Animaniacs Theme song

The Animaniacs Theme is, as its title suggests, the song that opens every episode of Animaniacs (with the exception of episodes 65 and 83). The song describes the set-up of the Yakko, Wakko, and Dot's zany adventures and also introduces several of the other major characters on the show.

The theme was composed by Richard Stone and the lyrics by creator Tom Ruegger. The original main title was directed by Rich Arons and animated by the Japanese studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha; while the reboot’s main title was animated by Snipple Animation Studios.

The theme has been translated in 21 languages

## Original lyrics

### Season 0ne (Seasons 1-2, Episode 75, 82, 84, 94 and 99)

**The Warners:** It's time for Animaniacs

And we're zany to the max

So just sit back and relax.

You'll laugh till you collapse.

We're Animaniacs

**Yakko and Wakko:** Come join the Warner Brothers

**Dot:** And the Warner Sister Dot

**The Warners:** Just for fun, we run around the Warner movie lot.

They lock us in the tower whenever we get caught.

But we break loose and then vamoose and now you know the plot.

We're Animaniacs

Dot is cute and Yakko yaks.

Wakko packs away the snacks

While Bill Clinton plays the sax

We're Animaniacs

Meet Pinky and the Brain who want to rule the universe.

Goodfeathers flock together, Slappy whacks them with her purse.

Buttons chases Mindy, while Rita sings a verse.

The writers flipped, We have no script, Why bother to rehearse?

**All:** We're Animaniacs We have pay-or-play contracts

We're zany to the max There's baloney in our slacks!

We're Animanie

Totally insane-y

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Animaniacs! Those are the facts!

### Season 2

**The Warners:** It's time for Animaniacs

And we're zany to the max

So just sit back and relax.

You'll laugh till you collapse.

We're Animaniacs

**Yakko and Wakko:** Come join the Warner Brothers

**Dot:** And the Warner Sister Dot

**The Warners:** Just for fun, we run around the Warner movie lot.

They lock us in the tower whenever we get caught.

But we break loose and then vamoose and now you know the plot.

We're Animaniacs

Dot is cute and Yakko yaks.

Wakko packs away the snacks

We've got wisecracks by the stacks.

We're Animanias

Meet Pinky and the Brain who want to rule the universe.

Goodfeathers flock together, Slappy whacks them with her purse.

Buttons chases Mindy, while Rita sings a verse.

The writers flipped, We have no script, Why bother to rehearse?

**All:** We're Animaniacs

We have pay-or-play contracts

We're zany to the max There's baloney in our slacks!

We're Animanie

Totally insane-y

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Animaniacs! Those are the facts!

### Season 3-5

**The Warners:** It's time for Animaniacs

And we're zany to the max

So just sit back and relax.

You'll laugh till you collapse.

We're Animaniacs

**Yakko and Wakko:** Come join the Warner Brothers

**Dot:** And the Warner Sister Dot

**The Warners:** Just for fun, we run around the Warner movie lot.

They lock us in the tower whenever we get caught.

But we break loose and then vamoose and now you know the plot.

We're Animaniacs

Dot is cute and Yakko yaks.

Wakko packs away the snacks

We pay tons of income tax

We're Animaniacs

Meet Ralph and Dr. Scratchansniff, say hi to Hello Nurse. (Seasons 3-5)

Goodfeathers flock together, Slappy whacks them with her purse.

Buttons chases Mindy, while Rita sings a verse.

The writers flipped, We have no script, Why bother to rehearse?

**All:** We're Animaniacs

We have pay-or-play contracts

We're zany to the max There's baloney in our slacks!

We're Animanie

Totally insane-y

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Animaniacs! Those are the facts!

### 2020

**The Warners:** It's time for Animaniacs

And we're zany to the max

So just sit back and relax.

You'll laugh till you collapse.

We're Animaniacs

**Yakko and Wakko:** Come join the Warner Brothers

**Dot:** And the Warner Sister Dot

**The Warners:** Just for fun, we run around the Warner movie lot.

They lock us in the tower, whenever we get caught.

But we break loose, and then vamoose, and now you know the plot.

We're Animaniacs

Dot has wit, and Yakko yaks.

Wakko packs away the snacks. Our careers have made comebacks

We're Animaniacs

Meet Pinky and the Brain who want to rule the universe.

A brand new cast who tested well in focus group research.

Gender-balanced, pronoun-neutral, and ethnically diverse

The trolls will say we're so passé, but we did meta first

We're Animaniacs

You should see our new contracts

We're zany to the max, There's baloney in our slacks

We're Animanie

Totally insane-y

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Animaniacs! Those are the facts!