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Ruegger was inspired by the large “WB” logo on the water tower at the Warner Bros. Spielberg agreed, but said they needed to come up with “a big marquee name” to help sell the show. However, the team soon realized that, between Disney’s Donald Duck, DuckTales, Darkwing Duck, and Warner Bros.' own Daffy Duck, there were already plenty of animated waterfowl on the market. These two concepts were combined to create three brother ducks. Meanwhile, Ruegger had been developing characters based on the personalities of his three young sons.

One idea Spielberg suggested was to make the popular Tiny Toons character Plucky Duck the star of the new show. After Tiny Toons became a huge success, Spielberg asked producer Tom Ruegger and his team to work on a follow-up cartoon. The history of Animaniacs actually begins with Tiny Toon Adventures, another animated show from Warner Bros. So if you happen to be searching for the real story behind Animaniacs-which is getting a reboot on Hulu-you're in the right place.

Ruegger sent back seven pages of awesomeness instead. I expected a few sentences in response to my questions, but Mr. When I started researching the history of Animaniacs, I contacted creator Tom Ruegger to see if he could fill in some gaps.

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