Yakko’s World

Yakko’s World, less commonly known as The Nations Of The World, is a song by Yakko Warner, who was voiced by Rob Paulson. It was written by Randy Rogel, and is in the tune of Mexican Hat Dance. It is from a sing-along clip in season 1, episode 2 of Animaniacs, where Yakkos dances while listing most of the countries using a stick. Despite Yakko’s World being well enjoyed by many people, it had many errors in its lyrics. The lyrics included some territories, Greenland, which is a district of Denmark, French Giana, which is a department of France, and 2 cities, Algiers and San Juan. It also excluded more than 50 countries. These errors resulted in people like Chocolate Ghost House to upload videos with/of them singing the updated versions of their own.

Randy Rogel later updated Yakko’s World with a new verse that includes most of the countries excluded from the original. Rob Paulson sang this updated version of the song in Animaniacs Live!, The Mothership, and in conventions, such as San Diego Comic-Con International.

On January 7, 2017, a YouTube user, Matthew Clinton, uploaded the first known Yakko’s World video to be considered a meme. In the video, Yakko points to every country in The Americas and call them United States. He then switches places to where he points to some of the countries in the Middle East and call then Israel before the video ends.