The Pinky P.O.V./The Really Great Dictator/Brain Food is the 33rd episode of the 3rd season of the Pinky and the Brain spin-off series and the 58th episode overall. It is the season finale of the 3rd season, and originally aired on May 16, 1998. All three cartoons in this episode are animated by Rough Draft.
The Pinky P.O.V.[]
Plot[]
A typical day in the lives of Pinky and the Brain unfold from Pinky's own first-person perspective. The viewer gets to endure all of his thoughts and actions directly, as if they themselves were Pinky.
Crew[]
- Written by Gordon Bressack
- Directed by Mike Milo
Trivia[]
- The whole episode is presented through Pinky's eyes.
- The ending chorus replaces the word "Brain" with "Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah!".
- Pinky and the Brain's band "Frog the Dry Widget" is a parody of the alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket.
The Really Great Dictator[]
Plot[]
Pinky and the Brain perform a song about Brain's ambitions for world domination, and what makes him a "really great" dictator.
Crew[]
- Written by Liz Holzman
- Directed by Mike Milo
Songs[]
Trivia[]
- The title of this cartoon is presumably a spoof of the 1940 film The Great Dictator.
- The tune of the titular song is performed to the "Can-Can".
- Past plans from "Das Mouse" (crab meat) and "My Feldmans, My Friends" (giant signal tower to telecast Brain's message) are referenced in the lyrics.
- A head resembling that of Mr. Skullhead's can be seen on Brain's chalkboard.
Gallery[]
Brain Food[]
Plot[]
The Brain engineers the perfect formula that can make any individual smarter if they consume it. In order to get it to more people, Brain puts it on a pizza, which he markets as "Wolfgang Brain's Pizzas of the World". With the help of celebrity endorsements, Brain opens a trendy Hollywood pizza Restaurant; "Planet Brain", so the formula can spread.
Crew[]
- Written by Bill Braunstein and Gordon Bressack
- Directed by Mike Milo
Trivia[]
- Actor Bruce Willis and his negatively-received singing career are spoofed in this cartoon through "Bryce Wallace". He performs a jazz version of the ending chorus at the very end of the episode.
- During the "Wolfgang Brain's Pizzas of the World" commercial, Luigi Denza's 1880 song "Funiculì, Funiculà" plays in the background. The song has since been the subject of "retroactive recognition" due to its inclusion in the video-game adaptation of the 2004 film Spider-Man 2, where it serves as a theme for the game's pizza delivery missions.
- Brain's restaurant "Planet Brain" is a parody of the Planet Hollywood chain of restaurants.
Cast[]
| Voice Actors: | Character(s): |
| Rob Paulsen | Pinky, Additional Voices |
| Maurice LaMarche | The Brain, Additional Voices |
| Townsend Coleman | Bryce Wallace |
| Tress MacNeille | Julie Green, Additional Voices |