Yakko's World of Baldness/Opportunity Knox/Wings Take Heart is the 24th episode of the original Animaniacs
Yakko's World of Baldness
Animation by StarToons
Plot In this infomercial parody, Yakko is the spokesman for a new and affordable product of hair removal.
Trivia This is a parody of the Hair Club for Men infomercials, which often ended with the president saying, "I'm not just the President, I'm also a member", which is parodied as "I'm not just the president, I'm also annoying!" Gallery Last line Yakko, Wakko and Dot : Pinky and the Brain -y...
Opportunity Knox
Animation by Akom Film Production
Plot Pinky and the Brain travel by minivan to Fort Knox to take control of all the gold.
Crew Trivia The shots of Pinky and the Brain examining a gold bar, the Brain awing at the gold supply, and Pinky and the Brain lifting up the gold bar are later used in the theme song of the Pinky and the Brain The shot is also a reference to the 1957 Merrie Melodies short Ali Baba Bunny when Daffy Duck stares in awe at the gold treasure in the cave.
While most regions use the Wang version of the intro in this episode, the 2003 Russian dub has the TMS version vocals over the Wang visuals.
This is the first time Pinky and the Brain has been animated by Akom Film Production
In yet another continuation of their literal running gag, the Warners and Ralph briefly appear outside of Acme Labs and again outside of Fort Knox.
Brain's name is "Mr. Perkins". This is the most common name used in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, which is only a ten-minute drive from Fort Knox. This is noticed in the "Please Please Please Get a Life Foundation" cartoon.
When Pinky and the Brain are in Fort Knox, Pinky says, 'Egad, this is better than a DuckTales episode'.
This is the first time the mice drive a car, which is often seen in the Pinky and the Brain spin-off series. Brain's winch and pully via soap box and skateboard method of driving could also be seen in the episodes "Hoop Schemes , "This Old Mouse ,' and "Brain Storm ."
The plot is similar to the Ian Fleming novel Goldfinger James Bond , in which the titular villain seeks economic supremacy by hiring American gangsters to aid him in his efforts to rob Fort Knox. Gallery
Animation by Wang Film Production
Good Idea : Stopping to smell the roses.
Bad Idea : Stopping to feel the roses.
Trivia The BGM to this cartoon is "To a Wild Rose" by Edward MacDowell. Wings Take Heart
Animation by Akom
Plot In this miscellaneous silent short, when a male moth and female butterfly fall in love, they head to the city and battle through various endangering situations to be with each other.
Crew Trivia This is the first cartoon to not focus on any of the main cast of Animaniacs , although the Warners make a brief cameo. Gallery Animated by Tokyo Movie Shinsha
The moral of the story is: "If you can't say something nice, you're probably at the Ice Capades."
Trivia Dot disses Disney Channel , when she asks, "To make fun of The Disney Channel?!".
Ironically, her voice actress, Tress MacNeille has worked on several Disney projects that have aired on the channel. Soundtrack Can-Can by Jacques Offenbach
My Old Kentucky Home by Stephen Foster
The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money) by Harry Warren
Arkansas Traveler by Sanford Faulkner
Shortnin' Bread by JW Riley
The Farmer in the Dell Cast Stinger Pinky : Zort!
Trivia This is the first stinger not to feature the Warners. Transcript See here
Sources
List of Animaniacs (Original Series) episodes
Season 1
De-Zanitized / The Monkey Song / Nighty-Night Toon • Yakko's World / Cookies for Einstein / Win Big • H.M.S. Yakko / Slappy Goes Walnuts / Yakko's Universe • Hooked on a Ceiling / Film Projector Transition / Goodfeathers: The Beginning • Taming of the Screwy • Flipper Parody / Temporary Insanity / Operation: Lollipop / What are We? • Piano Rag / When Rita Met Runt • The Warners' Lot Song / The Big Candy Store / Bumbie's Mom • Wally Llama / Where Rodents Dare • King Yakko • No Pain, No Painting / Les Miseranimals • Garage Sale of the Century / Fortunes / West Side Pigeons • Hello Nice Warners / La Behemoth / Little Old Slappy From Pasadena • La La Law / Cat on a Hot Steel Beam • Space-Probed / Battle for the Planet • Chalkboard Bungle / Hurray for Slappy / The Great Wakkorotti: The Master & His Music • Roll Over, Beethoven / The Cat and the Fiddle • Pavlov's Mice / Chicken Boo-Ryshnikov / Nothing But the Tooth • Meatballs or Consequences / A Moving Experience • Hearts of Twilight / The Boids • The Flame / Wakko's America / Davy Omelette / Four Score and Seven Migraines Ago • Guardin' the Garden / Plane Pals • Be Careful What You Eat / Session 1 / Up the Crazy River / Session 2 / Ta Da Dump • Yakko's World of Baldness / Opportunity Knox / Wings Take Heart • Hercule Yakko / Home on De-Nile / A Midsummer Night's Dream • Testimonials / Babblin' Bijou / Potty Emergency / Sir Yaksalot • You Risk Your Life / I Got Yer Can / Jockey for Position • Moby or Not Moby / Mesozoic Mindy / The Good, the Boo, and the Ugly • Draculee, Draculaa / Phranken-Runt • Hot, Bothered and Bedeviled / Moon Over Minerva / Skullhead Boneyhands • O Silly Mio / Puttin' on the Blitz / The Great Wakkorotti: The Summer Concert • Chairman of the Bored / Planets Song / Astro-Buttons • Cartoons 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 Conclusion • Clown and Out / Bubba Bo Bob Brain • Very 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 Café • Critical Condition / The Three Muska-Warners • Dough Dough Boys / Boot Camping / General Boo-Regard • Spellbound • Smitten with Kittens / Alas Poor Skullhead / White Gloves • Casablanca Opening / Fair Game / The Slapper / Puppet Rulers • Buttermilk, It Makes a Body Bitter / Broadcast Nuisance / Raging Bird • Animator's Alley / Hollywoodchuck • Of Nice and Men / What a Dump! / Survey Ladies • Useless Facts / The Senses Song / The World Can Wait / Kiki's Kitten / • Mary Tyler Dot Song / Windsor Hassle / ...And Justice for Slappy • Turkey Jerky / Wild Blue Yonder • Video Review / When Mice Ruled the Earth • Mobster Mash / Lake Titicaca / Icebreakers • Very Special Opening / A Christmas Plotz / Little Drummer Warners • Slippin' on the Ice / 'Twas the Day Before Christmas / Jingle Boo / The Great Wakkorotti: The Holiday Concert / Toy Shop Terror / Yakko's Universe • Branimaniacs / The Warners and the Beanstalk / Frontier Slappy • Ups and Downs / The Brave Little Trailer / Yes, Always • Drive-Insane / Girlfeathers / I'm Cute • Brain Meets Brawn / Meet Minerva • Gold Rush / A Gift of Gold / Dot's Quiet Time • Schnitzelbank / The Helpinki Formula / Les Boutons et le Ballon / Kung Boo • Of Course You Know, This Means Warners / Up a Tree / Wakko's Gizmo • Oh, Oh, Ethel / Inkblot Test / Meet John Brain / Smell Ya Later • Ragamuffins / Woodstock Slappy • Karaoke Dokie / Cranial Crusader / The Chicken Who Loved Me • Baloney & Kids / Super Buttons / Katie Ka-Boom: The Driving Lesson • Scare Happy Slappy / Witch One / MacBeth • With Three, You Get Eggroll / Mermaid Mindy / Katie Ka-Boom: Call Waiting • Lookit the Fuzzy Heads / No Face Like Home • My Father the Tuna / The Warners' 65th Anniversary Special
Season 2
Take My Siblings, Please / The Mindy 500 / Morning Malaise • We're No Pigeons / Whistle-Stop Mindy / Katie Ka-Boom: The Broken Date • Miami Mama-Mia / Pigeon on the Roof / Coo • I'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 / Bingo • Previously on Animaniacs / Deduces Wild / Rest in Pieces / U.N. Me • A Hard Day's Warners / Gimme a Break / Please Please Please Get a Life Foundation • The 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 Returns • Gimme the Works / Buttons in Ows / Hercules Unwound • This Pun for Hire / Star Truck / Go Fish / Multiplication (song) • The Sound of Warners / Yabba Dabba Boo • My Mother the Squirrel / The Party / Oh! Say Can You See / The Twelve Days of Christmas • Dot's Entertainment / The Girl with the Googily Goop / Gunga Dot • 2001 Parody 1 / Soccer Coach Slappy 2001 Parody 2 / Belly Button Blues / Our Final Space Cartoon, We Promise / Valuable Lesson • Wakko'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 Clock • Cutie and the Beast / Boo Happens / Noel / Cold Ending • Animani-rats /• Jokahontas / Boids on the Hood / Mighty Wakko at the Bat • A Very Very Very Very Special Show / Night of the Living Buttons / Soda Jerk • From Burbank with Love / Anchors A-Warners / When You're Traveling • Parody Commercials / Papers for Pappa / Amazing Gladiators / Pinky and the Ralph • Ten Short Films About Wakko Warner / No Time for Love / The Boo Network • Pitter Patter of Little Feet / Mindy in Wonderland / Ralph's Wedding
Season 5
Moosage in a Bottle / Back in Style / Bones in the Body • It / Dot - The Macadamia Nut / Bully for Skippy • Cute First (Ask Questions Later) / Acquaintances / Here Comes Atilla / Boo Wonder • Magic Time / The Brain's Apprentice Hooray for North Hollywood Part 1 • Part 2 )The Carpool / The Sunshine Squirrels • The 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 )
