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A Brief History of History/Gerard/The Prisoners' Dilemma/Math-terpiece Theatre: Beach Balls is the 24th episode in the Animaniacs reboot and the 11th episode in its 2nd Season.
Synopsis[]
Yakko explains the history of the world. Gerard has a gnome in his mouth. Pinky and Brain are mousenapped by another supervillain. Dot gives a dramatic math lesson about beach balls.[1]
Theme Song[]
Variable Verse[]
Yakko: Mirage Arcaney!
A Brief History of History[]
Animation by Warner Bros. Animation[2]
Musical number by Giant Ant
Plot[]
Yakko explains the history of the world to two aliens race, crashed into the Water Tower and are seeking knowledge about the planet.
Crew[]
- Written by Lucas Crandles and Timothy Nash
- Directed by Erik Knutson
Songs[]
Trivia[]
- Yakko begins to say a certain swear word that rhymes with "city" before he is cut-off.
- Giant Ant's designs of the Warners (and Brain) appear to draw more from their designs in the original Animaniacs.
- "The Geologic Clock", a song from the original Animaniacs that went unused, has similar subject matter and would have also been sung by Yakko.
- CGI is utilized during portions of the song.
- This segment would later be followed in the season 3 segment "Aliens Resurrected".
- The 2D portions of this cartoon were animated entirely in-house at Warner Bros. Animation, lead by Scott O'Brien.[2]
Gerard[]
Animation by Titmouse, Inc.
Plot[]
At a retirement home, an old man named Gerard finds out one of the attendants has been eating his pudding, and it's up to The Incredible Gnome in People's Mouths to sort things out.
Crew[]
- Written by Jess Lacher
- Directed by Erik Knutson
Trivia[]
- This is the second and final Incredible Gnome in People's Mouths cartoon.
The Prisoner's Dilemma[]
Animation by Tiger Animation
Plot[]
Pinky and the Brain are taken into a village of super-villains; Dopplerville, led by the mad Doppler! The unhinged antagonist has a masterplan for global domination and needs the help of the mice to enact it.
Crew[]
- Written by Kathleen Chen and Brian Polk
- Directed by Katie Rice
Trivia[]
- The code Brain is using to hack into the traffic lights is actually part of operating system Linux. This particular section of code comes from 2012 or before, and seems to have become popular as "Fake Code". Ironically it's also used by website https://hackertyper.net/ to allow users to pretend to hack into something. Brain does seem to have made one addition though, changing "NULL" to "int traffic=NULL".
- Pip can be seen on a bus advertisement, sans cheeseballs and Bob Barker.
- Much like the Brainwashed Trilogy from the Pinky and the Brain spin-off series; this cartoon parodies certain elements of the British series The Prisoner.
- Dopplerville is similar to the show's "The Village."
- The word font in the title-card is the same one used for The Prisoner logo.
- The aesthetics of Alice in Wonderland are also spoofed, with Dr. Doppler presumably taking cues from The Mad Hatter.
- Pinky uses Yakko's catchphrase of "Goodnight, everybody!" This gets laughs and Pinky exclaims, "I did it!! I crossed over myself!!" This is a reference to how Pinky and Yakko share a voice actor, Rob Paulsen!
Gallery[]
Math-Terpiece Theater: Beach Balls[]
Animation by Titmouse
Plot[]
Dot gives a math dramatic lesson about beach balls.
Crew[]
- Written by Jess Lacher
- Directed by Brett Varon
Trivia[]
- Some of the customers are references to characters from other cartoons.
- Among the customers are characters resembling Shaggy (known here as "Carlos"), Fred, and Daphne of Scooby-Doo fame.
- One of the customers resembles Peter Griffin from Family Guy.
International Releases[]
- Australia: November 6, 2021 (Stan)
- Canada: December 11, 2021 (Teletoon)
- Latin America: March 31, 2022 (HBO Max)
Production Notes[]
- An earlier version of the episode 33 cartoon "Global Warnering" was originally produced for this episode number, but ended up unaired and aired later as part of the third season. The Latin American HBO Max listing, along with production sheets from the website of series colorist Kasey Williams indicated that the episode was originally intended to be shown in this episode. Currently, it's unknown if there are any differences between the scrapped and final versions of the cartoon.[3]
Cast[]
| Voice Actors: | Character(s): |
|---|---|
| Rob Paulsen | Yakko Warner, Pinky, Gerard |
| Jess Harnell | Wakko Warner |
| Tress MacNeille | Dot Warner, Director, Female Villager, Old Woman, Woman |
| Maurice LaMarche | The Brain, Announcer, Ian Malcolm, Marionette |
| Jon Bailey | Aliens 1 and 2 |
| John DiMaggio | Gnome |
| Maria Bamford | Tammy |
| Kimberly Brooks | Elaine |
| Chris Geere | Dr. Doppler |
| Danny Jacobs | Baldo, Driver, Villager |
| Will Lyman | Narrator |
| Lesley Nicol | Mrs. Kettle |
| Kari Wahlgren | Maria, Phoenicia |
References[]