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- Episode 38
The Cat and the Fiddle
Animaniacs - S1 - E38
In 1690s Italy, a violinist named Stradivarius takes a stray cat (Rita) in so that he can make violin strings out of her "catgut."
Animaniacs: Season 1 - 88 Episode s
1x1 - De-Zanitized
September 13, 1993
Dr. Scratchansniff uses every known technique to "de-zani-tize" the Warners, who are just too zany.
1x2 - The Monkey Song
September 13, 1993
In a parody of Harry Belafonte's "Monkey," the Warners and Dr. Scratchansniff sing about their tumultuous relationship.
1x3 - Nighty-Night Toon
September 13, 1993
In a slight parody of the children's book "Goodnight Moon," each of the Animaniacs characters is wished a good night's sleep.
1x4 - Yakko's World
September 14, 1993
Yakko sings a song to the tune of the "Mexican Hat Dance" listing the nations of the world.
1x5 - Cookies for Einstein
September 14, 1993
As scouts in Switzerland, the Warners attempt to sell cookies to Albert Einstein and accidentally help him discover the mass-energy conversion formula (mistakenly referred to as the formula for his theory of relativity).
1x6 - Win Big
September 14, 1993
Brain competes on the trivia game show Gyp-Parody! to win enough money to buy the final part of a device that Brain is building in order to take over the world.
1x7 - H.M.S. Yakko
September 15, 1993
The Warners perform a musical tribute to Gilbert & Sullivan.
1x8 - Slappy Goes Walnuts
September 15, 1993
Slappy and Skippy Squirrel gather nuts from Doug the Dog’s yard.
1x9 - Yakko's Universe
September 15, 1993
Yakko leads a trip through the universe as he sings about the galaxies.
1x10 - Hooked On a Ceiling
September 16, 1993
The Warners help Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel.
1x11 - Goodfeathers: The Beginning
September 16, 1993
To become a Goodfeather, Squit must pass the initiation test: find some food.
1x12 - Taming of the Screwy
September 17, 1993
When potential foreign investors want to meet the wacky Warner siblings, the studio boss orders Dr. Scratchansniff to train the untamable trio.
1x13 - Temporary Insanity
September 20, 1993
Plotz hires the Warners after the his secretary goes home sick.
1x14 - Operation: Lollipop
September 20, 1993
Buttons tries to keep Mindy safe after her lollipop gets stuck on the side of a mail truck.
1x15 - What Are We?
September 20, 1993
The Warners are hypnotized by Dr. Scratchansniff in order to make them less zany. Dr. Scratchansniff fails and asks them what they are, leading the Warners to offer a number of suggestions.
1x16 - Piano Rag
September 21, 1993
The Warner siblings disrupt a piano concert at Carnegie Hall.
1x17 - When Rita Met Runt
September 21, 1993
A savvy cat and naive pooch join forces to escape the city pound.
1x18 - The Big Candy Store
September 22, 1993
The Warners meet the meanest candy store owner.
1x19 - Bumbie's Mom
September 22, 1993
Slappy Squirrel tries to convince Skippy that "Bumbie's Mom" didn't really die in the famous movie.
1x20 - Wally Llama
September 23, 1993
The Warners trek to Tibet seeking answers to the mysteries of life from a famous sage.
1x21 - Where Rodents Dare
September 23, 1993
Pinky and The Brain infiltrate a summit of world leaders in the Swiss Alps in an attempt to take over the world.
1x22 - King Yakko
September 24, 1993
A freak accident of lineage results in Yakko becoming "King Yakko" of Anvilania.
1x23 - No Pain, No Painting
September 27, 1993
Modern art is born when the Warners help Pablo Picasso discover his painting style.
1x24 - Les Miseranimals
September 27, 1993
In a musical parody of Victor Hugo's novel Les Miserables, Runt breaks out of Le Pound to save Rita and the Miserable Cats.
1x25 - Garage Sale of the Century
September 28, 1993
The Warners attempt to buy the seller's garage at the Garage Sale of the Century.
1x26 - West Side Pigeons
September 28, 1993
The Goodfeathers battle the Sparrows over possession of a statue of Martin Scorsese in a musical spoof of "West Side Story."
1x27 - Hello Nice Warners
September 29, 1993
While running away from Ralph, the Warners get hired by a Jerry Lewis-based comedy director for his movie, leading to a clash of comedic styles. Soon, the Warners end up directing, giving the director the worst day of his life.
1x28 - La Behemoth
September 29, 1993
The Hip Hippos cope without their maid.
1x29 - Little Old Slappy From Pasadena
September 29, 1993
Slappy Squirrel takes her car for a drive, set to the tune of a classic rock 'n' roll song "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)."
1x30 - La La Law
September 30, 1993
Dr. Scratchansniff gets a parking ticket and is represented in court by the firm Warner, Warner and Warner.
1x31 - Cat on a Hot Steel Beam
September 30, 1993
Mindy pursues a kitty into a dangerous construction site, and Buttons tries desperately to save her.
1x32 - Space Probed
October 1, 1993
The Warners are abducted by aliens and taken aboard their spaceship where their hijinks begin to annoy the aliens.
1x33 - Battle for the Planet
October 1, 1993
Brain wants to take over the world by tricking people into thinking that aliens are invading Earth and having them flee the cities in a panic.
1x34 - Chalkboard Bungle
October 4, 1993
The studio hires a new teacher named Miss Flamiel to teach the Warners. Despite her best efforts, she meets only with frustration and is unable to teach them anything.
1x35 - Hurray for Slappy
October 4, 1993
Slappy goes to a banquet held in her honor in order to receive an award while three of her old nemeses (Walter Wolf, Sid the Squid, and Beanie the Brain-Dead Bison) plot revenge for years of torment by her.
1x36 - The Great Wakkorotti: The Master and His Music
October 4, 1993
Wakko belches The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss.
1x37 - Roll Over, Beethoven
October 5, 1993
As chimney sweeps, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot annoy Ludwig van Beethoven, and accidentally give him inspiration for his Fifth Symphony.
1x38 - The Cat and the Fiddle
October 5, 1993
In 1690s Italy, a violinist named Stradivarius takes a stray cat (Rita) in so that he can make violin strings out of her "catgut."
1x39 - Pavlov's Mice
October 6, 1993
In turn of the century Russia, Brain plans to take over the world by stealing the crown jewels of Russia, yet with one setback: he and Pinky have been conditioned by psychiatrist Ivan Pavlov.
1x40 - Chicken Boo-Ryshnikov
October 6, 1993
In New York, Chicken Boo is mistaken for a ballet dancer and dances in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.
1x41 - Nothing But the Tooth
October 6, 1993
Rasputin has a toothache preventing him from hypnotizing Tsar Nicholas. Unfortunately for him, the Warners are his dentists.
1x42 - Meatballs or Consequences
October 7, 1993
During a visit to Sweden, the Warners run afoul of Death, who tries to bring Wakko to the realm of the dead after he eats one too many Swedish meatballs during a contest. To save him, Yakko and Dot challenge Death to a game of checkers.
1x43 - A Moving Experience
October 7, 1993
Flavio and Marita head to New York in order to find a trendy new place to live.
1x44 - The Flame
October 11, 1993
A candleflame guides us through a special night in American history.
1x45 - Four Score and Seven Migraines Ago
October 11, 1993
On a train to Gettysburg, the Warners help Abraham Lincoln write the opening of the Gettysburg Address.
1x46 - Wakko's America
October 11, 1993
In a Jeopardy!-style game in Miss Flamiel's classroom, Wakko has to name the 50 states and their capitols, but fails to put his answer in the form of a question, instead putting it in the form of a song sung to the tune of "Turkey in the Straw."
1x47 - Davy Omelette
October 11, 1993
Chicken Boo is mistaken for the frontiersman Davy Omelette. He helps a number of pioneers who are being attacked by a bear
1x48 - Hearts of Twilight
October 12, 1993
A crazy film director is millions of dollars over budget, so Plotz sends the Warners out to stop him.
1x49 - The Boids
October 12, 1993
The Goodfeathers are hired as stunt birds for The Boids. They try to keep their jobs, but the movie shoot turns out to be harder than they expected.
1x50 - Guardin' the Garden
October 13, 1993
Slappy protects Adam and Eve from eating an apple in the Garden of Eden, just as a snake tries to grab it and tempt them to do so.
1x51 - Plane Pals
October 13, 1993
Onboard a plane, the Warners annoy a tightwad named Ivan Blosky who is forced to sit by them because of a computer error.
1x52 - Be Careful What You Eat
October 15, 1993
The Warners sing about the names of the ingredients in a carton of ice cream and a candy bar.
1x53 - Up the Crazy River
October 15, 1993
When Mindy chases a butterfly into a rain forest that is being cut down for wood, Buttons follows and attempts to protect her.
1x54 - Ta da Dump, Ta da Dump, Ta da Dump Dump Dump
October 15, 1993
Bobby and Squit must help Pesto when he gets his head caught in a plastic six-pack ring while the trio are rummaging through the garbage in a garbage scow.
1x55 - Opportunity Knox
October 18, 1993
Brain wants to steal all of the gold in Fort Knox as part of his latest plan to take over the world.
1x56 - Wings Take Heart
October 18, 1993
When a male moth and a female butterfly fall in love they head to the city, leading to disaster.
1x57 - Hercule Yakko
October 19, 1993
The detective Warners go in search of Marita's missing jewel on a cruise ship filled with "the unusual suspects."
1x58 - Home on De-Nile
October 19, 1993
Rita gets adopted by Cleopatra, and Runt saves her after he finds out that Rita is about to be sacrificed.
1x59 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
October 19, 1993
The Warners perform a unique interpretation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
1x60 - Testimonials
October 21, 1993
Several old-time movie stars talk about their encounters with the Warners and how Milton Berle hated Yakko.
1x61 - Babblin' Bijou
October 21, 1993
An old black-and-white Warner cartoon where Dot goes into the movies (literally) to find the man of her dreams.
1x62 - Potty Emergency
October 21, 1993
In the midst of watching a scary sci-fi movie, Wakko drinks too much soda and scrambles to find an available bathroom. Even after he finds a toilet in his "gag bag", his quest to relieve himself goes from bad to worse when he cannot find any privacy.
1x63 - Sir Yaksalot
October 21, 1993
The Warners are recruited by King Arthur to save Camelot from a dragon.
1x64 - You Risk Your Life
October 25, 1993
Greek playwright Aristotle tries to win cash and prizes on "You Risk Your Life," a game show hosted by Yakko.
1x65 - I Got Yer Can
October 25, 1993
A discarded soda can sparks an escalating, one-sided battle of wits between Slappy and her conceited neighbor, Candie Chipmunk.
1x66 - Jockey for Position
October 25, 1993
In order to win funds for his latest world-conquering scheme, Brain enters the Kentucky Derby as the world's smallest, lightest jockey. But Pinky's meddling alters the outcome of the race in an unexpected manner. First appearance of Phar Fignewton, a parody of Phar Lap. Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme" plays in this skit.
1x67 - Moby Or Not Moby
October 26, 1993
The Warners protect the legendary Moby-Dick from the wrath of Captain Ahab.
1x68 - Mesozoic Mindy
October 26, 1993
In the Stone Age, cavegirl Mindy gets in trouble and Buttons rescues her.
1x69 - The Good, The Boo And The Ugly
October 26, 1993
Chicken Boo finds himself as a sheriff in the midst of a spaghetti Western.
1x70 - Hot, Bothered And Bedeviled
October 28, 1993
Lost once again, the Warners end up in the fiery realm of Hades, where they end up giving Satan his own eternal torment.
1x71 - Moon Over Minerva
October 28, 1993
First Minerva Mink skit. A melancholic Minerva Mink avoids the come-ons of geeky Wilfred Wolf, until the full moon brings out the real wolf in both of them.
1x72 - Skullhead Boneyhands
October 28, 1993
In a parody of Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands, Mr. Skullhead (a character brought over from Tiny Toon Adventures)) is adopted and finds acceptance in a suburban family.
1x73 - Draculee, Draculaa
October 29, 1993
In an attempt to head towards their ancestral home of Pennsylvania (since their parents are the pencils that drew them), the Warners end up at the estate of Count Dracula in Transylvania.
1x74 - Phranken-Runt
October 29, 1993
Rita and Runt end up being chased by a crazy female mad scientist who wants the idiot dog's brain for her own experiments.
1x75 - O Silly Mio
November 1, 1993
After witnessing their stained-glass window get destroyed by prima donna opera singer Madame Bruntvin, the Warners torment her in their own variations on Carmen.
1x76 - Puttin' on the Blitz
November 1, 1993
In the midst of the Nazi invasion of Poland, Rita and Runt help a little girl reunite with her father while avoiding the enemy (and Newt, a tenacious dachshund).
1x77 - The Great Wakkorotti: The Summer Concert
November 1, 1993
Wakko belches Dance of the Hours.
1x78 - Chairman of The Bored
November 2, 1993
The Warners are tortured going through the longest, most boring one-sided conversation of their lives courtesy of a drone-voiced man, Francis "Pip" Pumphandle (Ben Stein), that they meet at a party.
1x79 - Planets Song
November 2, 1993
Yakko sings about the planets in our solar system. Wakko notifies him at the end that he forgot Uranus, leading to one of the show's elusive innuendos.
1x80 - Astro-Buttons
November 2, 1993
Buttons and Mindy are part of a space colony, and Buttons goes after Mindy when she chases after her ball.
1x81 - Cartoons in Wakko's Body
November 3, 1993
In a running gag throughout the episode, Wakko has various medical maladies caused by cartoons that are inside him.
1x82 - Noah's Lark
November 3, 1993
Noah (who looks and speaks like comedian Richard Lewis) is instructed by God to build an ark for the Great Flood and to gather animals two-by-two, including the Hip Hippos.
1x83 - The Big Kiss
November 3, 1993
Chicken Boo is a leading actor who delivers the money shot kiss in a movie without anyone knowing that he is a giant chicken. This skit managed to get away with saying the word "sexiest".
1x84 - Hiccup
November 3, 1993
Squit gets a case of the hiccups, forcing the other Goodfeathers to come up with different ways to get rid of them.
1x85 - Clown And Out
November 4, 1993
A clown (who looks and speaks like the Jerry Lewis-esque Mr. Director) is hired by Mr. Plotz for Wakko's birthday party, but Plotz learns from Dr. Scratchansniff that, like Mr. Plotz, Wakko has a bad fear of clowns, resulting in the clown being battered and bruised. The skit has become somewhat of an internet meme.
1x86 - Bubba Bo Bob Brain
November 4, 1993
The Brain becomes a country-western star in order to plant hypnotic suggestions for world domination. But his main problem in his rise to fame: Pinky keeps screwing up his name.
1x87 - Very Special Opening
November 5, 1993
The Warners announce that this will be a very special episode due to characters being mixed up.
1x88 - In The Garden of Mindy
November 5, 1993
Brain tries to prepare a plan for world domination, all the while watching over Mindy's mischief. This is followed by a short skit called "Pinky and the Cat", where Pinky is swallowed whole by his cagemate, Rita.