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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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    Pinky and the Brain Season 2 Episode 9 - Megalomaniacs Anonymous
    8.5/10(122 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 1 Episode 4 - That Smarts
    7.5/10(180 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 5 - Brainstem
    7.5/10(167 votes)

    #3 - Brainstem

    S1:E5

    Pinky and Brain perform a song about the brain.

    Director:Al Zegler
    Writer:Tom Minton

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  4. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 7 - Where No Mouse Has Gone Before
    7.5/10(159 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 8 - Cheese Roll Call
    7.5/10(472 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 1 Episode 12 - A Pinky and the Brain Christmas
    7.5/10(147 votes)

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

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

    #8 - 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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  9. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 34 - Pinky At The Bat
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Pinky At The Bat

    S3:E34

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

    Director:Nelson Recinos
    Writers:Gordon Bressack, Bill Braunstein

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  10. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 1 - Das Mouse
    7.3/10(273 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 12 - Brain Storm
    7.3/10(109 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 2 - Of Mouse and Man
    7.0/10(212 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 3 - Tokyo Grows
    7.0/10(201 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 9 - Brainania
    7.0/10(175 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 10 - TV or Not TV
    7.0/10(161 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 11 - Napoleon Brainaparte
    7.0/10(149 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. Pinky and the Brain Season 1 Episode 13 - Snowball
    7.0/10(162 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. Pinky and the Brain Season 2 Episode 3 - Pinkasso
    7.0/10(132 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. Pinky and the Brain Season 2 Episode 11 - Robin Brain
    7.0/10(129 votes)

    #19 - Robin Brain

    S2:E11

    Brain gets a group of men to steal money from the rich (ala Robin Hood) to pay for his new plot.

    Director:Kirk Tingblad
    Writers:Tom Sheppard, Wendell Morris

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  20. Pinky and the Brain Season 2 Episode 13 - The Maze
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - The Maze

    S2:E13

    Pinky and Brain have to brave a virtual reality maze to find a microchip crucial to Brain's new plot.

    Director:Kirk Tingblad
    Writers:Tom Sheppard, Charles M. Howell IV, Wendell Morris, Earl Kress

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  21. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 2 - Cinebrania
    7.0/10(125 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 4 - Where the Deer and The Mousealopes Play
    7.0/10(115 votes)

    #22 - Where the Deer and The Mousealopes Play

    S3:E4

    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.

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

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  23. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 5 - Brain Noir
    7.0/10(109 votes)

    #23 - Brain Noir

    S3:E5

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

    Director:Charles Visser
    Writers:Tom Sheppard, Wendell Morris

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  24. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 7 - Say What, Earth
    7.0/10(114 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. Pinky and the Brain Season 3 Episode 10 - Pinky's Plan
    7.0/10(112 votes)

    #25 - Pinky's Plan

    S3:E10

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

    Director:Kirk Tingblad
    Writers:Earl Kress, Cathy Shambley

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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 122 votes. Directed by Nelson Recinos and written by Charles M. Howell IV, Bill Matheny, it aired on 11/23/1996. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "That Smarts".