Trivia / Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" E2 "Ren Seeks Help"

• Creator Backlash: While writer Richard Pursel still loves the episode, he has made it clear that he does not like the parts with the brutally abused and suicidal frog, which were added into the episode by John Kricfalusi despite him being strongly against it and vocal about it.
• What Could Have Been: This episode was originally written in 1991 during the original series's run. For better or worse, it was saved for the Adult Party Cartoon.
• Writer Revolt: John Kricfalusi and Richard Pursel conceived the episode out of their frustrated belief that there were only a handful of TV episode concepts that had simply been repeated over and over. A Zany Cartoon character going to therapy was the only thing they could think of that had never been done before.
• Write Who You Know: Ren's father is a combination of John Kricfalusi's own stern father (who voices the character) and his Unitarian minister grandfather.

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