World Domination by Rodentia Acme Labs is where we set our scene. A genetically engineered lab mouse and his intellectually challenged companion exchange a simple dialogue. The dim-witted mouse begins, "Gee Brain, what are we gonna do tonight?" "The same thing we do every night, Pinky--try to take over the world!" Two simple lab mice, with one quest, to "try to take over the world." It's the premise of every episode of "Pinky and the …showed first 75 words of 918 total…

…showed last 75 words of 918 total…World Book Encyclopedia tells us that trading ships carried infected rats from the east, and the plague spread through most of Europe killing 20 million to 30 million people. Rats wiped out half the population of Europe. They sweep through towns with no regard to human life. They carry diseases which they eagerly spread to the unsuspecting. They hide themselves as house pets lying in wait. They are plotting to take over the world! They are rodents.