Brain

Brain
Duhh... Where was I again?
Species	Cat
Gender	Male
Member of	Yogi's Gang
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)
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
Top Cat: The Movie
File:TCB Brain.png Top Cat Begins
Jellystone!

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

• Yogi's Ark Lark (no lines)
• Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
• Top Cat: The Movie
• Top Cat Begins

Shorts

• Halifax's "Top Cat" commercial (no lines)

Comics

• Top Cat (Dell Comics)
• Top Cat (Gold Key Comics)
• Top Cat (Charlton Comics)
• Cartoon Network Presents
  • Issue #1B: "Alley Oops!"
  • Issue #3A: "The Twiddle Method" (no lines)
• Scooby-Doo! Team-Up
  • Issue #29: "Reigning Cats and Dogs"
• Adam Strange/Future Quest Special
  • Issue #1B: "Out of the Alley" (no lines)

Video games

• Top Cat Starring in Beverly Hills Cats

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.

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