r/clevercomebacks 2d ago

Wouldn't hurt to hear them out.

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u/Able_Engineering1350 2d ago

I for one, welcome our new rodent overlords

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u/DezXerneas 2d ago

How does literally everyone in this thread know who those are?

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u/tractiontiresadvised 2d ago

The original show is from the '90s, but I had not been aware that they were featured in a reboot of the Animaniacs in 2020. (Plus they had basically become a meme even before memes took over the internet.)

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u/DezXerneas 2d ago

they had basically become a meme even before memes took over the internet

That checks out as I recognized the poster immediately, but didn't know the name of the show(or their names).

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u/surg3on 2d ago

The intro song for the reboot is great

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u/CadenVanV 2d ago

You’re on Reddit, everyone ends up picking up a lot of completely random information over time. Same way I know that the “Alexander wept” quote wasn’t because he was out of land to conquer but because he hadn’t managed to conquer even a single planet yet

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u/DezXerneas 2d ago

Fair, but it's been a loooooooooong time since I've been this out of the loop so I was kinda confused.

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u/Dudewhocares3 1d ago

I’m surprised too, but I remember them because Cartoon Network played animaniacs and freakazoid and all those shows Steven Spielberg produced but didn’t know about