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.
#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.
#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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#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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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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#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#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.
#11 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#18 - Inherit the Wheeze
Season 3 - Episode 39 - Aired 2/14/1998
Brain tries to become a national hero by taking down a tobacco company.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#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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#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.
#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.
#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.
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