"Pinky at the Bat" / "Schpiel-borg 2000" is the twenty-third episode of the third season of Pinky and the Brain.
As the title suggests, this episode contains two cartoons. In "Pinky at the Bat", Brain plans to dominate a struggling baseball team and lead it to victory in order to use his new leather repelling spray. In "Schpiel-borg 2000", Brain creates a robot that looks and talks like Steven Spielberg, but it goes haywire.
"Pinky at the Bat" contains examples of:
- Baseball Episode
- Big "NO!": Brain lets out one when he misses the deadline to spray his repellent.
- Catchphrase: The owner of the Pineapples has "You're Fired".
- Oh, Crap!: Brain's reaction when he realises that Pinky's bat has been sprayed with the leather repellent.
- Shout-Out: A poster featuring Brain parodies the famous "Got Milk?" campaign, only with cheese instead of milk.
- Brain riffs on Lou Gehrig's famous speech from The Pride of the Yankees.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Even though Pinky and the Brain lead the Pineapples to victory in the World Series, the owner fires them because "it's what I do".
- Villain Song: Brain sings one to the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game".
"Schpiel-borg 2000" contains examples of:
- Clip Show: The episode contains scenes from past episodes.
