A piece of the score titled 'Journey to the Island' plays throughout the cold open.

This segment in question is referencing the same year these two properties have debuted, 1993 and both being properties that Spielberg have worked on.

This segment is a parody of Jurassic Park.

It was previewed at the NYCC Animaniacs panel on October 11th, 2020.

This was the first clip of the show that was officially previewed.

This is the first segment to be animated by Snipple Animation Studios.

This is the first segment and cold open in the Animaniacs reboot.

Written by Lucas Crandles and Timothy Nash.

The Warners bounce away, and the intro starts.

Spielberg also explains that Pinky and the Brain are also back, causing the doctor to faint. Steven Spielberg explains that they’re back after 22 years, and it’s not a rerun. Jurassic LarkĪnimation by Snipple Animation Studios PlotĪ crew uncovers Yakko, Wakko, and Dot in the wilderness. Brain’s meme fails to achieve world domination. Thankfully, these more adult-oriented moments never feel out of place, and the experienced, talented voice cast certainly help in that regard.The Warner Brothers (& Warner sister!) return. Whether it's lengthy musical numbers patterned after Gilbert & Sullivan plays or jokes that veer into surprisingly dark territory, the new Animaniacs can be surprisingly edgy at times. The tone may be lighthearted and silly, but the writers have mostly abandoned any pretense of Animaniacs being a show aimed at children. If anything, they have a bit more bite now than they did back in 1994. Season 2 further cements the fact that Yakko, Wakko, and Dot have lost none of their edge over the past few decades.

That's what winds up driving many of the show's storylines. If there's any sort of through-line at all in this very plot-light series, it's that the Warners are both fascinated with and mystified by 21st Century social media. That said, the series does succeed in casting a slightly wider net this time and not relying too much on political jokes that became outdated sometime between the scripting and animating phases. In case you were wondering, yes, there's still a fair amount of political humor targeted at the previous presidential administration.

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