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3!Main Duo
4[[folder: Ren Höek]]
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6[[caption-width-right:250:[[EnragedByIdiocy Ren’s natural state.]]]]
7->'''Voiced in English by''': Creator/JohnKricfalusi (seasons 1-2 and ''Adult Party Cartoon''), Creator/BillyWest (his laughter and a few episodes in season 2, seasons 3-5, reboot);
8->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': [[Creator/AlfonsoObregonInclan Alfonso Obregón]] (original show and ''Adult Party Cartoon'' episodes 1-2, 4), Igor Cruz (''Adult Party Cartoon'' episodes 0, 3, 5-6)
9->'''Voiced in Japanese by''': Isao Yamagishi
10->''"They think I’m crazy. But I know better. It is not I who am crazy - it is I who am MAD!"''
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12An "Asthma Hound" Chihuahua prone to psychotic breakdowns and acts of violence. Whatever he does, expect for it to be somehow materially motivated, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but he's still good friends]] with [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Stimpy]]. In fact, Stimpy might be the ''only'' friend he has.
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15* AdaptationalVillainy: He was hardly a nice guy in the original show, but ''Adult Party Cartoon'' ramps up his negative traits while reducing or outright excising his good ones. He does show a few more sincere moments of friendship towards Stimpy however, a redeeming quality that was often lost in the Games episodes.
16* AllMenArePerverts: Just watch "Naked Beach Frenzy" and you'll know what we mean.
17* AmbiguouslyBi: WordOfGod says Ren likes human women, but "when you look like Ren, you take what you can get".
18* AntiRoleModel: With how mean, deranged and self-serving he can be, he's obviously not a model example of how people should behave. Stimpy thinks otherwise, though (but then, he's Stimpy...).
19* AuthorAvatar: Of John K himself. Particularly obvious in the episode "Ren Seeks Help".
20* AxCrazy: He's usually prone to psychotic fits of fury for little to no reason at times. This is not played for laughs in some episodes, however.
21* AssholeVictim: Whenever Ren gets what's coming to him he deserves it for his [[{{Jerkass}} asshole]] personality.
22* BadassAdorable: A small "cute"-looking chihuahua that can beat anyone up, even those twice his size.
23* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: "Ren Seeks Help," the second episode of ''Adult Party Cartoon'', reveals that he regularly tortured and mutilated animals as a child, and particularly abused a frog to the point where it ''begged him to put him out of his misery''. [[CruelMercy He refused.]]
24* BerserkButton: Having an extremely short fuse, Ren has several, but two that qualify are:
25** Don't mess with his belongings.
26** Stimpy's idiocy, [[EnragedByIdiocy in general, is a large pet peeve of his]].
27* 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.
28* CharacterCatchphrase:
29** "YOU EEDIOT!"
30** [[FloweryInsults "YOU SICK LITTLE MONKEY!"]]
31** "Five bucks!"
32** "WHAT ''EEEZ'' IT, MAN?!"
33** [[FloweryInsults "YOU FAT, BLOATED EEDIOT!"]]
34** [[FloweryInsults "YOU WOOORM!"]]
35** [[FloweryInsults "YOU FILTHY SWINE!"]] [[note]][[Recap/RenandStimpy1x06BlackHoleStimpysInvention I WILL]] '''''[[IllKillYou KEEL]]''''' [[IllKillYou YOU!!!]][[/note]]
36* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the pilot and the first season, he was a ''lot'' less abusive to Stimpy and mostly only lashed out at him and ''threatened'' to hurt or "keel" him, only hitting him when he did something ''really'' stupid. The second season evolves him into the AxCrazy, sociopathic, physically-abusive Jerkass he's better known as, and he hits Stimpy on a regular basis, often without provocation...and then the Games episodes seem to [[{{Flanderization}} flanderize]] him by overplaying his more negative tendencies towards the "eediot"...
37* TheChewToy: In the original series he was quite accident-prone [[AssholeVictim though he deserves most of it]], given [[{{Jerkass}} his jerky nature.]]
38* CivilizedAnimal: He's down-to-earth and rational for the most part. Except when he's not...
39* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: He acts as the [[OnlySaneMan voice of reason]] to Stimpy.
40* CollectorOfTheStrange: Opera records, rare incurable diseases, dinosaur droppings, used celebrity underwear, and celebrity wigs. Also glass coffee tables.
41* ComedicSociopathy: Acts pretty sociopathic at times, and it's almost always played for comedy. Actually deconstructed in "Ren Seeks Help", when his sociopathy isn't played for laughs and he goes to a psychiatrist to "seek help".
42* TheConscience: To Stimpy. The latter is so incredibly stupid that it's a wonder he's able to think for himself in Ren's absence.
43* CuteAndPsycho: Is UglyCute and can get [[AxCrazy psychotic and deranged]].
44* DeadpanSnarker: Sometimes. "What's so secret about ''that'' spot?"
45* DependingOnTheWriter: Stimpy is consistently on thin ice with Ren, though it varies whether Ren deep down genuinely cares for Stimpy or just flat out uses and loathes him. Generally, things shifted more from the former to the latter after the transition from Spumco to Games Animation (and later Adult Party Cartoon) though even then it isn't totally consistent.
46* DepravedBisexual: He has sex with Stimpy and feels attracted to women in ''Adult Party Cartoon'', while he's not the most stable person to be around.
47* DismissiveKick: After Stimpy's butt cheeks [[PainToTheAss deflate]] from the strain of [[HeroicRROD trying to fart a second time]], Ren kicks the remains and scolds Stimpy for wasting his time.
48* DogsAreDumb: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] and [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Ren is rather intelligent and most definitely very cunning. Besides.. as far he's concerned, it's [[BuffoonishTomcat cats who are dumb,]] especially one in particular.[[note]]There are three guesses as to who it might be, and the first two don't count...[[/note]]
49* DogStereotype: He's a neurotic, aggressive, and high-strung Chihuahua.
50* DomesticAbuse: He physically and emotionally abuses Stimpy in ''Adult Party Cartoon'', which confirms that the two are lovers. Most noticeable in "Ren Seeks Help", despite Ren denying that he and Stimpy are an item in that episode.
51-->'''Ren:''' So I hit him harder... and ''harder''...'' but he wouldn't go down!''
52* EnfantTerrible: It is shown in "Ren Seeks Help" that he enjoyed torturing and mutilating animals as a child.
53* EnragedByIdiocy: More like "Enraged By Eediocy". Stimpy's idiocy is what usually gets to him.
54* ExpressiveEars: His huge ears tend to go downwards whenever he's depressed.
55* FacePalm: Does this frequently. The best example is in "To Salve And Salve Not" when he does the after going insane for about five seconds and his face cracking and turning blue.
56* FreakOut: Extremely prone to them, as he's both neurotic and psychopathic. Surprisingly for a cartoon, however, his freak-outs tend to be very realistic.
57* FreudianExcuse:
58** He explains his tendency to be violent with "the first sensation I felt in my life was [[MinorInjuryOverreaction unspeakable pain]]. From then on, I wanted to inflict the pain on others!". [[DisproportionateRetribution He was referring to a doctor who slapped him on the buttocks right after the carriage.]]
59** 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 Ren a 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.
60* FunnySchizophrenia: "Hermit Ren". His SanitySlippage was extremely disturbing and borderline creepy, every second of it, [[BlackComedy but it was]] PlayedForLaughs.
61* FurryReminder: He has a habit of trembling when emotionally overwhelmed or otherwise in a compromising situation, much like how an overstimulated chihuahua will tremble when they have too much excess energy.
62* HairTriggerTemper: Ren has an extremely violent temper, especially when it comes to Stimpy; he even states at the end of “Stimpy’s Invention” that he loves being angry. Averted in episodes like "Sven Hoek" and "Hermit Ren", where it takes several incidents from Stimpy (albeit in fairly short succession, mind you)to rouse his anger.
63* TheHedonist: Many of the things he does is just to make himself happy.
64* HeroicDog: Of the SociopathicHero variety.
65* TheHermit: In the episode [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Hermit Ren"]].
66* HeterosexualLifePartners: WordOfGod confirmed that the "heterosexual" part varies depending on [[RuleOfFunny what is funnier]] for a specific episode.
67* HumanlikeFootAnatomy: He's a chihuahua, and has human-like feet.
68* {{Hypocrite}}: It's jarring to see Ren smack Kowalski for smoking in "Fake Dad", telling him that smoking is unhealthy... but in many episodes of ''Red and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon'' we see Ren smoke constantly.
69* IAmNotWeasel: He was mistaken for a number of other animals, like a rat, cat and even a mosquito.
70** Not helping is that Ren [[InformedSpecies has physical traits that aren't present in real chihuahuas]], such as pink eyes, extra long ears (and a tail for a while) and a droopy upper lip.
71* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: To a far lesser degree than Stimpy, but even though he's shown open resentment to Stimpy's idiocy, several episodes showcase Ren isn't much brighter himself.
72* IJustWantToBeLoved: Says this word for word in 'Stimpy's Fan Club'.
73* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: And how. He's an intelligent but egomaniacal narcissist with a fragile ego and a neurotic mind.
74* InformedSpecies: He is supposedly a Chihuahua, but he barely looks like one, and resembles more like a very slim, hairless cat (ironically), a rat or a weasel.
75* InsaneEqualsViolent: Sort of averted here. Ren is both insane and violent, but almost never at the same time. It's very scarce for him to perform acts of violence when he's having his psychotic {{Freak Out}}s. ToThePain monologues, on the other hand...
76* TheInsomniac: Outside of the episode ''Insomniac Ren'', his sleeping habits don't seem all that healthy. One episode showed Ren sleeping during the day, which is a symptom of insomnia.
77* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Something he complains about in "Sven Höek" and "Stimpy's Fan Club". Also, Stimpy seems to be his only friend ''and'' admirer.
78* IronButtMonkey: Even more so than Stimpy, but he usually brings it on himself.
79* ItsAllAboutMe: Ren is frequently selfish and inconsiderate (when not outright abusive) to Stimpy. This was a more nuanced vice in the Spumco made episodes, though took over his personality in many Games episodes.
80* JerkassHasAPoint: While Ren can be cruel and abusive to Stimpy for no reason, his anger with Stimpy is often quite justified, as Stimpy is frequently obnoxious and inconsiderate and destroys his most prized possessions on a regular basis.
81* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the original Spumco made series, Ren, in spite of his psychotic temperament, seemed to genuinely care about Stimpy. More of a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk in the Games episodes ([[CharacterCheck with the odd exception]]), but returns to his old personality in some episodes of ''Adult Party Cartoon''!
82* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Had his moments in the Games episodes, where he would of have a selfish motive behind his kinder actions.
83* KarmaHoudini: He frequently gets off scot-free with abusing Stimpy, with the [[{{KarmaHoudiniWarranty}} odd exception]].
84* KarmicButtMonkey: A lot of the AmusingInjuries he suffers generally is often brought on himself.
85* KickTheMoralityPet: Stimpy is one of the few people he genuinely cares about, but even that doesn't stop him from doing really cruel things to Stimpy on occasion.
86* KnightOfCerebus: In most cases of his epic [[FreakOut freak outs]]. When pushed to his mental limit, Ren becomes genuinely terrifying and disturbing. Some of them are quite ''dark'' for a cartoon ostensibly aimed at [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids kids]]; it seems as though the aim of several of his freak outs weren't exactly to incite laughter from the audience, but for pure shock value. Take, for a good example, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW3Roqmfr94 this scene]] where he very realistically descends into madness while contemplating murdering Stimpy.[[note]]Though, it's not [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt like he would actually do it]]. Again, it is a "kids cartoon", after all.[[/note]]
87* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Yes, Ren is definitely brilliant when compared to Stimpy, but at times, he pretends to know things around him, even though he really doesn’t.
88* LackOfEmpathy: It comes with being a sociopath.
89* LargeHam: Usually during his freak-outs.
90* LaughingMad: Frequently - Creator/JohnKricfalusi admitted Creator/BillyWest did the most extreme laughs, seeing as John isn't a professional voice actor and was unable to laugh madly enough.
91* LeanAndMean: A huge sociopath, very mean, and very thin.
92* LorreLookalike: Ren is one of a long line of cartoon characters who have a voice and visual design inspired by Creator/PeterLorre.
93* LoserProtagonist: Several episodes depict Ren as physically inadequate, unemployed or underemployed, and bitter about his life.
94** For example, in "Pixie King", Ren wakes up one morning and mutters, "What a night! I dreamed that I had a good-looking wife and a ''real'' job."
95** "Hermit Ren" begins with Ren coming home from work. Ren has a footprint and a "Kick Me" sign on his back, a pink slip in his hand, and a furious expression on his face.
96* ManHug: Not very manly in some instances, like "Stimpy's Fan Club".
97* MeanCharacterNiceActor: A few in-universe segments such as some post-episode sign-offs and the parody documentaries like "Untamed World" imply that Ren's considerably more amiable off camera. Though episodes like "Stupid Sidekick Union" and "Who's Stupid Now" show Ren as irritable off-camera as well.
98* TheMentallyDisturbed: Pretty well sums him up.
99* MoodSwinger: He's infamous for being erratic and emotionally unstable as the creepy and insane character he is.
100* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In "Aloha Hoek", Ren kicks Stimpy out of the whale carcass they were inhabiting. Later, when Ren incorrectly believes that Stimpy has been eaten by cannibals, he curls up on the floor and weeps with remorse.
101-->'''Ren:''' Poor Stimpy. He was probably tortured and eaten. I killed my best friend! I deserve to die!
102* TheNapoleon: Much smaller than Stimpy, and is AxCrazy. Although [[YourSizeMayVary how much taller he is than Stimpy varies depending on the scene]], he is much more aggressive and vicious either way.
103* NoIndoorVoice: Constantly yelling even when he isn't angry.
104* NoRespectGuy: He doesn't get much respect from anybody but Stimpy.
105* OddCouple: He's friends (sometimes more than that) with Stimpy even though Ren is an ill-tempted psychopath and Stimpy is a {{fat idiot}}.
106* OddFriendship: One has to wonder how they became best friends in the first place. Stimpy is a KindheartedSimpleton whereas Ren is an AxCrazy {{Jerkass}} who's EnragedByIdiocy.
107* OfficialCouple: It's been confirmed in ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpyAdultPartyCartoon'' that he and Stimpy are in a relationship.
108* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Billy West's voicing for Ren had a very erratic dialect, to say the least. Kricfalusi had some moments too, but far more subtle.
109* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: If Ren is [[TranquilFury acting calm whilst pissed off]], '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Run. Like. Hell.]]'''
110* ThePastorsQueerKid: In ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpyAdultPartyCartoon'', Ren is a DepravedBisexual in a relationship with Stimpy. "Ren Seeks Help" reveals that Ren's father was a reverend, though the contrast is less about Ren's sexuality (as [[HeIsNotMyBoyfriend he denies being with Stimpy to his therapist in this episode]]) and more about Ren's abusive sadism (though the reverend is also quite abusive to Ren).
111* PsychopathicManchild: He erupts into fits of rage at the drop of a hat, and frequently displays some very childish behaviors.
112* RudeHeroNiceSidekick: Of the protagonists' category since Ren is considered a SociopathicHero before Ren [[TookALevelInJerkass was insincere]], Ren being {{the mentally disturbed}} {{Jerkass}} who's EnragedByIdiocy to Stimpy's KindheartedSimpleton.
113* SanitySlippage: There are too many examples of him going off the deep end, but the most infamous examples are "Stimpy's Fanclub" (where he goes crazy out of jealousy at Stimpy being more loved by the fans than he is), "Space Madness" (where he loses his sanity over being stuck in space with only Stimpy for company), "Aloha Hoek" (where he loses it after being stranded on an island), and "Hermit Ren" (where he tries living alone in a cave and ends up cracking due to starving for company with Stimpy's absence). "Ren Needs Help" turns this up to eleven.
114* TheScrooge: He can have some greedy tendencies.
115* {{Seme}}: In ''Adult Party Cartoon'', he explicitly states himself as the one who pitches when he and Stimpy have intercourse.
116* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Stimpy's Sensitive Guy.
117* ShorterMeansSmarter: This varies, of course, due to the {{Off Model}}ness of the show - sometimes, Ren would be Stimpy's height, others, he would be noticeably smaller. No matter what his size is, though, he's smarter than Stimpy in comparison.
118* SmallNameBigEgo: Ren thinks of himself pretty highly.
119* TheSociopath: Although he wouldn't qualify as such in the first show due to his moments of emotional vulnerability, ''Adult Party Cartoon'' highlights certain sociopathic traits in him. He frequently verbally and emotionally abuses Stimpy, even more so than in the previous show, and seems to enjoy doing as much harm as he can. He is also incredibly self-centered, {{sadist}}ic, and sexually promiscuous, very common traits seen in sociopaths.
120* StrawNihilist: Would have been revealed to be one in the unmade episode "Life Sucks". He spends the whole episode telling Stimpy about the horrors of humanity and hammering into him that life is meaningless, horrible and stupid.
121* StrongFamilyResemblance:
122** Averted with Sven. He has some typical canine traits, but in general resembles Stimpy much more than Ren, both in terms of appearance and personality.
123** Ren's father would either resemble Ren physically, albeit taller ("Ren Seeks Help"), or look more like Sven ("Hermit Ren"). His mother, as depicted in "Ren Seeks Help", looks like him more.
124* TalkingAnimal: A talking chihuahua.
125* TookALevelInJerkass: In the Games episodes. One could argue he's no less sociopathic under Spumco's pen, but he lacks as many redeeming moments of genuine empathy or repentance ([[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk or reveals them to have an insincere or selfish ambition]]). According to Bill Wray, the series was actually pressured to make Ren meaner in the Games era (a complete contrast to the mandates of the Spumco seasons[[note]]Which had Ren having any kind of heart forced on the show anyway.[[/note]]). Some accounts even suggest some softer moments for Ren were intended in episodes such as "Ren's Pecs" and "Sammy And Me", but were omitted to befit this mandate.
126* TranquilFury: He can get so angry that he becomes [[DissonantSerenity eerily pleasant]], which is best shown at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6KjNmN2BA Sven Höek]].
127* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Hog Jowls according to the episode A Yard Too Far.
128* TrueCompanions: With Stimpy.[[note]]Even if he would like to think otherwise...[[/note]]
129* {{Tsundere}}: Borderline type A. He lashes out at Stimpy constantly, but also depends on him and appreciates the cat's kindness. In "Son of Stimpy" he outright flirts with him.
130* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Many of the misfortunes he gets are played for laughs.
131* VerbalTic: Pronouncing his i's as long ee's, as in "You fat bloated ''eediot!''" and "What ''ees'' it, man?!" Earlier episodes also had him frequently use "I tell you!" as an intensifier, .
132* VillainProtagonist: He borders on being an evil main character in the Games episodes and the occasional episodes of ''Adult Party Cartoon'', where his actions come off as downright vile instead of just mean.
133* VitriolicBestBuds: Type A with Stimpy. The vitriol is mostly one-sided on his part.
134* VocalEvolution:
135** When Kricfalusi returned to voicing Ren in ''Adult Party Cartoon'', his pitch was somewhat deeper and gravelier, with his resemblance to Peter Lorre being more blatant. Allegedly this was because Kricfalusi had trouble making his voice sound right via pitch shifting.
136** Billy West underwent a similar evolution. His initial roles as Ren were more helium pitched. When he decided he could reproduce the voice without pitch shifting, he continued the role in his natural voice. He also started to mimic Kricfalusi's version less, his accent becoming less pronounced and the tone more nasal and hammy.
137* YourSizeMayVary: Ren will often be either the same height as Stimpy or much smaller.
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140[[folder: Stimpson "Stimpy" J. Cat]]
141[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/steempy_9189.jpg]]
142[[caption-width-right:250:Joy!]]
143->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/BillyWest (seasons 1-5, reboot), Creator/EricBauza (''Adult Party Cartoon'')
144->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/JoseLuisOrozco (original show), Creator/JorgeOrnelas (''Adult Party Cartoon'')
145->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Jun Ishimaru
146
147->''"I'm hiding in the closet...like an idiot."''
148
149Stimpy is an [[FatCat overweight Manx cat]] [[KindheartedSimpleton with no...er, well, let's say "little" brains and a big heart.]] [[FatBestFriend He is friends]] with [[{{Jerkass}} Ren,]] despite having to deal with Ren's [[AxCrazy insanity]] and violence [[FatComicRelief comically]] [[ButtMonkey or not]], he manages to put up with ''everything'' and is [[ThePollyanna in good-spirits.]]
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152* AllLovingHero: He does not dislike anybody. In fact, he is never mad at Ren despite how much the latter is mean to him. Except [[Recap/RenandStimpy2x07SonofStimpy that one time]]...
153* AmbiguouslyGay: Prominent in the original series (unlike Ren, he was never portrayed as attracted to any female character, though the very first episode showed Stimpy as a chick magnet when he became famous). In 'The House of Next Tuesday' he uses a gadget to envision himself surrounded by sexy women. And in 'A Visit To Anthony' both characters are seen to have wives.
154* AscendedFanboy: In 'Stimpy's Big Day', he wins a poem writing contest for the chance to meet Muddy Mudskipper, and becomes a big star in Hollywood, doing all sorts of TV shows and commercials, all despite Ren's "cartoons will ruin your mind" rants.
155* BadassAdorable: Stimpy rarely has his moments, such as "Son of Stimpy".
156* BewareTheNiceOnes:
157** He calls out on Ren and is extremely grumpy in "Son of Stimpy". Then again, considering [[DeconstructiveParody what this episode]] [[DudeNotFunny is really all about]], it may not count...
158** In "Terminal Stimpy", he manages to terrify Ren in a brief fit of rage when the latter complains about his toast being forgotten.
159* BewareTheSillyOnes: Or in his case, "Beware the Stupid Ones". He yells at Ren in "Son of Stimpy" (You know, "when poor little STINKY is out in the cold! LOST! ALONE!...") and briefly goes nuts in "Terminal Stimpy".
160* BigEater: He enjoys eating a lot.
161* BigFun: The fat NiceGuy to Ren's LeanAndMean.
162* 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.
163* BreakTheCutie:
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165** 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".
166** Let's not forget how "Ren Seeks Help" started.
167** The music video for Music/{{CatHairballs}} begins with Stimpy very happy and excited to start "hwarfing" up hairballs for Ren. Stimpy even does what can only be described as a gleeful [[ShakingTheRump seated twerk]] as the video opens and boasting "don't you fret, I won't run out, I've lots more hair to spare." However, as it goes on, and Ren continues to demand more from Stimpy, it becomes clear that the latter can't actually keep up as we see them start to get stripped bare. A little past the halfway mark Stimpy is desperately licking in places where there's nothing left to lick and the hwarfing went from sounding fairly subdued to this [[HellIsThatNoise frantic, tortured sound full of exhaustion.]] And by the end Stimpy is completely stripped clean and looks absolutely miserable during their last lick and trying to hwarf causes Stimpy to fall onto a conveyor belt and get [[spoiler:a huge stamp brutally smashed into their ass by Ren.]]
168* BumblingSidekick: So bumbling, that Ren would just ''love'' to [[LiteralMetaphor "kick" Stimpy]] [[IncrediblyLamePun to the "side"]], but, as stated on the "You Eediot" music album...
169-->"He's better, than no one."
170* BuffoonishTomcat: Quite likely, Stimpy is constantly the PluckyComicRelief who is very goofy, silly, somewhat clumsy, ludicrous, and prone to tons of {{slapstick}} [[IronButtMonkey while durable]] yet he is pretty kindhearted (See [[KindheartedSimpleton Kindhearted Simpleton]] below).
171* ButtMonkey: Stimpy is the butt of a lot of abuse as well, but not to Ren's extent.
172%%* TheCaretaker: To Ren in "Nurse Stimpy".
173* CatsAreLazy: This can be [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]] when he can be prone to typical laziness in a rather goofy and sometimes unique way whenever he isn't energized.
174* 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, to the point that Ren is shown to be utterly shocked/terrified on the few occasions that Stimpy ''does'' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness snap]].
175* {{Cephalothorax}}: Lampshaded in one episode when he was slated to be hanged with Ren but [[TheManTheyCouldntHang couldn't]] because he has no neck.
176* CharacterCatchphrase:
177** "Oh joy!"
178** When serving Ren food: "Just how you like it!"
179* CharacterizationMarchesOn: {{Played with}}. In the pilot, Stimpy was more of a slightly [[TheDitz dopey]] prop for Ren to bounce off of, whose stupidity wasn't as pronounced, and barely had any speaking lines. Depending on one's point of view. The show either quickly evolves Stimpy into an [[WideEyedIdealist idealistic]] CloudCuckoolander, or devolves him into a [[FatIdiot total "eediot"]] who may or may not literally be [[TheDitz that stupid]]. Especially if the infamous episode about him and his "son" is anything to go by. It could even be just part of it. It's just that kind of show, especially where its creator is concerned... Heck, DependingOnTheWriter, it may even be both...[[NegativeContinuity except when it isn't]]. Either way, he has almost as many limelight roles as Ren.
180* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Stimpy literally ''is'' this due to how much of a goofball and a dingbat he is. He's not totally there at times. [[DependingOnTheWriter Depending on the episode,]] he may not even be "there" at all...
181* CollectorOfTheStrange: His [[NoseNuggets magic nose goblins.]]
182-->'''Stimpy:''' I picked them myself!
183* TheCutie: [[KindHeartedSimpleton He is not very bright, but his heart of gold, innocence, and good-nature is just as bloated as himself]]. Ren would disagree about him being [[CuteKitten "cute",]] though.
184* {{Determinator}}: He stops at nothing to find...uh, Stinky when he gets lost in "Son Of Stimpy". Again, though, this was part of the creator's attempt to prove a point about "fake pathos".
185* TheDitz: He's not called an "eediot" by Ren for nothing.
186* EnsembleDarkhorse: InUniverse.
187-->[[Recap/RenandStimpy2x10StimpysFanClub People ALWAYS love the STUPID one! Nobody ever loves the jerk!]]
188* ExtremeDoormat: Comes with the territory of being an "eediot".
189* ExpressiveEars: Rather small ears, but they are still pretty good at this.
190* FanOfTheUnderdog: He's the only one who seems to like Ren on this show.
191* FatBestFriend: To [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist the titular Ren.]]
192* FatIdiot: Or as Ren would call him, a "fat, bloated, eediot".
193* {{Gasshole}}: He farts in a few episodes. "Son Of Stimpy" makes it ''[[{{Squick}} the entire point of the episode]]'' which, if the original title is any indication, he does for the [[NegativeContinuity "first"]] time.
194* GeniusDitz: Well he thinks of and creates his own inventions. Some of which actually work, although their level of usefulness to humanity is unimpressive at best, and absolutely zero at worst. Who would want to talk to different cheeses anyway?
195* GrewASpine: Many later Games episodes have Stimpy be significantly less submissive to Ren's abuse and bad behavior. This is most prevalent in "I Love Chicken", where Stimpy scolds Ren for trying to eat his chicken wife, and "Stupid Sidkick Union" where Stimpy goes on strike until Ren agrees to the terms of Stimpy's new contract.
196* HeavySleeper: Quite a few times. Ren would be awake at night and screaming, and not bothering Stimpy one single little bit! "My Shiny Friend" inverts this trope when Stimpy goes through "withdrawal" from his literal "addiction".
197* 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. All in all, it depends on what's best for the episode or gag.
198* HumanlikeFootAnatomy: Subverted, except when it's not. He's usually toeless, but then again, how else would he know the feeling of [[{{Squick}} squishing kitty litter between them]]?...
199* IAmNotWeasel: George Liquor has mistaken him for a dog, but didn't change his stance in this matter even after being corrected by Stimpy.
200* InelegantBlubbering: He's quite a sight when sad or otherwise hurt. He'll either do this or outright cry.
201* InformedSpecies: Just like Ren, he ''barely'' looks a cat, and he looks between a very fat dog (also ironically), a bear, an oversized hamster, or some kind of CartoonCreature.
202* InnocentBlueEyes: In various close-ups, you can see that he has them.
203* InnocentlyInsensitive: He acts unintentionally annoying to Ren.
204* InvisibleAnatomy: He has no visible toes, but they materialize when the situation calls for it.
205* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: Stimpy enjoys knitting. Stimpy also usually plays the more stereotypically "feminine" roles when the joke calls for it. And in episodes like ''[[Recap/RenAndStimpy2x07SonOfStimpy Son of Stimpy]]'' where it gets a lot of focus, Stimpy's butt is often drawn more full and feminine-looking.
206* IronButtMonkey: He often gets beat up by Ren but still [[ThePollyanna remains as happy as ever.]]
207* JerkassBall: Similar to Ren, while the Games seasons mostly remained loyal to his original KindheartedSimpleton persona, there are more frequent instances of Stimpy acting obnoxious, spoilt, or high order InnocentlyInsensitive when the plot requires it. Then again, he is implied to not even realize this, being the "eediot" he is.
208* KindheartedSimpleton: Very genial, sweet-hearted, forgiving, [[DumbIsGood helpful and kindly if dimwitted, ditzy, childlike and goofy]] whom never has a mean bone towards anyone. But it's not easy when you live with somebody like [[{{Jerkass}} Ren.]]
209* LargeHam: Mostly everything Stimpy says is this, including [[CharacterCatchphrase "JOY!"]]
210* MadScientist: Well, more like "{{Stupid Scientist}}". In any case, he does this in his spare time, when he's not hanging around with Ren.
211* ManChild: Has the mindset of a small boy, which is most definitely an [[{{InsultToRocks}} insult to small boys]] (and girls, for that matter), given his idiocy.
212* MoralityChain: To Ren, to an extent - we can't be sure due to cases of DependingOnTheWriter.
213* MistakenForPregnant: In "Stimpy's Pregnant", [[MisterSeahorse Stimpy is thought to be pregnant]] but he was actually constipated the whole time. When Doctor Mister Horse finds out about this, he chooses to not tell them about it and the duo still believe Stimpy was actually pregnant.
214* MisterSeahorse:
215** Subverted in "Stimpy's Pregnant", where he was MistakenForPregnant. But not that Ren or Stimpy ever found out.
216** Played straight in "Son of Stimpy", where his fart comes to life, and the latter even refers to Stimpy as "Dad".
217* NiceGuy: Stimpy is friendly to everyone, even ''[[{{Jerkass}} Ren.]]''
218* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His voice is based on [[Film/TheThreeStooges Larry Fine]] from ''The Three Stooges''.
219* OddCouple: With Ren. An understatement, but an example nonetheless.
220* OddFriendship: One has to wonder how they became best friends in the first place. Stimpy is a KindheartedSimpleton whereas Ren is an AxCrazy {{Jerkass}}. On top of that, "Big House Blues" establishes that cats and the asthma hound Chihuahuas are, or at least have been until recently, natural enemies.
221* OfficialCouple: ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpyAdultPartyCartoon'' confirms Stimpy is in a relationship with Ren.
222* PainToTheAss: Happens a lot. One of the perils of having a big butt.
223** One unique one is from [[Recap/RenAndStimpy2x07SonOfStimpy the Christmas special]] when Stimpy tries to fart for Ren. Stimpy's butt cheeks strain so hard they actually wind up ''deflating'' like a couple of balloons. [[DismissiveKick Then Ren kicks at the deflated remains.]]
224** In "The Cat That Laid the Golden Hairball" and in the music video for Music/CatHairballs, Stimpy gets overworked and passes out on a conveyor belt, resulting in Ren stamping Stimpy on the butt.
225* ThePollyanna: Except for "Ren Seeks Help", when he finally loses it. A draft for ''In The Army'' did have him chewing out Ren for getting them into trouble multiple times, but it seemed out of character for him, so they changed it.
226* PopGoesTheHuman: Has a downplayed example in Son of Stimpy. After trying three times to re-create Stinky, Stimpy's butt cheeks swell up and burst on the third try, going all limp and deflated like a pair of balloons.
227* ReedRichardsIsUseless: If Stimpy has the money and genius to make inventions like the Happy Helmet, why doesn't he sell some of them so that he and Ren won't have to keep changing jobs?
228* RedIsHeroic: He has red / [[StealthPun "maroon"]] colored fur.
229* RudeHeroNiceSidekick: Of the protagonists' category since Stimpy is good-natured and one of the titular protagonists, who's an oddball yet KindheartedSimpleton to {{the mentally disturbed}} {{Jerkass}} Ren who's EnragedByIdiocy and a SociopathicHero.
230* SanitySlippage: Even the always-happy Stimpy has had these, but he doesn't have them as much as Ren.
231** PlayedForLaughs in "Hermit Ren" when Ren left him.
232** Briefly loses it in "Nurse Stimpy". He gets over it pretty quick, however.
233* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Ren's Manly Man. So sensitive in fact, he's willing to cry over the, uh...[[{{Squick}} "son"]] he had "lost".
234* SimpletonVoice: Modeled after another famous {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, [[Film/TheThreeStooges Larry Fine]].
235* SpeciesSurname: His last name is "Cat".
236* StealthPun: He's a "maroon" colored cat, and as we all know... he's a complete "maroon".
237* StupidGood: A complete moron, and is one of the good guys and nicest characters in the show. Even if it is implied that he doesn't even know what the words "good" and "evil" even mean...
238* SycophanticServant: Although Stimpy can have his opinions and can argue with Ren on occasion because of his good-nature, his ExtremeDoormat status can make Stimpy out to be this when he is usually doting over [[{{Jerkass}} Ren]] a lot and tolerates ''all'' of Ren's violent behavior.
239* TalkingAnimal: An talking cat, although it is [[InformedSpecies hard to tell if it wasn't implied that he is one.]]
240* TalkativeLoon: Although he's still [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} a "loon"]] either way, he gets like this in ''Blazing Entrails'':
241-->Diddle diddle fiddle piddle poodle piddle poodle racky sacky want some seafood mama.
242* TokenGoodTeammate: Probably the only character who isn't a jerk in any way. But at worst he can be InnocentlyInsensitive.
243* TooDumbToLive: While he has plenty of moments of this, in ''Blazing Entrails'' he becomes so dumb that he inflicts bodily harm on himself and Ren has to seek medical help for it. In ''Terminal Stimpy'', he lost all but one of his [[CatsHaveNineLives nine lives]] ([[spoiler:and his ninth life at the end of the episode]]) because of his stupidity.
244* {{Uke}}: In ''Adult Party Cartoon'', Ren explicitly states that Stimpy is the one who receives when they have intercourse.
245* WhiteGloves: Don't ask why he has fingernails over them, though.
246* VitriolicBestBuds: Type A with Ren.
247* VocalEvolution: Started off as an impression of Larry Fine, but got a little bit higher later on.
248* VolumetricMouth: Mainly when he cries.
249[[/folder]]
250
251!Other Recurring Characters
252[[folder: Mr. Horse]]
253[[quoteright:202:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mrhorse_540.jpg]]
254[[caption-width-right:202:A true RenaissanceMan.]]
255->Voiced by: Creator/JohnKricfalusi (seasons 1-2, ''Adult Party Cartoon''), Creator/BillyWest (seasons 3-5)
256
257->''"No, sir. I don't like it."''
258
259Mr. Horse is perhaps the OnlySaneMan. But he might be the AxCrazy one, too. He was a doctor, a psychologist, [[note]] ''[[Memes/TheRenAndStimpyShow "Psychologist? Are you nuts?" He's a horse!]]'' [[/note]] a psychically unbalanced creep, a war hero, a spokesman for the United Nations, an airplane pilot and many, many more. Who knows what he really is?
260[[hardline]]
261
262* ADogNamedDog: A horse named "Mr. Horse".
263* AscendedExtra: While he is largely a gag character in the original show, his two appearances in ''Adult Party Cartoon'' ("Ren Seeks Help" and "Stimpy's Pregnant") are more integral to the plot.
264* CharacterCatchphrase: "No sir, I don't / didn't like it."
265* DeadpanSnarker: At times.
266* MaskOfSanity: Comes across as the OnlySaneMan in several episodes, but there's a few instances where he shows signs that he may not be all that he seems. In "Rubber Nipple Salesmen" he'd kidnapped a walrus and in "Ren Seeks Help" he fully intended to shoot Ren after hearing about his issues.
267* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Depending on the episode, he's shown with various different jobs.
268* OnlySaneMan: He does have his crazy moments, though.
269* OutOfFocus: His appearances in the Games Animation seasons are more sporadic. He has no speaking roles at all until Season Four, where Billy West took over from Kricfalusi as his voice actor.
270* RenaissanceMan: He has had many jobs.
271* TalkingAnimal: A talking horse.
272* ThinkingTic: When asked what he thinks of something, he rubs his chin with his hoof and puckers his lips saying "Hmm...", before inevitably replying "No sir, I don't like it."
273* WriterOnBoard
274[[/folder]]
275
276[[folder: George Liquor, American]]
277[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/george_2229.gif]]
278[[caption-width-right:250:George Liquor: American!]]
279->Voiced by: Harris Peet, Michael Pataki
280
281->''"It's discipline that begets love!"''
282
283George Liquor is an American so conservative, he thinks Republicans are communists. However, that part of his character was expanded in his own cartoon, ''WebAnimation/TheGoddamnGeorgeLiquorProgram'' and [[ComicBook/SpumcoComicBook its spinoff comic]] - in ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', he's portrayed as a man with a strong faith in rules and discipline. He's only made 2 appearances on the show, due to the {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} execs' absolute condemnation for the character.
284[[hardline]]
285
286* AxCrazy: He's almost to Ren's extent of being insanely belligerent.
287* {{Bowdlerize}}: His last name "Liquor" was censored with a RecordNeedleScratch SoundEffectBleep in original Nickelodeon airings of the show due to the alcohol reference (according to WordOfGod, Nick also interpreted the name as a play on "lick her").
288* BreakoutCharacter: Attempted with varying levels. After George was "retired" from the show, Kricfalusi utilised him in spin-off material of his own, including [[ComicBook/SpumcoComicBook his own comics]] and flash web series ''WebAnimation/TheGoddamnGeorgeLiquorProgram'' and ''WebAnimation/WeekendPussyHunt''.
289* CharacterCatchphrase:
290** "What's this crap?!" and "HELLO! I'M GEORGE LIQUOR! AMERICAN!"
291** "A smart-mouth, huh? A ''smart-mouth!''!"
292* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He made only two official appearances in the show (one of which was banned for a long duration of time), Nickelodeon allegedly hated the character and were willing to let Kricfalusi take the rights to Liquor with him following his departure. A third Liquor appearance was planned for ''Adult Party Cartoon'' but only made it to storyboard stages by the time of its cancellation.
293* ComedicSociopath: Mentally unstable, and it is [[PlayedForLaughs played for Comedy]].
294* {{Eagleland}}: The Boorish type. How many people that you know introduce themselves with their nationality?
295* EarlyBirdCameo: Though officially introduced in Season Two, he made cameos in Season One with a different voice and slightly undeveloped design. WordOfGod was that George was meant to be a recurring character from the start, but Nickelodeon was wary towards material including him.
296* GoodIsNotNice: George firmly believes in discipline and rules, but takes them to an overzealous extreme.
297* {{Jerkass}}: Let's count the ways; he's [[HolierThanThou boorish, arrogant]], overzealously imposes his values on others, gaslights his pets and bullies them to assert his authority over them, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking is obnoxiously nationalistic and conservative]].
298* LargeHam: Very loud and boisterous, courtesy of Michael Pataki.
299* 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. Given this was the whole point of the training exercise however, this only earns George's pride.
300* LineOfSightName: Meta-example; in an interview with Wild Cartoon Kingdom #1, John K said that he instantly conceived the character upon seeing [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XwGYOcz2ASU/RXJGGaNXBiI/AAAAAAAAAcE/LL_MiyiTWL4/s1600-h/wck1_pg38.jpg a sign for a (now long gone) liquor store]] in Van Nuys, California which was named George's Liquor (although the S had fallen off by the time John saw it).
301* NoIndoorVoice: You'd be hard-pressed to find a time where this guy isn't shouting.
302* PerpetualSmiler: He never stops smiling-even when Ren is ''beating him up''.
303* StrawCharacter: He's ''very'' right-wing in his outlook, to the point that he thinks the Republican party is full of communists.
304* TakeThat: He's an unflattering cartoon parody of John K's own father and the hyper-masculine lifestyle he imposed on him.
305* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: A strange example of a fictional character being one in real life. The episode with him getting brutally beaten up by Ren was one of the reasons for Creator/JohnKricfalusi's firing.
306* WellIntentionedExtremist: To quote writer and story editor Will [=McRobb=], Liquor is akin to "a father who wants best for his children, not realizing that he is really abusing them."
307[[/folder]]
308
309[[folder: Victor and Victor's dad]]
310
311-->Creator/DannyCooksey (Victor)
312
313* ArchEnemy: Victor, for Ren and Stimpy.
314* TheBully: Like father, like son.
315* BigBad: Victor is probably the closest thing to the show's main antagonist.
316* CardCarryingVillain: Victor is indeed aware of himself being a bully and even carries a card with him being a certified bully on it.
317* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Victor's dad was disappointed in Victor for giving Stimpy the Christmas underwear his mother lovingly stitched.
318* ForTheEvulz: Their main motivation for most things.
319* HairTriggerTemper: Victor.
320* {{Jerkass}}: They are even worse than Ren. ''That'' definitely is saying something.
321* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: While Victor gets away scot-free with beating up Ren, Stimpy and Anthony in "A Visit to Anthony's", he and his father get their comeuppance in their next appearance, when they accidentally drive off a cliff.
322* KilledOffForReal: In their second appearance, Victor's father accidentally drove off a cliff and they are not seen again after this.
323** Victor has a cameo in "Stupid Sidekicks Union".
324* KnightOfCerebus: Victor is known for being the most malicious and unpleasant character who has probably appeared on the show. And probably, he and his father are the only true antagonists in the show.
325* PermaStubble: Victor's dad has this.
326* {{Sadist}}: Both of them.
327* SmokingIsCool: Victor's dad.
328[[/folder]]
329
330[[folder: Powdered Toast Man]]
331->Voiced by: Creator/GaryOwens, Darrin J. Sargent ("Robin Hoek"), Creator/BillyWest ("Dinner Party"), Creator/DavidKaye, (VideoGame/NickelodeonAllStarBrawl)
332
333* AdamWesting: It's Gary Owens using his ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' voice.
334* BadassPreacher: His secret identity is that of a "cool youth deacon."
335* BreakoutCharacter: He started out as a segment. Also, he's the most likely ''Ren and Stimpy'' character to appear in crossover games after the duo themselves.
336* CrossOver: Received one with ''ComicBook/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.
337* CharacterCatchphrase: "Leave everything to me!" and "POWDEEEEEEEEEEERED TOOOOOOOAAAAST MAAAAAAAAAAAN!"
338* CatholicSchoolGirlsRule: His assistant and implied love interest is one.
339* DestructiveSavior: He once tried delivering the President to a sickly boy at Mach 5, accidentally incinerating him. Later in that same episode he destroys most of the planet fighting Waffle Woman.
340* DistressCall: He gets these frequently.
341* {{Gasshole}}: Farts frequently.
342* LargeHam: "POWDEEEEEERED TOAAAAAAST MAAAAAAN!"
343* PungeonMaster: He is prone to puns.
344--> "This lead pipe will foil your plans!"
345--> "Lead? Foil? You're mixing your metal-phores."
346* SomethingPerson: A "Powdered Toast Man".
347* SuperZeroes: He means well, but he tends to cause more problems than he solves. A key example is when he causes a plane crash to stop a cat from getting run over, then casually tosses the cat aside, afterwards it's implied the cat got run over anyway.
348** This is also the fact that he flies anywhere but forward.
349* TenMinuteRetirement: In "Waffle Woman Vs. Powdered Toast Man" after failing Little Johnny.
350[[/folder]]
351
352[[folder: Muddy Mudskipper]]
353Voiced by Harris Peet
354
355* AlliterativeName: '''M'''uddy '''M'''undslipper.
356* CharacterCatchphrase: "Ya lousy bum."
357* EveryoneHasStandards: In "Ren Needs Help!", he is appalled when Ren admits he smacks Stimpy.
358* InterspeciesRomance: In "Jerry the Bellybutton Elf", he brings his human girlfriend to a party, where she promptly eats all the clam dip. Later episodes show his newest wife is an ape.
359* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he's a grouch in real-life, he admits he misses Stimpy when he goes missing in "A Scooter for Yaksmas".
360* NiceCharacterMeanActor: He may act nice on his show but is most certainly not in real life.
361* ShoutOut: Play on WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker.
362[[/folder]]
363
364[[folder: Mr. Pipe]]
365-->Voiced by: Creator/BillyWest
366
367* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
368* TheFaceless: Though one episode showed a silhouette of his face.
369* FanDisservice: Do we really need to see his skinny, hairy legs all the time?
370* {{Gasshole}}: He randomly rips a fart at least once per appearance.
371* ParentalSubstitute: To Ren and Stimpy in "Big Baby Scam."
372* StandardFiftiesFather
373[[/folder]]
374
375[[folder: Mrs. Pipe]]
376-->Voiced by: Cheryl Chase
377
378* BlindDriving: While she's driving an RV in "Road Apples", we see in the rear view mirror reflection that her eyes are closed.
379* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
380* CollectorOfTheStrange: Dirty diapers.
381* TheFaceless: Although we do see the back of her blond head while she drives an RV in "Road Apples".
382* {{Housewife}}: Her overall aesthetic is that of a 1950s housewife.
383* MsFanservice: Though we [[TheFaceless never see her face]] what we do see of her body is attractive in a "1950s housewife" way.
384* ParentalSubstitute: To Ren and Stimpy in "Big Baby Scam."
385* {{Sideboob}}: Shown while bathing with the rest of her family in "Big Baby Scam".
386* WomenDrivers: Drives an RV while watching tv and reading a magazine at the same time.
387[[/folder]]
388
389[[folder: The Fire Chief]]
390-->Voiced by Harris Peet
391
392* AxCrazy: As a dutiful fire-fighting hero, he has nothing but psychotic hatred for those public threats, circus midgets. Pity that those appalling apparitions appear everywhere and as ''everyone''. With his trusty shovel thankfully he will take care of them as the beating of Haggis [=McHaggis=] and the torture of Ren and Stimpy when they were dressed up as clowns, demonstrates.
393* BerserkButton: He really hates circus midgets.
394* CharacterCatchphrase: "I've had it UP TO HERE WITH THE LIKES OF YOU PEOPLE!! (beat) Oh. I'm sorry, I thought you were circus midgets."
395* LargeHam: Especially chews the scenery when ranting about his dislike of circus midgets.
396[[/folder]]
397
398[[folder: It's That Man Again]]
399-->Voiced by: Creator/BillyWest
400
401A smarmy, overly-enthusiastic travelling salesman who occasionally crosses paths with Ren and Stimpy. He also serves as the announcer for the Captain Höek cartoons.
402-----
403* AmbiguouslyHuman: Early appearances had him with a antennae sticking out of his head.
404* HonestJohnsDealership: He seems to sell all manner of items.
405* LargeHam: Has a NoIndoorVoice.
406* MasterOfDisguise: Once inexplicably transformed into a slice of toast.
407* NoIndoorVoice: 'HOW MUCH LONGER BEFORE HE PUSHES THAT BUTTON, THE JOL-LY, CANDYLIKE BUTTON THAT WILL ERASE HIS VERY EXISTENCE?'
408* NoNameGiven: He has no on-screen name, to the point that an episode dedicated to him specifically refers to him as "It's That Man Again".
409[[/folder]]
410
411[[folder: Abner Dimwitt and Ewalt Nitwitt]]
412
413* TheDitz: They ain't called "Dimwitt" and "Nitwitt" for nothin'.
414* GoodOlBoy
415* JeopardyThinkingMusic: When they think, a pastiche of the ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' theme song plays.
416* MeaningfulName: Their surnames are "Dimwitt" and "Nitwitt" and they are both dumb.
417* ObliviouslyEvil: In some of their appearances, it's shown that they hang people for fun.
418* ThoseTwoGuys: The two of them are almost always seen together.
419[[/folder]]
420
421[[folder: Kowalski]]
422
423* DumbMuscle: He is ''very'' buff and ''very'' stupid.
424* EnfantTerrible: He's seven years old and in prison for ''crimes against humanity''.
425* FatIdiot: It's more muscle than fat, but he's still dumb.
426* HairTriggerTemper: He violently lashes out when frustrated, such as the time he ''atomized'' a sofa and a television set with his bare hands, then did the same thing to Stimpy.
427* HulkSpeak: He's not very articulate.
428-->"Daddy hit baby! Baby mad!"
429* NoodleIncident: He's serving a lengthy prison sentence for unspecified crimes against humanity. Also when Ren made him pull down his pants to spank him, we never see what it is but whatever Ren saw, he tearfully made Kowalski pull his pants up because of it, WordOfGod... ok Billy West actually answered it's "Anything you can imagine"!
430* PsychopathicManChild: Subverted. He may appear to be a childlike brute at first glance, but he's only seven years old.
431* SmokingIsCool: At one point in "Fake Dad" he attempts to smoke all the cigarettes, only to be stopped by Ren.
432* TrademarkFavoriteFood:
433** Meat. During a picnic, when Ren asks him what kind of sandwich he wants, Kowalski replies, "MEAT!". When Ren asks what bread he wants for his sandwich, Kowalski answers, "MEAT!" When asked what he wants to drink, yep: "MEAT!"
434** Kowalski also enjoys candy. In one episode, Kowalski has a stomach ache from eating too much candy during his prison stay.
435* YoungerThanTheyLook: He looks like a large, burly man with stubble and he has a gruff voice, but is only seven.
436[[/folder]]
437
438[[folder: Wilbur Cobb]]
439-->Voiced by Creator/JackCarter
440
441A former cartoon producer, first introduced in "Stimpy's Cartoon", to whom the years have not been kind. He showed up in a few other shorts as a stock "rambling, crazy old man" character.
442
443* BodyHorror: In "Stimpy's Cartoon", we see a hermit crab crawl into his head, his ear falls off and when he takes off his glasses, his eyes and nose come off with them. Worst of all is when his arms tear off.
444* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Half the time, he's rambling incoherently about subjects in a way that he appears to have no idea what he's talking about.
445* KilledOffForReal: Dies at the end of "Galoot Wranglers" after TemptingFate by saying "may I drop dead." However, he still makes one last appearance as an angel in heaven in "The Last Temptation".
446* {{Malaproper}}
447* RamblingOldManMonologue: He's prone to this. In one episode, he's rambling to another old man who promptly dies. Cobb fails to notice and goes right on talking.
448* Really700YearsOld: He rants about yanking off UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson's "silly powdered wig", suggesting that he was alive during the Colonial era. In another episode, he claims to have been there when the first prehistoric life-form crawled out of the sea and that he was the one who killed the dinosaurs, though those turned out to be complete nonsense.
449* SitcomArchnemesis: "''Creator/WalterLantz!'' No-account son of a bus driver..."
450* ThoseWackyNazis: "[[AnachronismStew World War I]]...there I was, up to my elbows in Nazis..."
451[[/folder]]
452
453[[folder: The Shaven Yak]]
454
455* TheBigGuy: He's very large and strong.
456* YouMeanXmas: He's the gift-giver of a Christmas-like holiday called Yak-Yak Shaving Day.
457[[/folder]]
458
459[[folder: Mrs. Buttloaves]]
460-->Voiced by: Creator/JohnKricfalusi (seasons 1-2), Creator/BillyWest (seasons 3-5)
461
462* AbhorrentAdmirer: Most of the episodes where she appears have her showing interest in Ren.
463* BadassBystander: In "Fire Dogs", when she sees Ren's passed out on the ladder after seeing how high up he is, she takes it upon herself to get him back down. She grabs him in his teeth and descends the ladder, and then tries to give Ren [=CPR=] as thanks for trying to help her.
464* BigBeautifulWoman: The severed head in ''Bellhops'' certainly sees her as such.
465* NiceGirl: She's one of the kindest characters in the series, possibly even kinder than Stimpy, as she's had no JerkAssBall moments unlike him (or, more accurately, she hasn't had enough screentime to ever have ''caught'' the Ball in the first place).
466* {{Gonk}}: One of the show's ugliest characters.
467* FatIdiot: Subverted. While she's definitely very fat, she's more [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} eccenctric]] than flat-out dumb.
468[[/folder]]
469
470[[folder: Stinky Wizzleteats]]
471
472* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
473* LargeHam: "[[Film/TheBigCountry I TOLD YOU I'D SHOOT]], BUT YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE ME! ''WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME?!''"
474* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Creator/BurlIves.
475[[/folder]]
476
477[[folder: Old Man Hunger]]
478-->Voiced by: Creator/BillyWest
479
480%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
481%%* DirtyOldMan
482* ForcedTransformation: He is turned into a beaver man. It doesn't bother him.
483* MadLibsCatchphrase: "I just LOVE skinny (verb)!"
484* NakedPeopleAreFunny: He's always seen naked, with his behind poorly censored by a bandage, although his front is [[SceneryCensor always covered by objects in the foreground]].
485* {{Sadist}}: Stomps on Ren and Beats Stimpy with his newly-acquired beaver tail, all the while with a smile on his face.
486[[/folder]]
487
488[[folder: Haggis [=McHaggis=]]]
489-->Voiced by: Creator/AlanYoung
490
491* AssholeVictim: Gets beaten up by the fire chief after tearing up his son's favourite pair of undies.
492* AxCrazy: Finds humour in beating up his dog.
493* BarbieDollAnatomy: The one time we see up his kilt, we see he has no nethers.
494* BerserkButton: In "Scotsman in Space", he gets extremely irate over Ren and Stimpy overcooking his eggs and serving him haggis without chutney.
495* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: In "Scotsman in Space".
496%%* HairTriggerTemper
497* {{Jerkass}}: Has a HairTriggerTemper, [[{{BadPeopleAbuseAnimals}} finds humor in beating up his dog]] and tears up the fire chief's son's favorite pair of underwear.
498%%* LargeHam
499* ViolentGlaswegian: "The Scotsman beats his dog!"
500[[/folder]]
501
502[[folder: Svën Höek]]
503-->Voiced by: Creator/BillyWest
504
505* AscendedExtra: He only made one prominent appearance besides the odd brief cameo, but appeared more often in the Marvel Comic book.
506* CollectorOfTheStrange: He collects Band-Aids and spit.
507* TheDitz: He's an "eediot" like Stimpy, which is one of the ways they get along so quickly.
508* DogsAreDumb: He's a dog and is a lot stupider than Stimpy. His character design sheet even describes him as being "even more stupid than Stimpy".
509* FatIdiot: Like Stimpy, he is an overweight moron, the latter word being the thing that they bond over.
510* FunnyForeigner: He has an exaggerated Swedish accent rather than a Creator/PeterLorre-esque one like Ren, despite being related to him.
511* KindheartedSimpleton: In the same vein as Stimpy.
512* NiceGuy: Like Stimpy, he's insanely sweet-natured. Also like Stimpy, he's presumably too stupid to be mean.
513
514[[/folder]]
515
516!One-Shot Characters
517[[folder: Reverend Jack Cheese]]
518
519-->Voiced by: Creator/FrankGorshin
520
521A meat-worshipping reverend. Only appears in the episode "Reverend Jack".
522
523* CaptainErsatz: A crazy, arrogant, obsessive villain with a bizarre fashion sense and the voice of Frank Gorshin? Sounds an awful lot like ComicBook/TheRiddler to us.
524* KnuckleTattoos: The reverend has tattoos grafted on his hands, with one saying "PITY" and the other "SELF PITY".
525* LargeHam: This is what happens when you invite the famously over-the-top Frank Gorshin to guest star on a show as crazy as this.
526* ParodyReligion: "We are gathered here today to pay homage to MEAT!"
527* SanitySlippage: He was never really all there, but his mental stability deteriorates through the episode.
528* TakeThat: He is said to be based on Kricfalusi himself and the problems he caused during the show's first season.
529[[/folder]]
530
531[[folder: Jerry the Bellybutton Elf]]
532->Voiced by; Creator/GilbertGottfried (English) / Creator/HumbertoVelez (Latin American Spanish)
533
534* AxCrazy: When he is given lintloaf, he becomes very insane and violent.
535* BerserkButton: Whatever you do, do ''not'' serve him lintloaf.
536* {{Cyclops}}: In his elf form, he only has one eye.
537* DisneyAcidSequence: "Climb Inside My World".
538* DisproportionateRetribution: He attempts to ''murder'' Stimpy just because the latter gave him lintloaf.
539** MisplacedRetribution: Extends his wrath to Ren despite him not being involved in any way.
540* DoesNotLikeSpam: '''LINTLOAF!!!'''
541* EldritchAbomination: As Adonis, Lord of Chaos.
542* EvilIsHammy: "I AM ADONIS, LORD OF CHAOS!"
543* HulkingOut: He turns into a giant pork chop monster upon being given lintloaf.
544* {{Jerkass}}: He greets Stimpy by spitting on his hand and saying, "The pleasure's all yours." Later, he makes Stimpy perform his household chores while he lounges. When a well-meaning Stimpy offers him lintloaf, he maniacally chases Stimpy around the bellybutton realm in his car before transforming into Adonis and succeeds in eating both him and Ren.
545* KarmicDeath: After eating both Stimpy and Ren, he gets eaten himself by Muddy's wife.
546* LargeHam: Duh, it's Creator/GilbertGottfried. Also literally since he morphs into a giant pork chop.
547* OneWingedAngel: His default form is a small, cute elf adorned with bellybutton lint. When angered, he transforms into a colossal pork chop monster with sharp teeth.
548* SuddenlyShouting: "Lintloaf...'''LINTLOAF?! I HATE LINTLOAF!!!'''"
549* UnstoppableRage: He goes on a rampage after being served lintloaf.
550[[/folder]]
551
552[[folder: Sarge]]
553-->Voiced by: Bob Camp
554
555* DrillSergeantNasty: Quite persuasive especially with a tank gun at his disposal.
556* HairTriggerTemper
557* {{Jerkass}}
558* LargeHam: Somehow manages to extend a nine-letter word into a sixty-seven one.
559-->"A-TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNN-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!"
560[[/folder]]
561
562[[folder: Brainchild]]
563-->Voiced by: Creator/BillMumy
564-----
565* ChildProdigy: He lives up to his name by being a child genius.
566* DarkIsNotEvil: He may be a bit creepy-looking, but he does manage to help Ren get Stimy out of a constant state of destructive stupidity.
567* MadScientist: He blows Stimpy up so that Ren can travel inside him and find out what's ceasing his brain activity, plus he appears to have experimented on his own mother.
568* MyBrainIsBig: He's highly intelligent and he has a very large head.
569[[/folder]]
570
571[[folder: The Ghost]]
572
573A small ghost that spends his entire appearance trying to scare Ren and Stimpy and failing miserably. Only appears in the episode "Haunted House".
574-----
575* BackFromTheDead: At the end of the episode, he drinks poison and it somehow resurrects him as a black man.
576* DrivenToSuicide: He's already dead to begin with, but when he gives up on trying to scare the duo, he drinks a bottle of poison to try anyway--and inexplicably comes back to life as a jolly fat black guy, [[GainaxEnding who promptly drives off in a convertible]].
577* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Not exactly villainous of sorts, but he is pretty hapless at getting so much as a look of surprise out of Ren and Stimpy.
578* NoNameGiven: He's not given an actual name.
579[[/folder]]
580
581[[folder: Ralph Bakshi]]
582
583Yes, THAT Creator/RalphBakshi. He appears solely in "Fire Dogs II", with Ren and Stimpy hanging out with him.
584----
585* AxCrazy: LITERALLY! When he has a nightmare about Circus Midgets.
586* AdamWesting: Yes, that really is Bakshi voicing himself.
587* BodyHorror: He was originally the Fire Chief, but he inexplicably morphs into Bakshi before our very eyes.
588* FanDisservice: The scene where he's on the toilet.
589* MoodSwinger
590* SpeechImpediment: He speaks with a lateral lisp such as pronouncing "Piss" as "Pith".
591* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: While the Fire Chief hates Circus Midgets... he fears them!
592[[/folder]]
593
594[[folder: Charles Globe]]
595
596World-renowned fitness guru and socialite gadfly.
597
598* HardWorkHardlyWorks: He admits that his well-proportioned torso wasn't a result of working out, but from having the excess fat in his legs surgically transplanted.
599* {{Hunk}}: Once you get past the fact that his head is a globe, he's pretty impressive.
600* InformedAttribute: While Stimpy introduces him as a fitness guru, he's never worked out a day in his life.
601* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's a lazier version of Charles Atlas.
602[[/folder]]
603
604[[folder: Waffle Woman]]
605
606Powdered Toast Man's arch-nemesis.
607
608* AlliterativeName: Her first and last name start with a "W".
609* EvilIsPetty: She blew up chunks on the world because her waffles didn't sell as well as powdered toast.
610* {{Yandere}}: During her last fight with Powdered Toast Man, both drop hints of being bitter ex-lovers.
611[[/folder]]
612
613[[folder: The Lifeguard]]
614
615Appears in ''Naked Beach Frenzy''.
616
617* CarpetOfVirility: He's more hair than man.
618* InspectorJavert: Ren sexually harassing girls on the beach makes an enemy of this guy.
619* LanternJawOfJustice: He's got a massive chin and is for the most part the hero of the episode.
620* NakedPeopleAreFunny: He rips off his trunks so he can use them as a weapon against Ren and stays naked for the rest of the episode.
621* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Likely a parody of David Hasselhoff.
622* SceneryCensor: A little girl's head covers his crotch at one point.
623* TestosteronePoisoning: He's so hairy, even his tongue has hair.
624[[/folder]]
625
626[[folder: Sammy Mantis]]
627
628Appears in "Sammy and Me".
629
630* EarlyBirdCameo: Before his introduction, he has a minor appearance in the episode "Dinner Party".
631* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's obviously based off of Creator/SammyDavisJr

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