Follow TV Tropes

Following

Context Funny / PinkyElmyraAndTheBrain

Go To

1Despite being the most reviled of Steven Spielberg's cartoons, ''WesternAnimation/PinkyElmyraAndTheBrain'' still had some downright hilarious moments.
2----
3* The opening theme's most notorious line "[[ExecutiveMeddling It's what the network wants/Why bother to complain]]?" has Pinky and the Brain [[BitingTheHandHumor getting kicked out of the Warner Bros. corporate headquarters]]. Elmyra looks at them with a goofy smile and shrugs.
4** The previous scene has Brain giving a ''[[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/79/Peatb.jpg priceless]]'' AsideGlance while watching Elmyra's antics.
5* "Patty-Ann": After Elmyra flushes Pinky and the Brain down the toilet.
6-->'''Pinky:''' I think Elmyra has seen ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' a few hundred times too many. Troz!\
7'''Brain:''' Let's hope she never rents ''Film/AClockworkOrange''. [[note]] Brain was actually tortured in his childhood ''A Clockwork Orange'' style in the ''Pinky and the Brain'' episode "Leggo my Ego".[[/note]]
8* "Gee Your Hair Spells Terrific":
9** Brain's plan to help Elmyra cheat in the spelling bee finals:
10-->'''Elmyra:''' Um, ''(gulps)'' "Absurd".\
11'''Brain:''' A bee is you, Ardie?\
12'''Elmyra:''' A-B-S-U-R-D. "Absurd".\
13'''Host:''' That is correct!\
14'''Judge:''' ''(under his breath)'' I think there might be a little cheating going on in the audience.\
15'''Baloney:''' Cheating? Well, that makes me gosh-oh-jolly, doodle-golly [[BerserkButton MAD]]!\
16'''Elmyra:''' "Poppycock".\
17'''Brain:''' Pee? Oh, pee pee. Why? See? Oh, see. 'Kay.\
18'''Elmyra:''' P-O-P-P-Y-C-O-C-K.\
19'''Pinky:''' Oh, I get it. ''(out loud)'' Oh, I see pee pee, too! Oh, why? Oh, why?\
20'''Brain:''' Pinky, quiet!\
21'''Elmyra:''' O-I-C-P-P-2-O-Y-O-Y.\
22'''Host:''' I'm sorry, that's too many letters... and numbers. We'll have to call that a wrong answer.\
23'''Baloney:''' ''(sneaks up behind Brain)'' Cheaters!\
24'''Brain:''' ''(falls)'' Oh! Oh! Oh!\
25'''Elmyra:''' O-O-O.\
26'''Host:''' I said that's wrong, you'll have to stop.
27** Then after Pinky and the Brain are outed:
28--->'''Brain:''' We learned a valuable lesson, Pinky.\
29'''Pinky:''' Yes, 2 is not a letter.
30** "There's only one problem: you can't spell the letter 'A'." "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Well, maybe they won't give her that word, Brain.]]"
31* The episode "At the Hop" has Ben Stein playing Rockin' Johnny Hot, the DJ at Elmyra's school dance. When the kids chase him out, Johnny screams in terror... and [[SuddenlyShouting Stein actually raises his voice from his trademark deadpan]].
32* The episode where Brain does his own version of ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' has a scene where his name is the secret word that causes bells to ring and red lights to flash. But when Pinky shows up:
33-->'''Pinky:''' Hello, Mr. Loyal Subject! Hello, Brain! ''[lights flash]''\
34'''Brain:''' You said the secret word!\
35'''Pinky:''' I did? Um... what's the secret word, Brain? ''[lights flash]''\
36'''Brain:''' You said the secret word again!\
37'''Pinky:''' Really? I've never won anything before. What do I win, Brain? ''[lights flash]'' Oh, this is so exciting!\
38'''Brain:''' OK, that's enough.\
39'''Pinky:''' Enough of what, Brain? ''[lights flash]''\
40'''Brain:''' Stop saying the secret word!\
41'''Pinky:''' What's the secret word, Brain? ''[lights flash]''\
42'''Brain:''' Errrrgh! Stop saying "Brain"! ''[lights flash]''\
43'''Pinky:''' Ah! You won, Brain! ''[lights flash]''\
44'''Brain:''' Stop it, stop it, stop it!\
45'''Pinky:''' Stop what, Brain? ''[lights flash]''\
46'''Brain:''' Okay, that's it! The secret word is ''not'' "Brain"!\
47'''Pinky:''' Wuhahaha! Shut yer face! Shut yer face, Brain! ''[continues to repeat "Brain", with the lights flashing each time, until Brain hits him on the head with his sceptre]''\
48'''Brain:''' The new ''new'' secret word is "pain".
49* "A Walk in the Park":
50** Brain commenting on the tapes that Elmyra owns ("It's a Sugary-Wugary Day" by Laffi and "Life's a Rosy-Posy Bed of Honey" by Marie Flewis and Pork Chop), followed by this exchange:
51--->'''Brain:''' The titles alone are enough to make my teeth rot.\
52'''Pinky:''' I'll help you floss.\
53'''Brain:''' I'll help ''you'' hurt! ''(hits Pinky)''
54** Also ''this'' exchange when Elmyra gets separated:
55--->'''Brain:''' Hey, where's Elmyra?\
56'''Pinky:''' Oh no, she's lost! We might never see her again!\
57'''Brain:''' Stop trying to cheer me up, Pinky. She's got the tape.
58* Pretty much the entirety of "How I Spent My Weekend", as it tells the story from [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Elmyra]]'s point of view. Highlights include Brain trying to conquer France by having a robot turn all the cheese into stupid American tourists and the revelation that [[spoiler:the giant robot Roberto and the French lady robot he fell in love with actually existed!]]

Top