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* HomoeroticSubtext: Even before ''Ren & Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon'', the Nickelodeon incarnation had so much gay subtext that you wonder why ''Adult Party Cartoon'' even bothered making it explicit that Ren and Stimpy were a couple.
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* CanonDiscontinuity: The few times after this show that the ''Ren & Stimpy'' franchise made an appearance in Nicktoons crossovers, this part of its history barely, if at all gets any sort of acknowledgement, ad in general is based more on the original show.

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* CanonDiscontinuity: The few times after this show that the ''Ren & Stimpy'' franchise made an appearance in Nicktoons crossovers, this part of its history barely, if at all all, gets any sort of acknowledgement, ad and in general is based more on the original show.
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No chained sinkholes.


''Adult Party Cartoon'' suffered from a poor production schedule birthed from Kricfalusi's infamous perfectionism, which didn't help the fact that the final product ended up being panned by both critics and fans alike for being a show arguably too raunchy for even its new target audience of males 18-35 to enjoy, having ''greatly exaggerated'' some of the original's elements while completely lacking others, such as its [[ParodyCommercial fake commercials]]. Perhaps the writing was on the wall in this regard, as both previous showrunner Bob Camp and voice actor Creator/BillyWest refused to get within a million miles of the production, among several other old crew members. West's Stimpy would go on to be [[TheOtherDarrin replaced by]] Creator/EricBauza, while Kricfalusi [[TheOriginalDarrin would reclaim his roles as Ren and Mr. Horse]]. [[RoleReprise Cheryl Chase and Harris Peet]] also returned to do voice work.

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''Adult Party Cartoon'' suffered from a poor production schedule birthed from Kricfalusi's infamous perfectionism, which didn't help the fact that the final product ended up being panned by both critics and fans alike for being a show arguably too raunchy for even its new target audience of males 18-35 to enjoy, having ''greatly exaggerated'' some of the original's elements while completely lacking others, such as its [[ParodyCommercial fake commercials]]. Perhaps the writing was on the wall in this regard, as both previous showrunner Bob Camp and voice actor Creator/BillyWest refused to get within a million miles of the production, among several other old crew members. West's Stimpy would go on to be [[TheOtherDarrin replaced by]] replaced]] by Creator/EricBauza, while Kricfalusi [[TheOriginalDarrin would reclaim his roles as Ren and Mr. Horse]]. [[RoleReprise Cheryl Chase and Harris Peet]] also returned to do voice work.
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In the UsefulNotes/The2000s, a cable network known as TNN (now Creator/ParamountNetwork) was rebranding itself into Creator/SpikeTV, and as part of that rebranding wished to break into the late-night adult animation game that Creator/AdultSwim had just proved lucrative. While they already had some shows in production, they wanted another cartoon that could serve as a flagship series for their animation block.

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In the UsefulNotes/The2000s, a cable network known as TNN (now Creator/ParamountNetwork) was rebranding itself into Creator/SpikeTV, and as part of that rebranding wished to break into the late-night adult animation game that Creator/AdultSwim had just proved lucrative. While they already had some shows in production, they wanted another cartoon that could serve as a flagship series for their animation block.
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During the UsefulNotes/TurnOfTheMillennium, a cable network known as TNN (now Creator/ParamountNetwork) was rebranding itself into Creator/SpikeTV, and as part of that rebranding wished to break into the late-night adult animation game that Creator/AdultSwim had just proved lucrative. While they already had some shows in production, they wanted another cartoon that could serve as a flagship series for their animation block.

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During In the UsefulNotes/TurnOfTheMillennium, UsefulNotes/The2000s, a cable network known as TNN (now Creator/ParamountNetwork) was rebranding itself into Creator/SpikeTV, and as part of that rebranding wished to break into the late-night adult animation game that Creator/AdultSwim had just proved lucrative. While they already had some shows in production, they wanted another cartoon that could serve as a flagship series for their animation block.
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In the UsefulNotes/TurnOfTheMillennium, a cable network known as TNN (now Creator/ParamountNetwork) was rebranding itself into Creator/SpikeTV, and as part of that rebranding wished to break into the late-night adult animation game that Creator/AdultSwim had just proved lucrative. While they already had some shows in production, they wanted another cartoon that could serve as a flagship series for their animation block.

Thankfully, fellow Creator/{{Viacom}}-owned cable channel Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} had [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow a certain cartoon]] in its vault starring a sadistic chihuahua and a dopey tomcat that just so happened to be a hit with college students during its initial run. Sure, creator Creator/JohnKricfalusi was booted off the original production because he couldn't ship an episode on time if his life depended on it, and even ignoring that, he was widely rumored to be an incredibly difficult person to work with.

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In During the UsefulNotes/TurnOfTheMillennium, a cable network known as TNN (now Creator/ParamountNetwork) was rebranding itself into Creator/SpikeTV, and as part of that rebranding wished to break into the late-night adult animation game that Creator/AdultSwim had just proved lucrative. While they already had some shows in production, they wanted another cartoon that could serve as a flagship series for their animation block.

Thankfully, fellow Creator/{{Viacom}}-owned cable channel Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} had [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow a certain cartoon]] in its vault starring a sadistic chihuahua and a dopey tomcat that just so happened to be a hit with college students during its initial run. Sure, creator Creator/JohnKricfalusi [[Creator/JohnKricfalusi its creator]] was booted off the original production because he couldn't ship an episode on time if his life depended on it, and even ignoring that, he was widely rumored to be an incredibly difficult person to work with.
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Minor rewrite. Also, no chained sinkholes.


In the early 2000s, a cable network known as TNN (now Creator/ParamountNetwork) was rebranding itself into Creator/SpikeTV, and as part of that rebranding wished to break into the late-night adult animation game that Creator/AdultSwim had just proved lucrative. While they already had [[WesternAnimation/{{Stripperella}} some]] [[WesternAnimation/GaryTheRat shows]] in production, they wanted another cartoon that could serve as a flagship series for their animation block.

Thankfully, fellow Creator/{{Viacom}}-owned cable channel Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} had [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow a certain cartoon]] in its vault starring a sadistic chihuahua and a dopey tomcat that just so happened to be a hit with college students during its initial run. Sure, [[Creator/JohnKricfalusi its creator]] was booted off the original production because he couldn't ship an episode on time if his life depended on it, and even ignoring that, he was widely rumored to be an incredibly difficult person to work with.

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In the early 2000s, UsefulNotes/TurnOfTheMillennium, a cable network known as TNN (now Creator/ParamountNetwork) was rebranding itself into Creator/SpikeTV, and as part of that rebranding wished to break into the late-night adult animation game that Creator/AdultSwim had just proved lucrative. While they already had [[WesternAnimation/{{Stripperella}} some]] [[WesternAnimation/GaryTheRat shows]] some shows in production, they wanted another cartoon that could serve as a flagship series for their animation block.

Thankfully, fellow Creator/{{Viacom}}-owned cable channel Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} had [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow a certain cartoon]] in its vault starring a sadistic chihuahua and a dopey tomcat that just so happened to be a hit with college students during its initial run. Sure, [[Creator/JohnKricfalusi its creator]] creator Creator/JohnKricfalusi was booted off the original production because he couldn't ship an episode on time if his life depended on it, and even ignoring that, he was widely rumored to be an incredibly difficult person to work with.



''Ren and Stimpy: Adult Party Cartoon'', which would end up becoming Kricfalusi's last television series, is a more "mature" take on the eponymous GrossoutShow duo, Ren Höek and Stimpy J. Cat. This includes a glimpse at [[DarkAndTroubledPast a very dark childhood]] [[ColdBloodedTorture filled with animal abuse]], [[DistractedByTheSexy leering at girls in bikinis]] [[BeachEpisode on the beach]], some very disgusting male pregnancy, a ''lot'' of gay jokes, and detailed information about [[CrapsackWorld how cruel and miserable life is]] -- oh, wait, that was one of the episodes [[UnfinishedEpisode that was never completed]].

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''Ren and Stimpy: Adult Party Cartoon'', which would end up becoming was Kricfalusi's last television series, is a more "mature" take on the eponymous GrossoutShow duo, Ren Höek and Stimpy J. Cat. This includes a glimpse at [[DarkAndTroubledPast a very dark childhood]] [[ColdBloodedTorture filled with animal abuse]], [[DistractedByTheSexy leering at girls in bikinis]] [[BeachEpisode bikinis on the beach]], some very disgusting male pregnancy, a ''lot'' of gay jokes, and detailed information about [[CrapsackWorld how cruel and miserable life is]] -- oh, wait, that was one of the episodes [[UnfinishedEpisode that was never completed]].
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Thankfully, fellow Creator/{{Viacom}}-owned cable channel Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} had [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow a certain cartoon]] in its vault starring a sadistic chihuahua and a dopey cat that just so happened to be a hit with college students during its initial run. Sure, [[Creator/JohnKricfalusi its creator]] was booted off the original production because he couldn't ship an episode on time if his life depended on it, and even ignoring that, was widely rumored to be an incredibly difficult person to work with.

But hey, that was [[TemptingFate a decade ago.]]

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Thankfully, fellow Creator/{{Viacom}}-owned cable channel Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} had [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow a certain cartoon]] in its vault starring a sadistic chihuahua and a dopey cat tomcat that just so happened to be a hit with college students during its initial run. Sure, [[Creator/JohnKricfalusi its creator]] was booted off the original production because he couldn't ship an episode on time if his life depended on it, and even ignoring that, he was widely rumored to be an incredibly difficult person to work with.

But hey, that was [[TemptingFate that was a decade ago.]]



''Ren and Stimpy: Adult Party Cartoon'', which would end up becoming John K.'s last television series, is a more "mature" take on the eponymous GrossoutShow duo, Ren Höek and Stimpy J. Cat. This includes a glimpse at [[DarkAndTroubledPast a very dark childhood]] [[ColdBloodedTorture filled with animal abuse]], [[DistractedByTheSexy leering at girls in bikinis]] [[BeachEpisode on the beach]], some very disgusting male pregnancy, a ''lot'' of gay jokes, and detailed information about [[CrapsackWorld how cruel and miserable life is]] -- oh wait, that was one of the episodes [[UnfinishedEpisode that was never completed]].

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''Ren and Stimpy: Adult Party Cartoon'', which would end up becoming John K.'s Kricfalusi's last television series, is a more "mature" take on the eponymous GrossoutShow duo, Ren Höek and Stimpy J. Cat. This includes a glimpse at [[DarkAndTroubledPast a very dark childhood]] [[ColdBloodedTorture filled with animal abuse]], [[DistractedByTheSexy leering at girls in bikinis]] [[BeachEpisode on the beach]], some very disgusting male pregnancy, a ''lot'' of gay jokes, and detailed information about [[CrapsackWorld how cruel and miserable life is]] -- oh oh, wait, that was one of the episodes [[UnfinishedEpisode that was never completed]].



In light of the show's infamous legacy, John Kricfalusi would later claim ExecutiveMeddling — though he touted his creative freedom while the show was airing, he would come to drop some hints that Spike TV wanted the show to be more like ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', hence the high levels of VulgarHumor, which the Creator/ComedyCentral series [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness was known for at the time]]. But considering the similar obfuscation of truth that occurred with his removal from the original ''Ren and Stimpy'', let's just say the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

While everyone at Viacom would disown ''APC'' and avoided the idea of ever producing new ''Ren and Stimpy'' content for years, they still acknowledged the existence of the original show and even showed reruns on ''Creator/NickRewind''. That being said, when John Kricfalusi's history as a sexual predator was exposed in 2018 by two of his victims, Robyn Bird and Katie Rice, Nick pulled the original series from reruns and covered up any and all references towards it or its creator on their websites and social media for several months afterward. When the announcement came of [[https://deadline.com/2020/08/the-ren-stimpy-show-reboot-greenlighted-comedy-central-reimagening-1203004284/ another adult-targeted revival in 2020]], this time for Creator/ComedyCentral, John K. was specifically stated as not having any involvement.

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In light of the show's infamous legacy, John Kricfalusi would later claim ExecutiveMeddling — though he touted his creative freedom while the show was airing, he would come to drop some hints that Spike TV wanted the show to be more like ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', hence the high levels of VulgarHumor, which the Creator/ComedyCentral series [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness was known for at the time]]. But considering the similar obfuscation of truth that occurred with his removal from the original ''Ren and Stimpy'', let's just say the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

While everyone at Viacom would disown ''APC'' and avoided the idea of ever producing new ''Ren and Stimpy'' content for years, they still acknowledged the existence of the original show and even showed reruns on ''Creator/NickRewind''. That being said, when John Kricfalusi's history as a sexual predator Kricfalusi was exposed accused in 2018 by two of his victims, Robyn Bird Byrd and Katie Rice, Rice (two former Spümcø artists) of grooming and sexually abusing them when they were minors, Nick pulled the original series from reruns and covered up any and all references towards it or its creator on their websites and social media for several months afterward. When the announcement came of [[https://deadline.com/2020/08/the-ren-stimpy-show-reboot-greenlighted-comedy-central-reimagening-1203004284/ another adult-targeted revival in 2020]], this time for Creator/ComedyCentral, John K. Kricfalusi was specifically stated as not having any involvement.
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* TheFaceless: "Altruists" subverts this trope: The woman's son that Ren and Stimpy help never has his face shown because he doesn't have a head at all.

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* TheFaceless: "Altruists" subverts this trope: The woman's son that Ren and Stimpy help never has his face shown because he doesn't have a head at all. Oddly enough, it's a LampshadeHanging on something that the original show was not guilty of (Mr. and Mrs. Pipe's faces were never seen, but they were both clearly shown to have heads).
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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: While the original show would often slip in extended reaction takes or establishing shots here and there to help pad out the runtime (by the creators' own admission), ''APC'' takes it to the next level. Most of the episodes could have easily clocked in at the standard 10-minute mark, but are stretched out to a half hour or more with tons of lingering shots, and often static ones where nothing much is actually happening.

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* RuderAndCruder: While [[WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy the parent series]] already had a ton of {{demographically inappropriate humour}}, this series indulges in much more explicit foul language, violence, nudity, sexual themes, and gross-out humor. It wasn't very successful.

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* RecycledSoundtrack: The [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow original series]]' opening and closing themes are reused.
* RuderAndCruder: While [[WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow the parent series]] already had a ton of {{demographically inappropriate humour}}, this series indulges in much more explicit foul language, violence, nudity, sexual themes, and gross-out humor. It wasn't very successful.
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Up To Eleven is a defunct trope


''Adult Party Cartoon'' suffered from a poor production schedule birthed from Kricfalusi's infamous perfectionism, which didn't help the fact that the final product ended up being panned by both critics and fans alike for being a show arguably too raunchy for even its new target audience of males 18-35 to enjoy, having ''[[UpToEleven greatly exaggerated]]'' some of the original's elements while completely lacking others, such as its [[ParodyCommercial fake commercials]]. Perhaps the writing was on the wall in this regard, as both previous showrunner Bob Camp and voice actor Creator/BillyWest refused to get within a million miles of the production, among several other old crew members. West's Stimpy would go on to be [[TheOtherDarrin replaced by]] Creator/EricBauza, while Kricfalusi [[TheOriginalDarrin would reclaim his roles as Ren and Mr. Horse]]. [[RoleReprise Cheryl Chase and Harris Peet]] also returned to do voice work.

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''Adult Party Cartoon'' suffered from a poor production schedule birthed from Kricfalusi's infamous perfectionism, which didn't help the fact that the final product ended up being panned by both critics and fans alike for being a show arguably too raunchy for even its new target audience of males 18-35 to enjoy, having ''[[UpToEleven greatly exaggerated]]'' ''greatly exaggerated'' some of the original's elements while completely lacking others, such as its [[ParodyCommercial fake commercials]]. Perhaps the writing was on the wall in this regard, as both previous showrunner Bob Camp and voice actor Creator/BillyWest refused to get within a million miles of the production, among several other old crew members. West's Stimpy would go on to be [[TheOtherDarrin replaced by]] Creator/EricBauza, while Kricfalusi [[TheOriginalDarrin would reclaim his roles as Ren and Mr. Horse]]. [[RoleReprise Cheryl Chase and Harris Peet]] also returned to do voice work.



** "Ren Seeks Help", which takes Ren's instability and sadism to [[UpToEleven horrific extremes]].

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** "Ren Seeks Help", which takes Ren's instability and sadism to [[UpToEleven horrific extremes]].extremes.



* GenreShift: ''Adult Party Cartoon'' revamps the show format from a satirical kids' grossout show into a ''Film/PinkFlamingos''-esque shock comedy that takes every single vulgar, offensive and tasteless joke UpToEleven.
* GrossoutShow: As with other aspects amplified from the original show, even the ToiletHumour was turned UpToEleven.

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* GenreShift: ''Adult Party Cartoon'' revamps the show format from a satirical kids' grossout show into a ''Film/PinkFlamingos''-esque shock comedy that takes every single vulgar, offensive and tasteless joke UpToEleven.
up to eleven.
* GrossoutShow: As with other aspects amplified from the original show, even the ToiletHumour was turned UpToEleven.up to eleven.
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* CanonDiscontinuity: The few times after this show that the ''Ren & Stimpy'' franchise made an appearance in Nicktoons crossovers, this part of its history barely, if at all gets any sort of acknowledgement, ad in general is based more on the original show.

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