#og animaniacs

[atiredmessstuff]

So I made an animaniacs iceberg (explanations in the reblogs!)

sad 3am rambles. You can skip it

Yeah, I know the iceberg thing is outdated but I made it as a way to look back at the show and the fandom one last time.

I took a break from animaniacs in the wait for season 3. When I came back I realized how much I had forgotten about the show and it kinda scared me. I decided to write these facts and fandom anecdotes just to have a reminder in case some day I forget.

This is it. I don't have hopes for a season 4 or any other animaniacs media. I'll probably stay here for another week. I don't want to get into personal stuff, so I'll just say that animaniacs was the best thing that happened to me in 2020. I'm going through some rough stuff so I'm glad I got the chance to watch these characters one last time. Even though my interest in the show isn't the same as it used to be, I still hold it very close to my heart ❤️

#if you don't know one ask me! #animaniacs #animaniacs 2020 #wakko #animaniacs yakko #animaniacs wakko #yakko warner #yakko wakko and dot #pinky and the brain #animaniacs dot #dot warner #og animaniacs #animaniacs reboot #animaniacs fandom #animaniacs 1993

[venus-ratt]

Unpopular animaniacs opinion

The og animaniacs is NOT a "timeless" masterpiece. Much of its humor relies on the audience having knowledge about 90s american pop culture. If you didn't experience that time and aren't american, a lot of jokes will fly over your head (like it happened to me). I have seen people criticizing the revival because it relies too much in modern trends and events but the og used to do that, especially in its later seasons. I dare you to tell me that the entire Friends episode is still funny thirty years later and definitely not painful to sit though. Can we all just accept the show is a product of its time?

#animaniacs #animaniacs 2020 #animaniacs 1993 #og animaniacs

[bride-of-dracaenca]

A Brief, Totally Incoherent History of the OG Animaniacs Fandom (1993 - ???), Part 0.001

(Early - Mid 1990s Animaniacs/PatB Fandom History that Exactly Nobody Cares About!)

@@@hhh…wow. Oh hey, tumblr!

So! OG Animaniacs Fandom seems to be a mostly forgotten chapter in Internet fandom history. Arguably, it was one of the very first Internet/Online fandoms with a unique, discernable “culture.” These fan cultures had existed before – but Animaniacs, arguably one of the first “Megafandoms” - that is to say, one of the first with its genesis (as opposed to merely its continuation) on the Internet - just happened to premiere during September, 1993. Also known on the early Internet as the ETERNAL SEPTEMBER (no, I am not making this up! See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September).

Therefore, it had stuff like this:

A! JW21 YK++i WK++ DT+++!^ P&B+ S&S+ HIP--- S!D--- P+++ Dpfdd{s} Tow2 $++++dmvac Vr+++++j+++t+++m++{s} IV! T419/65Years E5/73 H53 PonYiddish XBRomp A35 M

(That’s not my A! Geek Code, it’s the A! Code of a guy who is really, really cool and smart and was created by a guy who’s really, really cool and smart, FYI.)

Meh, I keep putting this off. Is it because of the collapse of our ecosystem and civilization in this horrible, dystopian “future” that we all find ourselves collectively in? Is it because the very idea of being one of the youngest contributing members of a fandom and, three decades later, maaaaybe, being one of the very oldest, again just maybe (I dunno) is like…one of the saddest things I can even imagine right now? Well, except for the collapse of our ecosystem, civilization, etc. etc.? Gee, okay. That part’s much worse.

I want to go back and eat Dunkaroos and watch Fox Kids. Take me back NOW. Please? ALSO I HATE THE RICH TEXT EDITOR I HATE BEING CAGED I WANT TO BE FREE AND MARKUP AND CODE AS I PLEASE WITH NO LOGIC OR REASON IN ANGELFIRE AND GEOCITIES AND TO FTP TO MY HEART’S CONTENT WITH DANCING CAT .GIFS AND MIDI FILES AND BLUE LINKS ON GREY BACKGROUNDS THAT TURN PURPLE WHEN YOU CLICK THEM AT THE VERY DAWN OF THE WWW 235273^$*&%$!23532 CURSE YOU!

@@@H. Aaanyway. I’ll just come out and say it: I was in the original Animaniacs (A!)/Pinky and the Brain (PatB) fandom starting in…in some form, at least as a lurker, September 1993, when the show first started airing on our local affiliate Fox Kids before it jumped the shark by jumping to the Kids’ WB.

Oh, haha, I kid about that last part. Please just read everything here as kidding/sarcastic, because it is. What is it that you kids do these days? Tone indicators? Read all of this as /j /lh /s or whatevertheheck. You know what I mean. Anyway, possibly earlier, because a.t.a (alt.tv.animaniacs on usenet) was preceded by alt.tv.tiny-toon. And I was a cagey, anxious, fringe-s kid who was really way, way, way too young to be there.

Oh, yes! “Kids” in early Internet fandom! Funny story about that.

So I had started posting some of the first fan works/meta, or whatever the heck it’s called now, for this A!/PatB...stuff, online, by 1994, and…just give me a sec here to chug some, um, “grape juice.” Boy am I super proud of this and this short series of “fandom history” I am about to share throughout this summer, and not ashamed at all. Oh, boy. From back then, when we all had “Warnersonas” on irc and this one total weirdo had a PatB-sona unlike the normal fans.

Also, though: there are lots of legit opinions about who the very best Animaniacs character is, but if you say it’s not Slappy Squirrel, then you’re objectively wrong. And Pinky/Brain, which totally normal people all shipped back then and was a totally normal mundane expected thing, was called Pinky/Brain or maybe Pinky x Brain but smushnames weren’t a thing yet you kids so that’s just what the ship is called, also they are married. My gay mouse uncles were married back then and it was canon. Sorry, I don’t make the A! rules. /j /s /lh. (JOKES ASIDE THE PINKY/BRAIN SHIPPING LITERALLY HAPPENED IMMEDIATELY LIKE THE FIRST MINUTE IN SEPT A! AIRED SO STOP REWRITING HISTORY TO MAKE THE GAY MICE STRAIGHT YOU ARE LITERALLY RUINING MY QUEER CHILDHOOD.)

Side Note: I see a few of you from the og usenet/IRC #watertower days around here sometimes. I know who you are, I know where you live, I – wait, no. I, quite seriously do, kid, guys, although I met some of you irl a very, very long time ago.

og A! fandom peeps - I want you to know that I had a ball back then. You’re still some of the best people I’ve ever known, you and the rest of early Internet fandom, when we were just some weirdos and nerds before the Internet was “cool” or even a thing that most people understood or even recognized! I seriously love you guys. I hope that life has been awesome to you all, and to your loved ones at every turn, treated you well, and you’ve had a blast every minute. I know stuff is tough sometimes. Hang in there. I am rooting for you all every day, seriously. Thank you so much. I can never pay you all back, and I will always love and care. <3 <3

...To everyone else – I’ll continue this series soon, once I can swallow my pride a little bit harder. I’ll be around a bit spottily this summer due to travel, but more so this fall, and hope to post a bit more this week about this fandom history “stage.” And also share some other stuff I keep putting off posting.

Thanks for reading! See you very soon, for the next installment.

What about the PPPGALF, NERD?!?…

That was an Animania IV thing, I’ll get to that very soon. Give me a minute.

Also shut up, Yakko Warner. Shut up. Yes, I heard you, nearly 30 years ago. And you know what, I did! That’s why I have no time to write or post any of this, I am WAY too freaking busy. Now lay off, willya?

Until next time, AIE!, bleugh, Goddess Grapes and harfy QORN.

slappy is gay. i have proof

#animaniacs #pinky and the brain #patb #brinky #animanics reboot #og animaniacs #og animaniacs fandom history #early internet fandom history #fandom history lessons #why am i even doing this #what is wrong with me #what why how #animaniacs 1993 #animanics 2020 #yakko wakko and dot #usenet #irc #early internet fandom history like 1993 - 1997/8

[acmelab]

meeces

and a very dumb joke lol

#pinky and the brain #patb #animaniacs #my art #mild suggestive for the last one? #it doesn’t have to be that’s up to you lol but if you put it in the same context as the og meme then yes it’s suggestive #patb fandom: there’s 50 versions of pinky and brain is Just There

[galactic-glamour-girl-posts]

With Steamboat Willie Mickey becoming public domain, I keep thinking it's too bad the Animaniacs reboot was cancelled the year before it happened.

I'm just saying him interacting with the Warners (since in-universe they were drawn like a year after Mickey, so they embody the same era) or even Pinky and the Brain would've led to something way more creative or at least funny than cheap horror or having him *insert random vulgar act here*.

#animaniacs #animaniacs reboot #animaniacs 2020 #mickey mouse #steamboat willie #public domain #yakko wakko and dot #the warner siblings #pinky and the brain #patb #some disney characters like mickey and daisy (and more) are acknowledged throughout the og show so we know they exist as toons in-universe #and hey bugs bunny has appeared in animaniacs a few times so if you wanna have him and mickey meet again...

[takeaguessbuddy]

Warner Bro doodles

(Still having trouble drawing Dot but don’t worry I love her too)

#i watched some more of the og animaniacs last night and i am officially obsessed #the warners are so cute #they are my children #animaniacs #animaniacs fanart #yakko warner #wakko warner #buddy’s buzzing #buddy’s art #the warner siblings

[wimsiecal]

Commission for @elaboratejellyfish of the lovely Billie! Thank you for commissioning me I had fun drawing her ^^

#it was weird drawing the og design I've gotten so used to mine xD #pinky and the brain #my art #art #doodle #drawing #digital art #fanart #animaniacs #Billie patb

[kittenwatermemes]

Oh yeah. So I’m on the second episode, and already we’re starting off with the legendary Yakkos World! This is awesome! Not sure he’s teaching us the countries of the world, but man the song is great! 2nd episode starting off strong!

And there’s that one.

#animaniacs 1993 #Animaniacs #yakko warner #the warner siblings #yakkos world is so good #man the og show pretty good not gonna lie

[delzeetoons]

brain with the silly 90’s TMS Violet Irises™️

#pinky and the brain #patb #animaniacs #animaniacs fanart #i love when tms used to do this in the og animaniacs #AND im getting used to drawing brain YIPPEE #i dont LOVE it but i dont hate it either so #my art

[ace-of-garlic-breads]

Coloured doodles from school today

#animaniacs #animaniacs fanart #wakko warner #dot warner #yakko warner #animaniacs 2020 #warner siblings #animaniacs 1993 #anime yakko warner #anime wakko warner #anime dotwarner #anime warners fanart #Animaniacs #tiny toon adventures #tiny toons looniversity #babs bunny #buster bunny #Babs and Buster are 100% MLM & WLW solidarity/hostility depending on the day. #Idc that they were a Canon ship in the OG series #To me they're like Cousins

[torra-and-the-toons]

Gosh I'm just so impressed that even after 22 years and having stage 3 throat cancer, Rob Paulsen can still sing like no one's business. Someone please give this man a medal, he's beyond deserving.

#torra rambles #animaniacs #rob paulsen voice actor #don't get me wrong they ALL still have incredible voices and I love when all 3 og's get to sing in the reboot but rob especially #he's such a precious gem of a person from what I've seen of him too like holy cow #one of those people I'd love to meet and just chat about life with #I feel like we could learn so much from his experiences

[atiredmessstuff]

🎵 The future's waiting for you! 🎵

A Christmas Plotz - Episode 49 (Animaniacs 1993)

#It's my favorite sequence in the whole series #(what a shock I bet you couldn't tell) #Idk it just brings me joy #I think this was the first og episode I watched #animaniacs #yakko warner #animaniacs 1993 #og animaniacs #animaniacs yakko #animaniacs gif

[themurphyzone]

I will honestly never understand how these reboot writers managed to mischaracterize Brain as badly as they did, especially in the Julia episodes. Not even Pinky, Elmyra, and the Brain screwed up with him that much.

#pinky and the brain #It's really ironic how the snowball episodes from the spinoff have some of the best writing for brain while julia has the worst #and no don't even tell me that brain snapped #Even og animaniacs brain before he received his expanded characterization wasn't flatout horrible to watch #was there a wb mandate or something where they had to make brain as evil as possible?

[primeministerofantarctica]

im sorry wander but i'd commit unspeakable amounts of violence for a woy art book

#astra rambles #personal #wander over yonder #dead serious when i say the show has consistently the best animation and art style i've seen since fucking. og animaniacs. #the character design? the background design? the lighting?? #can we TALK about how sylvia and wanders design compliment each other perfectly #can we talk about how expressive the fucking eyeballs are #can we talk about the black uniforms being purple inside the skullship

[bestofanimaniacs]

Best Song Tournament Round 1/Bracket 4:

Let the Anvils Ring

A Brief History of History

#animaniacs #animaniacs 1993 #animaniacs 2020 #animaniacs reboot #animaniacs best song poll #another og vs reboot what a great way to close out the brackets!

[galactic-glamour-girl-posts]

Pilot Parallels

Dezanitized - After being gone for decades, the Warners escape from the water tower as people run from them:

Suspended Animation Part 1 - After being gone for decades, the Warners return to the water tower as people run towards them:

#animaniacs #animaniacs 1993 #animaniacs 2020 #animaniacs reboot #yakko wakko and dot #the warner siblings #newsreel of the stars #de-zanitized #suspended animation #I like how in the og show the warners go from being feared by the public due to their zaniness to becoming pretty popular due to their show #to the point that fans are literally chasing them and giving them piles of fan letters by season 3 #they even sing “In our toon careers these are the golden years!” in “At the Big Wrap Party Tonight" #and by HfNH no WB staff or visitors flee as they traverse the lot people either smile at them or join their musical number #so I like that episode 1 of the reboot acknowledges that their popularity has grown even if they're still often treated as outcasts #also for the record “episode 1” of a show is not always the “pilot” and vice-versa I just wanted an alliterative title