In the mid-1990s, there was no greater cartoon than Animaniacs - a collection of short cartoons featuring a wide array of characters, and jokes that worked on two levels (so that adults could understand some things that went over kids' heads).
One of the most memorable Animaniacs series was Pinky and the Brain. Why, I bet just the mere mention of those two mice has got the theme song going in your head, hasn't it?
Well, at one point, Warner Brothers executives believed that Pinky and the Brain had grown stale, and needed a third character.
The writers' response was a tad unpredictable - write an episode with a third character (never intended to be permanent), and use the episode as a meta-criticism of adding any third character.
The entire cartoon is here:
Okay, so you probably didn't have to watch the whole thing, the theme song was the best part. And no, that plot (aside from the new character) wasn't particularly unusual for the show.
In the end, it was all for naught, as anybody who can remember the horrible season of "Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain" can attest.
--Ryan
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