Cartoon Vault: Histeria!

It's been a while since I last covered an actual cartoon but return with an interesting one from the late 90s early 00s named Histeria.

Histeria is a satire, slapstick comedy about the many, many periods of world history, created by Animaniacs & Freakazoid writer Tom Ruegger.
The series certainly shares many of the elements that made Animaniacs one of the most well recognized shows of the 90s and plays on the strengths of catchy songs, well placed jokes on American pop-culture and an array of characters with the charisma to remain interesting for the length of the series which sadly due to being overly budgeted only lasted 52 episodes rather than the planned 65.
I remember finding history boring when I was in school but this series came too late for me to really give it a chance as it didn't air in the UK until a year after it's original air date and by that time I dropped history.
I find that satire works really well when applied to historical events as it works so much better than trying to force feed facts through burnt pieces of paper or a Tapestry painting. The British equivalent of this series is called Horrible Histories which has been done in both live action and cartoon form and delivers the same kind of humor.
Looking back at Histeria, I found it fun but I forgot it very quickly when it ended and was only reminded when I saw a picture while doing research on a future top 10 list. The problem is that the satire cartoon had run its course throughout the 90s and doesn't really cut it in a new millennium, especially when you consider that the Animaniacs could've done this entire series themselves rather than a whole new cast of characters that are tough to remember.
Overall it's a fun series and beats reading textbooks but doesn't hold up as well as it's older siblings.

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