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Yakko: At least, we think there's still a President Trump. You see, the writers are writing this in 2018.
Wakko: How is that possible? The people rely on Animaniacs for outrageous and relevant content!
Dot: Well, how can we finish catching up if we don't know what happened in the last two years?
Yakko: I don't know, wild guesses?
Dot: Sounds good to me!

Krusty: Why is my show all cartoons? And all the movies they're making fun of are over a year old! It's like those parodies were written when the movies came out, but it took so long to animate them that we look dated and hacky!
The Simpsons, "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution"

"It's the problem with these big crazes; The Simpsons kinda has to reference this stuff, but they inevitably end up late to the party with a take that I'm already sick of."

Vernias: Hey, guys. It's Pride Month. You know what that means...
(Beat)
The Editor: This video was scheduled for July, so we'll never know what that means.

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