History YMMV / PinkyElmyraAndTheBrain

* TheScrappy: While Elmyra was already plenty unpopular for getting way too much attention over the more beloved characters from her original show, this one pretty much finished the job that ''Tiny Toons'' started by forcing ''other'' more-beloved characters (one of whom was already "the dumb one") to share screen time with her and ensuring she'd go down in history as one of the most loathed cartoon characters ever. In fact, with this show having killed off what remaining positive reception she had left, she will be excluded from the upcoming ''Tiny Toons Looniversity'' series.

** Really the entire series could count as one to ''Pinky and the Brain'' proper, with many blaming Elmyra for the show's drastic and unwelcome change in tone.

* HoYay: Occurs in "Pinky's Dream House," where Pinky acts like a housewife to Brain and even sings a song about how happy they'll be together before Elmyra makes his dream come true.

* CriticalDissonance: In contrast to the hatred the fans have toward the show, it actually got critical acclaim and won various awards, including an Emmy.

** Elmyra goes to a different school. Did she get [[NoodleIncident expelled]] from [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Acme Looniversity]]?

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The show made references to several late 90s bands and TV shows, including ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'', ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}'', and Music/{{Hanson}}.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The show might have stood a chance if Wally Faust appeared more frequently. He can be quite the ManipulativeBastard, after all.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
** The series would have been a lot better with the rest of the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' cast instead of the [[ReplacementScrappy replacements]] mentioned above.
** In fact, the ultimate irony here is that the basic setup of Pinky and the Brain becoming pets to a naive little girl could make a pretty decent cartoon, if only the new series idea had been arrived at organically with a crew that actually wanted to do it. In fact, the show staff had earlier paired Brain up with Mindy from the Mindy and Buttons segment in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. And the result is arguably much funnier than what this series put out.

** In "The Ravin!", we see that Elmyra has a pet cemetery. Perhaps this is the fate of Furrball and Byron Basset; maybe she squeezed them to death.

* SignatureLine: The line from the opening theme, "It's what the network wants, why bother to complain?", aptly summarizes the feelings both the writers and fans had for this spinoff.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The show made references to several late 90's bands and TV shows, including ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'', ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}'', and Music/{{Hanson}}.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The big reason for why this retool failed to catch on, as many fans of ''Pinky and the Brain'', as well as the majority of the original creative staff were against the idea of promoting Elmyra to a main character alongside the titular duo. Ultimately, most fans of the original series found Elmyra's antics even more annoying as they distracted from those of the much-beloved duo, and after its quick cancellation most were content to ignore this spinoff.

* ReplacementScrappy: Rudy Mookich for [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Montana Max]]. Elmyra's most frequently seen pets were now Mr. Pussy-Wussy and Mr. Shellbutt, taking the places of Furrball and Byron Basset (in "The Ravin!", we see that Elmyra has a pet cemetery - maybe she [[FridgeHorror squeezed them to death?]]).

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Creator/RobPaulsen won an Emmy for his performance as Pinky in this series. In fact, the whole series can be described as this in probably the most confusing way -- there's a clear number of BitingTheHandHumor and TakeThat moments aimed at expressing the whole resentment the staff had towards this concept, but in spite of that, the show still has the same quality of animation as the original cartoon and the acting is still just as good as it ever was, even if the writing wasn't always up to snuff. For those reasons, the show does get its defenders, and even WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic admitted that the show could be ActuallyPrettyFunny in spite of how much the concept was doomed to fail from the start.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: "A Walk in the Park" has a RunningGag where Brain gets trampled by an oncoming parade at a Disneyland knock-off. Five years after the episode aired, a cast member dressed as Pluto died when he was run over by a parade float in the Magic Kingdom.

* FanonDiscontinuity: Brain isn't the only one who deeply resents this show.

* TearJerker: Brain's line near the end of the opening, "I deeply resent this" can come across as one. Not only does it [[OldShame echo Maurice LaMarche's feelings]] about the ReTool, it's almost as if he knew it was going to flop.

** The series would have been a lot better with the rest of the Tiny Toons cast instead of the [[ReplacementScrappy replacements]] mentioned above.

** Also Elmyra and Vanity White, one-sided on Elmyra's part (Vanity, like most people, can hardly stand her.)

** Really the entire series could count as one to Pinky and the Brain proper, with many blaming Elmyra for the show's drastic and unwelcome change in tone.

* TheScrappy: While Elmyra was already plenty unpopular for getting way too much attention over the more beloved characters from her original show, this one pretty much finished the job that ''Tiny Toons'' started by forcing ''other'' more-beloved characters (one of whom was already "the dumb one") to share screen time with her and ensuring she'd go down in history as one of the most loathed cartoon characters ever.

* NeverLiveItDown: A big one for Warner Brothers, having caused the cancellation of ''Pinky and the Brain'' to promote a considerably less popular cast member. On top of that, it's well known to most that ''nobody'' involved in its production wanted any part of it.

* SnarkBait: The entire show was this before it had even premiered, being an effort by the execs at Warner Brothers to turn Pinky and the Brain into a family sitcom-esque romp that forced ''Tiny Toons'' regular Elmyra into a central role. The very idea of this was panned by nearly everyone who worked on it, and in turn fans quickly came to regard Elmyra as an insufferable brat who stole the spotlight away from the original duo, essentially serving as nothing more than a third wheel. Elmyra quickly became one of the studio's most unpopular characters of the time, and the show itself was unceremoniously canceled before the end of its sole season. It also ended Steven Spielberg's longtime collaboration with Warner Brothers' animation arm.