Pinky and the Brain: Season 3
Season 3 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 2.
- 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 3 Progress Shield
Leave It to Beavers
Sep 8, 1997
Brain enlists the aid of beavers to gain control over the flow of rivers.
Pinky & The Brain ...and Larry
Sep 13, 1997
Pinky and Brain have a new companion, Larry, but their newest plan just doesn't seem to pan out.
Where the Deer and The Mousealopes Play
Sep 13, 1997
In their latest plan, Pinky and Brain try to take over the steel mills in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by pretending to be a part of an endangered species called the Mousealopes.
Brain Noir
Sep 13, 1997
It's 1946 and Brain's new plan gets interrupted when he and Pinky encounter Billie and Snowball.
Brain's Bogie
Sep 15, 1997
Brain gets caught up in winning a golf tournament, even though it interferes with his new plan.
Say What, Earth
Sep 15, 1997
After the Earth gets the power of speech from his Silitronlinguifactor device, Brain comes up with a new plan.
My Feldmans, My Friends
Sep 16, 1997
Brain tries to get a package meant for him back from his neighbor.
This Old Mouse
Sep 18, 1997
After getting a glimpse of his future, Brain abandons his attempts to take over the world and gets a job as a ski instructor.
Brain Storm
Sep 19, 1997
The mice are looking to control tornados, but a pest keeps getting in their way.
A Meticulous Analysis Of History
Sep 20, 1997
Brain sings about past and present world leaders' failures.
Funny, You Don't Look Rhennish
Sep 20, 1997
The mice need to get into a mine, but have to pretend to join a Amish-type society.
The Pinky Protocol
Sep 22, 1997
Brain's latest plan is a conspiracy theory about why he is not ruling the world.
Mice Don't Dance
Sep 26, 1997
Brain becomes a tap dancer with steam-powered legs in order to spread a subliminal morse code at the World's Fair.
Brain Drained
Sep 26, 1997
Brain is out of ideas for taking over the world, so he tries to get some from writers.
Pinky And The Brainmaker
Sep 29, 1997
Brain creates a cloning machine and plans to clone himself in order to create the best Celtic dance troupe the world has ever seen.
Pinky Suavo
Oct 4, 1997
Brain plans to use the Personalitron to give him irresistible charisma, but it winds up going to Pinky.
T.H.E.Y.
Oct 4, 1997
The mice learn of a secret organization, T.H.E.Y. (comprised of world leaders), and try to get in.
The Real Life
Oct 10, 1997
A house needed for Brain's latest plot becomes the set of a reality series about the people living there. So the mice become participants to get in.
A Pinky And The Brain Halloween
Oct 19, 1997
Mr. Itch offers Brain control of the world in exchange for his soul, but Brain refuses. In a shocking twist, Pinky sells his soul to make it happen and Brain soon decides to get hi
Brainy Jack
Nov 2, 1997
Brain assumes the identity of Briany Jack, a hippie leader, and tries to create a peace chain to send a subliminal message.
Leggo My Ego
Nov 7, 1997
Brain's attempt to control Emperor Franz Josef get side tracked when he talks about his problems with psychiatrist Dr. Sigmund Freud.
Big In Japan
Nov 7, 1997
Brain enters the world of a sumo wrestling to acquire a paralyzing fish.
But That's Not All, Folks!
Nov 8, 1997
Brain takes control of a satellite to air his infomercial around the world, but the satellite belongs to the military and they want to capture whoever hacked into their systems.
Operation Sea Lion
Nov 14, 1997
Brain takes control over aquatic mammals for his latest plan and Pinky falls for a female sea lion.
The Tailor and The Mice
Nov 15, 1997
A well-meaning tailor makes Pinky and Brain's lives miserable.
Bah, Wilderness
Nov 15, 1997
At a sleep away camp for world leaders' children, Brain tries to trick the children into placing listening devices in their parents' offices.
Pinky At The Bat
Nov 22, 1997
To release Brain's leather repellant, the mice become baseball players.
Schpiel-Borg 2000
Nov 22, 1997
Brain's latest plan for world domination is the Schpiel-Borg 2000, which hosts a retrospective of past episodes.
Broadway Malady
Jan 3, 1998
Pinky and Brain stage their own seperate musicals, which have varying degrees of success.
The Megalomaniacal Adventures of Brainie The Poo
Feb 7, 1998
Spoofing Winnie the Pooh, Brainie and Pinklet try to steal honey from a bee hive.
The Melancholy Brain
Feb 7, 1998
Brain tries to create chaos in Hamlet's family and take over.
Inherit The Wheeze
Feb 14, 1998
Brain tries to become a national hero by taking down a tobacco company.
Brain's Night Off
Feb 21, 1998
Taking the night off from trying to take over the world, Pinky and Brain try other things.
Beach Blanket Brain
Feb 21, 1998
Brain tries to get surfers to put on his suntan lotion, Brain de Soleil, which creates a hypnotic effect.
The Family That Poits Together, Narfs Together
Feb 21, 1998
Brain enters Pinky's family in a contest to win $25,000.
Pinky's Turn
Feb 28, 1998
Pinky has his own plan for world domination and Brain goes along with it.
Your Friend: Global Domination
Feb 28, 1998
Brain explains why he should be leader in a mock educational film.
You'll Never Eat Food Pellets In This Town Again
Apr 25, 1998
As network executives keep repeatedly changing their show, Pinky and Brain decide to quit.
Dangerous Brains
May 2, 1998
As he prepares his plan for world domination, Brain goes to work teaching rebellious students.
Whatever Happened To Baby Brain
May 9, 1998
Pinky and Brain masquerade as a mother and child star respectively to get money needed for the next plan.
The Pinky P.O.V.
May 16, 1998
It's another usual night where Brain plans to take over the world, only it's seen from Pinky's point of view.
Brain Food
May 16, 1998
Brain opens a restaurant and feeds the customers a drug to make them smarter.