Animaniacs

:This article is about the television series. For the Tiny Toon Adventures episode of the same name, see Animaniacs! (Tiny Toons episode).

Animaniacs characters

Animaniacs introduced a number of recurring characters, including:

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• Yakko, Wakko, and Dot - the "Warner Brothers" (and the Warner Sister, too!), voiced by Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, and Tress MacNeille. Yakko (the oldest) is a fast-talking smart aleck, Wakko (the middle child) has a huge appetite and a gaggy bag filled with tricks, and Dot (the youngest) is cute and sassy.
• Dr. Otto Scratchansniff - the Austrian-accented studio psychiatrist, voiced by Rob Paulsen, who attempts to force the Warners to be less "zany"
• Thaddeus Plotz - the height-impaired CEO of the Warner Bros. Studios cartoon enterprise, voiced by Frank Welker
• Hello Nurse - the studio nurse, voiced by Tress MacNeille, over whom Yakko and Wakko continually fawn
• Ralph - a dim-witted Warners Studio security guard charged with recapturing the Warners and confining them to the water tower
• Pinky and the Brain - an imbecilic white mouse and his genius companion, voiced by Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche
• Slappy Squirrel - an aging cartoon star voiced by Sherri Stoner
• Skippy Squirrel - Slappy's young nephew, voiced by Nathan Ruegger, whose chipper personality is polar opposite to that of his aunt
• Goodfeathers - a trio of cartoon pigeons, voiced by Maurice LaMarche, John Mariano and Chick Vennera, spoofing characters from the movie Goodfellas
• Rita and Runt - a singing cat (voiced by Bernadette Peters) and a loyal but stupid dog (voiced by Frank Welker)
• Buttons and Mindy - a heroic Lassie-like dog (voiced by Frank Welker) and the accident-prone baby (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) he is sworn to protect
• Minerva Mink - an incredibly sexy mink, voiced by Julie Brown, who inspires lustful fits in every male creature around her
• Katie Ka-Boom - a girl, voiced by Laura Mooney, who has comically violent overreactions to trivially "embarrassing" situations in a parody of stereotypical teenage behavior, obviously modelled on the Incredible Hulk
• Flavio and Marita - also known as "the Hip Hippos", a wealthy hippo couple (voiced by Frank Welker and Tress MacNeille) obsessed with being trendy
• Chicken Boo - a six-foot-tall chicken who is curiously successful at imitating humans despite minimal efforts at disguise
• Mr. Director - a caricature of Jerry Lewis (voiced by Paul Rugg) who first appears in "Hello Nice Warners"; in later episodes he parodies Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now and appears as a clown who scares Mr. Plotz and Wakko
• The Flame - a childlike candle flame (voiced by Cody Ruegger) who is present at important historical events such as Jefferson's authoring of The Declaration of Independence and Longfellow's writing of The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
• Charlton Chipmunk - an aspiring actor/director and generally neurotic chipmunk; when people annoy him, he asks them to write their names down in a book and promises that when he becomes famous, he will remember to not like them
• Mr. Skullhead - a mute skeleton seen in short "Good Idea/Bad Idea" clips and a parody of Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands
• The Mime - a nameless mime who mainly appeared in brief clips; the mime would usually begin a demonstration of some miming technique (e.g. "walking against the wind" or "trapped in a box") only to be inexplicably maimed
• Colin, aka the Randy Beaman Kid - a wide-eyed boy who relates improbable stories that allegedly happened to his (never seen) friend Randy Beaman
• Ms. Flamiel- The Warners' prim and easily frustated teacher.
• Pip - Generally a foil and annoyance to the Warners, endlessly shaking hands and rambling nonsensically with an iron grip. The Warners could never seem to get their hand detached from the grip of Pip, despite the great length of sight gags they eployed to remove themselves. Voiced by Ben Stein.

The only famous celebrity to appear in "Animaniacs":

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• Steven Spielberg - Spielberg plays as himself - always referred to in hushed tones as simply "Steven" - making short cameo appearances in very few episodes with one (or two) lines.