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| “ | You think you're so smart, the Brain, which is barely a name, by the way, but I'm far more clever! More hard-working. I only sometimes get into fights on Goodreads. THE ONLY PART OF ULYSSES THAT IS WORTH READING IS THE LAST CHAPTER, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT! | „ |
| ~ Julia Brain insulting the Brain. |
J-37, better known as Julia and Julia Brain when married to the Brain is a supporting antagonist within the Pinky and the Brain segments of the Animaniacs reboot. Initially a well meaning and caring mouse who disapproved of the abuse Pinky endures, she eventually becomes the Brain's worst rival. Due to a malfunctioning mind controlling-device connected to her cerebrum, her personality now incorporates both Pinky's insanity and the Brain's calculating nature.
She is voiced by the well-known stand-up comedian Maria Bamford.
Appearance[]
Julia has brown fur on her back and a yellowish underbelly, as well as a brown spot around her left eye. Julia is nude at the beginning and conclusion of "Mousechurian Candidate," but wears a green pantsuit on the campaign trail. She goes barefoot throughout the show, whether she is dressed or not. She, like other female mice in the show, has a voluptuous figure and appears more humanoid than the two. She spends part of "Reichenbrain Falls" dressed as Pinky and is briefly shown wearing a spacesuit; otherwise, her costume is a spy catsuit and bare feet. She is equipped with an electronic chip in one ear and an ear tag in the other, the latter of which is actually an obedience device worn by Brain to manage her. She has a straight tail like Pinky, but like Brain, it curves into a zigzag at the end.
Personality[]
Julia was presented as Brain's moral antithesis since she opposed his more cruel techniques, such as child labor and maybe world dominance. She also objected to the way he handled Pinky. Her character embodied the greatest traits of all previous First Ladies. She had a heart of gold at first, despite being a genetically modified mouse, and she exhibited concern for everyone save the Brain. But as a result of the Brain's deeds, Julia has evolved into a wicked mad scientist mouse who is out to get revenge on the two, combining the intellect of the Brain with the irrationality of Pinky.
Julia appears to enjoy wordplay and reading because she creates awful puns when threatening Brain, forcing her to backtrack for a better one, and says how she "sometimes gets into fights on Goodreads" in the same episode. When Brain sarcastically comments on her plan to steal his code and activate the electromagnetic pulse, Julia mentions, when questioned, that she was accepted into the Iowa Writers' Workshop but decided not to attend because she "wanted real-life experience," implying she has a talent and/or skills in creative writing.
She seems to be less interested in Brain than Pinky, the former of whom she despises, though she does show him some respect after letting him come up with a better one-liner, and was obviously uncomfortable going along with her ex-husband's plan after she read his script about having children build bombs, indicating that she does have some honor and decency.
Biography[]
Mousechurian Candidate[]
Initially, Julia was an ordinary mouse until passing a test that the the Brain set up for her. Upon which, he puts her into a chamber to evolve her to be like him and Pinky to be his wife and assist him in winning an election, giving herself the name Julia upon reaching agreement.
However, Julia becomes a popular write-in candidate who wins by a landslide, forcing the Brain to change his plans and plant a microchip in Julia which he uses to control her into getting him in power. He activates the device just as Julia is about to debate her opponent on nationwide television. Julia manages to resist the chip, but as she does so, her hair catches on fire and she makes several terrifying faces, all in front of a live studio audience. Finally, she throws her podium through the studio wall and runs out.
The Brain assumes that the chip fried Julia's mind, turning her back into an ordinary mouse. However, it is shown she is actually plotting revenge against the Brain.
Reichenbrain Falls[]
The Brain's latest plot is to disable all electronics on Earth by by launching an electromagnetic pulse from the International Space Station. In an attempt to take the Brain's plans, Julia kidnaps Pinky and creates a disguise out of paper mache to impersonate him. As "Pnky", she tries to convince Brain that he's already on the space station (actually a high school auditorium), then trick him into giving her a code necessary to enact the plan. (The real Pinky is glued to the auditorium wall.) However, the Brain eventually sees through her disguise when a few subtle out-of-character moments cause him to realize that she's not Pinky. When she's discovered, Julia attempts to dip the Brain into a vat of molten cheese. However, Pinky manages to escape and save the Brain prompting a fight between the Brain and Julia. Eventually, Julia steals the Brain's rocket and uses it to escape, only for the rocket to explode due to being faulty.
Afterward, she is snatched by a hawk which she manages to tame and fly off on, all while swearing to return.
All's Fair in Love and Door[]
Pinky discovers that the Brain has been visiting a virtual reality world based on 1950s sitcoms in which a simulation of Julia is his loving, obedient wife. However, when she overhears a conversation between Pinky and the Brain, virtual Julia not only realizes that she's a computer program, but gains the real Julia's memories. She responds by using the remnants of a failed experiment in Brain's lab to build a powerful robot body for herself, then tries to kill Brain, who stops her by getting Pinky to damage Julia's robotic form with a hammer. Robot Julia winds up trashed (but still functional) outside Acme Labs, where she is found by the real Julia, who plans to use her in her next scheme to take over the world.
Trivia[]
- Due to the Brain's uncharacteristic brainwashing, abuse and torture inflicted upon her, she is considered completely justified in her revenge against him and is perhaps not only the most vengeful, but the most sympathetic villain the Brain has ever crossed paths with, and of his own making.
- Maria Bamford herself is famous for making jokes concerning mental illness, playing different personas and changing her voice multiple times during a performance, which may contribute to casting her as Julia.
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