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Braingames is an American educational animated television series that originally aired on HBO beginning March 9, 1983. Created by Sheila Nevins and produced through Eliot Noyes Productions, the show’s format consists of brain-teasing animated skits and puzzles designed to actively engage viewers in logic, perception, memory, and problem-solving challenges. This early cable series blends traditional cel animation, stop-motion, and visual riddles to encourage interactive thinking.

Episode 0 – “Pilot” premiered on HBO on March 9, 1983 and served as the first test installment of the series. It features a collection of interactive segments such as “Aliens,” “Faces,” “Earplay,” “Odd Card Out,” “Mysteriosos,” “Between the Lines,” and “Lloofbat” — each offering a different type of perceptual or logical puzzle that invites viewers to solve before the answer is revealed. The pilot laid the foundation for the later episodes that aired from 1984 to 1985 and established Braingames’ signature blend of humor, clever visuals, and audience participation.
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00:00To be continued...
00:30To be continued...
01:00To be continued...
01:30To be continued...
02:00To be continued...
02:29The alien is a master of disguise...
02:33Find the imposter...
02:35Circle him...
02:37You have found the alien...
02:40His feet are backward...
02:43His fate is sealed...
02:46Banish him...
02:48Now tracking alien to quadrant X5...
02:53Danger...
02:54One super spy has infiltrated these warps...
02:59One of these warps does not belong...
03:02Freeze the warps...
03:08Freeze the warps...
03:11Find the enemy...
03:14Circle him...
03:20Circle him...
03:22The enemy is found...
03:24The warps in the circle is the alien...
03:28His nose is missing...
03:30To be banned...
03:34To be banned...
03:36New reports of alien invader...
03:40Track to sector J3...
03:42To sector J3...
03:44Treacherous outsider among these smooths...
03:48Smooths...
03:50Your lives are in danger...
03:52Freeze...
03:54Freeze...
03:56An alien is among you...
04:00Circle the outsider...
04:04Circle the outsider...
04:06Circle the outsider...
04:08He is found...
04:10Extra mark on body...
04:12Give away sign...
04:14Banish him...
04:16Last alien is still at law...
04:20Final deadly invader among the mercs...
04:24He is disguised...
04:26But not completely...
04:28Mercs... Freeze...
04:30Mercs... Freeze...
04:32He is the one alien left...
04:40He is the one alien left...
04:42Circle him...
04:44He is the one alien left...
04:46Circle him...
04:48Crooked tail...
04:50Telltale side...
04:52Vanish him...
04:54Danger over...
04:58Banish Earth is saving...
05:02At time...
05:04For celebration!
05:10To...
05:12To...
05:14To...
05:16To...
05:18To...
05:20To...
05:22To...
05:24To...
05:26To...
05:27born in Italy now hangs out in Paris
05:48she never says a word she seemed to have a secret
05:54a million-dollar smile she's the Mona Lisa
06:02an artful Dodger plays with diamonds not a screwball but throws one a big hit born
06:17south of the border he's Fernando Valenzuela
06:27he said when I see an empty throne I feel the urge to sit on it
06:33kept his hand close to his vest a French pastry a little general he's Napoleon
06:45one way or another she'll get you she's real cool and very hot has a feel for gold and platinum
06:58filled with rapture for her man Chris big blue eyes and a heart of glass she's Deborah Harry
07:08distant cousins of Miss Piggy close friends of Kermit the Frog they're knee-high with hearts
07:21of gold they're the Fraggles he can be cuddly he can be fierce don't light his fire because he can't bear it
07:36very careful a gentle giant never seen without a hat his middle name is T H E he's Smokey the Bear
07:47got a man-sized appetite yet never gains a pound
07:56eats cherries strawberries and even quarters
08:00his bite is bigger than his beep he's Pac-Man his home is his castle a guy you can count
08:13on he works nights and sleeps by day he takes you out for a bite a real sucker he's Count Dracula
08:25Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
08:35Luminate perpetrate fabricate quenchy 3D a sump in Ossola
08:38Fabricate.
08:40Fabricate.
08:42The Trenching.
08:443D.
08:46A song in.
08:48Oscillate.
09:04Earplay.
09:06I will play you
09:08a sound.
09:10You tell us what it is.
09:12We will start
09:14with a test.
09:16Testing.
09:22What is it?
09:28Rewind.
09:30Replay.
09:32Rewind.
09:34The sound is.
09:36Rewind.
09:38Rewind.
09:40Rewind.
09:42Rewind.
09:44And now we will play.
09:46Stand by to play.
09:48Sound one of five.
09:52Rewind.
09:54Ready.
09:56Set.
09:58Play.
10:00What is it?
10:02Rewind.
10:04Replay.
10:06One.
10:08Replay.
10:10The sound is.
10:12And finally you can.
10:14Changing television channels.
10:16Do it deliciously.
10:18Next game.
10:20Next game.
10:22Sound two.
10:24Of five.
10:26What is it?
10:28What is it?
10:32What is it?
10:38Rewind.
10:40Replay.
10:42The sound is, hairdryer in arm position.
10:53Sound three of five.
11:08What is it?
11:12Rewind, replay.
11:19The sound is, air escaping from a balloon.
11:26Sound four of five.
11:30Rewind, replay.
11:35Rewind, replay.
11:36Rewind, replay.
11:40Rewind, replay.
11:42Rewind. Replay.
11:50The sound is the game of Pac-Man.
11:58Sound five of five.
12:12What is it?
12:18Rewind. Replay.
12:22The sound is...
12:25Electronic bug zapper.
12:30That was sound five of five.
12:35Game over.
12:38Earplay. Now. Out.
12:45Oscillate. Navigate.
12:49Game four.
12:52One card doesn't fit.
12:55Catch the odd card out.
13:04Alright, listen up.
13:06The name of the game is odd card out, get me?
13:09You pick the card that don't quite belong with the others, see?
13:12Alright, let's play.
13:14You got your great sports guys?
13:16Reggie Jackson, numero uno baseball outfielder.
13:20Terry Bradshaw, top quarterback.
13:22Terry Magdo Gibran, basketball center.
13:26And Rocky Balboa, the prize fighter known as the Italian Stallion.
13:30Now, which one don't belong?
13:34All of these great guys are real athletes, except Rocky Balboa, who's just a character in a movie.
13:46He's played by an actor, Sylvester Stallone.
13:49He, he, he, he, he, he, he.
13:51You catchin' a drift in a car?
13:53Alright.
13:54You got your Stone Age caveman makin' his tools out of stone.
13:58Your woolly mammoth looks like an elephant in a fur coat.
14:01Your dinosaur.
14:02And your cave.
14:03Home sweet home to your caveman and your cavewoman.
14:07Which is the odd card out.
14:09The one that's different from the rest.
14:11Now, your caveman lived in your cave.
14:18And sometimes hunted your woolly mammoth for his dinner.
14:21But your dinosaur don't fit.
14:24Because they all died 16 million years before cavemen ever came along.
14:29Lucky for the caveman.
14:32Alright you guys.
14:34Here you got your mountain lion.
14:36Your whales.
14:38Your eagle.
14:39And your great dame.
14:40Which one is different from the others?
14:43The great dame, a mountain lion, even a whale are mammals.
14:52Mammals are like you and me.
14:54They are born alive and give milk to their young.
14:57But the eagle is a bird.
14:59It starts as an egg first and hatches into a holy living bite.
15:05You win some, you lose some.
15:07Which happen to you?
15:09Okay now.
15:10Here you got your Roman arch that holds up bridges and buildings.
15:14You're Julius Caesar, hero, general for a Roman Empire.
15:18Your ancient guy riding your ancient chariot and your old fashioned cannon.
15:23Loaded with gunpowder and raring to blow.
15:26Which one is the odd caught out?
15:29The cannon is the odd caught out.
15:31The cannon is the odd caught out.
15:34Because gunpowder wasn't invented until 1,000 years after the Roman Empire was around.
15:41Now you got your fallen archers.
15:42Hey, it's getting late and I gotta split.
15:44I got an appointment with my doctor.
15:45What kind of a doctor?
15:46A cardiologist.
15:47A cardiologist.
15:48Nature.
15:49Nature.
15:50Nature.
15:51Nature.
15:52Nature.
15:53Nature.
15:54Nature.
15:55Nature.
15:56Nature.
15:57Nature.
15:58Nature.
15:59Nature.
16:00Hirala.
16:01minimum.
16:02
16:04formulate
16:05oscillate
16:07navigate
16:08seripression
16:13game 5
16:15a game of imagination
16:18a game of many possibilities
16:23And now, watch closely, and you will behold secrets of the universe unfold
16:29as my Mysteriosos become anything.
16:36Presto!
16:38Aha!
16:39What do you see?
16:41An intergalactic spaceship?
16:43A football?
16:44A walnut?
16:46No!
16:47My Mysteriosos have made...
16:50Reveal!
16:52A clam with a Walkman!
16:59They are warmed up now, are you?
17:03Abracadabra!
17:06What's this?
17:08Laundry on a line?
17:10Some teeth?
17:11No!
17:12Not teeth, but feet!
17:14Becoming...
17:16Reveal!
17:18An elephant hang gliding.
17:25Now for simplicity itself.
17:28Lines fly!
17:31Ha ha!
17:32Merely two circles with a line.
17:35Oop!
17:36How boring.
17:38Two tennis holes on a tightrope.
17:41Good try!
17:42But in this case...
17:44Reveal!
17:46A dead skateboard!
17:48Ha ha ha ha!
17:49Ho ho ho ho!
17:51Silence!
17:54Presto!
17:56A view through a keyhole.
17:57Perhaps a one toothed donut with a handle.
17:59No, my friends.
18:00It is...
18:01Reveal!
18:02An invisible man in a top hat.
18:03Looking at himself in a mirror.
18:04But let us not dally.
18:05Mysteriosos fly!
18:06Could it be a smiling apple?
18:07A smiling apple?
18:08A smiling apple with a fly on top?
18:09No.
18:10Reveal!
18:11Reveal!
18:12Reveal!
18:13A basketball wearing a bib.
18:14Why a bib, you ask?
18:15So it won't dribble.
18:16Ha ha ha!
18:17A basketball wearing a bib.
18:18Why a bib, you ask?
18:19So it won't dribble.
18:20But let us not dally.
18:22Mysteriosos, fly!
18:24Could it be a smiling apple?
18:27A smiling apple with a fly on top?
18:31No.
18:33Reveal!
18:35A basketball wearing a bib.
18:38Why a bib, you ask?
18:40So it won't dribble.
18:42Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
18:46And now, for my grand finale.
18:50Presto!
18:51What have we here?
18:53A television antenna?
18:55Or a topless flower?
18:57No magician would be without one.
19:00For it is...
19:02Reveal!
19:04A rabbit caught in an elevator.
19:06Ha ha ha ha!
19:10And now, no more!
19:15Lines down!
19:16Stop at once!
19:17Until next time, I bid you...
19:21Farewell!
19:22Yo!
19:22Yo!
19:32Concentrate...
19:33Sticulate...
19:34Give...
19:35Six...
19:36Four...
19:36Fifось...
19:36Three...
19:36Eight...
19:37Two...
19:38Three...
19:38One...
19:39Four...
19:39Three...
19:40Three...
19:40Three...
19:40Three...
19:41Three...
19:41Three...
19:41Three...
19:42Three...
19:42Three...
19:42Three...
19:43Three...
19:44Read between the lines.
19:46A line above...
19:48and a line below with read in between you got it read between the lines that's how you did it
20:01and that's how you'll do it because I'm going to tell you a little story
20:06once upon a time there was a dude who was a
20:11big bully
20:17he had a very fine lady friend who was as pretty as
20:23Miss America
20:29she was so fine he said he would love this pretty young miss
20:36forever
20:41everyone who knew them said they were as tight as
20:46well now hear this one day mr. bully called up his baby and said baby why don't we step out
21:02tonight
21:08sure she replied and honey will you take me to see that hot flick
21:18bring inferno you bet baby says mr. bully
21:24and after the show we go to the corner and have ourselves a
21:30milkshake
21:36love it said the lady but honey be sure to be
21:40right on time
21:46don't you fret says mr. bully you can count on me i'll be there however there was trouble in store for these two lovebirds
21:56there were gray
22:02clouds overhead
22:06later that night it came to pass mr. bully never show in fact that dude didn't even call his lady friend
22:12hard to believe but she was plain
22:19stood up
22:24when mr. bully knocked on the door next morning all smiles our lady was fuming
22:28she said let me tell you something for your
22:34broken promise
22:37I'm gonna give you something and she pulled off and she slugged that dude
22:43right between the eyes
22:50right between the eyes
22:54then without another word
22:57our lady turned and
23:04split the scene
23:05so that's the end of our little story
23:08until next time
23:10I'll see you
23:13around
23:15around
23:22celebrate
23:23translate
23:25contemplate
23:27concentrate
23:29give
23:307
23:31last
23:32game
23:33unscram
23:34let it
23:35form
23:36the walls
23:37all else
23:38art
23:40all else
23:42art
23:43hello sports fans and welcome to the brain bowl where a capacity crowd is gathered for today's very big contest
23:51today's game is an all-out contest in which you yes you battle the clock to unscramble words on our scoreboard
23:58today's words are all from one of your favorite sports the name of the sport is loop back that's right loop back what is that
24:05football
24:11football
24:13and that's the game we're going to play here today
24:15we're going to play here today
24:22okay now looks like we're warmed up
24:25time for the first play of the game
24:27you've got exactly
24:28you've got exactly 10 seconds to unscramble this next word
24:30you've got exactly 10 seconds to unscramble this next word
24:31the word is
24:33melting
24:34ready
24:35don't knock yourself out
24:36don't knock yourself out on this one
24:37don't knock yourself out on this one
24:38it's a hard one to crack
24:39have you hit it
24:403
24:412
24:421
24:43time's up
24:44the word is
24:45helmet
24:46good play team
24:47first and 10 and here's the next play
24:52this time it's dudlet
24:5410 seconds on the clock
24:55ready
24:56hike
24:57put your heads together to figure it out
24:59from the good year blimp it looks like a donut with clumpets and legs
25:03time's running out
25:05time's up
25:06the word is huddle
25:08a dream player
25:10and now it's time for a long game
25:13don't drop the ball on this one
25:15it's cat week club
25:17good hands now
25:18ready
25:19hike
25:20don't let this drop you for a loss
25:22watch the fake handoff
25:24watch the dodger
25:25Johnny Yu and Joe Montana
25:27only seconds to go
25:30time's up
25:32did you call the right play
25:34this one's the quarterback
25:36well it's time now for our halftime break from our outstanding Dutch Leers
25:43take your time with this one and enjoy the show
25:54you got it
25:55that wraps up halftime and our cheerleaders have done another fine job
25:59and now back to the ball game
26:01the ball is on the 30 yard line
26:03on the board
26:04our next word
26:05album
26:06ready
26:07hike
26:08don't lose the handle on this one
26:10it's tricky
26:11don't drop it
26:13the clock is running
26:15time's up
26:16this time your team has recovered the fumble
26:19and now there's time for one last play
26:25get ready for it
26:26the word is
26:27shout out
26:28hike
26:29the ball is snapped
26:30the quarterback drops back
26:31he obeys the blitz
26:32he pumps
26:33he throws
26:34he's got it
26:35and the 20
26:36the 10
26:37the 5
26:38you've got it
26:39the last play of the game is
26:40touchdown
26:42what a game
26:43what a performance
26:44it's good for the record for four right
26:47yes it's the great game of loopback
26:49where you don't get hurt if you wear a melter
26:52wear a sack patrick club
26:54is bad news
26:55but not as bad as an album
26:57where we take a break with the dotch leers
27:00and everybody tries for a chowdn out
27:03in the great american game of loopback
27:06the game is now over
27:21you have banished the aliens
27:24you have decoded secret sounds
27:27you have caught the art card out
27:32performed games of imagination
27:35performed games of cerebration
27:38brain games complete
27:41brain games over
27:44three
27:45two
27:46one
27:47out
27:48out
27:49watch closely and you will behold secrets of the universe unfold
28:06as my mysterious souls become
28:12anything
28:13sound one
28:14of five
28:16ready
28:17set
28:19play
28:21the cannon
28:23the cannon
28:24is the art
28:25caught out
28:26because gunpowder wasn't invented until 1,000 years after the roman empire was around
28:32stardate
28:35stardate
28:36twenty seven thirty two b
28:38aliens
28:39back to 12 q z
28:41you must find the aliens
28:43you've got it
28:44the last play of the game is
28:46touchdown
28:47what a game
28:49what a performance
28:50it's one for the record book all right
28:52the preceding program has been recommended for family viewing by the national education association
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