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About
The Ren & Stimpy Show, often only called Ren & Stimpy, is an American animated television series which was created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi, the show has gained a cult following after it’s run and has received critical acclaim, most of it’s soundtrack has also been used for Spongebob Squarepants
History
The main characters were created at around 1978 by the show’s creator for his own amusement while he was in Sheridan College. Ren was inspired by an Elliott Erwitt photograph of a sweatered chihuahua at a woman’s feet and Stimpy’s design was inspired by the Tweety Bird cartoon called A Gruesome Twosome, in which the cats had a big nose in the animation, Nickelodeon later approached Kricfalusi and showed him three shows, one of them being with a live action host showing different cartoons parodying certain genre’s, in Your Gang, part of the show mentioned above, one of the children’s pets were a cat and dog, a parody of the cat and dog genre, Kricfalusi liked the pets and singled them out for their own show
The pilot was in production in 1989, The animation was done by the creator’s own animation company, Spümcø, the show was screened at film festivals for several months before appearing in Nickelodeon’s 1991 lineup
Reception
The show has received a 7.6 rating on IMDB and has gained a cult following after it was cancelled, the show had also received mixed reviews
Influence
The show had influenced two “clones”, 2 Stupid Dogs from Hannah Barbera, which lasted 2 seasons and 26 episodes, and The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show from Disney, which only lasted a season and 13 episodes before cancellation
Controversy
The show had bothered Nickelodeon since the creators said they didn’t want to make an educational series, complaints of the show often were about the toilet humor and harsh language in the show, some segments of the show had also been altered to remove any references to religion, politics, and alcohol, the episode “Man’s Best Friend” was shelved off by Nickelodeon due to it’s violent content, but had later premiered the infamous “Adult Party Cartoon” knockoff of the show
Related Memes
Ren Snaps / You Dare Not Agree with X
Ren Snaps (also known as: You Dare Not Agree with X) is a YTP remix fad based on a clip from the episode called “Stimpy’s Fan Club” (shown above). In each instance, a person or thing replaces the spot of the main character Ren. Occasionally, the pitch of the voice is changed and/or the video is edited in some different way.
Search Interest
External References
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