Ren and Stimpy

Ren and Stimpy are the eponymous characters of two cartoon television series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi. Ren Höek, a neurotic "asthma-hound" chihuahua, and Stimpson J. Cat, a fat simpleton (but occasionally intelligent) cat, wander around in nonsensical adventures reminiscent of the . Kricfalusi created the characters in 1979 while working for low-budget TV cartoons after moving to the USA.

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Eponym - Cartoon - Television series - Canadian - Animator - John Kricfalusi - Asthma - Chihuahua - Cat - 1979

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Although a product of the children's cable network Nickelodeon, The Ren & Stimpy Show had a reputation for subversiveness. In fact, the show pushed the bounds of good taste further than any cartoon had to its day: its level of gross-out humor, particularly fixated on boogers and flatulence, was exceeded only by the antics of Beavis and Butt-head or The Brothers Grunt. While sometimes seen as low-brow, the series also lampooned culture and made many viewers and studio executives uncomfortable. One episode in particular that was only made available on VHS implied that Ren and Stimpy might actually be lovers. Nickelodeon eventually fired Kricfalusi from his own creation and systematically censored the cartoon down to little more than a remnant of its former self. Eventually, several episodes were deemed unairable and have never been broadcast by Nickelodeon again. In July 30, 2005, NickToons, Nickelodeon's counterpart channel, started to air reruns of Ren and Stimpy.

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Nickelodeon - Flatulence - Beavis and Butt-head - The Brothers Grunt - Culture - VHS - July 30 - 2005 - NickToons

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