TMNT Parody in Animaniacs.

**Jester** · 08-01-2006, 12:24 AM

Rob Paulsen was Raphael, but not long after (heck, even during) he would become Yakko Warner. Those two worlds colide in this clip.

And a bonus clip from the same episode....

*Raph's Girl* · 08-01-2006, 01:09 AM

Why did they make Michelangelo Bounarati appear to be a handsome Adonis type??

*Anarky* · 08-01-2006, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Michelangelo Bounarati

Ouch... Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti is his name. I do like history and I do like historical accuracy, typos not tolerated.

By the way, I find it quite sad that the Animaniacs try to sell the "popular culture has erased..."-bit as a joke, because it actually isn't. I mean, I think of a turtle and a german guy I know before I think of a allround genius when I hear Leonardo. 'Tis a sad age for history...

*Sewer Bull* · 08-01-2006, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Anarky

Ouch... Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti is his name. I do like history and I do like historical accuracy, typos not tolerated.

By the way, I find it quite sad that the Animaniacs try to sell the "popular culture has erased..."-bit as a joke, because it actually isn't. I mean, I think of a turtle and a german guy I know before I think of a allround genius when I hear Leonardo. 'Tis a sad age for history...

Think about it the other way... how many people in the world would have heard of Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi if it wasn't for this show?

*Anarky* · 08-01-2006, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Sewer Bull

Think about it the other way... how many people in the world would have heard of Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi if it wasn't for this show?

Thing is, people don't know good ol' Donato, they know a Ninja Turtle with his name. They don't know the artist, they just know that there was some artist with the turtle's name. And that makes me quite sad, acutally.

*iris* · 08-01-2006, 04:21 PM

It's unlikely that I would have ever heard of Donato di Nicolo di Betto Bardi (who btw has the most awesome name!!) if not for the Ninja Turtles' Donatello, and the Animaniacs' subsequent spinning of the TMNT reference into their little comedic interlude. If I'd had the Internet when I was a kid, I'd have skipped the whole Animaniacs side-track and found out more about the original Donatello immediately.

What's to blame is not pop culture. What's to blame is the diminishing value that our society places on the tradition and historical lessons of art. Any art. And education, for that matter. How many kids had to learn about Ludwig von Beethoven and his hearing problem for the first time, not to mention those famous repetitive and inside out 4 notes from his 5th Symphony... through Animaniacs? I shudder to think of how many thought Beethoven was a dog with a salivary problem.

Does anyone remember "Histeria!"?

*DrSpengler* · 08-03-2006, 07:27 PM

That's one of my favorite episodes of Animaniacs. Maurice LaMarche channeling Spartacus into Michelangelo was fantastic.

*Raph's Girl* · 08-03-2006, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Anarky

Ouch... Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti is his name.

If you wanna get technical his full name was Michelangelo Di Ludovico Di Lionardo (sometimes spelled Leonardo) Di Buonarotti Di Simone

which translates to alot of Son of's... *lol*

But seriously... I researched the Renaissance BECAUSE of the TMNT. I was curious about the artists they were named after.

I have several books on Leonardo Di Ser Piero Da Vinci. As well as one on Raphael (Raffaello Di Giovanni Santi Sanzio Da Urbino) that my grandparents sent me one year and a book on Donatello (those are rare...I haven't seen one since). I even have an historical romance novel about a man who was one of Michelangelo's lovers.

*Drtooth* · 08-11-2006, 02:34 PM

Personally, I think it's funny Rob Paulsen did the voice of the Turtle that talked, actually sounding like Michelangelo. Kinda reminded me how they parodied Turtles on Walter Melon and used Cam Clarke as the voice of the Rocksteady and Leonardo parodies.

What is too bad is an episode of Hysteria involving "Middleage Mutant Rennacaicnce (sp?) Artists" was never made. I heard about it years ago, but only the Storyboards exist.

*Spitfire* · 08-11-2006, 03:05 PM

Lol I still like the one with the Ninja Slugs and the Salt Shaker better

Draconic · 08-11-2006, 03:15 PM

^^ Tiny Toons Rocked.

08-01-2006, 12:24 AM	#1
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iris moddy mod mod Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: finally escaped the lab Posts: 1,886	It's unlikely that I would have ever heard of Donato di Nicolo di Betto Bardi (who btw has the most awesome name!!) if not for the Ninja Turtles' Donatello, and the Animaniacs' subsequent spinning of the TMNT reference into their little comedic interlude. If I'd had the Internet when I was a kid, I'd have skipped the whole Animaniacs side-track and found out more about the original Donatello immediately. What's to blame is not pop culture. What's to blame is the diminishing value that our society places on the tradition and historical lessons of art. Any art. And education, for that matter. How many kids had to learn about Ludwig von Beethoven and his hearing problem for the first time, not to mention those famous repetitive and inside out 4 notes from his 5th Symphony... through Animaniacs? I shudder to think of how many thought Beethoven was a dog with a salivary problem. Does anyone remember "Histeria!"? __________________ Appeal to nobler motives. Like pie. [ life is at best bitter sweet ] Last edited by iris; 08-01-2006 at 04:28 PM. Reason: cannot freaking spell BEETHOVEN

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