Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain is the retooling of the American animated television series Pinky and the Brain , with the title characters being joined by Elmyra Duff from their other show Tiny Toon Adventures. The show is executive produced by Steven Spielberg and the series was produced by Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Animation, and aired from 1998 to 1999 on The WB Television Network, running for 13 episodes. This was the last animated television series produced by Amblin Entertainment until 2007's The Land Before Time, which is... based on The Land Before Time films. The story of the series starts with Pinky and The Brain's home, Acme Labs, gone : Pinky and The Brain end up in a pet store, where Elmyra Duff purchases a turtle which is accidentally carrying Pinky and The Brain in its shell: Pinky and the Brain go through new methods of trying to take over the world, sometimes with the useless help of Elmyra. The decision to put Pinky and the Brain with Elmyra was controversial from the beginning. Warner Bros.
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