Line #18 Music/CatHairballs


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4	"Cat Hairballs" is a song and AlbumSingle made for ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' as part of the album ''Ren and Stimpy's Crock O' Christmas''. The song is the second track on the album and was meant as a parody of "Jingle Bells".
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6	In addition to appearing on the album, the song had its very own music video, which came on the same tapes as the episode "[[Recap/RenAndStimpy2x07SonOfStimpy Son of Stimpy]]" and played before the episode proper.
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8	The song and music video are about Stimpy hwarfing up hairballs onto a conveyor belt for Ren, who is stamping them for approval and plans on using them for various purposes. However, as Ren starts to get more demanding, the process of licking and hwarfing may prove too much for Stimpy, who starts running out of places to lick. In short, it bares a lot of similarities to the episode [[Recap/RenAndStimpy2x09TheGreatOutdoorsTheCatThatLaidTheGoldenHairball The Cat That Laid the Golden Hairball]].
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10	The video itself can be viewed on Website/YouTube [[https://youtu.be/QWyBN14Kp-A here]].
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13	!!"Cat Hairballs" provides examples of:
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15	* AppliedPhlebotinum: In this case the phlebotinum is Stimpy's hairballs. Apparently they're not only edible, but they can be made into everything from underwear and high heel shoes to ''Italian sports cars.''
16	* BreakTheCutie: The song, and to a greater extent the video, do this to Stimpy.
17	* ButtMonkey: [[spoiler: With an emphasis on butt.]] Stimpy gets pretty roughed up throughout the course of the video.
18	* TheChewToy: Stimpy is worked to death, slapped, humiliated, squeezed like a tube of toothpaste, fired off like a rocket, and [[spoiler: branded on the ass]], and we're supposed to love every minute of it.
19	* CigarChomper: One of the items Stimpy promises to make out of the hairballs? Cigars.
20	* ExhaustionInducedIdiocy: [[spoiler: At the end, Stimpy has been completely licked clean and is completely burnt out from all the hwarfing. Despite this Stimpy ''jumps on the conveyor belt'' and tries to hwarf one more time. This results in passing out on said conveyor belt and getting brutally ''stamped on the ass''.]]
21	* FanServiceExtra: The woman who appears within the first minute of the video wearing a dress made of hairballs, and strikes a {{modeling pose\|s}}. Mrs. Pipes also makes a couple brief appearances in her high heel shoes.
22	* HairballHumor: The primary joke is that cat hairballs are gross and also astoundingly versatile.
23	* PersonalSeals: Ren uses a big rubber stamp to mark the hairballs with a "Grade A" signature. [[spoiler: Later this stamp is used to smash the words "Grade A" into Stimpy's butt cheeks at the end of the video.]]
24	* HeadAndHipPose: A model wearing a hairball dress strikes this pose near the beginning of the video.
25	* HardWorkMontage: The entire music video is about Stimpy hwarfing up hairballs onto a conveyor belt for Ren, who stamps them, and Stimpy trying to keep up with Ren's demands until eventually succumbing to the slavish workload and getting [[spoiler: stamped on the butt.]]
26	* HighHeelPower: One of the items to be made from the hairballs is high heeled shoes. During the line about "brand new high heel shoes" Mrs. Pipes makes an appearance in red pumps and Stimpy looks intimidated.
27	* HonkingArrivingCar: When the idea is mentioned of creating an Italian sports car from the hairballs, Stimpy is shown pulling up in a car and honking. However, instead of a traditional car horn, it's a bike horn attached to a helmet.
28	* IAmGreatSong: Contains elements of this. Throughout the song, Stimpy is bragging about all the different things the hairballs can be made into or used for. Stimpy also brags that they "won't run out/I've lots more hair to spare." [[spoiler: Considering Stimpy winds up completely stripped clean and lying unconscious on the conveyor belt after being completely hwarfed out, that second part is definitely wrong.]]
29	* IrisOut: The music video ends by iris-ing out on [[spoiler: Stimpy's butt. Which has just been freshly stamped, leaving the words "Grade A" smashed into the cheeks.]]
30	* JerkAss: True to form, Ren is this in the song and video.
31	* MidVidSkit: Not so much mid video skit as mid vid dialogue, but the early-middle point of the song has Ren growing tired of what Stimpy has already hwarfed up for him.
32	-->Ren: "Hey, hey, hey, what am I supposed to do with all these smelly old hairballs?! I already got a suit!"
33	-->Stimpy: "Ok then. Well... how 'bout this?!..."
34	* ModelingPoses: During the line "hey let's make a three piece suit/of this freshly hwarfed up hair" a woman strikes a HeadAndHipPose to show off her dress.
35	* OverlyLongTongue: Stimpy's tongue is shown to be very long, able to not only reach their arms, but their belly and indeed their whole body, judging by how licked clean Stimpy looks by the end.
36	* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: The very start of the song begins with backup vocalists singing ''"Hwarf Hwarf Hwarf, Hwarf Hwarf Hwarf, Hwarf Hwarf Hwarf..."''
37	* SongParody: Of "Jingle Bells". Though the instrumentation, lyrics, and overall sound is different enough for the song to stand on its own.
38	* {{Unobtainium}}: Somehow ''hairballs'' are this, what with being such a versatile substance that they can be made into almost anything, from women's dresses to ''cars''.
39	* UnusualEuphemism: Stimpy spitting out hairballs is exclusively referred to as "Hwarfing" to the point of InsistentTerminology.
40	* VideoFullOfFilmClips: The music video is made up entirely of clips from multiple episodes, but still manages to tell a story by using "[[Recap/RenAndStimpy2x09TheGreatOutdoorsTheCatThatLaidTheGoldenHairball The Cat That Laid the Golden Hairball]]" as a through line. The video is about Stimpy being forced to lick up and hwarf hairballs onto a conveyor belt while Ren Stamps them with a big "Grade A" stamp for approval. While at first things seem fun and Stimpy seems happy to be farmed for this {{Unobtainium}}, things turn darker when Stimpy's body starts running out of places to lick and the act of hwarfing becomes more draining and painful as production (and the song) wramps up. Finally this ends with Stimpy, now naked and totally licked clean, suffering a HeroicRROD and [[spoiler: passing out on the conveyor belt, and Ren violently branding Stimpy's ass with the "Grade A" stamp.]]
41	* WackySoundEffect: The music video has several cartoon sound effects throughout the video. among them are:
42	** A whirling sound when Stimpy spins Ren around.
43	** A rubbery spring noise when they spring off of a chair.
44	** Coughing after the line "or a fine cigar".
45	** A sucking sound as Stimpy sucks Ren up.
46	** Countless ''splat'' sounds when one of Stimpy's ''hwarfs'' hits the conveyor belt.
47	* WholePlotReference: The music video is a whole plot reference to the episode [[Recap/RenAndStimpy2x09TheGreatOutdoorsTheCatThatLaidTheGoldenHairball The Cat That Laid The Golden Hairball.]]
48	* WolfWhistle: Stimpy imitates a wolf whistle after the line about a hat with "matching underwear", which seems to imply that they're talking about [[LingerieScene lingerie]].

Context Music / CatHairballs