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Pinky and the Brain
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Pinky and Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who reside in a cage in the Acme Labs research facility. Brain is self-centered and scheming; Pinky is good-natured but feebleminded. In each episode, Brain devises a new plan to take over the world, which ultimately ends in failure, usually due to Pinky's idiocy, the impossibility of Brain's plan, Brain's own arrogance, or just circumstances beyond their control.
Highest-rated episodes all ranked
- 01
Megalomaniacs AnonymousWhen Brain comes to the conclusion he no longer wants to take over the world, he decides to help others who had his problem and the first one to be helped is Pinky. - 02
Brain StormThe mice are looking to control tornados, but a pest keeps getting in their way. - 03
Das MouseBrain hatches a plot to hypnotize people, but he needs white crab meat to succeed. In order to get the crab meat, he takes a submarine to the wreck of the Titanic. Unfortunately, the CIA spots his sub and orders its destruction.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01Best season
- S01E01
Season's bestDas MouseSeptember 9, 1995Brain hatches a plot to hypnotize people, but he needs white crab meat to succeed. In order to get the crab meat, he takes a submarine to th - S01E02
Of Mouse and ManSeptember 17, 1995Brain plans to take over the world by creating a voice mail system that will tie up everyone on the planet long enough for him to take over. - S01E03
Tokyo GrowsSeptember 24, 1995Brain uses an enlarging ray to make himself and Pinky four hundred feet tall. With Pinky dressed as a Gollyzilla, Brain stages a fight to ma - S01E04
That SmartsSeptember 24, 1995Brain makes Pinky smarter so his stupidity won't ruin anymore plans. - S01E05
BrainstemSeptember 24, 1995Pinky and Brain perform a song about the brain. - S01E06
Pinky & The FogOctober 1, 1995Brain gains the ability to cloud the minds of men with his voice. He tries to get on the radio by adapting the persona of "The Fog". Unfortu - S01E07
Where No Mouse Has Gone BeforeOctober 8, 1995Brain hears that a space probe is about to be launched. On the probe is a plaque with a representation of man and woman. Brain changes the p - S01E08
Cheese Roll CallOctober 8, 1995Pinky sings about cheese. - S01E09
BrainaniaNovember 12, 1995The Brain hatches a plan to take over the world by using static electricity to shock the world into submission. Unfortunately he needs sever - S01E10
TV or Not TVNovember 19, 1995Brain develops a special pair of dentures that can produce a smile that can hypnotize anyone who is not wearing a special pair of sunglasses - S01E11
Napoleon BrainaparteNovember 26, 1995While France awaits Napoleon's triumphant return from Austria, Brain develops a recipe for exploding crepe-suzettes in an effort to conquer - S01E12
A Pinky and the Brain ChristmasDecember 13, 1995Pinky and the Brain head to the North Pole. Pinky just wants to see Santa, but the Brain has a more sinister plan. He wants pretend to be an - S01E13
SnowballJanuary 21, 1996Brain comes face to face with his former friend and now enemy, Snowball. And it seems Snowball has his own plans to take over the world. - S01E14
Around the World in 80 NarfsFebruary 4, 1996In Victorian England, the Brain realizes that he can take over the world by becoming president of the "Pompous Explorers Club". since the po - S01E15
FlyFebruary 11, 1996Brain plans to melt the ice caps with the Hubble Space Telescope once he buys everything higher than the 39th floor. - S01E16
Ambulatory AbeFebruary 25, 1996Brain hopes to take over the world by convincing everyone that Abraham Lincoln has been reincarnated. He takes up ventriloquism and plans on - S01E17
Mouse of La ManchaFebruary 25, 1996Brain tells a group of mice the story of "Don Cerebro" a mouse driven by his dream to take over the world. - S01E18
The Third MouseMay 12, 1996Pinky searches for the Brain in post-World War II Vienna. He misunderstands people when they try to tell him the Brain is dead and his misun - S01E19
The VisitMay 12, 1996The Brain captures two mice for an experiment to aid in a plan for world domination. He discovers however that the two mice are his parents.
Season02
- S02E01
It's Only a Paper WorldSeptember 7, 1996Brain tries to get all the people off Earth onto his paper mache creation, Chia Earth. - S02E02
Collect 'em AllSeptember 14, 1996Using Johannes Gutenberg printing press, the Brain make a series of collectible trading cards. - S02E03
PinkassoSeptember 14, 1996A successful modern artist is born and it's Pinky, trying to help fund Brain's new plan. - S02E04
Plan Brain From Outer SpaceSeptember 28, 1996Brain hopes his inter-galactic pen pal, Zalgar, will help him take over the world. But it turns out Zalgar likes to snack on brains. - S02E05
The Pink CandidateNovember 2, 1996Pinky writes a letter to the newspaper criticizing the comic strip "The Family Circus". His letter, however, is misunderstood as a political - S02E06
Brain's SongNovember 9, 1996Brain makes a tearjerker movie to make the world sad enough to make him leader. - S02E07
Welcome to the JungleNovember 16, 1996Animal rights activist think Pinky and the Brain are monkeys and release them into the jungle after taking them out of Acme Labs. The pair t - S02E08
A Little Off the TopNovember 23, 1996Brain tries to discover what makes the legendary Samson so strong. - S02E09
Season's bestMegalomaniacs AnonymousNovember 23, 1996When Brain comes to the conclusion he no longer wants to take over the world, he decides to help others who had his problem and the first on - S02E10
The MummyDecember 28, 1996Pinky and Brain get sealed in an Egyptian pyramid where a mummy is lurking about. - S02E11
Robin BrainDecember 28, 1996Brain gets a group of men to steal money from the rich (ala Robin Hood) to pay for his new plot. - S02E12
Two Mice and a BabyFebruary 1, 1997Pinky and Brain stumble upon a super powered baby, who happened to arrive from an exploding alien world. - S02E13
The MazeFebruary 1, 1997Pinky and Brain have to brave a virtual reality maze to find a microchip crucial to Brain's new plot. - S02E14
Brain of the FutureFebruary 8, 1997The mice's future selves arrive in the lab, sending them on a roller coaster ride through time to find a world domination kit. - S02E15
BrinkyFebruary 22, 1997Pinky and Brain's DNA get merged during a cloning experiment, creating a new mouse. - S02E16
Hoop SchemesMay 17, 1997Pinky and Brain put together a basketball team as part of their next plan, but the fame may be swelling Brain's head.
Season03
- S03E01
Leave It to BeaversSeptember 8, 1997Brain enlists the aid of beavers to gain control over the flow of rivers. - S03E02
CinebraniaSeptember 8, 1997The mice make a series of comedy films and hit the big time. - S03E03
Pinky & The Brain ...and LarrySeptember 13, 1997Pinky and Brain have a new companion, Larry, but their newest plan just doesn't seem to pan out. - S03E04
Where the Deer and The Mousealopes PlaySeptember 13, 1997In their latest plan, Pinky and Brain try to take over the steel mills in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by pretending to be a part of an endange - S03E05
Brain NoirSeptember 13, 1997It's 1946 and Brain's new plan gets interrupted when he and Pinky encounter Billie and Snowball. - S03E06
Brain's BogieSeptember 15, 1997Brain gets caught up in winning a golf tournament, even though it interferes with his new plan. - S03E07
Say What, EarthSeptember 15, 1997After the Earth gets the power of speech from his Silitronlinguifactor device, Brain comes up with a new plan. - S03E08
My Feldmans, My FriendsSeptember 16, 1997Brain tries to get a package meant for him back from his neighbor. - S03E09
All You Need Is NarfSeptember 17, 1997Pinky becomes a guru during the 1960s. - S03E10
Pinky's PlanSeptember 17, 1997It's Brain's birthday and Pinky plans a surprise party. - S03E11
This Old MouseSeptember 18, 1997After getting a glimpse of his future, Brain abandons his attempts to take over the world and gets a job as a ski instructor. - S03E12
Season's bestBrain StormSeptember 19, 1997The mice are looking to control tornados, but a pest keeps getting in their way. - S03E13
A Meticulous Analysis Of HistorySeptember 20, 1997Brain sings about past and present world leaders' failures. - S03E14
Funny, You Don't Look RhennishSeptember 20, 1997The mice need to get into a mine, but have to pretend to join a Amish-type society. - S03E15
The Pinky ProtocolSeptember 22, 1997Brain's latest plan is a conspiracy theory about why he is not ruling the world. - S03E16
Mice Don't DanceSeptember 26, 1997Brain becomes a tap dancer with steam-powered legs in order to spread a subliminal morse code at the World's Fair. - S03E17
Brain DrainedSeptember 26, 1997Brain is out of ideas for taking over the world, so he tries to get some from writers. - S03E18
Brain AcresSeptember 27, 1997Farmer Brain tries to grow an army of monster vegetables. - S03E19
Pinky And The BrainmakerSeptember 29, 1997Brain creates a cloning machine and plans to clone himself in order to create the best Celtic dance troupe the world has ever seen. - S03E20
Calvin BrainSeptember 29, 1997Brain masquerades as a fashion designer. - S03E21
Pinky SuavoOctober 4, 1997Brain plans to use the Personalitron to give him irresistible charisma, but it winds up going to Pinky. - S03E22
T.H.E.Y.October 4, 1997The mice learn of a secret organization, T.H.E.Y. (comprised of world leaders), and try to get in. - S03E23
The Real LifeOctober 10, 1997A house needed for Brain's latest plot becomes the set of a reality series about the people living there. So the mice become participants to - S03E24
Brain's WayOctober 11, 1997To save his Las Vegas casino, Brain works as a lounge singer. - S03E25
A Pinky And The Brain HalloweenOctober 19, 1997Mr. Itch offers Brain control of the world in exchange for his soul, but Brain refuses. In a shocking twist, Pinky sells his soul to make it - S03E26
Brainy JackNovember 2, 1997Brain assumes the identity of Briany Jack, a hippie leader, and tries to create a peace chain to send a subliminal message. - S03E27
Leggo My EgoNovember 7, 1997Brain's attempt to control Emperor Franz Josef get side tracked when he talks about his problems with psychiatrist Dr. Sigmund Freud. - S03E28
Big In JapanNovember 7, 1997Brain enters the world of a sumo wrestling to acquire a paralyzing fish. - S03E29
But That's Not All, Folks!November 8, 1997Brain takes control of a satellite to air his infomercial around the world, but the satellite belongs to the military and they want to captu - S03E30
Operation Sea LionNovember 14, 1997Brain takes control over aquatic mammals for his latest plan and Pinky falls for a female sea lion. - S03E31
You Said a MousefulNovember 14, 1997Brain tries to change the Earth's weather patterns. - S03E32
The Tailor and The MiceNovember 15, 1997A well-meaning tailor makes Pinky and Brain's lives miserable. - S03E33
Bah, WildernessNovember 15, 1997At a sleep away camp for world leaders' children, Brain tries to trick the children into placing listening devices in their parents' offices - S03E34
Pinky At The BatNovember 22, 1997To release Brain's leather repellant, the mice become baseball players. - S03E35
Schpiel-Borg 2000November 22, 1997Brain's latest plan for world domination is the Schpiel-Borg 2000, which hosts a retrospective of past episodes. - S03E36
Broadway MaladyJanuary 3, 1998Pinky and Brain stage their own seperate musicals, which have varying degrees of success. - S03E37
The Megalomaniacal Adventures of Brainie The PooFebruary 7, 1998Spoofing Winnie the Pooh, Brainie and Pinklet try to steal honey from a bee hive. - S03E38
The Melancholy BrainFebruary 7, 1998Brain tries to create chaos in Hamlet's family and take over. - S03E39
Inherit The WheezeFebruary 14, 1998Brain tries to become a national hero by taking down a tobacco company. - S03E40
Brain's Night OffFebruary 21, 1998Taking the night off from trying to take over the world, Pinky and Brain try other things. - S03E41
Beach Blanket BrainFebruary 21, 1998Brain tries to get surfers to put on his suntan lotion, Brain de Soleil, which creates a hypnotic effect. - S03E42
The Family That Poits Together, Narfs TogetherFebruary 21, 1998Brain enters Pinky's family in a contest to win $25,000. - S03E43
Pinky's TurnFebruary 28, 1998Pinky has his own plan for world domination and Brain goes along with it. - S03E44
Your Friend: Global DominationFebruary 28, 1998Brain explains why he should be leader in a mock educational film. - S03E45
You'll Never Eat Food Pellets In This Town AgainApril 25, 1998As network executives keep repeatedly changing their show, Pinky and Brain decide to quit. - S03E46
Dangerous BrainsMay 2, 1998As he prepares his plan for world domination, Brain goes to work teaching rebellious students. - S03E47
Whatever Happened To Baby BrainMay 9, 1998Pinky and Brain masquerade as a mother and child star respectively to get money needed for the next plan. - S03E48
Just Say NarfMay 9, 1998Pinky sings a song about saying "narf". - S03E49
The Pinky P.O.V.May 16, 1998It's another usual night where Brain plans to take over the world, only it's seen from Pinky's point of view. - S03E50
The Really Great DictatorMay 16, 1998The mice sing about world domination. - S03E51
Brain FoodMay 16, 1998Brain opens a restaurant and feeds the customers a drug to make them smarter.
Season04
- S04E01
Season's bestBrainwashed Pt. 1: Brain, Brain, Go AwaySeptember 14, 1998Pinky and Brain are kidnapped in Washington, DC by an unknown force. Brain loses his memory and the mice are then imprisoned in a town where - S04E02
Brainwashed Pt. 2: I Am Not a HatSeptember 15, 1998Brain regains his memory and the mice escape. They believe Snowball is responsible for the Schmëerskåhøvên, but him imprisoned in a mental i - S04E03
Brainwashed Pt. 3: Wash HarderSeptember 16, 1998The mice and Snowball search for the one who spliced their DNA, Dr. Mordough, thinking he's responsible for all this. But it turns out to be - S04E04
To Russia With Lab MiceSeptember 21, 1998Pinky and Brain's plan to alter caviar with a mutating capsule is complicated by a Russian lab mouse. - S04E05
Hickory Dickory BonkSeptember 21, 1998Brain plots to make every clock on Earth chime repeatedly. - S04E06
The Pinky And The Brain Reunion SpecialSeptember 21, 1998A special of highlights of their career is on the air, but it's really all a ruse so Pinky and Brain can hypnotize the viewers. - S04E07
A Legendary TailSeptember 28, 1998Inspired by legends of the past, Brain tries to create a legend about himself to gain world acclaim. - S04E08
Project B.R.A.I.N.September 28, 1998How Acme Labs became home to Pinky and Brain. - S04E09
Star WarnersNovember 4, 1998In the series finale of Pinky and the Brain, the Brain, and the characters from Animaniacs develop a Star Wars spoof.
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