Pinky and the Brain

Pinky and the Brain
Promotional logo (right) and title characters
Also known asSteven Spielberg Presents Pinky and the Brain
GenreAnimated sitcom
Science fiction
Created byTom Ruegger
Voices ofRob Paulsen
Maurice LaMarche
Theme music composerRichard Stone
Opening theme"Pinky and the Brain Theme" by Jess Harnell, Rob Paulsen, Dorian Harewood, & Jim Cummings[1]
ComposersRichard Stone
Steven Bernstein
Julie Bernstein
Gordon Goodwin
Carl Johnson
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes65 (96 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerSteven Spielberg
ProducersLiz Holzman
Charles M. Howell IV
Peter Hastings
Rusty Mills
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesAmblin Entertainment
Warner Bros. Television Animation
Original release
NetworkKids' WB
ReleaseSeptember 9, 1995 (1995-09-09) –
November 14, 1998 (1998-11-14)
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Pinky and the Brain is an American animated sitcom created by Tom Ruegger for the Kids' WB programming block of The WB. It was the first animated television series to be presented in Dolby Surround and a collaboration of Steven Spielberg with his production company Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Animation. The characters first appeared in 1993 as a recurring segment on the animated television series Animaniacs. It was later spun off as a series due to its popularity, with 65 episodes produced. The characters later appeared in the series Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain,[2] and later returned to their roots as an Animaniacs segment in the 2020 revival of that series.

Pinky and The Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who reside in a cage in the Acme Labs research facility. Pinky is good-natured but feeble-minded, while The Brain is highly intelligent, self-centered and scheming. In each episode, The Brain devises a new plan to take over the world which ultimately ends in failure; usually due to the impossibility of The Brain's plan, The Brain's own overconfidence, Pinky's bumbling, an oversight on The Brain's part, circumstances beyond their control, or a combination thereof. In common with many other Animaniacs shorts, many episodes are in some way a parody of something else, usually a film or novel.

  1. ^ Rob Paulsen (December 30, 2012). "Jess Harnell, Dorian Harewood, Jim Cummings and yours truly, if memory serves". Retrieved December 30, 2012.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 617–619. ISBN 978-1476665993.