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January 10, 2000

ARE YOU PONDERING WHAT I'M PONDERING?

The Complete List of What Pinky Thinks Brain is Thinking,
But...


Based on Brian Norman's AYPWIP compilation.



In most cases, the question is posed by Brain and answered by Pinky. The only exceptions to this rule are: "Welcome to the Jungle", in which the question was posed by Pinky and answered by Brain; "A Pinky and the Brain Halloween", in which the question was asked by Brain and answered by Snowball; and "Brain Food", where the response involves a dialogue between Pinky and Brain.


1 Das Mouse

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but there's still a bug stuck in here from last time!

2 Of Mice and Man

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Uh, I think so, Brain, but I get all clammy inside the tent.

2a Spell-Bound

Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering, Pinky?
Pinky: Sure, Brain, but how are we going to find chaps our size?

3 That Smarts

Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Yes, I am!

3 Tokyo Grows

Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but I don't think Kay Ballard's in the union.

3 Brainstem


3a Bubba Bo Bob Brain

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Wuh, I think so, Brain, but burlap chafes me so!

3a Win Big

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but where are we going to find a duck and a hose at this hour?

4 Pinky and the Fog

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but, the Rockettes? I mean, it's mostly girls, isn't it?

4 Where No Mouse Has Gone Before

Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but pants with horizontal stripes make me look chubby.

4 Cheese Roll Call


4a Meet John Brain

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but this time you put the trousers on the chimp!

4a The Helpinki Formula

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but me and Pippi Longstocking -- I mean, what would the children look like?

4a The World Can Wait

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Uh, I think so Brain, but this time, you wear the tutu.

5 Brainania

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Well, I think so, Brain, but pantyhose are so uncomfortable in the summertime!

5a Battle For the Planet

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Wuh, I think so, Brain, but if we didn't have ears, we'd look like weasels.

5a Jockey for Position

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Wuh, I think so, Brain, but isn't Regis Philbin already married?

5a Pavlov's Mice

Brain: Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Pinky?
Pinky: Uh... yeah, Brain, but where are we going to find rubber pants our size?

6 TV or Not TV

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Well, I think so, Brain, but it's a miracle that this one grew back!

6a When Mice Ruled the Earth

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but culottes have a tendency to ride up so.

6a Where Rodents Dare

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, but where will we find an open tattoo parlor at this time of night?

7 Napoleon Brainaparte

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Well, I think so, Brain, but first you'd have to take that whole bridge apart, wouldn't you?

7a Brain Meets Brawn

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but if they called them "Sad Meals", kids wouldn't buy them!

7a Puppet Rulers

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Uh, I think so, Brain, but we'll never get a monkey to use dental floss!

8 Snowball

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but 'Snowball for Windows'?

8a Cranial Crusader

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Well, I think so, Brain, but I can't memorize a whole opera in Yiddish!

8a Opportunity Knox

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Uh, I think so, Brain, but balancing a family and a career ... ooh, it's all too much for me!

8a Yes, Always


9 A Pinky and the Brain Christmas

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Well, I think so, Brain, but "apply North Pole" to what?

9a Don't Tread on Us

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Well, I think so, POIT, but where do you stick the feather and call it macaroni?

9a Hercules Unwound


9a In the Garden of Mindy


10 Around The World in 80 Narfs

Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering, Pinky?
Pinky: Well, I think so, Brain, but <snort> no, no, it's too stupid!

11 Fly


12 Mouse of La Mancha

Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Umm, I think so, Don Cerebro, but, umm, why would Sophia Loren do a musical?

12 Ambulatory Abe


13 The Third Mouse

Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Umm, I think so, Brain, but what if the chicken won't wear the nylons?

13 The Visit


14 It's Only a Paper World

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but isn't that why they invented tube socks?

15 Collect 'em All

Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Well, I think so Brain, but what if we stick to the seat covers?

15 Pinkasso

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so Brain, but if you replace the 'P' with an 'O', my name would be 'Oinky', wouldn't it?

16 Plan Brain from Outer Space

Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Oooh, I think so Brain, but I think I'd rather eat the Macarena.

17 Robin Brain

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Well, I think so <hiccup!>, but Kevin Costner with an English accent?

17 The Mummy

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but don't you need a swimming pool to play Marco Polo?

18 The Pink Candidate

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Well, I think so, Brain, but do I really need two tongues?

19 Brain's Song

Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but we're already naked!

20 Welcome to the Jungle

Pinky: Brain, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Brain: We eat the box?

21 A Little Off the Top

Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Well, I think so, Brain, but if Jimmy cracks corn, and no one cares, why does he keep doing it?

21 Megalomaniacs Anonymous

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, NARF, but don't camels spit a lot?

22 Brain of the Future


23 Brinky

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but Pete Rose? I mean, can we trust him?

24 Two Mice and a Baby


24 The Maze

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but how will we get a pair of Abe Vigoda's pants?

25 Leave it to Beavers

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but isn't a cucumber that small called a gherkin?

25 Cinebrainia


26 Hoop Schemes

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but why would Peter Bogdanovich?

27 This Old Mouse

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but if we had a snowmobile, wouldn't it melt before summer?

28 Pinky & the Brain ...and Larry

Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Larry, and, um, Brain, but how can we get seven dwarves to shave their legs?

28 Where the Deer and the Mouselopes Play


29 My Feldmans, My Friends

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

30 Brain Noir

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but if we get Sam Spade, we'll never have any puppies!

31 A Meticulous Analysis of History


31 Funny, You Don't Look Rhennish

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but what kind of rides do they have in Fabioland?

32 Brain Drained

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but three round meals a day wouldn't be as hard to swallow.

32 Mice Don't Dance

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Wuh, I think so, Brain, but wouldn't anything lose it's flavor on the bedpost overnight?

33 Brain's Bogie


33 Say What, Earth

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but calling it pu-pu platter? Huh, what were they thinking!

34 All You Need is Narf

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but if we give peas a chance, won't the lima beans feel left out?

34 Pinky's Plan


35 Brain Acres

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but if the plural of 'mouse' is 'mice', wouldn't the plural of 'spouse' be 'spice'?

36 The Pinky Protocol

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but can the Gummi Worms really live in peace with the Marshmallow Chicks?

38 The Real Life

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Yes, Brain, but if our knees bent the other way, how would we ride a bicycle?

39 Pinky and the Brainmaker


39 Calvin Brain

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Umm, I think so, Brain, but three men in a tub? Ooh, that's unsanitary!

40 Pinky Suavo

Brain: Pinky Suavo, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Yes, but why does the chicken cross the road, huh, if not for love? <sigh> I do not know!

40 T.H.E.Y.

Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Wuh, I think so, Brain, but I prefer Space Jelly!

41 Brain's Way

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Wuh, I think so, Brain, but how will we get three pink flamingos into one pair of Capri pants?

42 Brainy Jack

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but Tuesday Weld isn't a complete sentence!

43 A Pinky and the Brain Halloween

Brain: Snowball, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Snowball: Oh, Brain, I certainly hope so!

44 Broadway Malady

Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but why would anyone want a depressed tongue?

45 But That's Not All, Folks


46 Leggo My Ego


46 Big in Japan

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but why would anyone want to see Snow White and the Seven Samurai?

47 The Tailor and the Mice


47 Bah, Wilderness

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but I find scratching just makes it worse.

48 Operation Sea Lion


48 You Said a Mouseful

Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but then my name would be 'Thumby'.

49 Pinky at the Bat

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but shouldn't the bat boy be wearing a cape?

49 Schpielborg 2000


51 Brainie the Poo

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Um, I think so, Brainie, but why would anyone want to Pierce Brosnan?

51 The Melancholy Brain

Brain: Pinky, art thou pondering that which I am pondering?
Pinky: Methinks so, Brain, verily, but dost thou think Pete Rose by any other name would still smell as sweaty?

52 Brain's Night Off

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Wuh, I think so, Brain, but will they let the Cranberry Dutchess stay in the Lincoln Bedroom?

52 Beach Blanket Brain


53 The Family that Narfs Together, Poits Together

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but why does a forklift have to be so big if all it does is lift forks?

54 Inherit the Wheeze

Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but wouldn't his movies be more suitable for children if he was named Jean-Claude van Darn?

55 To Russia with Lab Mice


55 Hickory Dickory Bonk


56 Brain Food

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Whoof, oh, I'd have to say the odds of that are terribly slim, Brain!
Brain: True.
Pinky: I mean, really, when have I ever been pondering what you've been pondering?
Brain: To my knowledge, never.
Pinky: Exactly. So, what are the chances that this time, I'm pondering what you're pondering?
Brain: Next to nil.
Pinky: Well, that's exactly what I'm thinking, too.
Brain: Therefore, you are pondering what I'm pondering!
Pinky: Poit, I guess I am!
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Pinky: True, Brain, but are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Brain: I think so, Pinky -- it's time to return to the lab so we can plan for tomorrow night!
Pinky: Why? What are we going to do tomorrow night?
Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky! Try to take over the world!
Pinky: Oh, right! Brain: Is that what you were pondering? Pinky: Nnnnnno... I was pondering...that it's time to -- set the balloon people free! WHOO-HOO-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

56 The Really Great Dictator


56 The Pinky P.O.V.

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but what if the hippopotamus won't wear the beach thong?

57 Pinky's Turn

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but if it was only supposed to be a three hour tour, why did the Howells bring all their money?

57 Your Friend, Global Domination


58 Dangerous Brains

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but Zero Mostel times anything will still give you Zero Mostel!

59 A Legendary Tail


59 Project B.R.A.I.N.

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but then I would have to know what 'pondering' is, wouldn't I?"

60 What Ever Happened to Baby Brain

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but if we have nothing to fear but fear itself, why does Eleanor Roosevelt wear that spooky mask?

60 Just Say Narf


61 The Pinky and the Brain Reunion Special

Brain: Do you ponder what I ponder, Pinky?
Pinky: I think so, Brainini, but arugela-flavored gelato??

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering...y'know.
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but, uh...something about a duck...

62-64 Brainwashed


65 Star Warners

Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Um, I think so, Brain-2, but a show about two talking lab mice? Hoo! It'll never get on the air!

-- The Brain's Apprentice


* Wakko's Wish

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering exactly what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but just how will we get the weasel to hold still?

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