Scripted series · The WB
Pinky and the Brain
One is a genius, the other's insane.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Rob Paulsen
Pinky (voice)
95 eps
Maurice LaMarche
The Brain (voice)
95 eps
Clyde Kusatsu
1 eps
Gabrielle Carteris
2 eps
John Glover
1 eps
John Rhys-Davies
1 eps
Tom Bodett
1 eps
Joyce Brothers
Joyce Brothers (voice)
1 eps
Jennifer Hale
1 eps
Laraine Newman
Secretary (voice)
3 eps
John Astin
1 eps
Jeffrey Tambor
Beetle Fiero (voice)
1 eps
Ed McMahon
Ed McMahon (voice)
1 eps
Pat Musick
2 eps
Dorian Harewood
1 eps
Dick Clark
Dick Clark (voice)
2 eps
Philip Maurice Hayes
Pollster #2 (voice)
1 eps
Kevin Michael Richardson
Jelly-Head (voice)
1 eps
Roddy McDowall
Snowball (voice)
7 eps
Julie Brown
Danette Spoonabello (voice)
3 eps
John Moschitta Jr.
Mister Sacket (voice)
1 eps
Roger Rose
David L. (voice)
2 eps
John Mariano
Robert (voice)
2 eps
Eric Idle
Mom & Dad (voice)
1 eps
Gavin MacLeod
Gavin MacLeod (voice)
1 eps
Steve Allen
Steve Allen (voice)
1 eps
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Big Jimmy Fruithead (voice)
1 eps
Earl Boen
Santa (voice)
2 eps
Frank Welker
23 eps
Candi Milo
Claire (voice)
1 eps
Michael Donovan
Maitre 'D (voice)
1 eps
Tress MacNeille
32 eps
Dave Coulier
Tom H. (voice)
1 eps
Jess Harnell
Wakk Skylicker (voice)
4 eps
Gail Matthius
3 eps
Jeff Bennett
23 eps
David Alan Grier
Marlon (voice)
1 eps
Corey Burton
5 eps
Richard Doyle
Phineas Fogg (voice)
1 eps
Brian George
Sir Niles (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Pinky and the Brain actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Pinky and the Brain reads strongest on Humour, World Building and Spectacle.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Pinky and Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who reside in a cage in the Acme Labs research facility. Brain is self-centered and scheming; Pinky is good-natured but feebleminded. In each episode, Brain devises a new plan to take over the world, which ultimately ends in failure, usually due to Pinky's idiocy, the impossibility of Brain's plan, Brain's own arrogance, or just circumstances beyond their control.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 95 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
199324 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
199519 episodes
7.1IMDbBest episode · S01E01 Das Mouse
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
199616 episodes
6.3IMDb
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
199751 episodes
6.6IMDbBest episode · S03E12 Brain Storm
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
19989 episodes
6.5IMDb
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S03E18
Brain Acres
Farmer Brain tries to grow an army of monster vegetables.
- Directed by Nelson Recinos
- Written by Charles M. Howell IV, Tom Sheppard
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E24
The Start of All Things Wacky
S00E23
The Audition
S00E21
Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
S00E22
It's All About The Fans
S04E09
Star Warners
- Directed by Nelson Recinos
- Written by Liz Holzman, Tom Ruegger
S04E07
A Legendary Tail
- Directed by Nelson Recinos
- Written by Charles M. Howell IV, Jed Spingarn
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Tom Ruegger
Executive producer
Steven Spielberg
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Liz Holzman
Writer
Dave Finkel
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Bill Canterbury
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Shaun McLaughlin
Writer
David Fury
Writer
Charles M. Howell IV
Writer
- Photo unavailable
John P. McCann
Writer
Patric M. Verrone
Writer
Gordon Bressack
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Gene Laufenberg
Writer
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John Ludin
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Tom Minton
Writer
- Photo unavailable
David Finkel
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Bob Davies
Writer
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Tom Sheppard
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Jed Spingarn
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Rich Fogel
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Elin Hampton
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Wendell Morris
Writer
- Photo unavailable
John Loy
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Cathy Shambley
Writer
Norm McCabe
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Reid Harrison
Writer
Paul Rugg
Writer
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Wayne Kaatz
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Nick DuBois
Writer
Peter Hastings
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Bill Matheny
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Earl Kress
Writer
Brian Swenlin
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Bill Braunstein
Writer
Brett Baer
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Liz HolzmanProducer
- Tom RueggerExecutive Producer
- Charles M. Howell IVProducer
- Rusty MillsProducer
- Steven SpielbergExecutive Producer
- Peter HastingsProducer
Writing
- Liz HolzmanWriter
- Dave FinkelWriter
- Bill CanterburyWriter
- Tom RueggerWriter
- Shaun McLaughlinWriter
- David FuryWriter
Direction
- Liz HolzmanDirector
- Al ZeglerDirector
- Audu PadenDirector
- Nelson RecinosDirector
- Charles VisserDirector
- Rusty MillsDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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- Fandango At HomeBuy
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