
Ren and Stimpy were pets of one of the children in Your Gang, serving as a parody of the "cat and dog genre". When Nickelodeon approached Kricfalusi, he presented three shows, among them a variety show titled Your Gang or Our Gang with a live action host presenting different cartoons, each cartoon parodying a different genre.

Stimpy's design was inspired by a Tweety cartoon called A Gruesome Twosome where the cats in the animation had big noses. He was inspired to create Ren by an Elliott Erwitt photograph, printed on a postcard, called "New York City, 1946", showing a sweatered chihuahua at a woman's feet. Development and history ConceptionĪccording to animator William Wray, John Kricfalusi created the characters Ren and Stimpy in 1978 for "personal amusement" while studying at Sheridan College in Ontario, Canada. Horse, are exclusively cameo-based, spontaneously appearing as a running gag. They may either be part of the storyline or make cameo appearances with little bearing on the plot. Some appear only in one episode, while others recur and occasionally appear in different roles. The show features a host of supporting characters. The show extensively features off-color and absurdist humor, as well as slapstick. While the show was sometimes set in the present day, the show's crew tended to avoid "contemporary" jokes about current events. The duo fill various roles from episode to episode, including outer-space explorers, Old West horse thieves, and nature-show hosts, and are usually at odds with each other in these situations. "Stimpy" Cat (also voiced by Billy West), a dimwitted and happy-go-lucky cat.
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Set in the 1950s and 1960s, the series centers on Ren Höek (voiced by John Kricfalusi in seasons 1–2 Billy West in seasons 3–5), a short-tempered, psychotic, " asthma- hound" Chihuahua, and Stimpson J. On August 5, 2020, Comedy Central announced that they had ordered a second revival of the series to be produced without the involvement of Kricfalusi.
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Receiving negative reviews from critics and fans, with many considering it as one of the worst animated TV shows of all time, the series aired only three episodes before it was cancelled, with three additional episodes being released straight to DVD.

Ī reboot series for adult audiences, Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon", was produced by Kricfalusi and Spümcø and aired in 2003 on Spike TV. As of 2021, 37 episodes are available to watch on Paramount+. It is considered by many to have had a long-lasting influence on television animation. Nonetheless, The Ren & Stimpy Show received very positive reviews during its original run and quickly developed a cult following. One episode was initially left unaired until it was broadcast on MTV on October 20, 1996.

In addition, Spümcø's failure to deliver episodes on time and their deteriorating relationship with the network led to Kricfalusi's termination from the show in 1992, with Games Animation producing the remainder of the series. The series ended its original run on Nickelodeon on December 16, 1995, with a total of five seasons and 51 episodes. This controversy contributed to the production staff's altercations with Nickelodeon's Standards and Practices department. In contrast with other shows on the network, the series is considered controversial for its dark humor, sexual innuendos, adult humor, violence and shock value. The Ren & Stimpy Show was one of Nickelodeon's first original animated series – known as " Nicktoons" – alongside Rugrats and Doug. The series follows the adventures of the title characters: Ren Höek, an emotionally unstable and sociopathic Chihuahua and Stimpy, a good-natured yet dimwitted cat. The Ren & Stimpy Show (also known simply as Ren and Stimpy) is an American animated television series and a ViacomCBS multimedia franchise created by John Kricfalusi and originally produced by Spümcø for Nickelodeon that premiered on August 11, 1991, and ended on October 20, 1996.
