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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 2 Episode 9 - Megalomaniacs Anonymous
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 12 - Brain Storm
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 1 - Das Mouse
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Das Mouse

    S1:E1

    Brain hatches a plot to hypnotize people, but he needs white crab meat to succeed. In order to get the crab meat, he takes a submarine to the wreck of the Titanic. Unfortunately, the CIA spots his sub and orders its destruction.

    Directors:Liz Holzman, Al Zegler
    Writer:Peter Hastings

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  4. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 3 - Tokyo Grows
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Tokyo Grows

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Al Zegler
    Writers:Gordon Bressack, Charles M. Howell IV

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  5. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 4 - That Smarts
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - That Smarts

    S1:E4

    Brain makes Pinky smarter so his stupidity won't ruin anymore plans.

    Director:Audu Paden
    Writer:Peter Hastings

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  6. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 5 - Brainstem
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Brainstem

    S1:E5

    Pinky and Brain perform a song about the brain.

    Director:Al Zegler
    Writer:Tom Minton

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  7. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 6 - Pinky & The Fog
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Pinky & The Fog

    S1:E6

    Brain gains the ability to cloud the minds of men with his voice. He tries to get on the radio by adapting the persona of "The Fog". Unfortunately his plan falls apart when he gets to the studio.

    Director:Audu Paden
    Writers:Gordon Bressack, Charles M. Howell IV

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  8. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 7 - Where No Mouse Has Gone Before
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Where No Mouse Has Gone Before

    S1:E7

    Brain hears that a space probe is about to be launched. On the probe is a plaque with a representation of man and woman. Brain changes the plaque to make it appear that he rules the world. Aliens discover the probe and take Pinky and the Brain to their planet where they honor them just like they are "honored" on Earth.

    Director:Al Zegler
    Writers:Gordon Bressack, Charles M. Howell IV

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  9. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 8 - Cheese Roll Call
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Cheese Roll Call

    S1:E8

    Pinky sings about cheese.

    Director:Audu Paden
    Writer:Paul Rugg

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  10. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 9 - Brainania
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 10 - TV or Not TV
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - TV or Not TV

    S1:E10

    Brain develops a special pair of dentures that can produce a smile that can hypnotize anyone who is not wearing a special pair of sunglasses. In order to take over the world, he needs people to see the mesmerizing smile. He figures that he needs to get on TV and in order to do that he has to become a celebrity.

    Director:Al Zegler
    Writer:Peter Hastings

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  12. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 11 - Napoleon Brainaparte
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Napoleon Brainaparte

    S1:E11

    While France awaits Napoleon's triumphant return from Austria, Brain develops a recipe for exploding crepe-suzettes in an effort to conquer France. He uses the recipe in a cooking class and when the crepes explode, he is arrested. When he is taken to prison, however, his luck begins to change when people mistake him for Napoleon Bonaparte.

    Director:Audu Paden
    Writers:Peter Hastings, John Loy

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  13. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 12 - A Pinky and the Brain Christmas
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - A Pinky and the Brain Christmas

    S1:E12

    Pinky and the Brain head to the North Pole. Pinky just wants to see Santa, but the Brain has a more sinister plan. He wants pretend to be an elf so that he can mass produce a hypnotic doll named "Noddle Noggin" in Santa's workshop. He then hopes that Santa will distribute the toy all over world so he can take over.

    Director:Rusty Mills
    Writer:Peter Hastings

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  14. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 13 - Snowball
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 14 - Around the World in 80 Narfs
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Around the World in 80 Narfs

    S1:E14

    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.

    Directors:Liz Holzman, Al Zegler
    Writers:Gordon Bressack, Charles M. Howell IV

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  16. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 15 - Fly
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Fly

    S1:E15

    Brain plans to melt the ice caps with the Hubble Space Telescope once he buys everything higher than the 39th floor.

    Directors:Liz Holzman, Al Zegler
    Writers:Peter Hastings, John Loy

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  17. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 16 - Ambulatory Abe
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Ambulatory Abe

    S1:E16

    Brain hopes to take over the world by convincing everyone that Abraham Lincoln has been reincarnated. He takes up ventriloquism and plans on using a statue.

    Director:Charles Visser
    Writer:Tom Minton

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  18. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 17 - Mouse of La Mancha
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Mouse of La Mancha

    S1:E17

    Brain tells a group of mice the story of "Don Cerebro" a mouse driven by his dream to take over the world.

    Director:Charles Visser
    Writers:Gordon Bressack, Charles M. Howell IV

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  19. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 18 - The Third Mouse
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - The Third Mouse

    S1:E18

    Pinky searches for the Brain in post-World War II Vienna. He misunderstands people when they try to tell him the Brain is dead and his misunderstandings lead to a series of misadventures.

    Director:Charles Visser
    Writers:Gordon Bressack, Charles M. Howell IV

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  20. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 19 - The Visit
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - The Visit

    S1:E19

    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.

    Director:Charles Visser
    Writer:Peter Hastings

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  21. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 18 - Brain Acres
    7.3/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Brain Acres

    S3:E18

    Farmer Brain tries to grow an army of monster vegetables.

    Director:Nelson Recinos
    Writers:Tom Sheppard, Charles M. Howell IV, Wendell Morris, Earl Kress

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  22. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 2 - Of Mouse and Man
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. Pinky and the Brain Season 2 Episode 1 - It's Only a Paper World
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - 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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  24. Pinky and the Brain Season 2 Episode 2 - Collect 'em All
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Collect 'em All

    S2:E2

    Using Johannes Gutenberg printing press, the Brain make a series of collectible trading cards.

    Director:Kirk Tingblad
    Writers:Charles M. Howell IV, Rich Fogel

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  25. Pinky and the Brain Season 2 Episode 3 - Pinkasso
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Pinkasso

    S2:E3

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

    Director:Charles Visser
    Writers:Tom Sheppard, Wendell Morris

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Best Episodes Summary

"Megalomaniacs Anonymous" is the best rated episode of "Pinky and the Brain". It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Nelson Recinos and written by Charles M. Howell IV, Bill Matheny, it aired on 11/23/1996. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Brain Storm".