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.
The best episode of "Pinky and the Brain" season 3 is "Leave It to Beavers", rated 7.5/10 from 102 user votes. It was directed by Liz Holzman, Russell Calabrese and written by Charles M. Howell IV, Wayne Kaatz. "Leave It to Beavers" aired on 9/8/1997 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Cinebrania".
Brain enlists the aid of beavers to gain control over the flow of rivers.
Director: Liz Holzman, Russell Calabrese
Writer: Charles M. Howell IV, Wayne Kaatz
The mice make a series of comedy films and hit the big time.
Director: Liz Holzman, Russell Calabrese
Writer: Wendell Morris, Tom Sheppard
Pinky and Brain have a new companion, Larry, but their newest plan just doesn't seem to pan out.
Director: Liz Holzman, Russell Calabrese
Writer: Gordon Bressack, Charles M. Howell IV
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.
Director: Liz Holzman, Russell Calabrese
Writer: Wendell Morris, Tom Sheppard
It's 1946 and Brain's new plan gets interrupted when he and Pinky encounter Billie and Snowball.
Director: Charles Visser
Writer: Wendell Morris, Tom Sheppard
Brain gets caught up in winning a golf tournament, even though it interferes with his new plan.
Director: Nelson Recinos
Writer: Reid Harrison
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
Brain tries to get a package meant for him back from his neighbor.
Director: Charles Visser
Writer: Brett Baer, Dave Finkel
Pinky becomes a guru during the 1960s.
Director: Kirk Tingblad
Writer: Earl Kress, Charles M. Howell IV, Bill Matheny
It's Brain's birthday and Pinky plans a surprise party.
Director: Kirk Tingblad
Writer: Earl Kress, Cathy Shambley
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
The mice are looking to control tornados, but a pest keeps getting in their way.
Director: Russell Calabrese
Writer: John P. McCann
Brain sings about past and present world leaders' failures.
Director: Kirk Tingblad
Writer: Earl Kress, Jed Spingarn, Wendell Morris, Tom Sheppard, Charles M. Howell IV
The mice need to get into a mine, but have to pretend to join a Amish-type society.
Director: Kirk Tingblad
Writer: Jed Spingarn
Brain's latest plan is a conspiracy theory about why he is not ruling the world.
Director: Kirk Tingblad
Writer: Rich Fogel
Brain becomes a tap dancer with steam-powered legs in order to spread a subliminal morse code at the World's Fair.
Director: Russell Calabrese
Writer: Tom Minton
Brain is out of ideas for taking over the world, so he tries to get some from writers.
Director: Russell Calabrese
Writer: Wendell Morris, Tom Sheppard
Farmer Brain tries to grow an army of monster vegetables.
Director: Nelson Recinos
Writer: Earl Kress, Wendell Morris, Tom Sheppard, Charles M. Howell IV
Brain creates a cloning machine and plans to clone himself in order to create the best Celtic dance troupe the world has ever seen.
Director: Russell Calabrese
Writer: Norm McCabe
Brain masquerades as a fashion designer.
Director: Russell Calabrese
Writer: Earl Kress, Charles M. Howell IV, Rich Fogel
Brain plans to use the Personalitron to give him irresistible charisma, but it winds up going to Pinky.
Director: Mike Milo
Writer: Wendell Morris, Tom Sheppard
The mice learn of a secret organization, T.H.E.Y. (comprised of world leaders), and try to get in.
Director: Mike Milo
Writer: Wendell Morris, Tom Sheppard
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.
Director: Kirk Tingblad
Writer: Jed Spingarn
To save his Las Vegas casino, Brain works as a lounge singer.
Director: Nelson Recinos
Writer: Wendell Morris, Tom Sheppard
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
Writer: Wendell Morris, Tom Sheppard