An Animaniacs reboot prank pissed off Johnny Depp fans

Last week the new series of Animaniacs It eventually premiered in America, and true to the style that made Yakko, Wakko, and Dot so popular, the show started making fun of itself.

So, in part of this new installment, the funny brothers sang a song about Hollywood’s love of reboots, sequels and remakes.

But what could perfectly have been left as a comment on the lack of originality in Hollywood that led to the return of the series itself quickly led to a controversy with fans of. Johnny Depp.

And is that, although the actor is never mentioned in the song about the reboots, some followers of the protagonist of Pirates of the Caribbean they considered him a poster featured in the sequence would be a Warner Bros. commentary on the actor’s conflict with Amber Heard.

As you can see in the following video, in one part of the song Yakko approaches two fake movie posters. The first tape is called “Johnny 2: Telling Lies” (“Johnny 2: Telling Lies”) and allegedly played by Johnny Depp, who appears on the poster with a scissor in your hands.

All while the second poster, which appears on the idea of ​​creating prequels when sequels don’t work, shows a kid with a bag of candy and it’s called “Johnny: The Beginning” (“Johnny: The Beginning”).

Therefore, some Depp fans have interpreted this as a mockery of the actor who was recently fired from the saga. Fantastic beasts for the allegations of his ex-wife, Amber Heard. And it’s that fans not only believed Warner Bros was using the Animaniacs to accuse Depp of lying about the situation with Heard, but also pointed out that the studio was making fun of what happened to the actor’s finger.

“What the fuck?!?!?! This comes from a new thing from Animaniacs which by the way is owned by Warner Bros and seems to portray Johnny Depp as a liar holding a pair of scissors involving violence. ” wrote a Twitter user. “Do you want to pretend that WB hasn’t lined up here? Fuck them. Fuck everyone. “

“I am completely shocked at the way Warner Bros teased Johnny Depp and his story of abuse in their new Animaniacs show. This is absolutely disgusting. Where is your humanity? “, another person pointed out.

And there are also those who have already started petitions on this.

However, it should be noted that although the makers of the Animanicas have not provided an official version about it, the production of the series began long before the details of the Deep and Heard case came to light. And, as some users have pointed out, posters also look like a file reference to the video for children “Johnny Johnny Yes Papa”.

Keep in mind that part of that song’s lyrics specifically say “Telling lies” and it all revolves around some sweets.

But of course, here the context factor is the key to understanding the annoyance and interpretation of the fans. After all, Animaniacs are closely related to Warner Bros and that studio recently fired Deep from the A franchise.Fantastic beasts.