The Ren & Stimpy Show is an animated series that premiered on Nickelodeon on August 11, 1991, directly following the premieres of Doug and Rugrats, and it ran for five seasons until December 16, 1995, with the final episode of its Nick run, "A Scooter for Yaksmas". The series initially did not have a consistent grouping of segments into episodes, episodes and interstitial segments aired out of production order, some episodes and interstitials were produced for one season and aired in another, and two episodes, "Man's Best Friend" and "Sammy and Me / The Last Temptation", did not air in the series' original Nickelodeon run at all due to different reasons. "Man's Best Friend" aired on the Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" for Spike TV in 2003 alongside the uncut show's pilot, "Big House Blues". "Sammy and Me / The Last Temptation" aired on October 20, 1996, on MTV.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| Theatrical pilot | August 10, 1990 (1990-08-10) | |||
| 1 | 6 | August 11, 1991 (1991-08-11) | February 23, 1992 (1992-02-23) | |
| 2 | 12 | August 15, 1992 (1992-08-15) | May 23, 1993 (1993-05-23) | |
| 3 | 10 | November 20, 1993 (1993-11-20) | July 30, 1994 (1994-07-30) | |
| 4 | 14 | October 1, 1994 (1994-10-01) | April 1, 1995 (1995-04-01) | |
| 5 | 10 | June 3, 1995 (1995-06-03) | October 20, 1996 (1996-10-20) | |
Episodes
Note: The episodes are ordered according to Nickelodeon's official production number, and not their original production or broadcast order.Theatrical pilot (1990)
| No. | Title | Produced and directed by | Story by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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| 0 | "Big House Blues" | John Kricfalusi | John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp, Jim Smith & Lynne Naylor | August 10, 1990 (1990-08-10) | R&S-001 |
| Ren and Stimpy get caught by the dogcatcher and are sent to the pound, where they meet Jasper and briefly Phil until he has to take "The Big Sleep". Ren initially does not understand, but after Jasper explains this to Ren, their lives seem to be on a thin thread until a sweet girl adopts them both. | |||||
Season 1 (1991–92)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Story by | Original air date | Prod. code | |||||
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| 1 | "Stimpy's Big Day!" | John Kricfalusi | John Kricfalusi, Vincent Waller, Bob Camp, Lynne Naylor & Jim Smith | August 11, 1991 (1991-08-11) | RS-01A | |||||
| "The Big Shot!" | RS-01B | |||||||||
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After winning a Gritty Kitty poem contest, Stimpy goes to Hollywood, leaving Ren left out. Stimpy enjoys living his new life in Hollywood, and becomes a big star, but after a while, they both start to miss each other and eventually Stimpy gives up all of the money and fame to see Ren again. | ||||||||||
| 2 | "Robin Höek" | John Kricfalusi | John Kricfalusi & Bob Camp | August 25, 1991 (1991-08-25) | RS-02A | |||||
| "Nurse Stimpy" | RS-02B | |||||||||
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As Stimpy reads a mixed-up version of Robin Hood, Ren dreams he is Robin and Stimpy as all of the other roles. When Ren gets sick, Stimpy decides to take care of Ren himself, but the treatment proves worse than the disease. By the end, Ren feels better and Stimpy gets sick, prompting a vengeful "Nurse Ren" into action. | ||||||||||
| 3 | "Space Madness" | John Kricfalusi | John Kricfalusi & Jim Gomez | September 8, 1991 (1991-09-08) | RS-03A | |||||
| "The Boy Who Cried Rat!" | Vincent Waller & John Kricfalusi | RS-03B | ||||||||
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Commander Höek (Ren) and Cadet Stimpy are on a mission to explore the cosmos. Commander Höek begins to display symptoms of "space madness". Stimpy attempts to calm his sickened Commander while still maintaining his loyalty to his command, but it does not last long. Close to the end of the episode, Höek asks Stimpy to guard the History Eraser button and never to touch it – otherwise, it will remove him from existence – and, thanks to the narrator, Stimpy eventually does just that. When Ren and Stimpy are caught stealing out of garbage cans, they are chased out on the streets, and begin to starve. The pair then hatches a plan to get money and food: disguise Ren as a mouse and put him in the Pipes' home, and turn Stimpy into a neighborhood mouse catcher. | ||||||||||
| 4 | "Fire Dogs" | John Kricfalusi | Written by : John Kricfalusi | September 29, 1991 (1991-09-29) | RS-04B | |||||
| "The Littlest Giant" | John Kricfalusi & Bob Camp | September 15, 1991 (1991-09-15) | RS-04A | |||||||
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Disguised as dalmatians to get food, shelter and money, Ren and Stimpy get jobs as fire dogs. Although they do not closely resemble dalmatians, a can of spotted "dalmatian paint" allows them to pass as the spotted animals. The job proves harder than Ren thought when the duo have to save Mrs. Buttloaves and her pets from a burning building. 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". | ||||||||||
| 5 | "Marooned" | John Kricfalusi | John Kricfalusi | October 6, 1991 (1991-10-06) | RS-05A | |||||
| "Untamed World" "A Cartoon" | Jim Smith, John Kricfalusi & Bob Camp | November 10, 1991 (1991-11-10) | RS-05B | |||||||
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After Commander Höek (Ren) and Cadet Stimpy land on a strange planet, some peculiar (and painful) things happen to them. Ren and Stimpy host a nature show, Untamed World, and go to the Galápagos Islands to find weird creatures that look like themselves, which adds to the strangeness. | ||||||||||
| 6 | "Black Hole" | John Kricfalusi & Bob Camp | Bob Camp & Will McRobb | February 23, 1992 (1992-02-23) | RS-06A | |||||
| "Stimpy's Invention" | John Kricfalusi | John Kricfalusi & Bob Camp | RS-06B | |||||||
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Commander Höek (Ren) and Cadet Stimpy pass through a black hole to find a mountain of missing left socks. After Ren tries some of Stimpy's inventions that work poorly, Stimpy invents a "Happy Helmet" to make Ren feel happier, at which Ren is forcefully happy. | ||||||||||
Season 2 (1992–93)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | |||||
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| 7 | 1 | "In the Army" | Bob Camp | Bob Camp | August 15, 1992 (1992-08-15) | RS5-2B | |||||
| "Big House Blues" | John Kricfalusi | Story by : John K., Bob Camp, Jim Smith & Lynne Naylor | September 15, 1991 (1991-09-15) | R&S-001 | |||||||
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Ren and Stimpy register in the army, unaware of all of the obstacles to overcome with a big, bossy sarge, though they end up passing and entering a war. A televised version of the theatrical pilot. | |||||||||||
| 8 | 2 | "Ren's Toothache" | John Kricfalusi | Story by : Bob Camp & John Kricfalusi | August 22, 1992 (1992-08-22) | RS5-2A | |||||
| "Rubber Nipple Salesmen" | Vincent Waller & John Kricfalusi | John Kricfalusi & Vincent Waller | August 29, 1992 (1992-08-29) | RS5-4A | |||||||
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After Ren does not brush his teeth and all of his teeth fall out, Stimpy tells Ren to leave his nerve endings under his pillow, and a fairy will give him $100. During the night, the nerve ending fairy comes, but is all out of $100 bills, and gives him a ball of lint. Fortunately, the next day, Stimpy gives Ren one of his oversized teeth for a birthday present. Ren and Stimpy try to sell rubber nipples to the Fire Chief, Mr. Horse and the Pipes. | |||||||||||
| 9 | 3 | "Sven Höek" | John Kricfalusi | Bob Camp & John Kricfalusi | November 7, 1992 (1992-11-07) | RS5-3A | |||||
| When Ren hears that his cousin Sven is coming over, he remembers him being smart, but when Sven arrives, he acts more like Stimpy, which puts Ren at his highest anger level after they accidentally destroy his prized possessions. | |||||||||||
| 10 | 4 | "Haunted House" | Ron Hughart | John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp, Jim Smith & Richard Pursel | November 21, 1992 (1992-11-21) | RS5-6A | |||||
| "Mad Dog Höek" | Bob Camp | Story by : Bob Camp Teleplay by : Will McRobb | RS5-6B | ||||||||
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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. Ren, as Mad Dog Höek, and Stimpy, as Killer Kadogan, wrestle the Lout Brothers, Lump and Loaf, thinking that they're just pretending to wrestle. | |||||||||||
| 11 | 5 | "Big Baby Scam" | Vincent Waller | Vincent Waller | December 12, 1992 (1992-12-12) | RS5-9B | |||||
| "Dog Show" | Chris Reccardi & John Kricfalusi | Richard Pursel | RS5-3B | ||||||||
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Ren and Stimpy trade places with two babies to get the easy life, but they encounter many shenanigans. George Liquor has finished training and tries to make his dogs, Ren and Stimpy, win the all-breed dog show. | |||||||||||
| 12 | 6 | "Son of Stimpy" | John Kricfalusi | John Kricfalusi, Vincent Waller & Richard Pursel | January 13, 1993 (1993-01-13) (MTV) December 11, 1993 (1993-12-11) (Nick) | RS5-8 | |||||
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When Stimpy farts, he believes that he has given birth. He tells Ren about the incident, but Ren will not believe him. Soon, Stimpy relentlessly tries to find his fart, which he names "Stinky". Notes:
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| 13 | 7 | "Monkey See, Monkey Don't!" | Bob Camp | Story by : Bob Camp & Vincent Waller | February 13, 1993 (1993-02-13) | RS5-13A | |||||
| "Powdered Toast Man" | John Kricfalusi | Story by : Richard Pursel & John Kricfalusi | August 15, 1992 (1992-08-15) | RS5-1B | |||||||
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Ren and Stimpy, seeing how the animals at the zoo get free handouts from visitors, disguise themselves as primates and apply for positions in the monkey house. As the other monkey, "Filthy", gets good food, Stimpy ends up getting old nutshells and pre-chewed gum, while Ren only gets a rock. Then they decide to get a transfer as a bird and a hippo. Notes:
Powdered Toast Man saves a kitten from crashing into a truck, rescues the Pope from Muddy Mudskipper, serves Ren and Stimpy breakfast, and helps the president with an embarrassing bathroom situation. Guest stars: Gary Owens as Powdered Toast Man and Frank Zappa as the Pope | |||||||||||
| 14 | 8 | "Fake Dad" | John Kricfalusi & Jim Smith | John Kricfalusi & Bob Camp | February 27, 1993 (1993-02-27) | RS5-5A | |||||
| "Out West" | Bob Camp | August 29, 1992 (1992-08-29) | RS5-4B | ||||||||
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Ren and Stimpy adopt an overgrown, seven-year-old convict named Kowalski. Stimpy is kind and understanding towards the barbaric "youngster", but Ren has a bit more trouble adjusting to parenthood. Abner and Ewalt need someone to hang, so they hire Ren and Stimpy to steal Mr. Horse. | |||||||||||
| 15 | 9 | "The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen" | John Kricfalusi & Chris Reccardi | Story by : John K., Bob Camp, Jim Gomez & Vincent Waller | May 23, 1993 (1993-05-23) | RS5-7A | |||||
| Ren and Stimpy join the elite force of Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen, whose famous motto is: "We always get our... butts kicked!", the duo search around the country to make settings in what is now Canada. | |||||||||||
| 16 | 10 | "The Great Outdoors" | Vincent Waller & Ken Bruce | Story by : Vincent Waller & Kricfalusi | March 27, 1993 (1993-03-27) | RS5-13B | |||||
| "The Cat That Laid the Golden Hairball" | Ron Hughart | Story by : Vincent Waller & Bob Camp | April 3, 1993 (1993-04-03) | RS5-9A | |||||||
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Ren and Stimpy go camping, but Ren begins to hate it when he suffers a streak of bad luck. Ren finds out that the value of hairballs is higher than gold and forces Stimpy to produce hairballs on a production line, but eventually, he has trouble producing anymore. Ren and Bubba try to help him, such as licking Ren's fur and Bubba's hairy back, but nothing works, and a brief trip into Stimpy's body reveals that his hairball gland turned into dust. When the worker working for them tells them that their business is over, they realize that the episode is over, and they all start dancing in celebration. | |||||||||||
| 17 | 11 | "Stimpy's Fan Club" | Peter Avanzino | Story by : Elinor Blake & John Kricfalusi Teleplay by : Will McRobb | April 24, 1993 (1993-04-24) | RS5-11B | |||||
| When Stimpy becomes the adoration of many fans, Ren becomes jealous. To cheer him up, Stimpy makes him president of the Stimpy fan-club, leading to Ren getting even more jealous and thinking about killing Stimpy. Then Ren is sent a fan letter, of which he gloats about to Stimpy, but then becomes quickly disappointed when he learns the letter was from Stimpy himself. | |||||||||||
| 18 | 12 | "A Visit to Anthony" | John Kricfalusi & Jim Smith | Story by : John Kricfalusi & Richard Pursel | May 8, 1993 (1993-05-08) | RS5-10 | |||||
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Anthony, a young fan of Ren and Stimpy, invites them to come to his house. They do, but they are confronted by Anthony's dad, apparently a cartoon hater, and the neighborhood bully Victor, but the father starts to like Ren and Stimpy as Stimpy wharfs hairballs onto Ren. Note: Anthony is voiced by Anthony Raspanti, a young fan who sent in one of the first letters to the show. Guest star: Anthony Raspanti as Anthony | |||||||||||
"Man's Best Friend" (1992)
Produced during the show's second season in 1992, the episode never aired on Nickelodeon. John Kricfalusi cites the violent imagery (Ren beating up George Liquor with an oar) as the primary reason for getting his production company and himself fired from the show. The episode originally aired on Spike TV as part of the 2003 Ren & Stimpy revival series Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon". "Man's Best Friend" is included in the first and second season DVD set.
| Title | Directed by | Story by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| "Man's Best Friend" | John Kricfalusi | Vincent Waller & John Kricfalusi | June 23, 2003 (2003-06-23) | RS5-1A |
| Ren and Stimpy learn the true meaning of obedience when George Liquor takes them home with him and swears to make them "champions", which does not happen. | ||||
Season 3 (1993–94)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | |||||
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| 19 | 1 | "To Salve and Salve Not!" | Bob Camp | Bob Camp & Vincent Waller | November 20, 1993 (1993-11-20) | RS-301 | |||||
| "No Pants Today" | Bill Wray & Bob Camp | Richard Pursel | November 26, 1993 (1993-11-26) | RS-302 | |||||||
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"There's That Man Again!" tries to sell Stimpy a new can of salve, but Ren will do anything to keep his friend from wasting his money. When Stimpy is sent outside without any pants, he encounters Mr. and Mrs. Pipe, Victor the Bully and a pack of clothed wild animals. | |||||||||||
| 20 | 2 | "A Yard Too Far" | Bob Camp | Story by : Bob Camp & John Kricfalusi | November 20, 1993 (1993-11-20) | RS-305 | |||||
| "Circus Midgets" | Bob Camp & Jim Gomez | Story by : Peter Avanzino, Ron Hauge & Bob Camp | November 26, 1993 (1993-11-26) | RS-306 | |||||||
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To get a delicious plate of Mr. and Mrs. Pipe's "hog jowls", Ren and Stimpy must make it past an angry baboon. Note: Purposefully based on the Yogi Bear cartoon "Pie Pirates". Ren and Stimpy learn why you should never hitchhike: you may run into psychotic circus midgets. | |||||||||||
| 21 | 3 | "Ren's Pecs" | Ron Hughart | Story by : Richard Pursel & John Kricfalusi | December 18, 1993 (1993-12-18) | RS-304 | |||||
| "An Abe Divided" | Jim Gomez | Jim Gomez & Ron Hauge | RS-310 | ||||||||
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After Ren gets picked on by a fat guy with pecs, his dream of pectoral muscles comes true when Stimpy surgically gives his butt fat to Ren's chest after Charles Globe mentions how he got his pecs. Ren and Stimpy are assigned to guard the Lincoln Memorial, then Ren breaks open the statue's head after hearing about a rumored treasure inside, only to find caramel corn (like Stimpy said). Now they must repair the head before Sergeant Big Butt finds out. | |||||||||||
| 22 | 4 | "Stimpy's Cartoon Show" | Bob Camp | John Kricfalusi & Elinor Blake | January 8, 1994 (1994-01-08) | RS-303 | |||||
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Inspired by his idol, Wilbur Cobb, Stimpy starts to begin making his own cartoon. Talentless Ren then becomes the obnoxious producer of Stimpy's hardworking cartoon, and takes it too far. Guest star: Jack Carter as Wilbur Cobb | |||||||||||
| 23 | 5 | "Jimminy Lummox" | Ron Hughart | Story by : Bob Camp, Jim Gomez & Ron Hauge | February 19, 1994 (1994-02-19) | RS-309 | |||||
| "Bass Masters" | Bob Camp | Bob Camp & Jim Gomez | RS-320 | ||||||||
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After Ren does cruel things to the habitat (prank calls, infecting the tap water, yelling at baby birds, trying to prank Stimpy, and almost killing a fly by trying to rip one of its wings off), Stimpy then lends his conscience to Ren to set him right, but it seems to upset him more. Ren hosts a television series where he teaches viewers to catch fish while on the hunt for "the foul-mouthed bass", but Stimpy and escaped convict Wilbur Cobb are catching all of the fish, while Ren himself does not get a single bite. Guest star: Stan Freberg as Jimminy Lummox | |||||||||||
| 24 | 6 | "Ren's Retirement" | Bob Camp | Jim Gomez, Ron Hauge & Bill Wray | April 2, 1994 (1994-04-02) | RS-311 | |||||
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Strong, energetic, Ren's tenth birthday comes around. However, when Stimpy reminds him he's 70 in dog years, Ren becomes a crazy old coot. Haggis MacHaggis makes his first appearance in a cameo role. Note: This episode was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) in 1994, but lost to the special The Roman City. | |||||||||||
| 25 | 7 | "Jerry the Bellybutton Elf" | Ron Hughart | Steve Mellor | April 9, 1994 (1994-04-09) | RS-321 | |||||
| "Road Apples" | Howard E. Baker | Ron Hauge | March 12, 1994 (1994-03-12) | RS-319 | |||||||
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When Stimpy ventures into the inside of his bellybutton, he meets Jerry, the Bellybutton Elf at which he dislikes "Lint Loaf". Meanwhile, Ren (not too upset that Stimpy is stuck in his bellybutton, since he's still alive) throws a party, inviting his old friends from Seasons 1–2, including his cousin Sven, who only appeared in one past episode. Guest star: Gilbert Gottfried as Jerry the Bellybutton Elf and Adonis While stuck in the desert, the duo finally come aboard Mr. and Mrs. Pipe's RV, with a butcher shop, skunk milk, and their fourth encounter with Wilbur Cobb. | |||||||||||
| 26 | 8 | "Hard Times for Haggis" | Chris Reccardi | Story by : Jim Gomez & Chris Reccardi | April 30, 1994 (1994-04-30) | RS-308 | |||||
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TV star Haggis MacHaggis is kicked out of his mansion and thrown out onto the streets after Ren and Stimpy's cartoon show becomes more popular than his. Just as he plans to end it all, Haggis enlists in the help of two thugs-for-hire who help him sabotage Ren and Stimpy's show. Note: The episode's title is also written as "The Scotsman". Guest star: Alan Young as Haggis MacHaggis | |||||||||||
| 27 | 9 | "Eat My Cookies" | Ron Hughart | Ron Hauge | June 4, 1994 (1994-06-04) | RS-317 | |||||
| "Ren's Bitter Half" | Michael Kim | Michael Kim, Ron Hauge & Bob Camp | RS-313 | ||||||||
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Ren and Stimpy become Barrette Beret Girl Scouts, and when Ren makes Stimpy eat all of the cookies, they need to find a replacement for them. Also, when Stimpy earns the famed Snipe-Hunting Badge, Ren becomes desperate for one of his own. Guest star: Rosie O'Donnell as the Head Girl Scout Stimpy's new genetic formula (Xb49) physically splits Ren into his two halves of his personality: "Evil Ren" and (surprisingly) "Indifferent Ren". | |||||||||||
| 28 | 10 | "Lair of the Lummox" | Bob Camp | Bob Camp, John Kricfalusi & Jim Smith | July 30, 1994 (1994-07-30) | RS-327 | |||||
| Ren and Stimpy, once again nature show hosts, examine a certain species: the lummox. | |||||||||||
Season 4 (1994–95)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | |||||
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| 29 | 1 | "Hermit Ren" | Chris Reccardi | Story by : Jim Gomez, Bob Camp, Chris Reccardi & Bill Wray | October 1, 1994 (1994-10-01) | RS-314 | |||||
| Fed up with Stimpy's stupidity and the entire world in general, Ren moves away and becomes a hermit, but starts to go mad from loneliness. Meanwhile, a lonely Stimpy makes a replica of Ren from his earwax. | |||||||||||
| 30 | 2 | "House of Next Tuesday" | Ron Hughart | Ron Hauge & Peter Avanzino | October 8, 1994 (1994-10-08) | RS-312 | |||||
| "A Friend In Your Face!" | Bob Camp | Bob Camp | RS-324 | ||||||||
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Ren and Stimpy move into the "House of Next Tuesday". Stimpy has a friend in his face (like a tick), then Ren ends up with the friend's friend, which starts to annoy him endlessly. | |||||||||||
| 31 | 3 | "Blazing Entrails" | Bob Camp | Bob Camp, Jim Gomez & Bill Wray | October 15, 1994 (1994-10-15) | RS-307 | |||||
| "Lumber Jerks" | Bob Camp & Bill Wray | Jim Gomez, Ron Hauge, Bob Camp & Bill Wray | RS-316 | ||||||||
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Ren takes Stimpy to Dr. Brainchild when he starts acting dumber than usual, but when Dr. Brainchild transforms Stimpy's body five times larger than his normal size, Ren has to go inside Stimpy to save him from an organ bully that is beating up his brain (but not before getting beaten up himself). Guest stars: Bill Mumy as Dr. Brainchild and June Lockhart as Dr. Brainchild's mother While working on newspaper duty, Ren and Stimpy learn about how lumberjacks make more money and benefits. As a result, the duo become lumberjacks. | |||||||||||
| 32 | 4 | "Prehistoric Stimpy" | Bob Camp | Bob Camp & Ron Hauge | November 5, 1994 (1994-11-05) | RS-322 | |||||
| "Farm Hands" | Bob Camp, Jim Gomez & Ron Hauge | RS-315 | |||||||||
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We get a peek at Ren and Stimpy as dinosaurs and a fifth appearance of Wilbur Cobb. Abner and Ewalt hire Ren and Stimpy as farm children. | |||||||||||
| 33 | 5 | "Magical Golden Singing Cheeses" | Michael Kim | Jim Gomez & Bob Camp | November 12, 1994 (1994-11-12) | RS-404 | |||||
| "A Hard Day's Luck" | Chris Reccardi | Story by : Chris Reccardi, Lynne Naylor & Vince Calandra | TBA | ||||||||
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Stimpleton tries to save himself and Renwaldo from starvation by looking for food. Haggis MacHaggis must pass tests by a leprechaun to get his dream: a full head of hair. Guest star: Alan Young as Haggis MacHaggis | |||||||||||
| 34 | 6 | "I Love Chicken" | Ron Hughart | Bob Camp & Jim Gomez | November 19, 1994 (1994-11-19) | RS-405 | |||||
| "Powdered Toast Man vs. Waffle Woman" | Chris Reccardi | Story by : Vince Calandra, Chris Reccardi & Bob Camp | TBA | ||||||||
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Stimpy falls in love with a store-bought chicken and this starts to irritate Ren as all that he sees the chicken as is his dinner. Powdered Toast Man fights his nemesis, Waffle Woman. Guest star: Gail Matthius as Waffle Woman | |||||||||||
| 35 | 7 | "It's a Dog's Life" | Ken Bruce | Jim Gomez & Bob Camp | December 3, 1994 (1994-12-03) | RS-408 | |||||
| "Egg Yölkeo" | Bob Camp | Jim Gomez & Bill Wray | RS-402 | ||||||||
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Ren and Stimpy are saved from the pound gas chamber when a normal seeming wealthy old lady buys them, but things start to go awry. Renwaldo, the Egg Smithëe, makes his own son out of egg yolks and wishes that he were a real boy. | |||||||||||
| 36 | 8 | "Double Header" | Michael Kim | Jim Gomez & Bob Camp | January 7, 1995 (1995-01-07) | TBA | |||||
| "The Scotsman in Space" | Bob Camp | Bob Camp, Jim Gomez & Bill Wray | RS-412 | ||||||||
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After standing in the middle of the street waiting for the bus to take Stimpy as far away from Ren as possible (to Ursa Minor), the duo are peculiarly sewn together due to them being sent to a discount hospital and have to work at a circus to get money. Commander Höek (Ren) and Cadet Stimpy discover a Bizarre Scotsman (Haggis MacHaggis) outside their spaceship and find a wallet attached to his hinder (literally). Guest star: Alan Young as Haggis MacHaggis | |||||||||||
| 37 | 9 | "Pixie King" | Ron Hughart | Ron Hauge, Jim Gomez, Bill Wray & Bob Camp | January 14, 1995 (1995-01-14) | RS-404 | |||||
| "Aloha Höek" | Bill Wray | Jim Gomez, Bill Wray & Bob Camp | TBA | ||||||||
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While the duo, as pixies, strive to earn their wings, Ren wants to be "King of the Pixies". Wilbur Cobb makes an appearance as a pixie. Guest star: Jack Carter as Wilbur Cobb While Ren would rather be in a stinky whale head on a deserted island, Stimpy is at the Big Kahuna's tropical paradise. Guest star: Dom DeLuise as the Big Kahuna | |||||||||||
| 38 | 10 | "Insomniac Ren" | Steve Loter | Story by : Bob Camp, Jim Gomez & Vince Calandra | January 21, 1995 (1995-01-21) | RS-416 | |||||
| "My Shiny Friend" | Bill Wray | Story by : Ron Hauge, Jim Gomez, Bill Wray & Bob Camp | RS-413 | ||||||||
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Ren has a 6:00 a.m. tee-off in the morning, but cannot get any sleep. Stimpy attempts to help him, including reading him a story from Edgar Allan Poe's collection, but fails. Eventually, the next morning, Ren's golfing friends (and Stimpy) decide to knock him out for five dollars. Stimpy starts to have a severe addiction to watching television and Ren, on numerous occasions, tries to stop him (Including destroying the TV with a shovel at one point). Note: A clip from the episode can be seen on a TV set from the 1996 film The Cable Guy. | |||||||||||
| 39 | 11 | "Cheese Rush Days" | Kirk Field | Story by : Vince Calandra | February 11, 1995 (1995-02-11) | TBA | |||||
| "Wiener Barons" | Bob Camp | Ron Hauge, Jim Gomez & Bob Camp | RS-415 | ||||||||
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Ren and Stimpy are pioneers in search of high-country blue cheese. Then, Ren traps Stimpy and co. inside a blue-cheese filled mine because of his own tiny nugget. Ren and Stimpy want to become Wiener Barons of Canada. | |||||||||||
| 40 | 12 | "Galoot Wranglers" | Craig Bartlett | Ron Hauge & Jim Gomez | March 4, 1995 (1995-03-04) | RS-420 | |||||
| "Ren Needs Help!" | Bob Camp | Bob Camp & Jim Gomez | RS-418 | ||||||||
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Wilbur Cobb tells Ren and Stimpy a Western story about galoots. Stimpy has to put Ren into an insane asylum after he tries to kill himself by jumping into a garbage disposal (though this is after Stimpy unintentionally destroyed all of his stuff) and he cannot handle the asylum. | |||||||||||
| 41 | 13 | "Ol' Blue Nose" | Steve Loter | Ron Hauge, Bob Camp & Billy West | March 18, 1995 (1995-03-18) | RS-401 | |||||
| "Stupid Sidekick Union" | Tom McGrath | Bob Camp & Jim Gomez | RS-423 | ||||||||
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Stimpy becomes a successful singer. After having enough of getting hit by Ren, Stimpy's nose decides to leave Stimpy and embark on his own singing career, rendering Stimpy unable to sing well. Ren and Stimpy return to their home, and eventually Stimpy's nose returns to him after his career falters. Stimpy demands better working conditions on the show and goes on strike. Ren tries out a few replacements, with dire results. Stimpy sneaks into the show's studio in disguise and gets Ren to sign in his autograph book, which actually contains a new labor contract. Stimpy returns to the show and Ren needs to ask his permission and pay him in order to hit him. | |||||||||||
| 42 | 14 | "Superstitious Stimpy" | Bob Camp | Ron Hauge, Jim Gomez & Bob Camp | April 1, 1995 (1995-04-01) | RS-421 | |||||
| "Travelogue" | Arthur Filloy | Jim Gomez | RS-406 | ||||||||
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Stimpy becomes superstitious when Tuesday the 17th arrives and Ren denies all of this until it's revealed that he was born on that day, so Stimpy has to help him with his bad luck. Ren and Stimpy decide to travel to a strange new island called Acromeglia. | |||||||||||
Season 5 (1995–96)
The episodes from this season are actually a part of Season 4, and were held over by Nickelodeon to air as an unofficial Season 5.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | |||||
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| 43 | 1 | "Terminal Stimpy" | Arthur Filloy | Jim Gomez, Bob Camp & Vince Calandra | December 9, 1995 (1995-12-09) | RS-425 | |||||
| "Reverend Jack" | Craig Bartlett | Bob Camp & Jim Gomez | RS-419 | ||||||||
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After going through seven of his lives, Stimpy becomes extremely cautious before enduring the steps towards accepting death. Ren and Stimpy work for a "reverend" who preaches about cheese and meat, but the duo starts to see that the reverend is a bit weird. Guest star: Frank Gorshin as Reverend Jack Cheese | |||||||||||
| 44 | 2 | "Big Flakes" | Ken Bruce | Ron Hauge, Jim Gomez & Bob Camp | November 18, 1995 (1995-11-18) | RS-422 | |||||
| "Pen Pals" | Tom Owens & Craig Bartlett | Ron Hauge | RS-430 | ||||||||
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Ren and Stimpy are watching TV when they see the grand opening of a new jail where the prisoners are treated like kings. Now they attempt to get in jail, only to find out that the commercial was a complete lie. Ren and Stimpy are going on vacation in the winter. They arrive at the cabin, but they get snowed in and unfairly remain snowed in during the spring meltdown. | |||||||||||
| 45 | 3 | "Space Dogged" | Steve Loter | Jim Gomez & Bob Camp | June 3, 1995 (1995-06-03) | RS-429 | |||||
| "Feud for Sale" | Ron Hughart | Bob Camp, Jim Gomez, Vince Calandra & Ron Hauge | TBA | ||||||||
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Ren and Stimpy are the first dog and cat sent up to space in the Russian space program. Guest star: Phil Hartman as the Russian Space Program Film Narrator "There's That Man Again!" plays a salesman who outwits Abner Dimwit and Ewalt Nitwit, the morons from out west. | |||||||||||
| 46 | 4 | "Hair of the Cat" | Ken Bruce | Ron Hauge | July 1, 1995 (1995-07-01) | RS-433 | |||||
| "City Hicks" | Vince Calandra | TBA | |||||||||
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Ren is unaware that he is allergic to Stimpy's cat hair and as a result suffers everything imaginable. When Ren gets wise, Stimpy is isolated to a pickle jar. Ren and Stimpy leave the country when it rains and their dust fields are ruined with "useless" fruits and vegetables, but do not have much luck in the city at first. | |||||||||||
| 47 | 5 | "Bellhops" | Ken Bruce | Jim Gomez, Vince Calandra & Ron Hauge | October 28, 1995 (1995-10-28) | TBA | |||||
| "Dog Tags" | Ron Hauge | ||||||||||
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Ren and Stimpy get jobs as bellhops and must make sure that no one finds out who is living in the top two floors of the hotel, but their curiosity gets the best of them. Guest star: Mark Hamill as Mr. Noggin Ren brings a disguised Stimpy to the annual Dog Lodge. This turns out to be a mistake by letting his feline friend to Dog Lodge and the two dogs refusing Ren to join in the lodge by thinking that he is some type of a different animal such as a mosquito. And so, the two dogs are having Ren to do a traditional dog test to prove to them that he is a canine. | |||||||||||
| 48 | 6 | "School Mates" | Kirk Field | Jim Gomez | November 11, 1995 (1995-11-11) | RS-435 | |||||
| "Dinner Party" | Steve Loter | Vince Calandra | RS-436 | ||||||||
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An old obedience school friend of Ren's comes over for a surprise visit and is appalled that Ren is living a middle class lifestyle with a house cat. Ren hosts a dinner party featuring a cast of unusual characters, with help from houseboy Stimpy. Note: This episode marks the final appearance of Haggis MacHaggis, the final appearance of Mrs. Pipe, and the penultimate appearance of Mr. Pipe, who would later appear once more in "The Last Temptation", where he is depicted as the boss of Wilbur Cobb, who is depicted as his gardener. | |||||||||||
| 49 | 7 | "Sammy and Me" | Bill Wray | Jim Gomez & Bill Wray | October 20, 1996 (1996-10-20) (MTV) | RS-424 | |||||
| "The Last Temptation" | Bob Camp | Jim Gomez, Vince Calandra & Bob Camp | RS-440 | ||||||||
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Stimpy's Sammy Mantis Jr. fan club kit arrives in the mail and Stimpy is overjoyed. Ren is sick of Stimpy's crazy obsession with Sammy Mantis, and soon, Stimpy begins stalking the Mantis Man. Guest star: Tommy Davidson as Sammy Mantis After Ren has a near-death experience, he tries to be nicer to Stimpy (with the help of Wilbur Cobb). After he repays Stimpy money he had stolen from his piggy bank over the years (up to $1 million), he ends up rich. | |||||||||||
| 50 | 8 | "Stimpy's Pet" | Steve Loter | Vince Calandra, Jim Gomez & Bob Camp | October 7, 1995 (1995-10-07) | RS-434 | |||||
| "Ren's Brain" | Chris Reccardi | Story by : John Kricfalusi & Richard Pursel | RS-414 | ||||||||
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Stimpy takes care of Sid the Abandoned Circus Clown. Guest star: Phil Hartman as Sid the Abandoned Circus Clown Stimpy re-enters the world of science as a "freelance brain surgeon". He soon runs out of good brains to conduct experiments on, so (a la "Stimpy's Invention") Stimpy removes Ren's brain and the brain (not realizing that he's out of the body) goes on with his life until he notices Stimpy with a new dog: Him. | |||||||||||
| 51 | 9 | "I Was a Teenage Stimpy" | Tom McGrath | Bob Camp, Vince Calandra & Jim Gomez | November 4, 1995 (1995-11-04) | TBA | |||||
| "Who's Stupid Now?" | Michael Kim | Michael Kim | RS-439 | ||||||||
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Right before Ren is about to enjoy his new "Corn" magazines, he find out that Stimpy is starting his journey into adolescence, complete with all of its trials and tribulations which at first Ren is fine with (since he knows that it's just the journey to adolescence), but starts to get irritated and the last straw is when Stimpy steals his "Corn" magazines. When the producer tells Ren and Stimpy that their show is about to be cancelled, (thus breaking the fourth wall again) Ren comments that they'll do anything to keep the show ongoing, so the producer makes "a twist in chemistry" by making Stimpy the skinny jerk cat and Ren as the fat idiot dog, but Ren starts to realize that this might not be a good idea. | |||||||||||
| 52 | 10 | "A Scooter for Yaksmas" | Bob Camp | Story by : Bob Camp, Jim Gomez & Vince Calandra | December 16, 1995 (1995-12-16) | TBA | |||||
| When Stimpy does not get the present he wanted, he steals the titular bike and goes on a quest to meet Stinky Whizzleteats. | |||||||||||
Shorts
The episodes were interspersed with short segments that sometimes aired before or after the main cartoons.
Season 1 shorts
- "Log"
- "Stimpy's Breakfast Tips"
- "Goodbye: Gritty Kitty Litter"
- "Powdered Toast Man"
- "Secret Membership"
- "Goodbye: Magic Nose Goblins"
- "Yak Shaving Day"
- "Ask Dr. Stupid: Parent Aliens"
- "Beautiful Hair Log"
- "Goodbye: Chase Your Tail Till You're Dizzy"
- "My Little Brother Doll"
- "Ask Dr. Stupid: Camel"
- "Goodbye: Play Horsey with Crocostimpy"
- "High Fashion Log for Girls"
Season 2 shorts
- "Sugar Frosted Milk"
- "Ask Dr. Stupid: Beans"
- "Log and Accessories"
- "Action Log"
- "Gritty Kitty Commercial"
- "Goodbye: Blow Yourself Up"
- "Powdered Toast Man: Vitamin F"
- "Sugar Sod Pops"
- "Secret Membership: Contest Winner"
- "Ren Höek, Ace Reporter: Mr. Horse Returns"
- "World Crisis with Mr. Horse"
Season 3 shorts
- "Flod"
- "Dog Water"
- "You Are What You Eat"
- "Cheesefist"
- "Chicken in a Drawer"
Season 4 short
- "Field Guide"
Season 5 shorts
- "Varicose Veins"
- "Dog Water II"
- "Kraftwork Corner"
References
- ^ Komorowski, Thad (2017). Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story (revised ed.). BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1-62933-182-9.
- Goodman, Martin (September 1, 2004). "Dr. Toon interviews John Kricfalusi". Animation World Magazine. Retrieved May 19, 2007.
- "The Ren & Stimpy Show "Blazing Entrails" and "Ren's Bitter Half" Background Color Key Painting Group of 3 (Nickelodeon, c. 1994/95)". Rare Book HUB. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
