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TIL why Dot's name from Animanics is Dot
Oct 11, 2016 12:00 PM
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Gumbercules1986
Well the alternative was "Period".
bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I still don't get it
craziicrazii
Holy childhood Batman!
doitordontdoit
'Can we call you Dadoooo?'
vl1020
"Yakko spelled backwards is okkay!"
pixster
I realized this a long time ago
Shadowmonster333
Holy shit
rvcaptn
never considered it
ProphetTenebrae
History will now be defined as the time before we realised this and the time after we realised this. Humanity thanks you, @OP.
iwillprobablysuckatthis
TIL: Why Dot from Animaniacs is named Dot
Zlimeshili
what
Orionsdick
Ohhhhh, because it's short for Dorothy
TalkingDustBunny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x88Z5txBc7w&sns=tw
TalkingDustBunny
I tried to memorize this song as a kid. Not successfully. I still get a kick out of it.
TheArrestingAbhorrentArrantAbominableAlliterator
Ok... now does the "no relation" joke have some basis? Or was it just banter?
UsernameMatt
Should have been a slowpoke meme.
batteryforeverlow
engineeringcowboy
... I noticed this when I used to watch this as a kid... I thought it was obvious...
GrammarAndSpellingIsMyThing
"Animanics"
hybridjosto
Zonks
Inchpunch
Alright so, do they have giant eyes with pupils, or little black eyes with white fur? I think it's the latter but looking at it I'm unsure.
craszystring
I think the latter since you don't animate a character as 'blinking' by closing just the pupils unless they are wearing glasses.
CorpseWitch
But her real name is Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Banana Fanna Bo Besca the Third.
Shardmind
The Following line: "But you can call me Dot"
tomyironmane
Call me dotty and I'll hurt you.
InappropriateGifReplier
I guess calling her "Period" wouldn't be aesthetically pleasing. May trigger some Thespians
Kitakita
Illuminato confirmed!?
HalfJudPrince
I need more evidence. Search for prints!
Shardmind
Im not touching that one.
HalfJudPrince
No no FINGER prints
craszystring
I thought this was obvious, but updoot regardless as I love coincidences (currently binging entire animaniacs series as I work)
LoudAngryJerk
is this not common knowledge?
dethmetalgear
Thanks for showing us why she's named "Dot." Now can you also show us why the brothers are named yacko and wacko?
craszystring
Cuz yacko tends to do the talking, and wacko is considered the wacky one by his siblings.
TheArrestingAbhorrentArrantAbominableAlliterator
I thought it was because Wacko whacked things with a mallet (moreso in the beginning
craszystring
that too, but it really dropped off later on like you said.
ChickenVegetas
Okay , so where do they get wacko and yacko?
boom1chaching
Yacko does most of the talking for the jokes and wacko hits things for comedic effect.
Voidkeeper
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AdmJota
No, we already explained Dot.
ChickenVegetas
Lmao
whopper68
Asking the important question...
RigoryMorty
Wakko is probably from his habit of using a mallet to whack something/someone in every episode.
justwatching
This was a clever show. I think the writers had a broad view of the world and had an IQ > 100.
WaffleIron01
It was actually 3 or 4 sets of writers all working at the same time. Some focused on Drama (e.g. Rita and Runt, Minerva Mink, etc.), (1/?)
WaffleIron01
Some were for comedy (e.g. Pinky and the Brain, Good Feathers, etc), and some were cartoon guys (e.g. Animaniacs, Slappy Squirrel) (2/3)
WaffleIron01
It was the marriage of all those different groups, access to the studio's full orchestra, and Steven Spielberg that made this show great 3/3
CommentBot3000
You'd think so, but you'd be wrong.
justwatching
Really? LOL Wow, what does that say about me? :-)
AqualadTheRealMVP
bots can trigger u ?
SweetStache
IQ is a meaningless number from an antiquated system, not really reliable
Arkanrais
damn strait. I knew someone with an IQ over 140, went to a group of young thugs & told em he had cash on him and wanted to buy drugs with it
Arkanrais
needless to say, he got mugged and beaten. high IQ doesn't exclude one from being stupid as shit in other regards
TongueTiedLabourerfromtheLandoftheLittlePeople
Quote Grinners • London, England: "I have an IQ of 151 i have a first in Quantum Physics and currently nearing the end of my PHD. Yet i 1/
TongueTiedLabourerfromtheLandoftheLittlePeople
1/ still managed to bang a nail into my living room wall straight through a pipe even though i had a working detector right next to me "
Prosecutrixxx
Most people have an IQ between 85 and 115. So you're saying they're probably average?
Almightytoad
I thought it was 90 to 109. Times change.
justwatching
I could've said an IQ of 128... but then I would have had demands for links, documentation, urine test, SAT scores... No winning, really.
Prosecutrixxx
Just say in the 90th percentile. It's anything above 120. And it sounds fancy.
thisnameistaken
Where's your source to say ">100"
justwatching
*facepalm* *walks away dejected*
TrijezniMujo
Most folks have an IQ of around 100.
laboon
That seems low
Sheepyhead
If you have to look into it that deep you'll also find that the IQ tests are very culturally biased, and not very general
KyleBeach
I've always wondered how true that is vs. there being a whole lot of very stupid people to balance a group of fairly intelligent people
Azrael715
68% of the world is between 85 and 115 and about 95% of the world is between 70 and 130
eclect0
It's true by definition because the scale is based on the statistical norm. 100 is the median, +/- 15 points is one standard deviation.
Prosecutrixxx
This. It's normal. Sauce: trained in IQ assessment.
Martecles
I'm not so sure of that; how did we come up with that number?
TrijezniMujo
It's adjusted periodically so that the average median thingamajig is about one hunnid.
Prosecutrixxx
It's normed so the population always fits in that range.
Martecles
I did not know that
Prosecutrixxx
100 is the average, with a standard deviation of 15. I can't remember exactly, but I think like 68% of people fall in that range.
TrijezniMujo
Son of a bitch, I am at the very edge of being above average then. Eeeeh, who gives a fuck?
Prosecutrixxx
IQ is a good measure of how you perform in school, but other than that it doesn't measure much.
FindYourChillMate
Thats the average. Could mean theres a 40/40 split between 80 and 120. With the other 20 being lower or higher.
TrijezniMujo
Or could be the median
Prosecutrixxx
It's the average, with a standard deviation of 25. About 68% of people fall between 85 and 115.
Prosecutrixxx
*15, not 25. Sorry.
DrShitForBrainsPHD
I thought it was Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Banana Fanna Bo Besca the Third.
DarkerSavant
Polka Dot?
batteryforeverlow
Call her Dottie and she will kill you.
Joanofarcade
But you can call her Dot
WaffleIron01
Call her Dottie and you're gonna get slugged!