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Minus et Cortex

Original title: Pinky and the Brain
  • TV Series
  • 1995–1998
  • Tous publics
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
34K
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POPULARITY
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Minus et Cortex (1995)
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Pinky and the Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who live in Acme Labs. The Brain is self-centered and scheming; Pinky is good-natured but feeble-minded. In each episode, the Bra... Read allPinky and the Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who live in Acme Labs. The Brain is self-centered and scheming; Pinky is good-natured but feeble-minded. In each episode, the Brain devises a new plan to take over the world.Pinky and the Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who live in Acme Labs. The Brain is self-centered and scheming; Pinky is good-natured but feeble-minded. In each episode, the Brain devises a new plan to take over the world.

  • Stars
    • Maurice LaMarche
    • Rob Paulsen
    • Tress MacNeille
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    7.8/10
    34K
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    POPULARITY
    3,037
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    • Stars
      • Maurice LaMarche
      • Rob Paulsen
      • Tress MacNeille
    • 43User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 9 wins & 16 nominations total

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    Rob Paulsen
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    I strive to becoming brain

    I consider that Pinky and the Brain is exhaustively underrated, I feel that the series should continue as 'Pinky and The Brain' are unquestionably entertaining!

    Pinky: So what are we going to do tonight Brain? Brain: The same thing we do every night Pinky....Try to take over the WORLD!

    When people suggest who is funniest on the programme I always protested Brain as he had complete power and a big sense of authority, of what he was doing. Brains anger amused me in a way that no other programme has.

    Brain, in general has an wrathful attitude and his inclination for global domination can be understood, (I know how he feels), He should have found me. We could have ruled the world side by side......BRAIN LIVES!!!!

    Only he can understand what I'm becoming..........

    7 wins 10 nominations, enough said really!
    10TheLittleSongbird

    Hilarious, cute, brilliantly animated and zany, quite simply a brilliant TV show

    As an avid fan of Animaniacs, I watch this spin off show with the lovable characters Pinky and the Brain religiously, and I love it just as much as Animaniacs. It is simply brilliant and so much fun, something cartoons now should learn from. It is hilarious, cute and zany, and not only is a worthy successor to Animaniacs but almost surpasses it.

    Pinky and The Brain is brilliantly animated, I love looking at the audacious colours, the pretty backgrounds and how the characters move. The music is very memorable and really cleverly composed, and the theme song is deliciously catchy. Plus the story lines are clever, outrageous but brilliantly structured, and the scripts and humour is engaging, hilarious and zany. I think it is thanks to the superb writing, and the characters are endearing and unique, Pinky being stupid but funny and adorable and Brain being brainy and somewhat deadpan. The voice acting is absolutely stellar, Rob Paulson and Maurice LeMarche both do superb jobs, and they are supported brilliantly by Tress MacNeille and Frank Welker.

    Overall, brilliant, perfect for kids and adults. Shame it didn't last longer. Personally, I would avoid the spin off Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain, the obnoxious Elmyra alone was enough to make me stop watching. 10/10 Bethany Cox
    TheMan3051

    NARF!

    Next to Animaniacs this has to be the funniest cartoon of the `90s.

    NARF!

    POINT!

    "Pinky are you pondering what I'm pondering? I think so Brain but if Jimmy cracked corn and no one cared why does he keep on doing it?"
    9gizmomogwai

    Brilliant characterization

    I remember watching this show in high school and loving it. It had brilliant characterization; for some reason, combining a cruel super-intelligent mouse with a silly free spirited mouse worked. Their non sequitur running joke, in which Brain would ask Pinky about his thoughts and time and again would find Pinky's mind had wandered far off, were priceless. Brain was mean to Pinky, but part of what made Pinky great was that he loved that, he even withstood Satan's torture. These characters could carry even the weaker story lines. It was such a silly premise, with the two mice trying to take over the world, but it was an original one, and setting the story in a dark laboratory really worked.

    I'm proud that this won an Emmy. This is right up there with The Simpsons and Rocky and Bullwinkle for great animation. Adding Elmyra was a huge mistake, I particularly missed the lab.
    MovieAddict2016

    Absolute hysteria! A great show for kids AND adults!

    Pinky and the Brain has got to be one of the funniest cartoon shows ever. Steven Spielberg himself co-produced this film, and once and a while actually would do a cameo on the show. If you want to see two lab mice, every week trying to take over the world, doing some of the most ridiculous, outrageous things ever see Pinky and the Brain. Just not the spin-off Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain. Yuck, talk about a bad show. The voice talents were great in the show and I loved both the characters. Especially Pinky, the stupid but of course humorous one. Then there's Brain, the brainy idea expert. Together, these two caged lab mice have a great time letting us have a good time. I was so sad when the show stopped airing after three years. I can't find it anywhere now and it makes me mad. I hope someday they do the re-runs on WB because this show is not just for kids, it's got great adult humor too. One of which like I said before, when the mice run into Steven Spielberg. But anyway, if you can find this show on your local listings, watch it. It's an instant classic. NARF!

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    • Trivia
      Maurice LaMarche described the Brain's voice as "65% Orson Welles and 35% Vincent Price".
    • Quotes

      The Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?

      Pinky: Woof, oh, I'd have to say the odds of that are terribly slim, Brain.

      The Brain: True.

      Pinky: I mean, really, when have I ever been pondering what you've been pondering?

      The Brain: To my knowledge, never.

      Pinky: Exactly. So, what are the chances that this time, I'm pondering what you're pondering?

      The Brain: Next to nil.

      Pinky: Well, that's exactly what I'm thinking, too.

      The Brain: Therefore, you ARE pondering what I'm pondering.

      Pinky: Poit! I guess I am.

    • Crazy credits
      Towards the end of the series' closing credits, the definition for one of the polysyllabic words used by the Brain in that week's episode was shown.
    • Alternate versions
      Nickelodeon added its logo into the series' opening theme song on various objects.
    • Connections
      Featured in Pokémon / Pinky and the Brain Commercial (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Pinky and the Brain Theme - Original Version
      Written by Richard Stone and Tom Ruegger

      Performed by Jess Harnell, Dorian Harewood, Jim Cummings and Rob Paulsen

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    • Release date
      • May 8, 1998 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Animaniacs Voice Artists Interview
      • Official Pinky & The Brain Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Pinky and the Brain
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros. Animation
      • Amblin Entertainment
      • Amblin Television
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    • Runtime
      • 30m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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