OHHH MY GOD!! GOD THIS THIS IS PERFECT!!! IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!! HE IS SO CUTE HE IS SO CUTE!!!!!!! ...I'm getting really excited... BUT NOT ENOUGH!!! AHHH!!
My Official Review of the Masterclass Pinky and The Brain Shorts (Spoilers)
Attention! DO NOT READ THIS if you don’t want spoilers for these shorts because I’ll be spoiling the heck out of them. Are we good? Alright!
You guys!! I am proud to announce that these shorts, which I watched today, were actually pretty good! Like seriously! The clip show aspect was not invasive, the new animation was amazingly expressive, it was not a massive advertisement for the Masterclass service, it felt like a somewhat proper conclusion with the mice getting to say all their iconic phrases for one last time, there were no breaks in the continuity (in fact they bring back a lot of things such as Pinky lying whenever he says zort and the no-bake cheesecake), and it was actually funny!! I laughed a lot from the new stuff and the interactions were cute. Pinky calls Brain handsome!! Eeeeeeeeee! Brinky is real! The voice acting was also top notch. Why does Brain sound so good here? I don’t know but I love it! And the animation was amazing! For this being a secret project, it was well animated with a lot of expressions we see from season 3, proving that these were being produced simultaneously. Brain is also a wonderful teacher. He could does really well in this setting with him providing useful knowledge and tips. Brain was at his best here as well, with him not being too unlikable. He’s just over-the-top and funny. Also, the reveal of his greatest enemy was pretty surprising (Brain have you seen your internet fanbase? People love you!!). Pinky was so cute! He also gets a lot of good lines and interactions. I loved the ending of the final short with Pinky essentially defeating Brain’s plan because of something he learned. These shorts were also kind of complete chaos. Also, my worries of this being a massive ad for Masterclass were thankfully invalid. It wasn’t annoying and didn’t detract from my overall enjoyment. I’m so happy! However, there were a few issues. First off, they weren’t long enough! Sure the use their four minute run to their advantage, filling nearly that entire runtime with the mice, but I wanted more! They have so much potential for a spin-off that I think this might be a testing ground of sorts. Another problem was the amount of clips used. Yes, they weren’t that invasive and I thought that it could’ve been worse, but I wanted to see more new animation. It’s fine though. Brain and Pinky played off of those old clips very well to honestly hilarious results. Also, Brain Pinky-proofing his entire setup for the class was amusing and entertaining. And yes, I know everyone’s talking about the Future Brain references. I thought they were funny and clever.
Basically all my concerns about these shorts were made invalid. I really enjoyed them and I hope you did too. I can’t believe that I laughed as much as I did and I think the writers and animators were trying to put as many gags and jokes in as possible due to the short runtime. Were there problems? Yes. Was it as good as the highs from season 3? No. But I think these shorts served their purpose well and managed to surprise me. The animation was sooooooooo good! Do I think that this serves as a semi-proper finale; I think so. You have all that was missing from the final segment on Animaniacs. What more could you want? Anyways that it for now! I’d rank these an 8/10 overall. What a fun time! I’m going to miss them so much!! 🥺😢(Yes I’m working on Pinky Week right now. Sorry for the extensive delay!)
I REALLY REALLY LOVED EP 3!!!!!! *spoilers and insane rambling below!!*
Oh my goood where do i start?? FIRST OF ALL. i need to edit a compilation of all the times brain lets pinky drive and then is surprised it ends in disaster. He drives a few times himself yea but he always lets pinky do shit he should NOT trust him with, theyre both SO STUPID i love them sm omfg.
Im SO happy with how theyve written pinky and brain this season so far!! (Mostly, not a fan of ep 2 and i think ep 4 was ehh, was okay) this ep was especially SUCH a good brain ep for me!! I love whenever hes forced into a scenario where he doesnt have control, where he cant be emotionless, where he has to be vulnerable. And also, i love whenever he warms up to partaking in things he enjoys that he usually wouldn't let himself do, aAAA I LOVE THIS STUPID MOUSE
Oh and i really love how theyve upped Pinkys sassiness! I felt that was lacking especially in s1, he challenges brain's bullshit and teases him and it makes me so happy to see that, genuinely brings me so much joy to see these characters written so well :')
I cant stop rewatching clips of brain doing impressions and the tickling part like he DOES ENJOY THOSE THINGS he LIKES BEING SILLY. His gay ass just doesnt allow himself to do that stuff. It was really really great to see how when brain controlled his temper and allowed himself to be vulnerable/silly/comforting to pinky, they achieved their goal. But of course he cant let himself be like that forever, i HATE HIM AFFECTIONATELY
Anyways i have 6 pages of notes of what to draw based on groundmouse day. Im not ok
this scene...god...seems simple, a reference they say, but I...I'm collapsing on the ground ujafgiufyheuiffh bruh suddenly my head wants to make theories and so well I'm not well addeijdid pinky suddenly it becomes dark pinky lol xaduhhoidiahf aaa I'm more confused...