The Brain
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Real Identity: Unknown
Affiliations: Codsville Homeowner's Association
Appearances: Brian, Campfire Stories, I'm The Sauce, 40%, 40%, 20%, A Farce, Black Friday, Operation Dude Rescue: Part One, Operation Dude Rescue: Part Two, The Titans Show, Shrimps and Prime Rib, The Streak: Pt 1, Costume Contest, Strength Of A Grown Man, That's What's Up, Brain Flip (scenario), We're Off To Get Awards, Raining On Your Wedding Day, Huggbees, Villains in a Van Getting Gelato, Fat Cats, A Doom Patrol Thanksgiving Part 1, A Doom Patrol Thanksgiving Part 2, 50% Chad, The Great Holiday Escape, Winning a Golf Tournament Is the Solution to All of Life's Money Problems, Always Be Crimefighting, The Brain of the Family Part 1, The Brain of the Family Part 2, Our House, Elasti-Bot, Negative Feels, New Chum, and Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary Part 2
Powers/Skills: Genius
Voiced By: Scott Menville
The Brain is an evil genius bent on taking over the world. The Brain was horrified to see a green elephant using the bathroom on his azaleas outside his home in Codsville. Years later, from a high rise in Jump City, the Brain formulated a plan to steal the Teen Titans' superpowers and use it to fuel his Project B.R.I.A.N. suit, Brain's Robotic Indestructible Armor Nexus. The Brain set a trap and the Titans were captured. Eight months later, B.R.I.A.N. was completed and the Titans, except Robin, had given up on escape or rescue. Much to Brain's annoyance, Beast Boy insisted his name was "Brian" and not "Brain." The Titans' pets defeated Brain's ally Monsieur Mallah and found the Titans. The Brain inserted himself into B.R.I.A.N. and battled them. Beatbox's death gave Birdarang the resolve to depower B.R.I.A.N. and defeat the Brain. He appeared in a police line up in Cyborg's scary story during a camping trip. Brain later helped the Titans cheer up the sad cloud raining on Jump City with a game of Head's Up Seven Up for chocolate milk. He later attacked the city again. The Titans, except Cyborg went after him.
Days later, Cyborg got an alert he captured them. After observing a bird and realizing music was meant to be a crutch, Cyborg played his favorite song "Night Begins to Shine" and opened the pickle jar which absolved himself of Robin's suspension. Cyborg set out for Brain's hideout and stormed inside. He was hit from behind by Mallah and his copy of the song was destroyed. Brain, in a spider-like robot suit, gloated Cyborg was nothing without the music. The other Titans vocalized the song and gave Cyborg the strength to fight back. He changed into Cyborgamus Prime and ran Brain over then freed his comrades. The Brain presided as judge in the trial of the Teen Titans. The jury found them guilty and the sentence was death.
The Titans were alerted the Brain was up to something big again. Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy thought they were being gentlemen and went after the Brain without Starfire and Raven. As soon as they entered his fortress, they were captured by his Robot Guards. The Brain locked them up in a prison cell and went about his business. He received a tip from Terra informing him of Raven's plan to free her comrades. He prepared a force field designed to counteract their powers. Raven, Starfire, Jinx, Ravager, and Terra combined their powers into one and overloaded the security system - dropping the field. The Brain attacked them in a giant robot suit. Raven teleported in a cleaver and made it gigantic. Ravager wielded it and sliced the Brain's suit in two. The girls stood triumphantly over the Brain.
The Brain and his robots stole a generator from the Jump City Weapons Depot. It was a crucial component to his plans for world domination. He was surprised to see the Titans show up. Robin admitted their were out of practice but couldn't remember his catch phrase. Tired ot waiting, Brain left with his robots. The Titans infiltrated his fortress and managed to rally themselves to fight his army of robots. Kid Flash suddenly appeared and took out Mallah with a flying kick then Bumblebee and Aqualad soared in and destroyed the generator. The Brain arose in a new robot suit but Batman arrived and destroyed it with a Batarang. Robin was bummed and kicked Brain aside. During Crime Season, the Brain popped a boy's balloon in a park. Cyborg punted Brain into a pond and gave the boy a new balloon. They laughed at the Brain. Brain won third place in a Halloween costume contest for his gumball dispenser outfit.
The Brain constructed his Mark IV Mechsuit from incredible new technology. As a result, it was equipped with indestructible titanium alloy armor, diamond-tipped razor claws, and nuclear-powered plasma cannons. Robin soon got wind of the new mechsuit and gathered intelligence. After an analysis of the suit's schematics, he found a weakness. On the back of the suit, there was a tiny exhaust port that led to the power source. Robin determined a superhero with shrinking powers was needed to stop the Brain. Still ignorant of Bumblebee's powers, he enlisted the help of The Atom. The Brain, meanwhile, duct taped the port shut. The suit then used a new ability to teleport directly into the Titans Tower. Utilizing metal tendrils from the palms and mid-section of the suit, Brain was able to pull in the Titans and compacted them into a metal box. Robin pointed out he still had to stop some others on the table. Brain looked around and only vaguely heard squeaking. Atom and Bumblebee gave up on trying to get his attention and went for the port. They saw it was sealed up with tape. Atom became depressed and declared they were both garbage. Bumblebee hinted they were when they were small. He understood. They both increased to normal size and shoved Brain's suit. It fell on its back. Brain couldn't believe they knew about the suit's top-heavy design. He was stuck and unable to stand back up.
Back at his home in Codsville, Brain kept his lawn perfectly trimmed. Beast Boy, who was on his annual summer visit to the Doom Patrol, complimented Brain's lawn. Brain retorted it would be nice if they would cut theirs and the neighborhood would appreciate it. Chief thought he was being dumb because their long grass was hiding the garbage that the rats lived in. Brain joked he considered calling pest control but doubted they would get rid of the Doom Patrol. Only he found the joke amusing. Beast Boy invited him to their clambake later that day. Brain revealed he was already throwing a clambake for the Homeowners Association at the beach. Robotman was delighted and hoped their clambakes could be "neigh-bros" like they were. Brain asked if they had the proper permits for their clambake. Chief lied they did. The rest of the Doom Patrol played along. Brain called them a family of degenerates and doubted they could do anything right, much less get the proper permits. Elasti-Girl implored him to check with City Hall.
The Brain called her bluff and checked. The Doom Patrol started digging a hole at the beach of their clambake and discovered the Brain's cache of mutagen cannisters. They thought it was just trash and continued with their clambake. The Brain showed up with two police officers and they shut the party down. Brain refused to let things slide and didn't care how important the party was for Beast Boy. The police arrested the Doom Patrol and Beast Boy and threw them in paddy wagon. By the time they escaped, Brain was perched atop his cannisters. He created a giant clam monster with one of them and revealed his plan was to use the monster to bend the Homeowners Association to his will and get the Doom Patrol kicked out of Codsville. Negative Girl's energy projection and Beast Boy, as a gorilla, charged and booted Brain off the monster into the sand. They continued kicking him as he was buried head first in the sand. He declared they couldn't defeat his giant clam. The others blew it up. Brain called them fools and took solace in ruining their party.
Beast Boy got an idea and used the remains of the clam monster for the Doom Patrol's clambake. Police forced Brain to serve the Doom Patrol's guests at the base of the monster's tongue. The Chief built an advanced virtual reality machine designed to trap the Brain in a simulated classroom lecture forever for the rest of his life. Chief envisioned it to be a college psychology lecture about emotions. For some reason, Brain was up for Best Hero With a Human Brain in a Robot Body but lost to Robotman. The Robot Guards constructed the Brain's latest doomsday device, the Rain-Ray, inside his Jump City fortress. One joined two live wires and was electrocuted. Monsieur Mallah took note of it on a clipboard. Brain proclaimed the ray to be his finest creation. The Rain-Ray looked like a giant kiddie water pistol. The Titans burst into the room. He clarified it wasn't a water pistol and was going to use it to flood Jump City. The guards opened fire with their laser guns. Robin dodged the lasers, laughed, and was shot in the face then fell to the floor.
The other Titans stopped in their tracks and looked at Robin. The guards shot them, too, until they were fried. Mallah gathered them and put them inside the prison cell. Brain declared they failed for the last time. Cyborg bemoaned the irony. Brain was confused about how the situation was ironic. Beast Boy explained it was because he kicked them when they were down. Brain clarified that was not ironic. Raven added that made it more ironic. The Titans prattled on. Brain stopped himself and continued with his plan. A platform rose from the floor and took him and the ray to the roof of his fortress. The Titans teleported to the roof and took out the guards with situational irony. A metal arm extended out of Brain's receptacle and pressed a remote. The Rain-Ray powered on and fired water into the city. Instead of destroying the city, the Rain-Ray made things better. A dirty car was cleaned, Ivy Time Flowers' inventory was watered, a kiddie pool was filled up, children had puddles to play in, and a rainbow formed over the fortress.
Brain couldn't believe it. The Titans realized it was ironic. Robin was elated they finally used the word correctly. Even Brain was amused and declared he had hope for the world again because they showed him they cared what words meant. He vowed to leave behind his villainous ways. Raven asked who was hungry because she was literally starving. Brain was perturbed, as was Robin, about them using literally wrong. Raven found it ironic. The Brain broke into the Warner Ranch in search of the greatest cartoon mastermind that the 1990s had to offer. After some going through a couple cans, he released the Lobe. The Titans got a crime alert about it and drove to Burbank in the T-Car. The T-Car crashed through the steel front gate and into the studio the Brain was in. They leaped out and let it crash as they confronted Brain. He announced the Lobe. Since it had been awhile, the Lobe announced himself, too. Robin demanded to know what was the meaning of the unexpected crossover.
The Lobe revealed they were going to combine their intellect and devise the most brilliant evil plan the world had ever seen. Brain configured his dome into a scooter and Lobe jumped on. They retired to Brain's fortress and constructed the Trans-mongrel-fier, a laser that would turn the citizens of Jump City into an obedient dog people army that would aid them in taking over the world. Soon, the Titans and Lobe's enemy Freakazoid arrived. Freakazoid thought their scheme was the stupidest plan he ever heard. Raven thought no one would be terrified of an army that likes to sniff butts. Lobe demonstrated how brilliant the plan was by testing the laser on Joe Leahy, Freakazoid's announcer. Robin had enough and told Freakazoid off. When he got to the part where he thought "huggbees" was a dumb word, the Trans-mongrel-fier's computer accepted the password and initiated the self-destruct sequence. Brain was annoyed Lobe chose that word. Lobe admitted he thought it was so much fun to say. The Trans-mongrel-fier exploded.
Brother Blood, The Brain, Gizmo, and Dr. Light agreed to hang out together and talk through their problems with the Teen Titans. Gizmo picked everyone up in the H.I.V.E. Truck in the suburbs but Brain was in the bathroom. While the others wondered how he used the bathroom, Monsieur Mallah opened the front door for Brain. Blood joked it involved a gorilla. They laughed. Mallah opened the sliding door on the truck, picked up and twirled Brain, and put him on the backseat. Brain told Mallah he would be back in a bit. Mallah removed toilet paper stuck on the bottom of Brain. Brain asked Mallah to tell give hugs and kisses to all the henchmen. Mallah buckled him in then smooched his dome. Brain blushed. Gizmo held up his fist and greeted him as "B-rain." Brain extended a metal arm to complete the fist bump and admitted he was glad they found time to get together. Despite being the middle of the day, they got stuck in a traffic jam. Brain peeked out his window and saw the Titan Robot holding up traffic at the other end of the bridge.
After Blood did a spot on impression of Beast Boy, Brain noted the Titans' incessant buffoonery was enough to drive anyone insane. Blood recalled the time they did drive him insane. After Light told a story about how the Titans ruined a benefit to raise money for the Jump City Orphanage, Brain declared superheroes were supposed to be role models who always model good behavior, in contrast to the Teen Titans. Gizmo told them about how the Titans destroyed H.I.V.E.'s 401Ks. Blood wondered how the Titans knew so much about things like 401Ks and rental properties. Brain joked their dialog was written by a boring middle-aged man and everyone laughed. Brain ordered a Heath Ledger Bar Milkshake at Joker's Gelato and later admitted it always put a smile on his face. A girl passed by their booth kicking a soccer ball. Brain suddenly became sullen and sobbed. The others implored him to share what was wrong. Brain told them about how the Teen Titans ruined his attempt to save a youth soccer game.
Brain revealed he loved coaching youth soccer on the weekend. He looked forward to dominating their division then the world but thunder triggered a blackout at the stadium. He had his robot guards rush him home to grab a generator to power the lights but the Titans arrived and thought it was a plot to take over the world. Robin told Beast Boy to take out the generator. He took it literally and presented shrimp and prime ribs to the generator and sang to it. The grease shorted the circuits and caused an explosion that leveled the depot. Brain's team were furious with him after he canceled the game. Blood despised the Titans' sense of humor. Brain suddenly realized the juxtaposition of Robin telling Beast Boy to "take out the generator" and Beast Boy singing shrimp and prime ribs to it was funny. No one else thought so. Blood admitted indulging in the frozen treats and sharing stories was truly cathartic for him.
Light added it felt so much healthier to talk about their problems rather than carrying around all their anger. Gizmo realized he wasn't even mad at the Titans anymore. Blood proposed they give up their hatred for the Titans and instead, meet at Joker's Gelato once a week to discuss their problems like mature adults. They made a toast. The Titan Robot danced on top of the Joker's Gelato and reduced it to rubble. The four villains were consumed with rage and charged after the robot.
Cyborg and Beast Boy grabbed Brain outside his fortress. Beast Boy held him upside down while Cyborg punched money out of him for taxes. Cyborg did a final kick so powerful it knocked both Brain and Beast Boy away. The Brain was the grand marshal in the Codsville Thanksgiving Parade. He and Monsieur Mallah rode a cornucopia float. They noticed the Doom Patrol arrive with a float. Brain had Mallah hold it back. Brain saw it as an abomination. As grand marshal, he only wanted floats that brought the people of Codsville together and the Patrol's would scare them off with its weirdness. The Patrol pleaded with him to relent because it was Thanksgiving, the day of generosity. The Brain agreed and gave them five seconds to turn the float around and leave before he had it impounded. The Patrol left but decided to be a part of the parade whether Brain liked it or not. However, they rear ended the Brain's float. He hinted they were too late to stop his plan. They had no idea what he was talking about. The Brain explained he was tired of dealing with the crowds at the start of the holiday shopping season so he was going to use the parade to imprison Codsville so he would get all the holiday deals for himself.
The horn starting firing giant canned cranberry sauce and trapped people in it. The Chief pressed a button and the quarterback statue threw its giant football into the horn. It clogged and exploded. Brain stood up and dispatched flying pumpkins that fired missiles. Robotman launched his three dogs to take them out of the air. Mallah rotated to the rear of the float and fired twin sunflower gatling guns. The Patrol took cover in Beast Boy's giant toilet. The hail of bullets shredded the leash holding the mother bear on the float. It charged and attacked Mallah. Negative Girl rode the mechanical turkey onto the streets and it roasted Brain and his float with its flame breath. Elasti-Girl increased her height and modified her strength then crumpled the Brain and his float into a ball and threw it into the toilet. As the toilet flushed, the Brain took solace they would have to deal with the holiday crowds. The Patrol retorted they were shopping online and getting the same deals.
Raven and Starfire were tasked with stealing a package from the Brain's fortress in order to get the Titans' stolen smoothie machine back from the Porch Pirates. They failed to blend in as robots and were blasted. The Titans stormed the fortress but were disenchanted with the Brain fighting with another power suit. They put the bare minimum in defeating Brain and listlessly left. During Christmas, Brain was at the Jump City Prison when the Titans broke Santa Claus out. Brain was the reigning champion at the annual DC Invitational golf tournament. He and Mallah happened upon Robin and Cyborg. Brain told Mallah to contact the groundskeeper because there was a pest problem. Robin boasted they were going to win. Brain revealed he heard about the T-Car and wanted to melt it down into his personal toilet with a personal bidet. Cyborg was impressed with his tricked out golf-cart. On the first hole, a 300 yard par four, Mallah wound up Brain for his drive and he hit a hole in one. Brain taunted them as he was driven to the next green.
For one hole, Mallah stomped the ground to make sure Brain's ball went into the hole. Cyborg moved up the leader board and tied with Brain heading into the final hole. Cyborg didn't think he could make it. Robin reminded him it was a mental game and he just had to use his head. He took it literally, shrunk his head to size of the golf ball, and swung. Brain left his body in a robot gopher to intercept Cyborg using his rocket wings and a gatling cannon. Cyborg landed and rolled away and ran across pond. Brain made a wave. Cyborg ran right over it and over Brain. Brain fired a big laser to cut down trees to block him but Cyborg just bounced across. Brain plowed through the fallen trees and a sand hill, landed in front of hole and launched missiles. Cyborg dodged and accelerated into the hole. Cyborg was declared the winner but Brain refused to accept it and shifted his golf cart into a mech and attacked. Robin and Cyborg used chippers to chip away at the mech's hands.
Brain produced a buzz saw from the sole of the mech's left foot. Robin tossed Cyborg a driver to smash it. Brain kicked him. Cyborg rolled up the check and decked Brain and Mallah, destroying part of it in the process. Cyborg didn't care about the T-Car. He slapped a T emblem on Brain's cart and drove off to get in another round before the sunset. They ran Brain and Mallah over. Raven followed a bad lead to the park and came upon Mallah handing a briefcase to the Brain. She suspected Mallah robbed a bank but it turned out it was Brain's day off and his painting supplies were in the case. She conjured a fist construct and punched Mallah away. Raven learned the truth then told Brain about the contest between the Titans to solve crime in order to win a sweet 80s wave skipper. Brain was not interested in helping her and splashed paint on her. He painted Monet's The Water Lily Pond. Raven conjured a fist again and smashed Brain and his art. Mallah and Brain later sneaked into the Titans Tower and stole the skipper then returned home and used it on their inflatable pool. They were shocked to discover the Titans found them by using Batman's good leads.
One morning, Mallah made breakfast pancakes for the three young henchmen. They wanted to test their new death ray on city hall but he reminded them to clean their room first. Brain was happy to see Mallah's world-famous croissants with a side of eggs. Brain called it the perfect brain food and proclaimed Mallah was the best partner-in-crime an evil genius could have. Mallah noted it was perfect weather and suggested taking the henchmen to the park and burning it to the ground. Brain realized he forgot to tell Mallah that his young brother Brian was coming to visit. Mallah did a spit take on him and starting talking in French. Brain reminded him to speak English. Mallah was totally against Brian coming because something always went terribly wrong. Brain reminded Mallah Brian didn't get the brains in the family but he looked up to him and his approval meant a lot to him. Mallah added he was loud, clumsy, and rude. Brain asked Mallah to put up with Brian for a few days for him. Mallah agreed to. Brian arrived in his RV and backed up into their priceless Sinestro statue, claiming it came out of nowhere.
The henchmen were happy to see their uncle and couldn't wait for his present. Brian whistled and presented their new pet, a mutant bunny he created himself. It immediately tackled Mallah and attacked. Brian was surprised it took a liking to Mallah and then asked for help carrying a few of his bags. Brain volunteered Mallah. Brian dumped a ton of luggage on top of him. Brian made light of their evil lair and asked if they couldn't find an abandoned warehouse. Brain knew he was kidding and asked how it was like being a supervillain in Metropolis. Brian recalled a battle with Superman the other day, telling him it was time to take out the trash. Brain was impressed. Mallah was suspicious and asked why he came for a visit if Metropolis was so amazing. Brian stated he came to help out his big bro and show him what a great supervillain was. Brain was touched. Brian added the crime rate was dropping because it was the holidays, so he thought he should stay with his brother for a month. Mallah was shocked, did a spit take on Brain, and called for a conference in the kitchen with Brain.
Mallah was concerned Brian was going to ruin their important scheme. Brain was not concerned and reassured him Brian was family and everything was going to be just fine. They returned to the lair and discovered it was wrecked. Brian had a sound system he stole off a truck blaring. Mallah tried to get him to turn it down but Brian couldn't hear him. Mallah smashed it. Brain explained Mallah wasn't hip to heavy metal. Brian was fine with it and presented some bagpipes he stole and played it. Mallah stormed out of the room. The next morning, Mallah discovered the kitchen was a mess and there was no food, milk, or coffee. Brain explained Brian cooked them a big breakfast but his hunger got the best of him and he ate it all. Brian tried teaching the henchmen how to throw a grenade outside but it ended up in Mallah's bowl and blew up. Mallah lost a tooth. Brain reminded him it was just a few more weeks. Mallah trimmed his rose bush but Brian interrupted him. Brian needed to borrow money for an emergency, claiming it was an emergency. Mallah asked how much he needed but Brian took his whole wallet and left.
Some time later, Mallah finished trimming the bush into the shape of a heart. Brian returned in a motorcycle. He rammed a garbage can with a cat in it, a mail bin, and a cow then ran over Mallah and destroyed the bush. He tried to offer Mallah a ride to make up for it. Mallah refused and asked where he got the bike from. Brian revealed he bought it with the money he lent him. Mallah simmered with anger. Brian explained it was an emergency because the seller was going to sell it to Riddler if he couldn't come up with the cash. Brian took off but backed into the house instead then ran over Mallah again. Brain went into Brian's RV and noticed he was keeping up with his knitwork. Brain keyed on what looked like another knitting project. Brian revealed she was his wife, Natalia, and they hurried to tie the knot before their relationship unraveled. Brain broke the bad news to Brian that Mallah wanted him gone because he kept messing up. Brian broke out in tears and begged Brain for another chance. He confessed he never fought with Superman and in fact, Superman used him as a garbage can to throw out his old newspapers.
Brain mused he and Mallah did need help for their scheme reveal party where they planned to surprise their henchmen with a brand-new super suit that can transform anything into a personal playground. Brian boasted he was an amazing party planner. Brain agreed but emphasized it was his last chance. Brian robbed a grocery store, made the punch by using himself as a blender, lit the tiki torches with one of his oversized cannons, made a cake himself, and inflated supervillain balloons using himself. Mallah admitted the party was incredible. Just as Brain was about to reveal the super-suit, Brian hopped over the house on his motorcycle and ran everything over, including the Mutant Bunny and everything he set up for the party. He drove into the suit and knocked it over. Brian continued and took a selfie. The henchmen cried. Mallah called Brian an imbecile. Brian just wanted to do a cool reveal but hadn't learned how to drive the motorcycle yet. The headlight exploded. Brain had enough and demanded he leave. Brian asked for several more chances and promised he wouldn't screw at least one up. Brain refused and told him to leave.
On the news, they discovered Brian stole the super-suit and was rampaging in the city. They rushed over to Brian's location. Brian claimed he was helping with their evil plan and turning the city into his own personal playground. Brain explained he was simply going to use the suit to build a playground for the henchmen. Brian still didn't get it and cleared some space by kicked away buildings. Brain warned the suit wasn't designed for that much destruction and it was going to break. To their relief, the Teen Titans arrived. Brain hugged Robin, asked for their help, and quickly explained Brian was his brother and trying prove himself, just in the wrong way. He wanted to them to let Brian defeat them so he could prove himself and stop rampaging. The Titans were not willing to cooperate until Mallah presented his world-famous croissants. Robin accepted their ridiculous offer. They each took a dive despite Brian not even landing a hit on them. Beast Boy even posed as a fish in a barrel. Cyborg was so upset at not being hit by a flurry of bolts he knocked his own head off. The Titans were not happy. Brian finished them off.
The Titans were placed in a cage and ate croissants in Brain and Mallah's house. Brain, Mallah, and Brian toasted. Brian was eager to go and hit up some local craft fairs with Natalia. Cyborg and Beast Boy let the truth slip. Brian was upset about being tricked but the argument was interrupted by the henchmen driving Brian's motorcycle. Mallah panicked because they weren't programmed to drive one and were going to get themselves killed. They raced after the henchmen in Brian's RV. Brain wanted to stop them before they reached a Wayne Enterprises construction zone. Brian instructed the henchman in the sidecar to pull a lever to activate a brake but they were all for various weapons. Brian realized he didn't know where the brake was. Brain fretted his close-knit family was in danger. Brian got an idea and ordered Mallah to turn right instead of straight after the henchmen. Brian took out a ball of yarn and knitting needles. The henchmen crashed through the fence and were tossed in the air, in danger of falling onto exposed rebars.
Brian knitted a life-size playset and tossed it over the hole. The henchmen safely landed and slid into Brain's arms. Brain apologized for deceiving him but Brian downplayed it as what any supervillain would do. Brain emphasized he only did it because he cared about him. Brian was touched. Brain added he could be a great supervillain but he just needed the confidence. Brian admitted he just did it so Brain would be proud of him. Mallah was moved to tears. Brian revealed he always dreamed of knitting professionally and would rather create than destroy. Brain implored him to follow his dreams. They tried to hug but ended up on their backs. Back at home, the henchmen enjoyed the playset all day without getting scuffed. Brain loved his new body dozy. Brian revealed to Mallah he knitted him a new rose bush. The Titans were confined within it. Mallah loved it and hugged Brian. Robin demanded they be freed. The Mutant Bunny sniffed and licked Robin then prepared to eat him.
The Brain was enjoying some gardening outside his house in Codsville and planted a bush but he was disrupted when his petunias were blown up by the Doom Patrol hooking up the old generator because they lost power again. He stated their whole house could use maintenance and it was a nuisance, plus it was lowering the property value of his house. Negative Girl teased they loved living next to him because they knew it drove him crazy. Brain believed the house should be demolished. Chief thought it was a good thing he didn't have the power or authority to do it. Brain got an idea. Two weeks later, Brain visited the Doom Patrol and revealed he was now the president of the Codsville Homeowner's Association. He was visiting for a surprise inspection and if he detected three violations, he had the authority to condemn the house and have it demolished. He had Mallah on stand-by in a backhoe loader. He was amused Elasti-Girl claimed they were just tidying up because the house was in shambles. Two fighting raccoons fell on the floor behind him and rolled off without him noticing.
Chief claimed the house was state of the art and had the world's most advanced security system. Brain scoffed and mused he would be the judge of that. He ran over a floor trigger and several darts were fired. Negative Girl used her powers and threw her body to act as a shield before Brain saw them. Brain thought it was drafty and checked the thermostat but was working. He moved the lever up and triggered twin ceiling flame throwers. Chief jumped behind him and took the brunt of the flames. Brain ran over buttons on the floor, triggering an anvil, boxing glove in a wall that punched Beast Boy, and an alligator that fell on top of him. He ran past an infrared laser, activating a trap door but Elasti-Girl stretched over it and was run over. He checked the living room and saw an unsanctioned missile defense system. Beast Boy lied it was just a video game but Brain wanted to play and launched the Boom Patrol missile outside. Robotman begged it not to fire but it was launched. Brain wanted to blow up a house but in reality, the missile headed for Brain's house. Robotman managed to change the trajectory and Brain tossed the controller in annoyance.
Chief tried to convince him he didn't need to check the dishwasher because he kept an unethical experiment in there. To everyone's surprise, the dishes and utensils inside were neat and clean. While the Brain looked inside, the experiment came out from behind the refrigerator: a purple cephalopod as tall as the room. The Doom Patrol attacked but it fought back and chased them out of the kitchen, slamming Robotman around. They managed to stuff it into a box of Upbeat Cereal before the Brain saw anything. While he was pointing out an outlet that wasn't tamperproof as required by law, Beast Boy then Elasti-Girl stuffed a tentacle back in the box. Brain gave them a violation for the outlet. Brain checked a closet and discovered it was dedicated to how much the Patrol despised him. There were crude drawings making fun of him, a dart board with his picture on it, and a pinata based on his appearance. Beast Boy pointed out they decided against making a second closet. They demonstrated the pinata was for celebration. Negative Girl offered a candy but Brain declined.
Brain went to inspect the bathroom but was shocked to see it was in way better shape than he imagined. There were no leaks and water pressure was good but there was a powerful toilet bomb that shot Brain out of the house. He landed on the driveway and gave a second violation. He told Mallah to turn on the bulldozer. The Patrol tried to trick him the inspection was over but Robotman accidentally mentioned Chief's laboratory. During the elevator ride, Brain insisted nothing escaped his keen optic nerves. He failed to see the cache of dynamite and explosives, toxic dump site, and an imprisoned Starro escaping. Brain was aghast by the lab. Chief claimed he had permits for the mutants and weapons stored. Brain stated he couldn't store dangerous equipment under a residential. Brain touched a freeze ray and got frozen. Beast Boy used a heat ray but Negative Girl thought he was too hot and used the freeze ray. After some back and forth, Brain condemned the house and signaled Mallah. To Brain's surprise, the house turned into a mecha and defended itself.
Brain was infuriated when the house threw his house at Mallah. Beast Boy pointed out he now had a beachfront property. Brain learned his house's value tripled and he was no longer neighbors with the Patrol. However, the Doom Patrol's house settled next to Brain's and blasted its stereo. Elasti-Girl repeated they loved living next to him and Negative Girl added they would be neighbors forever. Brain howled "No!" in despair. The Brain read his copy of "I, Darkseid" outside on a lawn chair when a raccoon was deposited near him by Elasti-Girl. It instantly attacked Brain. The same raccoon returned to the Patrol's satellite dish. Elasti-Bot punted it and it landed on top of Brain in his house just as he finished polishing his face plate collection of DC villains. It attacked him. Brain tried to escape outside but the raccoon did not let up. Brain was riding his mower one morning when Beast Boy abruptly greeted him good morning. Brain crashed into a tree and was launched from the mower. During a string of robberies in Codsville, Hawkman suntanned near Pier 25 with Brain and Monsieur Mallah. The Brain attended the 100th anniversary party at the Warner Bros. Studios.