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** Much like parent show ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', ''P&TB'' frequently took quite a few jabs at Disney, yet ended up as one of the last shows added to the Creator/ToonDisney lineup. It was last seen working the late shift on weekends during the first few months of the existence of successor Creator/DisneyXD.
** One episode, a Franchise/WinnieThePooh parody, has a donkey named [[UsefulNotes/AlGore Algore]] as its Eeyore stand-in. The Brain quickly realizes that the rambling Algore is quite literally full of hot air, causing the occasional warm breeze. Cue jokes about Al Gore being the ''real'' [[Film/AnInconvenientTruth cause of global warming]].
** In "Broadway Malady", The Brain's show, "Angst: The Musical", has a number called The Schadenfreude Polka. A musical with a number about Schadenfreude? [[Theatre/AvenueQ How ridiculous.]]
** In "The Real Life", Brain is informed that "no one listens to vinyl anymore". As of the late 2010's, vinyl has been making a comeback.
** In "A Meticulous Analysis of History" Pinky mentions "the former of governor of Arkansas" with a picture of Bill Clinton in his underwear, referencing a claim that Clinton wrote his underwear off as tax deductible, made hilarious by the Monica Lewinsky scandal a year later.
** The infamous "And Larry" now sounds quite a bit like [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} "And Peggy."]]
** Pinky and Brain disguising themselves as a cow to go to China in "Around the World in 80 Narfs", which had Brain posing as the cow's head, is funnier in light of computer company Gateway's commercials featuring a talking cow voiced by Brain's voice actor Creator/MauriceLaMarche.
** In the comic story "Were-Mice of London", Pinky and Brain get attacked by a [[WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit wererabbit]].
** In "The Megalomaniacal Adventures of Brainie the Poo", a parody of ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh'', the Tigger {{expy}} is "Jagger", parodying Music/MickJagger of Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, who talks about how old he is, with lines like "The wonderful thing about Jagger is that I'm still swinging my hips", "I can prowl the stage like a cat half my age", and "But the grooviest thing about Jagger is I'm really, really old!". At the time the episode aired in 1998, Mick Jagger was in his mid-50s, and the Stones at that point were thought to be over the hill. But flash-forward to 2021, and Jagger, now in his late-70s, is still performing more energetically than many music stars even younger than him.

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** * Much like parent show ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', ''P&TB'' frequently took quite a few jabs at Disney, yet ended up as one of the last shows added to the Creator/ToonDisney lineup. It was last seen working the late shift on weekends during the first few months of the existence of successor Creator/DisneyXD.
** * One episode, a Franchise/WinnieThePooh parody, has a donkey named [[UsefulNotes/AlGore Algore]] as its Eeyore stand-in. The Brain quickly realizes that the rambling Algore is quite literally full of hot air, causing the occasional warm breeze. Cue jokes about Al Gore being the ''real'' [[Film/AnInconvenientTruth cause of global warming]].
** * In "Broadway Malady", The Brain's show, "Angst: The Musical", has a number called The Schadenfreude Polka. A musical with a number about Schadenfreude? [[Theatre/AvenueQ How ridiculous.]]
** * In "The Real Life", Brain is informed that "no one listens to vinyl anymore". As of the late 2010's, vinyl has been making a comeback.
** * In "A Meticulous Analysis of History" Pinky mentions "the former of governor of Arkansas" with a picture of Bill Clinton in his underwear, referencing a claim that Clinton wrote his underwear off as tax deductible, made hilarious by the Monica Lewinsky scandal a year later.
** * The infamous "And Larry" now sounds quite a bit like [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} "And Peggy."]]
** * Pinky and Brain disguising themselves as a cow to go to China in "Around the World in 80 Narfs", which had Brain posing as the cow's head, is funnier in light of computer company Gateway's commercials featuring a talking cow voiced by Brain's voice actor Creator/MauriceLaMarche.
** * In the comic story "Were-Mice of London", Pinky and Brain get attacked by a [[WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit wererabbit]].
** * In "The Megalomaniacal Adventures of Brainie the Poo", a parody of ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh'', ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'', the Tigger {{expy}} is "Jagger", parodying Music/MickJagger of Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, who talks about how old he is, with lines like "The wonderful thing about Jagger is that I'm still swinging my hips", "I can prowl the stage like a cat half my age", and "But the grooviest thing about Jagger is I'm really, really old!". At the time the episode aired in 1998, Mick Jagger was in his mid-50s, and the Stones at that point were thought to be over the hill. But flash-forward to 2021, and Jagger, now in his late-70s, is still performing more energetically than many music stars even younger than him.
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** Much like parent show ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', ''P&TB'' frequently took quite a few jabs at Disney, yet ended up as one of the last shows added to the Creator/ToonDisney lineup. It was last seen working the late shift on weekends during the first few months of the existence of successor Creator/DisneyXD.
** One episode, a Franchise/WinnieThePooh parody, has a donkey named [[UsefulNotes/AlGore Algore]] as its Eeyore stand-in. The Brain quickly realizes that the rambling Algore is quite literally full of hot air, causing the occasional warm breeze. Cue jokes about Al Gore being the ''real'' [[Film/AnInconvenientTruth cause of global warming]].
** In "Broadway Malady", The Brain's show, "Angst: The Musical", has a number called The Schadenfreude Polka. A musical with a number about Schadenfreude? [[Theatre/AvenueQ How ridiculous.]]
** In "The Real Life", Brain is informed that "no one listens to vinyl anymore". As of the late 2010's, vinyl has been making a comeback.
** In "A Meticulous Analysis of History" Pinky mentions "the former of governor of Arkansas" with a picture of Bill Clinton in his underwear, referencing a claim that Clinton wrote his underwear off as tax deductible, made hilarious by the Monica Lewinsky scandal a year later.
** The infamous "And Larry" now sounds quite a bit like [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} "And Peggy."]]
** Pinky and Brain disguising themselves as a cow to go to China in "Around the World in 80 Narfs", which had Brain posing as the cow's head, is funnier in light of computer company Gateway's commercials featuring a talking cow voiced by Brain's voice actor Creator/MauriceLaMarche.
** In the comic story "Were-Mice of London", Pinky and Brain get attacked by a [[WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit wererabbit]].
** In "The Megalomaniacal Adventures of Brainie the Poo", a parody of ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh'', the Tigger {{expy}} is "Jagger", parodying Music/MickJagger of Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, who talks about how old he is, with lines like "The wonderful thing about Jagger is that I'm still swinging my hips", "I can prowl the stage like a cat half my age", and "But the grooviest thing about Jagger is I'm really, really old!". At the time the episode aired in 1998, Mick Jagger was in his mid-50s, and the Stones at that point were thought to be over the hill. But flash-forward to 2021, and Jagger, now in his late-70s, is still performing more energetically than many music stars even younger than him.

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