Episode
Pinky and the Brain: TV or Not TV
Overview
Brain develops a special pair of dentures that can produce a smile that can hypnotize anyone who is not wearing a special pair of sunglasses. In order to take over the world, he needs people to see the mesmerizing smile. He figures that he needs to get on TV and in order to do that he has to become a celebrity.
Details
- Series
- Pinky and the Brain
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1995-11-19
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
TV or Not TV is Episode 10 in Season 1 of Pinky and the Brain. It aired on 1995-11-19. The runtime is 21 min.
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Episode 9: Brainania
The Brain hatches a plan to take over the world by using static electricity to shock the world into submission. Unfortunately he needs several billion dollars to build a giant clothes dryer. Pinky and the Brain head to Island X where they set up a fake country and hope to get a giant foreign aid loan from the United States.
Episode 11: Napoleon Brainaparte
While France awaits Napoleon's triumphant return from Austria, Brain develops a recipe for exploding crepe-suzettes in an effort to conquer France. He uses the recipe in a cooking class and when the crepes explode, he is arrested. When he is taken to prison, however, his luck begins to change when people mistake him for Napoleon Bonaparte.
More episodes from this season
Episode 8: Cheese Roll Call
Pinky sings about cheese.
Episode 12: A Pinky and the Brain Christmas
Pinky and the Brain head to the North Pole. Pinky just wants to see Santa, but the Brain has a more sinister plan. He wants pretend to be an elf so that he can mass produce a hypnotic doll named "Noddle Noggin" in Santa's workshop. He then hopes that Santa will distribute the toy all over world so he can take over.
Episode 7: Where No Mouse Has Gone Before
Brain hears that a space probe is about to be launched. On the probe is a plaque with a representation of man and woman. Brain changes the plaque to make it appear that he rules the world. Aliens discover the probe and take Pinky and the Brain to their planet where they honor them just like they are "honored" on Earth.
Episode 13: Snowball
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.
Episode 6: Pinky & The Fog
Brain gains the ability to cloud the minds of men with his voice. He tries to get on the radio by adapting the persona of "The Fog". Unfortunately his plan falls apart when he gets to the studio.
Episode 14: Around the World in 80 Narfs
In Victorian England, the Brain realizes that he can take over the world by becoming president of the "Pompous Explorers Club". since the position usually leads to the Prime Ministership of England. In order to become president of the club, he must make it around the world in seventy-nine days.
Episode 5: Brainstem
Pinky and Brain perform a song about the brain.
Episode 15: Fly
Brain plans to melt the ice caps with the Hubble Space Telescope once he buys everything higher than the 39th floor.
Episode 4: That Smarts
Brain makes Pinky smarter so his stupidity won't ruin anymore plans.
Episode 16: Ambulatory Abe
Brain hopes to take over the world by convincing everyone that Abraham Lincoln has been reincarnated. He takes up ventriloquism and plans on using a statue.