Animaniacs

Animaniacs is a cartoon series created by Tom Ruegger and executive produced by Steven Spielberg for Warner Bros. Animation that aired from September 1993 to November 1998 and has achieved cult success for many years afterward.

It consists of cartoon segments focusing on various characters in each episode, mainly the adventures of Yakko, Wakko, and Dot; three cartoon siblings who were locked inside the Warner Bros. water tower for six decades in the 1930s. One of its segments, Pinky and the Brain, was successful enough to earn its own spin-off series.

The show's long-lived popularity eventually prompted a revival series taking place in the modern-day, which began streaming on Hulu in November 2020.

Super Buttons
Season 1, Episode 61b Airdate: April 22, 1994

Buttons, Mindy, and her family are all superheroes. One day, however, Mindy (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) catches sight of a bird by using her muscle strength to break free and begins to follow it.

Amazing Gladiators
Season 4, Episode 6b Airdate: October 19, 1996

In a parody of American Gladiators, the Petersons.

Opening Intro
In the variant opening theme song of the seventh episode of the second season in the revival series, a variable verse of Dot says: "Are you not entertain-ey-ed?" from the 2000 film, Gladiator. This displays Dot as a strong overweight gladiator with muscular arms.

Suffragette City
Season 1, Episode 2c Airdate: November 20, 2020

Dot Warner (voiced by Tress MacNeille) references the French TV show, The Minimighty Kids or Les Minijuctiers by growing muscular in orbit.

Cold Open: Exercise Minute
Season 2, Episode 10 Airdate: November 5, 2021