The BEST episodes of Pinky and the Brain

Every episode of Pinky and the Brain ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Pinky and the Brain!

Pinky and the Brain are two genetically engineered lab mice living at Acme Labs. The Brain is a genius, while Pinky is somewhat insane. The two mice initiate creative and hilarious schemes for world domination, only to have them ultimately fail. However, with great persistence, they continue working each night to "try to take over the world!" Pinky and the Brain first appeared as supporting characters on Animaniacs, then becoming popular enough to get their own series. In the Fall of 1998, this series ended and a short lived spin off, Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain, was created.

Last Updated: 1/16/2024Network: The WBStatus: Ended
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Pinky's Turn
star
9.75
36 votes

#1 - Pinky's Turn

Season 3 - Episode 43 - Aired 2/28/1998

Pinky has his own plan for world domination and Brain goes along with it.

Writer: Jed Spingarn
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Brainwashed (3): Wash Harder
star
9.69
68 votes

#2 - Brainwashed (3): Wash Harder

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/1998

The 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 his cat, Precious, and time is running out.

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This Old Mouse
star
9.54
69 votes

#3 - This Old Mouse

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/18/1997

After getting a glimpse of his future, Brain abandons his attempts to take over the world and gets a job as a ski instructor.

Directors: Charles Visser
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Hoop Schemes
star
9.29
41 votes

#4 - Hoop Schemes

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/17/1997

Pinky and Brain put together a basketball team as part of their next plan, but the fame may be swelling Brain's head.

Directors: Nelson Recinos
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To Russia with Lab Mice
star
9.27
41 votes

#5 - To Russia with Lab Mice

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/1998

Pinky and Brain's plan to alter caviar with a mutating capsule is complicated by a Russian lab mouse.

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Brainwashed (2): I am Not a Hat
star
9.26
42 votes

#6 - Brainwashed (2): I am Not a Hat

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1998

Brain regains his memory and the mice escape. They believe Snowball is responsible for the Schmëerskåhøvên, but him imprisoned in a mental institution.

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The Pinky and the Brain Reunion Special
star
9.22
40 votes

#7 - The Pinky and the Brain Reunion Special

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/21/1998

A 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.

Directors: Charles Visser
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Brain Storm
star
9.14
96 votes

#8 - Brain Storm

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/19/1997

The mice are looking to control tornados, but a pest keeps getting in their way.

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The Visit
star
9.13
78 votes

#9 - The Visit

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/12/1996

The 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.

Directors: Charles Visser
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The Family That Poits Together, Narfs Together
star
9.00
35 votes

#10 - The Family That Poits Together, Narfs Together

Season 3 - Episode 42 - Aired 2/21/1998

Brain enters Pinky's family in a contest to win $25,000.

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Brain Food
star
8.89
9 votes

#11 - Brain Food

Season 3 - Episode 51 - Aired 5/16/1998

Brain opens a restaurant and feeds the customers a drug to make them smarter.

Directors: Mike Milo
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Brain's Bogie
star
8.89
44 votes

#12 - Brain's Bogie

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/15/1997

Brain gets caught up in winning a golf tournament, even though it interferes with his new plan.

Directors: Nelson Recinos
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Whatever Happened to Baby Brain
star
8.86
35 votes

#13 - Whatever Happened to Baby Brain

Season 3 - Episode 47 - Aired 5/9/1998

Pinky and Brain masquerade as a mother and child star respectively to get money needed for the next plan.

Directors: Charles Visser
Writer: Jed Spingarn
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Brain of the Future
star
8.85
99 votes

#14 - Brain of the Future

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/1997

The mice's future selves arrive in the lab, sending them on a roller coaster ride through time to find a world domination kit.

Directors: Nelson Recinos
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Brinky
star
8.84
96 votes

#15 - Brinky

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/22/1997

Pinky and Brain's DNA get merged during a cloning experiment, creating a new mouse.

Directors: Kirk Tingblad
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My Feldmans, My Friends
star
8.77
100 votes

#16 - My Feldmans, My Friends

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/16/1997

Brain tries to get a package meant for him back from his neighbor.

Directors: Charles Visser
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Pinkasso
star
8.74
131 votes

#17 - Pinkasso

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/14/1996

A successful modern artist is born and it's Pinky, trying to help fund Brain's new plan.

Directors: Charles Visser
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Tokyo Grows
star
8.73
374 votes

#18 - Tokyo Grows

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/1995

Brain uses an enlarging ray to make himself and Pinky four hundred feet tall. With Pinky dressed as a Gollyzilla, Brain stages a fight to make himself look like hero. But then the real Gollyzilla shows up.

Directors: Al Zegler
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Inherit the Wheeze
star
8.72
36 votes

#19 - Inherit the Wheeze

Season 3 - Episode 39 - Aired 2/14/1998

Brain tries to become a national hero by taking down a tobacco company.

Directors: Nelson Recinos
Writer: Earl Kress
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Pinky and the Brainmaker
star
8.70
40 votes

#20 - Pinky and the Brainmaker

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/29/1997

Brain creates a cloning machine and plans to clone himself in order to create the best Celtic dance troupe the world has ever seen.

Writer: Norm McCabe
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Plan Brain from Outer Space
star
8.69
156 votes

#21 - Plan Brain from Outer Space

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/1996

Brain hopes his inter-galactic pen pal, Zalgar, will help him take over the world. But it turns out Zalgar likes to snack on brains.

Directors: Al Zegler
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Brainwashed (1): Brain, Brain, Go Away
star
8.61
76 votes

#22 - Brainwashed (1): Brain, Brain, Go Away

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1998

Pinky 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 everyone is forced to perform the Schëerskåhøvên, which is dumbing down the entire country.

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Around the World in 80 Narfs
star
8.58
190 votes

#23 - Around the World in 80 Narfs

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/3/1996

In Victorian England, the Brain realizes that he can take over the world by becoming president of the "Pompous Explorers Club". since the position usually leads to the Prime Ministership of England. In order to become president of the club, he must make it around the world in seventy-nine days.

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Brain Noir
star
8.55
104 votes

#24 - Brain Noir

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/13/1997

It's 1946 and Brain's new plan gets interrupted when he and Pinky encounter Billie and Snowball.

Directors: Charles Visser
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The Pink Candidate
star
8.54
158 votes

#25 - The Pink Candidate

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1996

Pinky writes a letter to the newspaper criticizing the comic strip "The Family Circus". His letter, however, is misunderstood as a political statement that thrusts him to a spotlight that leads him to the Presidency of the United States. Pinky's administration, however, must deal with a scandal when the Brain's plans to take over the world are made public.

Directors: Charles Visser
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