my one problem with Animaniacs.
this includes the OG 1993 version and the 2020 reboot (not including Wakko's Wish as I have not seen it.) disclaimer people are entitled to their own opinions.
Animaniacs basically Shuns Wakko. especially in the reboot as well in the subject of solo songs, I took it upon myself to count how many each Warner sib has (both reboot and original) my criteria are: - most of the lyrics are sung by one Character -other characters only provide background vocals. -great Wakkorotti segments don't count and here are my results: Yakko: 13 (6 in the OG, and seven in the reboot) Wakko: 3 (two in OG, and one in the reboot) Dot: 6 (two in the OG, and four in the reboot) (I am not counting the Spirit songs from the X-mas episodes as I group them together when thinking of them as they are so short)
and together they have around 16 (again I may be wrong) so in my research, it shows that Yakko has the most songs (I'm not complaining they are some of my favorites in the whole show) and though Dot only has 6 she still has more than Wakko, as for Wakko they are so underused, they have an AMAZING voice, their voice is literally a parody of one of the beetles, in my favorite song (Magna Cartoon from S2 of the reboot) it really shows off Wakko's vocal possibilities. and it gets nowhere, they only get one song, and it's in Season two. I waited a whole season for their solo and it was Mid at best, I hate to say that but to me, it wasn't the best, they have so much more potential and I really wish they would get more opportunities in Season three (let's face I don't think it's prob not going to happen),
now leaving the topic of songs: it is no secret that I love Wakko Warner (they are literally my pfp) In the OG series, they were a little slow but were also shown to be really smart, (like, you have to be pretty smart to list off the US states and their capitals off the top of your head) but in the reboot they are just So dumb, they have no "hey this character is actually pretty smart but just a little slow". like in the Buns episode: Wakko for some apparent reason assumes the sketch is a metaphor for shoes, when Yakko responds with something along the lines of: "that's right Wakko, cause America has to much high capacity shoe violence" sidenote, I am not the biggest fan of how Yakko reacted in this scene, he is normally so patiant with his sibs, but here he is being too snarkey, I would normally expect this to be a rebuttle to Scratchy.
back to my point: in the reboot, all the characters lack. especially, Dot, she pulls something I like to call a "Movie Hermionie Granger" so basically taking all of her flaws and throwing them away. and adding other characters traits (like Hermionie getting all of Ron's best lines.)
but this isn't about Dot.
Imma finish here.
