Episode 10: King Yakko
Variable Verse
Dot : Here's the show's namey...
Gag Credit(s)
Pitbull Trainer-Kathryn Page
Closing Line
Yakko, Wakko and Dot : Goodbye, nurse!
Premiered
September 24, 1993
"King Yakko" is the 10th episode of the original Animaniacs . It originally aired on September 24, 1993.
Variable Line
Dot : Here's the show's namey...
King Yakko
Animation by Wang Film Production
Plot
Yakko becomes the heir apparent to the small kingdom of Anvilania. However, a rival dictator declares war on the kingdom.
Crew
Songs
Trivia
After "Taming of the Screwy ", this is the second episode with one single segment cartoon.
The entire episode is an homage to the Marx Brothers' film Duck Soup , often considered the best movie starring the Marxes.
Producer and creator Tom Ruegger has a cel that did not make it to the air in this episode. The cel is from the scene where Yakko tells Prime Minister Hello Nurse that dresses are Dot's department. In the cel, Yakko has his face resting comfortably in Prime Minister Hello Nurse's bosom.
Beauty and the Beast make a cameo during the 'Polka-Dot' gag.
Michael McKean and Christopher Guest who voiced Spink and Umlatt respectively were both members of the band Spinal Tap . McKean would go on to be a frequent guest-star in this series and Pinky and the Brain .
This marks the series' first of many jabs at comedian Bob Hope , who is cast as the court jester, and cannot even tell a punchline without reading the next cue card (a poke at Hope's over-reliance on cue cards).
Yakko's "I am the king!" line is a nod to a slogan spoken in the LA-centric Paul "the King of Big-Screen" TV commercials (example ). The phrase would go on to appear in other episodes throughout the Animaniacs franchise .
When they believe they have won, Dot asks Yakko, what he's going to do next, to which Yakko replies, "I'm going to Dis— ", but is interrupted by Umlautt. To add to the joke, the swelling music in the background sounds reminiscent of "When You Wish Upon a Star ."
Quotes
Umlatt : No, no, no! This is a uniform of a great man!
Yakko : Does he know you're wearing it?
Umlatt : I am Umlatt of Dunlikus, and I am here to demand you surrender Anvilania to me. I give you 24 hours to vacate.
Yakko : Vacation, already? This is only my first day on the job!
Umlatt : I demand your surrender!
Yakko : I will not surrender. You surrender.
Umlatt : Me surrender?
Yakko : Alright, I accept. Hand over the keys to your castle.
Umlatt : Don't be ridiculous. I'll go to war before I surrender.
Yakko : Well then go ahead, and don't come back until you've learned some manners, young man.
Umlatt : Nng! Very well, you silly child. [holds hands in air] This means war!
Yakko : I thought that meant touchdown.
Umlatt : I will go there and demand they surrender. The king is a child. He will crumble before me. It will be like taking anvils from a baby. [camera zooms into his mouth] Ha ha ha ha ha! Ooogh! Get the camera out of my mouth.
Hello Nurse : Hurry, your majesty. These are desperate times. You must meet the cabinet.
Yakko : [to a literal cabinet] Hello, I'm Yakko, nice to meet you. Oh the pleasure's all mine.
Archbishop : King Yakko, your throne.
Wakko : The throne? How do you lift the lid?
Dot : Since when do you lift the lid?
Cast
Transcript
See here
Sources
List of Animaniacs (Original Series) episodes
Season 1
De-Zanitized / The Monkey Song / Nighty-Night Toon • Yakko's World / Cookies for Einstein / Win Big • H.M.S. Yakko / Slappy Goes Walnuts / Yakko's Universe • Hooked on a Ceiling / Film Projector Transition / Goodfeathers: The Beginning • Taming of the Screwy • Flipper Parody / Temporary Insanity / Operation: Lollipop / What are We? • Piano Rag / When Rita Met Runt • The Warners' Lot Song / The Big Candy Store / Bumbie's Mom • Wally Llama / Where Rodents Dare • King Yakko • No Pain, No Painting / Les Miseranimals • Garage Sale of the Century / Fortunes / West Side Pigeons • Hello Nice Warners / La Behemoth / Little Old Slappy From Pasadena • La La Law / Cat on a Hot Steel Beam • Space-Probed / Battle for the Planet • Chalkboard Bungle / Hurray for Slappy / The Great Wakkorotti: The Master & His Music • Roll Over, Beethoven / The Cat and the Fiddle • Pavlov's Mice / Chicken Boo-Ryshnikov / Nothing But the Tooth • Meatballs or Consequences / A Moving Experience • Hearts of Twilight / The Boids • The Flame / Wakko's America / Davy Omelette / Four Score and Seven Migraines Ago • Guardin' the Garden / Plane Pals • Be Careful What You Eat / Session 1 / Up the Crazy River / Session 2 / Ta Da Dump • Yakko's World of Baldness / Opportunity Knox / Wings Take Heart • Hercule Yakko / Home on De-Nile / A Midsummer Night's Dream • Testimonials / Babblin' Bijou / Potty Emergency / Sir Yaksalot • You Risk Your Life / I Got Yer Can / Jockey for Position • Moby or Not Moby / Mesozoic Mindy / The Good, the Boo, and the Ugly • Draculee, Draculaa / Phranken-Runt • Hot, Bothered and Bedeviled / Moon Over Minerva / Skullhead Boneyhands • O Silly Mio / Puttin' on the Blitz / The Great Wakkorotti: The Summer Concert • Chairman of the Bored / Planets Song / Astro-Buttons • Cartoons in Wakko's Body 1 / Noah's Lark / Cartoons in Wakko's Body 2 / The Big Kiss / Cartoons in Wakko's Body 3 / Hiccup / Cartoons in Wakko's Body Conclusion • Clown and Out / Bubba Bo Bob Brain • Very Special Opening / Animaniacs Stew / In the Garden of Mindy / Pinky and the Cat / We've Been Mixing Up the Scripts / No Place Like Homeless / Katie Ka-Boo / We Found This Old Computer / Dottie the Squirrel / Baghdad Café • Critical Condition / The Three Muska-Warners • Dough Dough Boys / Boot Camping / General Boo-Regard • Spellbound • Smitten with Kittens / Alas Poor Skullhead / White Gloves • Casablanca Opening / Fair Game / The Slapper / Puppet Rulers • Buttermilk, It Makes a Body Bitter / Broadcast Nuisance / Raging Bird • Animator's Alley / Hollywoodchuck • Of Nice and Men / What a Dump! / Survey Ladies • Useless Facts / The Senses Song / The World Can Wait / Kiki's Kitten / • Mary Tyler Dot Song / Windsor Hassle / ...And Justice for Slappy • Turkey Jerky / Wild Blue Yonder • Video Review / When Mice Ruled the Earth • Mobster Mash / Lake Titicaca / Icebreakers • Very Special Opening / A Christmas Plotz / Little Drummer Warners • Slippin' on the Ice / 'Twas the Day Before Christmas / Jingle Boo / The Great Wakkorotti: The Holiday Concert / Toy Shop Terror / Yakko's Universe • Branimaniacs / The Warners and the Beanstalk / Frontier Slappy • Ups and Downs / The Brave Little Trailer / Yes, Always • Drive-Insane / Girlfeathers / I'm Cute • Brain Meets Brawn / Meet Minerva • Gold Rush / A Gift of Gold / Dot's Quiet Time • Schnitzelbank / The Helpinki Formula / Les Boutons et le Ballon / Kung Boo • Of Course You Know, This Means Warners / Up a Tree / Wakko's Gizmo • Oh, Oh, Ethel / Inkblot Test / Meet John Brain / Smell Ya Later • Ragamuffins / Woodstock Slappy • Karaoke Dokie / Cranial Crusader / The Chicken Who Loved Me • Baloney & Kids / Super Buttons / Katie Ka-Boom: The Driving Lesson • Scare Happy Slappy / Witch One / MacBeth • With Three, You Get Eggroll / Mermaid Mindy / Katie Ka-Boom: Call Waiting • Lookit the Fuzzy Heads / No Face Like Home • My Father the Tuna / The Warners' 65th Anniversary Special
Season 2
Take My Siblings, Please / The Mindy 500 / Morning Malaise • We're No Pigeons / Whistle-Stop Mindy / Katie Ka-Boom: The Broken Date • Miami Mama-Mia / Pigeon on the Roof / Coo • I'm Mad / Bad Mood Bobby / Katie Ka-Boom: The Blemish / Fake
Season 3
Super Strong Warner Siblings / Nutcracker Slappy / Wakko's New Gookie / A Quake, a Quake! • Variety Speak / Three Tenors and You're Out / Bingo • Previously on Animaniacs / Deduces Wild / Rest in Pieces / U.N. Me • A Hard Day's Warners / Gimme a Break / Please Please Please Get a Life Foundation • The Tiger Prince / All The Words in the English Language (Part 1) / The Kid in the Lid / All The Words in the English Language (Part 2) / Method to Her Madness / All The Words in the English Language (Part 3) • The Presidents Song / Don't Tread on Us / The Flame Returns • Gimme the Works / Buttons in Ows / Hercules Unwound • This Pun for Hire / Star Truck / Go Fish / Multiplication (song) • The Sound of Warners / Yabba Dabba Boo • My Mother the Squirrel / The Party / Oh! Say Can You See / The Twelve Days of Christmas • Dot's Entertainment / The Girl with the Googily Goop / Gunga Dot • 2001 Parody 1 / Soccer Coach Slappy 2001 Parody 2 / Belly Button Blues / Our Final Space Cartoon, We Promise / Valuable Lesson • Wakko's 2-Note Song / Panama Canal / Hello Nurse / The Ballad of Magellan / The Return of the Great Wakkorotti / The Big Wrap Party Tonight
Season 4
One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock • Cutie and the Beast / Boo Happens / Noel / Cold Ending • Animani-rats /• Jokahontas / Boids on the Hood / Mighty Wakko at the Bat • A Very Very Very Very Special Show / Night of the Living Buttons / Soda Jerk • From Burbank with Love / Anchors A-Warners / When You're Traveling • Parody Commercials / Papers for Pappa / Amazing Gladiators / Pinky and the Ralph • Ten Short Films About Wakko Warner / No Time for Love / The Boo Network • Pitter Patter of Little Feet / Mindy in Wonderland / Ralph's Wedding
Season 5
Moosage in a Bottle / Back in Style / Bones in the Body • It / Dot - The Macadamia Nut / Bully for Skippy • Cute First (Ask Questions Later) / Acquaintances / Here Comes Atilla / Boo Wonder • Magic Time / The Brain's Apprentice Hooray for North Hollywood : (Part 1 • Part 2 ) • The Carpool / The Sunshine Squirrels • The Christmas Tree / Punchline (Part 1) / Prom Night / Punchline (Part 2) The Ultimate Animaniacs Super Special : (Birds on a Wire / The Scoring Session / Transition: Very Special Opening / The Animaniacs Suite )