Big House Blues
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"Big House Blues" is the pilot episode of the animated television show on Nickelodeon, "The Ren & Stimpy Show".
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[edit] Big House Blues
“Big House Blues” | |
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The Ren and Stimpy Show episode | |
Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 2b |
Guest stars | Jim Smith as the employee at the Dog Pound and the narrator. |
Written by | John K., Bob Camp, and Jim Smith |
Directed by | John K. |
Production no. | RS00 |
Original airdate | August 18, 1991 |
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– | "Stimpy's Big Day/The Big Shot" |
[edit] Plot
The episode begins with a narrator telling the story of two characters: Ren Höek, an "asthma-hound" chihuahua and Stimpy, a cat. The two, while mortal enemies in the wild, "unite in the face of adversity" and became the best of friends. However, the two are living out on the street and are starving.
But one day, a "ray of hope" shines into the two friend's lives, and they are picked up by the local Dog Catcher and taken to the pound. Their lives have never been better: They have shelter, food, and have all the fun they want. However, they do not realize the fate that awaits them.
During a party, one of the dogs, Phil, is taken away. Ren inquires to where he is off to, and another dog, Jasper simply states, "He's goin' to sleep." Ren misunderstands, and believes he's just resting. Ren decides it's time for him to hit the sack too, and soon rests on Stimpy like a pillow.
The next morning, Ren once again asks Jasper where Phil is, and Jasper agitatingly re-states "I told ya, they put 'im to sleep". Ren asks to wake him up, but Jasper confirms, "You don't wake up from the Big Sleep." Ren soon catches on, and hysterically tells Stimpy about how "The Big Sleep" is simply death. Ren fears for his life, and knows he needs to get out.
Later, Stimpy has an incident where he coughs up a hairball - all over Ren. Ren is very angered, and proceeds to do what he usually does when Stimpy annoys him: Slap him a few times, and toss in a few insults. However, this may very well save his (and Stimpy's) life when a young girl visits the pound, looking for a "cute doggie" to take home. She instantly sees Ren, still covered in Stimpy's hairball, and believes he is a Poodle, and starts to take him home - but leaving poor Stimpy behind. Ren looks into Stimpy's distressed and "fare-well" eyes, and he begs God to take him home too, too. "Hmmmm...Okay!" The young girl responds, and Stimpy soon follows to their new home.
They arrive at their first home with the girl, and the two get their first possessions: Ren receives a sweater, and Stimpy: A Box of Cat Litter.
[edit] Notes, Goofs, and Trivia
- Ren getting a sweater may refer to a postcard John K had.
- A scene was removed when this aired on Nick where Ren, in his sleep, kisses Stimpy and rinses himself in a toilet. It was on the DVD, but the audio sounds lower. According to John K, Ren was dreaming of a female.
- The litterbox that Stimpy has is the same one that in the episode "Fire Dogs". Ren breaks it and Stimpy says "You broke it! You broke it! My first (he says first with a Brooklyn accent, like "foist") material possession!" He also shows his first material possession to Ren's cousin, Sven in "Sven Hoek", and it turns out that Sven loves it as much as Stimpy does.
- The narrator introduces Ren Höek as "Ren Hoke", prompting Ren to snap back at the narrator with, "That's Höek, you eediot, not Hoooooke!"
- At the end of this episode, Ren actually says "Holy shit!" when Stimpy says "Oh joy!" and flaps Ren into his litterbox.
- This episode features all the theme song clips.
- The themes are switched; the music on the opening title card is the usual ending credits, and the ending credits for this is the usual theme song.
- Notice on the Nickelodeon version that the color's a bit too low, but it helps to adjust the color settings on your television set for just this episode.
- The part of the employee of the dog pound saying, "See if I care" was cut from Nickelodeon, but is on the "Seasons 1 and 2" DVD.
- on the begining of ren and stimpy it shows scenes of big house blues in the opening.