The Ravin!/Elmyra's Music Video/Squeeze Play is the 9th episode of Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain. The addition of "The Ravin!" makes this the 6th overall Halloween-related episode in the Animaniacs franchise.
Through The Cat & Birdy Warneroonie Pinky Brainy Big Cartoonie Show; the cartoons originally aired on January 23, 1999 ("The Ravin!"), February 6, 1999, ("Elmyra's Music Video"), and January 30, 1999 ("Squeeze Play").
The first and third cartoons are both animated by Wang, while the second cartoon consists entirely of archival footage from past episodes of the show.
The Ravin![]
Plot[]
In this story told in poetic stanzas ala Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven, Pinky and The Brain attempt to survive a typical day with Elmyra and various other problems.
Crew[]
- Written by Wendell Morris and Tom Sheppard
- Directed by Nelson Recinos
Trivia[]
- The Dissy Store is a parody of the Disney Store.
Elmyra's Music Video[]
Plot[]
Elmyra, Pinky and the Brain sing a "YMCA" parody.
Songs[]
Trivia[]
- The melody of this song is reused for the song "You'll Be Leader of the United States" from the Histeria! episode "Presidential People".
- This episode is a clip-show of sorts, made up of footage from most episodes from this series.
- Information about this episode was considered to be so obscure prior to the 2014 complete series DVD release, that records of it airing on Kids' WB! were scant. As of May 29, 2022, there isn't even an iMDB page for this specific cartoon.
Squeeze Play[]
Plot[]
Rudy takes Brain's invention that is intended to take over the world, and it won't be easy to get it back, especially with Rudy's hungry pet snake Tunk lurking for a meal.
Crew[]
- Written by Alex Borstein and Erin Ehrlich
- Directed by Nelson Recinos
Songs[]
Trivia[]
- When The Brain talks about his latest plan, Pinky started singing "Yakko's World" from Animaniacs until the Brain cuts him off. Rob Paulsen voices both Pinky and Yakko.
- The title of this cartoon comes from a number of sports-related plays, and is a joke on snakes' habit of squeezing.
- At one point, Pinky sings "Yakko's World", the closest this show has come to referencing the Warners in some capacity.
Gallery[]
Production Notes[]
- This episode contains the most amount of cartoons of any episode in this series (3).
- The episode's title on Hulu and HBO Max feature several errors:
- The segment order is incorrect: Squeeze Play is listed as the first segment, despite it being the third segment of the episode.
- "Elmyra's Music Video" is not listed on the title.
- The Ravin! is mistakenly labelled as "the Raven".
- The capitalization is fixed on HBO Max, though the misspelled episode title remains intact.
Cast[]
| Voice Actors: | Character(s): |
| Rob Paulsen | Pinky, Additional Voices |
| Maurice LaMarche | The Brain, Additional Voices |
| Cree Summer | Elmyra Duff |
| Nancy Cartwright | Rudy Mookich |
| Frank Welker | Tunk, Additional Voices |