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''"The same thing we do every night, Pinky -- try to [[Take Over the World]]!"'' }}

 

An [[Animated Series]] about a superintelligent, genetically-altered lab mouse who enlists his halfwit roommate (read: the other mouse in his cage) into his endless quest to take over the world. Each episode saw The Brain devise an elaborate, improbable scheme for world domination, only be foiled in the end due to some unforeseeable twist of fate ([[Spanner in the Works|read: the other mouse in his cage)]], or occasionally his own blundering. On one or two occasions he actually succeeded in taking over the world, but with some kind of unacceptable side-effect that sent him back to the drawing board. By contrast, many episodes had his schemes barely even getting off the ground, and the story centered around his attempts just to get Step One going.

 

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'''Pinky:''' Are we going to... Oh. Create a riot by forcing people to listen to the touchy-feely [[Mandy Patinkin]]?

'''Brain:''' No. Guess again.

'''Brain:''' Come now, Pinky, let's remain within the realm of possibility. }}

* [[Continuity Nod]]: Every now and then somebody will recognize Brain and mention a scheme from a previous episode. In "The Pink Candidate," a Congressional investigation unearths Brain's plans for world domination, and every one is the plot from a previous episode; similarly, the episode "Brain Drained" began with a reference to the first episode after spinning off from ''[[Animaniacs]]''.

** Each episode's end credits includes a long word and its definition, so that you can speak with [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]] just like Brain!

** The credits for the retool, meanwhile, had Elmyra attempting to define the words instead, and we end up with things like the word "onomatopoeia" being defined as, "Naughty potty word!"

* [[Cutaway Gag]]: The [[Christmas Episode]] featured these in the form of the Brain as a mall Santa and himself and Pinky marketing themselves as popular toys. Pinky also mentions them [[Time Travel|travelling back in time]] to Bethlehem before the Brain moves the episode along.

* [[Dastardly Whiplash]]: Spoofed in the episode "Cinebrainia."

* [[Giant Food]]: "Brain Acres"

* [[Giant Mecha]]: The Brain at one point built a mechanical suit, quite strong and durable. It became a semi-recurring prop once the series started. And then his arch-rival got in on the act. Giant Mecha battling for the fate of the world! Because they are mice, the "[[Giant Mecha]]" are equivalent in size to a [[Mobile Suit Human|six foot tall human]].

* [[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress]]

* [[Halloween Episode]]: Pinky sells his soul to [[The Devil]] to make Brain ruler of the world. Brain later goes to hell to get Pinky - [[Blatant Lies|not to get him back, though. Just so he can tell him where the food pellets are.]]

* [[Never Recycle Your Schemes]]: The Brain runs into this problem in "Brain Drained".

* [[Never Say "Die"]]: In "Ambulatory Abe":

'''Pinky:''' But, Brain, Abe Lincoln, um... Didn't he, uh... Isn't he... You know. }}

* [[Never Say That Again]]: From the episode which prominently featured ''[[The Honeymooners]]'':

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]:

** The Brain's voice and many of his mannerisms were inspired by [[Orson Welles]]. Also, in the episode "What Ever Happened to Baby Brain", which is set in the past, The Brain and [[Orson Welles]] meet. They have exactly the same voice, and happen to simultaneously declare "Things will be different when I take over the world!" before introducing themselves to each other. "Welles, Orson". "Brain, The."

** A thinly veiled [[Christopher Walken]] frequently appears, and even Pinky is unnerved by his extremely... [[Cloudcuckoolander|odd mannerisms]]. He also heads a group similarly bent on taking over the world called The Circle, which even has a organ-themed lienmotif: naturally, its a choir chanting "Lactose lactose lactose lactose laaactooose!"

*** Averted at one point, during a [[Winnie the Pooh]] with Christopher Walken as Christopher Robin.

* [[Shoo Out the New Guy]]: Parodied with Larry.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Numerous, including to ''THX-1138'' in the opening credits and ''[[Robin Hood]]: Prince of Thieves''.

* [[Shrunken Organ]]: In the [[Title Sequence]], Pinky and the Brain walk behind an X-ray machine. Brain's skull has meshing gears, while Pinky's has a peanut. In the "...and Larry" version of the opening, Larry joins them during this part, and he is shown to have bones in his hair.

* [[So Bad It's Good]]: An in-universe example. In "Battle Of The Planet", their attempt to rule the world via pirate satellite broadcasting is so terrible, it is labeled a comedy smash by their local newspaper.

[[Category:Toshihiko Masuda]]

[[Category:Western Animation]]

[[Category:Zany Cartoon]]