Each of the trio has a different personality and role in the group, including purpose in a skit and separate obsessions with different celebrities. Their roles are that Yakko is the "smart one" and the leader, Wakko is the "other" one or the most insane one, and dot is the self proclaimed "cute one".
Yakko Warner Yakko Warner (voiced by
Rob Paulsen) is the tallest, oldest and most verbal (hence the name), and he serves as the ringleader of the two younger siblings. He has the amazing abilities to talk an unsuspecting (yet deserving) person's ear off. He's a big-time smart aleck, and can come up with a comeback to just about anything. Highly reminiscent of
Groucho Marx and
Bugs Bunny, he wears brown slacks with a belt in it, in which he can store and retrieve a number of improbable objects including a
Yak. He also has a tendency to pounce on attractive women, normally with his catchphrase, "Helloooooo NURSE!" Yakko can sing the names of (nearly) every
country of the world, as well as every word in the English language (although he's only shown singing words from the letters A, F (briefly), L and Z). He can even say Dot's full name without error. Yakko demonstrates a proficiency in speaking (proper and actual) Japanese as well. He is considered by many fans to be "the brains of the outfit"; the wittiest and most clever of the three Warner sibs. He also has the ability to
rap. Also generally seen as the oldest (though his actual age is indeterminate), much of the show's more adult-leaning gags and one-liners are supplied by Yakko. Being the oldest, several times Yakko has shown a surprising amount of responsibility dealing with the welfare of his two younger siblings. He is also, in his own words, "allergic to anything that has lactose in it."
Wakko Warner Wakko Warner (voiced by
Jess Harnell) wears a red cap, blue turtleneck and, as he likes to point out, no pants. He speaks with a
Scouse accent that Harnell explicitly modeled after
Ringo Starr (initially Harnell created a
John Lennon-esque voice for Wakko until he saw that the character was short, so he just raised the pitch). He's the middle child, and subsequently the most weird and absurd of the bunch (hence the name). Often pulls objects from his "
Gag Bag" and also uses his "giant mallet" when situations call for it. More often than not, his tongue is sticking out of his mouth. He generally supplies the more crude humor. He is the most physical of the three, and thus tends to lean toward physical humor, whereas Yakko (being a more talkative person) favors vocal humor. Wakko can walk backwards just as well as he can forwards, and is very flexible. Wakko has a voracious appetite, and will eat almost anything, including gum found under a seat and even rocks for shock value or perhaps simply to see how they taste. He also has a
phobic fear of clowns (cf. "Clown and Out"). He is a big fan of
Don Knotts and, like his brother Yakko, he will also hit on any pretty girl, despite his apparent young age. His cap is his trademark; when the Warners wear costumes, Wakko will usually keep his cap on (occasionally he'll take it off, which makes him look very similar to his brother, Yakko). He follows in Yakko's footsteps by singing all the fifty US states and their capitals, in "
Wakko's America".
Dot Warner Dot Warner (voiced by
Tress MacNeille): The only sister, Dot wears a pink skirt and a flower tie in her hair. Also known as "Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca
Banana Fanna Bo Besca the Third" or, to some fans "Princess Dot". Extremely cute and thoroughly aware of it, she is very confident. She is arguably the smartest one, and the most overtly aggressive. As she says in the first episode, "Call me Dottie, and you die." (However, she's been called Dottie a few times and the source remains unharmed, but this is not always true.) She gets easily miffed at her brothers' reactions around women, afterwards she says "Boys, go fig." However, even though she views Yakko and Wakko's behavior around beautiful girls repugnant, she has reacted similarly to attractive men, most notably
Mel Gibson (she said she would "marry that man"). Dot also carries around a pet, contained within a tiny box, that is revealed to be a horrifying monster much too large to have fit inside the box. In one episode, one of her pets ends up marrying a
Xenomorph. She also seems to have a sense of humor much like her brother Yakko. But like Wakko's hat whenever she is in a costume she always has her little flower in her hair unless she is in her pajamas. ==Appearances==