The Ren and Stimpy Show: Summary
SUMMARY
- Originally on:Nickelodeon
- Status:Ended
- Premiered:August 11, 1991
- Last Aired:November 14, 1996
The show revolves around the lives of an angry, insane chihuahua named Ren Höek and his brain-dead "eediot" sidekick cat, Stimpy. Together the duo have lots of bizarre and outrageous adventures accompanied by George Liquor, Mr. Horse, Powdered Toast Man, Muddy Mudskipper, Mr. and Mrs. Pipe, Mrs. Buttloaf, and Svën Höek.
Creator John Kricfalusi (John K.) first pictured them as seperate characters. Back then, Kricfalusi worked for Filmation and always yearned to bring back the style and energy of the classic Warner Bros. Bob Clampett cartoons of the golden age. So his best entertainment was making his own characters and casting them in his own immaginary stories for the benefit of his equally tired co-workers. In the late 80s, Kricfalusi started to break the barrior for animation with "remakes" of Mighty Mouse and Beany & Cecil. But this was just the beginning. John K. brought back his doodles of the wiley chihuahua and the idiotic cat to star in their own cartoon. Finally in 1989, he, Jim Smith and Bob Camp came together to create "Big House Blues" the first cartoon to star his creations, Ren and Stimpy. In 1990, Viacom's kids' network, Nickelodeon got ahold of the film and asked Kricfalusi and his crew to make an entire series of Ren and Stimpy shorts and from that moment on, Spümcø was formed.
"The Ren and Stimpy Show" debuted in August 1991 with a two-part episode, "Stimpy's Big Day"/"The Big Shot" and became an instant hit. It was the third Nicktoon ever to be aired on the Network alongside Doug and Rugrats. Soon, Ren and Stimpy had a few "followers" including Disney's Schnookums and Meat, Cartoon Network's 2 Stupid Dogs, Cow and Chicken, and Nick's short-term R&S "replacement," Catdog. Nick execs quickly saught argument over certain scenes in the shorts and Spümcø fought back. Spümcø introduced a new character come second season, Ren and Stimpy's master, George Liquor. Nick hated George, because they thought he was too mean and his last name sounded too much like "lick her." But the real reason why George never made it was because he was simply too "adult" by Nick's standards. Due to controversial setbacks and numorous edits, Nick finally fired Spümcø and got ahold of Ren and Stimpy, therefore taking John K.'s creations away from him. Nick then lured away two of John K.'s best friends and co-workers Bob Camp and Billy West and created Games Animation to "take care" of Ren and Stimpy. On November 14, 1996 Nick aired the last episode produced by Games, "A Scooter for Yaksmas" and finally cancelled the show after a 5 season run until now.
You Can Catch Them On Teletoon Everynight At 11:30pm EST or On Nicktoons TV Every weeknight At 11:30pm EST. The show revolves around the lives of an angry, insane chihuahua named Ren Höek and his brain-dead "eediot" sidekick cat, Stimpy. Together the duo have lots of bizarre and outrageous adventures accompanied by George Liquor, Mr. Horse, Powdered Toast Man, Muddy Mudskipper, Mr. and Mrs. Pipe, Mrs. Buttloaf, and Svën Höek.
Creator John Kricfalusi (John K.) first pictured them as...
Creator John Kricfalusi (John K.) first pictured them as seperate characters. Back then, Kricfalusi worked for Filmation and always yearned to bring back the style and energy of the classic Warner Bros. Bob Clampett cartoons of the golden age. So his best entertainment was making his own characters and casting them in his own immaginary stories for the benefit of his equally tired co-workers. In the late 80s, Kricfalusi started to break the barrior for animation with "remakes" of Mighty Mouse and Beany & Cecil. But this was just the beginning. John K. brought back his doodles of the wiley chihuahua and the idiotic cat to star in their own cartoon. Finally in 1989, he, Jim Smith and Bob Camp came together to create "Big House Blues" the first cartoon to star his creations, Ren and Stimpy. In 1990, Viacom's kids' network, Nickelodeon got ahold of the film and asked Kricfalusi and his crew to make an entire series of Ren and Stimpy shorts and from that moment on, Spümcø was formed.
"The Ren and Stimpy Show" debuted in August 1991 with a two-part episode, "Stimpy's Big Day"/"The Big Shot" and became an instant hit. It was the third Nicktoon ever to be aired on the Network alongside Doug and Rugrats. Soon, Ren and Stimpy had a few "followers" including Disney's Schnookums and Meat, Cartoon Network's 2 Stupid Dogs, Cow and Chicken, and Nick's short-term R&S "replacement," Catdog. Nick execs quickly saught argument over certain scenes in the shorts and Spümcø fought back. Spümcø introduced a new character come second season, Ren and Stimpy's master, George Liquor. Nick hated George, because they thought he was too mean and his last name sounded too much like "lick her." But the real reason why George never made it was because he was simply too "adult" by Nick's standards. Due to controversial setbacks and numorous edits, Nick finally fired Spümcø and got ahold of Ren and Stimpy, therefore taking John K.'s creations away from him. Nick then lured away two of John K.'s best friends and co-workers Bob Camp and Billy West and created Games Animation to "take care" of Ren and Stimpy. On November 14, 1996 Nick aired the last episode produced by Games, "A Scooter for Yaksmas" and finally cancelled the show after a 5 season run until now.
You Can Catch Them On Teletoon Everynight At 11:30pm EST or On Nicktoons TV Every weeknight At 11:30pm EST. The show revolves around the lives of an angry, insane chihuahua named Ren Höek and his brain-dead "eediot" sidekick cat, Stimpy. Together the duo have lots of bizarre and outrageous adventures accompanied by George Liquor, Mr. Horse, Powdered Toast Man, Muddy Mudskipper, Mr. and Mrs. Pipe, Mrs. Buttloaf, and Svën Höek.
Creator John Kricfalusi (John K.) first pictured them as...
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LAST EPISODE
A Scooter for Yaksmas
Aired: Thursday November 14, 1996
Stimpy believes in Yaksmas, yet Ren who thinks Yaksmas is stupid, doesn't believe in the festive holiday.
Naked Beach Frenzy - Animatic (Promo)
Ever wonder what it takes to create an animated episode? Check out this animatic and more on the Ren and Stimpy DVD out today.
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NEWS
The creator of Ren & Stimpy talks about the release of Ren & Stimpy: The Lost Episodes.
- 07/18/06 10:38 PM
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- Billy WestStimpson "Stimpy" J. Cat (1991-1996) / Ren Hoek (1993-1996)
- Alan YoungHaggis MacHaggis (1994-1996)
- Gary OwensPowdered Toast Man
- Cheryl ChaseVarious (1991-1993)
- John KricfalusiRen/Mr.Horse/Stinky Wizzleteats/the Big Woman/and others (photos)
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USER REVIEWS
- The Bottom Line: "Personal favorite"09/14/08 06:27pm | report abuse
A dog and cat's wacky adventures. ...Continue »
- The Bottom Line: "Bring it back!"07/18/08 09:22pm | report abuse
ren is a dog and stimpy is a cat they are just tring to get by comfortably and things just go wrong ...Continue »
- The Bottom Line: "Classic"07/01/08 01:33am | report abuse
A fine example or how great old cartoons were! ...Continue »
- The Bottom Line: "Classic"06/23/08 10:02am | report abuse
Ren and Stimpy kicked the door open for many cartoons in the late 90's and 21st century, and the show itself was influential among its classic humor. ...Continue »
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