Pinky and the Brain: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Pinky and the Brain Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
It's Only a Paper World
Sep 7, 1996
Brain tries to get all the people off Earth onto his paper mache creation, Chia Earth.
Collect 'em All
Sep 14, 1996
Using Johannes Gutenberg printing press, the Brain make a series of collectible trading cards.
Pinkasso
Sep 14, 1996
A successful modern artist is born and it's Pinky, trying to help fund Brain's new plan.
Plan Brain From Outer Space
Sep 28, 1996
Brain hopes his inter-galactic pen pal, Zalgar, will help him take over the world. But it turns out Zalgar likes to snack on brains.
The Pink Candidate
Nov 2, 1996
Pinky writes a letter to the newspaper criticizing the comic strip "The Family Circus". His letter, however, is misunderstood as a political statement that thrusts him to a spotlig
Brain's Song
Nov 9, 1996
Brain makes a tearjerker movie to make the world sad enough to make him leader.
Welcome to the Jungle
Nov 16, 1996
Animal rights activist think Pinky and the Brain are monkeys and release them into the jungle after taking them out of Acme Labs. The pair try to make it back home, but run into th
A Little Off the Top
Nov 23, 1996
Brain tries to discover what makes the legendary Samson so strong.
Megalomaniacs Anonymous
Nov 23, 1996
When Brain comes to the conclusion he no longer wants to take over the world, he decides to help others who had his problem and the first one to be helped is Pinky.
The Mummy
Dec 28, 1996
Pinky and Brain get sealed in an Egyptian pyramid where a mummy is lurking about.
Robin Brain
Dec 28, 1996
Brain gets a group of men to steal money from the rich (ala Robin Hood) to pay for his new plot.
Two Mice and a Baby
Feb 1, 1997
Pinky and Brain stumble upon a super powered baby, who happened to arrive from an exploding alien world.
The Maze
Feb 1, 1997
Pinky and Brain have to brave a virtual reality maze to find a microchip crucial to Brain's new plot.
Brain of the Future
Feb 8, 1997
The mice's future selves arrive in the lab, sending them on a roller coaster ride through time to find a world domination kit.
Brinky
Feb 22, 1997
Pinky and Brain's DNA get merged during a cloning experiment, creating a new mouse.
Hoop Schemes
May 17, 1997
Pinky and Brain put together a basketball team as part of their next plan, but the fame may be swelling Brain's head.