| Series: | Animaniacs |
| First Minor: | De-Zanitized! |
| First Date: | September 13, 1993 |
| Last Minor: | Everyday Safety: Giant Adirondack Chair |
| Last Date: | February 17, 2023 |
| Creator: | Tom Ruegger |
| Species: | Cartoonus characterus |
| Home: | Warner Brothers water tower, Los Angeles, United States |
| Multiple: | yes |
Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner, usually referred to as the Warner siblings or just the Warners, are the fictional protagonists of the American animated series Animaniacs. Created by Tom Ruegger, the Warners are zany cartoon characters of an unknown anthropomorphized species, constantly escaping the Warner Brothers water tower and causing chaos wherever they go. Particular targets of their humour are Ralph T. Guard; the Warner studio's security guard, and Otto Scratchansniff, the lot's psychiatrist.
Yakko, voiced by Rob Paulsen, is the oldest of the three. He is gregarious, charismatic, and generally seen as the leader of the group. Wakko, voiced by Jess Harnell, is the middle child, with a Scouse accent modelled on Ringo Starr. Wakko is a glutton, and uses his cap a gag bag to provide most of the series's slapstick humour in the same manner as Harpo Marx. Dot (full name Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Banana Fanna Bo Besca III), voiced by Tress MacNeille, is the youngest and only female of the three. Dot is cute, bubbly and generally friendly, though can also be vain, rude and bossy.
The Warners were created in the Warner Brothers studios during the golden age of television; however, their series was cancelled due to being considered "hazardous" to society. Consequently, they were locked away inside the water tower in the studio lot.[1]
Series creator Tom Ruegger initially modeled the Warners' personalities heavily on those of his three sons.[2] The species of the Warners has been made deliberately unclear within the series.[3] Officially, within the series, the Warners are claimed to be Cartoonus characterus, a fake Latin phrase.[4] [5] The characters were also originally intended to be ducks.[6] The Warners' parents are not known, but in the movie Wakko's Wish, it is revealed that they were the king and queen of Warnerstock.