The Ren and Stimpy Show

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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 . 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 the characters together (See: [Origin of Ren and Stimpy]).

Although a product of the children's cable network Nickelodeon, The Ren & Stimpy Show had a reputation for subversiveness (much like another cancelled Nicktoon, the more recent Invader Zim). Its level of gross-out humor, often involving boogers 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.

Many parents of young children were critical about how Stimpy would be 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. While conscience eventually stays Ren's hand, these scenes reaffirmed many parental criticisms of the show.

Nickelodeon eventually fired Kricfalusi from his own creation and systematically censored the cartoon. Eventually, several episodes were deemed unairable and have never been broadcast by Nickelodeon again. During the mid-1990s, MTV began airing reruns as did VH1 network during a month long marathon series by December of 2001. In July 30, 2005, the American version of the Nicktoons Network, Nickelodeon's counterpart channel, started to air reruns of Ren and Stimpy. The series has since been dubbed into several languages for foreign broadcast. 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 on TNN (later renamed Spike TV). In 2004, Ren & Stimpy landed at number 17 on Channel 4's list of the 100 Greatest Cartoons. Ren & Stimpy are now sometimes aired on nickelodeon's cartoon only channel "Nicktoons".

Main characters

Picture	Name	Description
	Ren Höek	Ren is an "Asthma-Hound" Chihuahua with a fairly long, rat-like, pink tail who often calls Stimpy an "eeediot" and slaps him around, quite literally. Ren is vain, spiteful, abusive, and gets irritated (especially by Stimpy) very easily. His lifelong ambition is to have huge pectoral muscles (which, in real life, is uncommon). Ren's name is the real name of Kricfalusi's building manager. Originally read (in a voice homaging 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. Because of his accent and the fact that he is a Chihuahua, Ren is considered Mexican, although this was not Kricfalusi's intention. Ren was inspired by a postcard of a Chihuahua in a sweater.
	Stimpson J. Cat (Stimpy)	A red, rotund cat, with a blue nose and no tail (not to mention a bean-sized brain), Stimpson J. Cat is idiotically yet adorably cheerful and completely devoted to Ren, as he is, to him at least, a good friend. However, Ren abuses Stimpy constantly, both verbally and physically. His trademark facial expression is a blissfully ignorant smile with tongue flopping out. Stimpy is named after an art school classmate of Kricfalusi, whose nickname was "Stimpy Kadogan" ("Killer Kadoogan" was Stimpy's pseudonym in the wrestling episode "Mad Dog Höek" and in the Games epsiode A Scooter for Yakmas and the APC episodes Altruists and Stimpy's Pregnant he is called Stimpson J. Kadogan). Voiced by Billy West (in a voice homaging that of Stooge Larry Fine) in the Nickelodeon series and later by Eric Bauza in the Spike TV episodes. Stimpy was inspired by the bulbous-nosed cats in the Bob Clampett-directed Tweety cartoon Gruesome Twosome.

Supporting characters

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.

• George Liquor: A.k.a. George Liquor American, George is an ultra-patriotic American and is so conservative that he thinks Republicans are Communists. His last name was removed from being uttered in the episodes he appeared in by Nickelodeon. Instead, the scene would pause and a record-scratching sound effect would be played instead of George speaking the word "Liquor." It's been said that his last name was removed because it is one of the "six words you are never supposed to say." He was voiced by Michael Pataki, but Harris Peet voiced him in "The Boy Who Cried Rat," and "Black Hole," which was his first appearance. A picture of him can be found on the wall of Ren & Stimpy's quarters in "In The Army."

• Powdered Toast Man: Melodramatic and oblivious superhero and spokesperson for Powdered Toast, the breakfast treat that "tastes just like sawdust." He can fly by launching himself from a toaster, or dispensing a healthy amount of flatulence; He flies backwards, or at an angle. Oddly, Powdered Toast doesn't taste right unless Powdered Toast Man passes gas while it is being consumed. His favourite phrase is "Leave Everything To Me!" Powdered Toast Man hides his true identity behind the guise of Pastor Toastman, a "cool" youth deacon. Voiced by Gary Owens.

• Muddy Mudskipper: A mudskipper (a species of fish capable of crawling out of water and breathing air directly) with the voice and personality of a grizzled vaudeville comedian who hosts an afternoon kids' show. Calls everyone he meets "a lousy bum." Besides being a huge television star, Muddy dabbled in villainy, at one point kidnapping the Pope (voiced by Frank Zappa) before being foiled by Powdered Toast Man. Voiced by Harris Peet.

• Mr. Horse: One of the original and classic characters, with his catch phrase "No sir, I don't like it." Mr. Horse has variously been a victim of a fall from a skyscraper, a GI returning from war in love with a sheep, a dog-show judge, a neighbor hiding a dark past, and a tester for Gritty Kitty Litter. During the cat litter commercial, Stimpy asks, "Are you a professional actor?" Mr. Horse replies "No sir, I am a real horse!" In the "Rubber nipple salesman" episode, he was portrayed as having had some serious issues with the federal government which he felt he had paid for; he described it as his "one mistake!" He has also been portrayed as a psychiatrist. Voiced by Kricfalusi.

• Mr. and Mrs. Pipe: A pair of square, white suburban parents who are seen only from the waist down, similar to the appearances of Ms. Sara Bellum in The PowerPuff Girls and Cow and Chicken's mother and father in Cow and Chicken. Mr. Pipe (voiced by Billy West) is typically clad in a bathrobe, slippers, and black socks supported by sock-suspenders. He also loves to wear Rubber Nipples on his knees and farts at inappropriate moments. Mrs. Pipe (voiced by Cheryl Chase) appears to wear a dress and nondescript women's shoes. Their first appearance was The Boy Who Cried Rat, in which Ren and Stimpy got a job catching mice for them.

• Abner and Ewalt: A pair of incredibly stupid hillbillies who are sheriff and deputy of a small Wild West town. They have a strong proclivity for hanging, so much so that they eventually hang themselves in absence of a suitable hangee.

• Svën Höek: Ren's Swedish cousin who Ren has not seen since they were in the whelping box together. He longs to have an intellectual conversation with his cousin, but much to Ren's chagrin, Svën is even stupider than Stimpy (he even has a smaller brain than Stimpy), who forms an instant bond with him. Last seen in Hell, the end result in Ren's misguided cruelty: Stimpy and Svën were playing "Don't Whiz on the Electric Fence", when Ren came home from work and saw all his possessions violated. Ren saw the game... and in spite, did contrary to what the game suggested.

• Wilbur Cobb: A demented, decaying old man who was once the foremost cartoon producer in the world. He speaks in malapropisms. Voiced by Jack Carter. Spumco originally wanted his name to be Raymond Spum but after the firing of Spumco,Games renamed him Wilbur Cobb after the story editor.

• Mrs. Buttloaves: An incredibly obese and homely woman dressed in a bulging pink night gown. Voiced by Kricfalusi.

• Haggis MacHaggis: A short, bald stereotypical Scotsman. At one point, he was a cartoon star, but low ratings forced him out into the street. Voiced by Alan Young.

• The Fire Chief: Has a psychotic hatred for circus midgets and a penchant for slamming his fire axe into concrete as a response to answering the door. Voiced by Peet.

• The Gilded Yak: The shaven icon of Yak Shaving Day. Rides through the sky in a canoe; capable of emerging and disappearing into sink and tub drains. Although he is shaven, he is on a constant vigil against getting a five o'clock shadow.

• Dr. Stupid: A "show within a show" context pitted Stimpy as the host of a question-and-answer medical/science talk show called "Ask Dr. Stupid." As the titular doctor, Stimpy would read a letter from a loyal viewer asking a question, and then activate his "patented Stuponitron helmet," which appeared to give him a stiff electrical shock to his brain. Afterwards, he would offer strange advice, which was often wrong or had little to do with the question.

• Old Man Hunger: A strange, and always naked, skinny old man with a chicken drumstick leg on his head. He's also the father of Mr. Pipe, and a part-time Tooth Fairy. He can be found showing up randomly at inopportune moments for Ren and Stimpy. Often refers to people as "fellers", also has a tendency to say that he loves skinny-dipping, or skinny-stomping, or whatever he may be doing at the time. One episode showed him as the supposed husband of Mrs. Buttloaves. Voiced by West.

• Rempy: A cross between Ren and Stimpy, Rempy is a reddish-tan creature with Ren's ears, eyes, legs and tail and Stimpy's nose, torso and arms. He is a dim-witted and slow son of them despite his bright and active attitude.

• Kowalski: Serving a 32-year life sentence for crimes against humanity, Kowalski is an extremely large and burly hulk of a man with incredible strength — and the mind of a 7-year-old boy. In his first appearance, Kowalski is temporarily adopted by Ren. His favorite food (according to the episode Fake Dads) is meat on toasted meat, washed down with a frothy glass of meat. In subsequent appearances, he is mostly seen as a general multipurpose goon. Not to be confused with Bubba, Ren's Kowalski-like nephew who featured in only one episode. Both Kowalski and Bubba are of the race known as a lummox. Kowalski is possibly based on a similar character of the same name from Fredrick Forsyth's poitical thriller The Day of the Jackal.

• Hey, It's That Guy!: "That Guy" serves as the multi-purpose loudmouth in the Ren and Stimpy show. Sometimes, he is a salesman ("Feud For Sale", "To Salve Or Not To Salve".) Other times, he is a narrator, an announcer, a dog-show judge, a real estate agent, etc. The character is never referred to by any name in the series, but the name of "Hey, It's That Guy" seems to be the official name given by West, who also voiced him. It's also rumored (although not confirmed) that this was how he was also referred to by the animators at Spumco.

• Stinky Wizzleteats: A character whose design and voice characterization are based on the folk balladeer Burl Ives. He sings the recorded version of the "Happy Happy Joy Joy" song, occasionally digressing into furious rants (I TOLD you I'd shoot! But you didn't believe me! WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME?!) in between the chorus. Voiced by Kricfalusi.

• Reverend Jack Cheese: A brooding deeply troubled intinerant preacher reminiscent of Reverend Harry Powell in the movie Night of the Hunter. He hires Ren & Stimpy to assist in his travelling minstrel show where they evangelize the gospel of meat. Plays a one-stringed guitar. Voiced by Frank Gorshin.

Log: An inanimate piece of wood that appears in retro commercial inspired vignettes as a children's plaything, somewhat like a poor man's slinky. The jingle boasts, "It's better than bad, it's good!"

* Slinky Jingle - It's Slinky, it's Slinky, for fun it's a wonderful toy/It's Slinky, it's Slinky, it's fun for a girl and a boy

* Log parody Jingle - It's Log, Log, it's big, it's heavy, it's wood./It's Log, Log, it's better than bad, it's good!

Music

Music written for the show

• Dog Pound Hop (opening theme), written and performed by Jim Smith.
• Big House Blues (closing theme), written and performed by Jim Smith.
• The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen Anthem (from the episode "The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen.")
• Happy Happy Joy Joy (from the episode "Stimpy's Invention"), written and performed by Stinky Wizzleteats (Kricfalusi), sung by Bob Camp.
• Lord Loves a Hangin (from the episode "Out West")

Classical music

• The Nutcracker (often used as theme music)
• In the Hall of the Mountain King (often used as theme music.)
• Pomp and Circumstance Marches #1 composed by Edward Elgar
• Swan Lake
• Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky (used in many episodes such as, "Space Madness", "Stimpy's Invention")
• New World Symphony (or Symphony No. 9) by Antonin Dvorak (opening to 4th movement is used during the title card to the "Stimpy's Invention" episode; brief quotes from other movements are used in additional episodes as well)
• Suite bergamasque by Claude Debussy (an orchestral version of the section titled, Clair de Lune, was used in "The Littlest Giant")
• a famous lullaby known as Wiegenlied (Op. 49, No. 4) by Johannes Brahms is often used in scenes where Ren & Stimpy are preparing for bed or sleeping
• The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens (the section titled Aquarium is used during the infamous scene in "Rubber Nipple Salesmen" during which Mr. Horse has opened the door to reveal his rubbery ensemble)
• also during that same scene in "Rubber Nipple Salesmen", the sound cue from the closing credits of the original Night of the Living Dead movie, by George A. Romero, is heard while Mr. Horse's walrus is pleading, "call the poleeeece..."

Raymond Scott

Several Ren and Stimpy episodes featured the frenetic jazz of Raymond Scott [link]. He has been called "arguably the most well-known and influential unknown composer since the 16th Century" [Steve Schneider]. Scott's music was used as theme music by many classic Warner Bros cartoons [link]. John K and Bob Camp's use of Scott's music is an example of their high regard for classic comedy/cartoons.

Some Raymond Scott compositions used in Ren and Stimpy include:

• "Powerhouse"
• "Moment Musical"
• "The Toy Trumpet"
• "Huckleberry Duck"
• "Manhattan Minuet"
• "Twilight in Turkey"
• "At an Arabian House Party"
• "War Dance for Wooden Indians"
• "In an 18th Century Drawing Room"
• "New Year's Eve in a Haunted House"

Production music

Ren and Stimpy also used several music cues from the 1950's-vintage "Hi-Q" library of production music from Capitol Records (the Hi-Q library being famous for having its cues also used in the film Night of the Living Dead), as well as additional cues from Associated Production Music's library used for the show as well.

Some of the background music from Ren and Stimpy can also be heard in The Adventures of Pete & Pete and has recently resurfaced in certain episodes of the more recent Nickelodeon cartoon Spongebob Squarepants.

History and Controversy

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. Unfortunately, Nick had harassed Kricfalusi many times because they disapproved of the show's grossness and violence and had tried many attempts to censor it. 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 "Sven Hoek", "Nurse Stimpy" and "Big House Blues." Nickelodeon grew tired of the creators' envelope-pushing humor and also their failed deadlines, which became a problem largely because of the constant changes made by executives. In September 1992, Nickelodeon fired Kricfalusi.

Games Animation 1993-1996

One of Kricfalusi's closest friends, Bob Camp, began writing and directing the episodes himself. Billy West took on Kricfalusi's role as Ren, although it is worth noting that West was originally going to voice both characters before the show started, but said he was to make him sound like the good guy ([link], [link]) and that West had provided Ren's screams in several of the Spumco episodes. Spümcø artists were furious that Kricfalusi was fired, and started to quit. After that, the show went through drastic changes. Nickelodeon eventually ditched Spümcø and formed Games Animation to take over production. The quality of the show began a steady decline as the years went on, and many fans felt that the show was suffering greatly with the loss of its creator and original animation studio. Nickelodeon eventually cancelled the show in 1995, due to low ratings and aired its final episodes in 1996.

It is worth noting that the Games Animation version of the series frequently invoked God in most episodes. (Stimpy is seen saying a prayer, Ren attributes a bountiful harvest to God etc.). Sometimes characters would also use mild profanity such as "crap" (another Nickelodeon show, Hey Arnold! used the same mild profanity as well). These are rarities in modern children's animation, if not nonexistent.

Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon

In June 2003, the show returned to US television as Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" on Viacom's Spike TV (formerly the New TNN), with decidedly more adult content and Kricfalusi back in control. The network also aired digitally remastered episodes of the original series. One episode portrayed the characters as gay lovers: In one scene, Ren informs Stimpy, "I'm the pitcher, you're the catcher." In another scene, Ren (dressed like a baseball player) dives under the covers with Stimpy, and they have anal sex. When some fans reacted negatively to this scene, creator John K. responded by stating "We were completely flabbergasted by the few negative reactions. No one complained in the original series at the gay jokes. I mean, they are gay in some episodes, straight in others. They are cartoon characters. They can be anything we want them to be for the gag."

A few of the head storyboard artists, writers, and animators returned from the original Ren and Stimpy series, such as Vincent Waller and Jim Smith, but most of the new animation and writing team was a new team of artists, specifically instructed and headed by Kricfalusi himself. Some of the notable, new talent, that worked on Adult Party Cartoon (or "APC" for short) are Katie Rice and Nick Cross.

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). 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).

Ren & Stimpy on DVD

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 DVD encoders who could not obtain the original master tapes.

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 an audio timing problem due to a deleted scene being re-inserted into the episode and the fact the audio track of the episode begins when the disclaimer appears before the episode, rather than when the theme song begins, which is where the audio track should begin. One other missing scene which was inserted back in on the DVD version still had a timer 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 tearing their arms from their sockets.

DVD Releases

Season Releases

DVD Name	Release Date	Additional Information
The Complete First and Second Seasons	October 12, 2004	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	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	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	All 6 episodes from the Adult Party Cartoon, including the ones that weren't aired and it's also uncensored (means they will not bleep cuss words out).
Ultimate Ren & Stimpy Collection	TBA, 2006	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.

In late January 2006, classifications for Season 1 & 2 episodes appeared on the BBFC website under the title of "Ren & Stimpy Digitally remastered classics", indicating an imminent release of the Season 1 & 2 DVD in the UK, although it is not yet listed on any online DVD stores, so the release date is as of yet unknown. It's notable these classifications show the hanging sequence has been cut from "Out West" to allow the DVD to be released in the United Kingdom - an uncut release at "18" level was not possible. Read an [interview with a British Board of Film Classification examiner] for the official line.

Ren & Stimpy on 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 take 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.

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.

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
• 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
• released on Game Boy - 1993
• 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 the PC game Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker and several Nickelodeon-themed activity and crafts software for computers.

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, 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.

Ren and Stimpy Sing

Ren & Stimpy's Christmas album, "Crock O' Christmas," was released in 1993. Tracks were:

• Fleck the Walls
• Cat Hairballs
• We Wish you a Hairy Chestwig
• It's A Wizzleteats Kind Of Christmas
• We're Going Shopping
• Yak Shaving Day
• What Is Christmas?
• Cobb To The World
• Happy Holiday Hop
• I Hate Christmas
• The Twelve Days Of Yaksmas
• Decorate Yourself

Ren & Stimpy was also referenced in the Primus song "Nature Boy."

Ren & Stimpy: You Eediot!

Music and songs featured in the TV show. Originally released in 1993 on audio cassette by Sony Wonder/Epic, re-released on CD by Rhino/Wea. Both releases feature cover artwork that pays homage to The Beatles famous Abbey Road album. Due to its release after Kricfalusi being fired, a couple of people took over the parts originally sung or spoken by John Kricfalusi, such as Bob Camp performing the role of Stinky Wizzleteats in the song Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy. Track listing:

• The Whistler--Overture
• Dog Pound Hop
• Muddy Mudskipper
• Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy
• Fire Dogs
• Better Than No One
• Nose Goblins
• Smokin'
• Log (Blues version)
• Log Theme
• Captain's Log
• ''Space Madness
• Sven Theme
• Don't Whiz on the Electric Fence
• Ren's Pecs
• I'm Gonna Be a Monkey
• Filthy's Dance
• Jungle Boogie
• Kilted Yaksmen Anthem
• The Whistler--Underture
• Big House Blues (Closing Theme)

Revenge of Marooned!

• A Scooter for Yaksmas

Ren & Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon: 2003

• Man's Best Friend
• Onward and Upward
• Ren seeks Help
• Naked Beach Frenzy (originally titled "At the Beach")

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 officially aired on television in the United States but are known to be complete, and finished episodes. These will be released on the forthcoming Adult Party Cartoon (Lost Episodes) DVD set.)

Related links

• Ren and Stimpy Show characters

• Ren and Stimpy[link]

Source

• Ren and Stimpy: In the Beginning featurette included on The Ren & Stimpy Show:The Complete First and Second Seasons DVD ASIN B0002NY8XA

External links

• [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]
• [John Kricfaulsi Interview/Ren and Stimpy on The New TNN Promo]
• [Ren & Stimpy CD List]
• [Was the Games era of Ren and Stimpy really that bad?]

 

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