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The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991-1996) is an animated comedy series created by John Kricfalusi about a neurotic chihuahua named Ren Höek and a fat simpleton cat named Stimpson J. Cat. The series was one of the animated programs which Nicktoons were founded on, alongside Doug and Rugrats.

Although the series was a product of Nickelodeon, a children's network, the Ren & Stimpy Show was well known for its use of extremely low-brow humor and was one of the first animated shows to truly push the boundaries until Beavis and Butt-Head came along in 1993. The series thrived on making the audience (as well as network executives) uncomfortable, often using themes of extreme violence, animal abuse and use of bodily excretions to punctuate its more sophisticated social commentary.

However, there were limits to the program's grossout humor and the network often attempted to get John K. to clean up episodes and remove offensive dialogue and situations. A famous, and final, example of this was on the episode Man's Best Friend which was deemed unairable because of its brutal violence and animal cruelty at the hands of George Liquor. John K. was fired from the show he created after the second season. Upon his departure, Billy West took over the voices done by John and George Liquor was removed entirely from the series.

Many critics saw the removal of Spümcø as the point at which the series jumped the shark because of the marginalization of its edgy content. The new production studio didn't fight nearly as hard for the type of humor that Spümcø pushed for and, as a result, fell into a rut of censorship by the network. The series was cancelled on November 14, 1996, but has since been resurrected in the form of the short lived Spike TV series, Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon".

Contents 1 Cast 2 Seasons 3 In-Depth 4 DVD Releases 5 External Sites

[edit] Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Main Cast
John Kricfalusi	Ren Höek	1	2
	Mr. Horse	1	2
Billy West	Stimpy	1	2	3	4	5
	Ren Höek			3	4	5
	Mr. Horse			3	4	5
	Svën Höek
	Mr. Pipe
	Hey, It's That Guy
	Mr. Stevenson
Cheryl Chase	Mrs. Pipe
Gary Owens	Powdered Toast Man	1	2	3	4	5
Michael Pataki	George Liquor		2
Harris Peet	George Liquor	1
	Muddy Mudskipper	1	2	3	4	5
Alan Young	Haggis MacHaggis				4	5

[edit] Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
Nickelodeon
Season One	August 11, 1991	February 23, 1992	6
Season Two	August 15, 1992	May 23, 1993	12
Season Three	November 20, 1993	June 4, 1994	10
Season Four	October 1, 1994	April 1, 1995	13
Season Five	September 5, 1995	November 14, 1996	11

[edit] In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series
• Characters: A listing of recurring characters from the series

[edit] DVD Releases

Title	Release Date	#
Season Sets
The First and Second Seasons	October 12, 2004	3
Seasons Three and a Half-ish	June 28, 2005	3
Season Five and More of Four	September 20, 2005	3
Best Of Sets
The Best of Ren & Stimpy: Set 1	September 15, 2003	3

[edit] External Sites

• RenAndStimpy.org
• Members of the Loyal Order of Stupids
• The Ren & Stimpy Show at the Internet Movie Database