1998-09-19-00
Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain
Release date:
1998-09-19
Plot:
After their lab is destroyed, Pinky and Brain end up as Elmyra Duff's pets. From the Duff household to school gyms and theme parks, Brain keeps hatching world-domination schemes while Pinky assists and Elmyra's chaotic affection wrecks the timing. A single season of short, gag-driven capers with pop-culture parodies, musical bits, and recurring "human-suit" antics.
Name and role:
Elmyra is the domestic force of chaos: she loves animals to pieces, sometimes literally, and her presence bends every plan into slapstick. She is the series' third pillar, relocating Pinky and Brain from the lab to her world.
Trivia and other appearances:
Previous: Tiny Toon Adventures (1990). Subsequent: Primarily associated with this spin-off; no widely established WB series regular roles after 1999.
1998-09-19-00
Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain
Release date:
1998-09-19
Plot:
After their lab is destroyed, Pinky and Brain end up as Elmyra Duff's pets. From the Duff household to school gyms and theme parks, Brain keeps hatching world-domination schemes while Pinky assists and Elmyra's chaotic affection wrecks the timing. A single season of short, gag-driven capers with pop-culture parodies, musical bits, and recurring "human-suit" antics.
Name and role:
The show reframes the classic duo inside Elmyra's domestic/school sphere. Less sterile lab work, more suburban mayhem, without changing the core push-pull of planner vs. wildcard.
Trivia and other appearances:
Spin-off bridging Tiny Toon Adventures (1990) and the Pinky & the Brain franchise (1993-1998)
1998-09-19-01
Patty Ann
Release date:
1998-09-19
Plot:
Brain builds a clunky human girl-suit and poses as Patty Ann to spark a media frenzy and grease the wheels of his latest plan. Rudy instantly swoons for the mysterious new girl, stoking Elmyra's jealousy while Brain's scheme staggers on high heels.
Name and role:
Brain reuses his old human-suit trick, upgrading it into the "Patty Ann" body to stage a choreographed sewer rescue and grab instant publicity. The ruse collapses once the staged crisis fizzles out, leaving the plan in pieces.
Trivia and other appearances:
Brain's human-suit gag originates in Animaniacs "Win Big" (1993) and returns in Pinky and the Brain "Of Mouse and Man" (1995); "Patty Ann" continues that tradition within Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain.
1998-09-19-01
Patty Ann
Release date:
1998-09-19
Plot:
Brain builds a clunky human girl-suit and poses as Patty Ann to spark a media frenzy and grease the wheels of his latest plan. Rudy instantly swoons for the mysterious new girl, stoking Elmyra's jealousy while Brain's scheme staggers on high heels.
Name and role:
In Elmyra's bathroom, Pinky and Brain are thrust into a toy-boat "Titanic" reenactment that flushes them into the sewers, where Brain unveils the night's plan built around a choreographed rescue and media optics.
Trivia and other appearances:
Pinky and the Brain in different outfits is a trope of this spin off, more than they use to do in theyr own spin off "Pinky and the Brain"
1998-09-19-01
Patty Ann
Release date:
1998-09-19
Plot:
Brain builds a clunky human girl-suit and poses as Patty Ann to spark a media frenzy and grease the wheels of his latest plan. Rudy instantly swoons for the mysterious new girl, stoking Elmyra's jealousy while Brain's scheme staggers on high heels.
Name and role:
Rudy Mookich is Elmyra's overeager neighbor and the human complication of the episode; his crush on Patty Ann drives the mix-ups that derail Brain's plan.
Trivia and other appearances:
Rudy recurs throughout the season; notable spots include "Yule Be Sorry" (1998) and "Squeeze Play" (1999)
1998-09-19-02
Gee, Your Hair Spells Terrific
Release date:
1998-09-19
Plot:
Brain enters Elmyra in a high-stakes spelling bee to fund his latest scheme, feeding her the answers from a tiny earpiece, until celebrity judge Baloney the Dinosaur crashes the fun, spots the cheating, and turns the stage into a kiddie-show inquisition.
Name and role:
Baloney is a saccharine children's-TV juggernaut whose chipper persona masks a zero-tolerance stance on bad behavior; here, he serves as the arbiter who exposes Brain's ruse and brings the contest to a screeching halt.
Trivia and other appearances:
Baloney originates in Animaniacs "Baloney & Kids", "Wakko's Wish" and later pops up in Pinky and the Brain "Two Mice and a Baby" "Calvin Brain" "Star Warners" and again within this series "A Walk in the Park"
1998-09-26
Cute Little Alienhead
Release date:
1998-09-26
Plot:
Brain uses an intergalactic radio to flag down a passing alien and barter for advanced technology, only for Elmyra to "adopt" the creature as a cuddly pet and collapse the deal in record time.
Name and role:
An unnamed, wide-eyed extraterrestrial who arrives as Brain's trading partner but quickly becomes Elmyra's latest "bunny" turning a precision negotiation into a plush-toy hostage situation.
Trivia and other appearances:
The alien reappears later among Elmyra's pets on a vet visit, confirming it remained in her menagerie after this segment but the very first time we see his kind is in the "space probed" episode of Animaniacs
1998-09-26-02
Better Living Through Cheese
Release date:
1998-09-26
Plot:
Brain enters Elmyra into a school science fair to showcase a cheese-powered device and snag the prize money, right up until class clown Rudy wrecks the project moments before it's judged.
Name and role:
Bob Quack is a glossy, on-air "science" celebrity drafted as the fair's star judge; his presence raises the stakes and turns Brain's demo into a televised moment... that never happens.
Trivia and other appearances:
Reference to real-world TV science presenters but one-shot character
1998-10-03
My Fair Brain!
Release date:
1998-10-03
Plot:
Brain schemes to reprogram an orbiting satellite and corner the world's money, so he grooms Elmyra to win a "first child in space" contest, turning My Fair Lady etiquette drills into astronaut cram school, with NASA as the unlucky stage.
Name and role:
Elmyra Duff becomes a pint-size astronaut hopeful; her boundless enthusiasm and garbled science derail Brain's orbital plan at every checkpoint.
Trivia and other appearances:
Related space-mishap appearances where a total inept is sent to space are: Astro Taz (1992); Haredevil Hare (1948); The Hasty Hare (1952); Hare-Way to the Stars (1958)
1998-10-03-02
The Cat That Cried Woof
Release date:
1998-10-03
Plot:
Brain needs a low-profile test site for his latest gizmo, but Elmyra's pampered housecat turns the home into a fur-flying obstacle course. To get rid of the cat Brain create a "turn into a dog" potion and use it on the cat. Who fall in love with the neighbor dog creating an ever more chaotic result.
Name and role:
Trudy is a gentle, big-framed neighborhood dog whose friendly attachment to the newly "canine" Mr. Pussy Wussy magnifies the pet confusion and scuttles Brain's precise setup.
Trivia and other appearances:
One shot little cute doggy
1998-10-03-02
The Cat That Cried Woof
Release date:
1998-10-03
Plot:
Brain needs a low-profile test site for his latest gizmo, but Elmyra's pampered housecat turns the home into a fur-flying obstacle course. To outmaneuver Mr. Pussy Wussy, Brain leverages the neighborhood dog, only to trigger a canine rampage that ricochets through the house and detonates his carefully timed plan.
Name and role:
Mr. Pussy Wussy is Elmyra's hysteric cat, the domestic antagonist whose claws and territorial yowls blow Brain's cover at every turn.
Trivia and other appearances:
Original to this series; effectively replaces Tiny Toon Adventures' Furball in the "Elmyra + cat" dynamic.
1998-11-07
The Cat That Cried Woof
Release date:
1998-11-07
Plot:
Brain tries to engineer Elmyra's sudden popularity so that he and Pinky can ride her fame to world domination; the mice even pose as reporters to seed coverage and buzz. Name and role:
the Jenson are a teen-pop boy band whose presence supercharges the episode's fame machine, providing the pop backdrop Brain wants to exploit.
Trivia and other appearances:
Clear parody of Hanson (1990s); song pastiches include "Flip-Flap" and "Sea Food"
1998-11-07
The Cat That Cried Woof
Release date:
1998-11-07
Plot:
Brain tries to engineer Elmyra's sudden popularity so that he and Pinky can ride her fame to world domination; the mice even pose as reporters to seed coverage and buzz. Name and role:
Brain's plan is a popularity gambit, manufacture Elmyra's celebrity, expand her social orbit, and leverage the attention as a platform for his schemes. His idea comes while watching and cosplaing (against theyr will) the Jenson on tv.
Trivia and other appearances:
Brain previously weaponized pop stardom as "Bubba Bo Bob Brain" using subliminal lyrics to hypnotize audiences (1993).
1998-11-07-02
Narfily Ever After
Release date:
1998-11-07
Plot:
Brain tucks Elmyra in with a Cinderella-style bedtime story that he "adjusts" for world-domination purposes, complete with a magical makeover and a midnight plan that goes delightfully sideways. Name and role:
Elmyra is the fairy-tale heroine: eager, literal-minded, and chaos-prone, whose wish-fulfillment gloss collides with Brain's carefully scripted bedtime plot.
Trivia and other appearances:
WB already had some Cinderella spoof, like Cinderella Meets Fella (1938) and Señorella and the Glass Huarache (1964)
1998-11-07-02
Narfily Ever After
Release date:
1998-11-07
Plot:
Brain tucks Elmyra in with a Cinderella-style bedtime story that he "adjusts" for world-domination purposes, complete with a magical makeover and a midnight plan that goes delightfully sideways. Name and role:
Brain takes the narrator/plotter role inside the fairy tale, bending the story's rules to serve his scheme; Pinky is the excitable helper whose asides and narf-y interjections tip the plan into whimsy.
Trivia and other appearances:
Clear Cinderella parody features the song "Narfity-Parfity-Poit"
1998-11-21
The Icky Mouse Club
Release date:
1998-11-21
Plot:
Pinky and the Brain launch a kids-only clubhouse and front it with a peppy house band to keep the crowd hooked while Brain funnels the club's messaging into his latest plan.
Name and role:
The impromptu band, Pinky, Brain, Elmyra, and Mr. Pussy Wussy serves as the in-house musical act, performing "The Icky Mouse Club" number to attract and retain members for Brain's operation.
Trivia and other appearances:
Clear Parody of The Mickey Mouse Club (1955)
1998-11-21-02
The Man from W.A.S.H.I.N.G.T.O.N.
Release date:
1998-11-21
Plot:
A clandestine outfit called The Circle zeroes in on Pinky and Brain; its field agent, Wally Faust, tracks the mice to seize Brain's newest device and shut their operation down.
Name and role:
Wally Faust is a government-linked fixer and relentless hunter who treats the mice as national-security assets to be captured; he drives the episode's chase-and-espionage momentum.
Trivia and other appearances:
Title riffs on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (acronym gag) and nods to Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; Walken-style caricature recurs across WB shows: Pinky and the Brain "Of Mouse and Man" (1995), Animaniacs "The Party" (1996), Pinky and the Brain "The Megalomaniacal Adventures of Brainie the Poo" (1998).
1998-12-12
Yule Be Sorry
Release date:
1998-12-12
Plot:
In an It's a Wonderful Life pastiche, Brain is shown what life would be like without Pinky's friendship, all while Elmyra's over-the-top Christmas cheer turns the house into holiday chaos.
Name and role:
Elmyra is the relentless holiday whirlwind whose festivities collide with Brain's scheme and frame the episode's lesson about what (and who) really matters.
Trivia and other appearances:
One and only occasion for Elmyra to wear a Santa outfit, but not first Cristmas ride for Pinky and Brain as you can see in: A Pinky and the Brain Christmas (1995) and How the Brain Thieved Christmas (2023)
1998-12-12-02
How I Spent My Weekend
Release date:
1998-12-12
Plot:
Elmyra recounts her weekend as a sketchbook narrative on yellow notepad paper, turning Pinky and Brain's routine into a scribbled odyssey where every doodle rewrites their day.
Name and role:
Elmyra serves as narrator-artist; her drawings drive the action while Pinky and the Brain are dragged through her chaotic, make-believe version of events.
Trivia and other appearances:
The sketchy episode is a trope already used in Taz-Mania: The Taz Story Primer (1995) and The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries: Blackboard Jumble (1999).
1999-01-16
At the Hop!
Release date:
1999-01-16
Plot:
Brain brews a super-attraction scent to magnetize crowds and grease his latest plan, but Elmyra takes the formula to the school hop, turning the dance into a stampede and wrecking his timing.
Name and role:
Principal Cheevers is the stern headmaster presiding over the school event, whose rules-and-order brinksmanship collides with Brain's perfume-fueled chaos.
Trivia and other appearances:
Principal of the school named "Chuck Norris Grammar School" is not the first principal in Looney history, a well famous name is Elmer Fudd, principal of the Acme Looniversity
1999-01-16
At the Hop!
Release date:
1999-01-16
Plot:
Brain brews a super-attraction scent to magnetize crowds and grease his latest plan, but Elmyra takes the formula to the school hop, turning the dance into a stampede and wrecking his timing.
Name and role:
Vanity White is Elmyra's trendsetting classmate at the dance, a built-in spotlight that makes any scene louder. She's the classic trope of the Queen-Bee typical of the '90
Trivia and other appearances:
Name parodies Vanna White (Wheel of Fortune), she will came back in other episodes of this series.
1999-01-16
At the Hop!
Release date:
1999-01-16
Plot:
Brain brews a super-attraction scent to magnetize crowds and grease his latest plan, but Elmyra takes the formula to the school hop, turning the dance into a stampede and wrecking his timing.
Name and role:
Rockin' Johnny Hot is the celebrity emcee whose own irresistible aura turns the perfume fiasco into full-on crowd mania.
Trivia and other appearances:
Voiced by Ben Stein he take also his own appearence in the animated version.
1999-01-16-02
At the Hop!
Release date:
1999-01-16
Plot:
Elmyra buys a 1950s-style dollhouse for Pinky, and Brain is gradually pulled into Pinky's idealized suburban fantasy, where tidy routines and "happily-ever-after" daydreams smother any shot at world domination.
Name and role:
Pinky embraces the make-believe domestic life and tries to fold Brain into it; Brain resists, then briefly slips into the reverie before snapping back to the mission, showcasing their push-pull dynamic of whimsy versus control.
Trivia and other appearances:
Parody of 1950s suburban TV idylls
1999-01-30
The Ravin!
Release date:
1999-01-30
Plot:
In a Poe-style narrative riffing on "The Raven" Brain recounts a very typical day of chaos with Elmyra, whose over-the-top antics turn the mice's plans into gothic slapstick.
Name and role:
Elmyra is the melodramatic force of nature at the center of Brain's poem: cluelessly affectionate, morbidly theatrical, and the reason the tale spirals into calamity.
Trivia and other appearances:
Direct parody of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven". WB previously spoofed the poem in Tiny Toon Adventures (with Sweetie Pie and Vincent Price narration).
1999-01-30-02
Squeeze Play
Release date:
1999-01-30
Plot:
Rudy steals Brain's latest invention, forcing Pinky and the Brain to infiltrate his room, where a ravenous pet snake turns retrieval into a high-stakes dodge.
Name and role:
A large, constrictor-type snake kept by Rudy; it functions as the primary obstacle guarding Rudy's room and nearly swallows the mice during the heist.
Trivia and other appearances:
Snakes are pretty rare animals in Looney history, a common sample can be the one in "Guardin' the Garden" ad a villain against Slappy
1999-02-13
Wag the Mouse
Release date:
1999-02-13
Plot:
Elmyra runs for class president with Pinky and the Brain acting as her campaign team; school politics, assembly chaos, and a very fragile timetable put Brain's plan on the ropes.
Name and role:
Ms. Entebbe is Elmyra's teacher at Chuck Norris Grammar School, the authority figure trying to keep order as the "mouse-managed" campaign spirals
Trivia and other appearances:
Recurs as Elmyra's teacher; also appears in the paired block "A Walk in the Park"
1999-02-13
Wag the Mouse
Release date:
1999-02-13
Plot:
Elmyra runs for class president with Pinky and the Brain acting as her campaign team; school politics, assembly chaos, and a very fragile timetable put Brain's plan on the ropes.
Name and role:
Andrew Loam is a fellow student in Elmyra's class, part of the campaign's schoolyard orbit as Brain tries to steer events to his advantage.
Trivia and other appearances:
One Shot character of this segment
1999-02-13-02
A Walk in the Park
Release date:
1999-02-13
Plot:
Elmyra takes the mice to Duckyland while Brain infiltrates the "Children of Many Lands" ride to swap the looped song with a hypnotic message, only for the plan to implode when "Baloney's Greatest Hits" plays instead.
Name and role:
Duckie is a park mascot encountered during the operation; a costumed presence within Duckyland's crowd scenes.
Trivia and other appearances:
Another famopus theme park in Looney history is at end of the nightmarish travel of Plucky to Happy World Land in Tiny Toons how I spent my Summer Vacation.
1999-02-13-02
A Walk in the Park
Release date:
1999-02-13
Plot:
Elmyra takes the mice to Duckyland while Brain infiltrates the "Children of Many Lands" ride to swap the looped song with a hypnotic message, only for the plan to implode when "Baloney's Greatest Hits" plays instead.
Name and role:
The Slug is another very sad park mascot appearing in the same setting, part of the on-site character roster.
Trivia and other appearances:
Slugs are another very hard kind of character to be found in those cartoons, but there's a full lenght segment about them, "Slugfest"(1990) from Tiny Toons
1999-02-27
Teleport a Friend
Release date:
1999-02-27
Plot:
Brain builds a teleportation device, but Elmyra grabs him mid-beam and the machine fuses them into a two-headed Brain/Elmyra. A sinister carnival owner captures the merged duo, leaving Pinky to mount a rescue if... he can stop chasing a pig long enough to help.
Name and role:
The fused Elmyra-Brain entity is the episode's central predicament: two minds, one body, constant bickering that sabotages Brain's plan and complicates Pinky's rescue.
Trivia and other appearances:
Other teleportation accident can be seen in Looney Tunes Back in Action and as plot device in Rabbit Run.
1999-02-27
Teleport a Friend
Release date:
1999-02-27
Plot:
Brain builds a teleportation device, but Elmyra grabs him mid-beam and the machine fuses them into a two-headed Brain/Elmyra. A sinister carnival owner captures the merged duo, leaving Pinky to mount a rescue if... he can stop chasing a pig long enough to help.
Name and role:
Mr. Monk is the carnival proprietor and chief antagonist of the episode; he imprisons the fused pair and sets the stakes for Pinky's rescue.
Trivia and other appearances:
Mr. Monk resemble the look of his voice actor: Tim Curry who later voices WB roles such as Dr. Mystico (Freakazoid!)
1999-03-13
Mr. Doctor
Release date:
1999-03-13
Plot:
Elmyra takes Pinky, Brain and Mr. Pussy-Wussy to the vet. When the doctor decides to publicize Elmyra's bizarre "cat-who-thinks-he's-a-dog" the mice scramble to stop the exposure before The Circle catches on.
Name and role:
Dr. Glen Tarantella is the veterinarian whose publicity push turns a routine checkup into a crisis for Brain's secrecy.
Trivia and other appearances:
For other Vet setting try "Dial V for Veterinarian" (2000), "Fully Vetted" and "Greedy for Tweety" (1957) starring Tweey, Hector and Sylvester
1999-03-13-02
That's Edutainment!
Release date:
1999-03-13
Plot:
Pinky and the Brain produce a kids' "educational" show on public-access TV to smuggle their plans on-air. When TV executives stumble onto the pilot, Ziff Twyman fast-tracks it for national broadcast turning a small con into a network-sized problem.
Name and role:
Ziff Twyman is the slick network executive who spots the show and greenlights it, pushing Brain's fake edutainment vehicle into prime exposure and forcing the mice to scramble before their scheme exposes itself.
Trivia and other appearances:
Loose parallel: like Animaniacs' airplane businessman Ivan Bloski (1993), Ziff is a 1990s suit stereotype
1999-03-20
Fun, Time and Space
Release date:
1999-03-20
Plot:
Brain conducts a miniature black-hole experiment at the Duff house while Pinky stages a makeshift "show" to keep Elmyra distracted; the diversion unravels, the gravity trick backfires, and the plan collapses.
Name and role:
Pinky is the decoy showman: improvising skits, chatter, and stall tactics to shield Brain's work. His boundless enthusiasm buys precious minutes, but his focus slips at the worst moment, nudging the experiment into chaos.
Trivia and other appearances:
A lot of times Pinky have to wear a suit to follow Brain's schemes, too many to count. Check teyr own spin off for more.
1999-03-27
Hooray for Meat
Release date:
1999-03-27
Plot:
Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain hit a city "Meat Festival" where Brain uncovers a scheme to take over the world with "Meats of Evil" To seize control, he revives the Patty Ann suit and enters the Meat Queen contest, only to spark Elmyra's jealousy and Vanity's payback, sinking the plan
Name and role:
Rob is the on-mic contest commentator who narrates the Meat Queen proceedings; his blow-by-blow patter inadvertently amplifies the chaos that unravels Brain's ruse.
1999-03-27
Hooray for Meat
Release date:
1999-03-27
Plot:
Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain hit a city "Meat Festival" where Brain uncovers a scheme to take over the world with "Meats of Evil" To seize control, he revives the Patty Ann suit and enters the Meat Queen contest, only to spark Elmyra's jealousy and Vanity's payback, sinking the plan
Name and role:
Mr. Gristle is the meat-festival bigwig/promoter whose rules, spotlight, and schedule control the pageant that Brain is trying to hijack.
Trivia and other appearances:
The classic rich texan trope, used by WB and a lot of other media, nowaday a classic.
1999-03-27
Hooray for Meat
Release date:
1999-03-27
Plot:
Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain hit a city "Meat Festival" where Brain uncovers a scheme to take over the world with "Meats of Evil" To seize control, he revives the Patty Ann suit and enters the Meat Queen contest, only to spark Elmyra's jealousy and Vanity's payback, sinking the plan
Name and role:
Vanity is Elmyra's status-hungry classmate whose rivalry flares at the Meat Queen parade, stoking the drama that helps sink Brain's carefully staged stunt.
Trivia and other appearances:
She also appears in At the Hop! (1999) with a similar role.
1999-04-03
Party Night
Release date:
1999-04-03
Plot:
Vanity throws a big party and invites Rudy but pointedly snubs Elmyra. When Elmyra melts down, Pinky and Brain revive the Patty Ann disguise to lure the grubby Romeo to the event and stop the waterworks, only to spark a new round of chaos.
Name and role:
Rudy is Elmyra's schoolyard crush, more dazzled by "Patty Ann" than by Elmyra herself. Their dynamic is a lopsided triangle: Elmyra's needy affection vs. Rudy's shallow infatuation, that Vanity exploits, and that Brain opportunistically tries (and fails) to steer.
Trivia and other appearances:
Clear parallel to Tiny Toon Adventures "Prom-ise Her Anything" (1990): Elmyra is caught in a similarly lopsided prom-night love triangle were she gets dumped by Montana Max
1999-04-10-02
The Mask of Braino
Release date:
1999-04-10
Plot:
To win public support, Brain stages a crime wave and debuts as masked hero Braino, foiling the very capers he arranged. The PR stunt collapses when the crowd shrugs and Elmyra steals the spotlight with her own vigilante act, Underwear Head, derailing Brain's plan on live TV.
Name and role:
Braino is Brain's PR persona: a caped fix for his image problem. He scripts crimes, times the "rescues" and expects instant fame to grease his larger plan. A parody of Zorro with Mr. Fuzzy Wuzzy as horse.
Trivia and other appearances:
Another obscure reference to Zorro is in "SuperRabbit" (2013), not an abused trope, indeed.
1999-04-10-02
The Mask of Braino
Release date:
1999-04-10
Plot:
To win public support, Brain stages a crime wave and debuts as masked hero Braino, foiling the very capers he arranged. The PR stunt collapses when the crowd shrugs and Elmyra steals the spotlight with her own vigilante act, Underwear Head, derailing Brain's plan on live TV.
Name and role:
Underwear Head is Elmyra's chaotic counter-hero: improvised costume, boundless enthusiasm, and zero sense of timing.
Trivia and other appearances:
Underwear Head is, as of 2025, Elmyra's last confirmed appearance. We'll remember her like this: the star of her own show, with underwear on her head. It's still unknown whether she'll return in the spin-off, so for now this episode stands as her farewell to show business.