Pinky and the Brain Lab Notes

Essentials

• Index
• Series Guide
• Episode Guide
• Plot Summaries

Show Trivia

• Pinky's Ponderings
• Aliases
• Brain's Tools
• Cage Escapes
• Animation Goofs
• Brain's Plans
• Word Power
• B.R.A.I.N. by Brian Norman

Indexes and Credits

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• Writers
• Directors
• Animation Studios
• Series Credits

This page lists Pinky's responses to Brain's signature question: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?

Compiled From Animaniacs

• Spell-Bound:

  Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Sure, Brain, but how are we going to find chaps our size?

• Win Big:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so, Brain, but where we going to find a duck and a host at this hour?

• Bubba Bo Bob Brain:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Well, I think so Brain, but burlap chafes me so.

• Meet John Brain:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but this time you put the trousers on the chimp.

• The World Can Wait:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but this time you wear the tutu.

• The Helpinki Formula:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but me and Pipi Longstocking, I mean, what would the children look like?

• Battle for the Planet:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Well, I think so Brain, but if we didn't have ears, we'd look like weasels.

• Jockey For Position:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Wuh, I think so Brain, but isn't Regis Philbin already married?

• Pavlov's Mice:

  Pinky, Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?
  Uh ... yeah, Brain, but where are we going to find rubber pants our size?

• Where Rodents Dare:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so, but where will we find an open tattoo parlor at this time of night?

• When Mice Ruled The Earth:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but culottes have a tendency to ride up so.

• Puppet Rulers:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Wuh, I think so, but wel'll never get a monkey to use dental floss.

• Brain Meets Brawn:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but if they called them "sad meals", kids wouldn't buy them.

• Cranial Crusader:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Well, I think so Brain, but I can't memorize a whole opera in Yiddish.

• Opportunity Knox:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Aww, I think so, Brain, but balancing a family and a career ... uh, it's all too much for me.

• Don't Tread On Us:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain,

Season 1

• Das Mouse:

  Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but there's still a bug in there from last time.

• Of Mouse And Man:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but I get all clammy inside the tent.

• Tokyo Grows:

  Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but I don't think Kay Ballard is in the union?

• That Smarts:

  Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Yes, I am!

• Pinky & The Fog:

  Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but the Rockettes? I mean, it's mostly girls, isn't it?

• Where No Mouse Has Gone Before:

  Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but pants with horizontal stripes makes me look chubby.

• Brainania:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Well, I think so Brain, but panyhose are so uncomfortable in the summertime.

• TV or Not TV:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but it's a miracle this one grew back.

• Napoleon Brainaparte:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Well, I think so Brain but first you'd have to take that whole bridge apart wouldn't you?

• Snowball:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so, Brain, but "Snowball for Windows"?

• A Pinky And The Brain Christmas:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Well, I think so Brain, but "apply North Pole" to what?

• Around The World In 80 Narfs:

  Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but, snort, no, no, it's too stupid.

• Mouse Of La Mancha:

  Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Umm, I think so Don Cerebro, but umm, why would Sophia Loren do a musical?

• The Third Mouse:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Umm, I think so Brain, but what if the chicken won't wear the nylons?

Season 2

• It's Only A Paper World:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but isn't that why they invented tube socks?

• Collect 'Em All:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain but what if we stick to the seat covers?

• Pinkasso:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain but if you replace the

• Plan Brain From Outer Space:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Ewww, I think so Brain, but I think I'd rather eat the Macarena.

• The Mummy:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but don't we need a pool to play Marco Polo?

• Robin Brain:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Well, I think so, but Kevin Costner with an English accent?

• The Pink Candidate:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Well, I think so Brain, but do I really need two tongues?

• Brain's Song:

  Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Well, I think so Brain, but we're already naked.

• Welcome to the Jungle:

  Brain, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  We eat the box?

• Megalomaniacs Anonymous:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but don't camels spit a lot?

• Brinky:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but Pete Rose? I mean, can we trust him?

• The Maze:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but how do we get a pair of Abe Vegoda's pants?

• Hoop Schemes:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but why would Peter Bogdanovich?

Season 3

• A Little Off The Top:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Well, I think so Brain but if Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why does he keep doing it?

• Leave It To Beavers:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but isn't a cucumber that small called a gerkin?

• This Old Mouse:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but if we had a snowmobile, wouldn't it melt before summer?

• Pinky & The Brain And... Larry:

  Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Larry, and Brain, but how we will get all seven dwarves to shave their legs.

• My Feldmans, My Friends:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but how do we get the Spice Girls into the paella.

• Brain Noir:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but if we get Sam spayed, he'll never have any puppies.

• Mice Don't Dance:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Well, I think so Brain, but wouldn't anything lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

• Brain Drained:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but three round meals a day wouldn't be as hard to swallow.

• Say What, Earth?:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  But calling it Pu-Pu platter? What were they thinking?

• All You Need Is Narf:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but if we give peas a chance, won't the lima beans feel left out?

• Pinky's Plan:

  Brain, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  What was that?

• Brain Acres:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but if the plural of mouse is mice, wouldn't the plural of spouse be spice?

• The Pinky Protocol:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but can the gummi worms really live in peace with the Marshmellow Chicks?

• The Real Life:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Yes Brain, but if our knees bent the other way, how would we ride a bicycle?

• Pinky Suavo:

  Pinky Suavo, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Yes, but why does the chicken cross the road, huh, if not for love? Oh, I don't know.

• T.H.E.Y:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but I prefer space jelly.

• A Pinky And The Brain Halloween:

  Snowball, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Oh Brain, I certainly hope so.

• Broadway Malady:

  Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but why would anyone want a depressed tongue?

• Big in Japan:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but who wants to see Snow White and the Seven Samuri?

• You Said A Mouseful:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but then my name would be "thumby".

• Bah, Wilderness:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but I find scratching just makes it worse.

• Pinky At The Bat:

  Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but shouldn't the bat boy be wearing a cape.

• Brainie The Poo:

  Pinklet, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Umm, I think so Brainie, but why would anyone want to Pierce Brosnan?

• Melancholy Brain:

  Pinky, Art Thou Pondering That Which I Am Pondering?
  Me thinks so Brain, verily, but doest thou think Pete Rose by any other name would still smell as sweaty?

• Brain's Night Off:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but will they let the Cranberry Duchess stay in the Lincoln Bedroon?

• Beach Blanket Brain:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  (to be completed)

• The Family That Poits Together, Narfs Together:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but why does a forklift have to be so big if all it does is lift forks?

• Inherit The Wheeze:

  Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but wouldn't his movies be more suitable for children if he was named 'Jean Claude Van Darn'?

• The Pinky P.O.V.:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but what if the hippopotimus won't wear the beach thong?

• Brain Food:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Whew! I'd say the odds of that are terribly slim.

• Pinky's Turn:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but if was only supposed to be a three hour tour, why did Howells bring all his money?

• Dangerous Brains:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but Zero Mostel times anything is still Zero Mostel.

• Whatever Happened To Baby Brain:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but if we have nothing to fear but fear itself, then why does Elenor Roosevelt wear that spooky mask?

Season 4

• A Legendary Tail:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Umm, I think so Big Brainy Fish Face Stove Pipe Wiggle Room Eileen. But if you get a long little doggie, wouldn't you just call it a dachshund?

• Project B.R.A.I.N.:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but then I'd have to know what pondering is, wouldn't I?

• Brainwashed Part 3: Wash Harder:

  Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  I think so Brain, but "instant karma" always gets so lumpy.

• Star Warners:

  Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
  Umm, I think so Brain-2, but a show about two talking lab mice? It'll never get on the air!