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8	[[caption-width-right:350:''"And with these hands, I hold the fate of'' '''''[[VoiceOfTheLegion millions.]]'''''"]]
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10	''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' is one of the most controversial cartoons of the 90's, with all of its [[NauseaFuel disgusting]] and [[NightmareFuel terrifying]] imagery. Sometimes, the show intended to use these terrifying imagery or plotlines in most episodes, and we end up getting these.
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12	The deranged duo's antics were intended to amuse us. Sometimes they frighten us, whether or not it was intentional. But we still loved them, of course.
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14	[[AC:Examples with their own pages]]
15	[[index]]
16	* NightmareFuel/RenAndStimpyAdultPartyCartoon
17	* NightmareFuel/StimpysInvention
18	[[/index]]
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22	[[folder:General]]
23	* Some of the show's DerangedAnimation.
24	* Ren himself, most notably in his AxCrazy moments.
25	* The [=DVD=] menus are overcut with the sounds of Ren screaming in pain. [[note]] The audio came from the "House of Next Tuesday" episode.[[/note]]
26	* Some of the show's background music. Examples include:
27	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JLpnFMVfwY "Satanic"]]
28	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BHyKIQT8z4 "Approaching Evil"]]
29	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnNivQyXxu8 "Eerie Dramatic (L-657)"]]
30	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKgUn0qCZNI "Silent Scream"]]
31	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f-NEhj5oVk "Graveyard"]]
32	* Due to his obsession with hurting "circus midgets", the fire chief might be a little disturbing for younger viewers.
33	* What do the viewers get when Ren goes on BreakingTheFourthWall during intervals? A hideous, deranged-looking close-up of his face proclaiming with more than a few voices '''"[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou At last I have control of your TV set!]]"''' making him threaten the children watching the show.
34	* As jaunty and fun as it starts out, Music/CatHairballs hits you with a sudden MoodWhiplash about half way through as Stimpy starts to run out of hairballs. All of Stimpy's licking and hwarfing starts to sound so...tortured. Especially when combined with their exhausted gasping. At one point even Ren starts begging Stimpy to ease up, which doesn't happen. Then there's the way the video ends, with a now completely used up Stimpy trying one last desperate hwarf before falling unconscious onto a conveyor belt and getting brutally stamped on the ass by Ren. Which is punctuated by a tortured ''Hluarf'' sound.
35	[[/folder]]
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37	[[folder:Spümcø episodes]]
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39	* In the episode "The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen", we first learn that the aforementioned group is sent to find a barren wasteland and always die as soon as they get out there. In the middle of the episode, one of their Yaks gets tired of Stimpy singing the Canadian Kilted Yaksmen song. We are treated to an almost [[OverlyLongGag one-minute-long sequence]] of him [[SanitySlippage going completely bonkers]] in front of the camera, foaming at the mouth, developing neck veins, screaming and [[EyeScream bugging out]].
40	** Ren tries to drink water from a canteen (after snatching it from Stimpy), but it's 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.
41	* Ren is haunted by Stimpy's memory in "The Big Shot" to the point of seeing a pillow take his form which leads the pillow itself to comment on the absurdity of talking to a pillow with echoey-otherworldly voice.
42	* The episode "Space Madness", especially Ren's [[SpaceMadness space-induced panic attacks]] and its [[NothingIsScarier ending.]] Slightly diffused by "the jolly, candy-like button!"
43	* "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, coinciding [[Franchise/StarFox Andross]]. 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.
44	** "I... I was ''nice'' today..."
45	** "They think he's a god... ''but he's as mortal as we''."
46	** "Just one quick... TWIST!" [[[NeckSnap crack]]] "...and it's over."
47	** During the whole episode, Ren makes a lot of {{Nightmare Face}}s.
48	** A lesser moment occurs during the "Ren reading Stimpy's fan letters" sequence, overlapping with Fridge Horror, seeing as how it could fly over the heads of younger viewers. One of Stimpy's fan letters was apparently [[DomesticAbuse from a girl who was being abused by her boyfriend]], and she claims in the letter "my only friends are you and my TV." It's a rather unsettling and downplayed moment that was understandably overshadowed by the insanity of the second half of the episode.
49	*** Even worse is Ren's reply - in true JerkAss fashion, he attributes her boyfriend being mean to her to her being stupid, reassuring her that she might one day be as stupid as Stimpy, at which point everyone will love her.
50	*** Also, the girl is voiced by Creator/MelissaFahn, who'd later go on to voice the psychotic [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Gaz Membrane.]]
51	* The end of "Sven Hoek", 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, [[ToThePain 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 psychotic rant. 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.
52	-->'''Ren:''' Oh, what I'm gonna do to ''you''...
53	** And then he whizzes on the electric fence and causes an explosion that creates a huge hole in the ground, and all three are ''[[AndIMustScream blown straight into Hell.]]'' At least the ending quote slightly reduces the horror.
54	--->'''Satan:''' [[MoodWhiplash So, you whizzed on the electric fence, didn't ya?]]
55	** Poor Sven and Stimpy are crying and hugging each other, shaking in ''pure terror'' during the whole thing. It can remind some people of how little kids react when they are being abused by their parents. Their reactions just sell the scene and make it even ''more'' disturbing.
56	--->'''Stimpy:''' W-we don't like this, Ren!\
57	'''Sven:''' Yeah- you're scaring us!\
58	'''Ren:''' Good... you're ''scared'', huh?
59	** Oh, and there's production sketches and storyboards of threats that weren't used in the final version that include grinding their bones into putty and ''BOILING THEIR SKIN.''
60	* In "Haunted House", the ghost's last resort to scaring Ren and Stimpy is 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]].''
61	-->'''Ghost''': Wake up, you... '''PIGS!!!!!'''
62	* The scene in "The Boy Who Cried Rat" where Ren is suddenly small enough to fit in Stimpy's mouth... getting grinded by gross giant teeth and frantically trying to look for cover. The [[WombLevel level]] they made out of it in the SNES game is even worse, thanks to the creepy music.
63	* Some parts of the oar scene in "Man's Best Friend" could be considered this; the part at the end of the scene where Ren is standing on top of George in silhouette on a red background laughing like a maniac is probably the creepiest part.
64	-->'''Ren''': You must learn your [whacks George with the paddle] PLACE!
65	* "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 [[LaughingMad the most horrifying laugh]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9vyE5IjT0w you've ever heard.]] Fortunately, some NightmareRetardant comes in the form of the "[[MemeticMutation Happy 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!"
66	** "Happy Happy Joy Joy" has a brief spoken line in it that's actually [[MoodWhiplash shockingly dark]].
67	--->"[[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment I TOLD YOU I'D SHOOT!]] BUT YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE ME! ''WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME!?''"
68	* Ren screaming at the end of "Robin Hoek".
69	* Ren's WildTake in "In The Army". Ren is badmouthing the domineering sergeant, not noticing he's rising up out of the mud behind him. Not only do his eyes bug out in shock, ''[[BodyHorror his face melts off and his skull and brain pop out as he screams]]''.
70	** Then there's the tear gas scene which is something more to someone who's been through tear gas training. Stimpy's wild takes are a very accurate depiction of what tear gas really does to you and how painful it is.
71	* Stimpy's downright ''bizarre'' rant about his friend Darren in "Mad Dog Hoek" is either this or a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment\|s}}.
72	* How about the infamous in Ren's toochache where Ren [[BodyHorror plucks nerve endings out of his mouth with tweezers]]?
73	** Also horrifying, in the same episode, is the way his teeth crumble like a meth addict's. And his halitosis is so bad even the flies can't stand it. Had teeth-falling-out dreams?
74	* The unsettling and clearly demented appearance of Mr. Horse in the "Rubber Nipple Salesmen" is hilariously dark and just plain creepy, especially given the implications of what he has been up to behind closed doors.
75	** And in the "Rubber Nipple Salesmen" episode, we're treated to a MemeticMutation phrase: "[[http://youtu.be/XzuC8B46N_w Call the poliiiiice...]]"
76	* "A Visit to Anthony" has the incredibly tense scene where Anthony's dad rags Ren and Stimpy into a room lit only by a fireplace and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech gives the two a severe dressing-down]].
77	* The ending of "Black Hole", where Ren and Stimpy implode followed by the show's logo depicting the duo with ''sunken pits where their eyes and noses should be'' [[NothingIsScarier with the only audio being the faint buzzing of a mosquito.]]
78	[[/folder]]
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80	[[folder:Games episodes]]
81	* In "Jiminy Lummox", Ren has yet another hysterical episode while fearing for his life from the titular character, plotting yet again to kill Stimpy.
82	-->'''Ren:''' '''AND NOW... YOU DIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!'''
83	* When the duo goes "A Yard too far" they try to steal some pork heads from Mr. and Mrs. Pipe. Only thing is they are guarded by a vicious baboon who proceeds to maul Ren off-screen.
84	** Then Ren's solution to managing to trick the baboon is to rip off Stimpy's skin complete with his exposed organs showing.
85	* "Insomniac Ren" has Stimpy reading a bedtime story as an attempt to get Ren to fall asleep. The story starts with "The sky growing '''black as blood!'''" and ends with a blood-curdling scream from Stimpy. This naturally scares the wits out of Ren. The fact that the book has "[[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe Poe]]" on the cover says something. Stimpy's ears also curl into devil horns.
86	** The scene in Stimpy's dream is really disturbing, he is dreaming that he is a female and is nursing his babies and one looks like Ren!
87	* The circus clowns in "Circus Midgets" might be a little creepy for some viewers.
88	* In the episode "To Salve and Salve Not", Stimpy buys a giant vacuum from a door-to-door salesmen and demonstrates it to Ren. Ren gets sucked in, fur-first. We then see a skeletal Ren having his internal organs sucked out one by one, then trying to keep his brain from being sucked in. He later would scream, and his heart would fly out, a la ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''.
89	** The nightmare fuel of the brain scene is softened a bit by Ren's utterly hammy scream of "Must... Save... THE BRAIN!!!" That is a healthy dose of NightmareRetardant right there.
90	** The salve guy is pretty damn creepy just by himself. Although he is hilarious, the way he keeps appearing out of nowhere is pretty disturbing. You do NOT want that creep in your house.
91	* The episode "Jerry The Belly Button Elf" in which Stimpy [[BodyHorror crawls inside his own belly button]] and is trapped there for eternity! Well, he's not, but STILL.
92	** For someone voiced by freakin' ''Gilbert Gottfried'', Jerry manages to be ''terrifying'' in the second half.
93	*** [[SchmuckBait Don't you]] '''''[[SchmuckBait DARE]]''''' [[SchmuckBait try and feed him]] [[BerserkButton lint loaf]]...
94	** Then the elf rips off his skin to reveal that he's actually a gigantic horrifying pork chop monster, "I AM ADONIS! LORD OF CHAOS! And today I [[ImAHumanitarian feed]]!"
95	* "Ren's Retirement". Basically it goes like this. Ren turns ten years old, [[spoiler:seventy in dog years.]] He's convinced he's gonna die. He manages to get a high-end coffin and is ''buried alive'', with Stimpy. A large worm comes over to visit... and promptly eats all the meat from their bodies, leaving nothing but torn-up skin hanging on their skeletons. ''AND THEY ARE STILL ALIVE''.
96	-->'''Stimpy''': [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Such a nice worm.]]\
97	'''Ren''': Shut up...
98	** The moment where Ren is sitting on a hill enjoying the sunset. He then defers to an unseen companion ''who turns out to be the GrimReaper!''
99	* "Aloha Hoek". The scene where they are living on an island, inside a dead whale and the maggots inside the whale are rising in such number that they are almost overwhelming Ren and Stimpy... vomit-inducingly horrific.
100	-->'''Stimpy:''' Ren, it's hot and stinky, I don't like it!\
101	'''Ren:''' Of COURSE it's hot and stinky. It's a ''CARCASS'' rotting '''in the SUUUUUUUUN!!!!!!!'''
102	** Ren mentally deteriorates after he incorrectly believes that Stimpy was eaten by cannibals. During his enslavement to the crab family, his monologue reveals just how fragile his mental state has become.
103	** Ren tries to escape the island by flying on the back of a giant fly. 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.
104	* "Ren's Brain", nonstop. Stimpy removes Ren's brain as part of a random science experiment... but Ren's brain leaves the house and goes off to work. Not too bad--gross, but pretty silly. The nightmare fuel comes in when Stimpy approaches Ren's brainless body and replaces Ren's brain with a telephone. We see Ren acting like a lobotomized mental patient, completely limp, with a horribly vacant expression as Stimpy plays with him like a ragdoll, his head covered in stitches.
105	** Earlier in the episode, in a manner similar to the infamous "Keef's Eyes" scene of ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', we are treated to a scene of Stimpy removing Ren's brain, [[ShadowDiscretionShot entirely in silhouette]]. Who knew shadows could be so graphic?!
106	** The episode ends with '''the Earth getting fucking destroyed'''.
107	* The episode "Who's Stupid Now", from Ren's perspective, is an extremely disturbing, unsettling episode. The show is about to be cancelled, but Ren convinces the producer to keep it going, so he orders Ren and Stimpy to switch places; Stimpy to become the skinny jerk, and Ren to become the fat idiot. In order to do this, they are sent to a "Fat and Thin Clinic". There, Ren is force-fed "milkshakes" (that unbeknownst to him ''are really Stimpy's body fat that has been liposuctioned out'') until he becomes obese. Comparing his new look to Stimpy's, Ren almost immediately regrets his weight gain. Ren is berated by both the producer and the audience for his appearance. He has the obligatory nervous breakdown, and his self-esteem is thoroughly crushed.
108	* The bizarre MindScrew ending of "Eat My Cookies". It is revealed that all of the girl scouts are old men in disguise as little girls, as is Stimpy. Stimpy urges Ren to take off his disguise, only to reveal Ren's skeleton and heart. [[EverybodyLaughsEnding After that, everybody laughs.]]
109	* Oh sweet, merciful Buddha, "Hermit Ren". Even ignoring the squicktacular visuals (for example the delightful image of the flesh melting off of Ren's hands, leaving only bone, ''done entirely in first person''), the incredibly detailed portrayal of Ren [[SanitySlippage slowly going insane]] due to his ''self-inflicted'' isolation, to the point where he begins having conversations with a ''desiccated corpse.''
110	** The corpse in the cave has a noose around his neck, meaning that (1) he either committed suicide in the cave and the rope broke long after he hung himself, or (2) he was a murder victim whose body was hidden in the cave by his murderers.
111	** A hallucination of Oldman Farmer Hoek pointing out ticks and chiggers to eat, giving a nice view of the ones embedded in his armpit in the progress. Gag.
112	** Ren interacts with hallucinatory personifications of his anger, fear, and ignorance. When a card game between the four goes sour, Ren screams at them, accuses them of wanting to steal his belongings, and attacks them.
113	** For Ren himself? Stimpy's [[HollywoodToneDeaf Hollywood Tone Deafness]][[labelnote:Note]]though actually, any time Stimpy acts stupid... which is almost always... would count, but this part especially.[[/labelnote]]:
114	--->'''Stimpy''': SOMEONE'S DYING MY 'LORED'! KUMBAYAH!
115	** However, a good dose of NightmareRetardant is provided when Ren tries to milk a bat, thinking it's a cow udder.
116	* Ren grinding Stimpy's chicken into sausages and his psychotic singing all the while, "We grindy, grindy, grindy..." in "I Love Chicken" is uncomfortable to watch.
117	* From "Double Header". Ren's boss is horribly burned, the flesh has melted off of his skeletal finger, and his nose falls 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.
118	** A great many of the "freaks" from that episode are 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.
119	** 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 is reduced to his head and both legs, with his head right above Stimpy's...posterior.[[/note]]
120	* "Egg Yolkeo": In a parody of ''{{WesternAnimation/Pinocchio}}'', Ren creates a boy out of egg yolks which can just barely talk in a series of wails and gurgles. Now, if that is not unnatural enough, the episode ends with [[EatenAlive Stimpy]] ''[[EatenAlive eating the egg child]]'' [[EatenAlive in a sandwich]]. Its last words as it's sitting in Stimpy's mouth? "I love you, daddy." in a robotic voice before Stimpy swallows it, while Ren looks on in horrified sorrow. Also doubles as a TearJerker.
121	** Not to mention they dressed the thing in lederhosen pulled of a guy who likely died from the Plague!
122	* 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 "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.'']]
123	** The jittering is done again during his "withdrawal" phase.
124	*** The entirety of the nightmare sequence also counts. Though some found it hilarious, others could find it creepy, but anyway: Stimpy dreams Muddy the Mudskipper (his favorite TV character) '''eats''' him, and wakes up in a CatapultNightmare fashion yelling "Muddy!"
125	** Which is nothing compared to what happens next:
126	--->'''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!!!!!!!!!!!]]]]'''''
127	** Earlier in the episode we have Stimpy when he screams in total anguish (he also gives at least one BigNo) after Ren [[spoiler:destroys the TV set]].
128	--->'''Stimpy''': '''PLEEEEEAAAAASE!!!''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Must... HAVE... TV!!!]]
129	* "Stimpy's Cartoon Show": ''"The cartoon's finished, Ren. Would you like to see it?"''
130	* The scene in "It's a Dog's Life", where Ren and Stimpy are forced to sleep outside... in a ''graveyard'', with the two surrounded by the graves of the old lady's many, ''many'' departed former pets.
131	** Ren kicking at a stuffed dog, making it break apart and followed by Granny solemnly stating she had the dog preserved after it died. Disturbing doesn't ''begin'' to describe it.
132	** 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 and testament stating she wishes for them to "join her in the hereafter", leaving their corpses freeze-dried in horror!]]
133	* "Ren's Bitter Half" has Ren becoming a LiteralSplitPersonality by ''literally splitting in half''. We only see his pupils dividing like amoeba, and the rest of his transformation occurring offscreen, with [[TakeOurWordForIt Stimpy's reactions]] being shown.
134	** To some? The sight of Evil Ren dissolving Stimpy's possessions in a vat of acid is terrifying. Especially when he gets to Mousey, Stimpy's catnip mouse, and the toy is revealed to have an ''actual skeleton'' as it melts and dissolves.
135	* "Ren Needs Help": The ''WHOLE'' flipping episode. It starts off with Ren acting more unhinged than usual (muttering to himself while huddled near his favorite chair, sputtering about his glass coffee table collection, lying cross-eyed in a dirty bathtub that has a chicken, doll and old boot floating in it, and smothering red lipstick all over his face). After another of Stimpy's stupid antics, Ren snaps and ''tries to kill himself'' by jumping into a garbage disposal unit while it's running, prompting Stimpy to put him into the local insane asylum. There, Ren is put into a psychological evaluation along with the other inmates. When one of the inmates starts to go crazy, he's put into a straitjacket, carted off to an unknown location, and judging by the flickering ceiling light seen afterward, it's implied they subjected him to electroshock therapy. A month afterward, Ren starts a riot and is also carted off, given a lobotomy (evidenced by the stitched-up scar across his forehead), and then dressed up as the President for a public announcement: ''"My fellow Americans. The bombing begins in 5 minutes."''
136	* The ending to "The Scotsman in Space", where Ren and Stimpy are floating towards the sun, causing them to slowly disintegrate while Stimpy babbles pious nonsense.
137	* 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 proceeds to [[RefugeInAudacity rub salt on his wound]] and other one where Stimpy stabs the toe of an ogre with a crowbar. Perhaps this is where they got the idea for the toenail scene in [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants "House Fancy"]]!
138	** The ending to the episode what with the ironically cheerfully narration stating that Ren and Stimpy forcibly married the milk curd princesses who are textbook examples of why TheBlank faces are so uncanny, and then they simply starved to death.
139	* "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 realistic 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.
140	* Sammy Mantis biting off Liberoache and Stimpy's heads in "Sammy and Me". While Liberoache's demise at least occurred in shadows, we actually see Stimpy reacting to getting his head bitten off and what's left of him afterwards.
141	* In the series finale, the scene where Ren chokes on lumpy oatmeal is rather intense for some viewers.
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144	!!Marvel Comics
145	* A rejected "Ask Dr. Stupid" comic had the eponymous character showing the process of making Gritty Kitty Litter. It goes on to be horrific to the point that Ren speaks to the audience and reminds them that it's just a cartoon.
146	** The next part of it features how Powdered Toast Man is made. It happens in the same sequence, with Dr. Stupid being horrified and Ren stepping in AGAIN to stop the madness.
147	** Having had enough, Ren takes Stimpy to show him how Powdered Toast is REALLY made. Which turns out to be from Gritty Kitty Litter.

Context NightmareFuel / TheRenAndStimpyShow