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Originally posted by island911
. . . and, dd, who is really the smarter one; Pinky or the Brain. (my money is on Pinky) 
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Well, according to the writers on that show, it was by far Brain. Brain's character was continually thinking, plotting, imagining: he was tireless. Pinky was complacent and at ease in his surrounds, i.e. a cage with a "treadmill" for lack of a better word.
The real question is who, as the characters evolved, was "insane." Remember, these two were ancillary characters from "The Animaniacs," and soon became more popular than the stars of the show. Anyway, Brain by far, is insane - displaying perfect irony without even knowing so. Pinky, meanwhile, was the much more level-headed character. Brain, for example, exhibits Rube Goldberg-like talents that are half-assed and poorly put together - some plots work, some don't. Eventually, they all fail, perpetuating his obsession to escape and rule the world. Pinky simply wonders why any of this needs to happen, or tends to figure out a much easier solution to Brain's more complex wonderings.
This line sums up Pinky for me: "Brain, if Jimmy cracks corn and nobody cares, why does he keep doing it? Poit!"
Perfect Pinky; puts Brain on the spot. Out thinks the lead character - I love it!
BTW: I'm not sure "poit!" is the correct spelling of Pinky's trademark idiosyncratic "noise" that he utilized throughout the series. It's been a while since I've read those scripts.
And speaking of scripts, to show you the work that went into a single P&B episode, the average animation script for 20 minutes is 20-25 pages - a minute a page. Pinky and Brain had so much dialogue and so little action, those scripts were easily 45-50 pages. The voice talent on that show definitely got a workout!