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.

Episode list

The Ren & Stimpy Show

Pilot Episode (1991)

• Big House Blues

Season 1 episodes (1991–1992)

• Stimpy's Big Day/The Big Shot
• Robin Höek/Nurse Stimpy
• Space Madness/The Boy Who Cried Rat!
• Fire Dogs/The Littlest Giant
• Marooned/Untamed World
• Black Hole/Stimpy's Invention

Season 2 episodes (1992–1993)

• In the Army/Powdered Toast Man
• Ren's Toothache/Big House Blues¹
• Out West/Rubber Nipple Salesmen
• Svën Höek
• Mad Dog Höek/Haunted House
• Big Baby Scam/Dog Show
• A Visit to Anthony
• 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")

¹(Originally, Man's Best Friend was to be aired instead of Big House Blues, but the episode was banned and would not be seen on television until 2003)

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Season 3 episodes (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
• Jiminy Lummox/Bass Masters
• Ren's Retirement
• Jerry the Bellybutton Elf/Road Apples
• Hard Times for Haggis
• Eat My Cookies/Ren's Bitter Half

Season 4 episodes (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

Season 5 episodes (1995–1996)

• Ol' Blue Nose/Stupid Sidekick Union
• Space Dogged/Feud for Sale
• Hair of the Cat/City Hicks
• Stimpy's Pet/Ren's Brain
• Bellhops/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

Ren & Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon

• Man's Best Friend¹
• Onward and Upward
• Ren seeks Help
• Naked Beach Frenzy (originally titled "At the Beach")²
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¹(Man's Best Friend was originally to be aired in the second season, but the episode was banned 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.)

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²(These have not yet been officially aired on television in the US but are known to be complete, and finished episodes. These will be released on the forthcoming Adult Party Cartoon (Lost Episodes) DVD set.)

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