List of The Ren & Stimpy Show episodes

The Ren & Stimpy Show is an animated series that premiered on Nickelodeon on August 11, 1991, directly following the premieres of Doug and Rugrats, and it ran for five seasons until December 16, 1995, with the ninth and final episode of its Nick run, "A Scooter for Yaksmas". The series initially did not have a consistent grouping of segments into episodes, episodes and interstitial segments aired out of production order, some episodes and interstitials were produced for one season and aired in another, and two episodes, "Man's Best Friend" and "Sammy and Me / The Last Temptation", did not air in the series' original Nickelodeon run at all due to different reasons. "Man's Best Friend" aired on the Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" for Spike TV in 2003 alongside the uncut show's pilot, "Big House Blues". "Son of Stimpy" premiered on MTV on January 13, 1993 while "Sammy and Me / The Last Temptation", the series' finale, aired on October 20, 1996 on the same network.

The first list is ordered according to the original television air date, and a second list provides the episode order according to the DVD releases, which groups the cartoons into 52 episodes.

Series overview

The episodes were interspersed with short segments that sometimes aired before or after the main cartoons, which are named below.

Episodes

Season 1 (1991–1992)

The season's episodes were interspersed with short segments: three "Ask Dr. Stupid" segments, three different "Log" commercials, "My Little Brother Doll", a "Powdered Toast Man" commercial, "Secret Oath", "Stimpy's Breakfast Tips", four different "What'll We Do 'Till Then?" segments, and "Yak Shaving Day".

All episodes in this season were directed by series creator John Kricfalusi, credited as "John K." in most of the episodes in this season. He is credited by his regular name in "Space Madness" and "Big House Blues", while he was credited as Raymond Spum in "Nurse Stimpy". In addition, the title cards for the episodes "The Littlest Giant" and "Black Hole" would have the director uncredited.

Season 2 (1992–1993)

This season's episodes were interspersed with the short segments "Ace Reporter, Ren Hoek: Mr Horse Returns", "Gritty Kitty Litter", two "Log" segments, "Powdered Toast Man: Vitamin F", "Secret Club: Susan Fout", "Sugar Sod Pops", a new "What'll We Do 'Till Then? Blow Yourself Up" segment, "World Crisis with Mr. Horse", and the short segments from the previous season.

"Man's Best Friend" (1992)

Produced during the show's second season in 1992, the episode never aired on Nickelodeon. John Kricfalusi cites the violent imagery—Ren beating up George Liquor with an oar—as the primary reason for getting his production company and himself fired from the show. The episode originally aired on the Spike network as part of the 2003 revival series Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon". "Man's Best Friend" is included in the first and second season DVD set.

Season 3 (1993–1994)

This season's episodes were interspersed with the short segments "Cheesefist", "Chicken in a Drawer", "Dog Water", "Flod", "You Are What You Eat", and short segments from previous seasons.

Season 4 (1994–1995)

This season's episodes were interspersed with four short segments, only one of which premiered as part of the fourth season. 24 episodes were produced in this season, 10 of which were forcibly moved to a Nickelodeon-"commissioned" fifth season.

Season 5 (1995–1996)

This season's episodes were interspersed with the short segments "Varicose Veins", "Dog Water II" and "Kraftwork Corner", which were held over from the previous season, as well as short segments from previous seasons. All episodes were produced as part of the fourth season, forced to air as a Nickelodeon-"commissioned" fifth season.

MTV episodes

These two episodes were originally produced as part of the fourth season, delayed into the fifth season and were banned from airing on Nickelodeon due to subject matter. They eventually aired on Nickelodeon in reruns.Template:Episode table

DVD releases

Episode order

The 2004/2005 DVD releases order the Ren & Stimpy cartoons into the following episodes:

The First and Second Seasons

Stimpy's Big Day! / The Big Shot! Robin Höek / Nurse Stimpy Space Madness / The Boy Who Cried Rat! Fire Dogs / The Littlest Giant Marooned / Untamed World Black Hole / Stimpy's Invention Ren's Toothache / Rubber Nipple Salesmen Sven Höek Haunted House / Mad Dog Höek In the Army / Big House Blues Big Baby Scam / Dog Show Monkey See, Monkey Don't! / Powdered Toast Man Fake Dad / Out West Stimpy's Fan Club The Great Outdoors / The Cat That Laid the Golden Hairball A Visit to Anthony The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen Son of Stimpy Man's Best Friend

Seasons Three and a Half-ish

To Salve and Salve Not! / No Pants Today A Yard Too Far / Circus Midgets Ren's Pecs / An Abe Divided Stimpy's Cartoon Show Jimminy Lummox / Bass Masters Ren's Retirement Jerry the Bellybutton Elf / Road Apples Hard Times for Haggis Eat My Cookies / Ren's Bitter Half Lair of the Lummox Hermit Ren House of Next Tuesday / A Friend in Your Face! Blazing Entrails / Lumber Jerks Prehistoric Stimpy / Farm Hands Magical Golden Singing Cheeses / A Hard Day's Luck I Love Chicken / Powdered Toast Man vs. Waffle Woman It's a Dog's Life / Eggyölkeo

Season Five and Some More of Four

Double Header / The Scotsman in Space Pixie King / Aloha Höek Insomniac Ren / My Shiny Friend Cheese Rush Days / Wiener Barons Galoot Wranglers / Ren Needs Help! Ol' Blue Nose / Stupid Sidekick Union Superstitious Stimpy / Travelogue Space Dogged / Feud for Sale Hair of the Cat / City Hicks Stimpy's Pet / Ren's Brain Bellhops / Dog Tags I Was a Teenage Stimpy / Who's Stupid Now? School Mates / Dinner Party Pen Pals / Big Flakes Terminal Stimpy / Reverend Jack A Scooter for Yaksmas Sammy and Me / The Last Temptation

External links

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