Ren & Stimpy Show
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| Genre | Animated series |
| Creator(s) | John Kricfalusi |
| Starring | Billy West John Kricfalusi |
| Country of origin |  United States Canada |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
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| Running time | approx. 0:22 (0:11 per episode) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Nickelodeon |
| Original run | August 11, 1991 – November 14, 1996 |
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Ren and Stimpy are the eponymous characters of two American animated television series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi. Ren Höek, a neurotic "asthma-hound" chihuahua, and Stimpson J. Cat (a.k.a. Stimpy), a fat, red, simpleton (but occasionally intelligent) cat, wander around in nonsensical adventures reminiscent of the Golden Age of American animation. Kricfalusi created the characters around 1979, while working for low-budget TV cartoons after moving to the United States. The characters were originally conceived as individual doodles unrelated to one another, and it was Kricfalusi's co-worker Joel Fajnor who told Kricfalusi to pair them together.
A product of the children's cable network Nickelodeon, The Ren & Stimpy Show had a reputation for subversiveness. Its level of gross-out humor, often involving nasal mucus and flatulence, was surpassed only by shows such as Beavis and Butt-head or The Brothers Grunt. While primarily controversial for its grotesque imagery, the series also frequently lampooned elements of western culture, such as materialism and superstition[citation needed]. The show was canceled around 1996, a little while after the Rugrats became popular; however, it still occasionally airs on both the Nicktoons channel and one of its affiliates, Nick Rewind.
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[edit] Characters
The main characters of the show are Ren Höek and Stimpson J. Cat (Stimpy).
Ren is a scrawny "Asthma-Hound" chihuahua with a fairly long, rat-like, pink tail who often calls Stimpy an "eeediot" and slaps him around. Ren is vain, spiteful, hyperactive, abusive, and he gets irritated very easily. Ren will often go completely insane during the course of an episode. His lifelong ambition is to have huge pectoral muscles, or implants just so he can be intimidating. Ren's name is the real name of Kricfalusi's building manager. Originally read (in a voice in homage to those of Peter Lorre and Kirk Douglas) by Kricfalusi, later by Billy West after Kricfalusi was fired, although Kricfalusi would return for the Spike TV episodes. Billy West has said that his own rendition of Ren's voice is a combination of Burl Ives and Kirk Douglas, and his description of Stimpy's voice is an "amped-up" and more child-like Larry (of Three Stooges fame).[1]
Because of his accent and the fact that he is a Chihuahua, Ren is considered Mexican but is probably of either German or Swedish descent due to his last name and the fact that his cousin Sven is Swedish, although this was not Kricfalusi's intention. But he could be considered Hungarian since he was supposed to have the personality of Peter Lorre.
Ren was inspired by a postcard of a Chihuahua in a sweater.
Stimpy is a fat, red and white, rotund cat with a blue nose, purple eyelids, no tail, human-style buttocks, flat feet, and a brain the size of a peanut. Stimpy is undeniably stupid externally and idiotically yet adorably cheerful while in some ways being intelligent. He is completely devoted to Ren who he perceives to be a good friend despite Ren's constant abuse. He does most of the work around the house. His trademark facial expression is a blissfully ignorant smile with his tongue flopping out. His famous catchphrase is "Oh, Joy!" or simply "Jooooooy".
In addition to Ren and Stimpy, there are a host of supporting characters in the show. However, Ren and Stimpy are the only characters to appear in every episode; the supporting characters may recur, or they may only appear in a single episode. Some supporting characters will factor directly into the storyline (such as George Liquor) while others make brief cameos. Some, such as Mr. Horse, are exclusively cameo-based, appearing in many episodes in bits that have little bearing on the plot.
[edit] History
[edit] Spümcø 1990-1992
Ren and Stimpy was created by John Kricfalusi and produced by his animation team Spümcø. The pilot, "Big House Blues," was finished in October 1990 and the first episode, "Stimpy's Big Day," premiered August 1991 along with Rugrats and Doug. However, Nickelodeon expressed concern about the show's grossness and violence, and routinely censored episodes. For example, in the episode Man's Best Friend George Liquor adopts Ren and Stimpy who later beat George with an oar. Nickelodeon thought this episode was too violent and banned it. The network also censored certain episodes such as "Svën Höek", "Nurse Stimpy" and "Big House Blues." Kricfalusi was fired from his creative role in the show on September 21, 1992, and subsequently refused to continue providing the voice of Ren. Kricfalusi has said the firing was due primarily to the censoring Nickelodeon felt was required, while Nick executives and Billy West have said it was more a result of Kricfalusi repeatedly missing deadlines. Another possibility is that John K missed deadlines because he fought with Nick over censorship.
[edit] Games Animation 1993-1996
One of Kricfalusi's closest friends, Bob Camp, began writing and directing the episodes himself. However the Games episodes were depised by fans and was eventually cancelled.
[edit] Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon 2003-2004
In 2003, an adult-oriented version of the series titled Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon, featuring episodes helmed by series creator John Kricfalusi, aired briefly on TNN (later renamed Spike TV). In 2004, Ren & Stimpy landed at number 18 on UK Channel 4's list of the 100 Greatest Cartoons. It is currently being aired on Nicktoons TV.
Advertisers were "freaked out" (in Kricfalusi's own words) by some of the new show's content, particularly that of the risqué episode "Naked Beach Frenzy" (which was finished in 2003 but is unaired on American TV so far) and the show was taken off the air, partly due to the advertisers' fears, and partly due to Kricfalusi and company taking their time making new episodes. In the spring and summer 2004, Kricfalusi completed two new episodes (each an hour long), and those episodes (along with "Naked Beach Frenzy") were shown at film festivals and other such venues.
Spike TV officially cancelled APC around November 2004 (and Kricfalusi shut down his studio in Canada shortly thereafter).
[edit] Future
In 2005, Kricfalusi announced that the existing APC (both the ones that aired in 2003 and the unaired ones) were coming to DVD and that there is the possibility for new Ren and Stimpy episodes (Kricfalusi has stated to have great interest in making episodes direct-to-video) if Ren and Stimpy DVDs sell well enough (as was the case with the show Family Guy , which came back into production partially due to phenomenal DVD sales and Futurama which will come back on Comedy Central in 2008). It is rumored that the series may come to Adult Swim with the original series uncut and the Adult Cartoon Party episodes however, nothing is official.
[edit] Music
The Ren and Stimpy Show and Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon featured a wide variety of music from folk, to traditional, to jazz. Some of this music has been written specifically for use on the show and have become synonymous with the episodes that feature them. Ren and stimpy have also released 3 musical albums titled: Crock O' Christmas, Ren & Stimpy: You Eediot! and Ren & Stimpy: Radio Daze.
However, "very little of the music used on the show was composed specifically for it; most of the music was compiled from stock recordings of various classical compositions, the works of jazz composer Raymond Scott (whose works are often used as background music for cartoons), and vintage "mood music" tracks from the library of British production music company KPM (composed in the '50s and '60s by such people as C. King Palmer, 'Laurie Johnson' (I) and Jack Beaver)."http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101178/trivia
[edit] Controversy
Many parents of young children complained about how Stimpy was the subject of repeated violence by his friend Ren, typically with a slap across the face. There were also scenes where Ren (or sometimes other minor characters) broke down into fits of psychosis and gleefully plotted to kill Stimpy or other ancillary characters.
Parents also worried about the occasional use of mildly offensive language. Ass and hell were used in some episodes even though the series was TV-Y7.
Nickelodeon also didn't censor all the sexual content. Many parents realized that several jokes were made up involving breasts. In one episode Ren is seen about to pull down a woman's shirt but abruptly cut to another scene.
There were also worries that the series could influence children to abuse drugs. In several episodes Ren or Muddy Mudskipper or sometimes even Stimpy are depicted with cigars or pipes or cigarettes in their mouths, however the smoke is hardly visible. In another episode, one scene depicts Ren inhaling smoke from a pipe.
[edit] UK DVD censoring
In October 2006, Paramount UK released Ren and Stimpy seasons 1 and 2 on DVD, however, there was some heavy editing to the set. In the episode "Out West" the whole Hanging Song is removed, meaning the cartoon ends at "Let's Hang em'" after Ren and Stimpy steal the horse.
All commentaries and the "banned" episode Man's Best Friend are completely absent, even though the back of the package makes reference to the episode.
[edit] Australian DVD censoring
Unlike the UK DVD release, the entire "Hanging Song" was included, however, the episode, "Man's Best Friend" is completely absent, with no reference on the DVD cover either
[edit] Ren & Stimpy on Home Video
Several episodes from Ren & Stimpy's first two seasons were released on DVD by Time-Life in late 2003. These DVDs contained some of Nickelodeon's edits and before long went out-of-print.
A DVD set of seasons one and two of the original series was released October 12, 2004. Some fans were angered by the fact that the set, billed as "Ren & Stimpy Uncut," had a few missing scenes removed for time issues and fade outs where commercials had been inserted from the "remastered" versions played on Spike TV. Kricfalusi said in a statement that all of the cut footage he knew about had been returned. Additionally, another Spümcø member (Steven Worth) has also attributed the time-snipped footage and fade outs to the fact that the DVD production team were given master tapes that, while edited, made absolutely no reference to this.
The "Seasons Three and A Half-ish" DVD box was released on June 28, 2005, while the "Season Five and Some More of Four" DVD box was released on September 20, 2005 and an Adult Party Cartoon set, aka "The Lost Episodes" was released on July 18, 2006. An "Ultimate Ren & Stimpy Collection" DVD is also in the works.
It is also worth noting that in the first and second season DVD, the "Sven Hoek" episode has a missing scene which has been reinserted for the DVD release. The footage used had a visible time code from an editing machine running on the top of the scene. It's during the scene where Ren is telling Stimpy and Sven how he's going to beat them up and mentions gouging their eyes out. However, this scene has since been restored by two volunteer fans David Mackenzie (aka Lyris) [2] and Evan Oliver [3]. The restored scene was presented to John K. himself, who described the work as "amazing". The new version will likely be available on the "Ultimate Ren & Stimpy Collection" DVD set. The updated scene features the time code painstakingly retouched out frame by frame. Also, it features a better matching of color, contrast and audio volume, so that there isn't a noticeable "jump" to the cut scene.
[edit] DVD Releases
Season Releases
| DVD Name | Release Date | Ep # | Additional Information |
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| The Complete First and Second Seasons | October 12, 2004 | 18 | Includes all 18 episodes from seasons one and two, "Ren and Stimpy: in the Beginning" featurette, "Sven Hoek" pencil test, Spumco sketch book, the banned episode "Man's Best Friend", the unedited pilot "Big House Blues", audio commentary on six episodes, uncut versions of four episodes, as well as a bonus disc with some episodes from season 3. |
| Seasons Three and a Half-ish | June 28, 2005 | 17 | Includes all 10 episodes from season three and the first 7 episodes from season four, audio commentary on twelve episodes, including commentary by Ren and Stimpy themselves on "Circus Midgets." |
| Season Five and Some More of Four | September 20, 2005 | 17 | Includes all 6 episodes from the second half of season four and all 11 episodes from season five, audio commentaries on thirteen episodes, including commentary by Ren and Stimpy themselves on "Big Flakes." |
| The Lost Episodes | July 18, 2006 | 6 | Includes all 6 episodes from the Adult Party Cartoon, uncensored, including the ones that were not aired in the United States. |
| Ultimate Ren & Stimpy Collection | TBA, 2007 | 58 | All episodes (uncut), the "Adult Party Cartoon," interviews with some of the Spümcø artists, animatics of the future specials "Life Sucks" and "George Liquor's Wilderness Adventure,", Kricfalusi's "He Hog the Atomic Pig" pilot, Spümcø commercials, a "magic fun booklet" with artist profiles, drawing info, games and activities. |
See also this review with detailed discussion about the censored/missing parts of the DVD.
[edit] Other home video formats
The Ren & Stimpy Show was previously released on VHS video tape in the United States and Canada by Sony Wonder. These tapes contain mainly the original Spumco episodes of the show.
The tapes contained the same edits as Nickelodeon's first screenings. However, "Ren & Stimpy: More Stinky Stories" contains an edited version of the short "The Big Baby Scam". The entire sequence where the family takes a bath is very crudely deleted from the cartoon, meaning that it no longer makes sense.
Eventually, the rights for Nickelodeon's programming on home video were transferred to Paramount Home Video and taken away from Sony. Only one cassette was released under the Paramount label, "Have Yourself a Stinky Little Christmas", which was actually a rerelease of a cassette that had been previously released by Sony several years earlier. Like all of the other Paramount cassettes of Nickelodeon shows, they were recorded in the EP/SLP format which gives very poor image quality; tapes released by Sony were recorded in SP format.
Several tapes, mainly containing episodes produced by Games Animation, were released in the United Kingdom in the PAL format (not playable on conventional US VCRs). These included: "Ren's Brain", which contained that particular cartoon as well as some others, "Space Madness", which includes that episode as well as four other space-themed episodes, and "For the Love of Stimpy". Bill Wray painted the covers for each of these UK-only cassettes. Each one is rated PG by the British Board of Film Classification, which contrasts to the earlier tapes consisting mainly of Spumco shorts that typically received U (all ages) ratings.
Ren & Stimpy was also released on LaserDisc in the USA by Sony Wonder. The disc is called "Ren & Stimpy: The Essential Collection" and has the same program content (but of course, in much higher quality) as the Ren & Stimpy Classics and Classics II VHS tapes. The disc is recorded in CLV mode, is double-sided, and has Digital Sound.
A compilation entitled The Ren & Stimpy Show: Volume 1 was released on UMD on September 20th, 2005 in the US by Paramount. As Paramount have since pulled out of the UMD market, it is unlikely a second volume will be released.
[edit] Ren and Stimpy in other media
[edit] Video games
10 Ren & Stimpy-themed games have been produced on two Sega and three Nintendo systems. One for Sega Genesis, one for Game Gear, four for SNES, one for NES, two for Game Boy and one for the PC, PlayStation and Game Boy Advance. Most of the games were produced by THQ. Like many licensed-based video games, these titles are of dubious quality.
- Ren & Stimpy Show: Buckaroo$ released on the NES - 1992
- Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots! released on the Super NES - 1993
- Ren & Stimpy Show: Fire Dogs released on the Super NES - 1994
- Ren & Stimpy Show: Time Warp released on the Super NES - 1994
- Ren & Stimpy Show: Buckaroo$ released on the Super NES - 1995
- Ren and Stimpy: Space Cadets released on Game Boy - 1992
- Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots! released on Game Boy - 1993
- Ren & Stimpy Show: Stimpy's Invention released on Sega Genesis - 1993
- Ren & Stimpy Show: Quest for Shaven Yak on Sega Game Gear
- Nicktoons Racing on PC, Sony PlayStation and Game Boy Advance
Additionally, Ren & Stimpy were included in several Nickelodeon-themed activity and crafts software for computers.
[edit] Comic books
Marvel Comics optioned the rights to produce comic books based on Nickelodeon properties in 1992. Their initial plan was to have an anthology comic featuring several Nicktoons properties, but Ren & Stimpy proved to be so popular the comic was instead dedicated entirely to them. A Rocko's Modern Life comic series was also produced by Marvel in 1994, but only lasted seven issues. Marvel produced 44 issues of the ongoing series, along with several specials. Most of these were written by then relatively unknown comic scribe Dan Slott, who would spend the next several years honing his comedy by writing comics based on cartoons. One Ren & Stimpy special, #3, Masters of Time and Space, was set up as a 'choose your own adventure' and with a time travel plot, took Dan 6 months to plot out in his spare time. It was designed so that it was possible to choose a path that would eventually be 20 pages longer than the comic itself.
[edit] Episode list
[edit] The Ren & Stimpy Show
[edit] Pilot Episode 1990
[edit] Season 1: 1991–1992
| Screenshot | Title | Original Airdate | Pro. Code | Ep. # | ||
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"Stimpy's Big Day" | August 11, 1991 | RSO1a | 1a | ||
| After winning a Gritty Kitty poem contest, Stimpy gets to go to Hollywood. | ||||||
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"The Big Shot" | August 11, 1991 | RSO1b | 1b | ||
| Stimpy enjoys living his new life in Hollywood, and becomes a big star, but Ren starts to miss him. | ||||||
| "Robin Höek" | August 18, 1991 | RSO2a | 2a | |||
| As Stimpy reads a mixed-up version of Robin Hood, Ren dreams he is Robin, and Stimpy, all the other roles. | ||||||
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"Nurse Stimpy" | August 18, 1991 | RSO2b | 2b | ||
| When Ren gets sick, Stimpy decides to take care of Ren himself. | ||||||
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"Space Madness" | August 25, 1991 | RSO3a | 3a | ||
| During a 6-year break from a 26-year trip to the Crab Nebula, Ren continuously suffers through space madness. | ||||||
| "The Boy Who Cried Rat" | August 25, 1991 | RSO3b | 3b | |||
| When Ren and Stimpy are starving, they make Stimpy be a mousecatcher, and Ren, a mouse in the Pipe's house. | ||||||
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"Fire Dogs" | September 1, 1991 | RSO4a | 4a | ||
| Ren and Stimpy are in the streets, starving. Disguised as dalmations, they get jobs as fire dogs. | ||||||
| "The Littlest Giant" | September 1, 1991 | RSO4b | 4b | |||
| In another one of Stimpy's bedtime stories, Ren dreams he is Wee Ren who befriends the littlest giant (Stimpy) in the story, "The Littlest Giant". | ||||||
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"Marooned" | December 15, 1991 | RSO5a | 5a | ||
| After Commander Höek (Ren) and Cadet Stimpy landed on a strange planet, some weird, but painful, things happen to them. | ||||||
| "Untamed World" | December 15, 1991 | RSO5b | 5b | |||
| Ren and Stimpy host a nature show, and go to the Gallapagoes Islands to find creatures that look like...themselves. | ||||||
| "Blackhole" | February 23, 1992 | RSO6a | 6a | |||
| Commander Höek (Ren) and Cadet Stimpy pass through a blackhole and lives to tell the tale, but the atmosphere has some wierd affects on the duo. | ||||||
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"Stimpy's Invention" | February 23, 1992 | RSO6b | 6b | ||
| After Ren tries some of Stimpy's inventions that worked poorly, Stimpy invents a happyhelmet to make Ren feel happier. | ||||||
[edit] Season 2: 1992–1993
| Screenshot | Title | Original Airdate | Pro. Code | Ep. # | ||
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"In the Army" | August 12, 1992 | RSO6b | 1a | ||
| Ren and Stimpy enter in the army, unaware of all the obstacles to overcome with a big, bossy sarge. | ||||||
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"Powdered Toast Man" | August 12, 1992 | RS5-2b | 1b | ||
| We see Powdered Toast Man save a kitten from crashing into a truck, the Pope from Muddy Mudskipper, Ren & Stimpy's breakfast problems, and the president in his bathroom. | ||||||
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"Ren's Toothache" | August 22, 1992 | RS5-2a | 2a | ||
| After Ren doesn't brush his teeth like Stimpy does, all of Ren's teeth fall out. | ||||||
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"Out West" | September 29, 1992 | RS5-4b | 3a | ||
| Abner and Ewalt need someoone to hang, so they hire Ren and Stimpy to steal Mr. Horse. | ||||||
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"Rubber Nipple Salesmen" | September 29, 1992 | RS5-4b | 3b | ||
| Ren and Stimpy try to sell rubber nipples to the Fire Chief, Mr. Horse, and the Pipes. | ||||||
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"Svën Höek" | November 7, 1992 | RS5-3a | 4 | ||
| When Ren hears that his cousin, Svën is coming over, he remembers him being smart, but when Svën arrives, he acts more like Stimpy, which puts Ren at the highest anger level. | ||||||
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"Mad Dog Höek" | November 21, 1992 | RS5-6a | 5a | ||
| Ren, as Mad Dog Höek, and Stimpy, as Killer Kodoogan, wrestle the Lout Brothers, Lump and Loaf, thinking that they're just pretending to wrestle. | ||||||
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"Haunted House" | November 21, 1992 | RS5-6b | 5b | ||
| A dull ghost tries to scare Ren and Stimpy when they enter a haunted house, but the ghost's plans to scare Ren and Stimpy seem to fail, even the chainsaw! | ||||||
| "The Big Baby Scam" | December 12, 1992 | RS5-3b | 6a | |||
| Ren and Stimpy trade places with two babies called Eugene and Shawn to get the easy life, but they encounter many shenanigans. | ||||||
| "Dog Show" | December 12, 1992 | RS5-3b | 6b | |||
| George Liquor has finished training and tries to make his dogs, Ren and Stimpy, win the all-breed dog show. | ||||||
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"A Visit to Anthony" | May 3, 1993 | 9 | |||
| Anthony, a boy from the United States, invites Ren and Stimpy to come to his house. They do, but they are encountered by Anthony's dad and Victor, the neighborhood sadist. | ||||||
- The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen
- Monkey See, Monkey Don't/Fake Dad
- The Great Outdoors/The Cat That Laid the Golden Hairball
- Stimpy's Fan Club
- Stimpy's First Fart (retitled "Son of Stimpy")
- The uncut versions of Powdered Toast Man, Svën Höek and Dog Show were not aired on Nickelodeon. However, they are only seen on the Ren and Stimpy: 1st and 2nd seasons DVD.
[edit] Season 3: 1993–1994
- To Salve and Salve Not/A Yard Too Far
- Circus Midgets/No Pants Today
- Ren's Pecs/An Abe Divided
- Stimpy's Cartoon Show
- Untamed World 2: Lair of the Lummox (retitled "Lair of the Lummox")
- Jiminy Lummox / Bassmasters
- Ren's Retirement
- Jerry the Bellybutton Elf/Road Apples
- Hard Times for Haggis
- Eat My Cookies/Ren's Bitter Half
[edit] Season 4: 1994–1995
- Hermit Ren
- House of Next Tuesday/A Friend In Your Face
- Blazing Entrails/Lumber Jerks
- Prehistoric Stimpy/Farm Hands
- Magical Golden Singing Cheeses/Hard Day's Luck
- I Love Chicken/Powdered Toast Man vs. Waffle Woman
- It's A Dog's Life/Egg Yolkeo
- Double Header/Scotsman in Space
- Pixie King/Aloha Höek
- Insomniac Ren/My Shiny Friend
- Cheese Rush Days/Weiner Barons
- Galoot Wranglers/Ren Needs Help!
- Superstitious Stimpy/Travelogue
[edit] Season 5: 1996
- Ol' Blue Nose/Stupid Sidekick Union
- Space Dogged/Feud for Sale
- Hair of the Cat/City Hicks
- Stimpy's Pet/Ren's Brain
- Bell Hops/Dog Tags
- I Was a Teenage Stimpy/Who's Stupid Now?
- School Mates/Dinner Party
- Sammy and Me/Big Flakes
- Terminal Stimpy/Pen Pals
- The Last Temptation of Ren/Reverend Jack Cheese
- A Scooter for Yaksmas
[edit] Ren & Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon: 2003
- Man's Best Friend
- Onward and Upward
- Ren Seeks Help
- Fire Dogs/Fire Dogs 2: Part 1
- Fire Dogs 2: Part 2
- Naked Beach Frenzy (originally titled "At the Beach")
- Altruists: Part 1
- Altruists: Part 2
- Stimpy's Pregnant: Part 1
- Stimpy's Pregnant Part 2: The Blessed Event
¹ (Man's Best Friend was originally to be aired in the second season, but the episode was banned by Nickelodeon and had not been aired until Adult Party Cartoon. Spike TV's official episode lineup on their website seemed to suggest that they consider Man's Best Friend a part of the Adult Party Cartoon season.)
² (These have not yet been aired on television in the United States but are finished episodes. They were released on the Adult Party Cartoon (Lost Episodes) DVD set.)
[edit] Airing history
- USA
- Nickelodeon (1991-1996, 2006)
- MTV (1995-1998)
- VH1 (2001-2002)
- Nicktoons Network (2005-Present)
- Spike TV (2003-2005)
- TV Land (2005)
- MTV2 (2006)
- UK
- BBC TWO (1994-1997)
- Nickelodeon (Jan 1994-2006)
- Ren and Stimpy aired in summer of 2006 as part of the Hall Of Fame block; they aired Sammy and Me and The Last Temptation of Ren.
- Nicktoons (2004-2006)
- Argentina
- Locomotion (2000-2002)
- Magic Kids (1995-1998)
- MTV Latin America (1999-2002)
- Nickelodeon (1996-1997)
- Brazil
- Multishow (1994-1996)
- Nickelodeon (1996-2002)
- Locomotion (2002-2005)
- Romania
- Prima TV (1999-2000)
- Australia
- Ren and Stimpy currently airs on Nickelodeon Australia in the early hours of the morning (formerly every Sunday night for three hours)
- Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon airs occasionally on The Comedy Channel and Nine Network.
[edit] Other
Ren and Stimpy along with Spongebob Squarepants was featured in previews of El Tigre, another Nicktoon.
- There was also a Ren and Stimpy cut-out located at Nickelodeon Studios.
[edit] See also
[edit] Source
- Ren and Stimpy: In the Beginning featurette included on The Ren & Stimpy Show: The Complete First and Second Seasons DVD ASIN B0002NY8XA
[edit] External links
- The Ren & Stimpy Show at the Internet Movie Database
- Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" at the Internet Movie Database
- Ren and Stimpy at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- The Ren and Stimpy Show at TV.com
- Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" at TV.com
- Spumboard The new Ren & Stimpy and Spumco message board, unofficially replacing the seemingly defunct MOTLOS board.
- Ren And Stimpy Encyclopedia, Episode Guide and FAQ (with a notable page on censorship)
- Adult Party Cartoon Promo page.
- A (not yet complete) guide to edits and alterations on the Ren & Stimpy DVDs
- An interview with a BBFC examiner about the removal of the "Hanging Scene" from the upcoming UK DVD release
- Ren & Stimpy CD List
- Japanese fan site
- "Happy Happy Joy Joy" Song Lyrics
- "Happy Happy Joy Joy" video on youtube
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