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Meet the wacky cast of the [[Warner Bros]]/[[Steven Spielberg]]-produced cartoon ''Animaniacs'' and its spin-off ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]''. They are categorized by which characters starred in which segments. The characters that show up in ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'', including Pinky and the Brain, who started as characters as part of a segment of ''Animaniacs'', should get listed in the ''[[Pinky and The Brain/Characters|Pinky and The Brain]]'' Character Sheet.

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=== Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner ===

The Warner siblings who are the most prominent stars of the show, and as such, get the most screentime. According to the show's backstory, they were created to serve as comic relief to the very dull ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' character Buddy, but proved to be so troublesome that they were locked in the Warner Bros. Studio Water Tower. Yakko is the talkative, Groucho Marx-esque one who just wears pants, Wakko is the short one with a baseball cap and an extreme appetite, and Dot is the cute one. Voiced by [[Rob Paulsen]], Jess Harnell, and [[Tress MacNeille]], respectively.

 

* [[Bubble Pipe]]: Yakko once "puffs" on a soap-bubble pipe while parodying highbrow intellectuals.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "[[Getting Crap Past the Radar|Goodnight everybody!]]"

* [[Trouser Space]]

 

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]

* [[Big Eater]]

* [[Potty Emergency]]: The [[Trope Namer]].

** [[Potty Dance]]

** He was actually based specifically on Ringo Starr. Still, that's not an [[In-Universe]] explanation.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Clowns]]: "Clown and Out".

 

* [[Hair Decorations]]: Dot's flower.

* [[Deliberately Cute Child]]/[[The Cutie]]

* [[Talking to Herself]]: With Hello Nurse.

 

* [[All Men Are Perverts]]: Yakko and Wakko, especially when [[Hello, Nurse!]] is around. Of course, [[All Women Are Lustful|Dot is not immune]] to this when [[Mr. Fanservice|a particularly attractive guy is around...]]

* [[Anti-Hero]]: They are either Type II ([[Knight in Sour Armor]]) or III ([[Good Is Not Nice]]), depending on the episode.

* [[Berserk Button]]:

** Don't draw on Wakko's hat.

* [[Expy]]: Of [[Bugs Bunny]].

* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: Yakko just wears pants, Wakko just wears shirts, and Dot just wears a skirt. This was [[Lampshaded]] in a [[Kids WB]] promo talking about how the block featured cartoons "with pants and with no pants".

'''Jeff:''' Liar liar, pants on fire! }}

* [[Inkblot Cartoon Style]]: The Warners were created in the 1930s when this style of animation was very prominent.

** Wakko shows traits from [[Ringo Starr]].

** Dot was inspired by Gilda Radner, among others.

* [[Old Shame]]: An in-universe example.

* [[Older Than Television]]: In-universe, they had been drawn as early as the thirties (1929 to be exact).

 

=== Ralph Timothy Guard ===

An overweight Warner Bros. studio security guard who is always trying, but never succeeding, to capture the Warners and return them to the water tower. Voiced by [[Frank Welker]].

 

 

=== Dr. Otto von Scratchansniff ===

The Warner Bros. studio psychiatrist. He has the unfortunate duty of trying to tame the Warners, which always leads to him getting utterly frustrated (and in the case of his first sessions with them, tearing out his hair). Voiced by [[Rob Paulsen]].

 

 

=== Hello Nurse ===

 

* [[Blue Eyes]]

* [[Gainaxing]]: She is sometimes animated this way.

* [[Hair of Gold]]

* [[Throw the Dog a Bone]]: Though he was known for making bad business decisions and treating some of his employees like crap, Plotz was a step above the average corporate strawman and occasionally would get a moment where he'd realize his own foolishness and regret it, thus prompting the [[Karmic Trickster|Warners themselves]] to cut him a break and even give him some [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|small reward]].

 

 

=== Mr. Director ===

* [[Take That]]

* [[You Say Tomato]]: Mr. Director discusses this trope.

 

=== Ms. Flamiel ===

* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: Often the case.

 

 

=== Professor Otto von Schnitzelbuskrankengescheitmeier ===

 

* [[Misplaced Wildlife]]: He and his parents are tigers that live in Africa.

 

== Slappy and Skippy Squirrel ==

 

=== Slappy Squirrel ===

A cranky squirrel who was once a ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' star (in-universe, that is). Voiced by Sherri Stoner, who was also one of the show's chief writers.

 

* [[Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal]]

* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]:

'''Slappy:''' A bird? I thought that was a new yarmulke. }}

* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type III]].

* [[Retired Badass]]

* [[Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!]]

* [[You Remind Me of X]]: From younger versions of celebrities to "a bad accident at Benihana."

 

=== Skippy Squirrel ===

Slappy's nephew who looks up to her. Voiced by Nathan Ruegger.

 

Three of Slappy's old nemesises from her cartoons, who continually plot revenge on her, but still never succeed at doing her in. Walter was initially voiced by Frank Welker but for his remaining appearances he was voiced by Jess Harnell for unknown reasons, Sid was voiced by Jackie Burns and Beanie was voiced by Avery Schreiber.

 

* [[Alter Kocker]]

* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]

* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]

 

* [[Everything's Squishier with Cephalopods]]

 

* [[The Ditz]]

* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]

* [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]]: [[Playing with a Trope|Played with]]; Beanie is occasionally referred to with the more PC term "the Cerebreally-Challenged Bison". Slappy, being who she is, sticks with "Brain-Dead".

 

* [[Butt Monkey]]: They're Slappy's [[Rogues Gallery]]. They pretty much exist to take abuse. Not that they don't invite it upon themselves....

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: As Slappy always says, "Now this is just sad". Half the time Skippy is the one to recognize them first, and he's used to seeing them undisguised and young in his aunt's old cartoons.

 

* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]

 

 

Bobby is the leader of the main three pigeons. Depending on his mood, he can be the [[Only Sane Man]] who tries to keep Pesto in line or just sit back and laugh at Squit's misfortune. Pesto is the pigeon with a [[Hair-Trigger Temper]], and is prone to taking offense at any comment given to him, even if it's in a good light, and beats up Squit for it. Squit is the rookie who joins the Goodfeathers in the first short and spends the rest of them surviving day to day life in the constant presence of the [[Hair-Trigger Temper|ever-violent]] Pesto.

 

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]

* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]

* [[Toothy Bird]]: The toothiest of the three.

 

* [[Berserk Button]]: More like Berserk Keyboard.

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]

* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: He has one [[Green Eyes]] and one [[Purple Eyes|magenta]] one.

 

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Well, not exactly, nice, but he's the most stoic of the group and is probably the most level-headed, as well. That being said, [[Hair-Trigger Temper|Pesto]] is actually scared of him when he gets serious.

* [[Eyes Always Shut]]

* [[The Spock]]

 

* [[Anthropomorphic Zig-Zag]]

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Though Squit get's the most of it.

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Marlon Brando again.

* [[The Unintelligible]]

 

=== The Girlfeathers, Sasha, Kiki, and Lana ===

* [[Love Interest]]: To the Goodfeathers.

* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]

 

== Minor Supporting, [[Recurring Character]], and [[One-Shot Character|One Shot Characters]] ==

A stray cat and dog trying to find a home for themselves.

 

* [[Anthropomorphic Zig-Zag]]

* [[Cats Are Superior]]

* [["I Want" Song]]: Every time she sings a song, it's about how much she wants a home or thinks she's found one.

 

* [[Berserk Button]]: Mentioning cats to Runt, which leads us to [[Dogs Are Dumb]] below.

* [[Big Friendly Dog]]

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Runt is a takeoff of Dustin "Rainman" Hoffman.

 

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: The both of them disappeared as series regulars after Season 2, to the point that a parody of the ''[[Rugrats]]'' intro showed a picture of them on a milk carton. They eventually did come [[Back for the Finale]] and ''[[Wakko's Wish|Wakkos Wish]]''.

* [[Female Feline, Male Mutt]]

A send up of ''[[Lassie (TV series)|Lassie]]''. Mindy Sadlier is a toddler who constantly wanders off into dangerous situations prompting her dog, Buttons, to keep her out of it at the expense of his safety.

 

* [[Blue Eyes]]

* [[Catch Phrase]]: Mindy's "Okay, Lady, I love you, bye-bye."

* [[Constantly Curious]]: Mindy constantly asks questions to people much to their annoyance.

* [[Hair of Gold]]: Her hair is a rather pale shade of blonde.

* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: Mindy is smack-dab in the middle of growing up under some extremely neglectful conditions, though being a toddler, she's blissfully unaware of it so far.

* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Mindy always addresses her mom as "Lady."

 

* [[Badly-Battered Babysitter]]

* [[Big Friendly Dog]]

* [[Vertigo Effect]]: Occasionally done with Buttons the moment Mindy escapes.

 

* [[Little Guy, Big Buddy]]: Arguably so.

 

* [[Iron Butt Monkey]]

* [[The Speechless]]

 

=== Chicken Boo ===

* [[Anthropomorphic Zig-Zag]]

* [[Everything's Better with Chickens]]

* [[You Have to Believe Me]]: The entire point of the character

 

* [[Motor Mouth]]

* [[Nice Hat]]

 

=== Baynarts "Charlton" Woodchuck ===

 

 

=== King Salazar The Pushy ===

 

* [[Jerkass]]

 

 

* [[Overly Long Name]]: The Warner Sibs' Mom, Queen Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Banana Fanna Bo Besca the Second