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TV series

Pinky and the Brain

1995TV-Y74 seasons7.7 / 10

One is a genius, the other's insane.

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.

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Synopsis

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.

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Episode 1

Leave It to Beavers

8m6.0 / 10

Brain enlists the aid of beavers to gain control over the flow of rivers.

Episode credits

Directed by Liz Holzman, Russell CalabreseWritten by Charles M. Howell IV, Wayne KaatzGuest stars Frank Welker

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Episode 2

Cinebrania

12m7.0 / 10

The mice make a series of comedy films and hit the big time.

Episode credits

Directed by Liz Holzman, Russell CalabreseWritten by Tom Sheppard, Wendell Morris

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Episode 3

Pinky & The Brain ...and Larry

6m6.5 / 10

Pinky and Brain have a new companion, Larry, but their newest plan just doesn't seem to pan out.

Episode credits

Directed by Liz Holzman, Russell CalabreseWritten by Gordon Bressack, Charles M. Howell IVGuest stars Billy West

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Episode 4

Where the Deer and The Mousealopes Play

15m7.0 / 10

In their latest plan, Pinky and Brain try to take over the steel mills in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by pretending to be a part of an endangered species called the Mousealopes.

Episode credits

Directed by Liz Holzman, Russell CalabreseWritten by Tom Sheppard, Wendell MorrisGuest stars John Mariano, Jim Meskimen, Tress MacNeille, Jeff Bennett, Frank Welker

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Episode 5

Brain Noir

20m7.0 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Charles VisserWritten by Tom Sheppard, Wendell MorrisGuest stars Roddy McDowall, Tress MacNeille, Jan Rabson

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Episode 6

Brain's Bogie

11m6.0 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Nelson RecinosWritten by Reid HarrisonGuest stars Frank Welker

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Episode 7

Say What, Earth

10m7.0 / 10

After the Earth gets the power of speech from his Silitronlinguifactor device, Brain comes up with a new plan.

Episode credits

Directed by Nelson RecinosWritten by Gene LaufenbergGuest stars Jeff Bennett, Earl Boen

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Episode 8

My Feldmans, My Friends

21m6.0 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Charles VisserWritten by Brett Baer, Dave FinkelGuest stars Paul Rugg

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Episode 9

All You Need Is Narf

11m6.0 / 10

Pinky becomes a guru during the 1960s.

Episode credits

Directed by Kirk TingbladWritten by Charles M. Howell IV, Earl Kress, Bill MathenyGuest stars Jess Harnell

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Episode 10

Pinky's Plan

11m7.0 / 10

It's Brain's birthday and Pinky plans a surprise party.

Episode credits

Directed by Kirk TingbladWritten by Earl Kress, Cathy Shambley

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Episode 11

This Old Mouse

20m6.5 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Charles VisserWritten by Bill CanterburyGuest stars Tress MacNeille, Jeff Bennett, Paul Rugg

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Episode 12

Brain Storm

21m7.3 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Russell CalabreseWritten by John P. McCannGuest stars Dani Douthette, Jeff Bennett

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Episode 13

A Meticulous Analysis Of History

6m6.0 / 10

Brain sings about past and present world leaders' failures.

Episode credits

Directed by Kirk TingbladWritten by Tom Sheppard, Charles M. Howell IV, Wendell Morris, Earl Kress, Jed SpingarnGuest stars Jeff Bennett

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Episode 14

Funny, You Don't Look Rhennish

15m7.0 / 10

The mice need to get into a mine, but have to pretend to join a Amish-type society.

Episode credits

Directed by Kirk TingbladWritten by Jed Spingarn

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Episode 15

The Pinky Protocol

21m7.0 / 10

Brain's latest plan is a conspiracy theory about why he is not ruling the world.

Episode credits

Directed by Kirk TingbladWritten by Rich FogelGuest stars Tress MacNeille, Frank Welker, Townsend Coleman, Jeff Bennett, Billy West

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Episode 16

Mice Don't Dance

11m5.5 / 10

Brain becomes a tap dancer with steam-powered legs in order to spread a subliminal morse code at the World's Fair.

Episode credits

Directed by Russell CalabreseWritten by Tom MintonGuest stars Gail Matthius, John Astin, Dorian Harewood

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Episode 17

Brain Drained

10m7.0 / 10

Brain is out of ideas for taking over the world, so he tries to get some from writers.

Episode credits

Directed by Russell CalabreseWritten by Tom Sheppard, Wendell Morris

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Episode 18

Brain Acres

21m6.8 / 10

Farmer Brain tries to grow an army of monster vegetables.

Episode credits

Directed by Nelson RecinosWritten by Tom Sheppard, Charles M. Howell IV, Wendell Morris, Earl KressGuest stars Frank Welker, Lauren Tom, Mark Hamill

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Episode 19

Pinky And The Brainmaker

9m6.0 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Russell CalabreseWritten by Norm McCabeGuest stars Laraine Newman, Jeff Bennett

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Episode 20

Calvin Brain

13m7.0 / 10

Brain masquerades as a fashion designer.

Episode credits

Directed by Russell CalabreseWritten by Charles M. Howell IV, Earl Kress, Rich Fogel

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Episode 21

Pinky Suavo

9m6.0 / 10

Brain plans to use the Personalitron to give him irresistible charisma, but it winds up going to Pinky.

Episode credits

Directed by Mike MiloWritten by Tom Sheppard, Wendell Morris

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Episode 22

T.H.E.Y.

12m7.0 / 10

The mice learn of a secret organization, T.H.E.Y. (comprised of world leaders), and try to get in.

Episode credits

Directed by Mike MiloWritten by Tom Sheppard, Wendell Morris

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Episode 23

The Real Life

22m7.0 / 10

A 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 get in.

Episode credits

Directed by Kirk TingbladWritten by Jed SpingarnGuest stars Scott Valentine, LeVar Burton, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille

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Episode 24

Brain's Way

21m6.0 / 10

To save his Las Vegas casino, Brain works as a lounge singer.

Episode credits

Directed by Nelson RecinosWritten by Tom Sheppard, Wendell MorrisGuest stars Tress MacNeille, Jeff Bennett, Jess Harnell, Billy West

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Episode 25

A Pinky And The Brain Halloween

22m6.0 / 10

Mr. 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 happen and Brain soon decides to get his friend back.

Episode credits

Directed by Kirk TingbladWritten by Tom Sheppard, Wendell MorrisGuest stars Jeff Bennett, Roddy McDowall, Tress MacNeille, Billy West, John Tesh, Garry Marshall

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Episode 26

Brainy Jack

21m7.0 / 10

Brain assumes the identity of Briany Jack, a hippie leader, and tries to create a peace chain to send a subliminal message.

Episode credits

Directed by Charles VisserWritten by Earl Kress, Brett Baer, Dave FinkelGuest stars Jeff Bennett

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Episode 27

Leggo My Ego

11m6.0 / 10

Brain's attempt to control Emperor Franz Josef get side tracked when he talks about his problems with psychiatrist Dr. Sigmund Freud.

Episode credits

Directed by Charles VisserWritten by Jed SpingarnGuest stars Clyde Kusatsu

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Episode 28

Big In Japan

10m7.0 / 10

Brain enters the world of a sumo wrestling to acquire a paralyzing fish.

Episode credits

Directed by Charles VisserWritten by Jed Spingarn

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Episode 29

But That's Not All, Folks!

20m6.0 / 10

Brain takes control of a satellite to air his infomercial around the world, but the satellite belongs to the military and they want to capture whoever hacked into their systems.

Episode credits

Directed by Nelson RecinosWritten by John LudinGuest stars Corey Burton, Frank Welker

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Episode 30

Operation Sea Lion

10m6.5 / 10

Brain takes control over aquatic mammals for his latest plan and Pinky falls for a female sea lion.

Episode credits

Directed by Kirk TingbladWritten by John P. McCannGuest stars Tress MacNeille, Jennifer Hale

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Episode 31

You Said a Mouseful

11m7.0 / 10

Brain tries to change the Earth's weather patterns.

Episode credits

Directed by Kirk TingbladWritten by Gordon BressackGuest stars John Moschitta Jr.

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Episode 32

The Tailor and The Mice

4m6.0 / 10

A well-meaning tailor makes Pinky and Brain's lives miserable.

Episode credits

Directed by Mike MiloWritten by Tom RueggerGuest stars Gabrielle Carteris, Laraine Newman, Pat Musick

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Episode 33

Bah, Wilderness

17m7.0 / 10

At a sleep away camp for world leaders' children, Brain tries to trick the children into placing listening devices in their parents' offices.

Episode credits

Directed by Mike MiloWritten by Jed SpingarnGuest stars Gabrielle Carteris, Laraine Newman

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Episode 34

Pinky At The Bat

14m7.5 / 10

To release Brain's leather repellant, the mice become baseball players.

Episode credits

Directed by Nelson RecinosWritten by Gordon Bressack, Bill BraunsteinGuest stars Corey Burton, Frank Welker

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Episode 35

Schpiel-Borg 2000

6m7.0 / 10

Brain's latest plan for world domination is the Schpiel-Borg 2000, which hosts a retrospective of past episodes.

Episode credits

Directed by Rusty MillsWritten by Bob Davies

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Episode 36

Broadway Malady

21m6.0 / 10

Pinky and Brain stage their own seperate musicals, which have varying degrees of success.

Episode credits

Directed by Russell CalabreseWritten by Gordon Bressack, Charles M. Howell IV

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Episode 37

The Megalomaniacal Adventures of Brainie The Poo

11m6.5 / 10

Spoofing Winnie the Pooh, Brainie and Pinklet try to steal honey from a bee hive.

Episode credits

Directed by Charles VisserWritten by Patric M. VerroneGuest stars John Rhys-Davies

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Episode 38

The Melancholy Brain

10m7.0 / 10

Brain tries to create chaos in Hamlet's family and take over.

Episode credits

Directed by Charles VisserWritten by Gordon Bressack, Patric M. Verrone

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Episode 39

Inherit The Wheeze

21m6.5 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Nelson RecinosWritten by Earl Kress, Earl Kress, Tom RueggerGuest stars Tress MacNeille

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Episode 40

Brain's Night Off

8m6.0 / 10

Taking the night off from trying to take over the world, Pinky and Brain try other things.

Episode credits

Directed by Kirk TingbladWritten by Tom Sheppard, Charles M. Howell IV, Wendell MorrisGuest stars Julie Brown, Candi Milo, Michael Donovan

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Episode 41

Beach Blanket Brain

13m7.0 / 10

Brain tries to get surfers to put on his suntan lotion, Brain de Soleil, which creates a hypnotic effect.

Episode credits

Directed by Kirk TingbladWritten by Tom Sheppard, Wendell MorrisGuest stars Julie Brown

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Episode 42

The Family That Poits Together, Narfs Together

21m6.5 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Russell CalabreseWritten by Charles M. Howell IV, Earl Kress, John LudinGuest stars Gail Matthius, Tress MacNeille, Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett, Eric Idle

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Episode 43

Pinky's Turn

14m6.0 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Russell CalabreseWritten by Jed SpingarnGuest stars John Glover

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Episode 44

Your Friend: Global Domination

6m7.0 / 10

Brain explains why he should be leader in a mock educational film.

Episode credits

Directed by Russell CalabreseWritten by Gordon Bressack

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Episode 45

You'll Never Eat Food Pellets In This Town Again

21m6.0 / 10

As network executives keep repeatedly changing their show, Pinky and Brain decide to quit.

Episode credits

Directed by Russell CalabreseWritten by Charles M. Howell IV, Jed Spingarn, Peter HastingsGuest stars Pat Musick, Dick Clark, Philip Maurice Hayes

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Episode 46

Dangerous Brains

21m6.0 / 10

As he prepares his plan for world domination, Brain goes to work teaching rebellious students.

Episode credits

Directed by Mike MiloWritten by Tom Ruegger, Brett Baer, Dave FinkelGuest stars Tress MacNeille

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Episode 47

Whatever Happened To Baby Brain

16m7.0 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Charles VisserWritten by Jed SpingarnGuest stars Tress MacNeille, Jeff Bennett

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Episode 48

Just Say Narf

4m7.0 / 10

Pinky sings a song about saying "narf".

Episode credits

Directed by Charles VisserWritten by Gordon Bressack, Bill Canterbury

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Episode 49

The Pinky P.O.V.

9m6.5 / 10

It's another usual night where Brain plans to take over the world, only it's seen from Pinky's point of view.

Episode credits

Directed by Mike MiloWritten by Gordon Bressack

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Episode 50

The Really Great Dictator

3m7.0 / 10

The mice sing about world domination.

Episode credits

Directed by Mike MiloWritten by Liz Holzman

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Episode 51

Brain Food

9m7.0 / 10finale

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

Episode credits

Directed by Mike MiloWritten by Gordon Bressack, Bill Braunstein

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Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026

More about Pinky and the Brain

Cast

Rob PaulsenPinky (voice)
Maurice LaMarcheThe Brain (voice)
Clyde Kusatsu
Gabrielle Carteris
John Glover
John Rhys-Davies
Tom Bodett
Joyce BrothersJoyce Brothers (voice)

Credits

Written by
Charles M. Howell IV, Tom Sheppard, Wendell Morris, Gordon Bressack, Earl Kress, Jed Spingarn, Peter Hastings, Brett Baer, John Ludin, Rich Fogel, Tom Ruegger, John P. McCann, Tom Minton, Dave Finkel, David Finkel, John Loy, Liz Holzman, Bill Matheny, Patric M. Verrone, Reid Harrison

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
95
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • The WBUnited States
  • Amblin EntertainmentUnited States
  • Warner Bros. AnimationUnited States

Themes

cartoon mouseexperimentfriendslaboratoryworld domination