of Martin Scorsese in a musical spoof of "West Side Story."
Directors:Dave Marshall, Barry Caldwell, Greg Reyna
Writer:Deanna Oliver
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Directors:Dave Marshall, Barry Caldwell, Greg Reyna
Writer:Deanna Oliver