Animaniacs: Hooked on a Ceiling

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Air Date

Thursday September 16, 1993

Production Code

406-809

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(Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Short)
Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He must finish before the pope arrives and prays for assistance. Assistance arrives in the form of the Warners who first paint the ceiling completely white and then fill it with pictures of Elvis and dogs playing poker. Michelangelo convinces them to help him make the correct painting and they agree. They, however, add an interesting touch before the pope arrives.

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Stars
- Nancy Cartwright voice of Mindy
- Jess Harnell voice of Wakko Warner
- Julie Brown voice of Minerva Mink
- Nathan Ruegger voice of Skippy Squirrel / Additional Voices
- Tom Bodett voice of Narrator / Additional Voices
- Colin Wells (II) voice of Randy Beaman's Friend
- Rob Paulsen voice of Yakko Warner / Dr. Scratchansniff / Pinky
- Sherri Stoner voice of Slappy Squirrel
- Tress MacNeille voice of Dot Warner / Marita Hippo / Hello Nurse
- Frank Welker voice of Buttons / Ralph / Runt / Flavio Hippo / Chicken Boo
- Tony Pope Additional Voices
- Chick Vennera voice of Pesto Pigeon
- Bernadette Peters voice of Rita
- Maurice LaMarche voice of The Brain
- John Mariano voice of Bobby Pigeon

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Trivia

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The song "Promenade" from Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition, is often heard through the episode. [edit]
The turtle who yells "Hey, watch it, dude!" speaks with a voice like Michaelangelo's, but was wearing the purple mask, which would make him Donatello. [edit]
For some reason, Michaelangelo is wearing a Roman toga, even though this takes place in Renaissance Italy. [edit]

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The portrayal of Michaelangelo featured in this short (based off of actor Kirk Douglas) would later appear on Histeria! in the episode "Euro-Mania". [edit]
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles make a cameo. [edit]
The GoodFeathers make a brief cameo appearance on Michaelangelo's statue of David. [edit]

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Michaelangelo: You fools, I'm the great Michaelangelo. And this is the Sistine Chapel.
Yakko: Oh yeah. If you're so great what did you do with the other fifteen Chapels? Huh? Gotcha there. [edit]
Michaelangelo: No, it's supposed to look like this!
(shows the Warners his plans)
Dot: Oh! More naked people!
Yakko: I wouldn't go flashing that around, Mike. (whispers) This is a church! [edit]
Dot: Why don't you go paint that Mona Lisa?
Michaelangelo: That's DaVinci!
Dot: That's delightful!
Yakko: That's de-lovely, but come on! We have a ceiling to paint! [edit]

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Michelangelo: Oh, that explains the infernal bell-ringing.

After Michelangelo realizes that the Sistine Chapel is a church, the camera cuts to Quasimodo ringing the bells. Quasimodo was the bell-ringer of the Notre Dame cathedral in Victor Hugo's classic novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. [edit]
Ninja Turtle: Watch out, Dude!

This is a reference to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, all of whom are named after renaissancce artists, including Michelangelo [edit]
Yakko: Nobody gets in to see the wizard no how!

Yakko's green costume and dialogue is a reference to the doorman in Emerald City in The Wizard of Oz. [edit]