History NightmareFuel / TheRenandStimpyShow

* "Stimpy's Fan Club", where Ren is jealous of all the attention Stimpy is getting, so he plots to kill him in his sleep. As you can see in the page image, all of the lights go out and all you see is Ren's face and his hands, predating [[VideoGame/StarFox Andross]] by a year. And as if that wasn't bad enough, toward the end of the scene, you see his brain pulsating from his skull as he screams and what could be described as fires of hell engulf him.

* "An Abe Divided": After Ren and Stimpy saw off and destroy the head of the Lincoln Memorial, Ren's horrified reaction at what they've just done flips an otherwise funny episode into a RealityEnsues type nightmare. After several failed attempts, Ren gives up and begs the spirit of Abe for forgiveness. Then Lincoln's ghost just ''shows up out of nowhere'' with his head in his arm and kicks the two of them.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6KjNmN2BA The end of "Sven Hoek"]] (Spumco) where Ren [[GoMadFromTheRevelation Goes Mad from the Revelation]] upon finding out what a mess Stimpy and Sven made in his house. What makes it Nightmare Fuel of the highest degree is when Ren goes from genuinely angry and raving to [[TranquilFury eerily]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness pleasant]] at the drop of a hat, calmly describing how he intends to punish Stimpy and Sven in graphic detail... "[[EyeScream gouging out their eyes]]" (this very part ''didn’t even end up in the actual episode'', it was ''that'' terrifying, existing only as a deleted scene on the DVD), "tearing off their lips", [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking beating them up]], and wrenching their arms out of their sockets. He imagines committing said acts by demonstrating with his hands, and we hear what each horrible act of violence would sound like. Made worse when Sven and Stimpy are shown to be terrified out of their wits and Ren expresses his happiness at seeing how scared they are by giving them a huge SlasherSmile and continuing on with his PsychoRant. The worst part is that when he says "tear your arms out of the sockets" and we hear the sound, you can see a brief splash of blood as we hear the snapping. The voice-only version has Ren ''really'' dragging out the arm tearing.

-->Ren:And now...you...DIEEEEEEEE!!!

* In "Jiminy Lummox" Ren has yet another hysterical episode while fearing for his life from the titular character
plotting yet again to kill Stimpy

Ren:And now...you...DIEEEEEEEE!!!

* In the episode "My Shiny Friend", Ren becomes suspicious when Stimpy goes to the bathroom [[RuleOfThree three times in a row]], the last time being [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar "Number 3"]]. When he realizes that Stimpy is still addicted to televison, he yells at Stimpy to stop watching it. As Stimpy ignores his orders, his face becomes gradually distorted until Ren breaks in. Ren then sees Stimpy jittering on the ground, with empty black eyes and glowing green due the cathode rays from watching television excessively, much to his horror. In other words...[[spoiler:Stimpy had just "overdosed" on TV.]]

* in "jiminy lummox" ren has yet another hysterical episode while fearing for his life from the titular character
plotting yet again to kill stimpy

"and now...you...DIEEEEEEEE!!!"

** Ren tries to drink water from a canteen (after snatching it from Stimpy), but are filled with bees that fly into his mouth. Ren spits them out and screams in agony as they're stinging his tongue. One bee gets its stinger stuck and ripped off, which means it's going to die soon (like real-life bees). But considering how [[AsideGlance it looked at the camera]] with a SlasherSmile before flying off, it doesn't seem to care and just enjoys inflicting pain.

** Ren kicking at a stuffed dog, making it break apart and followed by Granny solemnly staying she had the dog preserved after it died. Disturbing doesn't ''begin'' to describe it.

** The whole episode it largely terrifying when one thinks about it... Ren and Stimpy are in the pound due to be executed via gas chamber before they’re adopted by a fanatically religious old woman. Her “care” drives them to run away from home until a policeman drags them back and [[spoiler: they find her dead from “lead poisoning” with her last will an testament stating she wishes for them to “join her in the hereafter” leaving their corpses freeze dried In horror!]]

* The [=DVD=] menus are overcut with the sounds of Ren screaming in pain. [[note]] The audio came from the "House of Next Tuesday" episode.

** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jfAAmmiVWEQ "Satanic"]]
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fZC9a49pdy8 "Approaching Evil"]]
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZNgOiCGH9E "Eerie Dramatic (L-657)"]]
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AK2ZSUwWKeY "Silent Scream"]]
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-f-NEhj5oVk "Graveyard"]]

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* "Stimpy's Fan Club", where Ren is jealous of all the attention Stimpy is getting, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1gkgpdTeSo&t=157s so he plots to kill him in his sleep]]. As you can see in the page image, all of the lights go out and all you see is Ren's face and his hands, predating [[VideoGame/StarFox Andross]] by a year. And as if that wasn't bad enough, toward the end of the scene, you see his brain pulsating from his skull as he screams and what could be described as fires of hell engulf him.

** During that whole episode Ren made a lot of {{Nightmare Face}}s.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6KjNmN2BA The end of "Sven Hoek"]] (Spumco) where Ren [[GoMadFromTheRevelation Goes Mad from the Revelation]] upon finding out what a mess Stimpy and Sven made in his house. What made it Nightmare Fuel of the highest degree was when Ren went from genuinely angry and raving to [[TranquilFury eerily]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness pleasant]] at the drop of a hat, calmly describing how he intends to punish Stimpy and Sven in graphic detail... "[[EyeScream gouging out their eyes]]" (this very part ''didn’t even end up in the actual episode'', it was ''that'' terrifying, existing only as a deleted scene on the DVD), "tearing off their lips", [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking beating them up]], and wrenching their arms out of their sockets. He imagines committing said acts by demonstrating with his hands, and we hear what each horrible act of violence would sound like. Made worse when Sven and Stimpy are shown to be terrified out of their wits and Ren expresses his happiness at seeing how scared they are by giving them a huge SlasherSmile and continuing on with his PsychoRant. The worst part is that when he says "tear your arms out of the sockets" and we hear the sound, you can see a brief splash of blood as we hear the snapping. The voice-only version has Ren ''really'' dragging out the arm tearing.

-->'''Satan:''' [[MoodWhiplash So, you whizzed on the electric fence, didn't ya?]]

-->'''Stimpy:''' W-we don't like this, Ren!
-->'''Sven:''' Yeah- you're scaring us!
-->'''Ren:''' Good... You're ''scared'', huh?
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZNgOiCGH9E The music playing during that scene!]]
* In "Haunted House", the ghost's last resort to scaring Ren and Stimpy was to approach them wearing a mask and [[ChainsawGood wielding a chainsaw]]. His eyes, while wearing the mask, look realistic and when he approaches the sleeping duo, they widen and the sclerae [[RedEyesTakeWarning gradually turn a bright, bloody red.]]

-->[[SurpriseCreepy I TOLD YOU I'D SHOOT!]] BUT YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE ME! ''WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME!?''
* Ren [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBLDUAGsE64 screaming]] at the end of "Robin Hoek".

* Stimpy's downright ''bizarre'' [[http://youtu.be/rd_bcDTuVAA rant about his friend Darren]] in "Mad Dog Hoek" is either this or a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

* "Insomniac Ren" has Stimpy reading a bed time story as an attempt to get Ren to fall asleep. The story started with "The sky grew '''black as blood!'''" and ended with a blood-curdling scream from Stimpy. This naturally scared the wits out of Ren. The fact that the book had "[[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe Poe]]" on the cover says something. Stimpy's ears also curl into devil horns.
** The scene in Stimpy's dream was really disturbing, he is dreaming that he is a female and is nursing his babies and one looks like Ren!

** The nightmare fuel of the brain scene was softened a bit by Ren's utterly hammy scream of "Must... Save... THE BRAIN!!!" That was a healthy dose of NightmareRetardant right there.
** The salve guy was pretty damn creepy just by himself. Although he was hilarious, the way he kept appearing out of nowhere was pretty disturbing. You do NOT want that creep in your house.

--->'''Stimpy''': [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Such a nice worm.]]
--->'''Ren''': Shut up...

* The bizarre MindScrew ending of "Eat My Cookies". It was revealed that all of the girl scouts were old men in disguise as little girls, as was Stimpy. Stimpy urges Ren to take off his disguise, only to reveal Ren's skeleton and heart. [[EverybodyLaughsEnding After that, Everybody laughs.]]

-->'''Stimpy''': SOMEONE'S DYING MY 'LORED'! KUMBAYAH!

* From "Double Header". Ren's boss is horribly burned, the flesh has melted off of his skeletal finger, and his nose fell off. Also, the "Salve" guy returns as the manager of a freak show, and it's revealed that he has the lower half of a baby protruding from his chest.
** A great many of the "freaks" from that episode were horrifying, too. There's also Ren's short TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the people watching his and Stimpy's freak show- they were forced to eat chicken heads.
** Which is nothing compared to the ending where after they are stitched back together for the second time, Stimpy eats his "favorite food", [[PunctuatedForEmphasis barbecued Boston]] [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal baked beans]]!"[[note]]It must be noted that here, Ren was reduced to his head and both legs, with his head right above Stimpy's...posterior.[[/note]]

-->'''Stimpy''': Lord...help me! (cries[[note]]The sound effects are reused from the infamous "Son of Stimpy" episode.[[/note]])[[spoiler:[[SuddenlyShouting I WANT MY]]]] '''''[[spoiler:[[SuddenlyShouting TV!!!!!!!!!!!]]]]'''''

-->'''Stimpy''': '''PLEEEEEAAAAASE!!!''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Must...have...T...V!!]]

* Two scenes in "Magical Golden Singing Cheeses" are especially disturbing, one when a [[https://youtu.be/KfbuUycffhQ jester rip off some of his skin with a grater]] and then proceed to [[RefugeInAudacity rub salt on his wound]] and other one when [[https://youtu.be/if682VRHRIk Stimpy stabs the toe of a ogre with a crowbar]]. Perhaps this is where they got the idea for the toenail scene in [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants "House Fancy"]]!
* ''An Abe Divided'': After Ren and Stimpy saw off and destroy the head of the Lincoln Memorial, Ren's horrified reaction at what they've just done flips an otherwise funny episode into a RealityEnsues type nightmare. After several failed attempts, Ren gives up and begs the spirit of Abe for forgiveness. Then Lincoln's ghost just ''shows up out of nowhere'' with his head in his arm and kicks the two of them.

* "A Visit to Anthony" has the incredibly tense scene where Anthony's OverprotectiveFather drags Ren and Stimpy into a room lit only by a fireplace and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech gives the two a severe dressing-down]].

'''Ren:''' Of COURSE it's hot and stinky. It's a ''CARCASS'' rotting '''in the SAAAND!'''

** Ren tries to escape the island by flying on the back of a giant horsefly. Suddenly, the fly loses altitude and crashes into the ocean. Ren's panicked screaming when he realizes that he's about to drown is terrifying.

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* In 2018, [[https://www.buzzfeed.com/arianelange/john-kricfalusi-ren-stimpy-underage-sexual-abuse Buzzfeed]] ran an article in which two women accused John Kricfalusi of sexual harassment, sexual abuse and possession of child pornography. For many people who loved ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' as children, the allegations were horrifying. [[FromBadToWorse To make matters worse,]] the amount of evidence stacked against Kricfalusi was ''staggering.''

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* In 2018, [[https://www.buzzfeed.com/arianelange/john-kricfalusi-ren-stimpy-underage-sexual-abuse Buzzfeed]] ran an article in which two women accused John Kricfalusi of sexual harassment or sexual abuse. For many people who loved ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' as children, the allegations were horrifying.

* "Stimpy's Invention". Stimpy invents a Happy Helmet and sticks it on Ren's head, forcing him to '''[[AndIMustScream smile against his will]]'''. In one scene while ironing Stimpy's underwear, Ren's head ''[[BodyHorror detaches at the jaws when he laughs]]''. In another, Ren is cleaning Stimpy's cat box. He yells, "See how I love to clean filthy cat boxes!" then lets out the most horrifying [[LaughingMad laugh]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9vyE5IjT0w you've ever heard.]] Fortunately, some NightmareRetardant comes in the form of the "[[MemeticMutation Happy]] [[EarWorm Happy]], [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Joy Joy]]" song... but then Ren hops into the kitchen and starts ''smashing the helmet with a hammer,'' with every blow punctuated by a singer shouting "HAPPY!" and "JOY!"

-->'''Satan:''' [[NightmareRetardant So, you whizzed on the electric fence, didn't ya?]]