View source for Episode 82: Wakko's 2-Note Song/Panama Canal/Hello Nurse/The Ballad of Magellan/The Return of the Great Wakkorotti/The Big Wrap Party Tonight

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|name={{PAGENAME}}
|season=3
|number=13
|image=Thumbnailhuluanimaniacs82.png
|songline='''[[Yakko]]''', '''[[Wakko]]''' and '''[[Dot]]''': "[[Pinky]] and [[The Brain|the Brain]]-y..."
|gagcredit= Game Over<br>Insert Coin 
|closingline= '''Yakko''', '''Wakko''' & '''Dot''': "Farewell!"
|airdate= February 3, 1996 ([[#Production Notes|See below]])
|previous= [[Episode 81: Soccer Coach Slappy/Belly Button Blues/Our Final Space Cartoon, We Promise/Valuable Lesson|Episode 81]]
|next= [[Episode 83: One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock|Episode 83]]
}} 

'''Wakko's 2-Note Song/Panama Canal/Hello Nurse/The Ballad of Magellan/The Return of the Great Wakkorotti/The Big Wrap Party Tonight''' is the 82nd episode of the [[Animaniacs|original Animaniacs]], and is the 13th and final episode of the show's third season. It originally premiered on February 3, 1996 ([[#Production Notes|See below]]).

==[[Animaniacs Theme Song|Theme Song]] (Extended)==
[[File:Open1.gif|190px|left]]
===Last line ===
'''[[Yakko]], [[Wakko]] and [[Dot]]''': [[Pinky]] and [[The Brain|the Brain]]-y...
<br clear="both" />

===Trivia===
*An extended version of the theme is seen with an instrumental break and montage of clips from the show.
**In the ''Animaniacs'' soundtrack, the line used in the extended intro was "While Bill Clinton plays the sax". In this episode, the line was the usual [[Kids' WB!]]-era "We pay tons of income tax!"
*The ''[[Pinky]] and [[The Brain|the Brain]]'' footage and verse return.

==Wakko's 2-Note Song==
Animation by [[Wang Film Production]]
[[File:82-1-Wakkos2NoteSong.png|thumb|left|250px]]

===Plot===
[[Wakko]] writes a song with only two notes while playing the accordion, which, at first, [[Dr. Scratchansniff]] does not consider music, but then begins to get into it.<br clear="left">

===Crew=== 
*Written by [[Peter Hastings]]
*Directed by [[Rusty Mills]]

===Songs===
* "[[Wakko's Two Note Song (song)|Wakko's Two Note Song]]"

===Trivia===
*This is the third cartoon to be made in letterbox format, after "[[I'm Mad]]", "[[Variety Speak]]", and before the 4th segment of this episode.
*This is probably a reference to C Jam blues by Duke Ellington, which starts with a 2-note piano solo.

==[[Panama Canal (song)|Panama Canal]]==
Animation by Wang
[[File:82-2-PanamaCanal.png|thumb|left|250px]]

=== Plot===
To the tune of "Erie Canal", [[Yakko]] sings all about riding his ship on the {{w|Panama Canal}}.<br clear="left">

===Crew===
*Written by [[John McCann]]
*Directed by [[Audu Paden]]

===Songs===
*"[[Panama Canal (song)|Panama Canal]]"

===Trivia===
*This is the third segment to not feature any spoken dialogue.
*Pinky and the Brain make a cameo in their submarine, referencing their [[Pinky and the Brain|spin-off's]] pilot episode, "[[Episode 1 (PATB): Das Mouse|Das Mouse]]."
*Hello Nurse makes a cameo running a bagel shop called Panama Locks and Bagels.

==[[Hello Nurse (song)|Hello Nurse]]==
Animation by [[Akom Film Production]]
[[File:82-3-HelloNrse.png|thumb|left|250px]]

===Plot===
[[Wakko]] and Yakko sing all about one of their favorite ladies, [[Hello Nurse]].<br clear="left">

===Crew===
*Music and lyrics by [[Randy Rogel]] 
* Directed by Audu Paden

===Songs===
* "[[Hello Nurse (song)|Hello Nurse]]"

===Trivia===
*Wakko sings that Hello Nurse has an IQ of 157, but in ''[[Wakko's Wish]]'', she says that she has an IQ of 192.
* Wakko sings that he is seven, but that could just be him trying rhyme "heaven."  Tom Ruegger states that he's actually eleven years old; "eleven" had too many syllables to fit the beat of the song.
*Dot only appears at the very beginning when she asks a mirror "Who is the fairest to one of all?" before Yakko and Wakko pop in and say "Helloooo, Nurse!", enraging her right before the song starts.
**The bedroom that Dot is in resembles Katie Kaboom's bedroom seen in the intro
*At the very end the closing iris was in shape of a heart, causing the screen to go black. In the second sing-along tape [[Animaniacs Sing-Along: Mostly in Toon|'''''Mostly in Toon''''']], the heart iris transitions to the third and final part of [[All The Words in the English Language|'''''All the Words in the English Language''''']].

==[[The Ballad of Magellan (song)|The Ballad of Magellan]] ==
Animation by Wang
[[File:82-4-TheBalladOfMagellan.png|thumb|left|250px]]

===Plot===
To the tune of "Git Along, Little Dogies," Yakko and his siblings harmonize about the famous Portuguese explorer, Magellan and his failed search for the East Indies.<br clear="left">

===Crew===
*Written by John P. McCann and [[Paul Rugg]]
*Directed by Audu Paden and [[Barry Caldwell]]

===Songs===
*"[[The Ballad of Magellan (song)|The Ballad of Magellan]]"

===Trivia===
*This is the fourth ''Animaniacs'' cartoon made in letterbox.
*The Warners recognize Argentina from a billboard reading "Coming Soon, Evita", a reference to the stage musical (and film) about former first lady Eva Perón.

==The Return of [[the Great Wakkorotti]]==
Animation by Wang
[[File:82-5-TheReturnOfTheGreatWakkortti.png|thumb|left|250px]]

===Plot===
The Great Wakkorotti comes down with laryngitis and is unable to belch, so instead, accompanied by the ''Animaniacs'' orchestra (consisting of various recurring characters of the show), he hand farts "The Chinese Tea Dance" from ''The Nutcracker'' by Tchaikovsky.<br clear="left">

===Crew ===
* Written by [[Tom Ruegger]]
*Directed by [[Jon McClenahan]] 

===Trivia===
*This is:
**the final ''Great Wakkorotti'' cartoon.
**the only Great Wakkorotti cartoon to be animated by Wang Film.

==[[At the Big Wrap Party Tonight|The Big Wrap Party Tonight]] ==
Animation by Wang
[[File:82-6-TheBigWrapPartyToNight.png|thumb|left|250px]]

===Plot===
As the season comes to a close, the Warners hold a big wrap party in the water tower and they sing about who is at the party, with many cameos aplenty.<br clear="left">

===Crew ===
* Written by Tom Ruegger
*Directed by Jon McClenahan

===Songs===
*"[[At the Big Wrap Party Tonight]]" 

===Trivia===
*A variation of this segment was titled "The New Year's Party Tonight" and aired as part of ''[[The WB]]'s New Year's Eve Bash'' on December 31, 1995, with the lyrics redubbed accordingly. This rendition has not resurfaced in its entirety beyond the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn-Nq7R-t4w last half] (which is also viewable in the gallery below).
*Along with the entire ''Animaniacs'' cast, creator [[Tom Ruegger]], writer Paul Rugg, and [[Freakazoid]] can be seen waiting in line at the beginning. {{w|Henny Youngman}}'s rooster likeness from ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures|Tiny Toons]]'' can be seen with [[Slappy]]. And let's not forget the entire cast of ''Tiny Toons'', especially Buster, Babs and Plucky shaking hands with the Warners.
*Other celebrity cameos include Alan Alda, Sharon Stone, Robert Zemeckis, Tom Selleck, Whoopi Goldberg, Batman, Mr. Director, Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando (as the Godfather), Bob Hope, William Shatner (as Captain Kirk), Alfred Hitchcock, Dustin Hoffman, Cher, Jay Leno, David Letterman, the Beast (without Beauty), Mel Gibson (sitting next to Dot, of course), Elmer Fudd, James Dean, Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, Geena Davis, Steven Spielberg, Mr. T., Brendan Fraser, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, Woody Allen, Warren Beatty, and Bea Arthur.
*Most of the Animaniacs cast appears in this song.
*Ruegger says he based this song off of the Cab Calloway song "Everybody Eats When They Come to My House."
*This is the first time Katie Ka-Boom and [[Colin]] appear in a segment other than one of their own. They later appear in "[[Macadamia Nut]]" (Colin only) "[[Episode 96: Hooray for North Hollywood (Part 2)|Hooray for North Hollywood (Part 2)]]" (Colin only) "[[The Scoring Session]]" and ''[[Wakko's Wish]]''.

===Gallery===
<gallery>
The New Years Party Tonight
</gallery>

==Production Notes==
*All of the cartoons in this episode originally aired on February 3, 1996 under episode "H5" of the show's [[Compilations Episode Guide (original Animaniacs)#Hour Long Compilations|hour long blocks]]. The cartoons were combined with "[[U.N. Me]]," "[[A Quake! A Quake! (song)|A Quake! A Quake!]]," "[[What Are We? (song)|What Are We?]]," "[[Nutcracker Slappy]]", "[[The Planets (song)|The Planets]]," "[[The Warner's Lot Song]]," "[[I'm Cute (song)|I'm Cute]]," and "[[I'm Mad (song)|I'm Mad]]." The standard half-hour format would begin running later in 1996.
**Additionally, a variation of "The Big Wrap Party Tonight" segment titled "The New Year's Party Tonight" aired as part of ''[[The WB]]'s New Year's Eve Bash'' on December 31, 1995, with the lyrics redubbed accordingly.
*This episode:
**has the longest title of any ''Animaniacs'' episode, with a total of 192 characters.
**has the most segements of any ''Animanaics'' episode, with a total of six segments.
**is the only ''Animaniacs'' episode to be entirely music themed.

==Cast==
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 500px;"
|'''Voice Actors:'''
|'''Character(s):'''
|-
|[[Rob Paulsen]]
|[[Yakko Warner]], [[Dr. Scratchansniff]], [[Pinky]], [[Magellan]]
|-
|[[Jess Harnell]]
|[[Wakko Warner]]
|-
|[[Tress MacNeille]]
|[[Dot Warner]], [[Hello Nurse]]
|-
|[[Frank Welker]]
|[[Thaddeus Plotz]]
|-
|[[Maurice LaMarche]]
|Announcer, [[The Brain]], [[Squit]]
|}

==Stinger==
'''Yakko, Wakko & Dot''': Farewell!

===Trivia===
*This is a redubbed version of the "Flamiel!" stinger.


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