Pinky, are you pondering what I’m pondering?

Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I’m pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but…

First Season
PAYPWIP? I think so Brain, but there’s still a bug in there from last time.
PAYPWIP? I think so Brain, but I get all clammy inside the tent.
AYPWIP? Sure, Brain, but how are we going to find chaps our size?
PAYPWIP? I think so Brain, but I don’t think Kay Ballard is in the union?
AYPWIP? Yes, I am!
PAYPWIP? Well, I think so Brain, but burlap chafes me so.
AYPWIP? I think so Brain, but pants with horizontal stripes makes me look chubby.
PAYPWIP? I think so, Brain, but where we going to find a duck and a hose at this hour?
PAYPWIP? I think so, but where will we find an open tattoo parlor at this time of night?
PAYPWIP? I think so Brain, but culottes have a tendency to ride up so.
PAYPWIP? Well, I think so Brain, but if we didn’t have ears, we’d look like weasels.
AYPWIP? Wuh, I think so Brain, but isn’t Regis Philbin already married?
AYTWITP? Uh … yeah, Brain, but where are we going to find rubber pants our size?
PAYPWIP? Wuh, I think so, but we’ll never get a monkey to use dental floss.
PAYPWIP? I think so Brain, but if they called them sad meals, kids wouldn’t buy them.
PAYPWIP? I think so Brain, but you but this time you put the trousers on the chimp.
PAYPWIP? I think so Brain, but this time you wear the tutu.
PAYPWIP? I think so Brain, but me and Pippi Longstocking, I mean, what would the children look like?
PAYPWIP? I think so Brain, but it’s a miracle this one grew back.
PAYPWIP? Well, I think so Brain but first you’d have to take that whole bridge apart wouldn’t you?
PAYPWIP? I think so Brain, poit, but where do you stick the feather and call it macaroni?
PAYPWIP? Well, I think so Brain, but I can’t memorize a whole opera in Yiddish.
PAYPWIP? Aww, I think so, Brain, but balancing a family and a career … uh, it’s all too much for me.
PAYPWIP? Well, I think so Brain, but “apply North Pole” to what?
PAYPWIP? I think so, Brain, but “Snowball for Windows”?
PAYPWIP? Umm, I think so Brain, but what if the chicken won’t wear the nylons?
PAYPWIP? I think so Brain, but 3 round meals a day wouldn’t be as hard to swallow.
PAYPWIP? I think so Brain, but if the plural of mouse is mice, wouldn’t the plural of spouse be spice?
PAYPWIP? I think so Brain, but three men in a tub? Ewww, that’s unsanitary.
PAYPWIP? I theenk sew, but why deed ze chicken cross ze road if not for love?
AYPWIP? I think so Brain, but I prefer Space Jelly.
PAYPWIP? Yes Brain, but if our knees bent the other way, how would we ride a bicycle?
PAYPWIP? Wuh, I think so Brain, but how will we get 3 pink flamingos into on pair of capri pants?
SPAYPWIP? I think so Don Cerebro, but why would Sophia Loren do a musical?
PAYPWIP? I think so Brain, but the Rocketts…it’s mostly girls isn’t it?
PAYPWIP? I think so but pantyhose are so uncomfortable during the summer time.
AYPWIP? I think so Brain…no, no it’s too stupid.
PAYPWIP? I think so Brain, but isn’t that why they invented tube sox?
SAYPWIP? Oh Brain, I certainly hope so.
PAYPWIP? I think so Brain, but Tuesday Weld isn’t a complete sentence.
PAYPWIP? I think so Brain, but who wants to see Snow White and the 7 Samurai?
PAYPWIP? P:Well, I think so, Brain, but what if we stick to the seat covers?
PAYPWIP? P:I think so, Brain, but that assumes that I know what ‘Pondering’ is.
PAYPWIP? P:Well, I think so, Brain, but if you git along little doggie, don’t you just have a dachshund?
PAYPWIP? P:I think so, Brain, but how will we get the Spice Girls into a juice box?
B:Snowball, are you pondering what I’m pondering?
S:Oh, Brain, I certainly hope so.
PAYPWIP? P:I think so, Brain, but then my name would be Thumby.
PAYPWIP? P:I think so, Brain, but scratching just makes it worse.
PAYPWIP? P:I think so, Brain, but shouldn’t the bat boy be wearing a cape?
PAYPWIP? P:Umm, I think so, Brainie, but why would anyone want to Pierce Brosnan?
PAYPWIP? P:Me thinks so, Brain, verily, but dost thou think Pete Rose by any other name would still smell as sweaty?
PAYPWIP? P:I think so, Brain, but wouldn’t his movies be more suitable for children if he was named Jean Claude Van Darn?
PAYPWIP? P:Wuh, I think so, Brain, but will they let the Cranberry Dutchess stay in the Lincoln Bedroom?
PAYPWIP? P:I think so, Brain, but why does a forklift have to be so big if all it does is lift forks?
PAYPWIP? P:I think so, Brain, but if it was only supposed to be a three hour tour why did the Howells bring all their money?
PAYPWIP? P:I think so, Brain, but what if the hippopotamus won’t wear the beach thong?
PAYPWIP? P:I think so, Brain, but wear a fish?
PAYPWIP? Pinky: I think so, Brain, but if we have nothing to fear but fear itself, why does Eleanor Roosevelt wear that spooky mask?
Brain Food
B: Pinky, are you pondering what I’m pondering?
P: Whoof, oh, I’d have to say the odds are slim, Brain.
B: True.
P: I mean, really, when have I ever been pondering what you’ve been pondering?
B: To my knowledge, never.
P: Exactly. So, what are the chances that this time, I’m pondering what you’re pondering?
B: Next to nil.
P: Well, that’s exactly what I’m thinking, too.
B: Therefore, you are pondering what I’m pondering.
P: Poit, I guess I am.

Pinky and the Brain Quotes, NARF
From “Bubba Bo Bob Brain”
B: It must be inordinately taxing to be such a boob.
P: You have no idea.
To Pinky, while on stilts
B: If I could reach you, I would hurt you.
From “Opportunity Knox”
B: Yes, Pinky, that’s it. We shall open a boutique and sell ladies’ clothing and pollen.
From “Meet John Brain”
B: Pinky, once I take over the world, remind me to publicly snub you.

Responding to a suggestion from Pinky
B: Brilliant, Pinky! Oh, no, wait. What if we want to use a plan that works?

B: It proved that radio was a powerful tool. And now, Pinky, the advance of technology has brought us an even more powerful tool. Do you know what that is?
P: Ummm… the rubber band?
B: The Workings of your mind are a mystery to me, Pinky.

B: Promise me something, Pinky. Never breed.
P: I’ll try.

B: I am in intense pain, Pinky.
P: Ditto, Brain. Zort!

B: Pinky, I am in considerable pain.
P: Narf! Zort! Poit! Gat! I’m with you, Brain!

B: Here we are, Pinky–at the dawn of time!
P: Narf, Brain. Wake me at the noon of time.

B: Now, Pinky, if by any chance you are captured during this mission, remember you are Gunther Heindriksen from Appenzell. You moved to Grindelwald to drive the cog train to Murren. Can you repeat that?
P: Mmmm, no, Brain, don’t think I can.

P: Egad! You astound me, Brain!
B: That’s a simple task, Pinky.
B: Come here, Pinky, so that I may hurt you.

From the end of “Brain’s Night Off,” after a series of unsuccessful entertainment trips
B: Come, Pinky. We must return to the lab to prepare for tomorrow night.
P: Gee, Brain, what are we going to do tomorrow night?
B: The only thing I know how to have any fun doing. Trying to take over the world!

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