If village idiot George W. Bush can be president, why can't Pinky? The Pink Candidate is a satire on the 1996 presidential election in which Pinky enters the race and defeats Bill Clinton and Bob Dole. Pinky first gains fame by writing to a newspaper complaining about The Family Circus (and boy, was he right- that was a terribly unfunny cartoon). When his letter is mistaken for a call for family values, Brain plots to put Pinky in the White House so Brain can take over the world. However, as president, Pinky realizes he can no longer support a coup.
One of the highlights of this episode is the conflict; Pinky and the Brain part ways when Pinky's new values are threatened by Brain's plans, and Pinky is understandably upset about it. The episode considers how Brain's schemes could be reconciled with the values of a free society, and it's doubtful they could. Is Brain a bad guy then? His intentions aren't quite evil. Pinky in the end shows he's still Brain's friend.
The humour in this episode is great as well, from Pinky consulting a statue of Lincoln without realizing it's a statue, to Pinky saving Brain from prison and then going back to the cage. The Pink Candidate is up there with A Pinky and the Brain Christmas and Snowball as one of the best episodes about megalomaniac mice.
One of the highlights of this episode is the conflict; Pinky and the Brain part ways when Pinky's new values are threatened by Brain's plans, and Pinky is understandably upset about it. The episode considers how Brain's schemes could be reconciled with the values of a free society, and it's doubtful they could. Is Brain a bad guy then? His intentions aren't quite evil. Pinky in the end shows he's still Brain's friend.
The humour in this episode is great as well, from Pinky consulting a statue of Lincoln without realizing it's a statue, to Pinky saving Brain from prison and then going back to the cage. The Pink Candidate is up there with A Pinky and the Brain Christmas and Snowball as one of the best episodes about megalomaniac mice.
