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- Hi there. A lot of you have written in to ask

why Animaniacs doesn't have more new characters.

- The truth is we come up with new characters all the time,

but most of them never make it on the show.

- That's right, Dot. And it's not because they're bad.

- It's because they're terrible.

- So, sit back and get uncomfortable.

Here are our first two scrapped characters,

Mime and Meme.

[beep]

♪ '80s sitcom-like theme ♪

[beep]

- ♪ Meme and Mime, Mime and Meme ♪

♪ Unlikely friendship, unstoppable team ♪

♪ One trained in France ♪

♪ One's made by teens ♪

♪ Meme and Mime ♪

♪ Mime and Meme ♪

[beep]

[buzzer]

- You're welcome, America!

- I thought that show had legs,

and I liked that 'cause so do I.

- This next one has something to do with a butterfly

or something. Roll it!

[beep]

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[gasping] [beeping]

[crying]

- Hey!

Why don't you get off your phone, and look where you're going?

- I'm sorry. I'm just a...

social butterfly!

[grunts]

So hangry. Just ate the outer casing

of my gestation shell. [beeping]

- You're young and beautiful and alive! [typing, beeping]

Why you gotta look at that phone all the time?

- OMG!

That was a total trigger without a warning.

- Here's another one, sweetheart!

[buzzer]

- I can't believe people got paid to draw that.

- And people got paid to draw us making commentary

about how people got paid to draw that.

- It is a Möbius strip of mediocrity.

- I liked the old lady.

- Wakko, your comments are almost as useless

as our next batch of rejected characters.

[beep]

- Well, we finally did it. We've gone completely paperless.

Even the toilet paper is digital now.

[man whimpering]

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- Oh no! The humans don't need us anymore.

- What are we gonna do?

- Uh, uh, guess we gotta...

start a band.

♪ punk rock music ♪

[buzzer]

- Wow! That took a weird turn.

- Yeah! I thought the binder would be on bass.

- Well, you know what they say. One man's trash is also our... trash.

- Ooh! Is that the emoji for movie?

- Yes, sir. It's a film reel.

We're using it to create the illusion of artistic integrity.

- "Flooded by global warming, the North Pole must evolve.

"This Christmas, only one man will decide who's naughty

or nice: Aqua-Claus."

[beep]

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[gunfire]

[roaring]

[snarls]

- Ho ho, hope you can swim!

- Oh... bah humbug.

[screaming]

- Looks like sea levels aren't the only thing rising.

Ho ho ho! [bells jingling]

[buzzer]

[distraught yelling]

- I gotta know what happens to Aqua-Claus!

Does he save Christmas?

- Yeah! I actually liked that one!

- Well, that just goes to show how difficult it is

to meet the high standards we've set on Animaniacs.

- Characters that make it into the show must be

dynamic, relatable, and also complex.

- Like me! I'm always hungry!

- And I... yak?

- And I'm a girl!

- Well, that's it for now.

- Tune in next time when we have another five minutes to kill,

and we'll show you other rejected characters like...

Gerry Mander, the salamander. [buzzer]

WAKKO: Juan Percent, the salsa tycoon. [buzzer]

YAKKO: And Pinocchio the Press Secretary. [buzzer]

It's outrageous and topical!

Good night, everybody!

ALL: Words words words words words words...

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