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* HypocriticalHumor: When Pinky suggests that Brain get on the cover of ''Peeple'' by marrying Prince Charles, Brain sneers, saying "Who'd want to marry someone with ears like that?" Brain, of course, has gigantic ears.
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* HypocriticalHumor: When Pinky suggests that Brain get on the cover of ''Peeple'' by marrying Prince Charles, Brain sneers, saying saying, "Who'd want to marry someone with ears like that?" Brain, of course, has gigantic ears.
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** Brain starts off one of his jokes with "[[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Did you ever notice?]]".
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** Brain starts off one of his jokes with "[[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Did you ever notice?]]".notice?]]"
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* BrickJoke: Pinky mentions "I know how you can get on the cover of ''[[BlandNameProduct Peeple]]'': marry Prince Charles!". So when Brain decides to appear in said magazine, he calls Buckingham Palace to hypnotize Lady Di and warrant a cover.
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* BrickJoke: Pinky mentions "I know how you can get on the cover of ''[[BlandNameProduct Peeple]]'': marry Prince Charles!". Charles!" So when Brain decides to appear in said magazine, he calls Buckingham Palace to hypnotize Lady Di and warrant a cover.
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* TheMan: Brain actually says "Drat, TheMan" when a cop pulls him over for speeding. Fortunately his HypnoTrinket dentures get him out of a ticket.
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* ForWantOfANail: Brain unwittingly causes the failure of his plan. First, he makes the TV executive laugh so hard he falls off his chair. He's cured through hypnosis, where the word "repugnant" both stops and triggers the pain. Unfortunately, that word is Brain's Insult Comic Catchphrase, with a taping of his show causing enough pain to make the executive fall out of the window. Once Brain visits, he is kicked out.
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* ForWantOfANail: Brain unwittingly causes the failure of his plan. First, he makes the TV executive laugh so hard he falls off his chair. He's cured through hypnosis, where the word "repugnant" both stops and triggers the pain. Unfortunately, that word is Brain's Insult Comic Catchphrase, insult comic catchphrase, with a taping of his show causing enough pain to make the executive fall out of the window. Once Brain visits, he is kicked out.
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** Ed McMahon, Howard Stern, David Letterman and Paul Shaffer make cameos as Brain hits the big time.
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** Ed McMahon, [=McMahon=], Howard Stern, David Letterman and Paul Shaffer make cameos as Brain hits the big time.
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** Brain references ''Series/MrBelvedere''.
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** Both Brain references and Pinky reference ''Series/MrBelvedere''.
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* SpinningPaper: A Spinning Magazine announces Brain's engagement to Princess Diana (who has fallen victim to Brain's HypnoTrinket).
* TakeThat: The hypotist shows Kilmer a Kenny G album to make him fall asleep. It works instantly.
* TakeThat: The hypotist shows Kilmer a Kenny G album to make him fall asleep. It works instantly.
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* SpinningPaper: A Spinning Magazine spinning magazine announces Brain's engagement to Princess Diana (who has fallen victim to Brain's HypnoTrinket).
* TakeThat: Thehypotist hypnotist shows Kilmer a Kenny G album to make him fall asleep. It works instantly.
* TakeThat: The
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Guest Starring: David Alan Grier, Creator/TressMacNeille]
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Guest Starring: David Alan Grier, Creator/DavidAlanGrier, Creator/TressMacNeille]
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** Brain references ''Series/MrBelevedere''.
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** Brain references ''Series/MrBelevedere''.''Series/MrBelvedere''.
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** Brain references ''Series/MisterBelevedere''.
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** Brain references ''Series/MisterBelevedere''.''Series/MrBelevedere''.
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** Brain puts in an appearance on Circus of the Stars.
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** Brain puts in an appearance on Circus "Circus of the Stars.Stars".
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** The host hopes that Creator/BobSaget gets trampled by a bear.
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** The host of "Circus of the Stars" hopes that Creator/BobSaget gets trampled by a bear.
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* ForWantOfANail: Brain unwittingly causes the failure of his plan. First, he makes the TV executive laugh so hard he falls off his chair. He's cured through hypnosis, where the word "repugnant" both stops and triggers the pain. Unfortunately, that word is Brain's Insult Comic Catchphrase, with a taping of his show causing enough pain to make the executive fall off the window. Once Brain visits, he is kicked out.
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* ForWantOfANail: Brain unwittingly causes the failure of his plan. First, he makes the TV executive laugh so hard he falls off his chair. He's cured through hypnosis, where the word "repugnant" both stops and triggers the pain. Unfortunately, that word is Brain's Insult Comic Catchphrase, with a taping of his show causing enough pain to make the executive fall off out of the window. Once Brain visits, he is kicked out.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The secretary has a poster of Yawni, parodying composer[=/=]musician Yanni.
** A caricature of Budd Friedman introduces Brain at his first stand-up.
** Ed McMahon, Howard Stern, David Letterman and Paul Shaffer make cameos as Brain hits the big time.
** The head of The WB is named Jerry Kilmer, a clear reference to Jamie Kellner, the real network head from 1995 to 2002.
** A caricature of Budd Friedman introduces Brain at his first stand-up.
** Ed McMahon, Howard Stern, David Letterman and Paul Shaffer make cameos as Brain hits the big time.
** The head of The WB is named Jerry Kilmer, a clear reference to Jamie Kellner, the real network head from 1995 to 2002.
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* SpinningPaper: A Spinning Magazine announces Brain's engagement to Princess Diana (who has fallen victim to Brain's HypnoTrinket).
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* ShoutOut:
** The title references the famous soliloquy from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.
** Pinky pulls off two references - pretending to be in ''WesternAnimation/ClutchCargo'', and referencing the famous "quarter pounder with cheese in France" line from ''Film/PulpFiction''.
** Brain references ''Series/MisterBelevedere''.
** The motorcycle Brain drives is the same as the one driven by Peter Fonda’s character in ''Film/EasyRider''.
** Pinky and Brain describe the set-up for ''Series/{{Friends}}''.
** Brain starts off one of his jokes with "[[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Did you ever notice?]]".
** Brain puts in an appearance on Circus of the Stars.
* SpinningPaper: A Spinning Magazine announces Brain's engagement to Princess Diana (who has fallen victim to Brain'sHypnoTrinket).HypnoTrinket).
* TakeThat: The hypotist shows Kilmer a Kenny G album to make him fall asleep. It works instantly.
** The host hopes that Creator/BobSaget gets trampled by a bear.
** The title references the famous soliloquy from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.
** Pinky pulls off two references - pretending to be in ''WesternAnimation/ClutchCargo'', and referencing the famous "quarter pounder with cheese in France" line from ''Film/PulpFiction''.
** Brain references ''Series/MisterBelevedere''.
** The motorcycle Brain drives is the same as the one driven by Peter Fonda’s character in ''Film/EasyRider''.
** Pinky and Brain describe the set-up for ''Series/{{Friends}}''.
** Brain starts off one of his jokes with "[[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Did you ever notice?]]".
** Brain puts in an appearance on Circus of the Stars.
* SpinningPaper: A Spinning Magazine announces Brain's engagement to Princess Diana (who has fallen victim to Brain's
* TakeThat: The hypotist shows Kilmer a Kenny G album to make him fall asleep. It works instantly.
** The host hopes that Creator/BobSaget gets trampled by a bear.
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Guest Starring: David Alan Grier]
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Guest Starring: David Alan Grier]
Grier, Creator/TressMacNeille]
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* InsultComic: Brain tries out a stand-up comic act. He is desperately unfunny and he bombs. Enraged,
Brain starts flinging insults at his audience, and ''that'' causes them to laugh uproariously. He becomes a very popular insult comic, with an act that's nothing but insulting his audience and calling them "repugnant!"
Brain starts flinging insults at his audience, and ''that'' causes them to laugh uproariously. He becomes a very popular insult comic, with an act that's nothing but insulting his audience and calling them "repugnant!"
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* InsultComic: Brain tries out a stand-up comic act. He is desperately unfunny and he bombs. Enraged,
Enraged, Brain starts flinging insults at his audience, and ''that'' causes them to laugh uproariously. He becomes a very popular insult comic, with an act that's nothing but insulting his audience and calling them "repugnant!"
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* CatchphraseInsult: Brain caps off his insult comic act by calling everyone in his audience "Repugnant! Repugnant! Repugnant!"
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* HypnotEyes: Everyone who sees Brain's dazzling smile gets spiral eyes and says "I'm adoring you for no good reason." They then do whatever he says.
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* HypnotEyes: HypnoticEyes: Everyone who sees Brain's dazzling smile gets spiral eyes and says "I'm adoring you for no good reason." They then do whatever he says.
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* InsultComicCatchphrase: Brain caps off his insult comic act by calling everyone in his audience "Repugnant! Repugnant! Repugnant!"
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Episode: Season 1, Episode 6\\
Title: TV or Not TV\\
Directed by: Al Zegler\\
Written by: Peter Hastings\\
Air Date: November 19, 1995\\
Previous: Brainania\\
Next: Napoleon Brainaparte\\
Guest Starring: David Alan Grier]
"TV or Not TV" is the sixth episode of the first season of ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain''.
Brain decides that the key to taking over the world is becoming famous, and the best way to become famous is to get on TV, and the most important thing about being famous is to have a dazzling smile. To that end, he decides to go to Hollywood and pitch a sitcom, and to ensure success he crafts himself a pair of dentures that give him a dazzling smile.
The dentures work surprisingly well, not only making people like him but actually hypnotizing them into worshipping them. Unfortunately, his pitch for a sitcom fails, because the TV producer is wearing sunglasses. This leads Brain to Plan B: become a standup comic.
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!!Tropes:
* BlandNameProduct: Brain gets on the cover of a magazine called ''Peeple'', which of course is supposed to be ''People''.
* BrickJoke: Pinky mentions "I know how you can get on the cover of ''[[BlandNameProduct Peeple]]'': marry Prince Charles!". So when Brain decides to appear in said magazine, he calls Buckingham Palace to hypnotize Lady Di and warrant a cover.
* ContrivedCoincidence: The TV guy recovers from his injuries caused by falling out of his chair via hypnotherapy. Unfortunately his hypnotic trigger word is "repugnant", which is also Brain's catchphrase. He falls out the window.
* ForWantOfANail: Brain unwittingly causes the failure of his plan. First, he makes the TV executive laugh so hard he falls off his chair. He's cured through hypnosis, where the word "repugnant" both stops and triggers the pain. Unfortunately, that word is Brain's Insult Comic Catchphrase, with a taping of his show causing enough pain to make the executive fall off the window. Once Brain visits, he is kicked out.
* HypnotEyes: Everyone who sees Brain's dazzling smile gets spiral eyes and says "I'm adoring you for no good reason." They then do whatever he says.
* HypnoTrinket: Brain decides that the key to taking over the world is getting on TV and becoming a celebrity. So he makes a pair of dentures which give him a winning smile. They work fabulously, actually hypnotizing whoever sees them. At the end, one of the two hacky TV writers gets ahold of Brain's dentures, wears them, and gets his show--which is basically a BlandNameProduct version of ''Pinky and the Brain''--on the air.
* HypocriticalHumor: When Pinky suggests that Brain get on the cover of ''Peeple'' by marrying Prince Charles, Brain sneers, saying "Who'd want to marry someone with ears like that?" Brain, of course, has gigantic ears.
* InsultComic: Brain tries out a stand-up comic act. He is desperately unfunny and he bombs. Enraged,
Brain starts flinging insults at his audience, and ''that'' causes them to laugh uproariously. He becomes a very popular insult comic, with an act that's nothing but insulting his audience and calling them "repugnant!"
* InsultComicCatchphrase: Brain caps off his insult comic act by calling everyone in his audience "Repugnant! Repugnant! Repugnant!"
* TheMan: Brain actually says "Drat, TheMan" when a cop pulls him over for speeding. Fortunately his HypnoTrinket dentures get him out of a ticket.
* PeopleFallOffChairs: The TV producer laughs so hard at Brain's InsultComic act that he falls off his chair--and severely injures himself.
* SpinningPaper: A Spinning Magazine announces Brain's engagement to Princess Diana (who has fallen victim to Brain's HypnoTrinket).
Episode: Season 1, Episode 6\\
Title: TV or Not TV\\
Directed by: Al Zegler\\
Written by: Peter Hastings\\
Air Date: November 19, 1995\\
Previous: Brainania\\
Next: Napoleon Brainaparte\\
Guest Starring: David Alan Grier]
"TV or Not TV" is the sixth episode of the first season of ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain''.
Brain decides that the key to taking over the world is becoming famous, and the best way to become famous is to get on TV, and the most important thing about being famous is to have a dazzling smile. To that end, he decides to go to Hollywood and pitch a sitcom, and to ensure success he crafts himself a pair of dentures that give him a dazzling smile.
The dentures work surprisingly well, not only making people like him but actually hypnotizing them into worshipping them. Unfortunately, his pitch for a sitcom fails, because the TV producer is wearing sunglasses. This leads Brain to Plan B: become a standup comic.
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!!Tropes:
* BlandNameProduct: Brain gets on the cover of a magazine called ''Peeple'', which of course is supposed to be ''People''.
* BrickJoke: Pinky mentions "I know how you can get on the cover of ''[[BlandNameProduct Peeple]]'': marry Prince Charles!". So when Brain decides to appear in said magazine, he calls Buckingham Palace to hypnotize Lady Di and warrant a cover.
* ContrivedCoincidence: The TV guy recovers from his injuries caused by falling out of his chair via hypnotherapy. Unfortunately his hypnotic trigger word is "repugnant", which is also Brain's catchphrase. He falls out the window.
* ForWantOfANail: Brain unwittingly causes the failure of his plan. First, he makes the TV executive laugh so hard he falls off his chair. He's cured through hypnosis, where the word "repugnant" both stops and triggers the pain. Unfortunately, that word is Brain's Insult Comic Catchphrase, with a taping of his show causing enough pain to make the executive fall off the window. Once Brain visits, he is kicked out.
* HypnotEyes: Everyone who sees Brain's dazzling smile gets spiral eyes and says "I'm adoring you for no good reason." They then do whatever he says.
* HypnoTrinket: Brain decides that the key to taking over the world is getting on TV and becoming a celebrity. So he makes a pair of dentures which give him a winning smile. They work fabulously, actually hypnotizing whoever sees them. At the end, one of the two hacky TV writers gets ahold of Brain's dentures, wears them, and gets his show--which is basically a BlandNameProduct version of ''Pinky and the Brain''--on the air.
* HypocriticalHumor: When Pinky suggests that Brain get on the cover of ''Peeple'' by marrying Prince Charles, Brain sneers, saying "Who'd want to marry someone with ears like that?" Brain, of course, has gigantic ears.
* InsultComic: Brain tries out a stand-up comic act. He is desperately unfunny and he bombs. Enraged,
Brain starts flinging insults at his audience, and ''that'' causes them to laugh uproariously. He becomes a very popular insult comic, with an act that's nothing but insulting his audience and calling them "repugnant!"
* InsultComicCatchphrase: Brain caps off his insult comic act by calling everyone in his audience "Repugnant! Repugnant! Repugnant!"
* TheMan: Brain actually says "Drat, TheMan" when a cop pulls him over for speeding. Fortunately his HypnoTrinket dentures get him out of a ticket.
* PeopleFallOffChairs: The TV producer laughs so hard at Brain's InsultComic act that he falls off his chair--and severely injures himself.
* SpinningPaper: A Spinning Magazine announces Brain's engagement to Princess Diana (who has fallen victim to Brain's HypnoTrinket).
