History Characters / TheRenAndStimpyShow

* StrawCharacter: He's ''very'' right-wing in his outlook, to the point that he thinks the Republican party is full of communist.

** Let's not forget how "Ren Needs Help" started.

* OddFriendship: One has to wonder how they became best friends in the first place. Stimpy is a KindheartedSimpleton whereas Ren is an AxCrazy {{Jerkass}}.

* CatchPhrase:

* ButtMonkey: Gets put through AmusingInjuries a lot of the time, such as in "Stimpy's Invention". More often than not it's his own fault.

* CatchPhrase:
** "Oh joy!"
** When serving Ren food: "Just how you like it!"

* LargeHam: Mostly everything Stimpy says is this, including [[CatchPhrase "JOY!"]]

* CatchPhrase: "No sir, I don't / didn't like it."

* CatchPhrase:

* CatchPhrase: "Leave everything to me!" and "POWDEEEEEEEEEEERED TOOOOOOOAAAAST MAAAAAAAAAAAN!"

* CatchPhrase: "Ya lousy bum."

* CatchPhrase: "I've had it UP TO HERE WITH THE LIKES OF YOU PEOPLE!! (beat) Oh. I'm sorry, I thought you were circus midgets."

* CatsAreMean: Utterly [[InvertedTrope Inverted]], [[AvertedTrope Averted]] and [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Stimpy is a Manx cat and [[DumbIsGood possibly]] [[NiceGuy the nicest character]] on the show. As far as Ren is concerned, he's too stupid to be mean.

* CrossOver: Received one with ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' during the series' Creator/MarvelComics run. In addition to a brawl between the two superheroes, it also featured cameos by Mary Jane Watson and even Creator/StanLee.

* BreakoutCharacter: He started out as a segment.

An Asthma Hound Chihuahua [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold prone to psychotic breakdowns and acts of violence. Whatever he does, expect for it to be somehow materially motivated, he's still good friends]] with [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Stimpy]].

* HeterosexualLifePartners: On Stimpy's side, however, this was highly debatable in the Nickelodeon days of the show, with many thinking that Stimpy was either asexual, bisexual with no proof, or just StraightGay. ''Adult Party Cartoon'' confirms the last implication.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Ren is one of a long line of cartoon characters who have a voice based on Creator/PeterLorre.

->Voiced by: Creator/GaryOwens, Darrin J. Sargent ("Robin Hoek"), Creator/BillyWest ("Dinner Party")

-->'''Ren:''' So I hit him harder...and ''harder''...''but he wouldn't go down!''

* BodyMotifs: The butt. Stimpy's huge butt is often given a lot of attention throughout the series. Such as in episodes like [(Recap/RenAndStimpy2x07SonOfStimpy Son of Stimpy]] where it's given several close-up shots. Or in the music video Music/CatHairballs where the video climaxes with it getting branded with a big "Grade A" stamp. More often than not, when it's given a lot of focus it is made to look very full and feminine.

* InvisibleAnatomy: He has no visible toes, but they rarely materialize when the situation calls for it.

* BreakTheCutie: Though, in this case, it's more like "Break the Eediot". This happens in a number of episodes, most notably "Son of Stimpy". On the other hand, this was only done as part of John K.'s attempt to prove his point about "fake pathos".

* LaserGuidedKarma: In "Man's Best Friend", he gets his just deserts for his appalling treatment of Ren and Stimpy when Ren snaps and starts beating the shit out of him with an oar.

->Voiced by: Creator/GaryOwens

** As seen in "Ren Seeks Help", his life growing up was anything but sane; his father was a [[TheFundamentalist Bible-pounding, Fire-and-Brimstone Reverend]] whose own sanity was ''extremely'' questionable, his mother's sanity was just as dubious, and the two were more interested in making ''very'' passionate love with each other, [[PrimalScene often in front of poor, young Ren]], and did little in the way of actually ''raising'' Ren apart from their own twisted forms of "discipline" -- An example of their questionable parenting is demonstrated in scene in which Ren's father gives pistol to kill a frog[[labelnote:*]]Which Ren had been [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals torturing]] for an extended period until Reverend Hoek discovered it, having not noticed due to, as mentioned above, being frequently "distracted" with his wife[[/labelnote]] with, but his mother quickly intervenes....and passes Ren a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] instead.

** his life growing up was anything but sane; one scene shows Ren's father intending to give Ren a pistol to kill a frog with, but his mother quickly intervenes....and passes Ren a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] instead.

* {{Jerkass}}: He's extremely sociopathic, dyspeptic, and abusive to Stimpy and is overall a grouch.

* KarmaHoudini: Victor gets away scot-free with beating up Ren, Stimpy and Anthony in "A Visit to Anthony's".
** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Both Victor and his father got their comeuppance in their next appearance, when they accidentally drove off a cliff.

* {{Jerkass}}: A complete grouch in real life.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He admits he misses Stimpy when he goes missing in "A Scooter for Yaksmas".

* HairTriggerTemper

* LargeHam

* AlliterativeName: Double Ws.