Episode 54: Brain Meets Brawn/Meet Minerva

Episode 54: Brain Meets Brawn/Meet Minerva
Series
Season	1
Episode	54
Gags
Variable Verse	Wakko: "Where's Lon Chaney"?
Gag Credit(s)	First Trumpet- Kathryn Page
Closing Line	Pinky: Zort!
Broadcast Details
Premiered	February 15, 1994
Episode Chronology
Previous	Episode 53
Next	Episode 55

Brain Meets Brawn/Meet Minerva is the 54th episode of the original Animaniacs. It originally aired on February 15, 1994.

Randy Beaman

Animation by StarToons

Plot

Colin talks of when Randy Beaman's brother ate pop rocks and drank a soda.

Trivia

• In the original version of this cartoon, Colin is seen running outside with his hands on his crotch, clearly indicating that he has to go to the bathroom really bad. Subsequent releases use footage from Episode 8 in the marshmallow pillow story. The censored version is on the DVD, but the original version has occasionally been broadcast internationally (and supposedly seen in the U.S on Hub Network) and a workprint copy can be found here at 2:36 (as well as in the gallery below)
• Colin's story is based on the urban legend where if you ate pop rocks and drank a soda at the same time, your head would explode after that.

Gallery

A still from the original version of this cartoon

Randy Beamans

Skip to 2:36

Theme Song

Last line

Wakko: Where's Lon Chaney?

Brain Meets Brawn

Animation by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Ltd.

Plot

The Brain steals Dr. Jekyll's strength-enhancing formula which changes him into a terrifying monster when angered. He plots to disable the Big Ben clock tower at tea time to permanently suspend tea time in order to take over the world.

Crew

• Written by Peter Hastings and Tom Minton
• Directed by Michael Gerard

Songs

• "Chopsticks" (Instrumental only)
• "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt"
• "Hickory Dickory Dock" (Instrumental only)

Trivia

• This episode is a reference to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• The Dr. Jekyll/My. Hyde character is the same model for the character used in the 1955 Bugs Bunny short Hyde and Hare and the 1960 Sylvester & Tweety short Hyde and Go Tweet, both directed by Friz Freleng.
• The Warners make a cameo appearance in London, getting chased by Ralph.
• This, along with Pavlov's Mice and When Mice Ruled the Earth were the only episodes of Pinky and the Brain animated at Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd., they would later animate A Pinky and the Brain Christmas in their spin-off show.
• During the Big Ben sequence, "Hickory Dickory Dock" can be heard playing mixed with the Pinky and the Brain theme song. The mice would later star in an adaptation of the tune called "Hickory Dickory Bonk" in their spin-off series.
• The Big Ben bells tolling at the end segue into the Warners singing the ending chorus.

Meet Minerva

Animation by StarToons

Plot

Minerva Mink, causes all species of the male gender to do Tex Avery-style wild takes whenever they see her. In this cartoon, she attempts to avoid a hunting dog named Newt, who either wants to capture her or have her.

Crew

• Written by Sherri Stoner
• Directed by Barry Caldwell and Kirk Tingblad

Songs

• "It's Not Pretty Being Me"

Trivia

• In production order, this was to be the first Minerva Mink cartoon.
• One of the messages on Minerva's answering machine is from Fowlmouth from Tiny Toon Adventures, who also mentions Shirley the Loon being out of town.
• At one point, Newt says, "Oooh, baby, that's what I like!" This is a reference to the Big Bopper's song "Chantilly Lace". Later, Minerva says it when she sees her friend's (on the phone) cousin.
• Yakko and Wakko make a cameo when they go to Minerva and say “Helloooo, nurse!” to her before Dot takes them away.

Quotes

Minerva: "What a yutz!"

Minerva: "Like I said, It's Not Pretty Being Me"

Randy Beaman

Animation by StarToons

Plot

In the winter time, Colin, who is all bundled up, talks about Randy Beaman and his father picking up a female hitchhiker in Kansas and the ending is....kinda spooky. After he tells the story, Colin attempts to walk back to the door, but ends up landing in the snow on his side.

Cast

Voice Actors:	Character(s):
Maurice LaMarche	The Brain
Rob Paulsen	Pinky, Yakko Warner, Lawrence, Fowlmouth
Jeff Bennett	Dr. Jeckyl, Mr. Hyde
Julie Brown	Minerva Mink
Arte Johnson	Newt
Tress MacNeille	Dot, Trudy
Jess Harnell	Wakko Warner, Trudy's Cousin
Colin Wells	Colin

Transcript

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