"Are you pondering what I’m pondering?"
"I think so, Brain, but why would a federated social network care about our anniversary?”

"Pinky and the Brain" debuted on 9 september 1995.

"While the cartoon makes jokes, the reality is that mice and other animals are being used for medical test everyday."

"They’re laboratory mice / so their lives aren't really nice / they’ll mostly, they’ll mostly be in pain pain pain pain, pain pain pain pain."

Scientifically Accurate™ Pinky and the Brain

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SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE™ PINKY AND THE BRAIN by Animation Domination High Def - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSGbLxbiODo

Macalester Alum Dr. Neal Barnard Sues College Over Use of Live Animals in Labs – Animal Rights Coalition
https://animalrightscoalition.com/2025/06/11/macalester-alum-dr-neal-barnard-sues-college-over-use-of-live-animals-in-labs/

New Phase in Court Fight Over Deadly Animal Experiments at Macalester College Exposes Shocking Admissions About College’s Standards, Ethics, and Donors
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Pinky! Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? p1

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@ixi That was when the series debuted, but the characters started appearing on the Animaniacs much earlier (in 1993). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinky_and_the_Brain
Pinky and the Brain - Wikipedia

@stevendbrewer @ixi I only remember seeing them on animaniacs! I didn’t know there was a dedicated series …but then I left the states before the latter started.

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May have used the theme tune for a brain controlled Flappy Birds type game a while back.

https://youtu.be/cUjn99eWboI?si=YQvSwEs6nkY1DVCG

WinkleInk's Flappy Brain game

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@ixi
Is Brain still trying to take over the world? Because I'd very much like to hear his platform.

Heck, at this point, Pinky's platform would likely be better than what we have.

@realtegan

👀 I mean...

"Most notably, the Freakazoid! episode "Freakazoid is History!" shows an alternate timeline where the world is in a more prosperous state under Brain's rule as president. Not only does cold fusion work, but Rush Limbaugh is also a philanthropist helping poor communities and orphaned children, Sharon Stone is a better actress, Euro-Disney is packed, and there are no Chevy Chase movies."

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Brain's Plans | Animaniacs Wiki | Fandom
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Brain's Plans

"You come up with a lot of silly ideas, Brain!" — Pinky's perception of the plans, from the episode "Pinky's Turn" This article is a list of the Brain's various plans to take over the world throughout different Animaniacs-related media. Pinky provides assistance (in his own way) with many of these plans. Some additional plans from other characters are also included in this list (such as Snowball and Precious). Brain's reasonings for wanting to take over the world are complicated at best. His...

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@ixi I never understood the appeal of this show. They never win and they lose over and over again in preposterous ways. I guess if I had to guess, that last part is the appeal but w/e... I don't get why.

@ixi @astraluma while the WB ran tv series started in 1995, the first P&TB segment first aired on Fox in Animaniacs, September 14th, 1993.

So sorry, Pinky, you have to wait five more days.

@ixi
This may be of interest. Actors who voiced Pinky and Brain are in it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqMs9WsJg2k
Pinky And The Brain Theme - Postmodern Jukebox (ft. Emily Goglia, Rob Paulsen, Maurice LaMarche)

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