Brain
Brain | |
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Species | Cat |
Gender | Male[Note 1] |
Member of | Yogi's Gang[Note 2] |
Affiliation | Top Cat Benny the Ball Spook Choo Choo Fancy Fancy Officer Dibble |
First appearance | TC: "The $1,000,000 Derby" (1961) |
Played by | Leo De Lyon (1961-88) Jason Harris (2013, 2015) Georgie Kidder (2021) |
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Brain is an anthropomorphic cat and a main character in the Top Cat animated television series. His voice was originated by Leo De Lyon.
A comrade of T.C.'s gang, Brain acts as a simple follower due to his not-so-intelligent and dim-witted attitude.
In the Max series Jellystone!, Brain is now a flippant girl who is voiced by Georgie Kidder.
Character description
Brain is an orange cat with a peach muzzle and fur tufts that droop under his face. He has a droopy, tired face and wears a purple shirt with a black strip at the bottom.
In Layman's terms, Brain is an idiot. Brain is a slow-witted member of Top Cat's crew who doesn't get the gist of T.C.'s orders, often misunderstanding anything that he hears about. He is also notorious for being unable to keep secrets, which tend to spoil much of the gang's antics. He also seems to be in charge of the group's money, which they rarely have, and he runs up and down the road. Despite being being apparently oblivious to many things, he is also has a cheerful side who has a whimsical way of expressing many things. Whenever Brain says something brilliant on occasion, Top Cat would instantly rephrase his sayings to make it sound like he said it.
In Jellystone!, Brain is a girl and also appears to be more intelligent, despite the original irony of the name. In contrast to her male counterpart's dull, unthinking look on his face, the female Brain has a dull, uninterested look on her face.
Appearances
TV series
- Top Cat
- 1.1 "The $1,000,000 Derby"
- 1.2 "The Missing Heir"
- 1.3 "Hawaii, Here We Come"
- 1.4 "Top Cat Falls in Love"
- 1.5 "The Violin Player"
- 1.6 "The Unscratchables"
- 1.7 "All That Jazz"
- 1.8 "Choo Choo's Romance"
- 1.9 "A Visit from Mother"
- 1.10 "Rafeefleas"
- 1.11 "Sergeant Top Cat"
- 1.12 "Naked Town"
- 1.13 "The Maharajah of Pookajee"
- 1.14 "The Long Hot Winter"
- 1.15 "The Tycoon"
- 1.16 "The Grand Tour"
- 1.17 "Space Monkey"
- 1.18 "T.C. Minds the Baby"
- 1.19 "The Golden Fleecing"
- 1.20 "The Case of the Missing Anteater"
- 1.21 "Farewell, Mr. Dibble"
- 1.22 "The Late T.C."
- 1.23 "Choo Choo Goes Ga Ga"
- 1.24 "King for a Day"
- 1.25 "Dibble Breaks the Record"
- 1.26 "The Con Men"
- 1.27 "Dibble's Birthday"
- 1.28 "Dibble Sings Again"
- 1.29 "Griswald"
- 1.30 "Dibble's Double"
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
- The Powerpuff Girls
- 3.8B "Catastrophe" (no lines)
- Jellystone!
- 1.1 "Yogi's Tummy Trouble" (no lines)
- 1.2 "Gorilla in Our Midst" (no lines)
- 1.7 "Must Be Jelly" (no lines)
- 1.8 "Cats Do Dance"
- 1.13 "DNA, A-OK!"
- 1.14 "Face of the Town!" (no lines)
- 1.17 "Gotta Kiss Them All" (no lines)
- 1.18 "Jelly Wrestle Rumble!" (no lines)
- 1.19 "A Fish Sticky Situation"
- 1.20 "A Town Video: Welcome to Jellystone" (no lines)
- 1.21 "Spell Book"
- 1.22 "Lady Danjjer: Is It Wrong to Long for Kabong?" (no lines)
- 1.23 "Baby Shenanigans" (no lines)
- 1.24 "Bleep!" (no lines)
- 1.25 "Yogi's Mid-Life Crisis" (no lines)
- 1.26 "Jellystone Moon Platoon" (no lines)
- 1.27 "The Sea Monster of Jellystone Cove" (no lines)
- 1.28 "Business" (no lines)
- 1.30 "Uh Oh! It's a Burglar!" (no lines)
- 1.32 "The Brave Little Daddy" (no lines)
- 1.35 "The Box Thief" (no lines)
- 1.36 "Jailcation"
- 1.38 "Augie's Baby"
- 1.39 "Heroes and Capes" (no lines)
- 1.40 "Sweet Dreams" (no lines)
- 2.1 "Meet the Jetsons"
- 2.2 "Disco Fever" (no lines)
- 2.3 "Cindy vs. Noodle Arms"
- 2.5 "Lotions 11"
- 2.8 "Girl, You My Friend!" (no lines)
- 2.10 "Vote Raspberry" (no lines)
- 2.12 "Mummy Knows Best" (no lines)
- 2.17 "Epic Rager" (no lines)
Movies
Shorts
Comics
- Top Cat (Dell Comics)
- Top Cat (Gold Key Comics)
- Top Cat (Charlton Comics)
- Cartoon Network Presents
- Scooby-Doo! Team-Up
- Issue #29: "Reigning Cats and Dogs"
- Adam Strange/Future Quest Special
- Issue #1B: "Out of the Alley" (no lines)
Books
Video games
Biography
Debut Series
Crossover Era
Yogi's Ark Lark
Misplaced in Beverly Hills
Harvey Birdman Represents
Back in the New York Groove
Brain Begins
Everyone's Back in Jellystone!
Brain in the Funny Books
Flintstones visit New York World's Fair
Development
Gallery
- Main article: Brain/Gallery
Gallery
- Main article: Brain/Toys
Behind the scenes
- Brain's name in the Spanish dub is Demostenes, named after the Greek philosopher Demosthenes.
- For Jellystone!, Brain is renamed Demostenas and speaks in a stutter.
In popular culture
- The scene from "Naked Town," in which Top Cat, his gang, and Dibble are sitting on the curb outside the Ajax warehouse is being watched by Mike in the 1984 film Sixteen Candles.
- In "Episode Two" (series 2) of the Dead Ringers radio sketch program, Nick Russ presents Cartoon Crimewatch that reports on Top Cat victimizing the passerby that walked through Hoagy's Alley. Top Cat was using the stupid Brain (mistakenly called "Brains") to swindle money for a fake charity for stupid cats. He gets an old lady's watch, which he gives to Benny to fence, but he takes it literally. Officer Dibble comes onto the scene, but is distracted by a phone call from the sergeant who wants him back at the station, which disappoints Dibble because he would rather stay on TV, breaking the fourth wall.
Notes
- ^ Female in Jellystone!
- ^ In Yogi's Gang.
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