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The Ren and Stimpy Show, putting the "Light" in Lightmare Fuel since 1991!

(Please note that because it has both Nightmare, as well as Nausea Fuelnote , YMMV on how "funny" [or not] these moments really are, especially since some moments were actually not intended to be funny at all [e.g., the infamous "Son of Stimpy" episode], while others are ambiguous as to which is which).

Original show

  • Any time either of the main characters scream. Billy West and John Kricfalusi have the most epic screams of terror in cartoon history.
  • The "Log" commercials.
    • The first "Log" commercial was the first segment of the first episode. It basically set the tone for the series.

Big House Blues

  • Ren is upset that their cellmate Phil had to be put to "the Big Sleep." Stimpy asks Ren what the "Big Sleep" is, and Ren pulls Stimpy close by the tongue, closes his eyes and begins to whisper in his ear, "He's..." but then suddenly yells "DEAD! DEAD, YOU EEDIOT! YOU KNOW WHAT 'DEAD' IS?! JUST LIKE WE'LL BE IF WE DON'T GET OUTTA HERE!".

Stimpy's Big Day/The Big Shot

  • Ren pretending to be Stimpy after finding out Stimpy won $47 million ("IIII'M the cat!!!") and eating Gritty Kitty litter with a pained expression.
  • A caricature of Kirk Douglas silently sliding in and out of the frame for no particular reason in the establishing shot of Hollywood.
  • Ren home alone:
    Ren: I'll watch some TV. It'll help me to RELAAAAAX!!!
  • Stimpy meets Muddy Mudskipper, who proceeds to do a bunch of punchlines. When Stimpy tries to get a word in edgewise:
    Stimpy: (breathes in)
    Muddy: Shaddap.

Robin Hoek

  • Stimpy's exhaustion having to play multiple parts in the same story. Doubly funny since Stimpy is the one telling the story.

Nurse Stimpy

Space Madness

  • "Space Madness" has some of the absolute best moments, with Ren's descent into madness ("It is not I who am crazy. It is I who am mad!") and the ultimate Schmuck Bait, the History Eraser Button.
    • DO YOU HAVE TO KEEP TAPPING LIKE THAT, YOU BLOATED SACK OF PROTOPLASM?!?!?!?!!!
    • I've had this ice cream bar since I was a CHILD! People ALWAYS TRYING TO TAKE IT FROM ME!!! WHY WON'T THEY LEAVE ME ALOOOOOOONEEEE????
    • 'DON'T MAKE ME USE THIS!!!! ONE STEP CLOSER, I"M WARNING YA!!
      • NOW YOU'VE DONE IT! YOU! FORCED ME TO USE IT (starts brushing only his front teeth)
    • The shot with Stimpy with a toaster on his head as the narrator rants about "thrilling futuristic headgear" and "spine-tingling toast".
    • The nubby-looking spacesuit Ren was wearing on the shot of the planet.
    • Stimpy slapping Ren's posterior with a towel, and Ren says in a totally wussy tone, "Hey, cut it out!" in a way that's so not like him.
    • Ren: "I'll just lie back, and think pleasant thoughts... chicken pot piiiieee... chocolate covered RAISINS... eh, glaaaazed hammmm... ohhh ohhhh..."
    • The Large Ham narrator who introduces the show.
      • "All systems go! Prepare for countdown! 10! 9! 8! 7! 6! 5! 4! 3! 2! 1! Blast off to adventure In the amazing year four hundred billion! With Commander Hoek and his faithful companion Cadet Stimpy, as they roam the endless uncharted regions of space at speeds so fantastic they throttlenote  the imagination!"
      • "Okay, space cadets! Prepare to hurtle through the cosmos! In today's turgid episode!"
    • DON'T TOUCH IT!! IT'S THE HISTORY ERASER BUTTON, YOU FOOL!!
      Cadet Stimpy: S-so what'll happen?
      Captain Ren: That's just it! We don't know! Maaaybe something bad? Maaaaybe something good? I guess we'll never know!! Cuz you're going to guard it! You won't touch it, will you?
    • The Narrator showing up in person!
      The Narrator: Oh, how long can trusty Cadet Stimpy hold out? How can he possibly resist the diabolical urge to push the button that could erase his very existence? Will his tortured mind give in to it's uncontrollable desires? Can he withstand the temptation to push the button, that even now, beckons him ever closer? Will he succumb to the maddening urge to eradicate history, at the MERE! PUSH! Of a SINGLE! BUTTON?! The beautiful shiny button. The jolly candy-like button. Will he hold out, folks? Can he hold out?
      Cadet Stimpy: NO, I CAN'T!
      • Note that the Narrator isn't just narrating. Noooo....he's flat out nudging, shoving, smacking, and pushing Stimpy towards the button, making the temptation to push it even worse.
    • "Oh no! I know what you want! You coveteth my ice cream bar!"

The Boy Who Cried Rat

  • "SQUEAK! Squeak, I tell you, SQUEAK!"
    "That's the ugliest mouse I've ever seen. And he's beating up on our cheese!"
    • The bit where Ren and Stimpy are chased away by a George Liquor prototype.
      George: Keep outta my trash! I'm tellin' ya for the last time! (to audience) A man works hard for his filth, only to have vagrants come and steal it. (sniffs) It's a crying shame.

Fire Dogs

Untamed World

  • The scene where a vicious-looking seagull swoops down on a baby Stimpy turtle and looks ready to devour it, but...
    Seagull: (in surfer voice) Uh, say mac, could you, like, spare some change for, like, a bite to eat?
    Turtle: (in early George Liquor voice) WHAT?! Eggghhh.... (reaches in his pocket and pulls out a coin) Here. Now go on! SCRAAAAAAM!
    Seagull: Like, bless you, sir.
    Turtle: Deadbeat...
    • The scene where Ren, chasing a yak to tag, is accidentally tranquilized by Stimpy, and gets slower and slower, complete with Letting the Air out of the Band.
      Stimpy: Oh boy! I got one, I got one! (tags Ren's ear)
      • Which leads to a Brick Joke at the end of the episode:
        "Say Stimpy, what's that on your tongue?" [Stumpy sticks out his tongue to inspect, only for Ren to tag it]
    • The gag where the frilled Ren lizard somehow defies gravity to avoid touching the hot sand.

Stimpy's Invention

  • "Happy happy joy joy, happy happy joy joy, HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY..."

In the Army

  • The tear gas scene. Especially to someone who's been through tear gas training. Stimpy's wild takes are pretty much what tear gas really does to you. This also doubles as Nightmare Fuel.
    • Ren's Sanity Slippage:
      "And now, no sleep! (laughs) No sleep? No bed! (laughing intensifies) NONONO! BEDBEDBED! (Grabs axe and laughs maniacally before hacking up his bed)"
      "Psst, hey, Guido. It's all so clear to me now. I'm the keeper of the cheese... and you're the lemon merchant. You get it? And he knows it. That's why he's gonna kill us. So, we got to beat it... yeah... before he lets loose the marmosets on us! Don't worry, little missy... I'LL SAVE YOU!" (Picks up Stimpy and runs off with him piggy-back style)

Powdered Toast Man

  • This dialogue:
    "Quick man! Cling tenaciously to my buttocks!"
    "Both of them? (squeeze... faceplant)
  • PTM is summoned to help the president in a crisis. The crisis?
    "I'm caught in my own zipper!"

Out West

  • Mr. Horse's appearance: "So. It's the old steal-the-horse bit again, is it? All right, let's do it. If we have to."
    • The cowboys can't hang Ren and Stimpy for their crime. Why? Because Ren doesn't weigh enough and Stimpy doesn't have a neck. Cue a shot of Stimpy with thee noose comically wrapped around his face and Ren blowing like a leaf in the wind.
  • Ewalt and Abner themselves are hilarious.
    Abner: Hey, I'm bored!
    Ewalt: (looking dumbfounded) You're smart enough to be bored??
    Abner: (offended) Hey! Watch your dirty mouth!
    (The two then scratch themselves like dogs)

Rubber Nipple Salesmen

  • A scene involving Mr. Horse is simultaneously this and Nightmare Fuel. It's a truly horrifying scene, but it's also laugh-out-loud hilarious. Especially since Mr. Horse is acting so out of character.
    Mr. Horse: All right, so I MADE a mistake! ONE MISTAKE! Can't a man start over?! Do I have to keep on PAYING?! HUH?! Maybe I should make another mistake! Maybe TWO more!
    Ren: Please sir! I think one mistake is plenty! Just let me show you what's inside here!
    Mr. Horse: (throws hands up) Don't do it, man! I'm not armed!
    Ren: We really just want to sell you some rubber nipples! See?
    (Mr. Horse winces in fear a few times but then realizes...)
    Mr. Horse: Oh...it is a nipple. (laughs good-naturedly) Oh, what you must think of me. Forget everything I told you.
    • The walrus.
      Walrus: Caaaaaall the poleeeeece.
    • Mr. Pipe with rubber nipples on his knees.
    • Stimpys "Dream" speech:
      Stimpy: I have a dream... I believe that one day, everyone everywhere will know the wonders of my nipples! (Ren hits him in the face with an iron)
      Ren: Fine! You keep your dream, and I'll keep the money! Now shut up and drive.
      Stimpy: (with his face in the shape of the iron he removed) I'm drivin', I'm drivin'!
    • After Ren is smashed with a shovel by the Fire Chief:
      Stimpy: I have another dream, Ren.
      Ren: What's your dream?
      Stimpy: That some day, I will be as good of a salesman as YOU, Ren. (Ren slaps him)
    • One of the funniest instances of one of Ren's catchphrases in the series:
      Stimpy: Ren. Ren. Ren. Ren. Ren. (whiny) Reeeennnn!!!
      Ren: WHAT IS IT, MAN?!
    • When Ren gives Mr. Pipe a hickey with a rubber nipple:
      Mr. Pipe: (examining it in the mirror) Oh man! Wait 'til the guys at work get a lot of this!
      Mrs. Pipe: Do you wanna sleep in the yard?
      Mr. Pipe: You mean for a change?

Sven Hoek

  • A hilarious episode thanks to Ren's lovable idiot cousin, the eponymous Sven- who's basically a Swedish, chihuahua version of Stimpy. His voice is hilarious, he looks funny... Special mention goes to Sven counting during "Hide and Seek" with the numbers out of order, and randomly saying "Fjord!" in place of a number.
    • The entirety of the fake "Don't Whiz On The Electric Fence" board game ad. The jingle alone is hilarious if only for how incredibly cheery it is!
    • And the episode really goes into high gear when Ren comes home to discover.. "My opera records! COVERED IN BUBBLE GUM! My collection of RARE, INCURABLE, DISEASES! VIOLATED! NOOOOOOOO!!! My dinosaur droppings! PAINTED LIKE EASTER EGGS!!! AHHHHHHH!!!!! YOU EEDIOTS!"
      • YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUU! BOTH OF YOOOOOU!!!! *violently poking Sven in the eye*note 
    • "...Next...I'm gonna...tttTEAR your arms out at the sockets! And you wanna know what else? I'm gonna HIT ya, and you're gonna fall, and I'm gonna look down, and I'm gonna laugh."
    • Oh, you like the game, huh?! Well, how do you like THEES!!! (zips down and whizzes on the electric fence)
      • "So, you whizzed on the electric fence, didn't ya?"

Haunted House

  • We have the bloody head fairy, the yak tenderizing his food, the ghost killing himself and coming back as a fat black guy.
    • Ren and Stimpy's confused looks as they wave goodbye to the fat black guy.

Mad Dog Hoek

  • The majority of it.
    • FLYING BUTT PLIERS!
    • "HEY REN! Pretending to wrestle is the funnest thing ever!"
    • "WE WILL HAVE! OUR! REVEEEEEEEEENGE!"
    • Stimpy's "I Like Darren!" rant is an odd example of this and Nightmare Fuel. Especially towards the end, where he's screaming his lines out like a madman, his voice has an echo effect, and the music is all crazy.
      • Oh, and his tongue flies out of his mouth as he screams the last word.
    • Even funnier? Ren - who's normally rather Ax-Crazy - tries to calm down a raging Stimpy, who's normally rather happy and dopey. Unfortunately, the former gets shoved away.

Son of Stimpy

  • When Ren doesn't think Stinky is real, Stimpy tries to prove he exists by farting a second time. We are then treated to Stimpy bent over and straining, only for nothing to happen. Even with a little more gusto on the second try still nothing happens. After Ren starts to express annoyance, we're treated to the third go. Putting in as much effort as possible there's an up close shot of Stimpy's butt, swelling and straining from the effort. Stimpy's groans reach critical mass before finally gasping and that big, bubbly butt goes all limp and deflated like a pair of balloons.
    Nose Goblin: "The guy talks to farts, man..."
    • Before that, there's the birth of Stinky. Stimpy is watching tv, then there's an up close shot of Stimpy's butt as this percolating sound begins to gradually grow in intensity, accompanied by a dramatic musical score. Then, right as both noises reach their peak, the music cuts off and we are treated to what has to be one of the loudest, longest, most powerful butt bongos ever put in animation, sounding like a balloon releasing air multiplied tenfold. Then Stimpy turns around to see a big scorch mark burned into the carpet from the incident. Easily the most dramatic ripping of ass ever seen.
    • Even the opening narration was hilarious: "Hello boys and girls! This here's a true story that we just made up!"

Monkey See, Monkey Don't

  • The "Prehensile nose" gag.

Fake Dad

  • We have Kowalski, a 9-year-old "kid" on what is basically a Big Brother/Big Sister ripoff. Kowalski is serving a 36 year prison sentence for crimes on humanity... and oh hell, here's a picture of him

The Great Outdoors

  • Pretty much anything involving Old Man Hunger, including the Running Gag of his loving Skinny-X'ing and the various Scenery Censors that are employed, including a sign reading "No ball play".
    • One of the highlights is the scene where Ren sets himself on fire trying to start a campfire and Old Man Hunger stomps on him to put him out.
    • Ren eating a dehydrated meat pill without adding water. The pill reacts to his saliva, causing Ren's body to expand into a very suspicious horse-shape. The horse then says "No sir, I don't like it".
    • The duo's eyes going wide and bloodshot in utter horror (coupled with a glass-shattering sound effect), when Old Man Hunger invites his wife to join in on the skinny dipping.

The Cat That Laid the Golden Hairball

  • Ren forces Stimpy to hwarf up hairballs for him in order to make money. Production ramps up, and Ren is happily stamping away with dollar signs in his eyes, while Stimpy is gradually running out of places to lick as each body part is getting licked clean, and is getting steadily more exhausted as the hwarfing begins to take its toll. Then Stimpy passes out on the conveyor belt and gets painfully stamped on the butt cheeks leaving a "Grade A" brand stamped across Stimpy's ass like a Juicy Couture logo.

Stimpy's Fan Club

  • This classic scene.
  • Ren's reaction after reading a letter about one of Stimpy's fans who still wets his bed: "You... MAKE ME SICK! YOU PROBABLY WET THE BED ON PURPOSE!"
  • The ending where Ren, poorly disguised as Stimpy, receives a letter from the mailman addressed to him. After gloating to Stimpy about it, he learns it's from him. After an actual jackass appears on the screennote  (along with its accompanying braying), Ren breaks down in Stimpy's arms, who consoles him...as several recurring characters watch from the window.

Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen

  • The anthem of the Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen, sung to the tune of "My Country Tis Of Thee"/"God Save The Queen".
    • Our country reeks of trees/Our yaks are reeeeeally large!/And they smell like rotting beef carcasses...
    • And we have to clean up after them/And our saddle sores are the best/We proudly wear women's clothing/and searing sands blow up our skirts!
    • And the buzzards, they soar overhead/And poisonous snakes will devour us whole/And our bones will bleach in the sun!
    • And we will probably go to (fart noise masking the word "hell" which is seen crossed out in the displayed sing-a-long lyrics)/And that is our great reward/For being the Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen!
    • After singing, everyone throws their hats, kilts, and intestines in the air.
    • The bear's reaction to the sing-a-long.
    • Ren's yak getting annoyed by Stimpy's singing and screaming, "SHUT UP!!!! I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE! ALL THE TIME, SINGING, SINGING! WHY WON'T HE STOP?!?!?!" before his real freakout.

To Salve and Salve Not

  • We get an exchange that basically sums up Ren and Stimpy's relationship in a nutshell.
    Stimpy: Hey Reeeen! Guess what I did!
    Ren: Let's see...am I gonna have to KILL YOU?
    Stimpy: (giddy with excitement) Maybe!
    • Stimpy buys a vacuum cleaner and demonstrates how powerful it is. It sucks a monkey through a garden hose, the garden hose itself, and eventually Ren himself, stripping him of his hair and organs, and eventually his bones too.
      Ren: Must! Save! The Braaaaaain!
    • The salesman character in general.
      Salesman: Lemme ask you a question: How do you think George Washington fit into his party dress? (Stimpy breathes in to answer...) SAAAALLLVVVVEEE!! (picks up Stimpy and gently rubs his head) Let me ask you a personal question. How do you think Columbus discovered scurvy, hmm?
      Stimpy: (hesitantly) S... salve?
      Salesman: That's absolutely KEE-RECT!
  • The scene where the salesman disguises himself as a piece of toast. Ren catches on and feeds him to his mangy junkyard dog.
    • And before doing so, scrapes the burnt parts off his back with a butter knife.
  • Ren runs out of toilet paper at the end, and when the salesman appears to offer him salve, Ren gets so angry he turns blue and his skin cracks.

A Yard Too Far

  • This bit:
    Ren: I'm so hungry, I'm wasting away! I'm nothing but skin and bones... (opens his skin, showing his skeleton)
    Stimpy: Yeah, I'm nothing but skin and fat! (opens his stomach, showing fat)
    • "There's no dog, but there is a baboon!"
    • Ren rips Stimpy's skin off and orders it to get the hog jowls. The baboon's owner, thinking it's a jowl fallen off the plate, gives it to the baboon and it starts mauling on it. Skinless Stimpy could only look on and cry.
    • Everything involving the sexy baboon puppet.

An Abe Divided

  • Ren's reactions to Stimpy sculpting the heads of Santa Claus and Fidel Castro on the Lincoln Memorial:
    • "DO IT AGAIN!!"
    • Stimpy sits on the lap of the Lincoln Memorial and starts telling it all the toys he wants.
      Ren: GET DOWN! That's not Santa Claus! It's a memorial!
      Stimpy: A memorial? (tearing up) I didn't know Santa Claus was...DEAD! (bawls)

Stimpy's Cartoon Show

  • Ren and Stimpy meeting Wilbur Cobb.
    • "Shhh! The walls have teeth! Us I-talians have to stick together, ya know."
    • "World War I. So there I was, up to my elbows in Nazis. But don't get me wrong. I'll eat just about anything, so long as it is easy to swallow."
    • "NO! Walter Lantz! No account son of a busdriver. Bhehehehe..."
    • "By the way, you should get out more."
    • And finally, the unabashed badness of Stimpy's utter failure of a cartoon, "I Like Pink", starring Explodey and Poopy. It really has to be seen to be believed.
      Poopy: Oh my God, Explodey! It's Peg Pelvis Pete, come to kill us!
      Peg Pelvis Pete: Mmm-hmmm, aha, I'll get the both of you! Aha! Blblblba!

Jiminy Lummox

  • As Stimpy is flipping the channels, you could hear loud as day a voice clip of Homer from Treehouse of Horror II moaning out, "Ohhh, I hate having two heads!"
    • Also, while he was up, Ren put a thumbtack on his chair in the hopes of scaring him away. Instead, he not sits on it without a fuss, but he gets up again and we see it for ourselves in a Gross-Up Close-Up.note 

Bass Masters

Road Apples

  • All the characters are sleeping on the large bed. Their snoring is keeping Ren awake. Ren complains, "Everybody's asleep except me! Hey, if everyone's asleep... WHO'S DRIVING THE R.V.???" He looks to find no one is. He screams as the R.V. crashes into the water. The husband and wife puts them outside so they wouldn't wet the bed.
    Wilbur Cobb: The joke's on them, I already wet the bed. HA HA HA HA HA!

Ren's Retirement

  • An elderly Ren spots a cemetery and says that's where he belongs.
    Ren: Whaddya think?
    The Grim Reaper: (with his arm around Ren) I'm with you, paaaaal.
  • The musical number of the "Billy the Beef Tallow Boy" sketch is pure hilarity, with highlights including the girl's father commenting that the deep-fried teeth taste like beef after putting them in his mouth as well as struggling to swallow the deep-fried Buick at the end of the song.

Jerry the Bellybutton Elf

  • I AM ADONIS! LORD OF CHAOS!
    • DINNER, DINNER! HURRY UP, BOY, I! WANT! MY! DINNER!
    • I! HATE! LINT-LOAF!
    • Ren making peace with his demise really quickly, assuring Stimpy that he's not mad since he's about to be devoured.
      Ren: If the giant crazy porkchop doesn't kill us, I'll kill you!
      Stimpy: (touched) Thanks, buddy!

Hard Times For Haggis

  • The build up to Haggis's TV show is a big anti-climax: "The Scotsman Beats His Dog" is him just tapping his dog on the head lightly. End of episode. Cue Haggis watching at home, laughing hysterically.
    • An insecure Haggis grills his butler:
      Haggis: Who's the funniest cartoon on TV?! Huh?!
      Butler: Duhhh... Rodney and Bullwinkey?
    • When the salesman character kicks Haggis out of his mansion:
      Salesman: Excuse me, Mr. Haggis, but wouldn't you be more comfortable... say... OUT IN THE STREEEEET!!!
    • After Haggis does an exaggerated cry upon being kicked out of his mansion: "Get ahold of youself! Are ye not a man? Are ye not wearin' a dress?!"
    • A kid approaches Haggis sporting Ren & Stimpy underwear. Haggis grabs it and rips it up. The kid calls for his dad:
      Fire Chief: So, a circus midget, eh? I've been lookin' forward to this, for a loooooong tiiiiiime...

Ren's Bitter Half

  • "Hey! I don't need three butts!"
  • Evil Ren answers the door- it's a Girl Scout who asks if he wants to buy some cookies. He consumes the whole box, spits them back in the box, goes "NO!" and slams the door.

House of Next Tuesday

  • The episode opens with a salesman giving a comically-long spiel about the features of the eponymous house, like an over-sized Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass for warding off giant ants, a system that involves luring said giant ants to get rid of "door-to-door sales-bots", and an elaborate climate-control system with "air you can breathe" (in the apparently-likely event that the Earth's atmosphere is "polluted to the consistency of giblet gravy"). Then he ends his spiel with "But why let ME go on about it?! Experience it for yourself!"
    • Ren's various screams of agony when he's sucked into the jerky machine and then tenderized and shredded.
    • Ren looks suitably disgusted when Stimpy wets the bed... the dehydrated bed, which swells up further until it fills the bedroom, leaving the two pressed uncomfortably against the ceiling.

A Friend in Your Face!

  • Ren tries to get rid of his head parasite by sucking him up with a vacuum cleaner, only to ensnare and beat up his own brain instead.
    • He even sends a leech into his brain. Only for the head parasite to cook it and eat it.

Blazing Entrails

  • Stimpy's incoherent babbling (more incoherent than usual, at the least) and constant spasms.
    "I'M NOT OKAY! I'M NOT OKAY!"
    "I wanna banana, Ivana..."
    "Diddle diddle fiddle piddle poodle piddle poodle racky sacky want some seafood mama."
    "You'll never wander all the rest are peanut butter set the Pasadena you know which has the Rose Bowl."
    "Why certainly, dear."
    • "Hey! Can't you wait 'til morning to saw your face off, like everyone else?!"
    • This bit:
      Dr. Brainchild: You'll have to go investigate... INSIDE STIMPY.
      Ren: Me? Inside him?
      Dr. Brainchild: (creepy tone) Yyyyyyeeeessssssssss.
      Ren: Are you going to... shrink me?
      Dr. Brainchild: Don't be ridiculous. (takes out a pump and inflates Stimpy to giant size)
    • A penny and a corn cob hassle Ren on the subway to Stimpy's stomach: "You think you're so great 'cause you can be digested?!"

Farm Hands

  • When Ren and Stimpy introduce themselves to Abner and Ewalt:
    Ewalt: Gawd, Abner, those are the ugliest young'iiiins, ever I did seeeee!
    Abner: Well, nothin' a few trips to the thresher won't fix.
    • After Abner pulls out all of Ren & Stimpy's teeth:
      Abner: Well, Ewalt, now you can finish that necklace you started.
    • When Abner tells Ren and Stimpy to clean the outhouse:
      Ewalt: Be careful down there; Abner's been kinda sickly lately.

I Love Chicken

  • Stimpy falls in love with a chicken.
    • What makes it even funnier is the context of the episode. The chicken in question is a chicken meant for cooking, as in, without a head or feet and plucked of all feathers and everything...but it's alive and sentient; it can move, it has a mouth on the tip of its neck, it carries Stimpy over the threshold when they get married, it reads the newspaper, etc. Ren's reaction is like that of a jealous lover who just caught his spouse cheating...and yet the way he words it makes it hard to tell if the "spouse" in this situation is supposed to be Stimpy or the freaking chicken!
    • "GRINDY-GRINDY-GRINDY!"
    • "Well, in the future when you're hungry, I'll thank you not to cook my wife!"
    • Stimpy's hilariously feeble attempt at slapping Ren. The look on Ren's face is priceless.
    • Stimpy saying "Let me spell you for it, mister", followed by letters spelling the word "mister" appearing above Ren's head.
    • As Stimpy grieves for his "wife", Ren yells at him how sick he is of this "chicken widow crap" and orders him to make his dinner. Stimpy replies with a resigned, dopey-sounding "Yes, master." The ending has him sadly putting away the groceries, discovering a goat's head wrapped in plastic, and him running into the living room, dressed as a bride himself and with the goat head with one hand and a bouquet in the other, happily exclaims, "Hey Ren, guess what? I'm engaged!" Ren then cries out a Big "NO!" as the tune of the wedding march is heard in the background.

Double Header

  • One of the rarest instances of Stimpy being a Deadpan Snarker: "Uh, Ren. You're freaking out.
  • The ending, where Ren's head is grafted onto Stimpy's butt- the doc then gives him lunch:
    Stimpy: My favorite: Barbecue Boston baked beans!
    (Ren winces as the cartoon does an Iris Out on his face, then does a brief "iris in" when Stimpy farts)

The Scotsman in Space

  • As a Call-Back to Space Madness, "Scotsman In Space" has Ren go nuts again and threaten to lick a fly.A mortified Stimpy begs him to stop.
    • Ren and Stimpy are doing an operation on the Scotsman. Ren holds a remote up to the Scotsman's butt, which hums. He notes: "Hmm, that's his butt all right."
    • Ren uses the Scotsman genie to wish for women and fortune. Stimpy wishes for the world to no longer need material possessions (bye bye, money), for racial equality (bye bye, women and hello middle aged men of varying ethnicity) and live somewhere it's hot and people never grow old (cue the duo hurtling towards the sun, after the heat disintegrates his hand to slap Stimpy, Ren can only sulk and wait oblivion as the similarly melting wide-eyed Stimpy babbles pious jargon).
      Stimpy: Ands lo, on the third day, he did wear of a goat. And it was good. Wear not the hat of unleavened bread, for it is diseased.

Aloha Hoek

  • Ren's facial expressions when he snaps at Stimpy for complaining about living in a whale carcass.
    Ren: "Ren, it's hot and stinky. I don't like it." Of course it's hot and stinky. It's a CARCASS ROTTING IN THE SUUUUN!!! I am so SICK of your whining!

Insomniac Ren

  • Ren's annoyance at Stimpy keeping him awake at the beginning.
    • The faces Stimpy makes during the two times he promptly slides into bed.
    • "You didn't jiggle the handle did ya? Get back in there and JIGGLE IT!"
    • "For the last time! I! Want You! To Be! QUIET!!!!!!" (notices Stimpy's fast asleep)
    • Stimpy snoring; Ren trying to plug up Stimpy's mouth with things to keep him quiet but it fails- the snoring is louder than ever. So he goes to sleep on the couch.
    • A bug is eating fabric on the couch. He notices Ren watching: "WHAAAAAAAAT?!"
    • "Sleep...maybe I'm too smart to sleep... Yes... that's it... Stimpy's asleep and he's an idiot! Look at him! So peaceful! Dreaming his stupid little dreams!" Gotta love Ren's screwed-up demented logic.
    • Ren hijacking Stimpy's dream and beating him up. All while Stimpy is dreaming about having a litter of kittens and a puppy. With Ren.
      Ren: What is this?!
      Stimpy: It's just a dream, Ren.
      Ren: How am I supposed to sleep with all this peaceful dreaming going on?!?
      Stimpy: (As the babies start crying) You're scaring the children, Ren!
    • The cockroaches in the fridge.
    Cockroach: (to Stimpy, who opened the fridge) Hey you moron, what's the matter with you? Were you born in a barn? Get outta here, you! And get some milk.
    • Stimpy giving Ren some yak milk to go to sleep.
      Stimpy: Hurry, Ren, while it still has fizz!
    • Stimpy's attempt at telling Ren a story.
      Stimpy: Once upon a time, the sky grew BLACK AS BLOOD.
      (One hour later)
      Stimpy: And the last word he spoke as his head rolled across the floor was... "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" And they lived happily ever after!
    • "Shhh. Ren's taking a coma."

My Shiny Friend

  • Stimpy watches a cooking show and attempts to cook a chicken. Of course, this being Stimpy, he starts a fire. Ren hears a knocking on the door, totally ignoring the fire himself, and opens it...only to be run over by three firemen who just kicked down his door. When he gets up to view the commotion, he looks at Stimpy—and now the three firemen-still watching TV, eating the chicken. But here's the kicker:
    Ren: Now, see here, that's my dinner!
    (Stimpy and the three firemen turn to him, and tell him to "shh" as they go back to watching the TV show)
  • The scene where Ren destroys the TV, in which he holds a shovel and gives a maniacal face at Stimpy, then charges at the TV making war cries, leaps in the air, and blows it up with the shovel. Stimpy watches with a priceless horrified expression as crash after crash is heard, and then he's left an Inelegant Blubbering mess after the TV is reduced to rubble. Worth of mention is Stimpy slowly whining "Must... put it back... together!" as he attempts to fix the TV but just rubs the shards over his face.
  • Stimpy telling Ren he has to do "number three":
    Ren: Heh heh... why, I can't remember the last time I did number three. (beat) NUMBER THREE?!?!?!
    • Upon breaking into the bathroom, where Stimpy is twitching and greenish-yellow: "Oh no! He's overdosed on TV!"

Ol' Blue Nose

  • During one of Stimpy's songs, he's singing to an old woman, who is so excited has a heart attack. A paramedic rushes up, shouts "CLEAR!" and defribulates her chest; she bounces back up and continues to be wooed by his song.
  • This:
    Stimpy: Nosey, Nosey, Nosey! We saw you on TV!
    Ren: So we burned it!

Stupid Sidekick Union

  • Ren auditioning a Classically-Trained Extra as a potential replacement for Stimpy during the Sidekicks strike.
    "Can you play Stimpy?"
    "I played Stimpy FOR THE QUEEN!"
    • There was also one replacement, a hillbilly, who really wanted to direct.
    • Don't forget the Baboon. It starts off with the show's traditional title card, with Baboon in the place of Stimpy. Ren looks uneasy and scared on it, rather than his usual self. During the taping, he's trying to act like himself, but is terrified and shaking all the way through.

Superstitious Stimpy

  • Stimpy's first instance of superstition for getting good luck is nailing a boar's head to the wall. When Ren confronts him about it, Stimpy tells him, "Come on, kiss the pig on the mouth."
    Ren: You are a brainless spaz! Don't you know an old husband's tale when you hear one? Cooked up by the boar's head industry to make money off of suckers like you!
    • Stimpy's method of countering "bad juju" is to scratch his face with rosaries.
    • Ren is barbecuing indoors (!) and Stimpy points out how it's bad luck to do so. Ren smacks him with his spatula:
      Ren: Get in there and get my MEEAAAATTT!!!
    • One of Stimpy's chants to the beef carcass is "Ub Iwerks."
    • After Ren is struck by lightning:
      Stimpy: Gee Ren, I guess you didn’t know it was bad luck to-
      Ren: GET IN THE HOOUUUSE!
      Stimpy: Yessir.
    • Later in the episode, Ren is revealed to The Unlucky Beast. How is this revealed? Because he suddenly has a birth mark on his face (which isn't seen in any other episode), has webbed toes, and a giant horn protruding from his head (again, not featured in any other instance).

Space Dogged

  • Ren orders Stimpy to burn all objects on the spaceship for fuel. But when Stimpy goes for a painting, he makes an exception.
    Ren: (protecting it) Not the Mattise!
    • The ending, where Ren and Stimpy (portraying Russians in this episode) accidentally crash land in America, but are passed off as the American astronauts by a high-ranking official so he doesn't get in trouble. They hold a "We're number one!" parade... meanwhile, back in Russia, they're holding a "We're number two!" parade.

Hair of the Cat

  • Stimpy trying to pronounce "phenomenon".

Stimpy's Pet

  • Literally any time Sid the circus midget opens his mouth is this. Helped by the fact that he's voiced by Phil Hartman.
    Sid: Oh, I see. The pink mosquito wears the pants in this family. Fine, I'm taking it to the street. But, don't be surprised when tomorrow YOU FIND MY FROZEN, BLOATED CORPSE ROTTING IN THE NOON-DAY SUN!!!
    • This bit:
      Sid: (sniffing Ren's butt) Hmm, smooth butt. I've heard of that. (bites Ren's butt)
      Stimpy: Oh good, he's teething!

Ren's Brain

  • Although "Ren's Brain" has immense Nightmare Fuel in the beginning, it becomes funny how Ren's brain materializes into a living being. With the fact that Ren doesn't even notice! Stimpy meanwhile is having fun with Idiot Ren, who's an absolute drooling yokel at this point. Brain Ren comes home to find them together and accuses Stimpy of entertaining another chihuahuha. All while not even realizing that it's his own body!
  • The ending, where the sheer absurdity of what's happening causes the show's viewers' heads to explode, setting off a chain reaction that destroys the planet.
    Narrator: And thus endeth the Republican Party as we know it.
    Ren's brain: You eediot!

Bell Hops

  • The manager's line at the beginning:
    Manager: Mr. Noggin is a very private man, and is not to be photographed or disturbed in any way. GOT THAT, STUPIDS?!
  • The scene where a man in a trash can tries to tempt Stimpy:
    Man in trash can: Psst. Hey buddy, I'll give you $5 for a photograph of the mysterious man in the penthouse suite.
    Stimpy: Daaaahhhhh...
    Man in trash can: Okay okay, a million dollars. But that's as high as I go. Whaddya say?
    Stimpy: Nooooo! I have taken the bell hop oath! I must respect the preversity of my guests! Take this, Satan's minion! (dumps garbage on him) (singing) Onward bellhop soldiers, dah dah-dah-dah-daaaaaah...
    • Mrs. Buttloaves's line towards the end:
      Mrs. Buttloaves: Oh pool boy, it's time for my spleen flensing!

Who's Stupid Now

  • In a case of role reversal, Ren thinks Stimpy is trying to upstage him.
    Ren: I'm on to you pal; I got your number!
    Stimpy: Of course you do Ren, we live together.

Dinner Party

  • Ren finds a huge mole on the side of his face, before removing it with pliers.
  • Powdered Toast Man refuses to burp after the meal and he shakes so much that his head flies off, which is promptly eaten by the baboon. Ren is completely nonchalant about it:
    Ren: Oh well. When will they learn to listen to the master of etiquette?

Pen Pals

  • Ren & Stimpy try to rob a bank with a missile.
    Stimpy: Give us a full tank of gas, we're flying this bird to Cuba!

Terminal Stimpy

  • Stimpy's Five Stages of Grief. Especially "Anger"note  and "Bargaining".
    • "I was up all night sleeping like a baby worrying about you!"
    • Early in the episode, Stimpy causes a gasleak in the basement and then lights a match, and we're led to believe that he's going to lose his eighth life that way. He promptly gets crushed by a giant rock that was implied to have been literally crapped out by Mr. Horse (who's a pilot for some reason).
    • Similar to the above, Stimpy lost his sixth life by going out "with wet hair, during the Blizzard of '69". He aimlessly walked outside into the frigid weather right after taking a shower and forgetting to dry off, leading us to believe that he froze to death. He just wandered into the street and got hit by a bus instead.
    • Stimpy listing the things that could cause his death for the 9th and final time: "Germs, bacteria, buses, pink chicken, ex-girlfriends..."

Marvel Comics

  • Stimpy gets visited by the Beaver Fairy as the pizza hut is about to go over a cliff and offers him one wish. Stimpy wishes for world peace.
  • The end of the comic "Alien Attack" after a yak smashed the spaceship window and chased them.
    Stimpy: That was weird.
    Ren: You said eet, pal!
    Stimpy: No, I mean that hole! All scientific laws say that we should get sucked out to perish in the dark, cold vacuum of space.
    (The two immediately get sucked out the window)
  • The end of "Yule Time Log" is a reversal of the mistletoe scene in Son of Stimpy, only this time it's Stimpy pointing to the mistletoe, and Ren goes into full Tsundere mode and slaps the cat silly.
  • The final issue's cover. It needs to be seen to be believed. [1]
  • A rejected "Ask Dr. Stupid" comic consisted of the eponymous character showing how Gritty Kitty Litter is made. It goes on to be pure Nightmare Fuel before Ren steps in to call out the audience and explain that it's a cartoon. A joke. Not real.
    • 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.
    • Having had enough, Ren takes Stimpy to show him how Powdered Toast is REALLY made. Which turns out to be from Gritty Kitty Litter.
    • On top of that, Ren addresses him by his full name.
  • "Raiders of the Lost Yak" consist of the duo seeking out a treasure, Indiana Jones style. They eventually find the relic, but come to see that it consists of a wish-granting genie. Stimpy takes the first wish, which is to be happy. Ren is furious at this before he inadvertently makes a wish that Stimpy be smart and think more like him. It ends up working too well, as Stimpy now acts just like he does. He even smacks Ren! It's absolutely hilarious to see Stimpy, of all people, acting just like Ren does. The two have an argument over who gets the last wish, before they end up wishing the other didn't get it at all.
  • The issue where Spider-Man guest stars - yes, really; the webslinger squares off against a mind-controlled Powdered Toast Man. The epilogue has Ren & Stimpy auditioning to be Spider-Man's sidekicks by showing off their super powers - Ren's involves his eyeballs and Stimpy apparently has mastery over hairballs. Spidey just about barfs in his mask as he swings away, stage right.
  • The end of "The Croco-Men from the Planet Zed!" has Ren and Stimpy return to earth and destroy Space Command after bungling a mission where they had to infiltrate the Croco-Men. The Chief and the rest of Space Command arrive... and reveal themselves to be Croco-Men. The following ensues when Ren and Stimpy tear off their masks.:
    Ren: Aha! We're really Croco-Men, too!
    Stimpy: Double agents sent to test your loyalty!
    Chief: Yeah? Well, we really are Earthlings!
    Ren: Yeah? Well, we're mice!
    Chief: Yeah? Well, we're cats!
    Ren: Well, we're dogs!
    Chief: Horses!
    Ren: Yaks!
    Chief: Mudskippers!
    Ren: Logs!
    Chief: Presidents!
    [Ren and Stimpy tear off another mask to reveal themselves to be Laurel and Hardy]
    Ren: Movie stars!
    Chief: Stooges!
    Ren and Stimpy: Hah! We were really Ren and Stimpy the whole time!
    Ren: Hey, I thought I was gonna end up being you.
    Stimpy: Me, too.


Other media

  • The Stimpy's Invention video game:
    • The various actions Ren and Stimpy can do to each other.
      • Stimpy can throw Ren like a boomerang and hit him like a croquet ball. Ren can make Stimpy spit hairballs complete with a "Wharf!" sound bit, bowl Stimpy like a bowling ball or use Stimpy like a jackhammer to dig.
      • One jumping move has Ren squeezing Stimpy who farts, accompanied by a squeaking sound effect.
      • Stimpy can squeeze Ren, making him burp. Ren can smack Stimpy and yell "You stupid idiot!" at him.
    • The last part of the second level has Ren and Stimpy inflating themselves with helium. Guess how you move them.

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