Suffragette Song
The Daytime Emmy Award-winning song "Suffragette City" is a song sung primarily by Dot Warner (with backup from Yakko and Wakko ) in the eponymous segment of the Animaniacs reboot.
Characters from Looney Tunes , Tiny Toon Adventures , Hanna-Barbera and even Loonatics Unleashed and Screwy Squirrel make appearances in the song.
Description [ ]
At first, Dot begins to sing about women's suffrage and how they secured the rights to vote 100 years before the song aired. Upon finding out that cartoons have yet to secure the same right, she enlists the help of various other WB characters, including her brothers, to "march for your cartoony rights". By the end of the song, Dot has successfully secured cartoon characters the right to vote.
Lyrics [ ]
Dot Warner :
It's insane for us to think today
That woman used to have no say
In matters of the government
The line of thinking usually went:
Man:
You do not need a ballot to finish your needlepoint!
Dot:
Even though men called them gorgons
And their corsets crushed their organs,
Suffragettes, they rocked the boat
To help us win the right to vote!
Dot:
Suffragette roll call!
Elizabeth Cady Stanton:
Elizabeth Cady Stanton!
Susan B. Anthony:
Susan B. Anthony!
Sojourner Truth:
Sojourner Truth!
Dot and the Suffragettes: :
We marched on Washington
We fought the fight!
We're independent women
Who demanded equal rights
Dot:
Thank you, ladies! Thanks to you, I can vote!
[the suffragettes murmur]
Dot:
Come again?
[a woman whispers to her]
Dot, enraged:
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
Dot, slightly calmer:
I've just been informed that cartoons don't have the right to vote!
Dot, now ready to riot:
This won't stand! This won't fly!
No animation without representation!
Dot:
We toast 100 years of women voting in our nation
But as a disenfranchised toon, I seek emancipation
Saluting my foremothers in star-spangled petticoats
I respectfully submit: it's time to give cartoons the vote
Let's all march on Washington
Let's fight the fight
I might only be a drawing
But I still want equal rights
Come on! March! March for your rights!
March! March! March! For your cartoony rights!
March! March! March! For your cartoony rights!
Cartoons! You gotta march, march, march! March for your rights!
Come on, everybody! All together now!
Robots , monsters , Tiny Toons ,
Sylvester , talking cars ,
Ducks , dogs , bunnies , Elmer Fudd ,
Whatever these guys are!
Road Runner , Pinky , Taz , The Brain ,
Wile E. Coyote
It's time to band together, time to give cartoons the vote!
Dot:
Don't be afraid to speak out! Tell us about the issues that affect you!
Sylvester :
I've been out of work for six months due to a mallet-related injury!
Daffy Duck :
[in horrible pain] It'd be great to have a stunt double for all the cartoon violence!
Dot:
Excellent! Let us tell the big wigs how we really feel!
Attention, Washington!
Dot:
Every day, we're smashed and whacked!
Yakko Warner :
Every day, we're smashed and whacked!
Dot:
It's time to take our anvils back!
Wakko Warner :
It s time to take our anvils back!
Dot:
A pie for you, a pie for me!
Yakko and Wakko:
A pie for you, a pie for me!
Dot:
This seltzer sprays equality!
All:
This seltzer sprays equality!
Reporter:
We're coming to you live with reports of a tiny dog-puppy-lady... singing at Congress.
Dot:
We besieged the legislatures
To secure our zany stature
Squirrelly tail entwined with Tweety wing
Hear our voices as we sing!
Senate:
Aye! Aye! Aye! Aye!
Reporter:
And so, on the eve of the 100th anniversary of women securing the right to vote, cartoon characters today have successfully achieved that very same right. I think I speak for everyone when I say... God help us.
Dot:
I'm Dot Warner, and I approve this message.
Porky Pig :
Th-Th-Th-That's democracy, folks!
Trivia [ ]
Marvin the Martian is erroneously referred to as a robot rather than a martian.
It could be a reference to the 1980 Looney Tunes cartoon Spaced Out Bunny , where Hugo the Abominable Snowman keeps mistaking Marvin for a robot.
When Dot sings the line "Saluting my foremothers in star-spangled petticoats," the close-up of the water tower is reused from the start of the reboot's intro .
Audio [ ]
Animaniacs (1993-1998)
Yakko, Wakko, and Dot
Animaniacs Theme Song • The Monkey Song • Yakko's World • Support the Scouts • The Acme Song • Yes, Brothers Warner We • I am the Evil Pirate Captain Mel • We Should Run and We Should Flee • I Am the Very Model of a Cartoon Individual • Yakko's Universe • Come See Us • The Studio Shrink • The Etiquette Song • Flipper Parody • What Are We? • You Can't Catch Us • Piano Rag • The Warner's Lot Song • The Candyman's Swell • Llama Llama Llama • Let the Anvils Ring (Prologue) • Anvilania's National Anthem • Let the Anvils Ring • In Dear Old Anvilania • Musical Chairs • This Means War(ners) • My Old Anvilanian Home • War Report Finale • Frere Warner • The Hills are Quite Full • Three Little Maids • Falderal • Our First Day of School • Frizzy Cola • We'll Clean Your Flue for You • Writin' Hooey • Call Dr. Yakko • The Ending • Wakko's America • Lincoln's Introduction • Lanky and Cranky • Be Careful What You Eat • We Haven't Got a Clue • Camelot • Early in the Morning • You're in Hades Now • Whiny Protest Song from the 60s • Purgatory, Here We Come • O Silly Mio • Planets Song • You'll Never Laugh Alone • Nice and Chubby Baby • Animaniacs Stew • We've Been Mixing Up the Scripts • We Found This Old Computer • We're the Musketeers • The King's Lullaby • Sam 'N' Ella's • In the Mall • The Senses Song • Mary Tyler Dot Song • Video Revue • The Goodbye Song • Ravioli, Pepperoni • The Warner Waiter Two • We Were Sitting Here Before You • Lake Titicaca • Many Years Ago • Mean Old Man • Lots to See • Little Drummer Warners • Slippin' on the Ice • Branimaniacs • Old MacDonald Had a Farm • Camptown Races • Chopsticks • I'm Cute • The Crickets and the Froggies • Dot's Quiet Time • Schnitzelbank • On the Home Front We're Marching Along • Feelings • Baa Baa Black Sheep • John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt • Jimmy Crack Corn • Oh My Darling, Clementine • Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Slackmer) • London Bridge Is Falling Down • Pop Goes The Weasel • This Old Man • Baloney and Kids Theme • The Imagine Song • The Anvil Song • Baloney's Goodbye Song • Digg'd i' the Dark • Oh, Lady! • Introducing the Warners • Buddy's Song • Make a Gookie • Hurtin' Our Feet • Romp • The Hunk from Upumema • I'm Mad • Serendipity • Super Strong Warner Siblings • A Quake! A Quake! • Variety Speak • Twelve Days Of Christmas • U.N. Me • Running From Our Fans • They Want To Laugh • The Surprises in Life • All The Words in the English Language • The Presidents Song • Multiplication • Burbank • What Do You Do With Children Like Us Warners? • Poison Oak • When I Am Afraid • Grumpy Chicken • Eat All Your Oatmeal • The Cats of Phantom Boulevard • Dental Avenue • Take a Nap Instead • Snack Time • Dough, Some Cash • Don't Shout at Us, Mr. Webby • Hello Googi • Beware the Big Bad Wolf • Googily Goop • The Snugglers Theme • The Angry Song • Wakko's Two Note Song • Panama Canal • Hello Nurse • The Ballad of Magellan • At the Big Wrap Party Tonight • Cutie and the Beast • That's Dot • Be a Pest • Deck the Halls • Noel • Is Wakkoum a Warrior? • Just the Same Old Heroine • John Smith and Company • Ice Cream • Bars of Gold are Forever • When You're Traveling from Nantucket • You Can't Sing When I Sing • Obese Orson • Night Traveler • Bones in the Body • Macadamia Nut • We Won't Ever Leave • The Warner Bunch • Here Comes Attila • Magic Guys • We're On Our Way to Go See Mr. Plotz • You Gotta Do the Schmooze • There's Only One of You • Variety Speak (HFNH) • Jam-A-Lot • L.A. Dot • It's New Year's Eve • We're On Our Way to Go See Mr. Plotz (Version 2)
Pinky and the Brain
Pinky and the Brain Theme • I'm a Little Teapot • My Empty Hollow Head • Telephone Repairman • King of the World • Play Fish With Me • Pinky's Minstrel Songs • Johnny Badnote's Song
Slappy Squirrel
Slappy Squirrel Theme • The Wonderful World of Walnuts • Bumbie the Dearest Deer • The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena) • The Slapper • Daniel Boone • Going up the Country • What Am I Singing For? • Crackers and Cheese • Would You Still Cheer? • Can You Hear Me? • Slappy's Polka • Star-Spangled Banner • It's Halloween • La donna è mobile • Food Song • Santa Lucia • Ride of the Valkyries • Slippin' on the Ice • Hall of Fame • Take Me Out to the Ball Game • Slappy Squirrel Theme (Three Tenors Version) • Rocket Rat
Goodfeathers
Goodfeathers Theme • Goodfeathers Song • Carloota • Scorsese's Head • I Feel Feathery • There's a Perch For You • Scorsese • Egg-hatcher, Egg-hatcher • If I Were the Godpigeon • Coo Coo Quack • Sasha, Squit • Do You Want Me? • Regis Philbin • Coo
Rita and Runt
Rita and Runt Theme • Humans Ain't What They Seem to Be • I, Camenbert • At The End Of My Fork • Look At Rita! • Flat in Gay Paree • I Am Definitely Runt • Rita and Runt • Do You Hear The Poodles Bark? • Dig Down • Bitten In The Butt • Runt and Camenbert • At the End of the Road • A Place Called Home • All Wrapped Up in Love • Let's Try For Two • Use Your Brain • A Hands On Kinda Gal • Let's Try For Three • Together • Milk Please Mama • I'm Nobody's Mama • Monterey • Happy Bob's Bunny Ranch • Stereotypical View • Bunny Bedtime • Miao • Florida • Cats Always Get the Short End of the Stick • I'll Go It Alone • Corn • Dizzy • Fraidy Cat • Is This My Destiny? • The Judge • There's Nothing Quite Like a Cat • Still There's Me and You
Chicken Boo
Chicken Boo Theme • Davy Omelette • Jingle Boo
Other
Hip Hippos Theme • La Behemoth • It's Not Pretty Being Me • Mr. Skullhead Show Theme • Katie Ka-Boom Theme • Mindy and the Brain • Pinky and the Cat • Dottie the Squirrel • Sister Slappy • Animaniacs Theme Song (Three Tenors Version) • Twelve Days Of Christmas (Blue Bird Edition) • Hello My Lady • Pinky and the Ralph • The Animaniacs Suite
Scrapped Songs
The Geologic Clock • Dear Mister Gingrich