![]() ![]() Some of the content here is outrageous, but in a way that endears (the outrageousness and creativity of Brain's plan was part of the show's charm and intentional, as is not being surprised by the outcome of Brain's plan), but it is from start to finish constantly engaging, lively in pace, clever and always structured coherently, it's easy to understand for younger audiences but adults will find it still intelligent and with some degree of complexity. One worries about the episode being repetitive, no worries are needed because there is a lot of freshness and variety to stop that from happening. While somewhat formulaic (all the stories in 'Pinky and the Brain' are, but in structure, the concept was actually very original), this is a not so common example of formulaic not being a bad thing and not mattering at all, because of the cleverness, creativity and idea variety of the writing and storytelling which are nowhere near as silly or confined as one would think looking at the premise. ![]() It achieves a perfect balance of never being too simplistic or too convoluted. There is zaniness, wit and surprising intelligence and has references that will delight adults especially as they are more likely to get them, while having some educational parts for children. It is such smart writing, riotous at its best. 'Pinky and the Brain' throughout its too short run was always superbly written. Absolutely loved Pinky's song in "Pinky Suavo", very catchy with clever lyric writing. ![]() The scoring is dynamic and composed in a way that is always adding to the actions, expressions and gestures and doing what good music scores in animation should do in enhancing them. The characters designs have no stiffness (personally think they have a little more refinement than those in 'Animaniacs'), the backgrounds are very detailed and the colours are a mix of vibrant and atmospheric. There is nothing to criticise the animation quality for. ![]() Don't know which is the better one of the two segments, loved how Pinky was written in "Pinky Suavo" but found the premise in "T.H.E.Y" a little more imaginatively executed. Yet another wonderful episode, none of the previous episodes proved to be bad (all actually good to outstanding) but this, both segments, is for me in the top half. 'Pinky and the Brain' is like 'Animaniacs', it has something for everybody and children and adults alike will love it, it is so much more than "just another kiddie show" and should never be dismissed as such. As an adult even more so with more knowledge of animation and understanding the humour more. It has always been one of my favourite shows, extremely well made, cute at times and very funny and actually hilarious frequently as a child. Love 'Pinky and the Brain' even more, with it having all the things that makes 'Animaniacs' such a great show while making them even better and its merits are even more in quantity and even bigger in quality. Have said quite a few times about thinking very highly of 'Animaniacs'. Still love it to this day as a young adult and even more so actually. Being a lifelong animation from a very early age (always will do), with Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry being the earliest and among the biggest influences/examples, there wouldn't be any question of seeing anything animated regardless of the studio, director, style, how old it is and its critical reception, having always made a real effort to be fair and open-minded. ![]()
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