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!
...
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?