History Trivia / TheRippingFriends

* CreativeDifferences: Many between John K. & his crew at Spumco and both the animation studios and network. The short version is that Spumco wanted this to be the SpiritualSuccessor to ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', with {{deranged|animation}}, OffModel animation, while both Creator/FunbagAnimation and Creator/FoxKids deliberately ignored him in favor of something more conventional.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: With the show last having aired on television in the early 2000’s, and without a modern streaming rerelease in sight (thanks in part to John K’s allegations against him within the cartoon industry), the only way to see this series nowadays would be through either the Lionsgate USA VHS/DVD releases (both only containing the first 4 episodes) or through a region-locked Madman Australian DVD (which contains the complete series).

* TroubledProduction: It wouldn't be a John K. production if it weren't one of these. Most egregiously was a lack of communication between Spumco and Creator/RedRoverStudios. The animators were given simultaneously complex and poorly-explained directions like "draw close to Jim [Smith]'s boards, while emulating Creator/JackKirby." Because John K. was in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, he couldn't supervise directly, and could only comment on drawings by having them faxed to him for corrections. When production moved to Creator/FunbagAnimation, he sent them a style guide which sat unopened on the front desk for the entire production by order of production manager John Shaw, whose relationship with Kricfalusi had already turned sour. Kricfalusi threatened to beat up Shaw when he came to the studio and was immediately banned from the premises, forcing him to do most as much revision as possible from a nearby hotel room. And in the case of Funbag and its blatant refusal to follow Kricfalusi's style, Creator/FoxKids was pretty happy to approve of Shaw's decision to keep the characters as on model.

* TroubledProduction: It wouldn't be a John K. production if it weren't one of these. Most egregiously was a lack of communication between Spumco and Creator/RedRoverStudios. The animators were given simultaneously intricate and poorly-explained directions like "draw close to Jim [Smith]'s boards, while emulating Creator/JackKirby." Because John K. was in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, he couldn't supervise directly, and could only comment on drawings by having them faxed to him for corrections. When production moved to Creator/FunbagAnimation, he sent them a style guide which sat unopened on the front desk for the entire production by order of production manager John Shaw, whose relationship with Kricfalusi had already turned sour. Kricfalusi threatened to beat up Shaw when he came to the studio and was immediately banned from the premises, forcing him to do most as much revision as possible from a nearby hotel room. And in the case of Funbag and its blatant refusal to follow Kricfalusi's style, Creator/FoxKids was pretty happy to approve of Shaw's decision to keep the characters as on model.

* TroubledProduction: It wouldn't be a John K. production if it weren't one of these. Most egregiously was a lack of communication between Spumco and Creator/RedRoverStudios. The animators were given strange directions like "draw close to Jim [Smith]'s boards, while emulating Creator/JackKirby." Because John K. was in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, he couldn't supervise directly, and could only comment on drawings by having them faxed to him for corrections. When production moved to Creator/FunbagAnimation, he sent them a style guide which sat unopened on the front desk for the entire production by order of production manager John Shaw, whose relationship with Kricfalusi had already turned sour. Kricfalusi threatened to beat up Shaw when he came to the studio and was immediately banned from the premises, forcing him to do most as much revision as possible from a nearby hotel room. And in the case of Funbag and its blatant refusal to follow Kricfalusi's style, Creator/FoxKids was pretty happy to approve of Shaw's decision to keep the characters as on model.

* ExecutiveMeddling[=/=]OldShame: John K. claims the show was so watered down and far removed from what he originally planned it to be that he can hardly watch it. Indeed, his famous OffModel style of animation was deliberately ignored by the directors at Creator/FunbagAnimation (who already despised Kricfalusi in the first place) and discouraged by the executives at Creator/FoxKids.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen

* CreativeDifferences: Many between John K. & his crew at Spumco and the Canadian studios who animated the show. The short version is that Spumco wanted this to the the SpiritualSuccessor to ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', with {{deranged|animation}}, OffModel animation, while both Creator/FunbagAnimation and Creator/FoxKids deliberately ignored him in favor of something more conventional.

* ExecutiveMeddling[=/=]OldShame: John K. claims the show was so watered down and far removed from what he originally planned it to be that he can hardly watch it. As explained in TroubledProduction below and CreativeDifferences above, the executives at Fox Kids and John Shaw at Funbag Animation for this.
* HostilityOnTheSet: John Shaw had explicitly told his staff at Funbag Animation to disregard John K.'s style guide and left it sitting on the front desk for weeks. When John K. came to the studio and found out, the two came dangerously close to stepping outside for "fistcuffs." Kricfalusi apologized, but was banned from the studio the next day.

* TheOtherDarrin: Crag was originally voiced by Creator/HarveyAtkin, who voiced Sam in ''WesternAnimation/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' (also a Canadian show that aired on Fox Kids), but was replaced by newscaster Creator/MarkDailey (most remembered for his work at the original Creator/{{Citytv}} in Toronto).
* TroubledProduction: It wouldn't be a John K. production if it weren't one of these. Most egregiously was a lack of communication between Spumco and Creator/RedRoverStudios. The animators were given strange directions like "draw close to Jim [Smith]'s boards, while emulating Creator/JackKirby." Because John K. was in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, he couldn't supervise directly, and could only comment on drawings by having them faxed to him for corrections. When production moved to Creator/FunbagAnimation, he sent them a style guide which sat unopened on the front desk for the entire production by order of production manager John Shaw, whose relationship with Kricfalusi had already turned sour. Kricfalusi threatened to beat up Shaw when he came to the studio and was immediately banned from the premises, forcing him to do most as much revision as possible from a nearby hotel room.

* CreativeDifferences: Many between John K. & his crew at Spumco and the Canadian studios who animated the show. The short version is that Spumco wanted this to the the SpiritualSuccessor to ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', with {{deranged|animation}}, OffModel animation, while both the studios and Fox Kids deliberately ignored him in favor of something more conventional.

* ExecutiveMeddling[=/=]OldShame: John K. claims the show was so watered down and far removed from what he originally planned it to be that he can hardly watch it. We can thank Canadian on-model standards for this.

* MissingEpisode: The episodes "The Infernal Wedding" and "Jimmy Gets Kidnapped" were left out of the Creator/FoxKids broadcast of the series because it was just after [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 9/11]] and the depiction of Citrocet as an evil foreign dictator who liked to blow up buildings was considered too controversial. (Oddly, they left in "Stinky Butt," which begins with Citrocet having already blown the Earth into multiple floating space chunks.) The episodes were added again during the Creator/AdultSwim airing. [[note]]It wasn't the only show on the FK lineup to be messed up as a result of the 9/11 attacks; several episodes of ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' were also pulled (and never aired in the US thanks to legal issues which have prevented reruns), and several episodes of ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' were heavily edited.[[/note]]

* TheOtherDarrin: Crag was originally voiced by Harvey Atkin, who voiced Sam in ''WesternAnimation/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' (also a Canadian show that aired on Fox Kids), but was replaced by newscaster Creator/MarkDailey (most remembered for his work at the original Creator/{{Citytv}} in Toronto).

* CreativeDifferences: Many between John K & his crew at Spumco and the Canadian studios who animated the show. The short version is that Spumco wanted this to the the SpiritualSuccessor to ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', with {{deranged|animation}}, OffModel animation, while both the studios and Fox Kids deliberately ignored him in favor of something more conventional.
* ExecutiveMeddling[=/=]OldShame: John K claims the show was so watered down and far removed from what he originally planned it to be that he can hardly watch it. We can thank Canadian on-model standards for this.

** After Nickelodeon fired Kricfalusi from The Ren & Stimpy Show in September 1992, he had plans to make a feature film starring the world's "manliest men". The feature film plan was scrapped, but the characters were used in this show.

* MissingEpisode: The episodes "The Infernal Wedding" and "Jimmy Gets Kidnapped" were left out of the Creator/FoxKids broadcast of the series because it was just after [[TheWarOnTerror 9/11]] and the depiction of Citrocet as an evil foreign dictator who liked to blow up buildings was considered too controversial. (Oddly, they left in "Stinky Butt," which begins with Citrocet having already blown the Earth into multiple floating space chunks.) The episodes were added again during the Creator/AdultSwim airing. [[note]]It wasn't the only show on the FK lineup to be messed up as a result of the 9/11 attacks; several episodes of ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' were also pulled (and never aired in the US thanks to legal issues which have prevented reruns), and several episodes of ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' were heavily edited.[[/note]]