Pinky & The Brain
Are Gay?
(Throughout this document there are free WAV's you can download.
They are all in 11Khtz/8bit/mono/(PCM)WAV format)
[this page last updated 10/14/00. I don't get this program anymore, so
there will be no furthar updates. sorry]
Pinky & The Brain is a Saturday morning children's cartoon about two
lab mice bent on ruling the world. Or rather, of one genetically altered,
super intelligent mouse whose bent on global domination (Brain) and his
extremely loyal (though exceedinly stupid) co-dependand life-time companion
(Pinky).
What, you think I'm stretching it by calling Pinky a co-dependant life-time
partner? Have a listen to THIS then:
CODEPEND.WAV [176K]
And you don't buy the lifetime partner bit? ... well... I'm sure they've said
that too, but so far all I can offer is a clip of when Pinky & the Brain
had and raised a CHILD together! (By the way, Pinky always plays the
role of the wife (though he is male) and Brain always plays the role
of the husband). WOW! Wait a second! I just made a little connection in my
head. Unbelievable. They happened to have givin their child the name of
"Roman Numeral One" ... I guess there's nothing at all ODD about a
name like "Roman Numeral One" but if you happen to be the type of
person that likes to make leaps and bounds, you might be interested in
knowing that Romans I (Specifically Romans 1:18-32) of the bible is one of
the most renoun sections of the bible for specifically trashing gays.
[I have Romans I written up in my gay thoughts section].
Could this be a stab at the bible? You tell me.
PINKYMOM.WAV [266K]
By the way earlier in this scene, durring the cloning process Brain needed
help holding the door to the cloning compartment closed and called for pinky
to help him (Pinky was busy giving himself "that peticure he'd been
promising himself" but eventually arrived). When Pinky arrived brain
yelled "PUSH! Pinky, PUSH!", at which point Pinky did some quick
lamaus breathing. It was a quick scene, but it was definately there.
Here, have a listen for yourself.
PB_BIRTH.WAV [184K]
..though, to tell the truth, it's not a GREAT relationship givin that it IS
a co-dependant relationship. Throughout the series they repeatedly play
(directly and very obviously intentional) Pinky and the Brain in the role
of a more 50's steriotypical family situation. With Pinky in the kitchen
cooking (in the role of the steriotypical 50's housewife) for his man, Brain
(the overbearing, condesending husband of the 50's). Here are a few clips
of Pinky in his apron offering Brain some supper. (There are many more, but
I've already used all my space. fyi, the PB_CAKE.WAV clip takes place
immediately after their son shocks Brain with the news that he doesn't want
to follow in his footsteps .. Have you ever heard your mother say something
like this?)
PINKCOOK.WAV [118K]
PB_CAKE.WAV [43K]
On occasion, they do, however, seem to have one of the better co-dependant
relationships though. (eesh.. I cringe at using Better and Co-dependant
in the same sentence). Brain enrolls in Meglomaniacs-Anonymous when he
realises that his desire to control the world is becomming harmful to the
one he cares about (Pinky). Also, he, in a much more touching moment (in my
opinion), despite his overwhelming desire to succeed at taking over the world,
upon discovering from his calculations that Pinky was the reason none of his
plans ever succeed, never considered the option of parting paths with him,
but instead immediately took on the challenge of making Pinky smarter. (I
happen to particularly like that episode, so I'll tell you the rest as well.
He ends up making Pinky smarter then himself, who checks the errors in Brain's
original calculations only to find that Brain is actually the reason none of
his plans worked. Brain calculates that the teem needs balance and that
Pinky is now indeed smarter then himself and descides the only course of
action is to make the sacrifice and use the intellence machine to remove
his own intelligence. It's one of the rare times when Brain doesn't come off
looking heartless. (You might also want to see the christmas episode as well..
It's been done before but they did it so well it almost brings a tear to your
eye when the Brain reads Pinky's christmas list).
BUT WAIT A SECOND! PINKY HAS A GIRLFRIEND!
..yes ... I guess you're right. Pinky has a picture of a horse that he
refers to as his girlfriend. But after seeing the other scenes they've done,
can you ever really see them as anything but a couple again? :) I guess you
can read the show however you want to (kinda like Xena).
I don't really think Pinky and the Brain are necessarily a gay couple. I
do think that for whatever reason, there are many intentional relationship
comments going throughout the show. Perhaps it's just because it's always
been a traditional joke in the world of comedy to have two males playing the
role of the steriotypical 50's husband and wife (see: The Odd Couple) ...
but in today's world of awareness concerning gay issues, it may also be
at least partially in reflection of this.
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a read. They have many more neat points to bring up and even included a revised
version of the lyrics to the themesong! If you have some points
to make, e-mail me and let me know if you're ok with being printed
on here as well.
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