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Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by staticman2 » Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 3:58 AM UTC

In the recent new season on Hulu there was an episode where Brain's future self arrived and wanted to kill Pinky for allegedly secretly sabotaging Brain's plans all along.

Some episodes could be interpreted that way, with Pinky screwing things up on purpose, but Brain clearly screws up himself much of the time.

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by SV_BubbleTime » Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 3:59 AM UTC

brundolf wrote: post #9

Reminds me of my favorite fiction conspiracy theory: https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/3qvj6w/theory_jar...

Instead of that which would have been awesome and retconned Jar Jar from embarrassing into a great story of our times…

We instead got the first movie redone, and two pretty poor follow ups with grrrrrr fake teeth being the series rock bottom. Ugh, that plot hole of a light speed weapon, the force can’t bring someone back to life but let’s do it like three times, whatever. I’ve forgotten more about the last trilogy than the prequals.

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by mbg721 » Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 4:11 AM UTC

The link neglects to mention that the game-show was called "Gyp-Parody," and is one of the best Jeopardy knock-offs ever made.

My personal favorite is the one where the Brain assumes the identity of country singer Bubba-Bo-Bob-Brain.

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by pineaux » Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 5:22 AM UTC

Narf!

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by fractallyte » Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 5:54 AM UTC

I thought this was made pretty clear in the theme song's lyrics?

"They're Pinky and The Brain - Yes Pinky and The Brain - One is a genius - The other's insane"

Brain is clearly made out to be insane (in the cartoon sense), which leaves Pinky as the genius. QED, right?

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by Iv » Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 6:02 AM UTC

LinuxBender wrote: post #6

Sorry I know this is off topic, but I must post the obligatory Pinky and the Brain from Postmodern Jukebox with the original voice actors in the background. [1] [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqMs9WsJg2k

That's hilariously enjoyable

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by chx » Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 6:02 AM UTC

fractallyte wrote: post #15

I thought this was made pretty clear in the theme song's lyrics? "They're Pinky and The Brain - Yes Pinky and The Brain - One is a genius - The other's insane" Brain is clearly made out to be insane (in the cartoon sense), which leaves Pinky as the genius. QED, right?

Right, that was clear to me and I never saw an episode only heard the theme song... it's very clearly insanity to try to take over the world and also being cagey about which one is insane it's again obvious it's not that the one whose name would imply it.

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by mlang23 » Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 6:36 AM UTC

brundolf wrote: post #9

Reminds me of my favorite fiction conspiracy theory: https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/3qvj6w/theory_jar...

Oh, thats neat. Its basically saying Jar Jar is the evil counterpart of Yoda, hiding his true abilities behind a cute appearance.

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by mlang23 » Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 6:40 AM UTC

SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #12

brundolf wrote: post #9

Reminds me of my favorite fiction conspiracy theory: https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/3qvj6w/theory_jar...

Instead of that which would have been awesome and retconned Jar Jar from embarrassing into a great story of our times… We instead got the first movie redone, and two pretty poor follow ups with grrrrrr fake teeth being the series rock bottom. Ugh, that plot hole of a light speed weapon, the force can’t bring someone back to life but let’s do it like three times, whatever. I’ve forgotten more about the last trilogy th…

Star Wars has lost me. I loved 4,5,6, and I found 1,2,3 at least exciting to see the story arc closed up. But what came afterwards was pretty much unwatchable. I went to the cinema for Rogue One even, but dont remember a single plot-line. Thats pretty unusual for me, since I uslally remember storylines from movies I watched many years ago. But this stuff just didnt leave any impression at all.

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by mlang23 » Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 6:45 AM UTC

fractallyte wrote: post #15

I thought this was made pretty clear in the theme song's lyrics? "They're Pinky and The Brain - Yes Pinky and The Brain - One is a genius - The other's insane" Brain is clearly made out to be insane (in the cartoon sense), which leaves Pinky as the genius. QED, right?

Indeed. Besides, you dont even need the lyrics to infer who is insane. The only major goal in life being world domination is enough proof in my book...