You have to admit it guys This show was horrible

Every time I seen this show come on I immediately changed the channel, without fail. Fuck I hated this show. It just wasn't funny.

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>>93728267
>>93728492
Fuck it, I got nothin' better to do.

>>93728267
I just remember having a huge crush on Yakko as a kid.

When I was really young, I was embarrassed to see this on television. When I was twelve, I saw it, thought "hey these references are pretty witty" then watched the entire series. Now, I can't watch an episode of it all the way through without being bored or annoyed.

Nope, I enjoyed it as a kid, and still do as an adult. It makes me laugh because the humor is based on stuff I am familiar with because I grew up with it. It is also quite comfy and has great animation and characters.

Wow its almost like cartoons are subjective like any other art.

>>93728532
I'm not either of the people you quoted, but this show really isn't that good. Their parodies were weak as fuck and relied on shallow blatant references instead of actual humor.

>>93728668
What is a better early 90s cartoon?

>>93728267
What was wrong with it?

>>93728668
Tiny Toons did it too but this were the bigger offender.

I watched it on Netflix without having much attachment to it from childhood.

I liked it. It's not the greatest Spielberg produced, but I got enjoyment out of it. I mainly just care about the Warner segments and the Pinky and the Brain segments though.

I like it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOtmdHiCJNY

To be honest I always thought of it as Tiny Toons' retarded step-sibling. I dunno if it's because the characters weren't as identifiable, or because the parodies went over my head, or even because I disliked the art style, but...eh.

It's strange that nowadays it's considered better than Tiny Toons itself... but hey, I don't have a dog in that race.

>>93728773
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOtmdHiCJNY

Extremely relevant to this thread

Just the Rita and Runt segments. The rest was great to forgettable.

Now if you want a 90s Spielberg cartoon that doesn't hold up, look at Tiny Toons.

Animaniacs was still pretty good, the only problem is that it had way too much pop culture/current events that it's become "aged into a corner" per say.

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I only watched Animaniacs when nothing better was on.

The only segments I actually liked where the ones with Slappy the Squirrel and Pinky and the Brain. And thankfully Pink and the Brain got their own show.

Every show is horrible.

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>>93728267

A watched some episodes and it's pretty shit to be honest. The quality ranges from good to shit but most of the time it's just boring.

>>93728267
It was funny in the 90s, but it doesn't hold up now. It's very dated and the pop-culture references go right past younger audiences. I'm not talking just children and teens, I mean there are grown adults now who are well over 18 who won't get the majority of the references.

Its funny, people point out the pop-culture references, but thats really not any different than what the old Looney Tunes shorts did. Just look at "Hollywood Steps Out".

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>>93728267

>that hate of power rangers by the creators
>the parody of the episode
>them not understanding why it was a hit

Kids don't care about satire of the president or understand the adult jokes in the show. They just want to see colorful robots fight bad guys and save the day.

Eh, it was pretty good, but Freakazoid was better.

>>93728899
>one Looney Tunes short did a ton of pop culture references
>this is equivalent to shows where literally every episode is packed with pop culture references

You are an idiot, a moron, and a retarded lunatic.

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looks guys characters are doing that thing that's popular right now

where's the joke?

Reminder that the '90s Animaniacs fandom was the precursor to the horse show fandom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1W-wnh__DM

>>93729001
The joke there was the parody lyrics and visuals.
Also childhood boner fuel.

>>93728267

I remember liking but also sort of hating this show. Now that I think about it, there wasn't really anything in particular that I genuinely enjoyed completely.

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>>93729001
To be fair that's likely an overt attempt to create fap fodder rather than tell a joke. It's not the only time they did that. Someone post that shot of Rita. That one.

>>93728796
It's not relevant at all. No one here is nitpicking the show.

>>93728705
The Simpsons
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Those shows have humor that is more relevant to the plot and modern day. And BTAS is a better show that isn't comedy

>>93728267
Shit post harder, mate.

Went to convention earlier this year with all three main voice-actors holding a panel. The entire place was so packed with people, there wasn't much room left to stand, let alone sit.

When the voice actors started singing on stage, the entire room joined it.

You might have disliked it, but there's a reason it might be getting green-lit for a new chunk of the franchise. It's more popular than you can stomach and nothing you say or do will change that.

The voice actors were especially cool. Cracking jokes and everything, witty and charismatic.

>>93728576
I remember I still do

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>>93728796
>the only thing that can scare away the nerd is Barneyfag

This is fucking surreal, how did Animaniacs make such a prediction?

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>>93728814
>>93729066
>this is Rita now

>>93728708
It was made by a people who don't know/care anything about cartooning

It's like 40 Years Old Virgin of cartoons

>>93729084

Simpsons and Space Ghost were for adults. Space Ghost had no plot, it was a mock talk show.

You're a troll, obviously, but adult humor and children humor is different. Neither is better than the other, but Space Ghost is great at getting adults to laugh, and Animaniacs was great at getting kids to laugh. They are both great.

This show single handedly made me disregard all of WB

>>93729163
wow now i feel old

>>93728854

Good Idea Bad Idea was also good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dJOIf4mdus

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>>93729080
the entire thread is nitpicking dumbass

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>>93728267
I really enjoyed it as a kid
I felt like the intentionally outdated references to stars from decades past were educational in a certain way.
Where else would a kid hear pop culture references about Buddy Hackett and Liberace?
There seemed to be a genuine affection for Old Hollywood and lots of music from the pre-television era.

I bought the first few seasons on DVD and watched some of them.
I will admit that they have not aged well. The contemporary humor is now stale.
MC Hammer and Joan Collins references don't carry the same reverence as the good old days.

Aside from the references, I did tire of the characters feeling formulaic the more you watch.
I mean pinky and the brain was basically the exact same thing each time. Even if they come up with a clever premise each episode, it tastes like the same recipe with a few substitutions.

The P Sychiatrist, a profession associated with intellect, is mentally exhausted by the irreverent siblings.
I get it.
That one pigeon loses his temper.
The Mink is a tease.
Slappy is a feisty old crank.
The nurse is attractive.
Hippos are large
I get it.


I'll always be one of my favorite cartoons, but I think it will be a long time before I watch it again.

>>93729181
>It was made by a people who don't know/care anything about cartooning

What in the fuck am I reading dude. The people who created Pink and the Brain and Freakazoid don't know/care about cartoons? What an utterly ignorant and obnoxious opinion.

>>93729332
you have to read John K's blog to understand this

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>>93728576
>>93729090
Patrician husbando desu.

>>93729298
>It just wasn't funny.
>The quality ranges from good to shit but most of the time it's just boring.
>Their parodies were weak as fuck and relied on shallow blatant references instead of actual humor.

>HURRRRR NITPICKING!!!!!

Having general negative thoughts on a show != nitpicking

>>93728267

At the time it was a great show, but it's like going back to watch a variety show from the 70s or 80s and being surprised it is dated. This show was very 90s, same with Tiny Toon Adventures and most of the Disney Afternoon shows. The difference between Duck Tales now and the original Duck Tales is pretty heavy. While it's the same basic characters, those characters have been changed heavily. To do Animaniacs today it would be very different then it was then. And to do Animaniacs in 24 years from now, it would be very different then you would do it now.

>>93729225

Not the other guy, but Animaniacs was supposed to be aimed at kids? And I mean solely kids, not just a general audience.

>>93729635

Kids, but they wanted adults to be able to like it too. Hence the jokes aimed at them.

>>93729635

No it wasn't. It was aimed at a wide audience. My dad used to watch Animaniacs with me when he got home and laugh at the jokes aimed at adults. And there were plenty of jokes aimed at adults.

>>93729635
It's clearly an all-ages cartoon, like everything on CN. They don't really do "kids only"

>>93729331
Yeah. Also, there's too much mugging. Way too many moments where the characters look at the camera and snark about their situation.

>>93728267
B-but Anon! Every 80's kid says that this show is basically the Citizen Kane or the 2001: A Space Oddysey of cartoons! Even esteemed individuals like Mr Doug Walker have written or documented on how it was a revolutionary and daring cartoon of its time, one which we may never see the likes of again!!!

What kind of neanderthal peasant are you to deny the gravitas of this one hit wonder? What negative comments could you possibly attempt to make of it?


Seriously, though, I never cared for it, either. 1991 kid, here, the only reason I would watch it is because I didn't have cable and was grateful to be visiting another kid at a parent's friend's house or stay in a hotel room that had more kid's stuff than PBS.

Tried to rewatch it recently on Netflix with my best friend, who also never grew up on the show, we were both bored of it.

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>>93729710
>didn't use greentext for the first part
>that spacing

>>93729001

Honestly, Animaniacs is the only all ages cartoon that I can think of with a lot of blatant fanservice.

>>93729753
If you hate Reddit so much, how do you know what their writing style is like?

I watched an episode the other day and they threw shade on Bonkers twice throughout the episode. So funny

>>93729822

The show was going to be called 'Bonkers' until Disney used the name. They didn't take it well.

>>93729821
I was taught by 4chan

>>93729875
Really, dude? You're one of those people who believes and parrots everything he hears? Okie-dokie, keep on following blindly, then.

Also, for the record, I have been on 4chan for seven years, and I can't stay on Reddit for more than a minute every time I have checked it out.

>>93728267
Hey there, Jonh K!

>>93729396
Got a link?

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>>93729163
Actually in Summa contra Gentiles Dr Aquinas stated that based on Aristotle animal souls are not eternal nor are they rational and therefor a cat praying for its eternal souls is completely senseless

>>93729298
Examples?

>>93729875

Sounds like lies to me.

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>>93728267

>The Hip Hippos in the background.

Pic related is how I felt whenever one of their shorts came on.

>>93729001

Wasn't that whole thing sort of a staff birthday card to one of the writers?

>>93728946
First non-retarded post in this thread

>>93730950
Can you link the whole thing, since I assume thing is part of a bigger article covering more than that specific show, or is that all of it. Honestly my main problem with him saying that is that he doesn't really elaborate enough on it from what I'm reading here. He's not giving any specific examples or anything of the animaniacs doing this in their writting so it kind of comes off like he's saying something without any concrete proof or reasoning on why he thinks this. Also since it sounds like he's implying that this was a trend and not JUST the animaniacs, it would have made his agument stronger if he gave more shows as examples of this as well. Also did they actually have writers from shows like the superfriends and scooby do on this show as writers or did he not mean that literally?

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>>93731264
>First non-retarded post in this thread
because how dare we have less than golden opinions on a show...

>>93731279
To some extent, Many of the show's writers and animators, like Paul Dini and Earl Kress, worked on shows like He-Man, Transformers and Fat Albert.

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>>93729096
Everything that happened now happened in the past, under a different coat of paint.

>>93729181
John K detected.

>>93732759
I wonder what the picture looks like

>>93732759
>"Damn I can't stand walking across a field for 30 minutes of pretty boring scenery and fighting easy monsters"

How the hell is (was?) he a Square fan then? At least HF was relatively more condensed in design, but I digress.

>>93731279
He elaborates an entire blogful on it

>>93734302
Whats HF?

>>93734556
Hyrule Field

>>93734382
Can you send a link please?

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>>93732759
Nothing has changed.

Is humanity doomed to make the same mistakes?

>>93729427
Wakko is better for me. I dunno why, tho. Maybe it's his liverpudlean voice.

>>93734629
Like samsara.

>>93734582
Nope.

>>93737244
Oh

>>93738245
Try asking around in /wsr/

>>93728657
this

>>93728929
Welp, freakazoid also did one of those "parodies" towards Astroboy, It was just a vapid take that hit jab with no substance.

The old WB suffer from A LOT of those.

this show is so outdated like south park

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH3wjpnJNr4

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>>93728267

To me the highlight of this show was the Slappy Squirrel shorts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdqv5xIsFLM

I would have like a spin off of this, instead of Pinky and the Brain

>>93728267
So your mom, and still a lot of people get into her.

>>93728731
The stories about Randy Beaman were the best.

And Minerva Mink.

>>93728267
Uh, no.

>>93728267
It hasn't aged well. In order of ranking, I say:

1. Freakazoid
2. Tiny Toons
3. Animaniacs
4. Pinky & the Brain
5. That Elmyra Cartoon

I think Freakazoid is the only one that aged with some grace while the others just feel so much like 90's Saturday Morning Cartoons that I can't imagine a showing a kid the show now and expecting them to enjoy it.

>>93745289
Freakazoid was just crazy superhero cartoon without Roger Rabbit craze

>>93736021
Fun Fact: Jess Harnell, who voiced Wakko, was also the voice of Captain Hero in Drawn Together.

>>93745289
Switch Pinky and the Brain with Tiny Toons and I agree.

>>93743626
the best episode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWHelIqiV3Q

I liked Rita and Runt, those were pretty comfy segments and Rita had an amazing singing voice

>>93745361
Why don't cartoons reference other cartoons anymore unless they're like, the Simpsons or Family Guy?

I feel like back when it came out, every cartoon was doing their own little jab at Lion King, Flintstones or Scooby Doo.

We don't really get stuff like Lola Loud being obsessed with a knock-off Elsa from Frozen and how pretty she is to reference the craze. Or Gumball dealing with the Minions craze and how everyone at school thinks they're hilarious but he thinks they're dumb.

>>93728267
>>93728492
Same faggot

Kill you self

>>93728267
Freakazoid felt too zany. It had no idea what it was. It tried too hard.

Animaniacs was a bit of the same, but could at least charm me into it a bit more. Slappy the Squirrel was list.

Pinky & The Brain. Whoa, moma. That show is hilarious. Love it. It's more memorable, it's clever, it's witty, and it's fun. I think it's my favorite.

Tiny Toons...eh. I don't remember it as much.

You have to admit guys this meem is stale post it again why dont you b

>>93745433
There are plenty of references, but the problem is that shows aren't as irreverent as they used to be. That irreverence was part of the over-the-top, too-cool-for-school 90s thing. You still see it occasionally, though: Uncle Grandpa did this pretty well, as well as Teen Titans Go from what I remember, and That Horse Show likes to pull the weirdest cameos at times.

I didn't like WB growing up either too wacky and aimless

I was mostly a CN or Disney cartoon guy

>>93728267
Animaniacs wasn't terrible, and was often quite decent, but I would say that time has not been kind to it. Which is weird, because Tiny Toons is at least as referential as Animaniacs, if not even moreso, yet still holds up better today. Tiny Toons feels like a time capsule, Animaniacs feels like an awkward acquaintance making outdated in-jokes because they used to get a laugh at the water cooler a couple decades ago.

>>93728267
Slappy and Pinky & the Brain were the best segments.

>>93728267
This. Every other scene is "Hey guys look what we got past the censors" and a bunch of references. Its hot garbage and is more reddit than rick and morty.

You people must really hate The Muppet Show as well since it does the exact same things in a time even longer ago.

>>93746780
>is more reddit

How can something be more of something that never existed at that time?

>>93736021
It's his cute outfit

>>93746955
>How can something be more of something that never existed at that time?
Not sure, but everyone who insists Rick and Morty is a 10/10 show just so happens to think the same of animaniacs, while most other people think both are just meh.

>>93728267
I liked Skippy and Slappy but that's about it.

>>93747028
>some people really like silly variety shows
>this means reddit

So all silly variety shows like Laugh-In, You Can't Do That On Television, Hee Haw, etc are reddit?

>>93747122
No, what i'm saying is both are decent enough shows, but reddit praises both like they are complete masterpieces, which neither show really deserves.

Honestly, the sooner we can all just stop talking about this show the better the board will be.

>>93730950
he's got a point, you know

I remember seeing an old documentary on the making of Looney Tunes & how the Chuck Jones or Tex Avery told everyone else how to get inspiration. he was literally saying to take in everything you can from any media as inspiration

it's how we got things like The Bunny of Sevillle, arguably one of the better old Looney Tunes shorts & my personal favorite

>>93734582
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com
/2007/07/is-it-cartoon.html
Sorry for the space, it gets marked as spam.

>>93728871
Nice job devaluing the word horrible

>>93728492
...what channel are you seeing it on?

>>93747460
Hayao Miyazaki has complained that too many of the current generation of Japanese animators have only watched anime and have a serious problem with the kind of inspiration that you're talking about.

>>93748494
He's 100% true

>>93748494
Yes, but I believe when Tex and Jones said that quote, they meant it in the context that the person is getting inspiration from more than just one form of media.

>>93743626
>Blatant plagiarism disguised as an homage.
>good

>>93743626
The warner's stuff bored me, but Slappy and Pinky and the Brain were fantastic.

>>93746281
Same, though I do enjoy at least some of the old shorts from time to time.

>>93747617
Heh, of course the fucker would mostly associate everything about "good cartooning" with much of the things liked in his childhood. No different from those 80's and 90's kids blogs...

>>93743626
this joke got old FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAST

>>93750402
>Heh, of course the fucker would mostly associate everything about "good cartooning" with much of the things liked in his childhood. No different from those 80's and 90's kids blogs...
to play devil's advocate here, we're not going to look back in 10 years & see most of the stuff we have on now as "good"
I hardly do that with the vast majority of my childhood's cartoons, & I grew up back when Cartoon Network had the renaissance of animations, Nick was the king of weekday cartoons, & Disney had the best Saturday Morning shows

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>>93747617
Why he gotta bully Arther like that.

>>93751159
>Arthur

You tricked me

>>93729052
That because you turned into an asshole.

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John K comes off as a nostalgia blind 60s kid who can't see the faults in waht he grew up in and doesn't want to see the positives of newer shows unless they're like what he grew up with to a tee. He's not explaining what maks him think these things about cartoons and just states things as though they're fact without justifying himself. Because of this its hard to get WHY these cartoons are good since he just assumes we will agree with him and see what he's seeing.
>>93751358
Fuck I mean franklin, Im an idiot. Sorry

>>93729635
You're a dumbass, Animaniacs slipped in a lot of adult references

Wasn't there a skit where Yakko kept saying "Pauly Shore isn't funny" for no reason? That's some nostalgia critic tier humor.

Anone remember that time John K called the creator of mighty magisword's style unappealing and he got pissy about it and made a parody of john k in his comics?

>>93751653
No?

>>93751653
yeah. really showed how insecure they were because of how ugly they drew John K

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>>93728796
>the closed-captioning was wrooong when it said "for"

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>>93751728
Appearently there was more to what happened after he made this too. https://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007
/02/appeal-1-starting-with-cuteness-as-1st.html

>>93751452
how does john k keep himself financially afloat?

>>93752343
Severance cash.

>>93728668
https://youtu.be/cJ0VclSEPOg?t=1m43s

>>93752343
Maybe that kickstarter money or donations and his merch?

FINGER PRINCE XD

>>93754888
>XD
Gotta be 18 or older to come here.

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Is there really much to admit? The only thing this show had going for it is the Spielberg name and nostalgia over a select few dirty jokes. Other than that, it's an unfunny collection of pop culture references and projections of writers fed up with action cartoons and anime taking their spotlight.

>annoying main characters always dishing out slapstick but barely receiving any back
>politician and celebrity references
>open disdain toward new shows on the WB block

Pretty unlikable show, even as a kid.

>>93751411

Not really liking the show means that someone turned into an asshole?

>>93728668
>>93755499
This. As a non-American, it was impossible to watch this show at times.

>>93755390
The only people who remember the XD emoticon are like fucking 30 now.

Way to Jewish for me.

>>93745361
Wow that rabbit is a dick

>>93757902
My cousin's kids use XD

>>93745433 Yeah about Gumball not referencing annoying amscots that kids seem to like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J-SuAV2T6o

>>93758286
More like an ass.

>>93745361
This music almost sounds like John Williams composed it.

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>>93758789
Alright, you got me

>>93743626
That joke is 99.9% in the delivery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M

>>93758860
Honestly it's kinda hard to top the delivery of the original I think

>>93728871
tpbp