History Recap / AnimaniacsEpisode8

** On the airplane to New Mexico, a suitcase falls from the luggage compartment and the Warner siblings emerge from it, and Yakko and Wakko say [[CatchPhrase "Helloooooo, nurse!"]] at the stewardess (played by Hello Nurse) and chase her, while Dot, uninterested in the stewardess, does a ballet dance. Slappy says [[NoFourthWall to the audience]], "That was pointless."

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!!Bumbie's Mom contains examples of

* NeverSayDie: Quite literally, as Skippy gets choked up when he mentions Bumbie's mom and can't even bring himself to say what happened.
** Apparently, shortly after Skippy witnesses the death of Bumbie's Mom, he sobs "Dead, she's dead.", and "dead" is never said again after that.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: According to the wiki, writer Sheri Stoner based this episode on her own trauma from when she saw the infamous scene from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'', in which Bambi's mother gets killed by a hunter.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: According to the wiki, writer Sheri Stoner based this episode on her own trauma from when she saw the infamous death scene in ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' when Bambi's mother is shot.

** At the end after [[HereWeGoAgain Skippy starts crying all over again]] from the death of ''Old Yellow'', Slappy says to the camera, "Fade out, already! We got the joke." To which the episode ends.

* ThisIsReality: Slappy tries to reassure Skippy that a movie wouldn't just kill an actress for real. Bumbi's mom dying is all special effects. She grabs a Pluto expy to demonstrate that Toons can't be hurt. Skippy isn't convinced until Veena redoes the scene and proves she's alive.

'''Randy Beamen's Friend sketch'''

'''Randy Beamen's Friend sketch'''

* NunsAreFunny: At least, when they pray for the Notre Dame football team to beat up Flaxseed they are.
* PassThePopcorn: The Warners while watching Notre Dame kick the crap out of Flaxseed.
* PrayerOfMalice: After Flaxseed reminds the nuns they aren't allowed to be violent, they proceed to pray. At which point the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team shows up and beats the ever loving crap out of Flaxseed for them.

'''The Warner's Lot:''' The Warner's escape while a parody of ''Series/GilligansIsland'' is played.

* PleaseWakeUp: We hear Bumbi calling out for his mother after she's been shot. It doesn't end well onscreen, as Skippy starts crying.

* AdultFear: As an AffectionateParody of Bambi, Bumbie features a deer losing his mother and then running into a forest fire calling out for her, amidst ample smoke and flames. It's at this point that Slappy takes Skippy out of the movie theater because he's crying too hard.