Cartoon Conspiracy Theories

Pinky and the Brain

So this particular concept has more logical evidence than any of the others, and honestly feels more like actuality decoded than a random theory. The idea? Pinky is actually the genius. Here are some supporting facts:

The intro theme says “One is a genius, the other’s insane,” but doesn’t specify who is which one.

More often than not, each episode features Brain concocting a plan to take over the world, Pinky having legitimate input, Brain brushing Pinky off, and the plan going awry because Brain didn’t heed Pinky’s advice.

There’s an episode where Brain goes on a game show and loses on a question that Pinky had the answer to.

In aforementioned episode, we see that Pinky can read, and Brain is hardly capable of writing his name.

There’s an episode where Brain calculates precisely what causes his plans to fail. The machine initially blames Pinky, so Brain creates a machine that turns Pinky into a genius, yet his personality doesn’t appear to change at all. Pinky then points out that Brain had made a mistake in his previous calculations, and he’s the one to blame for his botched schemes.

Remain unconvinced if you’d like, but I can’t ignore what appears to be more of an uncovered truth than a theory. From now on, I’ll assume Pinky is the mastermind.