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Useless Facts/The Senses Song/The World Can Wait/Kiki's Kitten is the 44th episode of the original Animaniacs. It originally aired on November 18, 1993.

Useless Facts

Animation by Freelance Animators, Ltd.

UselessFact

Summary

Throughout the episode, Yakko provides some "useless facts". This segment is considered special by fans because it was only featured in this episode.

Fact list:

  • Termites can live to be up to 50 years old. (Cold Open)
  • Eskimos have more than 100 words for "ice", and no words for "hello". (After "The Senses")
  • A shrimp's heart is in its head. (After "The World Can Wait")
  • Starfish have no brain. (After "Kiki's Kitten")

Theme Song

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Last line

Dot: Shirley MacLaine-y...

The Senses Song

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Animation by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Ltd.

Plot

The Warners sing of all five senses, as well as other "senses" as the song becomes more bizarre and nonsensical.

Crew

Songs

Trivia

  • The dance that the Warners perform at the beginning would be used as their idle animation in the SNES game.
  • This is one of a few shorts where Wakko's red baseball cap is off.
  • Ralph appears as a toll collector, Hello Nurse is a census taker and Rita appears in a kitty box outside an imaginary room. Scratchansniff appears as the unfortunate lumberjack.
  • Pinky and the Brain make a brief cameo in the song, in the cemetery.
  • The song itself is in the style of an Italian tarantella.

Dot's Poetry Corner

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Animation by Freelance Animators, Ltd.

Plot

Dot provides her own interpretation of "Humpty Dumpty".

The World Can Wait

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Animation by Akom Film Production

Plot

The Brain puts taking over the world on hold as he is in love with a lab mouse named Billie, however, she shares the personality traits of Pinky, so Pinky helps Brain talk to her a la Cyrano de Bergerac.

Crew

Trivia

  • The scene of Brain and Pinky checking on Billie would be used in the intro for the Pinky and the Brain spinoff.
  • This cartoon marks the debut of Billie, who would make a few more appearances in the spin-off series and DC Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain comics. The character of Billie is modeled after the character Billie Dawn from the film and stage play Born Yesterday.
  • This is the first Pinky and The Brain episode that does not involve the mice trying to take over the world.

Gallery


Kiki's Kitten

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Animation by Akom Film Production

Plot

A zoologist discovers that Kiki the gorilla acts calmly when around Rita, because she treats her as if she were her own child.

Crew

Songs

Trivia

  • This cartoon is a parody of Koko the gorilla, who befriended a kitten.
  • The Warners make a cameo appearance while Runt was sleeping as they were being chased by Ralph.

Soundtrack

  1. The Old Grey Mare
  2. Symphony No. 6, Pastorale: 1st Movement
  3. Guten Abend, Guten Nacht by Johannes Brahms
  4. Rock-a-Bye Baby by Effie I Canning
  5. Shortnin' Bread
  6. Sobre Las Olas
  7. Sonata No. 16 in C Major
  8. The Alphabet Song
  9. Beautiful Dreamer by Stephen Foster
  10. The Mulberry Bush
  11. While Strolling Through the Park One Day
  12. Puttin' On the Ritz
  13. The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze

Cast

Voice Actors: Character(s):
Rob Paulsen Yakko Warner, Pinky, Dr. Baboon
Jess Harnell Wakko Warner
Tress MacNeille Dot Warner, Billie, Stray Cat
Maurice LaMarche The Brain
Frank Welker Runt, Kiki, Dr. Himp
and Bernadette Peters as Rita

Transcript

See here.

List of Animaniacs (Original Series) episodes
Season 1
De-Zanitized / The Monkey Song / Nighty-Night ToonYakko's World / Cookies for Einstein / Win BigH.M.S. Yakko / Slappy Goes Walnuts / Yakko's UniverseHooked on a Ceiling / Film Projector Transition / Goodfeathers: The BeginningTaming of the ScrewyFlipper Parody / Temporary Insanity / Operation: Lollipop / What are We?Piano Rag / When Rita Met RuntThe Warners' Lot Song / The Big Candy Store / Bumbie's MomWally Llama / Where Rodents DareKing YakkoNo Pain, No Painting / Les MiseranimalsGarage Sale of the Century / Fortunes / West Side PigeonsHello Nice Warners / La Behemoth / Little Old Slappy From PasadenaLa La Law / Cat on a Hot Steel BeamSpace-Probed / Battle for the PlanetChalkboard Bungle / Hurray for Slappy / The Great Wakkorotti: The Master & His MusicRoll Over, Beethoven / The Cat and the FiddlePavlov's Mice / Chicken Boo-Ryshnikov / Nothing But the ToothMeatballs or Consequences / A Moving ExperienceHearts of Twilight / The BoidsThe Flame / Wakko's America / Davy Omelette / Four Score and Seven Migraines AgoGuardin' the Garden / Plane PalsBe Careful What You Eat / Session 1 / Up the Crazy River / Session 2 / Ta Da DumpYakko's World of Baldness / Opportunity Knox / Wings Take HeartHercule Yakko / Home on De-Nile / A Midsummer Night's DreamTestimonials / Babblin' Bijou / Potty Emergency / Sir YaksalotYou Risk Your Life / I Got Yer Can / Jockey for PositionMoby or Not Moby / Mesozoic Mindy / The Good, the Boo, and the UglyDraculee, Draculaa / Phranken-RuntHot, Bothered and Bedeviled / Moon Over Minerva / Skullhead BoneyhandsO Silly Mio / Puttin' on the Blitz / The Great Wakkorotti: The Summer ConcertChairman of the Bored / Planets Song / Astro-ButtonsCartoons 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 ConclusionClown and Out / Bubba Bo Bob BrainVery 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 CaféCritical Condition / The Three Muska-WarnersDough Dough Boys / Boot Camping / General Boo-RegardSpellboundSmitten with Kittens / Alas Poor Skullhead / White GlovesCasablanca Opening / Fair Game / The Slapper / Puppet RulersButtermilk, It Makes a Body Bitter / Broadcast Nuisance / Raging BirdAnimator's Alley / HollywoodchuckOf Nice and Men / What a Dump! / Survey LadiesUseless Facts / The Senses Song / The World Can Wait / Kiki's Kitten / • Mary Tyler Dot Song / Windsor Hassle / ...And Justice for SlappyTurkey Jerky / Wild Blue YonderVideo Review / When Mice Ruled the EarthMobster Mash / Lake Titicaca / IcebreakersVery Special Opening / A Christmas Plotz / Little Drummer WarnersSlippin' on the Ice / 'Twas the Day Before Christmas / Jingle Boo / The Great Wakkorotti: The Holiday Concert / Toy Shop Terror / Yakko's UniverseBranimaniacs / The Warners and the Beanstalk / Frontier SlappyUps and Downs / The Brave Little Trailer / Yes, AlwaysDrive-Insane / Girlfeathers / I'm CuteBrain Meets Brawn / Meet MinervaGold Rush / A Gift of Gold / Dot's Quiet TimeSchnitzelbank / The Helpinki Formula / Les Boutons et le Ballon / Kung BooOf Course You Know, This Means Warners / Up a Tree / Wakko's GizmoOh, Oh, Ethel / Inkblot Test / Meet John Brain / Smell Ya LaterRagamuffins / Woodstock SlappyKaraoke Dokie / Cranial Crusader / The Chicken Who Loved MeBaloney & Kids / Super Buttons / Katie Ka-Boom: The Driving LessonScare Happy Slappy / Witch One / MacBethWith Three, You Get Eggroll / Mermaid Mindy / Katie Ka-Boom: Call WaitingLookit the Fuzzy Heads / No Face Like HomeMy Father the Tuna / The Warners' 65th Anniversary Special
Season 2
Take My Siblings, Please / The Mindy 500 / Morning MalaiseWe're No Pigeons / Whistle-Stop Mindy / Katie Ka-Boom: The Broken DateMiami Mama-Mia / Pigeon on the Roof / CooI'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 / BingoPreviously on Animaniacs / Deduces Wild / Rest in Pieces / U.N. MeA Hard Day's Warners / Gimme a Break / Please Please Please Get a Life FoundationThe 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 ReturnsGimme the Works / Buttons in Ows / Hercules UnwoundThis Pun for Hire / Star Truck / Go Fish / Multiplication (song)The Sound of Warners / Yabba Dabba BooMy Mother the Squirrel / The Party / Oh! Say Can You See / The Twelve Days of ChristmasDot's Entertainment / The Girl with the Googily Goop / Gunga Dot2001 Parody 1 / Soccer Coach Slappy 2001 Parody 2 / Belly Button Blues / Our Final Space Cartoon, We Promise / Valuable LessonWakko'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 ClockCutie and the Beast / Boo Happens / Noel / Cold EndingAnimani-rats /• Jokahontas / Boids on the Hood / Mighty Wakko at the BatA Very Very Very Very Special Show / Night of the Living Buttons / Soda JerkFrom Burbank with Love / Anchors A-Warners / When You're TravelingParody Commercials / Papers for Pappa / Amazing Gladiators / Pinky and the RalphTen Short Films About Wakko Warner / No Time for Love / The Boo NetworkPitter Patter of Little Feet / Mindy in Wonderland / Ralph's Wedding
Season 5
Moosage in a Bottle / Back in Style / Bones in the BodyIt / Dot - The Macadamia Nut / Bully for SkippyCute First (Ask Questions Later) / Acquaintances / Here Comes Atilla / Boo WonderMagic Time / The Brain's Apprentice
Hooray for North Hollywood: (Part 1Part 2)
The Carpool / The Sunshine SquirrelsThe 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)
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