The 'Backwards Gary' scenes were animated using Flash.Warren Harding is on the 40 dollar bill.The episode's concept shares similarities to the Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain episode ' Teleport a Friend', which also involves a plot about The Brain being conjoined to someone.Written by Kathleen Chen and Brian Polk.The 'Gladiators of America' are a play on American Gladiators.Īfter a teleportation accident, Pinky and The Brain become conjoined together.

A caricature of John Cena appears in this cartoon, and his entrance is a parody of his actual WWE entrances.Universal distributes the 1982 Conan film in North America. Yakko puts an end to Nils Neidheart and his Conan the Barbarian-style gladiator fight with a DMCA-takedown notice from Universal legal department.She would later repeat this for episode 20's theme song variable verse.

At one point, Dot bodly yells to the audience 'Are you not entertained?' This is a nod to a famous line spoken in the 2000 historical epic film Gladiator by Maximus Decimus Meridius (portrayed by Russel Crowe).

This marks the first innuendo of the new Animaniacs reboot's second season.

'Hail to the Chief' plays in the background when Nero makes his speech.

Nero of course is mostly a parody of former US president Donald Trump.

A running gag in this cartoon is a smug fanboy nitpicks the different errors present (such as grammatical errors and time period discrepancies).

This is the first of Nils Niedhart's appearances where he is not sent to Hell in the end.

The name of the segment is a pun on the phrase 'Home Sweet Home'.

' I Am the Very Model of an Ancient Roman Emperor'.

Written by Lucas Crandles and Timothy Nash.

The Warners deal with Nero in Ancient Rome in a Gladiator match and upstage him in his own musical number.

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