Pinky and The Brain Episode Guide

Spellbound
Broadcast Date - September 16, 1995 Writer - John P. McCann Director - Dave Marshall, Rusty Mills	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Wakko Dot Slappy Pesto Bobby Runt
Summary After Brain picks the lock with his tail, he finds a "Take Over The World" spell in Merlin's spellbook. Since he needs a red dragon's toenail to complete the spell, he and "Minstrel Mouse Pinky" are off to find a red dragon. Merlin's first incantation: Sonny Tufts, Sonny Bono, Lorna Luft, Yoko Ono; Paula Abdul, Chip 'n' Dale, Hillary Clinton, Quinton McHale. Merlin's second incantation: I win, you win, Edwin Newman, Lee of Kathie, Regis Philbin. Merlin's recipe for pie: Sift one pinch powdered spider nostril, 1 maggot's armpit, 1 smoked tapeworm. Set aside. Blend grumph from a troll's belly button, 2 goat's hoof-jam. Add powdered mixture. Puree until creamy. Add fruit to taste. Table of contents page from Merlin's spellbook: Tabby Cat turned into dog; Tabby Cat turned into duck; Tadpoles, magic uses of; Tahoe, how to win at Blackjack; Take over the World spell; Vultures turned into frogs; Wombat powder, uses of; Zebra gizzard soup. Found on Merlin's reagent shelf: Squid Brain; Powdered Spider Legs; Eye of Newt; Bat Wings; Toad lips; Generic Bile; Ishtar Box Office Receipts (empty, of course); Schmaltz; Sugar; Freeze-Dried Flea Brains, Aqua Vitae (L., "Water of Life"), "Hampster" bits.
The World Domination Plan “Merlin's spellbook contains the power of the universe. ... With the help of the spellbook, we will use Merlin's magic to control of the world! “
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Sure, Brain, but how are we going to find chaps our size?
Brain's New Word Gharnao - a raft made of inverted ceramic pots

Meet John Brain
Broadcast Date - November 5, 1995 Writer - Peter Hastings Director - Greg Reyna	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Reporter (Laurie Frasier)
Summary Brain's plan is to run for President as John Brain with Admiral Pinky as his running mate.
The World Domination Plan "Tonight, we will play the world's game. The world's game is politics and I plan to win this game by running for President. Once I'm ensconced in the White House, I will take over the world!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but this time you put the trousers on the chimp.
Brain's New Word Groaking - staring at someone eating in hopes they'll give you something

The World Can Wait
Broadcast Date - November 5, 1995 Writer - Peter Hastings Director - Alfred Gimeno	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Billie (Tress MacNeille)
Summary Brain sets aside planning world domination for a night to court Billie, a female mouse from another cage.
The World Domination Plan No plan to take over the world tonight.
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but this time you wear the tutu.

The Helpinki Formula
Broadcast Date - November 5, 1995 Writer - Gordon Bressack Director - Audu Paden, Dave Marshall	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen)
Summary Brain, as the President of the Small Club for Men, uses an infomercial to market his Smallerizer System Plus, a people-shrinking formula.
The World Domination Plan "The formula is complete! With this formula, our relative smallness will no longer be an obstacle to our domination of the Earth. Behold! I will use the formula to make every single person on Earth shorter than I. Problem is, how can I convince everyone in the world to use something they don't need in any conceivable way? (Brain observes Pinky order an item from an infomercial.) Yes, of course! We'll do our own infomercial!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but me and Pipi Longstocking, I mean, what would the children look like?
Brain's New Word Groaking - staring at someone eating in hopes they'll give you something

Battle for the Planet
Broadcast Date - October 28, 1995 Writer - Peter Hastings Director - Alfred Gimeno	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Ralph (Frank Welker)
Summary The mice adapt the famous War of the Worlds radio hoax for television.
The World Domination Plan "Halloween 1938. The Mercury Radio Theater presented an adaptation of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds that was so realistic, people actually fled the cities believing that creatures from Mars were attacking the Earth. It proved that radio was a powerful tool and now the advance of technology has brought us an even more powerful tool. Television is our new tool. We will pirate the airwaves and stage a hoax like The War of the Worlds. We will scare the people of the cities, leaving no resistance behind. We will have taken over the world!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Well, I think so Brain, but if we didn't have ears, we'd look like weasels.
Brain's New Word Oobar - a dry fog of the upper Nile

Jockey for Position
Broadcast Date - October 28, 1995 Writer - Peter Hastings Director - Leonard Robinson, Dave Marshall	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Announcer (Neill Ross)
Summary At the Kentucky Derby, Brain becomes a jockey to win the race and finance his plan to build a Reverse Geotropic Arrestor which will cause people to fly off the earth. In the meantime, Pinky and a horse have fallen in love.
The World Domination Plan "When I build my Reverse Geotropic Arrestor, and throw it from the North Pole, in a matter of seconds, the cable will become taut, gravity will cease, and everyone will fly off the face of the Earth. Leaving us alone to assume control!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Wuh, I think so Brain, but isn't Regis Philbin already married?

Pavlov’s Mice
Broadcast Date - October 28, 1995 Writer - John P. McCann Director - Michael Gerard	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Czar (Barry Dennen)
Summary Brain uses the tip of a pen to pick the lock of the cage. By using Brain's Vacuumilator, they attempt to steal Russia's crown jewels during a lunar eclipse.
The World Domination Plan "Behold my latest invention, the Vacuumilator! It uses reverse air pressure to vacuum everything toward it. We are going to use the Vacuumilator to steal Russia's crown jewels!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Uh ... yeah, Brain, but where are we going to find rubber pants our size?

Where Rodents Dare
Broadcast Date - October 22, 1995 Writer - Peter Hastings, Tom Ruegger Director - Greg Reyna, Dave Marshall	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Mr. President (Frank Welker)
Summary To get out of their cage, Brain freezes the janitor, takes an icicle from him and uses it to pick the lock. Then the mice travel to the Swiss Alps to freeze world leaders attending a peace summit by using a Catalystic Immobilizer which freezes its victim for 24 hours.
The World Domination Plan (Reporter) "Tommorrow in the Swiss Alps, the international peace summit will bring present and former world leaders together in one room. (Brain)He who controls that room controls the world! And we shall control that room with my Catalystic Immobilizer! It will freeze the world's leaders for 24 hours and we'll take over. Supreme rule will be mine!
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so, but where will we find an open tattoo parlor at this time of night?
Brain's New Word Hircismus - stinky armpits

When Mice Ruled The Earth
Broadcast Date - October 22, 1995 Writer - Gordon Bressack Director - Greg Reyna	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen)
Summary Brain picks the lock of their cage with his tail, so that they can borrow H.G. Wells' time machine to alter history so that mice will be the dominant species instead of humans.
The World Domination Plan "By utilizing the invisible forces of nature, we shall make this time machine work, with this. This paper clip will serve as an antenna grabbing neutrinos from the cosmos and providing ignition for this craft. But first, we shall travel back to the primordial era, alter the course of evolution, and then return to the present world not dominated by humans, but by mice, and they shall choose me as their leader."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but culottes have a tendency to ride up so.

Puppet Rulers
Broadcast Date - October 29, 1995 Writer - Tom Minton Director - Barry Caldwell, Dave Marshall	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Uncle Albert (Paul Rugg) Niece (Lisa Bradley) Nephew (Chasen Greig) Station Manager (Jess Harnell) Kid #1 (Luke Ruegger) Kid #2 (Tress MacNeille)
Summary Pinky and Brain become stars, Noodle Noggin and Big Ears on a children's puppet show, then use a cryogenic chamber to freeze themselves. By defrosting themselves 40 years later, the children will have grown up and will want to make Brain their leader.
The World Domination Plan "With this cryogenic capsule, we shall freeze ourselves and reawaken 40 years in the future. We shall become characters on that insipid puppet show, Meany and Treacle. I will endear myself in the hearts of the children, then we shall freeze ourselves for 40 years. And when we thaw out, those children will be the leaders of the world, and they will adore me! Making it simple to take over the world!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Wuh, I think so, but we'll never get a monkey to use dental floss.
Brain's New Word Cynanthropy - disorder where the sufferer imagines he's a dog
Goofs  Brain tells Pinky that as part of his plan they will reawaken 40 years later, but the caption says "30 years later" just before the clock wakes them.

Brain Meets Brawn
Broadcast Date - October 29, 1995 Writer - Peter Hastings, Tom Minton Director - Michael Gerard	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Dr. Jekyl (Jeff Glen Bennett) Billy (Frank Welker)
Summary After escaping the cage by picking the lock with a needle, Brain plans to drink the strength-inducing Dr. Jekyl formula to disable Big Ben at tea time so tea time never ends and take over the British Empire.
The World Domination Plan "British are fanatical about tea time, everything stops when Big Ben strikes four. Therefore, if I can stop that clock at precisely 4 P.M., it will cause infinite tea time, allowing us to take over the British Empire, and then the world! Once we enter Big Ben, I'll use my physical prowess to stop the center wheel while you dislodge the pallet and disrupt the intrinsic mechanism."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but if they called them "sad meals", kids wouldn't buy them.
Goofs  After they fall out of the tower, Brain is shrunk 4 times but is grown only 3 times.

Cranial Crusader
Broadcast Date December 10, 1995 Writer Tom Minton Director Dave Marshall, Rusty Mills	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen)
Summary This time Brain uses his tail to pick the lock, then begins his plan to become the caped crimefighters, the Cranial Crusader and the Pink Wonder to show up the Cape Opposum by defeating his archvillian, Johnny Badnote.
The World Domination Plan "I shall become a costumed crimefighting hero and thwart Johnny Badnote, overshadowing the Caped Opossum, then I will use the superhero's fame and forum to rule the world!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Well, I think so Brain, but I can't memorize a whole opera in Yiddish.
Brain's New Word Spheropygian - having full and rounded buttocks

Opportunity Knox
Broadcast Date December 10, 1995 Writer Tom Minton Director Michael Gerard	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen)
Summary Pinky and Brain attempt to steal the gold at Fort Knox and to control the money supply of the United States.
The World Domination Plan "Do you realize what we will do with this pollen? We shall do no less than go to Fort Knox, Kentucky, keeper of the nation's gold supply. There, we will expose the guards to our pollen. And while they're sneezing uncontrollably, we'll move into the vault and take the gold. For he who controls this nation's capital, controls the nation."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Aww, I think so, Brain, but balancing a family and a career ... uh, it's all too much for me.
Brain's New Word

Yes, Always
Broadcast Date December 10, 1995 Writer Peter Hastings Director Michael Gerard, Dave Marshall	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Producer (Tom Ruegger) Writer (Peter Hastings) Director (Andrea Romano) Engineer (Harry Andronis)
Summary Brain must replace some dialog at the Warner Brothers recording studio.
The World Domination Plan
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word

Don't Tread On Us
Broadcast Date December 3, 1995 Writer Gordon Bressack, Gordon M. Howell IV Director Al Zegler	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Benjamin Franklin (Frank Welker)
Summary While Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration Of Independence, Brain writes an alternate declaration that would make him leader, if he can switch it with the real declaration. But when Brain's declaration ends up instead at the end of Ben Franklin's kite, the mice must get it back before the delegates sign the real declaration.
The World Domination Plan "We shall surreptitiously replace their 'Declaration of Independence' with the 'Declaration of Obedience'. We hold these truths to be self-evident that a mouse named Brain shall be our leader."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but
Brain's New Word Exophagy - cannibalism outside the tribe

Hercules Unwound
Broadcast Date December 3, 1995 Writer John Ludlin, Nick Dubois Director Audu Paden	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen)
Summary In ancient Greece, Pinky and Brain go to the Aegean stables to hitch a ride to Mount Olympus on the winged horse Pegasus. Once there, Brain plots to take over the world by stealing the magic lightning bolt of Zeus.
The World Domination Plan "And we shall steal Zeus's lightning bolt, overthrow his kingdom, and then take over the world!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word
Goofs  Since they are in Greece, the gods and heroes should be referred to by their Greek names, but Roman names are used.

In The Garden Of Mindy
Broadcast Date December 3, 1995 Writer John P. McCann Director Greg Reyna	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Mindy (Nancy Cartwright)
Summary Brain uses telekinesis to open the cage lock with a trowel. While building a stink bomb to take over the world, he is forced to watch over Mindy.
The World Domination Plan "Using the gardener's weed killer, some manure, and a little Zoysia grass, I will contruct a powerful stink bomb. We'll use the lawn mower engine to construct a rocket and fill it with the gas. When precisely launched, the prevailing winds will spread the gas across the world's capitals. As the stench drives government officials out into the streets, we will rush in and seize power!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word

Das Mouse
Broadcast Date 09-Sep-1995 Writer Peter Hastings Director Liz Holzman & Al Zegler	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) McGuire (Jim Belushi) Admiral (Jim Cummings)
Summary By filling a bottle with water, Brain turns it into a rocket, which bounces around the lab until it finally flips the handle of a spoon into the cage lock and opens the cage. Brain plans to make hypnotic pancakes by using the secretions of a Peruvian frog, enhanced with the meat of a rare white crab. To get the crabmeat, Captain Brain and Mr. Pinky take a submarine to the Titanic, where massive numbers of the crabs are located.
The World Domination Plan “We shall receive the aid of legions of unassuming humans because they will be hypnotized by the secretions of a rare Peruvian Gaokin. After we collect the frog's fluid, we shall mix the floury batter and have a giant pancake jamboree! To be fully powerful we need one more ingredient: the meat of the rare deep water white crab. Massive numbers of white crabs have gathered in the hull of the Titanic. We must travel to the depths of the ocean and raise the hull of that sorrowful ship!”
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but there's still a bug in there from last time.
Brain's New Word Spizzerinctum - the will to succeed
Goofs  The radar transponder on the Alvin has two knobs to set the code in the scene where Pinky scrambles it, and three when they come back from the first commercial break.

Of Mouse and Man
Broadcast Date 10-Sep-1995 Writer Peter Hastings Director Audu Paden	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Gina (Gail Matthius) Punk (Jim Cummings) Beetle Fiero (Jeffrey Tambor) Locke (Jeff Bennett)
Summary Brain uses a bone to pick the lock, and then gets a job at a large corporation to fund his latest plan. He stages an accident at work and then sues the corporation for the money to create an endless voice mail system.
The World Domination Plan "Utilizing satellite technology and these alligator clips, we will redirect all global telephone communication into an endless voice mail system. Once a person is on the line, the array and the amount of choices will render them occupied, busy, and unable to defend the Earth for a full 72 hours. More than enough time for a well prepared mouse to take over the planet!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but I get all clammy inside the tent.
Brain's New Word Ultracrepidarianism - giving opinions outside of one's knowledge

Tokyo Grows
Broadcast Date 17-Sep-1995 Writer Gordon Bressack & Charles M. Howell, IV Director Al Zegler, Audu Paden	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Gollyzilla (Frank Welker) Japanese Girl (Tress MacNeille)
Summary Brain converts a miniaturization ray into an enlarging ray to makes himself and Pinky 400 feet tall. Brainodo stages a fight with Pinkzilla to make himself look like the hero, but the real Gollyzilla shows up to upset Brain's plan.
The World Domination Plan "This scientific equipment will be invaluable for my plan to take over the world. It's big things that strike fear in to the hearts of humans, like that ridiculous legend of Gollyzilla, mythical folly that directionless humans hang on. I will alter this equipment and enlarge myself to become a 400 foot tall mouse who'll save the world from Gollyzilla."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but I don't think Kay Ballard is in the union.
Brain's New Word Palinoia - compulsive repetition of an act until perfect
Goofs  `Sony' on a radio changes to `Fony' on another shot.

That Smarts
Broadcast Date 17-Sep-1995 Writer Peter Hastings Director Al Zegler, Audu Paden	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen)
Summary When Brain realizes that his plans always fail because of Pinky's stupidity, he makes Pinky smart to help solve the problem. They plan to use the Forced Vertoconvector, a device designed to create millions of steaming geysers lifting people off the ground, immobilizing them.
The World Domination Plan "I will pose as Jimmy Hoffa, back from vacation. All labor leaders will bow before me, and help me utilize the giant industrial complex to build this: The Forced Vertoconvector. It will create millions of tiny steaming geysers that will actually lift people several inches off the ground, immobilizing them. We will program a computer to generate a fantastically popular romance novel. It will contain a hypnophonetic sentence so long and so confusing, the reader will be forced to re-read it endlessly out loud, and the frequencies of those sounds will hypnotize all around them, primed for my suggestion that I rule the world."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Yes, I am!
Brain's New Word Palinoia - compulsive repetition of an act until perfect
Goofs  When we first see the machine's keypad it has the numbers 1-13. Later in the episode, it only has 1-12.

Brainstem
Broadcast Date 17-Sep-1995 Writer Tom Minton Director Al Zegler, Audu Paden	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen)
Summary Pinky and Brain perform a song about the brain.
The World Domination Plan
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word

Pinky and The Fog
Broadcast Date 24-Sep-1995 Writer Gordon Bressack & Charles M. Howell, IV Director Audu Paden	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Woman (Tress MacNeille) The Mist (Jim Cummings)
Summary To escape their cage, Brain picks the lock with a paper clip he bent into the shape of a key. After developing the ability to befog men's minds with his voice, Brain plans to appear on a radio show as "The Fog" and befog everyone's minds. But once the mice reach the studio, things don’t turn out quite the way they expected.
The World Domination Plan "I have almost completed honing my rapier keen mental abilities. For now I have the power, for I am The Fog! By altering the frequencies of my voice, I am able to befog men's minds with these (uses two fingers to draw down the corners of his mouth). In a moment, you will no longer be able to see me, for I am The Fog. Now if only I could conceive of a method of how to use this power on millions of people at once. The radio, of course! We will sneak into the radio station, taking the place of The Mist, so I can broadcast my genuine mental powers to millions of listeners, befogging their minds, until they make me their leader."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but the Rockettes? I mean, it's mostly girls, isn't it?
Brain's New Word Psaphonic - planning one's rise to fame

Bubba Bo Bob Brain
Broadcast Date 24-Sep-1995 Writer Sherri Stoner Director Audu Paden, Gary Hartle & Dave Marshall	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Yee Haw Girl (Gail Matthius)
Summary Brain becomes a successful country music singer named Bubba Bo Bob Brain, managed by Colonel Pinky. Thanks to a subliminal message in his music he will control the world. This episode is a re-broadcast of an episode originally shown on Animaniacs.
The World Domination Plan "I shall use subliminal mind control to take over the world. A subliminal message is a recorded message perceived only by the subconscious human mind. I have recorded such a message. The message is: Citizens of the world. You are under my control. You will do whatever I say! If people heard this message enough times, they would succumb to my control and we could take over the world. The only problem: how to get this message repeated worldwide? Airplay. Country music! I will go to Nashville and become the biggest country music star of all time. Everyone will hear my record and my subliminal message and I will take over the world!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word Yerk - to beat someone vigorously
Goofs  In the shot of the audience at the awards show, the armrest between Pinky and Brain is missing.

Where No Mouse Has Gone Before
Broadcast Date 01-Oct-1995 Writer Gordon Bressack & Charles M. Howell, IV Director Al Zegler	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) The President (Frank Welker) Alien Singer (Jess Harnell)
Summary When Brain discovers a probe is about to be sent containing evidence that man is the supreme race on the planet, he and Pinky pretend to be Werner Von Brain from the Braun Institute in Bonn and Werner Von Pinky from the Mink Institute in Pink, so that they can alter the evidence to make it look like Brain is the supreme being on Earth. Aliens receive the probe, and take Brain, Emperor of the Earth and Pinky back to their home planet to be honored, just like they are on Earth.
The World Domination Plan "Did you see that plaque, Pinky? That plaque displays representations of man, woman, and the rudiments of earth's most sophisticated science. It's being sent on a probe to the outermost extremities of the galaxy, along with a disc showing arts and music. If aliens look upon it, they will learn everything they need to know about the dominant species on earth. If I put myself on that plaque, the aliens will recognize me as Earth's leader!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but pants with horizontal stripes make me look chubby.
Brain's New Word Formication - the feeling that ants are crawling on you

Win Big
Broadcast Date 01-Oct-1995 Writer Peter Hastings Director Dave Marshall & Rusty Mills	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen)
Summary Brain uses a paperclip to unlock their cage and then manages to get on the game show Gyp-Parody to get money for his latest plan. He plans to create The Infindibulator, which will make every person who has change in their pockets magnetically drawn to the ground. This is a re-broadcast of an episode originally shown on Animaniacs.
The World Domination Plan "Once we construct a superconductive magnetic Infindibulator, the world will be ours! By using the Infindibulator to deplete hydrogen and promote gravitational collapse, we will produce a magnetic charge from the center of the Earth so strong that every person who has loose change in their pockets will be magnetically drawn to the ground and stuck there!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so, Brain, but where are we going to find a duck and a host at this hour?
Brain's New Word Phronemophobia – fear of thinking
Goofs  In the first shot of the outdoor area just before Brain ties the shoes on his mechanical suit, the Acme Labs sign is on. However, when Brain goes outdoors to hail a taxi, the sign is flashing on and off. And then as Brain is hails a taxi, the sign is off.

Cheese Roll Call
Broadcast Date 01-Oct-1995 Writer Paul Rugg Director Audu Paden	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Wensleydale (Jeff Bennett) Brie (Tress MacNeille)
Summary Pinky sings about cheese. The tune of "Cheese Roll Call" is that of "Semper Fidelis," composed by John Philip Sousa.
The World Domination Plan
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word

Brainania
Broadcast Date 12-Nov-1995 Writer John P. McCann Director Jon McClenahan	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) The President (Frank Welker) Allan Fontain Bisque (Jeff Bennett) Fred Floppel (Jim Cummings) Mrs. Applebee (Tress MacNeille)
Summary Brain folds a piece of paper into the shape of a key, and then uses it to open the cage. For tonight's plan Brain needs $14,000,000,000.59 to build the Titanocycle 4000, a gigantic clothes-dryer with three speeds and an automatic lint guard a half a mile long. He will use it to create "global static cling" and conquer the world. To get the money, Pinky and Brain pretend to be Ned Limpopo, Prime Minister of Brainaia and Hassan Limbeck, the Brainanian Minister of Finance. They apply for a gigantic foreign aid loan from the U.S. State Department for their fake country on Remote Island X.
The World Domination Plan "Tonight, we shall use the power of static electricity to conquer the world. Observe. (Brain generates some static electricity, then touches Pinky shocking them both.) To generate global static cling, we shall construct a massive clothes dryer. Unfortunately, it will cost $14 billion and 59 cents."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Well, I think so Brain, but pantyhose are so uncomfortable in the summertime.
Brain's New Word Myomancy - divination by movements of mice
Goofs  At their "Punchline" appearance, the mice magically switch seats between their introduction and when they climb up on to the desk.

TV or Not TV
Broadcast Date 19-Nov-1995 Writer Peter Hastings Director Al Zegler	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Janet (Tress MacNeille) Kilmer (Jeff Bennett) Marlon (David Alan Grier) Shawn (Sam McMurray) David Letterman (Roger Rose)
Summary By using the Great Capitulator, Brain creates a denture that gives him a smile that will mesmerize people into submission. To get the necessary exposure, they pretend to be Jamal Spelling and Jonathan Michael Charles and get on their own sitcom.
The World Domination Plan "The key to the power of attraction, a winning smile. I am taking this idea to a new level. The Great Capitulator! By manipulating adhesive qualities of polymer based alkalines and calciumetric bases, we can synthesize a resinous cladding for the foremost bone-like structures rooted in my jaw socket. In other words, dentures! The reflective vibrations of my smile stimulate the medulla oblongata, causing the viewer to adore me for no good reason. Ergo, instant celebrity. Once the world views my happy grin, they will be our willing followers. But first, we need mass exposure. We shall use a weapon of great stealth, power, and corruption: our own sitcom!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but it's a miracle this one grew back.
Brain's New Word Hamartia - the classic tragic flaw
Goofs  Those mouse-size dentures Brain discards somehow becomes big enough to snugly fit into that guy's mouth.

Napoleon Brainaparte
Broadcast Date 26-Nov-1995 Writer John Loy & Peter Hastings Director Audu Paden	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Napoleon (Frank Welker) Talleyrand (Richard Libertini) Madame De Jambone (Tress MacNeille) Francois (Joe Lala) Head Gendarm (John Mariano)
Summary Brain catapaults a paper ball which lands on one end of a loaf of bread, causing a knife stuck in the other end to be thrown into the lock. The force of the knife's impact then causes the lock and the cage door to open. Disguised as Monsieur Jean Jacques Jean-Jean Jean, Brain tries to conquer France using exploding crepe-suzettes, but his plan is foiled when he gets arrested. A silver lining is in sight as people begin to think Brain is Napoleon.
The World Domination Plan "When Napoleon returns to Paris, all of France will celebrate with rich heavy meals, topped off with the country's most popular desert: crepe suzettes. And as part of tonight's plan, I have altered the recipe for crepe suzette to make it highly explosive by adding one more ingredient. The secret ingredient is nutmeg! As crepes are lit all over the country the resultant fiery chaos will provide us with ample time to seize control!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Well, I think so Brain but first you'd have to take that whole bridge apart wouldn't you?
Brain's New Word Honorificabilitudinitatibus - with honorableness

A Pinky And The Brain Christmas
Broadcast Date 13-Dec-1995 Writer Peter Hastings Director Rusty Mills	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Dave Burl (Tress MacNeille) The President (Frank Welker) Schotzie (Jeff Bennett) Santa Claus (Earl Boen)
Summary Disguised as elves, Pinky and Brain are on their way to the North Pole. Pinky hopes to see Santa, but Brain wants to see his hypnotic doll, Noodle Noggin, placed under every Christmas tree in the world. This episode won an Emmy.
The World Domination Plan "Behold, Noodle Noggin! Capable of hypnotizing humans, it shall bring us the world! My plan is to get a Noodle Noggin doll into every home on the planet. Then on Christmas Day, we broadcast my hypnotic suggestion to the world. My message of world domination, that I shall be their ruler! My only problem is I need one billion Noodle Noggin dolls. Santa's workshop is the most productive manufacturing facility in the world. We'll get jobs at the North Pole and have the unwitting elves make the dolls for us and then Santa himself will distribute our doll to every house, hovel, and hut in the land!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Well, I think so Brain, but "apply North Pole" to what?
Brain's New Word Omphaloskepsis - contemplating one's navel
Goofs  When the mice shatter The Brain's broadcasting machine on their landing to Acme Labs through the roof, the colors on the box/lever Pinky was supposed to push ("when it turns red...") are reversed from what they are in the next scene.

Snowball
Broadcast Date 20-Jan-1996 Writer Wendell Morris , Tom Sheppard & Peter Hastings Director Audu Paden	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Snowball (Roddy McDowall) Board Member (Frank Welker)
Summary While working on his latest plan to use a chain letter to take over the world, 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.
The World Domination Plan "In tonight's plan we delve head first into the superstitous nature of mankind. We shall use a device that plays on the fears of even the most skeptical of souls, behold! (Brain holds up a chain letter with a message at the botton written in reverse: "You will bow before the Brain.") The right side of the brain will subconsciously register this message, thus planting the seed for ultimate conquest, world domination! After the initial mailing, the superstitious humans will quickly spread the chain and my message across the globe!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so, Brain, but "Snowball for Windows"?
Brain's New Word Sinciput - the forehead

Around The World In 80 Narfs
Broadcast Date 03-Feb-1996 Writer Gordon Bressack & Charles M. Howell, IV Director Liz Holzman & Al Zegler	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Phineas Fogg (Richard Doyle) Sir Niles (Brian George) Passerby (Tress MacNeille) Gummy Gibberish (John Rubinow)
Summary In Victorian England's "Pompous Explorers Club," anyone who can travel around the world in 80 days or less will become club president, a position that invariably leads to becoming Prime Minister of the British Empire. Disguised as Lord Brain of Lumfordchestershire and Pinky, they offer to circumnavigate the globe in 79 days, armed only with Pinky's trusty foreign phrasebook.
The World Domination Plan "Fact: With the ever increasing global domination of the British Empire, the surest way to rule the world is to become Prime Minister. Fact: Every Prime Minister for the last 200 years has first been president of the Pompous Explorers Club. Fact: The Pompous Explorers Club will give its presidency to anyone who can circle the globe 80 days. We must circle the globe in less than 80 days, claim the club presidency, and then the world!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but, snort, no, no, it's too stupid.
Brain's New Word Anophelosis - morbid state due to extreme frustration
Goofs  The size of Pinky's book keeps changing throughout the episode.

Fly
Broadcast Date 11-Feb-1996 Writer Peter Hastings & John Loy Director Liz Holzman & Al Zegler	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Floyd Nesbit (Alex Rocco) Janine (Tress MacNeille) Drake (Brian George)
Summary Disguised as Dr. Ingmar Hostwax and his assistant, Dr. Nikki Jigallililililopen, Brain executes his plan to buy every piece of real estate above the 39th floor and alter the Hubble Space Telescope to melt the polar ice caps, potentially leaving him in control of the only usable real estate on Earth.
The World Domination Plan "Using my own patented Jimmy Brain technique, I've already succeeded in purchasing, with no money down, every apartment, condo, and office space on the planet above the 39th floor."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word Unasinous - equally stupid
Goofs  When we see the European scientists flying the "Ziggy", it has a Norwegian flag on the side of it; it should be an Icelandic flag.

Ambulatory Abe
Broadcast Date 25-Feb-1996 Writer Tom Minton Director Charles Visser	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Tourist (Jess Harnell) Grandfather (Frank Welker)
Summary Brain takes up ventriloquism, using the Abraham Lincoln statue as his puppet.
The World Domination Plan "Abe Lincoln was perhaps the most respected President of all time. Once we arrange his comeback, the mere sight of him will compel the populace to follow his lead. Not the real Lincoln, but an icon beyond reproach: this granite statue of Mr. Lincoln. I shall borrow a page from the immortal Edgar Bergen and retrofit the statue's jaw for ventriloquilism to my voice."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word Empleomania - obsession with holding public office
Goofs  The inscription behind the Lincoln statue is not the Gettysburg Address. The Gettysburg Address is located in a different part of the memorial.

Mouse of La Mancha
Broadcast Date 25-Feb-1996 Writer Gordon Bressack & Charles M. Howell, IV Director Charles Visser	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Tourist (Jess Harnell) Grandfather (Frank Welker) Innkeeper (Jim Cummings) Wench (Tress MacNeille)
Summary After a group of rodents break a hole in one of the cage walls to get away from Brain, he tells a story of Don Cerebro de la Mancha and Sancho Pinky and their plan to use windmills to take over the world.
The World Domination Plan "If we stop the windmills from making flour for bread, we'll bring the humans to their knees. Then as they grovel for food and power, we'll take over the world!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Umm, I think so Don Cerebro, but umm, why would Sophia Loren do a musical?
Brain's New Word Empleomania - obsession with holding public office

The Third Mouse
Broadcast Date 12-May-1996 Writer Gordon Bressack & Charles M. Howell, IV Director Charles Visser	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Cribbage (Charlie Howarton)
Summary When Pinky arrives at The Brain's address in post-World War II Vienna, he is told by several people that The Brain is dead. Misinterpreting what he's been told, Pinky keeps looking for his friend, eventually leading him to mystery and adventure involving Vienna's sewer system. "The Third Mouse" is based on the 1949 film The Third Man, in which the dead friend was played by Orson Welles, the actor whom Brain's personality is largely based on.
The World Domination Plan "If we drain the Blue Danube, it will bring shipping to a standstill and I could rise to power in the ensuing chaos!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Umm, I think so Brain, but what if the chicken won't wear the nylons?
Brain's New Word Floccinaucinihilipilification - categorizing something as worthless trivia

The Visit
Broadcast Date 12-May-1996 Writer Peter Hastings Director Charles Visser	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Mother (Tress MacNeille) Father (Ernest Borgnine)
Summary After Brain captures two field mice for an experiment, he discovers they are his parents. He then uses Pensamplivox to give them the ability to speak.
The World Domination Plan "The normal field mice that we capture will bring a special talent to our plan of global domintaion. Field mice are instinctual experts in nighttime navigation. Once captured, we will unlock and clone their DNA codes of night vision and give ourselves a super ability to see in the dark. Then, we will cause a worldwide power outage and seize control in the darkness!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word Floccinaucinihilipilification - categorizing something as worthless trivia

It's Only a Paper World
Broadcast Date 07-Sep-1996 Writer Brett Baer & David Finkel Director Liz Holzman	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Marna Strutt (Tress MacNeille) The President (Frank Welker) David Letterman (Roger Rose)
Summary Brain creates "Chia Earth", an alternate Earth made from paper mache. After luring everyone over to "Chia Earth", a comet headed toward Earth complicates his plans.
The World Domination Plan "We shall construct an exact replica of Mother Earth out of paper mache, then lure all of civilization to this new terra-not-so-firma, rendering us the sole inhabitants of the real Earth!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but isn't that why they invented tube socks?
Brain's New Word Peritoneum - The membrane that lines the abdominal cavity

Collect 'Em All
Broadcast Date 14-Sep-1996 Writer Charles M. Howell, IV & Rich Fogel Director Kirk Tingblad	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Genevieve (Tress MacNeille) Critic #1 (Brian George)
Summary Brain uses Gutenberg’s newly-invented printing press to make some trading cards.
The World Domination Plan "Trading Cards! I will print cards with my image, Pinky. Soon, children all over Eurpoe will be collecting them. I'll become so famous that I'll be elected ruler by acclimation."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but what if we stick to the seat covers?
Brain's New Word Aerophobia - Fear of air

Pinkasso
Broadcast Date 14-Sep-1996 Writer Wendell Morris & Tom Sheppard Director Charles Visser	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Genevieve (Tress MacNeille) Critic #1 (Brian George)
Summary A successful modern artist is born and it's Pablo Pinkasso (Pinky), trying to help fund Brain's new plan, with the help of Toulouse Le Brain and Bob Del Monte, Chairman of the House Un-American Artistic Committee.
The World Domination Plan "We shall fire a rocket carrying billions of tiny self-adhesive mirrors at the moon. Upon detonation, the mirrors will cover the entire surface of the orb, thus creating a gigantic disco mirror ball. As humanity spends its every waking moment 'dancing the night away', we shall seize the planet!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but if you replace the
Brain's New Word Aerophobia - Fear of air

Plan Brain From Outer Space
Broadcast Date 28-Sep-1996 Writer Nick Dubois, Earl Kress & Tom Sheppard Director Al Zegler	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Sully (Tress MacNeille) Odin (Frank Welker) Zalgar (Jeff Bennett)
Summary 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.
The World Domination Plan "Months of interstellar e-mail has finally brought me to this historic moment. My new intergalactic pal Zalgar is coming to earth tonight to help me take over the world."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Ewww, I think so Brain, but I think I'd rather eat the Macarena.
Brain's New Word Saggittal Suture - jagged line on the top of your skull
Goofs  When Zalgar is pursuing the mice in the eyeball spacecraft, at one point he drops the monitor and as he picks it up, sees that he is about to crash directly into the Devil's Doughnut. But the sky on the monitor is the same shade of green as the walls of his spacecraft, rather than the shade of blue used for the sky.   At the beginning, Pinky turns the TV off, but a few seconds later the TV is on again.

The Pink Candidate
Broadcast Date 02-Nov-1996 Writer Reid Harrison Director Charles Visser	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Sweaty Pete (Richard Karron) Old Woman (Tress MacNeille) The President (Frank Welker) Bob Dole (Jim Meskimen) Bernard Shaw (Kevin Michael Richardson) Reporter (Steve McGowan) Bob (Phil Snyder)
Summary When Pinky writes a letter to a newspaper complaining "The Family Circus" isn't funny anymore, it gets mistaken as a political statement, causing a series of events that end in Ulysses Delano Fitzgerald Milhouse Pinky becoming President of the United States. But then scandal erupts when Chief of Staff Brain uses PromptoSpecs to display responses he types in on a keyboard, and his plans for world domination are uncovered, forcing President Pinky to choose between his job or his friend.
The World Domination Plan "You Pinky, heaven help us, will be the next President of the United States! Behind the smoke screen of your presidency, I, as your Chief of Staff, will implement world domination plan 433B. With our new access to military satellite uplinks, we will jam the frequencies of every radio station with nothing but Kenny G, Yanni, and the soulful spasms of John Tesh. Exposure to these flaccid tonalities will soften the cerebral tissue rendering the entire population our personal slaves!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Well, I think so Brain, but do I really need two tongues?
Brain's New Word Morology - The study of foolish and nonsensical talking.

Brain's Song
Broadcast Date 09-Nov-1996 Writer Brett Baer & David Finkel Director Liz Holzman	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Katie Couric (Tress MacNeille) The President (Frank Welker) Voiceover #1 (Jim Cummings) Tom Hanks (Dave Coulier)
Summary Brain makes a tearjerker movie starring Brain Picadilly and Pinky van Patten, to make the world sad enough to make him leader.
The World Domination Plan "We shall produce the saddest tearjearker ever, broadcast the movie worldwide, and leave the planet steeped in such depression, they'll be putty in our hands! Now that the world is all weepy, I will call the world's leaders. They will be so despondent from my tearjerker, they will hand us the world on a silver platter!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Well, I think so Brain, but we're already naked.
Brain's New Word Caruncle - The membrane that lines the abdominal cavity

Welcome To The Jungle
Broadcast Date 16-Nov-1996 Writer Gene Laufenberg Director Rusty Mills	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Snowball (Roddy McDowall) Phyllis (Tress MacNeille) Hippie (Jeff Bennett)
Summary Pinky and Brain try to find their way back home after being released in the jungle by animal rights activists. During their journey, however, they encounter an old enemy.
The World Domination Plan Brain's plan, revealed in his film World Domination Plan MCVIII, involves creating mind-control birthday candles that, when extinguished, turn people into Brain's zombified servants.
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? We eat the box?
Brain's New Word Panphobia - fear of everything
Goofs  In the first close up of Pinky and the Brain tied up at the top of the water slide, Pinky's legs are brown.  Snowball's crown disappears between when he and Brain fall through the hole at the bottom of the slide and when they land.

A Little Off The Top
Broadcast Date 23-Nov-1996 Writer Gordon Bressack & Charles M. Howell, IV Director Charles Visser	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Sampson (Jeff Bennett) Saran (Jim Cummings) Delilah (Julia Duffy) Female Rock Star (Tress MacNeille) Ross Perot (Frank Welker) Dr. Belvadere (Paul Rugg)
Summary Brain first slingshots a rock off a mortar and pestle which then hits a goat. Then, the angry goat kicks the cage, causing the cage door to open. Brain's plan is to to discover what makes the legendary Sampson so strong, and use that to take over the world.
The World Domination Plan (Pinky notes how strong Sampson is) He is, Pinky. Imagine if a mouse were that strong. Don't you see? If I had Sampson's strength, nothing would stop my quest to take over the world!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Well, I think so Brain, but if Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why does he keep doing it?
Brain's New Word Trichotillomania - Abnormal urge to pull out one's hair

Megalomaniacs Anonymous
Broadcast Date 23-Nov-1996 Writer Charles M. Howell, IV & Bill Matheny Director Nelson Recinos	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Sampson (Jeff Bennett) Saran (Jim Cummings) Delilah (Julia Duffy) Female Rock Star (Tress MacNeille) Ross Perot (Frank Welker) Dr. Belvadere (Paul Rugg)
Summary When Brain comes to the conclusion he no longer wants to take over the world, he decides to help others who have his problem and the first one to be helped is Pinky.
The World Domination Plan "...interrupt the flow of electricity. No, no, no! Wait! I'll use electronic oscillations to create a molecular change in liquid hand soap causing everyone's hands to stick together. No, a bandwith of 37 isobars would never penetrate rooms lined with ceramic tile. It's no good. I've got to find a plan. Cooking! That's it! The beginning of man's inexorable advancement toward civilization! I'll use thoasands of tiny christmas tree lights to cook all the cans of soda in the world, causing them to explode all at once and then what?!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but don't camels spit a lot?
Brain's New Word Trichotillomania - Abnormal urge to pull out one's hair
Goofs  On Brain's notebook, the drop shadow for the slashed zero appears prematurely as Brain writes the period on the previous line.

The Mummy
Broadcast Date 28-Dec-1996 Writer Wendell Morris & Tom Sheppard Director Kirk Tingblad	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Cushing (Corey Burton) Old Woman (Tress MacNeille) Toll Collector (Michael McKean) Tax Man #1 (Sam McMurray)1 Chuck (Jim Cummings) Egyptian Priest (Tony Jay)
Summary Pinky and Brain wrap themselves up in toilet paper, to pretend to be King Khufu and George, King Khufu's long forgotten brother, but they end up getting sealed in an Egyptian pyramid where a mummy is lurking about.
The World Domination Plan "Tonight a terrible curse is set to befall mankind. We are journeying to Egypt to the great pyramids at Giza where ancient mummies will soon walk the Earth. In the pyramid deep within an air shaft, a hidden doorway was recently discovered. Archaelogists have built a tiny robotic probe that will travel up the air shaft and open the secret door revealing its mysteries to the world. Those archaelogists will discover behind that door angry pharoahs, disturbed from their eternal slumber. We shall disguise ourselved as the Great King Khufu and his previously unknown brother, George. Once awakened, our wrath will only be appeased by one thing: absolute control of the world!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but don't we need a pool to play Marco Polo?
Brain's New Word Caseation - dead tissue that looks like crumbly cheese
Goofs  In one scene, Egypt is spelled Egyt.

Robin Brain
Broadcast Date 28-Dec-1996 Writer Wendell Morris & Tom Sheppard Director Kirk Tingblad	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Cushing (Corey Burton) Old Woman (Tress MacNeille) Toll Collector (Michael McKean) Tax Man #1 (Sam McMurray)1 Chuck (Jim Cummings) Egyptian Priest (Tony Jay)
Summary Brian gets them out of the cage by shooting a threaded needle from a bow to obtain a set of keys, and then uses one of the keys to unlock the cage door. In Robin Hood era England, Robin Brain needs money for a massive hot water heater so the populace can take baths and improve their body odor. To get the money, he recruits men to take from the rich and give to him.
The World Domination Plan "The average Englishman bathes only once every six years. But soon the malodorous masses will have what they crave most, bath water. We shall construct a massive water heater to deliver hot water throughout the land. No longer plagued by persistant body odor, the populous will show their thanks by giving me the keys to the kingdom!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Well, I think so, but Kevin Costner with an English accent?
Brain's New Word Caseation - dead tissue that looks like crumbly cheese Phronemophobia - fear of thinking Anterior Nares - Your nostrils

Two Mice and a Baby
Broadcast Date 01-Feb-1997 Writer Shaun McClaughlin & Charles M. Howell, IV Director Kirk Tingblad	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Baby (Tress MacNeille) Baloney (Jeff Bennett) Scientist #2 (Pat Musick)
Summary Pinky and Brain stumble upon a super powered baby, who happened to arrive from an exploding alien world.
The World Domination Plan "Imagine what we can do with a child with those powers? This baby is our ticket to global domination. We'll stop for supplies and head back to the lab and train him."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word Post-Pranial - Following a meal

The Maze
Broadcast Date 01-Feb-1997 Writer Charles M. Howell, IV & Wendell Morris, Tom Sheppard & Earl Kress Director Kirk Tingblad	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Baby (Tress MacNeille) Baloney (Jeff Bennett) Scientist #2 (Pat Musick)
Summary Pinky and Brain have to brave a virtual reality maze to find a microchip crucial to Brain's new plot.
The World Domination Plan "The moment we've been waiting for is nearly upon us. The harmonic convergence. The harmonic convergence is a precise alignment of planets and stars which occurs but once every 5 billion, 352 million, and 99.7 years. Now, the convergence will cause a gravitational flux throughout the entire Earth which will in turn trigger an inner ear imbalance in mankind. This will render them susceptible to the power of suggestion for precisely 15 seconds. Fortunately, I am poised to take advantage of this once in a millennium moment of vunerability. I have obtained this rare prototype dilithium matrix chip. It goes with this. The first subsonic transmitter which will broadcast my message of total subjugation to the disoriented masses."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but how do we get a pair of Abe Vigoda's pants?
Brain's New Word Post-Pranial - Following a meal

Brain of the Future
Broadcast Date 08-Feb-1997 Writer Brian Swenlin Director Nelson Recinos	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Queen Roach (Tress MacNeille) The President (Frank Welker)
Summary The mice's future selves arrive in the lab, sending them on a roller coaster ride through time in a time-travel ship to find a world domination kit.
The World Domination Plan "Tonight we will sneak into the printing plant of Cosmospolitan magazine and replace their 'Who is your perfect mate?' quiz with this: 'Who is your perfect world leader?' quiz. From split atoms to split ends, the readers will be convinced that my global rule is the answer to their every problem."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word Azygous - Appearing as one single being or part

Brinky
Broadcast Date 22-Feb-1997 Writer David Fury & Elin Hampton Director Kirk Tingblad	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Rikki Lake (Tress MacNeille) Bartender (Frank Welker) Bunny (Cree Summer)
Summary The mice become "parents" to Romy after being created from the accidental merging of their DNA in Brain's cloning chamber as he tries to create his master race. Romy calls Brain, DAD(Derivation of Applied DNA) and calls Pinky, Mommy.
The World Domination Plan "With these multiphasic transrepliclonator pods, I shall create a single clone in my own image. After a modicum of study, I will take a new sample from the prototype and make two more clones, then they'll make two clones, and they'll make two clones, and so on, and so on. Thousands of me, all working toward the same goal, taking over the world!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but Pete Rose? I mean, can we trust him?
Brain's New Word Barophobia - Fear of gravity

Hoop Schemes
Broadcast Date 17-May-1997 Writer Brett Baer & David Finkel Director Nelson Recinos	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Rue McClanahy (Tress MacNeille) Jelly-Head (Kevin Michael Richardson) Marv Albert (Billy West) Man #1 (Roger Rose) Bobby Nacht (Peter Jason) Referee (Jan Rabson)
Summary Pinky and Brain put together a basketball team as part of their next plan, but the fame may be swelling Brain's head. Brian uses the name, Muhammed Al Ba Brain and endorses a line of Air Brain shoes.
The World Domination Plan "We shall join the National Basketball Association and become B-ball legends. Once we have endeared ourselved to the masses, people will follow our every command, allowing us to take over the world!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but why would Peter Bogdanovich?
Brain's New Word Genu - Any body structure that's shaped like a knife

Leave It to Beavers
Broadcast Date 08-Sep-1997 Writer Wayne Kaatz & Charles M. Howell, IV, Wendell Morris Director Liz Holzman & Russell Calabrese	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Woman (Tress MacNeille) Beaver (Frank Welker) Hal Slug (Townsend Coleman)
Summary Brain enlists the aid of beavers to gain control over the flow of rivers.
The World Domination Plan "As I activate this remote control, the cathode ray gun of the picture tube will fire photons at the television screen, exciting the radium particles in the watch dial, causing a mutating effect on your genes. You are evolving into a new species, destined to help me take over the world! With your new skill, the entire beaver population can be at my command. We'll dam the rivers, control the waterways, and flood the cities!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but isn't a cucumber that small called a gherkin?
Brain's New Word Ideophobia - Fear of ideas

Cinebrania
Broadcast Date 08-Sep-1997 Writer Wendell Morris & Tom Sheppard Director Liz Holzman & Russell Calabrese	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Woman (Tress MacNeille) Beaver (Frank Welker) Hal Slug (Townsend Coleman)
Summary The mice make a series of comedy films and hit the big time.
The World Domination Plan "We shall make motion pictures that tell of courage, of heroism, of a certain rodent destined to rule the world. Because human beings are incapable of distinguishing between reality and the filmed image, they will embrace me as a great leader."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word Ideophobia - Fear of ideas

Pinky & The Brain and... Larry
Broadcast Date 13-Sep-1997 Writer Gordon Bressack & Charles M. Howell, IV Director Russell Calabrese & Liz Holzman	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Larry (Billy West) Fred Floppel (Frank Welker) Chris (Jeff Bennett) Robert (John Mariano) Del Monte (Jim Meskimen)
Summary Pinky and Brain have a new companion, Larry, but their newest plan just doesn't seem to pan out. The theme song is different in this episode. Every time after they sing "They're Pinky and the Brain" a voice chimes in "and Larry."
The World Domination Plan "With this device, The Synchronoclastic Remote Controller, I shall be able to control every remote controller in the country. (Pinky wonders if it will be able to control all of the garage door openers too. Brain replies...) With just a few modifications, it could! With everyone's cars locked in their garages, they'll be forced to use bicycles, crippling the petroleum industry and bringing the world to its knees. "
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Larry and Brain, but how we will get all seven dwarves to shave their legs?
Brain's New Word Introjection - Building someone else's qualities into your ego
Goofs  When Brain is writing on the chalkboard early in the episode he ends his equation with " = PLAN " but, from the side angle that we see the equal sign is on top of the word "PLAN" making the "L" look like an "E" so that the word looks more like "PEAN." Later in the episode, we see Brain with the chalkboard behind him and it says "PALN."

Where The Deer and The Mousealopes Play
Broadcast Date 13-Sep-1997 Writer Wendell Morris & Tom Sheppard Director Russell Calabrese & Liz Holzman	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Mousealope Calf (Tress MacNeille) Fred Floppel (Frank Welker) Chris (Jeff Bennett) Robert (John Mariano) Del Monte (Jim Meskimen)
Summary Pinky and Brain try to take over the steel mills in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for their latest plan by pretending to be a part of an endangered species called the Mousealopes.
The World Domination Plan "With tonight's plan, we shall confuse humanity into submission, by stranding them in hopeless mental and physical gridlock through the use of 3-D 'magic eye' technology. The cryptic genius of my plan is that hidden in this poster is no secret message of any kind whatsoever. We shall construct a series of magic eye billboards, 3 miles high and 11 miles wide over the nation's freeways. As the confounded commuters struggle in vain to decipher the nonexistant messages, they will become stranded in a neverending rush hour. Thus, giving us an opportunity to seize power."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word Introjection - Building someone else's qualities into your ego

Brain Noir
Broadcast Date 13-Sep-1997 Writer Wendell Morris & Tom Sheppard Director Charles Visser	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Snowball (Roddy McDowall) Billie (Tress MacNeille) Farmer (Jan Rabson)
Summary It's 1946 and Brain's new plan gets interrupted when he and Pinky encounter Billie and Snowball.
The World Domination Plan "Behold the instrument of our conquest: The Fedor-A-Matic. We shall divert the flow of the Los Angeles municipal water supply into a gigantic version of this mockup. The more likely reaction will be panic and utter chaos. With the populace trapped in their hats, we shall seize Los Angeles and then Pamona!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but if we get Sam spayed, he'll never have any puppies.
Brain's New Word Helmintgusasus - Disease caused by worms invading the body

Brain's Bogie
Broadcast Date 15-Sep-1997 Writer Reid Harrison Director Nelson Recinos	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Cher (Tress MacNeille) Fred Floppel (Frank Welker) Video Teacher (Sam McMurray) Castro-type (Jeff Bennett) Earth (Earl Boen)
Summary Brain gets caught up in winning a golf tournament, even though it interferes with his new plan.
The World Domination Plan "I shall simply tattoo the words 'Property Of Brain' on a discreet area of the Earth. Thus shall it be forever mine."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word Bolus - Chewed up bunch of food

Say What, Earth?
Broadcast Date 15-Sep-1997 Writer Gene Laufenberg Director Nelson Recinos	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Cher (Tress MacNeille) Fred Floppel (Frank Welker) Video Teacher (Sam McMurray) Castro-type (Jeff Bennett) Earth (Earl Boen)
Summary After the Earth gets the power of speech from his Silitronlinguifactor device, Overlord Brain comes up with a new plan.
The World Domination Plan "With The Silitronlinguifactor, I can rule the Earth. Forgive the following New Age babble, but every inanimate contains its own unique energy, its very own unique aura. The Silitronlinguifactor will interpret this energy for us, and bring said objects to life."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? But calling it Pu-Pu platter? What were they thinking?
Brain's New Word Bolus - Chewed up bunch of food

My Feldmans, My Friends
Broadcast Date 16-Sep-1997 Writer Brett Baer, David Finkel Director Charles Visser	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Mr. Sultana (Paul Rugg)
Summary Brain tries to get a package meant for him back from his neighbor.
The World Domination Plan "Once we complete this tower, every radio will be forcibly tuned to one radio station, KBRAIN. Tonight, I shall deliver a fireside chat so chock full of persuasive propaganda, the cradle of humanity will hail me as the 'greater communicator'."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but how do we get the Spice Girls into the paella?
Brain's New Word Sparganosis - Infection from the larvae of the fish tapeworm
Goofs  In the first shot with Brain's computer screen, the storm moves from left to right across the display. But in all later shots where the display is visible, the storm is back at the left of the screen and still moving right.

All You Need Is Narf
Broadcast Date 17-Sep-1997 Writer Bill Matheny, Charles M. Howell, IV & Earl Kress Director Kirk Tingblad	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Jim (Jeff Bennett) Indian Man (Billy West) Fred (Jess Harnell) First Lady (Tress MacNeille) The President (Frank Welker)
Summary Pinky becomes Guru Mous-arishi during the 1960s.
The World Domination Plan "I call my new invention: the lava lamp. People will be infatuated by the colorful lava-like matter it spews. As they look on in stupified awe, every room will fill with our ersatz lava which will then harden and trap the public. With the masses unable to move, I will step in and take over the world!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but if we give peas a chance, won't the lima beans feel left out?
Brain's New Word Ototoxic - having a bad effect on hearing organs

Pinky's Plan
Broadcast Date 17-Sep-1997 Writer Earl Kress & Cathy Shambley Director Kirk Tingblad	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Jim (Jeff Bennett) Indian Man (Billy West) Fred (Jess Harnell) First Lady (Tress MacNeille) The President (Frank Welker)
Summary It's Brain birthday and Pinky plans a surprise party.
The World Domination Plan
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? What was that?
Brain's New Word

This Old Mouse
Broadcast Date 18-Sep-1997 Writer Bill Canterbury Director Charles Visser	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Mr. Sultana (Paul Rugg) Cheerleader (Tress MacNeille) Game Announcer (Jeff Bennett)
Summary By using a Virtual Reality Transynchlotron, capable of not only simulating games, but simulating the future, Brain looks into his future. After getting a glimpse of it, Brain abandons his attempts to take over the world and gets a job as a ski instructor, Jean-Claude Brain.
The World Domination Plan "These headsets will allow us to visit the virtual future where one of my plans have succeeded and I am ruling the world. Once we broadcast a tape of the future, the world will see how perfect life will be under my rule and gladly surrender now."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but if we had a snowmobile, wouldn't it melt before summer?
Brain's New Word Bleb - Small gathering of fluid under the skin

Brain Storm
Broadcast Date 19-Sep-1997 Writer John P. McCann Director Russell Calabrese	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Kale Mumphausen (Jeff Bennett) Agnes (Dani Douthette)
Summary The mice are looking to control tornados using a Verkimer suit, but a pest keeps getting in their way.
The World Domination Plan "We will hijack a tornado scientifically, creating an ambulatory weather system of unstoppable might. People will bow before us in awe and we shall rule the world! We then travel to tornado alley. There we shall find a cyclone and ride it to our destiny!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word Blue Nevus - A steel blue skin lump

A Meticulous Analysis Of History
Broadcast Date 20-Sep-1997 Writer Earl Kress , Charles M. Howell, IV, Wendell Morris, Tom Sheppard Director Kirk Tingblad	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen)
Summary Brain sings about past and present world leaders' failures. During this episode, Brain pops up with two signs. The first says "You see, you are already under my control." The second says "I have forced you to use the still-frame feature on your VCR."
The World Domination Plan
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word

Funny, You Don't Look Rhennish
Broadcast Date 20-Sep-1997 Writer Jed Spingarn Director Kirk Tingblad	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Sarah (Tress MacNeille) Jakob (Jeff Bennett)
Summary The mice pretend to be Brother Brain and Brother Pinky, members of a group of people wary of technology to gain access to a mine containing large amounts of a mineral called Sinusite, that gives people a sneezing fit.
The World Domination Plan "We're off to Minnesota. According to this geological survey, one of the richest untapped mines of sinusite in the known world is located there. Sinusite is a rock crystal which, in pulverized form, is purveyed in gag stores around the world under the name of sneezing powder. We shall unearth huge quantities of sinusite and disperse it throughout the globe using the world's most powerful fan. While the populace is racked with a sneezing fit, I'll have more than enough time to take over the world!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word Buccal - The inside of your cheek

The Pinky Protocol
Broadcast Date 22-Sep-1997 Writer Rich Fogel Director Kirk Tingblad	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Mary Hartless (Tress MacNeille) Fred Floppel (Frank Welker) Christopher Walken (Jeff Bennett) FBI Agent (Townsend Coleman) Anthony Hopkins (Billy West)
Summary Under the alias of Harold Foster Brain, Brain executes his latest plan - a conspiracy theory about why he is not ruling the world.
The World Domination Plan "I will create my own conspiracy theory. I shall fabricate a wild and improbable story in order to convice the public that I am the victim of an hidden plot whose sole purpose is to prevent me from taking my rightful place as ruler of the world."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but can the Gummi Worms really live in peace with the Marshmallow Chicks?
Brain's New Word Epistaxis - A nose bleed

Mice Don't Dance
Broadcast Date 26-Sep-1997 Writer Tom Minton Director Russell Calabrese	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Old Woman (Tress MacNeille) Grover Whalen (John Astin) Bojangles (Dorian Harewood) Wendy (Gail Matthius) Ponytail (Michael McKean) Weird Guy - Peter Scolari
Summary Using steam-powered tap shoes, Brain plans to becomes a tap dancer to spread a subliminal message.
The World Domination Plan "I will tap out a subliminal world domination message in Morse code, using a pair of tap dancing legs of my own creation. Our venue, the 1939 New York World's Fair. Where the world will come to see the future, and the future will be yours truly!"
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Well, I think so Brain, but wouldn't anything lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
Brain's New Word Quercetin - a yellow dye found in lemons

Brain Drained
Broadcast Date 26-Sep-1997 Writer Wendell Morris & Tom Sheppard Director Russell Calabrese	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Old Woman (Tress MacNeille) Grover Whalen (John Astin) Bojangles (Dorian Harewood) Wendy (Gail Matthius) Ponytail (Michael McKean) Weird Guy - Peter Scolari
Summary Brain is out of ideas for taking over the world, so he tries to get some from screenwriters.
The World Domination Plan "Lemon Meringue Pie, a tangy tantalizing confection which is the perfect shield for my hypnotic sugar substitute Nutra Brain, patent pending. Once ingested, it will render humans incapable of coherent thought, and I..." "We shall infiltrate the Publisher's Cleaninghouse Sweepstakes offices by posing as Ed MacMahon and his sidekick Dick Clark. Once inside the offices, we shall reprogram the computer systems to place a backward subliminal message in every mail that goes across the..." "We shall hire would-be screenwriters to formulate dozens of original plans which we shall then claim as our own and use as we see fit."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but three round meals a day wouldn't be as hard to swallow.
Brain's New Word Quercetin - a yellow dye found in lemons

Brain Acres
Broadcast Date 27-Sep-1997 Writer Charles M. Howell, IV , Earl Kress, Wendell Morris & Tom Sheppard Director Nelson Recinos	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Jimmy Joe Jr. (Mark Hamill) Maurice (Frank Welker) Shopper (Lauren Tom)
Summary Farmer Brain tries to grow an army of monster vegetables.
The World Domination Plan "Tonight, we shall unlock the mystery of life. The storm is at its peak. We shall harness its energy to breathe life into yon insentient form. For as you awake, so shall the sun dawn on a new age. An age in which I shall rule the world! Give me the spark of life!" "By adapting my machinery from the lab, I have constructed the Vegatron. With this new improved version, I can create fierce threatening vegatables, unlike Maurice, to frighten the unsuspecting populace into submission so I can take over the world. This time, I have selected the common eggplant." "Our problem is solved! I have developed a fertilizer that will grow our vegetables to gargantiun proportions. Never again will my herbacius helpers be ignored. I call my concoction Braindini. A select blend of chloraphyll, performance enhancing steroids, cattle droppings, and a pudding snack. Now we must buy a humble plot of bottom land, where we shall sow the seeds of victory. We shall travel to middle America, where we will purchase a repossessed farm with this 2 million dollar government subsidy check."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? I think so Brain, but if the plural of mouse is mice, wouldn't the plural of spouse be spice?
Brain's New Word Epulis - A tumor or growth on the gums

Pinky And The Brainmaker
Broadcast Date 29-Sep-1997 Writer Norm McCabe Director Russell Calabrese	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Elsa Kitsch (Tress MacNeille) Fabrizio Ditzo (Jeff Bennett) Giselle (Laraine Newman)
Summary First Brain plans to use a gemination machine to make clones from a photograph. Then Brain will use those clones to create the world's most beloved Celtic dance group.
The World Domination Plan "Do you realize what this gemination will bring us? It will give us enough clones to take over the world! Now observe while I used this photograph of myself and create the first clone. He moves just like me. I will create the world's most beloved Celtic dance group."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word Fasciculus - Small bundle of muscles, tendons, or nerve fibers

Calvin Brain
Broadcast Date 29-Sep-1997 Writer Rich Fogel, Earl Kress & Charles M. Howell, IV Director Russell Calabrese	Characters Brain (Maurice LaMarche) Pinky (Rob Paulsen) Elsa Kitsch (Tress MacNeille) Fabrizio Ditzo (Jeff Bennett) Giselle (Laraine Newman)
Summary When Brain achieves fame as a fashion designer, Calvin Brain, he uses his fame and Supermodel Sensation Pinky, to push his new perfume, Subjugation.
The World Domination Plan "My skillful adaptation of the latest in subtle advertising techniques. A commercial designed to convince an unsophisticated public that my new perfume will give them what they most desire. That exotic, mystic, alluring thing that everyone seeks from a perfume. What they will actually divine is a secret mind control formula. I have isolated a precise combination of pheromones that stimulate certain subperital receptor cells rendering the human brain submissive to the exact frequencies of my voice. This perfume will make its wearer obey my every command, allowing me to take over the world."
Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
Brain's New Word Fasciculus - Small bundle of muscles, tendons, or nerve fibers
Goofs  When the mice are guests on "House of Fads", they come out of the floor on top of a lava lamp. Between the mice is a bottle of Subjugation, which disappears and then reappears.

Pinky Suavo

Broadcast Date 04-Oct-1997 Writ