Pinky and the Brain (TV series)
- For other uses, see Pinky and the Brain.
| Pinky and the Brain | |
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 On screen title card. | |
| Network | The WB |
| Production company | Amblin Television Warner Bros. Animation |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Original release | September 9, 1995―November 14, 1998 |
| Starring | Rob Paulsen Maurice LaMarche |
| Executive producer(s) | Steve Spielberg |
| Producer(s) | Tom Ruegger |
| Music composed by | Richard Stone Julie Bernstein Steve Bernstein |
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Pinky and the Brain, also called Steven Spielberg Presents: Pinky and the Brain, an American animated series created by Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation for The WB's Saturday morning children's programming block, Kids' WB. It ran from 1995 to 1998, airing 64 episodes that spanned four seasons. It is a spin-off of Animaniacs, which ran from 1993 to 1998.
Two lab rats at Acme Labs; Pinky and the Brain, plot various schemes in an attempt to take over the world.
The entire series has been released on DVD.
Production
Development
Music
The theme song was carried over from Animaniacs and was composed by Richard Stone.
Opening Theme Lyrics:
Pinky: Gee, Brain, what are we gonna do tonight?
Brain: The same thing we do every night Pinky, try to take over the world!
They're Pinky and the Brain, yes Pinky and the Brain
One is a genius, the other's insane
They're laboratory mice, their genes have been spliced
They're dinky, they're Pinky and the Brain Brain Brain Brain
Brain Brain Brain Brain
Before the night is done,
they'll plan will be unfurled
By the dawning of the sun...
They'll take over the world
They're Pinky and the Brain, yes Pinky and the Brain
Their twilight campaign, is easy to explain
To prove their mousey worth, they'll overthrow the earth
They're dinky, they're Pinky and the Brain Brain Brain Brain
Brain Brain Brain Brain
NARF!
Episodes
| Title | Original air date |
|---|---|
| 1x01 | September 9, 1995 |
| 1x02 | September 17, 1995 |
1x03
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September 24, 1995 |
| 1x04 | October 1, 1995 |
| 1x05 | November 12, 1995 |
| 1x06 | November 19, 1995 |
| 1x07 | November 26, 1995 |
| 1x08 | December 13, 1995 |
1x09
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January 21, 1996 |
| 1x10 | February 4, 1996 |
1x11
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February 11, 1996 |
| 1x12 | Febuary 25, 1996 |
| 1x13 | May 12, 1996 |
Cast
Release
- United States: September 9, 1994 on The WB
Promotion
Posters
Legacy
The series later had its own spinoff called Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain, which featured Elmyra Duff from Tiny Toon Adventures as one of its leading characters. Tom Ruegger has since disowned it as being non-canon to the previous show.[1]
In popular culture
- A kid dresses up as the Brain for Halloween in the Fresh Off the Boat episode "It's a Plastic Pumpkin, Louis Huang." To get back at his dad for not letting him go to Deidre's party, Evan tells his dad that the kid is dressed like Mouse Boy, only for the kid to correct him that he is Brain from Pinky and the Brain.
References
- ↑ Ruegger, Tom (October 24, 2017). "Yes...it is non-canon". Twitter. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
