History Recap / RenandStimpyAPC1x02RenSeeksHelp

* DarkerAndEdgier: The darkest episode of ''any'' part of the ''Ren & Stimpy'' franchise, as the details above and below can attest to.

* DownerEnding: After Mr. Horse finds out what Ren did to Stimpy, he beats him up. Ren completely loses it and retaliates by pistol-whipping him to death before being carted off by two asylum workers (one of whom he mutilates), presumably to be locked up in a mental institution. The frog shows up and tries to kill himself with Mr. Horse's gun, only to be impaled on a bang flag (which ''still'' doesn't kill him) and be left in worse agony than ever. And to top it all off, Stimpy's still back at home, likely still bawling over what Ren did to him, whilst simultaneously waiting for his best friend to come back, not knowing that he's being hauled away.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: The camera never cuts away when Ren's mother vomited.

* ThatsAllFolks: Parodied at the very end. [[MoodWhiplash After the dark and morbid ending]], a parody of the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' signoff appears with Ren, Stimpy, Mr. Horse, the frog, and the injured asylum worker (still with his hand bitten off) inside the circles.

* DownerBeginning: [[HeroicBSOD Stimpy is in agony]] [[NoodleIncident on what Ren did to him]][[EvenEvilHasStandards ...the chihuahua even finds it that horrible!]] While the former continues to wallow uncontrollably, the latter takes a long, restful journey to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin seek psychologal help]].
* DownerEnding: After Mr. Horse finds out what Ren did to Stimpy, he beats him up. Ren completely loses it and retaliates by pistol-whipping him to death before being carted off by asylum workers, presumably to be locked up in a mental institution. The frog shows up and tries to kill himself with Mr. Horse's gun, only to be impaled on a bang flag (which ''still'' doesn't kill him) and be left in worse agony than ever. And to top it all off, Stimpy's still back at home, likely still bawling over what Ren did to him, whilst simultaneously waiting for his best friend to come back, not knowing that he's being hauled away..

** Implied with Ren's parents. And it's a rare case of ''reciprocal'' abuse in fiction too--Mrs. Hoek screams at and hits her husband for giving their son a gun (right before [[ComicallyMissingThePoint handing him a chainsaw]]) and later Mr. Hoek slaps her in the face for showing concern over Ren. It's implied that this is a common occurrence in the Hoek household.

* {{Foreshadowing}}

* TruthInTelevision: Most of Ren's behavior is accurate to real life serial killers.

* ThatsAllFolks: Parodied at the very end. [[MoodWhiplash After the dark and morbid ending]], a parody of the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' signoff appears with Ren, Stimpy, Mr. Horse, the frog, and the asylum worker (still with his hand bitten off) inside the circles.

* ZanyCartoon: The intent of this episode was to [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruct]] this trope, as the zany cartoon character in question, Ren, goes to therapy and reveals [[EnfantTerrible the horrific things he has done in his childhood]]. References to various classic characters and gags are strewn throughout the episode, juxtaposed with incredibly grotesque and violent imagery so that their comedic impact is replaced with sheer horror.

Ren then shares with Mr. Horse his relationship with Stimpy, talking about how they first met. He then goes on to reveal what exactly he did to Stimpy, which is [[spoiler:never revealed to the audience]]. This horrifies Mr. Horse so much that he proceeds to assault Ren, causing Ren to go berserk. He beats Mr. Horse, and bites off the hand of one of the asylum workers trying to capture him. After Ren is hauled away, the frog from Ren's childhood visits the bloody scene, and [[AteHisGun shoots himself with Mr. Horse's gun]] which turns out to be a 'BANG' gun that impales him, leaving him in even more agony.

* TruthInTelevision: Most Ren's behavior is accurate to real life serial killers.

* TruthInTelevision: Torturing small animals is often considered to be the first sign of psychopathy.

* EnfantTerrible: Ren started to mutilate animals ever since infancy.

* KidsAreCruel: Ren plays this trope disturbingly straight.

* ZanyCartoon: The intent of this episode was to [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruct]] this trope, as the zany cartoon character in question, Ren, goes to therapy and reveals the horrific things he has done in his childhood. References to various classic characters and gags are strewn throughout the episode, juxtaposed with incredibly grotesque and violent imagery so that their comedic impact is replaced with sheer horror.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: The episode [[UpToEleven goes into painstaking detail]] to describe the [[AndIMustScream many horrific ways]] Ren tortured animals [[KidsAreCruel as a child]] to justify its portrayal of Ren as a cruel, abusive sociopath.

* FreudianCouch

* TheUnreveal: The plot is built off of Ren seeking help after doing something horrendous to Stimpy. ''Guess what is never revealed?''

* YouMonster: Stimpy shouts this at Ren after he said something horrible to him.

* PettingZooPeople: Ren's parents.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mr. Horse points out that Ren should be "locked away from normal, decent people". Not long enough and--true to Mr. Horse's words--two asylum workers come in to take Ren away.

* KarmaHoudini: Ren does not receive ''any'' comeuppance for his absolutely horrendous actions as a child, especially for everything he did to that miserable frog.

* TheShrink: Mr. Horse.

-->'''Ren:''' Then I met Stimpy. What a silly idiot. Why, I remember the first time I slapped Stimpy. He hardly even felt it. So I hit him harder...and ''harder''...BUT HE WOULDN'T GO DOWN!

* GutPunch: Ren is revealed to have done something. Mr. Horse is killed in a brutal fashion. This is only the second episode of ''Adult Party Cartoon'', and it serves to tell the audience this isn't the ''Ren and Stimpy'' they knew from TheNineties.

* GutPunch: Ren is revealed to have done something [[MoralEventHorizon irredeemable]]. [[EnsembleDarkhorse Mr. Horse]] [[KilledOffForReal is killed in a brutal fashion]]. This is only the second episode of ''Adult Party Cartoon'', and it serves to tell the audience this isn't the ''Ren and Stimpy'' they knew from TheNineties.

* SeriesContinuityError: In "[[Recap/RenandStimpy2x04SvenHoek Sven Höek]]," Ren states that he and the titular character were born from the same litter ([[FridgeHorror despite being]] [[IncestSubtext cousins]]), and even shows a picture of them as newborns. In this episode, Ren is shown to be an only child, and his newborn self looks very different from in the photograph in "Sven Höek."

* DownerEnding: [After Mr. Horse finds out what Ren did to Stimpy, he beats him up. Ren completely loses it and retaliates by pistol-whipping him to death before being carted off by asylum workers, presumably to be locked up in a mental institution. The frog shows up and tries to kill himself with Mr. Horse's gun, only to be impaled on a bang flag (which ''still'' doesn't kill him) and be left in worse agony than ever. And to top it all off, Stimpy's still back at home, likely still bawling over what Ren did to him, whilst simultaneously waiting for his best friend to come back, not knowing that he's being hauled away..

* PistolWhip: Ren beats Mr. Horse to death this way.
** Also serves as a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}, since Ren's mom bonks Ren's dad on the head with his pistol upon being handed to Ren to finish off the frog.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:After Mr. Horse finds out what Ren did to Stimpy, he beats him up. Ren completely loses it and retaliates by pistol-whipping him to death before being carted off by asylum workers, presumably to be locked up in a mental institution. The frog shows up and tries to kill himself with Mr. Horse's gun, only to be impaled on a bang flag (which ''still'' doesn't kill him) and be left in worse agony than ever. And to top it all off, Stimpy's still back at home, likely still bawling over what Ren did to him, whilst simultaneously waiting for his best friend to come back, not knowing that he's being hauled away..]].

** Mr. Horse has always been TheStoic and a DeadpanSnarker, and keeps that attitude for most of the episode, even when Ren is describing the horrific acts of his childhood. It isn't until when [[spoiler: [[TheUnreveal Ren whispers to Mr. Horse about what he did to Stimpy]] ]] that causes Mr. Horse to flip out and start beating the crap out of Ren.

* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler:The plot is built off of Ren seeking help after doing something horrendous to Stimpy. ''Guess what is never revealed?'']]

* Written in 1991. First aired on [[Creator/SpikeTV]] July 3, 2003.

* Written in 1991. First aired on [[Creator/SpikeTV TNN]] July 3, 2003.