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The Best Episodes of 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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Pinky and the Brain Season 4 Episode 1 - Brainwashed Pt. 1: Brain, Brain, Go Away
    8.6/10(108 votes)

    #1 - Brainwashed Pt. 1: Brain, Brain, Go Away

    S4:E1

    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.

    Director:Kirk Tingblad
    Writers:Tom Sheppard, Wendell Morris

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  2. Pinky and the Brain Season 4 Episode 2 - Brainwashed Pt. 2: I Am Not a Hat
    8.6/10(109 votes)

    #2 - Brainwashed Pt. 2: I Am Not a Hat

    S4:E2

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

    Director:Kirk Tingblad
    Writers:Tom Sheppard, Wendell Morris

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  3. Pinky and the Brain Season 4 Episode 3 - Brainwashed Pt. 3: Wash Harder
    8.6/10(108 votes)

    #3 - Brainwashed Pt. 3: Wash Harder

    S4:E3

    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.

    Director:Russell Calabrese
    Writers:Tom Sheppard, Wendell Morris

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  4. Pinky and the Brain Season 4 Episode 7 - A Legendary Tail
    8.6/10(137 votes)

    #4 - A Legendary Tail

    S4:E7

    Inspired by legends of the past, Brain tries to create a legend about himself to gain world acclaim.

    Director:Nelson Recinos
    Writers:Charles M. Howell IV, Earl Kress, Jed Spingarn

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  5. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 8 - Cheese Roll Call
    8.5/10(462 votes)

    #5 - Cheese Roll Call

    S1:E8

    Pinky sings about cheese.

    Director:Audu Paden
    Writer:Paul Rugg

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  6. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 25 - A Pinky And The Brain Halloween
    8.5/10(130 votes)

    #6 - A Pinky And The Brain Halloween

    S3:E25

    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.

    Director:Kirk Tingblad
    Writers:Tom Sheppard, Wendell Morris

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  7. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 13 - Snowball
    8.4/10(152 votes)

    #7 - Snowball

    S1:E13

    Brain 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.

    Director:Audu Paden
    Writers:Tom Sheppard, Wendell Morris, Peter Hastings

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  8. Pinky and the Brain Season 2 Episode 6 - Brain's Song
    8.4/10(129 votes)

    #8 - Brain's Song

    S2:E6

    Brain makes a tearjerker movie to make the world sad enough to make him leader.

    Director:Liz Holzman
    Writers:David Finkel, Brett Baer

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  9. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 2 - Cinebrania
    8.4/10(119 votes)

    #9 - Cinebrania

    S3:E2

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

    Directors:Liz Holzman, Russell Calabrese
    Writers:Tom Sheppard, Wendell Morris

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  10. Pinky and the Brain Season 2 Episode 4 - Plan Brain From Outer Space
    8.3/10(127 votes)

    #10 - Plan Brain From Outer Space

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Al Zegler
    Writers:Tom Sheppard, Earl Kress, Nick DuBois

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  11. Pinky and the Brain Season 2 Episode 9 - Megalomaniacs Anonymous
    8.3/10(114 votes)

    #11 - Megalomaniacs Anonymous

    S2:E9

    When 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.

    Director:Nelson Recinos
    Writers:Charles M. Howell IV, Bill Matheny

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  12. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 3 - Pinky & The Brain ...and Larry
    8.3/10(116 votes)

    #12 - Pinky & The Brain ...and Larry

    S3:E3

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

    Directors:Liz Holzman, Russell Calabrese
    Writers:Gordon Bressack, Charles M. Howell IV

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  13. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 7 - Say What, Earth
    8.3/10(109 votes)

    #13 - Say What, Earth

    S3:E7

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

    Director:Nelson Recinos
    Writer:Gene Laufenberg

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  14. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 17 - Brain Drained
    8.3/10(125 votes)

    #14 - Brain Drained

    S3:E17

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

    Director:Russell Calabrese
    Writers:Tom Sheppard, Wendell Morris

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  15. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 24 - Brain's Way
    8.3/10(102 votes)

    #15 - Brain's Way

    S3:E24

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

    Director:Nelson Recinos
    Writers:Tom Sheppard, Wendell Morris

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  16. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 29 - But That's Not All, Folks!
    8.3/10(99 votes)

    #16 - But That's Not All, Folks!

    S3:E29

    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.

    Director:Nelson Recinos
    Writer:John Ludin

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  17. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 32 - The Tailor and The Mice
    8.3/10(103 votes)

    #17 - The Tailor and The Mice

    S3:E32

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

    Director:Mike Milo
    Writer:Tom Ruegger

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  18. Pinky and the Brain Season 4 Episode 4 - To Russia With Lab Mice
    8.3/10(94 votes)

    #18 - To Russia With Lab Mice

    S4:E4

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

    Director:Nelson Recinos
    Writers:Charles M. Howell IV, Earl Kress, John Ludin

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  19. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 2 - Of Mouse and Man
    8.2/10(195 votes)

    #19 - Of Mouse and Man

    S1:E2

    Brain 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. In order to do this he needs money. He decides to get it by getting a job and then staging an accident in order to sue the company.

    Director:Audu Paden
    Writer:Peter Hastings

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  20. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 9 - Brainania
    8.2/10(162 votes)

    #20 - Brainania

    S1:E9

    The Brain hatches a plan to take over the world by using static electricity to shock the world into submission. Unfortunately he needs several billion dollars to build a giant clothes dryer. Pinky and the Brain head to Island X where they set up a fake country and hope to get a giant foreign aid loan from the United States.

    Director:Jon McClenahan
    Writer:John P. McCann

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  21. Pinky and the Brain Season 2 Episode 1 - It's Only a Paper World
    8.2/10(137 votes)

    #21 - It's Only a Paper World

    S2:E1

    Brain tries to get all the people off Earth onto his paper mache creation, Chia Earth.

    Director:Liz Holzman
    Writers:David Finkel, Brett Baer

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  22. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 8 - My Feldmans, My Friends
    8.2/10(106 votes)

    #22 - My Feldmans, My Friends

    S3:E8

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

    Director:Charles Visser
    Writers:Brett Baer, Dave Finkel

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  23. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 9 - All You Need Is Narf
    8.2/10(108 votes)

    #23 - All You Need Is Narf

    S3:E9

    Pinky becomes a guru during the 1960s.

    Director:Kirk Tingblad
    Writers:Charles M. Howell IV, Earl Kress, Bill Matheny

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  24. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 11 - This Old Mouse
    8.2/10(110 votes)

    #24 - This Old Mouse

    S3:E11

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

    Director:Charles Visser
    Writer:Bill Canterbury

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  25. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 12 - Brain Storm
    8.2/10(102 votes)

    #25 - Brain Storm

    S3:E12

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

    Director:Russell Calabrese
    Writer:John P. McCann

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Best Episodes Summary

"Brainwashed Pt. 1: Brain, Brain, Go Away" is the best rated episode of "Pinky and the Brain". It scored 8.6/10 based on 108 votes. Directed by Kirk Tingblad and written by Tom Sheppard, Wendell Morris, it aired on 9/14/1998. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Brainwashed Pt. 2: I Am Not a Hat".