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.

Main Characters

• Ren Höek: Ren is a "Asthma-Hound" Chihuahua who often calls Stimpy an idiot ("eeediot", to quote the character) 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 somehow, in real life, is uncommon). Ren's name is the real name of Kricfalusi's building manager. Originally read (in a voice homaging that of Peter Lorre) by Kricfalusi, later by Billy West after Kricfalusi was fired, although Kricfalusi would return for the Spike TV episodes.
• Stimpson J. Cat (Stimpy): A red, rotund cat, with a blue nose and no tail, 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 with both physical and verbal abuse. 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"). Voiced by Billy West in the Nickelodeon series and later by Eric Bauza in the Spike TV episodes.