I'm Mad/Bad Mood Bobby/Katie Ka-Boom: The Blemish/Fake is the 69th episode of the original Animaniacs, and is the season finale of the show's 2nd season. It originally aired on November 12, 1994.
This is the final episode to use the line "We got wisecracks by the stacks" in the English version of the intro.
Furthermore, this is the final to use the scene from Taming of the Screwy where Yakko, Wakko, and Dot dance on the table during "The Etiquette Song" in the intro. In the next episode, it was replaced by footage of the Warners paying their taxes.
This is the final episode to use the line "While Bill Clinton plays the sax" in the Castilian Spanish, Nickelodeon Dutch, Finnish, French, Italian, Latin Spanish dubs versions of the intro until episode 99.
This is also the final episode to use the line "und die jungs, die spieleb sax" in the German version of the intro.
In this all-musical cartoon, Dr. Scratchansniff wakes the Warners up early for a long car ride to the circus. Yakko and Dot constantly bicker, and Wakko constantly complains.
This cartoon was originally released as a theatrical short film released in front of the films Thumbelina and Major League II.
This cartoon was the first Animaniacs-related production to debut in theaters. Yakko, Wakko and Dot would make another theatrical appearance 27 years later through cameos in 2021's Space Jam: A New Legacy. They appear in the audience of the basketball game with numerous other Warner Bros. characters, and a statue of Dot can be seen in a WB meeting room.
This is the first cartoon shown in letterbox format. Select PAL prints of the episode, however, crop it to 4:3.
The tapes for the ending dialogue went on longer. There was talk that Rob Paulsen and Tress MacNeille had way too much fun recording it and started uncharacteristically cussing as their characters.
In Wakko's first complaint, he notes that he can't find his clothes, his socks are full of holes, and his shoelace has a knot; ironically, he is wearing his everyday shirt and cap (his only casual clothes), and he doesn't wear shoes or socks.
The theatrical film print would not surface in full until a YouTube upload by FT Depot on September 27, 2023. Unfortunately, Warner Bros. took down the upload the following day, but it has since been uploaded to the Internet Archive shortly after.
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Theatrical Title Cards
Animaniacs (1993-1998) - I’m Mad Theatrical Title and End Cards
Colin comes out with a toy plane, puts his finger in his ear, and tells a rather disgusting tale about when Randy Beaman ate corn flakes.
Fake
Animation by Wang
Plot
A rather short cartoon where Dr. Scratchansniff and the Warners debate whether pro wrestling is staged or not. Scratchy's hopes for a fun-filled outing are dashed by the Warners inadvertently provoking him to snap.
This is one of the shortest non-musical Yakko, Wakko, and Dot cartoons in the series.
Production Notes
This is:
the final original Animaniacs episode to premiere on Fox Kids, as the show would move to Kids' WB by the start of its third season.
the last episode to give Kathryn Page a wacky credit. Beginning with the next episode, the credits will include gag credits in the style of Tiny Toon Adventures.
The final time the 1992 Warner Bros. Television Distribution logo is seen on an Animaniacs episode.
the final Animaniacs episode to use the 1992 "Warner Bros. Television Distribution" logo and name at the end of an episode. Episodes beginning with Episode 70 would begin using the "Warner Bros Television Animation" logo and name at the end of an episode.
