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"Reboot It" is a song from the Animaniacs 2020 reboot, during the first episode's segment "Suspended Animation: Part Two." It chronicles the recent trend in film of reboots, revivals and the like being prioritized by studios over original ideas.
Immediately after the song, Yakko Warner gives a PSA to the audience, saying that "reboots are symptomatic of a fundamental lack of originality in Hollywood. A creativity crisis fueled by terrified executives clinging to the past like rats to the debris of a sinking ship." The Warners then proceed to take their words back as they receive the check for the Animaniacs reboot.
Lyrics
- Yakko:
- They ran out of ideas for fresh new shows,
- So Hollywood did the only thing it knows
- Murphy Brown, Melrose Place, Gilmore Girls, Lost in Space
- That's So Raven's what they're cravin'
- Wakko:
- I know that's a show worth saving!
- Yakko:
- I vote X-Files for a comeback
- Dot:
- Duchovny's still a real snack!
- Yakko:
- Would The Golden Girls be darker
- Yakko, Wakko and Dot:
- If we resurrect Bea Arthur?
- Reboot it, renew it
- Reshoot it, redo it
- And reuse it, retool it
- Abuse it, just do it
- If you wanna make some easy cash
- Just recycle and rehash
- Yakko:
- Repeat it, reinstate it
- Reheat it, recreate it
- There's no need to feel frustrated
- Simply just regurgitate it
- Yakko, Wakko and Dot:
- For a guaranteed ratings smash
- Dig it up out of the trash
- Come on, just reboot it!
- Dot:
- Will & Grace, and Dynasty
- Sweet 16 on MTV
- Wakko:
- Blue's Clues, Twin Peaks, and Fargo
- Go catch Carmen Sandiego
- Yakko:
- Just relax and take the flak
- If people want it, bring it back!
- Looney Tunes, Queer Eye, and DuckTales
- Just reboot it, cause it sells!
- Dot:
- Take something foreign, then translate it
- Shamelessly appropriate it
- Even if the old fans hate it
- Yakko, Wakko and Dot:
- Get the script rights cleared!
- Yakko:
- You've done sequels, try for prequels
- Wakko:
- Think of all the streams that equals
- Utilizing these techniques
- Wakko and Dot:
- Will make your shows revered
- Shows revered!
- Yakko, Wakko and Dot:
- Reboot it, renew it
- Reshoot it, redo it
- And reuse it, retool it
- Abuse it, just spew it!
- If you wanna make some easy cash
- Just recycle and rehash
- Repeat it, reinstate it
- Reheat it, recreate it
- There's no need to feel frustrated
- Simply just regurgitate it
- For a guaranteed ratings smash
- Dig it up out of the trash
- Come on, just reboot it!
Trivia
- Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, and Tress MacNeille are voice doubled by Gabriel Mann, Brock Baker, and Missi Hale, respectively, for portions of this song.
- On the soundtrack version present in Animaniacs Season One (Soundtrack from the Animated Series) and the Water Tower Music YouTube upload; Missi Hale performs the "Take something foreign and translate it" line despite Tress MacNeille singing it in the episode itself.
- Also on the soundtrack version, Rob Paulsen sings off key during "If people want it, bring it back!
- Goof: Wakko's hair tuft is mis-colored white on the billboard at the end.
Media Referenced
- Murphy Brown, Melrose Place, Gilmore Girls (retooled as A Year in the Life), Lost in Space, That's So Raven (retooled as Raven's Home), The X-Files, The Golden Girls, Will and Grace, Dynasty, My Super Sweet 16, Blue's Clues, Twin Peaks, Fargo, Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego, Looney Tunes, Queer Eye, and DuckTales were all referenced and mentioned in the song.
- A rejected joke about ThunderCats Roar was pitched by storyboard artist Meg Syverud. It would've involved the Warners orchestrating the production of that show specifically to annoy people.[1] It's currently unknown if it was going to be in this cartoon or not.
- Ironically, the 2017 revival of DuckTales was announced to be concluding after the third season around the time the episode featuring this song was released.
- The Will and Grace revival had also ended earlier on April 23, 2020.
- The "Johnny 2: Telling Lies" is a reference to the memetic nursery rhyme, "Johnny Johnny Yes Papa". This is further implied by the prequel poster, which shows a toddler Johnny Depp eating sugar from a sack. It was mistaken to be a mean-spirited joke directed towards the actor's personal issues but this was confirmed to be false.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Tweet by Meg Syv. Published March 15, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
- ↑ Comicbook - Rob Paulsen explains Johnny Depp Joke Controversy
