Buttons and Mindy are characters that were regularly featured on the animated children's television show Animaniacs. Their segments centered around three characters: Buttons, a heroic German shepherd-type dog; Mindy, an accident-prone baby girl; and Mindy's mother, who was often referred to as "Lady" by Mindy. One never saw above her waist, though her brown hair can be seen briefly in the Animaniacs movie Wakko's Wish. Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs was a popular animated TV cartoon series distributed by Warner Bros. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Wakkos Wish is a 1999 made-for-video animated film based on the Warner Bros. ...

The plots are deceptively simple. Mindy is left alone with Buttons, one of the few non-anthropomorphized characters in the series, who is charged as babysitter by her mother. Soon after, ever-curious Mindy wanders off with Buttons chasing after her. Buttons faithfully keeps her from harm, often taking the brunt of horrible abuse and injury. Somehow Mindy manages to wander back home unharmed, yet Buttons is ironically always scolded for being inattentive by Mindy's mother. However, Mindy always hugs Buttons and tells her dog she loves him afterwards. Anthropomorphism, also referred to as personification or prosopopeia, is the attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, forces of nature, and others. ...

A running gag in the cartoons is a moment where Mindy comes across somebody and asks what they're doing. This prompts a series of "Why?"s from Mindy until the person finally gets exasperated, at which point Mindy will say "Okay, I love you, buh-bye!" and continue on her way, at which point the person will finally realize what just happened. The running gag is a popular hallmark of comedy television shows and movies. ...

The formula of the Buttons and Mindy cartoons seems to be a poke at both Lassie and Hanna-Barbera—in fact, one of the shorts, "Cat on a Hot Steel Beam," was lifted from a Tom and Jerry short featuring the cat-and-mouse duo pursuing a baby who had wandered out onto an unfinished skyscraper—and an off-model Tom and Jerry even appear in the short chasing an errant infant. This scenario was also the plot of two classic Popeye cartoons, a Fleischer and a Famous Studios remake, with a hypnotized Olive Oyl. Additionally, Mindy's remarkable luck and innocence is reminiscent of Mr. Magoo. Lassie, a Rough Collie, is the worlds most famous dog and a fictional character who has starred in many movies, TV shows, and books over the years. ... Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ... The phrase Tom and Jerry has a several meanings: Tom and Jerry was originally a pairing of names from Pierce Egans Life in London, or Days and Nights of Jerry Hawthorne and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise. ... Refers to the practice of drawing a cartoon character somewhat out of true with the original source material or model sheets. ... Tom & Jerry title card from the 1940s Tom and Jerry were an animated cat (Tom) and mouse (Jerry) team who formed the basis of a massively successful series of theatrical short cartoons created, written, and directed by animators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (later of Hanna-Barbera fame), and produced... Popeye from an opening still from one of his cartoon shorts, with his characteristic corncob pipe and single good eye. ... Fleischer Studios is an American New York animation company founded by the brothers, Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer who ran the company from 1921-1942. ... Famous Studio was the animation studio owned by Paramount Pictures after the company foreclosed on Fleischer Studios and ousted Max and David Flesicher in 1942. ... Olive Oyl is a cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar for his comic strip Thimble Theater. ... Mr. ...

In several shorts, Buttons and Mindy have been re-designed as Flintstones, Jetsons, and even mermaid-type characters. The cast of The Flintstones, from left to right: Betty, Barney, Fred, Wilma and Dino. ... The Jetsons - Clockwise: Rosie, George, Jane, Judy, Elroy, and Astro The Jetsons was an animated prime-time television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1962 to 1963. ... The statue of The Little Mermaid, a monument to Hans Christian Andersen, in Copenhagen harbour. ...