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* [[Unexplained Accent]]: Wakko has a Liverpudlian brogue for absolutely no damn reason -- at least not one ever explained on the show.
** 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".
 
==== Tropes that apply to Dot: ====
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==== Tropes that apply to two or all three of them: ====
* [[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.
* [[Barefoot Cartoon Animals]]: Most of the instances where they are wearing full outfits.
* [[Berserk Button]]:
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* [[Ditzy Genius]]: As bizarre and insane as all three of them act, they have an utterly brilliant grasp of geograpy, history and a host of other subjects. They can recite the nations of the world, all 50 US states and their capitals, and every President of the United States from ''memory'' with no difficulty, and can even throw in some random facts about each while they do it.
* [[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".
{{quote| '''Jeff Bennett:''' ''Animaniacs'' gives you pants and no pants conveniently in one show!<br />
'''Wakko:''' I have pants! See?<br />
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* [[Older Than Television]]: In-universe, they had been drawn as early as the thirties (1929 to be exact).
* [[Older Than They Look]]: They're actually about 60.
* [[Too Spicy for Yog -Sothoth]]: Repeatedly.
* [[Two Guys and A Girl]]: Non-romantic variant, obviously.
* [[White Gloves]]
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* [[Impossible Hourglass Figure]]
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]
* [[Pimped -Out Dress]]: In the episode [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU5it18wMAk "King Yakko"], Hello Nurse plays the prime minister of the kingdom, and she wears a magenta dress with [[Pretty in Mink|ermine trim]] and a blue cloak.
* [[She's Got Legs]]: Lampshaded in the musical number "Hello Nurse".
* [[Talking to Herself]]: With Dot.
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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]
* [[Pointy -Haired Boss]]
* [[Talking to Himself]]: With Ralph.
* [[The Napoleon]]
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* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]
* [[Oh God, With the Verbing!]]: He speaks like this.
* [[Take That]]
* [[You Say Tomato]]: Mr. Director discusses this trope.
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* [[The Ditz]]
* [[Take That]]
* [[Too Spicy for Yog -Sothoth]]: Took [[Anvil On Head|three anvils to the head]] and still kept moving.
* [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]: Subversion of the usual portrayal.
 
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=== Fermin Flaxseed ===
 
* [[Fully -Dressed Cartoon Animal]]
* [[Inexplicably Tailless]]
* [[Jerkass]]
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A conceited news anchorman for the fictitious ''Newstime Live'' programme who refused to pay Yakko, Wakko, and Dot for a sandwich he had ordered. Voiced by [[Phil Hartman]].
 
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Voice]]: You might remember him from such programs as ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
 
=== Duanne Sewer ===
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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]]:
{{quote| '''Skippy:''' Could you tell me why there's a bird living on my head?<br />
'''Slappy:''' A bird? I thought that was a new yarmulke. }}
* [[Anti -Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti -Heroes|Type III]].
* [[Badass Grandma]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]
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* [[Genre Savvy]]
* [[Grumpy Bear]]
* [[Hates the Job, Loves The Limelight]]
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: And she was too, as evidenced by her [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79kr6ha6pnA Buttermilk ad].
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
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* [[No Fourth Wall]]
* [[Older Than Television]]: She was described as "octogenarian" in one episode and has works dating back to the 1930s, perhaps earlier.
* [[Parental Bonus]]: A lot of her subtle jokes about menopause, which of course always go right over Skippy's ([[What Do You Mean ItsIt's for Kids?|and the target audience's]]) head.
* [[Public Domain Soundtrack]]: Slappy's [[Leitmotif]] is Dvorak's "Humoresque".
* [[Retired Badass]]
* [[Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!]]
* [[Screwy Squirrel]]: [[Word of God]] has it that she's meant to be an [[Expy]] of the real Screwy Squirrel character, only [[Gender Flipped]].
* [[So Proud of You]]: In ''Bully For Skippy'', she wipes away a tear of joy when Skippy announces his desire to get revenge on Duke the bully by shouting "let's get ready to rumble!"
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* [[Alter Kocker]]
* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]
* [[Half -Dressed Cartoon Animal]]
 
==== Tropes that apply to Sid the Squid: ====
* [[EverythingsEverything's Squishier With Cephalopods]]
 
==== Tropes that apply to Beanie: ====
* [[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".
 
==== Tropes that apply to two or all three of them: ====
* [[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.
 
== Minor Supporting, [[Recurring Character]], and [[One Shot Character|One Shot Characters]] ==
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The squirrel who bullied Skippy in "Bully for Skippy".
 
* [[Half -Dressed Cartoon Animal]]
* [[Top Heavy Guy]]
 
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=== The Goodfeathers ===
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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.
 
==== Tropes that apply to Squit: ====
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: With Carloota the sparrow in "West Side Pigeons".
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==== Tropes that apply to Pesto: ====
* [[Berserk Button]]: More like Berserk Keyboard.
* [[Hair -Trigger Temper]]
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[The McCoy]]
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==== Tropes that apply to Bobby: ====
* [[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]]
* [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Bird]]: When he's not laughing at Pesto.
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* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: Of the Goodfeathers.
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Kiki, even though she isn't blonde, she fits the trope.
* [[Hair -Trigger Temper]]: Sasha, just like her brother.
* [[Love Interest]]: To the Goodfeathers.
* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]
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=== Krup-Kitty ===
 
* [[Accessory -Wearing Cartoon Animal]]
* [[Cats Are Mean]]: Sort of.
* [[Fat Bastard]]: Sort of.
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* [[Foreshadowing]]: Blink and you'll miss it: In the "Up A Tree" segment, during Rita's [[Musical Episode|first]] musical number, she goes into a very minor [[Disney Acid Sequence]] about the advantages of Chicago as they appear onscreen. One of them is the Sears Tower, which she stands on. Afterwards, she immediately jumps off, and if you look closely at the expression on her face, you can tell that she's clearly acrophobic. Guess what happens later.
* [[Green Eyes]]
* [["I Want" Song]]: Every time she sings a song, it's about how much she wants a home or thinks she's found one.
 
==== Tropes that apply to Runt: ====
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* [[Female Feline Male Mutt]]
* [[Furry Female Mane]]: Inverted.
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]
* [[Little Guy Big Buddy]]
* [[Local Reference]]: When Rita and Runt go to Poland in "Puttin on the Blitz", Rita sings that it doesn't look like Burbank, more like Van Nuys. (Both are cities in Los Angeles. You can guess which one has higher property values).
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Dr. Phrankenstein's faithful pet rat.
 
* [[Right -Hand -Cat|Right Hand Rat]]
 
=== Mrs. Mumphead ===
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* [[Feathered Fiend]]
* [[Speech -Impaired Animal]]
* [[Pokémon Speak]]: He only says his name.
 
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* [[Constantly Curious]]: Mindy constantly asks questions to people much to their annoyance.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Her hair is a rather pale shade of blonde.
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Voice]]: Mindy is [[The Simpsons|Bart Simpson]], Maggie (when she coos or cries), Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and Kearney (the bully who's [[Older Than He Looks]])!
* [[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."
 
==== Tropes that apply to Buttons: ====
* [[Badly -Battered Babysitter]]
* [[Big Friendly Dog]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]
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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Sadly, the radar caught up with this series and, outside of some quick appearances, the Minerva Mink cartoons only lasted two episodes.
* [[Hello Nurse]]: Often paired up with the [[Trope Namer]] for double the fun!
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Voice]]: Julie Brown (a former MTV VJ and star of the short-lived [[Comedy Central]] show "Strip Mall") as Minerva, Peter Scolari (from "Bosom Buddies") as the nerdy wolf who turns into a hunk when the moon is full as seen in "Moon Over Minerva", and Arte Johnson (from ''Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In'') as the bloodhound who tries (and fails) to be won over by Minerva in "Meet Minerva".
* [[Humanoid Female Animal]]
* [[I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!]]: Often uses her sex appeal to her advantage.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]
* [[Petting Zoo Person]]
* [[So Beautiful ItsIt's a Curse]]: As revealed in the comics, Minerva has an extremely hard time doing ordinary things like grocery shopping and filing taxes, because every male [[Interspecies Romance|of every species]] in the area is panting and hooting at her. Much like fans.
* [[Something Else Also Rises]]: The male reactions to Minerva, full-stop!
 
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* [[Anthropomorphic Zig Zag]]
* [[Distracted By the Sexy]]: And to his credit, he still keeps trying to catch Minerva. Does that make him a Determinator as well?
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Voice]]: Newt is voiced by Arte Johnson (one of the cast members from the late 1960s sketch show ''[[Rowan and Martins Laugh In]]'')
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: YMMV, but Newt has his work cut out for him. And yes, [[Captain Obvious|he IS the villain]] of "Meet Minerva".
 
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* [[Anthropomorphic Zig Zag]]: He switches between [[Funny Animal]] and [[Petting Zoo Person]].
* [[Funny Animal]]: In normal form.
* [[Half -Dressed Cartoon Animal]]
* [[Magic Pants]]
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: As a werewolf.
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* [[Idle Rich]]
* [[Pale Females Dark Males]]: Inverted since he's light blue and she's purple.
* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]
* [[Rich in Dollars, Poor In Sense]]
* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]
 
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* [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]]
* [[Burning With Anger]]
* [[Hair -Trigger Temper]]: Every problem a teen could have (panicking over her date being late, trying to learn how to drive, getting a pimple, etc.) causes her to turn into a monster.
* [[No Periods Period]]: And that's why the writers created [[Cute and Psycho|Katie Kaboom]] to explain to innocent little children [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|why their big sister chucks a psycho for NO JUSTIFIABLE REASON WHATSOEVER once a month]]. Basically, their explanation was [[Teens Are Monsters]].
** '''''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWcNcJuTHVo "I'm Not Overreacting!! I'm a Teenager!!"]'''''.
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* [[Animals Not to Scale]]: He's a chicken, I tell ya! A giant chicken!
* [[Anthropomorphic Zig Zag]]
* [[EverythingsEverything's Better With Chickens]]
* [[Paper -Thin Disguise]]: Exaggerated
* [[You Have to Believe Me]]: The entire point of the character
 
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* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Four -Fingered Hands]]: Most notable aversion among all the characters in the ''Animaniacs'' [[Verse]].
* [[Jerkass]]
 
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