{"id":39376,"date":"2023-04-12T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T04:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=39376"},"modified":"2023-03-28T21:58:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T01:58:09","slug":"pinky-and-the-brain-origins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/pinky-and-the-brain-origins\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinky and the Brain: Origins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back around 1990, when Tiny Toon Adventures<\/i> was in production, one of the staff artists drew a big group caricature of the whole crew (which appeared, colorized<\/a>, in the \"K-ACME TV\" episode):<\/p>\n

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And by \"staff artist,\" we mean specifically Bruce Timm, who would later become a star with Batman the Animated Series<\/i>. In fact, if you recall that he was also the visual inspiration for the Mad Bomber in the Gray Ghost<\/a> episode of BtAS<\/i>, you can probably pick his self-portrait out very easily.<\/p>\n

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But more importantly, we'd like to draw your attention to two particular people in this drawing, found at opposite corners: writers Eddie Fitzgerald and Tom Minton:<\/p>\n

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Tom and Eddie's personalities were as different as the drawing suggests, with Minton being low-key and quiet, and Fitzgerald loud and boisterous. They shared an office, and so everyone else would just hear Tom's quiet mumbling from inside, then Eddie's raucous laughter. Tiny Toons<\/i>' creator, Tom Ruegger, would find himself wondering what was going on in there - were they secretly planning to take over the world? So when he needed more characters for Animaniacs<\/i>, Ruegger took Bruce Timm's drawings of Minton and Fitzgerald, drew big ears on them, and Pinky<\/a> and the Brain<\/a> were born.<\/p>\n

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<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>