Yakko, Wakko and Dot

This is a list of characters in the 1993 animated series, ''Animaniacs'', and its 2020 revival.

The Warner Siblings (Animaniacs)

The Warner Siblings (also known as "the Animaniacs" by fans and the media) are small, silly, mischievous, anthropomorphic toon siblings of unknown origin and the central titular characters of the series; they generally introduce and identify themselves as "the Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister)". Their species is never made clear: this has been satirized several times, most prominently in the song "What Are We?". While no writer or creator has confirmed the idea, Dot's name has implied that they may also be derived from "Warner Bros." itself: Yakko's position as their de facto leader can be symbolized as the prominence of "Warner", Wakko being the younger brother can be seen as the prominence of "Bros", and "Dot" may simply come from the period found at the end of the title of the company.

* Yakko (voiced by Rob Paulsen, occasional singing voice provided by Gabriel Mann in reboot) – Yakko is the wise-cracking, smart-and-fast-talking, oldest sibling—who usually acts as the leader of the trio. He’s the oldest sibling, implied to be 14 years old by a joke Tom Ruegger made in Episode 14 of Talking Toons. He gets his name for his talkative nature being generalized as loquacious. As per his age and consequent obsession with girls, Yakko is responsible for most of the show's adult humor. He is inspired by Tom Ruegger's son Nathan, who also voices Skippy Squirrel.
* Wakko (voiced by Jess Harnell, occasional singing voice provided by Brock Baker in reboot) – Wakko is the middle sibling, series creator Tom Ruegger joked in Talking Toons episode 14 that he might be 11, who has a huge appetite and magical "gag bag" full of tricks. He earns his name for being the most outrageous in physical comedy—and supposedly the least intelligent—though Yakko has claimed it to be "middle kid syndrome" in the episode "Survey Ladies". He also has a Scouse/Liverpool dialect inspired by The Beatles.
* Dot (voiced by Tress MacNeille, occasional singing voice provided by Missi Hale in reboot) – Dot is the youngest sibling, Animaniacs executive producer Tom Ruegger joked in an interview with Talking Toons (episode 14) that she might be 9 years old, and only sister. She is more easily relaxed than her brothers, but proves on numerous occasions that she can be just as wild as they are. Her full name is Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Banana Fanna Bo Besca III; she also despises being referred to as "Dottie", threatening anyone who does so with death. She is said to be both a tomboy and feminine.

Supporting characters

* Dr. Otto von Scratchansniff (voiced by Rob Paulsen) – The WB studio psychiatrist, who attempts to force the Warner siblings to be "less zany". He often loses patience with the Warner kids and has an outburst of frustration—his first chronological interaction with them sees him pulling out his hair until he achieved his characteristic baldness—but then becomes fonder of and takes more responsibility for them as the series progressed, occasionally acting as a father figure; the Warner siblings are clearly shown to be annoying him on purpose, but are also very fond of him.
* Hello Nurse (voiced by Tress MacNeille) – A buxom blonde WB studio nurse over whom various males—particularly the Warner Bros, Yakko and Wakko—fawn. Her appearance usually prompts the Warner brothers into affectionate greeting of "Hellooooooo, nurse!" occasionally accompanied by leaping into her arms or big kisses, although sometimes any number of all three WB siblings use the same gag on other characters. Hello Nurse appears in a few Slappy cartoons as a running gag. In ''Wakko's Wish'', it is revealed that she has an IQ of 192, but is primarily respected for her looks and not her mind. The phrase "Hellooooooo, nurse!" was initially meant to be a catchphrase for Buster Bunny on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' as a counterpart for Bugs Bunny's "Eh, what's up, Doc?", but the writers could not find an appropriate way for him to use the phrase organically; of course, the phrase did not originate there, having been used decades earlier in vaudeville shows. Creator Tom Ruegger shared on Twitter that the character's name is Heloise Nerz and she has German heritage. The era of the revival would deem Hello Nurse inappropriate, and so she is fully absent, with Dr. Scratchansniff providing the in-universe explanation of her joining Doctors Without Borders in the intervening two decades.
* Ralph T. Guard (voiced by Frank Welker) – A dim-witted WB Studios security guard who is usually the one to recapture the Warner siblings and confine them to the Warner Bros. tower. He first appeared in ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' as the Fat Guard. Despite retaining his stupidity in the revival, he takes advantage of the Warner's lack of 21st century technology to contain them briefly. In the season 2 finale, he is revealed to be related to Nora Rita Norita and his real name is Ralphnazo.
* Thaddeus Plotz (voiced by Frank Welker) – The squat, hot-tempered, money-grubbing CEO of Warner Bros, portrait is a prominent decoration of the CEO's office. He is not present in the reboot (except in the two-part "Wakkiver Twist"), as he has left his position at Warner Bros. sometime during the Warners' 22-year period of absence.
* Nora Rita Norita (voiced by Stephanie Escajeda) – Plotz's successor in the revival. Though as stern and short-tempered as Plotz, she takes the Warners' zaniness more passively; she is also obsessed with her health so as to maintain her slender frame.
* Nils Neidhart (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) – An immensely muscular, narcissistic, and vindictive Liechtensteiner athlete with a massive ego. He prides himself on his muscles and laughs off those he assumes to be weaker than him. However, after the Warners outsmart him, he literally ends up trapped in Hell.

Pinky and the Brain

Pinky and the Brain are two anthropomorphic white mice kept in a cage at ACME Labs, voiced by Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche, respectively. The Brain is serious and devious, the leader, and constantly devising plans to conquer the world. He resembles and sounds like Orson Welles. Pinky is eccentric and unintelligent but loyal to the Brain. In 1995, they were spun off into a cartoon series of their own. As of now, they are the only non-Warner Siblings segment to regularly appear in the 2020 revival series where Brain appears as more villainous. The revival revealed that the reason why Brain wants to take over the world is that he was frustrated and angered by how the scientists mistreated him when they demonstrated his helplessness during his youth, and since then, he vowed that he would be in control of what happens around him.

Supporting characters

* Billie (voiced by Tress MacNeille) – A anthropomorphic female white mouse, who appeared in "The World Can Wait", "Brain Noir" and "You'll Never Eat Food Pellets In This Town Again!".
* Pharfignewton (voiced by Rob Paulsen and Frank Welker) – A female white racehorse who Pinky fawns over. Her name refers to Phar Lap, Fig Newtons and Fahrvergnügen, the last an advertising slogan used by Volkswagen. Unlike most other animal characters from ''Animaniacs'', she does not have any anthropomorphic traits.
* Julia (voiced by Maria Bamford) – A female, genetically altered, anthropomorphic lab mouse and ex-wife of the Brain, who appears in the 2020 revival, first appearing in "Mousechurian Candidate". She was mutated by Brain using the DNA found on artifacts of past First Ladies of the United States to be his candidate for the position as he attempts to run for president. However, the public finds her more favorable and write her in instead, and Julia then defies Brain's schemes after finding them immoral. During a presidential debate in Nashua, New Hampshire, Brain attempts to control her using a neural implant in her left ear, but she overcomes his control through her own will. However, she cannot remove the malfunctioning device, which continuously gives her electric shocks. This gradually drives her insane, causing her to desire revenge and want to take over the world for herself.
*Snowball (voiced by Roddy McDowall) – An anthropomorphic lab hamster and Brain's former childhood friend-turned-rival who was also made intelligent by gene splicing and has a similar desire for world conquest (though his desire is far more malevolent than Brain's) which Pinky and Brain are sometimes forced to stop.
* Larry (voiced by Billy West) – An anthropomorphic white mouse who was created as a response to demands from Kids' WB executives to include additional characters on the show. His presence is sporadic, as the writers of the show believed that including an additional character would ruin the chemistry between Pinky and Brain, as they worked best as a comedy duo; thus a third character would, therefore, be out of place and unnecessary to the plot. To further drive this point home, Larry's first appearance was marked by a modified version of the theme song with the words "and Larry!" shoehorned in between existing lyrics. He is a caricature of Larry Fine of The Three Stooges fame; therefore, the episode's title is "Pinky and the Brain...and Larry". He later makes a brief cameo in the ''Animaniacs'' revival series segment "The Flawed Couple", appearing in the title sequence of ''Narfs'', a parody of '' Cheers''.
*Elmyra Duff (voiced by Cree Summer) – A redheaded girl who became Pinky and the Brain's owner in ''Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain''. She originated from ''Tiny Toon Adventures''.

The Goodfeathers

The Goodfeathers are an Italian American trio of anthropomorphic pigeons: Squit (gray), Bobby (turquoise), and Pesto (lavender), who were voiced by Maurice LaMarche, John Mariano and Chick Vennera, influenced by Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, and Joe Pesci's roles in ''Goodfellas''.

Supporting characters

* The Godpigeon (voiced by Chick Vennera) – A anthropomorphic pigeon who is an unintelligible parody of Marlon Brando's Don Vito Corleone in ''The Godfather''. He is usually unintelligble and has to be translated by Bobby.
* The Girlfeathers are a trio of anthropomorphic doves and their girlfriends. Sasha (voiced by Tress MacNeille) is Squit's girlfriend and Pesto's equally hot-tempered sister. Lana (voiced by Gail Matthius) is Bobby's girlfriend, a parody of Cathy Moriarty's character in ''Raging Bull''. Kiki (voiced by MacNeille), is Pesto's girlfriend and a stereotypical dumb blonde.
* Pipsqueak (voiced by Gabriel Luque) – A tiny anthropomorphic great horned owl.
* Ma (voiced by Lainie Kazan) – A anthropomorphic dove and Pesto and Sasha's mother, who lives in Miami Beach, Florida.
* Steven Seagull (voiced by David Kaufman) – A anthropomorphic seagull and Pesto and Sasha's stepfather, a parody of Steven Seagal.

Slappy and Skippy Squirrel

* Slappy Squirrel (voiced by Sherri Stoner) – A female anthropomorphic squirrel and a grumpy old cartoon veteran, who lives in a tree with her nephew Skippy Squirrel. The music played during her segments is an excerpt from Antonín Dvořák's " Humoresque No. 7".
* Skippy Squirrel (voiced by Nathan Ruegger) – An anthropomorphic squirrel and Slappy's grand-nephew, whose chipper personality is the opposite of his aunt's. His character varies from slightly naive ("Slappy Goes Walnuts") to innocent ("Bumbie's Mom") to complicit partner of Slappy ("Critical Condition").

Supporting characters

* Walter Wolf (voiced by Frank Welker in his first appearance and Jess Harnell for the remainder of the series) – An anthropomorphic wolf and Slappy Squirrel's longtime nemesis. He is a parody of the Big Bad Wolf characters of Disney and Tex Avery fame.
* Stephen Wolf (voiced by John P. McCann) - An anthropomorphic wolf and Walter's grandson, who appears in "...And Justice For Slappy". In the episode, he acted as Walter's attorney as part of Walter's plot to finally turn the table on Slappy as revenge for years of torment by her by putting her on trial for supposedly "assaulting him with a intent to squash" (even though ''he'' was the one who assaulted her first). However, Walter's plans eventually fail when Slappy is found innocent. As a result, he brutally attacks his own grandson.
* Sid the Squid (voiced by Jack Burns) – An anthropomorphic squid villain similar to Chuck Jones' version of Daffy Duck.
* Beanie the Brain-Dead Bison (voiced by Avery Schreiber) – An anthropomorphic bison villain similar to Pete Puma.
* Stinkbomb D. Bassett (voiced by Jonathan Winters) – An anthropomorphic basset hound and foe of Slappy, who appears in "Smell Ya Later".
* Bumpo Bassett (voiced by Luke Ruegger) – An anthropomorphic basset hound and Stinkbomb's grandson, who also appears in "Smell Ya Later".
* Candie Chipmunk (voiced by Gail Matthius) – A female anthropomorphic chipmunk and Slappy's self-centered neighbour, who appears in "I Got Yer Can". An excerpt of the "Dance of the Reed Flutes", from Tchaikovsky's ''Nutcracker Suite'', plays whenever she appears.
* Codger Eggbert (voiced by Chuck McCann in "Critical Condition" and Billy West in "Hurray for North Hollywood") – A parody of Roger Ebert.
* Lene Hisskill (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) – A parody of Gene Siskel, whoo appears in "Critical Condition".
* Doug the Dog (voiced by Frank Welker) – A large anthropomorphic bulldog

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