History Headscratchers / TheRenandStimpyShow

* I know that there was behind-the-scenes drama with John K. and Nick, but how come the [=DVDs=] don't have the Nickelodeon name on them at all? They're just branded as "MTV Networks".
** I believe this was because the gross-out humor of the show went too far for them to use the Nickelodeon name, so they ended up using the MTV Networks name instead.
* OK, this troper noticed this and it makes Nickelodeon a bunch of hypocrites. OK, I read that one of the three things Nick hated about the show was Ren (the other two were "weird stuff" and "gross closeups"). They hated Ren because he's too mean to Stimpy and they wanted him to be NICE to Stimpy. Now, when John Kricfalusi got fired and Games took over the series... Ren is still mean to Stimpy despite Nickelodeon taking over the show...WHAT THE HECK! WHY DID THEY ALLOW REN TO BE MEAN TO STIMPY DESPITE WHAT THEY SAID BEFORE?
** As far as one can tell, "Ren should be nice to Stimpy" was never actually a demand the channel made, which would solve that mystery rather handily. Ren was free to continue being unpleasant to Stimpy because they'd never demanded otherwise. Even if that had been the case, however, it wasn't as though Kricfalusi was the only person involved in the production who stood up for it. His firing was linked to a heck of a lot more problems than just the show's content, and even after his departure, there were still plenty of old production members to argue for the show's content.
* Not to mention the fact that most of Nick's programming has "weird stuff" and "gross closeups". Nick even seems to be ''trying'' to make [=SpongeBob=] into the next Ren and Stimpy.

* I know that there was behind-the-scenes drama with John K. and Nick, but how come the DVDs don't have the Nickelodeon name on them at all? They're just branded as "MTV Networks".

* Ren's last name is "Hoek", which is a German surname. If that's so, then why does he have a slight Mexican accent? Is it because he's a chihuahua? I mean, the breed ''did'' originate from Mexico, but his cousin Sven speaks in a German accent and is most unmistakably German. ''And'' Ren calls Stimpy a "cucaracha" [[note]]spanish word for "cockroach"[[/note]] while he's sleeping in "Big House Blues". Maybe one of Ren's parents is German and the other is Mexican.

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* Not to mention the fact that most of Nick's programming has "weird stuff" and "gross closeups". Nick even seems to be ''trying'' to make [=SpongeBob=] into the next Ren and Stimpy.

* Not to mention the fact that most of Nick's programming has "weird stuff" and "gross closeups". Nick even seems to be ''trying'' to make SpongeBob into the next Ren and Stimpy.

* Ren's last name is "Hoek", which is a German surname. If that's so, then why does he have a slight Mexican accent? Is it because he's a chihuahua? I mean, the breed ''did'' originate from Mexico, but his cousin Sven speaks in a German accent and is most unmistakably German. ''And'' Ren calls Stimpy a "cucaracha" [[note]]spanish for "cockroach"[[/note]] while he's sleeping in "Big House Blues". Maybe one of Ren's parents is German and the other is Mexican.

* Ren's last name is "Hoek", which is a German surname. If that's so, then why does he have a slight Mexican accent? Is it because he's a chihuahua? I mean, the breed ''did'' originate from Mexico, and his cousin Sven speaks in a German accent and is most unmistakably German. ''And'' Ren calls Stimpy a "cucaracha" [[note]]spanish for "cockroach"[[/note]] while he's sleeping in "Big House Blues". Maybe one of Ren's parents is German and the other is Mexican.

* Ren's last name is "Hoek", which is a German surname. If that's so, then why does he have a slight Mexican accent? Is it because he's a chihuahua? I mean, the breed ''did'' originate from Mexico, and his cousin Sven speaks in a German accent and is most unmistakably German. ''And'' Ren calls Stimpy a "cucaracha" [[note]]spanish for "cockroach"[/note]]while he's sleeping in "Big House Blues". Maybe one of Ren's parents is German and the other is Mexican.

* Ren's last name is "Hoek", which is a German surname. If that's so, then why does he have a slight Mexican accent? Is it because he's a chihuahua? I mean, the breed ''did'' originate from Mexico, and his cousin Sven speaks in a German accent and is most unmistakably German. ''And'' Ren calls Stimpy a "cucaracha" [[note]]spanish for "cockroach"[/note.]] while he's sleeping in "Big House Blues". Maybe one of Ren's parents is German and the other is Mexican.

* Ren's last name is "Hoek", which is a German surname. If that's so, then why does he have a slight Mexican accent? Is it because he's a chihuahua? I mean, the breed ''did'' originate from Mexico, and his cousin Sven speaks in a German accent and is most unmistakably German. ''And'' Ren calls Stimpy a "cucaracha" [[note]]spanish for "cockroach"[/note]] while he's sleeping in "Big House Blues". Maybe one of Ren's parents is German and the other is Mexican.

* Ren's last name is "Hoek", which is a German surname. If that's so, then why does he have a slight Mexican accent? Is it because he's a chihuahua? I mean, the breed ''did'' originate from Mexico, and his cousin Sven speaks in a German accent and is most unmistakably German. ''And'' Ren calls Stimpy a "cucaracha" while he's sleeping in "Big House Blues". Maybe one of Ren's parents is German and the other is Mexican.

* Ren's last name is "Hoek", which is a German surname. If that's so, then why does he have a slight Mexican accent? Is it because he's a chihuahua? I mean, the breed ''did'' originate from Mexico, and his cousin Sven speaks in a German accent and is most unmistakably German. Maybe one of Ren's parents is German and the other is Mexican.

** Women, when they marry, take their husband's last name. Ren's mom's last name was changed to Hoek when she got married. Ren, upon birth, took his father's last name. That would mean Ren's father is German and his mom is most likely Mexican. Which means Ren is indeed Mexican.

** Women, when they marry, take their husband's last name. Ren's mom's last name was changed to Hoek when she got married. Ren, upon birth, took his father's last name. That would mean Ren's father is German and his mom is most likely Mexican.

* Ren's last name is "Hoek", which is a German surname. If that's so, then why does he have a slight Mexican accent? Is it because he's a chihuahua? The breed ''did'' originate from Mexico, and his cousin Sven speaks in a German accent and is most unmistakably German.

** It's similar to the mammalian Disney characters, whose hands are nearly always portrayed in white gloves. I'm wondering if the "glove" is really the white skin, complete with lines and cuffs, of their palms and fingers. Stimpy just goes one better by growing nails.

** Stimpy's first material possession was a litter box and his gloves are the same colour as the area around his eyes, so in all likelihood those are his actual hands. It could be a sight gag based on how cat paws are sometimes called mittens if they're a different colour to their legs.

** As far as I can tell, "Ren should be nice to Stimpy" was never actually a demand the channel made, which would solve that mystery rather handily. Ren was free to continue being unpleasant to Stimpy because they'd never demanded otherwise. Even if that had been the case, however, it wasn't as though Kricfalusi was the only person involved in the production who stood up for it. His firing was linked to a heck of a lot more problems than just the show's content, and even after his departure, there were still plenty of old production members to argue for the show's content.