Animaniacs
Gimme the Works
TV Flash files “Gimme the Works” as hour 201 of 274 in the TV Flash guide — Animaniacs (1993–1998) on Fox Kids/Kids' WB, season 3, episode 18, aired 1995-10-21, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E18: listed hour 201 of 274 in the Animaniacs guide, hour 18 of 46 in season 3. It aired 1995-10-21 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Method to Her Madness” (S03E17). Next is “Buttons in Ows” (S03E19).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Gimme the Works sit in the Animaniacs guide?
S03E18 is listed hour 201 of 274 — hour 18 of 46 in season 3, season 3 episode 18.
When did Animaniacs S03E18 air?
Gimme the Works aired 1995-10-21 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is Pinky and the Brain part of this?
Yes — world-domination sitcom segments inside the variety show, later spun off into a series of their own.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Warner siblings running amok through history, Hollywood, and your parents’ pop-culture memory. Variety-cartoon velocity: Yakko’s geography earworms, Pinky and the Brain’s world-domination sitcom, and gags pitched at two ages in the same frame. Educational chaos as house style — vaudeville, satire, and a music lesson before the next commercial.
Fox Kids, 1993, later Kids' WB: Warner siblings escape the water tower and the drop calendar becomes vaudeville. Tom Ruegger developed the series under Spielberg's Amblin banner. Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche — variety-cartoon velocity: Yakko's geography earworms, parody, wordplay, gags pitched at two ages in the same frame. Pinky and the Brain plotting world domination between segments. Educational chaos as house style — a music lesson before the next commercial. **Five seasons,…
Filed against
- Rob Paulsen as Yakko Warner
Rob Paulsen’s Raphael made cowabunga a business plan on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — pizza, a rat sensei, toy-glut Christmas lists — then ran amok as Yakko-era velocity on Animaniacs. 1987 sewer martial-arts slapstick; variety-cartoon…
- Jess Harnell as Wakko Warner
Jess Harnell’s Wakko Warner ran amok through Animaniacs — Warner siblings looting history and Hollywood, variety-cartoon velocity, Yakko’s geography earworms, Pinky and the Brain in the next cell. 1990s gags pitched at two ages in the…
- Tress MacNeille as Dot Warner
Tress MacNeille’s Dot Warner ran amok through Animaniacs — history, Hollywood, and your parents’ pop-culture memory at variety-cartoon velocity. Yakko’s geography earworms, Pinky and the Brain’s world-domination sitcom, gags pitched at…
- Maurice LaMarche as The Brain
Maurice LaMarche plotted the world as the Brain on Animaniacs — Warner siblings running amok through history and Hollywood, variety-cartoon velocity, Pinky and the Brain’s world-domination sitcom inside the chaos. Gags pitched at two ages…
- Rob Paulsen as Pinky
Rob Paulsen’s Raphael made cowabunga a business plan on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — pizza, a rat sensei, toy-glut Christmas lists — then ran amok as Yakko-era velocity on Animaniacs. 1987 sewer martial-arts slapstick; variety-cartoon…