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* CompellingVoice: Sgt. Mike Cosgrove got Yakko, Wakko, and Dot to sit down and behave simply by saying, "[[CatchPhrase Hey! Cut it out!]]"

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* CompellingVoice: Sgt. Mike Cosgrove got Yakko, Wakko, and Dot to sit down and behave simply by saying, "[[CatchPhrase "[[CharacterCatchphrase Hey! Cut it out!]]"
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* BabyMorphEpisode: In issue #52, Pinky and the Brain turn into young children after the former accidentally spills the latter's new age-reversal potion all over them.
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* AnthologyComic: In keeping with the series proper, each issue can have upwards of three stories, often with one page gag comics in-between mimicking the shorter segments from the show like "Mime Time" or "Randy Beamen"

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* AnthologyComic: In keeping with the series proper, each issue can have upwards of three stories, often with one page gag comics in-between mimicking the shorter segments from the show like "Mime Time" or "Randy Beamen"Beamen". Like any given episode each issue would have at least one story featuring the Warners, and starting with issue #43, Pinky and the Brain was a regular feature til the end of the comics run.
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* AnthologyComic: In keeping with the series proper, each issue can have upwards of three stories, often with one page gag comics in-between mimicking the shorter segments from the show like "Mime Time" or "Randy Beamen"
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* MilestoneCelebration: Both Issue 25 and Issue 50.



* RecycledScript: Some of the earliest issues have outright comic adaptations of Pinky and the Brain shorts from the show instead of original stories.

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* AffectionateParody: Issue #45 has the "Warner Twins", copying the Wonder Twins from [[Westernanimation/SuperFriends one of DC's animated adaptations]] - Yakko as Zan, able to turn into things with ice and water in their names; Dot as Jayna, capable of turning into heavy things; and Yakko as "Geek the Monkey". And true to the period of that comic, the villain is stopped with Temptress Banana Cakes!



* {{Imprinting}}: Issue 48 has three ducks thinking Slappy is her mother, and always coming in the wrong time as she fights Walter Wolf.



* LetsMeetTheMeat: Chicken Boo's solo stories end with him chased by a crowd who wants to eat him.



* ParodyEpisode: Some issues revolve around a single theme, such as #12 (TheSixties), #13 (Japan), #17 ("Special Employment Issue!"), #18 (France), #19 (''Series/TheXFiles''), #20 (Creator/JamesDean movies), #24 (Brooklyn), #26 (''[[Series/TalesFromTheCrypt Tales from the Tower]]''), , #39 (explosions, including a Katie Ka-Boom story), and #41 ({{Fractured Fairy Tale}}s).

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* ParodyEpisode: Some issues revolve around a single theme, such as #12 (TheSixties), #13 (Japan), #17 ("Special Employment Issue!"), #18 (France), #19 (''Series/TheXFiles''), #20 (Creator/JamesDean movies), #24 (Brooklyn), #26 (''[[Series/TalesFromTheCrypt Tales from the Tower]]''), , #39 (explosions, including a Katie Ka-Boom story), and #41 ({{Fractured Fairy Tale}}s).Tale}}s) and #49 (Literature Classics).


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** True to a [[TheBardOnBoard Shakespeare parody]], "Macboo", with Chicken Boo as ''Theatre/MacBeth'', also does it.


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* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: Issue #45 has the Brain's brain leaving his body after an accident (it involved Pinky [[NailsOnABlackboard scratching a blackboard]] as Brain passed in front of a really potent speaker), forcing him to devise a method to put it back.

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* BrideZilla: Issue #51 has Katie Ka-Boom going to her cousin's wedding, and said bride is a meanie also capable of HulkingOut when enraged.



* PungeonMaster: In Issue #34, [[Series/XenaWarriorPrincess Minerxa]] is noted for two things, her incredible sex appeal and her awful puns, which are ignore by those enamored.



* RhymesOnADime: "Dot's Spot", being a Creator/DrSeuss parody, has all the dialogue rhyming.

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* RhymesOnADime: RhymesOnADime:
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"Dot's Spot", being a Creator/DrSeuss parody, has all the dialogue rhyming.rhyming.
** The ''Film/{{Evita}}'' parody "Brainita" also does it, with only one part having a clear melody ("Don't whine for me, Oranjina...")
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* PottyEmergency: {{Subverted}} in Issue #27. After Slappy and Skippy order two sodas from the refreshment cart, Skippy feels the need to use the bathroom, so Slappy takes him in its direction. It's then revealed to be just an act to get to the cockpit of the plane.
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*AmbiguouslyBi: Issue #15 heavily implies that Squit has a crush on [[Music/FrankSinatra Frank Pigeonatra]].
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* MusicalEpisode: Issue 43's "The Sound of Coo-sic" had the Goodfeathers singing ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' parodies.


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* RhymesOnADime: "Dot's Spot", being a Creator/DrSeuss parody, has all the dialogue rhyming.
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* BalloonBelly: Issue #17. The contestants in the Miss Small Town beauty pageant all end up this way after Dot treats them to a "Junk Food Jamboree", which they go crazy over due to [[HollywoodBeautyStandards previously starving themselves on a diet of just bread, water, and minerals absorbed from their lip gloss.]] Ironically, the ladies enjoy stuffing themselves so much they decide the whole beauty contest is a waste of time and [[OneTrackMindedHunger leave to eat]] [[BigEater even MORE food.]]

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* BalloonBelly: Issue #17. The contestants in the Miss Small Town beauty pageant all end up with this way after Dot treats them to a "Junk Food Jamboree", which they go crazy over due to [[HollywoodBeautyStandards previously starving themselves on a diet of just bread, water, and minerals absorbed from their lip gloss.]] Ironically, the ladies enjoy stuffing themselves so much they decide the whole beauty contest is a waste of time and [[OneTrackMindedHunger leave to eat]] [[BigEater even MORE food.]]
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* BalloonBelly: The contestants in the Miss Small Town beauty pageant all end up this way after Dot treats them to a "Junk Food Jamboree", which they go crazy over due to [[HollywoodBeautyStandards previously starving themselves on a diet of just bread, water, and minerals absorbed from their lip gloss.]] Ironically, the ladies enjoy stuffing themselves so much they decide the whole beauty contest is a waste of time and [[OneTrackMindedHunger leave to eat]] [[BigEater even MORE food.]]

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* BalloonBelly: Issue #17. The contestants in the Miss Small Town beauty pageant all end up this way after Dot treats them to a "Junk Food Jamboree", which they go crazy over due to [[HollywoodBeautyStandards previously starving themselves on a diet of just bread, water, and minerals absorbed from their lip gloss.]] Ironically, the ladies enjoy stuffing themselves so much they decide the whole beauty contest is a waste of time and [[OneTrackMindedHunger leave to eat]] [[BigEater even MORE food.]]
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** The cover of Issue #17 has Minerva rejecting a copy of [[Westernanimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Beast]] saying "I'd rather kiss [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame a Hunchback!]]"

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** The cover of Issue #17 has Minerva rejecting a copy of [[Westernanimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Beast]] saying "I'd rather kiss [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney a Hunchback!]]"
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%%* ShoutOut * ShoutOut: In Issue #56, Slappy begrudgingly takes Skippy to buy the latest ''[[Literature/{{Animorphs}} Animanimorphs]]'' books.



** The cover of Issue #17 has Minerva rejecting a copy of [[Westernanimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Beast]] saying "I'd rather kiss [[Westernanimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame a Hunchback!]]"

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** The cover of Issue #17 has Minerva rejecting a copy of [[Westernanimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Beast]] saying "I'd rather kiss [[Westernanimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame a Hunchback!]]"

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* VomitDiscretionShot: {{Zigzagged}} in Issue #27. After Slappy lands the plane she and Skippy are on, Skippy feels the need to vomit. He's not shown doing it, but the plane can be seen being cleaned of the vomit after they get off.

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