The Third Mouse/The Visit is the 13th episode of the Pinky and the Brain spin-off series and the season 1 finale. It originally aired on May 12, 1996. Both cartoons in this episode are animated by Akom Film Production.
The Third Mouse[]
Plot[]
Pinky arrives in Vienna circa 1946 to search for his friend, The Brain. Several people tell him that The Brain was killed in a chemical explosion (which Pinky misinterprets as Brain running late rather than being "The Late Brain"). Pinky denies all proof of his death and becomes entangled in a bizarre adventure. It is later revealed that The Brain is alive, but faked his death in the hopes of starting a new life with a mouse named Trudy.
Crew[]
- Written By Charles M. Howell IV and Gordon Bressack
- Directed By Charles Visser
Trivia[]
- This cartoon is a parody of the 1949 British film noir The Third Man.
- The song "Chopin's Piano Sonata Number 2" is featured prominently as an instrumental.
- Brain's telegram mentions a fictional place in Vienna: "Rueggerstrasse," which is a play-on of the name of series creator Tom Ruegger.
- When Trudy interrogates Pinky on what he knows, he responds that he knows the lyrics to "Yakko's World" (the song even briefly plays in the background). This is a nod to the fact that both Pinky and Yakko Warner share a voice actor- Rob Paulsen.
- Phar Fignewton makes an appearance on photograph of Pinky's when the police bring him in.
- Dot Warner makes a cameo in this episode. Like her other appearances in black-and-white settings, her nose is still red.
- The ending chorus is sung in an Austrian style, accompanied by the score's zither.
Gallery[]
The Visit[]
Plot[]
The Brain inadvertently finds his biological parents in a plan for world domination, and grants them the ability to speak with the pensamplivox back-packs. Unfortunately, he can't get along too well with them.
Crew[]
- Written By Earl Kress
- Directed by Byron Vaughns
Trivia[]
- Brain's mother was previously mentioned in the Animaniacs cartoon "Pavlov's Mice" as being named "Desiree."
- This is the only Pinky and the Brain cartoon to be directed by Byron Vaughns.
- Unlike other some other rodents on the show, Brain's parents aren't given their anthropomorphism by the gene-splicer, but rather Brain's pensamplivox back-packs. At the end of the cartoon, they are seen waving goodbye without the back-packs on. Whether this was an animation error or an indication that they were later sent into the gene-splicer is unknown.
Production Notes[]
- This was the final half-hour episode of the Pinky and the Brain spin-off series to regularly premiere Sunday nights on the WB Network's primetime schedule. Beginning with the next episode, premieres would revert to the daytime Kids' WB! schedule. Later on, "A Pinky and the Brain Halloween" would be the show's final primetime premiere due to its status of being a holiday special. "A Pinky and the Brain Christmas" would also see occasional primetime reruns as well.
Cast[]
| Voice Actors: | Character(s): |
| Rob Paulsen | Pinky, Additional Voices |
| Maurice LaMarche | The Brain, Additional Voices |
| Tress MacNeille | Trudy, Desiree/Brain's Mother |
| Ernest Borgnine | Brain's Father |
| Larry Cedar | Major |
| Charles Howerton | Cribbage |