Heck, there's even a song that tells you the parts of the human brain. Sure, there's lots of fuzzy science just for the sake of making him sound smart, but many times there are legitimate uses of math, physics, chemistry, astronomy, anatomy, etc. His vocabulary is years beyond what grade school children comprehend, let alone use. Not to mention the people writing Brain's dialog have done some research.
It's definitely an experience with multiple layers. It just makes the show all that much funnier to me now. There are multiple references in every episode to pop culture (I just watched an episode with a sly Pulp Fiction allusion), politics (the same episode included caricatures of Bill and Hilary Clinton), and general observations about the world that will definitely go over kids' heads. Yet I am amazed that so much of the humor is for adults. They'll think Pinky's ridiculous remarks, physical humor, and nonsensical catch phrases like "poit!" and "narf" are hilarious. Now that I have it on DVD many years later, I realize just what a spectacular piece of work it really is. The show quickly became a favorite of mine. When I discovered that Pinky and the Brain had spun off from Animaniacs and received their own show (the first step towards world domination, no doubt), I was thrilled.
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