Wakko's America pencil test

Wakko sings a song about all the States and their Capitals. This is a pencil test made by Startoons. I inbetweened and cleaned up several scenes in this episode. Enjoy. Final voice tracks, no sound effects with only temp music. Let me know if you like it in the comment section!
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This is for animation educational purposes only and was recorded back in the early 1990s.
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[@toon4thought]

Some of the scenes during the song itself were completely redone for the final cut, I believe by Jon McClenahan.

[@MortenEng]

Very good work and amazing to see the original form of an Animaniacs classic musical piece.

[@anika17769]

Animaniacs looks like 1900

[@ritaandrunt5767]

Beautiful absolutely beautiful also the vocals are so clear and clean

[@kaylee6463]

This is a bit old but I really like this song, I mean ye it’s a kids song but hey gotta learn all the states and capitals somehow, they did really good with this test

[@lol_hecker2745]

I love it! this should have taken a long time

[@DevonDettinger]

Why didn't the unused animations make it past the pencil test stage?

[@heyjimr]

Warner Bros can take out animation clips or add revised shots at the pencil test stage if they want to.

[@molossis]

somebody needs to make a flip book of this

[@obsoletejseason1211]

I will do it

[@jaden_playz805]

@@obsoletejseason1211i would recommend multiple cuz you would stretch the hell out of your palm cuz this song is long and it will be too big if thats the case

[@Lockettclan3228]

did warner bros let you upload this? cuz this is old and good

[@heyjimr]

I worked on these shows, rescued from old vhs tapes I had. Glad you enjoy them!

[@PollisonCartoons]

I love this👀

[@heyjimr]

Glad you do! They sat in boxes for years on VHS, only to recently be shared here for people who can appreciate them as much as I do. Like your Out of the Tablet animation too!

[@Valentinokatz]

:)​@@heyjimr

[@Hillasir]

Legendary

[@matthewstar1277]

I see some unused animation Was that there before?

[@Valentinokatz]

Not really

[@CourtneyMeyer81094]

How long did this take?

[@heyjimr]

Good Question, Its been a while, but this could have been done in possibly in 6 to 8 weeks. Several episodes were also being worked on by by different teams.

[@K64TheMarioRecolor]

2022?

[@heyjimr]

More like 1990...

[@dontabobbiusiii3149]

@@heyjimr 1993

[@eggnog_egg]

@@dontabobbiusiii3149 it was not 1993, they made it before 1993. animating took a long time back then

[@joel_thecursed-49]

What does that text say? 3:24

[@heyjimr]

Any notes that fly by are animation instructions or notes for the assistant animator to follow when taking this to clean up.

[@googleslettere5842]

Looks like a storyboard

[@heyjimr]

This what a 35mm film pencil test looks like before the drawings were inked and painted (color added). Some parts are final, while other parts are roughly there as a post test.

[@metaboiii6693]

You got Yakko's World?

[@heyjimr]

I worked on Wakko's World, but not Yakko's sadly, sniff.

[@spongenick]

@@heyjimr yeah, it was animated by a different studio being TMS in Japan

[@MoskitoGirl]

Mew

[@OSUEngel]

The auto generated captions mysteriously appeared on April 9, 2024. I thrilled.

[@HelenChong-zb9lc]

Lousiana 1:Baton Rouge Indiana 2:Indianapolis Ohio 3:Colombus Alabama 4:Montgomery Montana 5:Helena Colorado 6:Denver Idaho 7:Boise Texas 8:Austin Maschussets 9:Boston New York 10:Albany Florida 11:Tallahassee Capital Washington D.C New Mexico 12:Santa Fe Teenesee 13:Nashville New Jersey 14:Trenton Missouri 15:Jeffreson City Virginia 16:Richmond South Dakota 17:Pierre Pennslyvania 18:Harrisburg Maine 19:Augusta Rhode Islands 20: Prodivence Delaware 21: Dover New Hampshire 23:Concord Vermont 24: Montpellier Conneticut 25:Hartford Kansas 26:Topeka Minnesota 27: St. Paul Alaska 28: Juneau Nebraska 29: Lincoln North Carolina 30: Raleigh Wisconsin 31: Madison Washington 32: Olympia Arizona :33 Phoenix Michigan 34: Lansing Hawaii 35: Honolulu Misspissi 36:Jackson Ililions 37: Springfield South Carolina 38: Columbia Maryland 39: Annapolis Wyoming 40: Cheyenne Utah 41: Salt Lake City Georgia 42: Altanta North Dakota 43: Bismarck Kentucky 44: Frankfurt Oregon 45:Salem Arkansas 46: Little Rock Iowa 47:Des Moines Califronia 48: Sacramento Oklahoma 49: OklahomaCity West Vrigina 50: Charleston Nevada 51: Carson City

[@NokutendaMakuwaza]

i looks like its from the 1910s

[@InYourFaceNewYorker]

Nice but Massachusetts is missing the “arm” on the East Coast

[@DevonDettinger]

Things that were changed for the final color version from 1:56-3:42: 1:59-2:00: The cel for Louisiana and Indiana appear earlier than they do in the final color version. 2:08-2:09: Wakko points to Idaho more freely, while in the final color version, he stops pointing beneath the capital star. 2:18: Most people won't notice this, but New Mexico's cel appears slightly later than in the final color version. 2:20-2:25: Wakko plays the violin when he says this, and he walks and dances, this didn't happen in the final color version. 2:25-2:26: Wakko moves his bow around New Jersey. 2:26-2:28: He plays the violin rather than pointing at the state like in the final color version. 2:28-2:29: Wakko plays the violin and moves around expressively. 2:29-2:30: Wakko moves his foot and bends his knees while naming South Dakota. 2:30-2:31: Wakko moves his bow around Pennsylvania in every which way. 2:31-2:34: While naming Maine and Rhode Island, Wakko plays the violin and steps. 2:34-2:36: Wakko points to Delaware more expressively than in the final color version. 2:36-2:37: The cels were apparently shrunken down and repositioned in this shot for the final color version, and the same can be said until 2:46, but the visuals are still the same. 2:38: The leap to Vermont is more compressed than in the final color version. 2:41: The leap to Connecticut is also more compressed. 2:42-2:44: The leap to Kansas is longer and more expressive, and it takes him shorter to to position himself. While it is shorter and takes him longer to postion himself in the final color version. 2:44-2:46: The visuals are mostly unchanged, but the scrolling background is longer while he leaps twice to Minnesota, and the sudden movement at the end of the shot is absent. 2:57-2:58: The background for this shot was changed for the final color version, and the cels were shruken and slightly repostioned. 3:01-3:02: The unused background is the same as Wisconsin's. And Wakko sits on Michigan, while holding his violin in his right hand, pointing at the star with his left hand, and winking his right eye at the end of the shot. 3:05-3:10: Wakko's leap from Mississipi to Illinois is later and more expressive, as with the prior animation in the shot. He also move around expressively when naming South Carolina. 3:10: In the final color version, Wakko walks a great distance to Maryland, while here he leaps to it. 3:10-3:13: Wakko's poses line up with the beginning of the next shot. 3:19-3:23: In addition to the background being changed for the final color version, Wakko's cel is placed more lower on the screen, and the buffallo appear later. 3:23-3:35: Wakko moves around more expressively, like when he links Oregon to Arkansas, he moves his bow in the air from the right to the left. And in addition to Iowa and California being part of the shot, he's also more epressive while naming them. 3:35-3:39: In addition to the country itself being changed, Wakko's cel is slightly smaller than in the final color version. And the number of in betweens for the key frame that starts when Wakko says "Carson" is 1 more than in the final colored version. 3:39-3:42: The ending is more expressive, and his leap to Ms. Flamiel's desk takes place later and is longer. Edit: The song's pitch was changed to be more in line with the new animation.

[@Valentinokatz]

3:07 instead of just stepping on the state he just does that

[@Valentinokatz]

He doesn't touch it like that lol 2:08

[@Valentinokatz]

The ending is different lol

[@Valentinokatz]

3:10 wow! That's new

[@user-iz9of5cg8y]

Okay I will say all the differences. 1. The letters from the screens 2. Wakko was waiting to say but it wasnt shown to the final version 3. After miss flamiel says that wakko can wager part of his money, he looked down to his results (not shown in the final) 4. Little pause from miss flamiel 5.It was shown when Flamiel said The names of all 50 staes and their capitols 6. Little pause of wakko 7. and the Okay was seen sticking his tongue 8.Wakko brings a chalkboard , and draws america in a cartoony way (that is because of multiple wakkos, a classic technique of cartoons) 9.Shows wakko dusting his hands 10. When saying Elvis used to hang out there you know, he still was playing the fiddle. CUTE UwU 11. He walks in a different pattern 12. The part since trentons in new jersey, He still was playing the violin. Cute x2 13. from virginia, He was Ducking 14. At Michigan, He was in the opposite position and he had the fiddle in his hand. 15.At maryland He still played the fiddle Cute x3 16 At Utah, a little difference , Wakko Was downer 17 Georgia, north dakota, Kentucky He was shown expressive like he had half opened eyes and then ,he closed them like and angel, Still playing the fiddle 18 Also at salem Expressing while playing fiddle,Kawaii 19 From sacramento was closing his eyes and raising his arms with glee just like the sun AND THAT WAS ALL

[@jumavoyyusupov6216]

Preety Old

[@DevonDettinger]

The unused animations are PEAK!!! Does a colored version exist?

[@heyjimr]

This is a pencil test of the animation before it is completed with ink lines and colors. You can find the final color version here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKmZlJJ7msuNd7Msi=FgHku5S_tmMfYwjc

[@DevonDettinger]

I meant if the unused animations were ever colored.

[@satellaguy]

I like how this has the early version of Wakko's America.

[@IreneGuevarra-w3u]

it looks like from the 1900s

[@Microscopiccountryballs]

Bro fr edited the sound, retraced it using a pencil, took a picture of all the drawings and used some sort of filter idk

[@Microscopiccountryballs]

I can prove this Behind The Scenes is fake

[@heyjimr]

Not sure I get the joke?

[@DevonDettinger]

It is not fake.

[@theyakkomanguy7522]

I find pencil tests or animatics of shows made in the 1990s very interesting. I really hope somebody can restore the unused animations.

[@heyjimr]

Most people don't know about pencil tests. I'm glad I kept a few when I was working on the shows.

[@Carlen-ws5zh]

Ummmmm why did you draw Michigan wrong

[@heyjimr]

Not my drawing, sorry.

[@DevonDettinger]

Huh?

[@debbieterrazas1642]

Look s very good

[@heyjimr]

Glad you liked it.

[@giuliariboldi1760]

Bellissimo 😂

[@stormsmith6772]

I’ll blow the wad. Is my favorite wakko line

[@oliverbalda40283]

Film på 1800-talet är så här:

[@heyjimr]

Film in the 19th century is like this:

[@AlexeyIvan747]

I saw that the sketches are very different from the original

[@heyjimr]

Some are rough drawings, not quite cleaned up yet.

[@user-pr9ql1ub6u]

1:33 he had to think about it for so long 🤣

[@yukimidaifuku_DLsite-d3o]

Who wouldn’t?

[@maryjoyumbay4774]

Asdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiop

[@ZavierGD]

do not skip

[@heyjimr]

Skipping was legal in the 90s

[@joelinchow8144]

coloring: black and white pls

[@GabePickles3837]

1:56 By jove! Is that the original Kurzweil piano sound I just heard?! Blew my mind that they actually used something like that.

[@heyjimr]

It is a scratch track before the final music was composed.

[@ThiagoSantos-bo8vu]

Can you draw "Lookit The Fuzzyheads" episode?

[@itsjoshua2508]

Did you work for startoons

[@heyjimr]

Yes I did back in the early 90s.

[@JustAPersonWhoComments]

I like how in the pencil version, there is expressions and actions not shown in the actual scene lol

[@DevonDettinger]

?

[@keyanawhitely7942]

Thanks for sharing this

[@heyjimr]

Glad you enjoyed something i worked on long ago.

[@mosesthorowitz]

it looks like a 1920's animation

[@nonnilmil]

HOW LONG DID THIS TAKE

[@ryanhoward3383]

Was this all cell animation or did they use any computer?

[@heyjimr]

Traditional hand drawn.

[@myscribblemess]

the akward pauses of the frames made me so confused

[@DevonDettinger]

They're called key frames, where did you notice them?

[@archimedesfromteamfortress2]

Song starts at 1:53

[@Sindrøydia]

This is really good

[@heyjimr]

Vegetables are good for you! Glad you like it!

[@stevethegamer8928]

There is no music

[@titanytofficial_]

Did you check your volume

[@stevethegamer8928]

There is no sound in the video

[@TutucrMapper]

That loooks very good man

[@heyjimr]

Glad you like it!

[@snarbaloo]

Thank you for sharing this. I've always wanted to hear the demo arrangements of the music used in Animaniacs and this is the first one I've ever gotten to hear. The unused animations are incredible to see as well. Interestingly, it sounds like the demos use sequenced arrangements rather than live performances. Wish I could see more of that workflow and I hope more shows up in the future. Your work contributing to visually bringing this cartoon to life is incredible. Thanks again!

[@heyjimr]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@pattyaddy]

i love the different animations that weren't in the original! so expressive and cute

[@heyjimr]

Sometimes the pencil test work better than the cleaned up version.

[@Infeabblevampire_0292]

@@heyjimr Agreed.

[@clone3]

yeah, especially the one in michigan, he’s so cute doing his little wink

[@Alazarball]

@@heyjimrI like the piano music u added! I like piano music!

[@Boom20009]

1:56

[@frankokatanica4300]

Do wakko america color final

[@heyjimr]

I'm not sure I have it in color.

[@japan9617]

My grandfather be like

[@obsoletejseason1211]

There were some scenes that I didn’t see in the original one like for example 1:43 I didn’t see this part in the original ink thing 1:48 and this 2:20 i’ve never seen this in the original song 2:25 this was not in the original thing usually wakko usually would’ve pointed where the states in the best cities were but he didn’t do like play the violin and show the states 2:42 or him jumping that far 3:00 usually he would’ve just pointed at the sky but he didn’t he just like use his finger to point at the start 3:10 I didn’t see him do this before in the film 3:23 like I explained earlier he did not just play the violin and then just show the state in the film usually pointed at the states and the star 1:11 I didn’t see him look down and look at his name or his number usually he would’ve just said oh blow the wall without looking down

[@mitchkiggins9661]

1:28 is wrong

[@heyjimr]

Some times variety is introduced to not repeat the same visuals Again this is a pencil test version which sometimes are revised before the final color version was made.

[@DavidCartucheE]

1:52

[@spongenick]

It's going to be the 4th of July in a hour and 20 minutes

[@heyjimr]

Happy Birthday America!

[@MarioGlitchy9]

Very cool! The unused animations are interesting. Seems like the ones where states scroll through are all different.

[@akramsworldcartoon5173]

AGREED (but i dont like animaniacs)

[@kenadycope3726]

The tune is not right dough

[@CoolDude18372]

Is this a lost test

[@heyjimr]

Its a pencil test of the animation before approval and sent to ink and paint.