List of The Ren & Stimpy Show episodes

This is a list of episodes of the animated series The Ren & Stimpy Show. The show 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 finale "A Scooter for Yaksmas". The series initially had no 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 run at all.

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.^[1] The list does not include episodes from the spin-off Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon".

Series overview

Season		Episodes^[b]	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	Pilot		September 15, 1991 (part of season 1)
	1	6	August 11, 1991	February 23, 1992
	2	12	October 10, 1992	May 23, 1993
	3	10	November 20, 1993	July 30, 1994
	4	14	October 1, 1994	April 1, 1995
	5	10	June 3, 1995	December 16, 1995

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

Episodes

Pilot (1990)

No. in series^[a]	No. in season^[a]	Title	Directed by	Story by	Original air date	Theatrical premiere
Pilot / 7	2b (season 2)	"Big House Blues"	John Kricfalusi	John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp, & Jim Smith	August 10, 1990	December 21, 1990
In the eight-minute pilot, Ren Hoek, a short-tempered chihuahua and Stimpy, a tailless dim-witted cat get caught by the dogcatcher and are sent to the pound where they meet Jasper and briefly Phil until he has to take "The Big Sleep". Ren initially doesn't understand, but after Jasper explains this to Ren, their lives seem to be on a thin thread until a sweet girl adopts them both. The uncut version of episode where Ren having a love dream and accidentally kissed Stimpy was put on Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" along with the banned episode, "Man's Best Friend". The pilot screened in film festivals several months before the show debuted on television. "Big House Blues" is included in the first & second season DVD set.

Season 1 (1991–92)

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".

No. in series^[a]	No. in season^[a]	Title	Directed by	Story by	Original air date
1	1a	"Stimpy's Big Day"	John Kricfalusi	John Kricfalusi & Vincent Waller	August 11, 1991
After winning a Gritty Kitty poem contest, Stimpy goes to Hollywood, leaving Ren feeling lonely.
2	1b	"The Big Shot!"	John Kricfalusi	John Kricfalusi & Vincent Waller	August 11, 1991
Stimpy enjoys living his new life in Hollywood, and becomes a big star, but after a while, they both start to miss each other and eventually Stimpy gives up all of the money and fame to see Ren again.
3	2a	"Robin Höek"	John Kricfalusi	John Kricfalusi & Bob Camp	August 25, 1991
As Stimpy reads a mixed-up version of Robin Hood, Ren dreams he is Robin, and Stimpy as all of the other roles.
4	2b	"Nurse Stimpy"	John Kricfalusi (as Raymond Spum)	John Kricfalusi & Bob Camp	August 25, 1991
When Ren gets sick, Stimpy decides to take care of Ren himself, but the treatment proves worse than the disease. By the end, Ren feels better and Stimpy gets sick, prompting a vengeful "Nurse Ren" into action.
5	3a	"Space Madness"	John Kricfalusi	John Kricfalusi & Jim Gomez	September 8, 1991
Commander Höek (Ren) and Cadet Stimpy are on a mission to explore the cosmos. Commander Hoek begins to display symptoms of "space madness". Stimpy attempts to calm his sickened Officer while still maintaining his loyalty to his command, but it doesn't last long. Close to the end of the episode, Hoek asks Stimpy to guard the History Eraser button and never to touch it--otherwise, it will remove him from existence--and thanks to the narrator, Stimpy eventually does just that.
6	3b	"The Boy Who Cried Rat!"	John Kricfalusi	Vincent Waller & John Kricfalusi	September 8, 1991
When Ren and Stimpy are caught stealing out of garbage cans, they are chased out on the streets, and begin to starve. The pair then hatches a plan to get money and food: disguise Ren as a mouse and put him in the Pipes' home, and turn Stimpy into a neighborhood mouse catcher.
Pilot / 7	4b (season 2)	"Big House Blues"	John Kricfalusi	John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp, & Jim Smith	September 15, 1991
See the pilot section.
8	4a	"Fire Dogs"	John Kricfalusi	John Kricfalusi	September 29, 1991
Disguised as dalmatians to get food, shelter and money, Ren and Stimpy get jobs as fire dogs. Although they do not closely resemble dalmatians, a can of spotted "dalmatian paint" allows them to pass as the spotted animals.
9	4b	"The Littlest Giant"	John Kricfalusi	John Kricfalusi & Bob Camp	September 29, 1991
In another one of Stimpy's bedtime stories, Ren dreams he is Wee Ren, who befriends the littlest giant (Stimpy) in the story, "The Littlest Giant".
10	5a	"Marooned"	John Kricfalusi	John Kricfalusi	December 29, 1991
After Commander Höek (Ren) and Cadet Stimpy land on a strange planet, some peculiar (and painful) things happen to them.
11	5b	"Untamed World"	John Kricfalusi	Jim Smith & John Kricfalusi	December 29, 1991
Alternatively titled "A Cartoon". Ren and Stimpy host a nature show, Untamed World, and go to the Galápagos Islands to find weird creatures that look like themselves, which adds to the strangeness.
12	6a	"Black Hole"	John Kricfalusi	Bob Camp & Will McRobb	February 23, 1992
Commander Höek (Ren) and Cadet Stimpy pass through a black hole to find a mountain of missing left socks.
13	6b	"Stimpy's Invention"	John Kricfalusi	John Kricfalusi & Bob Camp	February 23, 1992
After Ren tries some of Stimpy's inventions that work poorly, Stimpy invents a "Happy Helmet" to make Ren feel happier, at which Ren is forcefully happy. By the end, Ren destroys the Happy Helmet and is outraged at Stimpy until he realizes he loves to be angry.

Season 2 (1992–93)

This season's episodes were interspersed with the short segments "Sugar Frosted Milk", "Ace Reporter, Ren Höek", "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?" segment, "World Crisis with Mr. Horse", and short segments from previous seasons.

No. in series^[a]	No. in season^[a]	Title	Directed by	Story by	Original air date
14	1a	"Ren's Toothache"	John Kricfalusi	Bob Camp & John Kricfalusi	October 10, 1992
After Ren doesn't brush his teeth and all of his teeth fall out, Stimpy tells Ren to leave his nerve endings under his pillow, and a fairy will give him $100. During the night, the nerve ending fairy comes, but is all out of $100 bills, and gives him a ball of lint. Fortunately, the next day, Stimpy gives Ren one of his oversized teeth for a birthday present.
15	1b	"Rubber Nipple Salesmen"	Vincent Waller & John Kricfalusi	Vincent Waller & John Kricfalusi	October 10, 1992
Ren and Stimpy try to sell rubber nipples to the Fire Chief, Mr. Horse and the Pipes.
16	2	"Svën Höek"	John Kricfalusi	Bob Camp & John Kricfalusi	November 7, 1992
When Ren hears that his cousin Svën is coming over, he remembers him being smart, but when Svën arrives, he acts more like Stimpy, which puts Ren at the highest anger level after they accidentally destroy his prized possessions.
17	3a	"Haunted House"	Ron Hughart	John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp, Jim Smith & Richard Pursel	November 21, 1992
A dull ghost tries to scare Ren and Stimpy when they enter a haunted house, but the ghost's plans to scare Ren and Stimpy seem to fail.
18	3b	"Mad Dog Höek"	Bob Camp	Bob Camp	November 21, 1992
Ren, as Mad Dog Höek, and Stimpy, as Killer Cadogen, wrestle the Lout Brothers, Lump and Loaf, thinking that they're just pretending to wrestle.
19	4a	"In the Army"	Bob Camp	Bob Camp	November 28, 1992
Ren and Stimpy register in the army, unaware of all of the obstacles to overcome with a big, bossy sarge, though they end up passing and entering a war.
20	5a	"Big Baby Scam"	Vincent Waller	Vincent Waller	December 12, 1992
Ren and Stimpy trade places with two babies to get the easy life, but they encounter many shenanigans.
21	5b	"Dog Show"	Chris Reccardi & John Kricfalusi	Richard Pursel	December 12, 1992
George Liquor has finished training and tries to make his dogs, Ren and Stimpy, win the all-breed dog show.
22	6a	"Monkey See, Monkey Don't!"	Bob Camp	Bob Camp & Vincent Waller	February 13, 1993
Ren and Stimpy, seeing how the animals at the zoo get free handouts from visitors, disguise themselves as primates and apply for positions in the monkey house. As the other monkey, "Filthy", gets good food, Stimpy ends up getting old nutshells and pre-chewed gum, while Ren only gets a rock. Then they decide to get a transfer as a bird and a hippo.
23	6b	"Powdered Toast Man"	John Kricfalusi	Richard Pursel & John Kricfalusi	February 13, 1993
Powdered Toast Man saves a kitten from crashing into a truck, rescues the Pope (voiced by Frank Zappa) from Muddy Mudskipper, serves Ren and Stimpy breakfast, and helps the president with an embarrassing bathroom situation.
24	7a	"Fake Dad"	John Kricfalusi & Jim Smith	John Kricfalusi & Bob Camp	February 27, 1993
Ren and Stimpy adopt an overgrown, seven-year-old convict named Kowalski. Stimpy is kind and understanding towards the needy "youngster", but Ren has a bit more trouble adjusting to parenthood.
25	7b	"Out West"	Bob Camp	Bob Camp & John Kricfalusi	February 27, 1993
Abner and Ewalt need someone to hang, so they hire Ren and Stimpy to steal Mr. Horse.
26	8	"Stimpy's Fan Club"	Peter Avanzino	Elinor Blake & John Kricfalusi	March 13, 1993
When Stimpy becomes the adoration of many fans, Ren becomes jealous. To cheer him up, Stimpy makes him president of the Stimpy fan-club, leading to Ren getting even more jealous and thinking about killing Stimpy. Then Ren is sent a fan letter, of which he gloats about to Stimpy, but then cries out of shame when he learns the letter was from Stimpy himself.
27	9a	"The Great Outdoors"	Vincent Waller & Ken Bruce	Vincent Waller & John Kricfalusi	March 27, 1993
Ren and Stimpy go camping, but Ren begins to hate it when he suffers a streak of bad luck.
28	9b	"The Cat That Laid the Golden Hairball"	Ron Hughart	Vincent Waller & Bob Camp	March 27, 1993
Ren finds out that the value of hairballs is higher than gold and forces Stimpy to produce hairballs on a production line, but eventually, he has trouble producing anymore. Ren and Bubba try to help him, such as licking Ren's fur and Bubba's hairy back, but nothing works, and a brief trip into Stimpy's body reveals that his hairball gland turned into dust. When the worker working for them tells them that their business is over, they realize that the episode is over, and they all start dancing in celebration.
29	10	"A Visit to Anthony"	John Kricfalusi & Jim Smith	John Kricfalusi & Richard Pursel	May 8, 1993
Anthony, a young fan of Ren and Stimpy, invites them to come to his house. They do, but they are confronted by Anthony's dad, apparently a cartoon hater, and the neighborhood bully Victor, but the father starts to like Ren and Stimpy as Stimpy wharfs hairballs onto Ren. Anthony is voiced by Anthony Raspanti, a young fan who sent in one of the first letters to the show.
30	11	"The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen"	John Kricfalusi & Chris Reccardi	John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp, Jim Gomez & Vincent Waller	May 15, 1993
Ren and Stimpy join the elite force of Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen, whose famous motto is: "We always get our... butts kicked!", the duo search around the country to make settings in what is now Canada.
31	12	"Son of Stimpy"	John Kricfalusi	John Kricfalusi, Vincent Waller & Richard Pursel	May 23, 1993
When Stimpy farts, he believes that he has given birth. He tells Ren about the incident, but Ren won't believe him. Soon, Stimpy relentlessly tries to find his fart, which he names "Stinky". Originally titled "Stimpy's First Fart"

"Man's Best Friend"

Title	Directed by	Story by	Original air date
"Man's Best Friend"	John Kricfalusi	Vincent Waller & John Kricfalusi	June 23, 2003 (Spike)
Ren and Stimpy learn the true meaning of obedience when George Liquor takes them home with him and swears to make them "champions". Produced during the show's second season in 1992, the episode never aired on Nickelodeon due to violent content. The episode originally aired on the Spike network as part of the 2003 Ren & Stimpy revival series, Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon". "Man's Best Friend" is included in the first & second season DVD set. 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 Ren & Stimpy Show.[2]

Season 3 (1993–94)

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.

No. in series^[a]	No. in season^[a]	Title	Directed by	Story by	Original air date
32	1a	"To Salve and Salve Not!"	Bob Camp	Bob Camp & Vincent Waller	November 20, 1993
"There's That Man Again!" tries to sell Stimpy a new can of salve, but Ren will do anything to keep his friend from wasting his money.
33	1b	"No Pants Today"	Bill Wray & Bob Camp	Richard Pursel	November 20, 1993
When Stimpy is sent outside without any pants, he encounters Mr. and Mrs. Pipe, Victor the Bully and a pack of clothed wild animals.
34	2a	"A Yard Too Far"	Bob Camp	Bob Camp	November 27, 1993
To get a delicious plate of Mr. and Mrs. Pipe's "hog jowls", Ren and Stimpy must make it past an angry baboon. Purposefully based on the Yogi Bear cartoon "Pie Pirates".
35	2b	"Circus Midgets"	Bob Camp & Jim Gomez	Peter Avanzino, Ron Hauge & Bob Camp	November 27, 1993
Ren and Stimpy learn why you should never hitchhike: you may run into psychotic circus midgets.
36	3a	"Ren's Pecs"	Ron Hughart	Richard Pursel	December 18, 1993
After Ren gets picked on by a fat guy with pecs, his dream of pectoral muscles comes true when Stimpy surgically gives his butt fat to Ren's chest after Charles Globe mentions how he got his pecs.
37	3b	"An Abe Divided"	Jim Gomez	Jim Gomez & Ron Hauge	December 18, 1993
Ren and Stimpy are assigned to guard the Lincoln Memorial, then Ren breaks open the statue's head after hearing about a rumored treasure inside, only to find caramel corn (like Stimpy said). Now they must repair the head before Sergeant Big Butt finds out.
38	4	"Stimpy's Cartoon Show"	Bob Camp	Elinor Blake & John Kricfalusi	January 8, 1994
Talentless Ren becomes the obnoxious producer of Stimpy's cartoon, but Ren, in some cases, takes it slightly too far. Guest voice of Jack Carter as Wilbur Cobb.
39	5a	"Jimminy Lummox"	Ron Hughart	Bob Camp, Jim Gomez & Ron Hauge	February 19, 1994
After Ren does cruel things to the habitat (prank calls, infecting the tap water, yelling at baby birds, trying to prank Stimpy, and almost killing a fly by trying to rip one of its wings off), Stimpy then lends his conscience to Ren to set him right, but it seems to upset him more.
40	5b	"Bass Masters"	Bob Camp	Bob Camp & Jim Gomez	February 19, 1994
Ren hosts a television series where he teaches viewers to catch fish while on the hunt for "the foul-mouthed bass", but Stimpy and escaped convict Wilbur Cobb are catching all of the fish, when Ren himself doesn't get a single bite.
41	6	"Ren's Retirement"	Bob Camp	Jim Gomez, Ron Hauge & Bill Wray	April 2, 1994
Strong, energetic, Ren's tenth birthday comes around. However, when Stimpy reminds him he's 70 in dog years, Ren becomes a crazy old coot. Haggis MacHaggis makes his first appearance in a cameo role.
42	7a	"Jerry the Bellybutton Elf"	Ron Hughart	Steve Mellor	April 9, 1994
When Stimpy ventures into the inside of his bellybutton, he meets Jerry, the Bellybutton Elf (voiced by Gilbert Gottfried) at which he dislikes "Lint Loaf". Meanwhile, Ren (not too upset that Stimpy is stuck in his bellybutton, since he's still alive) throws a party, inviting his old friends from Seasons 1-2, including his cousin Sven, who only appeared in one past episode.
43	7b	"Road Apples"	Howard E. Baker	Ron Hauge	April 9, 1994
While stuck in the desert, the duo finally come aboard Mr. and Mrs. Pipe's RV, with a butcher shop, skunk milk, and their fourth encounter with Wilbur Cobb.
44	8	"Hard Times for Haggis"	Chris Reccardi	Jim Gomez & Chris Reccardi	April 30, 1994
TV star Haggis MacHaggis (voiced by Alan Young) is kicked out of his mansion and thrown out onto the streets after Ren and Stimpy's cartoon show becomes more popular than his. Just as he plans to end it all, Haggis enlists in the help of two thugs-for-hire who help him sabotage Ren and Stimpy's show. The episode's title is also written as "The Scotsman".
45	9a	"Eat My Cookies"	Ron Hughart	Ron Hauge	June 4, 1994
Ren and Stimpy become Barrette Beret Girl Scouts, and when Ren makes Stimpy eat all of the cookies, they need to find a replacement for them. Also, when Stimpy earns the famed Snipe-Hunting Badge, Ren becomes desperate for one of his own. Rosie O'Donnell voices the head girl scout.
46	9b	"Ren's Bitter Half"	Michael Kim	Michael Kim, Ron Hauge & Bob Camp	June 4, 1994
Stimpy's new genetic formula (Xg49) physically splits Ren into his two halves of his personality: "Evil Ren" and (surprisingly) "Indifferent Ren".
47	10	"Lair of the Lummox"	Bob Camp	Bob Camp & John Kricfalusi	July 30, 1994
Ren and Stimpy, once again nature show hosts, examine a certain species: the lummox.

Season 4 (1994–95)

This season's episodes were interspersed with short segments which included "Field Guide" and short segments from previous seasons.

No. in series^[a]	No. in season^[a]	Title	Directed by	Story by	Original air date
48	1	"Hermit Ren"	Chris Reccardi	Jim Gomez, Bob Camp, Chris Reccardi & Bill Wray	October 1, 1994
Fed up with Stimpy's weird behavior and the entire world in general, Ren moves away and becomes a hermit, but starts to go mad from loneliness. Meanwhile, a lonely Stimpy makes a replica of Ren from his earwax.
49	2a	"House of Next Tuesday"	Ron Hughart	Ron Hauge & Peter Avanzino	October 8, 1994
Ren and Stimpy move into the "House of Next Tuesday".
50	2b	"A Friend in Your Face!"	Bob Camp	Bob Camp	October 8, 1994
Stimpy has a friend in his face (like a tick), then Ren ends up with the friend's friend, which starts to annoy him endlessly.
51	3a	"Blazing Entrails"	Bob Camp	Bob Camp, Jim Gomez & Bill Wray	October 15, 1994
Ren takes Stimpy to Dr. Brainchild when he starts acting dumber than usual, but when Dr. Brainchild transforms Stimpy's body five times larger than his normal size, Ren has to go inside Stimpy to save him from an organ bully that is beating up his brain (but not before getting beaten up himself). Dr. Brainchild and his mother are voiced by Bill Mumy and June Lockhart, respectively.
52	3b	"Lumber Jerks"	Bob Camp & Bill Wray	Jim Gomez, Ron Hauge, Bob Camp & Bill Wray	October 15, 1994
While working on newspaper duty, Ren and Stimpy learn about how lumberjacks make more money and benefits. As a result, the duo become lumberjacks.
53	4a	"Prehistoric Stimpy"	Bob Camp	Bob Camp & Ron Hauge	November 5, 1994
We get a peek at Ren and Stimpy as dinosaurs and a fifth appearance of Wilbur Cobb.
54	4b	"Farm Hands"	Bob Camp	Bob Camp, Jim Gomez & Ron Hauge	November 5, 1994
Abner and Ewalt hire Ren and Stimpy as farm children.
55	5a	"Magical Golden Singing Cheeses"	Michael Kim	Jim Gomez & Bob Camp	November 12, 1994
Stimpleton tries to save him and Renwaldo from starvation by looking for food.
56	5b	"A Hard Day's Luck"	Chris Reccardi	Chris Reccardi, Lynne Naylor & Vince Calandra	November 12, 1994
Haggis McHaggis (again voiced by Alan Young) must pass tests by a leprechaun to get his dream: a full head of hair.
57	6a	"I Love Chicken"	Ron Hughart	Bob Camp & Jim Gomez	November 19, 1994
Stimpy falls in love with a store-bought chicken and this starts to irritate Ren as all that he sees the chicken as is his dinner.
58	6b	"Powdered Toast Man vs. Waffle Woman"	Chris Reccardi	Vince Calandra, Chris Reccardi & Bob Camp	November 19, 1994
Powdered Toast Man fights his nemesis, Waffle Woman.
59	7a	"It's a Dog's Life"	Ken Bruce	Jim Gomez & Bob Camp	December 3, 1994
Ren and Stimpy are saved from the pound gas chamber when a normal seeming wealthy old lady buys them, but things start to go awry.
60	7b	"Egg Yölkeo"	Bob Camp	Jim Gomez & Bill Wray	December 3, 1994
Renwaldo, the Egg Smithëe, makes his own son out of egg yolks and wishes that he were a real boy.
61	8a	"Double Header"	Michael Kim	Jim Gomez & Bob Camp	January 7, 1995
After standing in the middle of the street waiting for the bus to take Stimpy as far away from Ren as possible (To URSA Minor), the duo are peculiarly sewn together due to them being sent to a discount hospital and have to work at a circus to get money.
62	8b	"The Scotsman in Space"	Bob Camp	Bob Camp, Jim Gomez & Bill Wray	January 7, 1995
Commander Höek (Ren) and Cadet Stimpy discover a Bizarre Scotsman (Haggis McHaggis, voiced by Alan Young) outside their spaceship and find a wallet attached to his hinder (literally).
63	9a	"Pixie King"	Ron Hughart	Ron Hauge, Jim Gomez, Bill Wray & Bob Camp	January 14, 1995
While the duo, as pixies, strive to earn their wings, Ren wants to be "King of the Pixies". Wilbur Cobb (again voiced by Jack Carter) makes an appearance as a pixie.
64	9b	"Aloha Höek"	Bill Wray	Jim Gomez, Bill Wray & Bob Camp	January 14, 1995
While Ren would rather be in a stinky whale head on a deserted island, Stimpy is at The Big Kahuna's tropical paradise.
65	10a	"Insomniac Ren"	Steve Loter	Bob Camp, Jim Gomez & Vince Calandra	January 21, 1995
Ren has a 6:00 AM tee-off in the morning, but can't get any sleep. Stimpy attempts to help him, including reading him a story from Edgar Allan Poe's collection, but fails. Eventually, the next morning, Ren's golfing friends (and Stimpy) decide to knock him out for five dollars.
66	10b	"My Shiny Friend"	Bill Wray	Ron Hauge, Jim Gomez, Bill Wray & Bob Camp	January 21, 1995
Stimpy stars to have a severe addiction to watching television and Ren, on numerous occasions, tries to stop him (Including destroying the TV with an ax at one point).
67	11a	"Cheese Rush Days"	Kirk Field	Vince Calandra	February 11, 1995
Ren and Stimpy are pioneers in search of high-country blue cheese. Then, Ren traps Stimpy and co. inside a blue-cheese filled mine because of his own tiny nugget.
68	11b	"Wiener Barons"	Bob Camp	Ron Hauge, Jim Gomez & Bob Camp	February 11, 1995
Ren and Stimpy want to become Wiener Barons of Canada.
69	12a	"Galoot Wranglers"	Craig Bartlett	Ron Hauge & Jim Gomez	March 4, 1995
Wilbur Cobb tells Ren and Stimpy a Western story about galoots.
70	12b	"Ren Needs Help!"	Bob Camp	Jim Gomez & Bob Camp	March 4, 1995
Stimpy has to put Ren into an insane asylum after he tries to kill himself by jumping into a garbage disposal (though this is after Stimpy unintentionally destroyed all of his stuff) and he can't handle the asylum.
71	13a	"Ol' Blue Nose"	Steve Loter	Ron Hauge, Bob Camp & Billy West	March 18, 1995
Stimpy becomes a successful singer. After having enough of getting hit by Ren, Stimpy's nose decides to leave Stimpy and embark on his own singing career, rendering Stimpy unable to sing well. Ren and Stimpy return to their home, and eventually Stimpy's nose returns to him after his career falters.
72	13b	"Stupid Sidekick Union"	Tom McGrath	Bob Camp & Jim Gomez	March 18, 1995
Stimpy demands better working conditions on the show and goes on strike. Ren tries out a few replacements, with dire results. Stimpy sneaks into the show's studio in disguise and gets Ren to sign in his autograph book, which actually contains a new labor contract. Stimpy returns to the show and Ren needs to ask his permission and pay him in order to hit him.
73	14a	"Superstitious Stimpy"	Bob Camp	Ron Hauge, Jim Gomez & Bob Camp	April 1, 1995
Stimpy becomes superstitious when Tuesday the 17th arrives and Ren denies all of this until it's revealed that he was born on that day, so Stimpy has to help him with his bad luck.
74	14b	"Travelogue"	Arthur Filloy	Jim Gomez	April 1, 1995
Ren and Stimpy decide to travel to a strange new island called Acromeglia.

Season 5 (1995)

This season's episodes were interspersed with the short segments "Varicose Veins", "Dog Water", and "Kraftwork Corner", and short segments from previous seasons.

No. in series^[a]	No. in season^[a]	Title	Directed by	Story by	Original air date
75	1a	"Space Dogged"	Steve Loter	Jim Gomez & Bob Camp	June 3, 1995
Ren and Stimpy are the first dog and cat sent up to space in the Russian space program. The American astronaut pig is voiced by Phil Hartman.
76	1b	"Feud for Sale"	Ron Hughart	Bob Camp, Jim Gomez, Vince Calandra & Ron Hauge	June 3, 1995
"There's That Man Again!" plays a salesman who outwits Abner Dimwit and Ewalt Nitwit, the morons from out west.
77	2a	"Hair of the Cat"	Ken Bruce	Ron Hauge	July 1, 1995
Ren starts to sneeze frequently, suffering from terrible allergies, and Stimpy tries to help, but both don't realize until later that Stimpy's hair is the cause of everything.
78	2b	"City Hicks"	Ken Bruce	Vince Calandra	July 1, 1995
Ren and Stimpy leave the country when it rains and their dust fields are ruined with "useless" fruits and vegetables, but don't have much luck in the city at first.
79	3a	"Stimpy's Pet"	Steve Loter	Vince Calandra, Jim Gomez & Bob Camp	October 7, 1995
Stimpy takes care of Sid the abandoned Circus Clown (voiced by Phil Hartman).
80	3b	"Ren's Brain"	Chris Reccardi	John Kricfalusi & Richard Pursel	October 7, 1995
Stimpy re-enters the world of science as a "freelance brain surgeon". He soon runs out of good brains to conduct experiments on, so (a la "Stimpy's Invention") Stimpy removes Ren's brain and the brain (not realizing that he's out of the body) goes on with his life until he notices Stimpy with a new dog: Him.
81	4a	"Bellhops"	Ken Bruce	Jim Gomez, Vince Calandra & Ron Hauge	October 28, 1995
Ren and Stimpy get jobs as bellhops and must make sure that no one finds out who is living in the top two floors of the hotel, but their curiosity gets the best of them.
82	4b	"Dog Tags"	Ken Bruce	Ron Hauge	October 28, 1995
Ren is getting ready for the annual Dog Lodge meeting and Stimpy begs to come along, but this turns out to be a mistake.
83	5a	"I Was a Teenage Stimpy"	Tom McGrath	Bob Camp, Vince Calandra & Jim Gomez	November 4, 1995
Right before Ren is about to enjoy his new "Corn" magazines, he find out that Stimpy is starting his journey into adolescence, complete with all of its trials and tribulations which at first Ren is fine with (since he knows that it's just the journey to adolescence), but starts to get irritated and the last straw is when Stimpy steals his "Corn" magazines.
84	5b	"Who's Stupid Now?"	Michael Kim	Michael Kim	November 4, 1995
When Ren and Stimpy find out they are about to be canceled (thus breaking the fourth wall again), Ren comments that they'll do anything to keep the show ongoing, so the producer makes "a twist in chemistry" by making Stimpy the skinny jerk cat and Ren as the fat idiot dog, but Ren starts to realize that this might not be a good idea.
85	6a	"School Mates"	Kirk Field	Jim Gomez	November 11, 1995
An old obedience school friend of Ren's comes over for a surprise visit and is appalled that Ren is living a middle class lifestyle with a house cat.
86	6b	"Dinner Party"	Steve Loter	Vince Calandra	November 11, 1995
Ren Hoek narrates the proper etiquette for throwing a dinner party, which includes sweaty palms, burping loudly, etc. They invite Muddy Mudskipper, Powdered Toast Man, Haggis McHaggis and more.
87	7b	"Big Flakes"	Ken Bruce	Ron Hauge, Jim Gomez & Bob Camp	November 18, 1995
Ren and Stimpy are going on vacation in the winter. They arrive at the cabin, but they get snowed in and unfairly remain snowed in during the Spring meltdown.
88	7a	"Pen Pals"	Tom Owens & Craig Bartlett	Ron Hauge	November 18, 1995
Ren and Stimpy are watching TV when they see the grand opening of a new jail where the prisoners are treated like kings. Now they attempt to get in jail, only to find out that the commercial was a complete lie.
89	8a	"Terminal Stimpy"	Arthur Filloy	Jim Gomez, Bob Camp & Vince Calandra	December 9, 1995
After going through seven of his lives, Stimpy becomes extremely cautious before enduring the steps towards accepting death.
90	8b	"Reverend Jack"	Craig Bartlett	Bob Camp & Jim Gomez	December 9, 1995
Ren and Stimpy work for a "reverend" (voiced by Frank Gorshin) who preaches about cheese and meat, but the duo starts to see that the reverend is a bit weird.
91	9	"A Scooter for Yaksmas"	Bob Camp	Bob Camp, Jim Gomez & Vince Calandra	December 16, 1995
When Stimpy doesn't get the present he wanted, he steals the titular bike and goes on a quest to meet Stinky Whizzleteats. The episode is the last to air in the original Nickelodeon run.
92	10a	"Sammy and Me"	Bill Wray	Jim Gomez & Bill Wray	October 20, 1996
Stimpy's Sammy Mantis Jr. fan club kit arrives in the mail and Stimpy is overjoyed. Ren is sick of Stimpy's crazy obsession with Sammy Mantis, and soon, Stimpy begins stalking the Mantid Man. The final two episodes aired on MTV.
93	10b	"The Last Temptation"	Bob Camp	Jim Gomez, Vince Calandra & Bob Camp	October 20, 1996
After Ren has a near-death experience, he tries to be nicer to Stimpy (with the help of Wilbur Cobb). After he repays Stimpy money he had stolen from his piggy bank over the years (up to $1 million), he ends up rich. The final two episodes aired on MTV.

DVD releases

Episode order

The 2005 DVD releases order the Ren & Stimpy cartoons into the following episodes:^[3][4][5]

Season 1
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

Season 2
Ren's Toothache / Rubber Nipple Salesmen Svën Höek Haunted House / Maddog Hoek 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

Season 3
To Salve and Salve Not! / No Pants Today A Yard Too Far / Circus Midgets Ren's Pecs / An Abe Divided Stimpy's Cartoon Show Jiminy 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

Season 4

Hermit Ren House of Next Tuesday / A Friend in Your Face! Blazing Entrails / Lumber Jerks Prehistoric Stimpy / Farm Hands Magical Golden Singing Cheeses / Hard Day's Luck I Love Chicken / Powdered Toast Man vs. Waffle Woman It's a Dog's Life / Egg Yölkeo Double Header / The Scotsman in Space Pixie King / Aloha Hoek Insomaniac Ren / My Shiny Friend Cheese Rush Days / Wiener Barons Galoot Wranglers / Ren Needs Help Ol' Blue Nose / Stupid Sidekick Union Superstitious Stimpy / Travelogue

Season 5
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

Differences from aired episodes

The First and Second Seasons	October 12, 2004	18	Includes all episodes from seasons one and two, "Ren and Stimpy: In the Beginning" featurette, "Svën Höek" pencil test, Spümcø sketch book, the banned episode "Man's Best Friend", the theatrical version of "Big House Blues", audio commentary on six episodes and uncut versions of four episodes. The following episodes are edited on this set: "Ren's Toothache" (Ren and Stimpy saying goodnight to each other, some of Stimpy brushing his teeth, Stimpy spitting into a jar to add to his collection and flossing afterwards, and part of Ren grinding his teeth while sleeping are all missing), "Haunted House" (bloody head fairy scene is missing), "Big Baby Scam" (a closeup of Ren getting scratched on Mr Pipe's stubble is missing; Old Man Hunger whistling to Ren and Stimpy is missing), "Out West" (the line "Ya'll bring the kids down, ya hear?" is missing), "The Cat That Laid the Golden Hairball" (Stimpy licking the hair off his stomach and some hairball production is missing), and "Son of Stimpy" (footage of Stimpy staring at the ceiling in bed and the scene when Ren places a Christmas present next to Stimpy's portrait is missing).
Seasons Three and a Half-ish	June 28, 2005	17	Includes all episodes from season three and the first half of season four, audio commentary on twelve episodes, including commentary by Ren and Stimpy themselves on "Circus Midgets". The following episodes are edited on this set: "Jiminy Lummox" (the scenes when Ren pranks Stimpy while watching TV and in the bath are missing), "Bass Masters" (the scene with Ren and Stimpy putting their belongings in the boat and the scene where fish slurp chum with straws is missing), "Ren's Retirement" (a short scene with Stimpy telling Ren they have 17 holes to go is missing), "Road Apples" (the scene with Ren getting eaten by a vulture, Ren and Mr. Pipe screaming in agony in the shower, the story about the phantom, and the entire scene with Wilbur Cobb are all missing), the "Flod" bumper (a boy stealing Flod from a girl is missing), "Eat My Cookies" (the scene where Ren and Stimpy fall on jagged rocks is missing), "Ren's Bitter Half" (a short scene of Stimpy asking indifferent Ren if he would be mean is missing), "House of Next Tuesday" (the scene where a whale vomits up plankton is missing), "A Friend in Your Face" (2 seconds of the grand opening of a hotel in Ren's head is missing), "Magical Golden Singing Cheeses" (a few scenes from the idiot contest are missing), "A Hard Day's Luck" (Haggis McHaggis's test of generosity is missing), "Prehistoric Stimpy" (the scene with Stimpy picking apart Wilbur Cobb's facial features and mocking him along with swimming dinosaurs is missing), "Farm Hands" (a scene of Ren asking Abner and Ewalt how to eat without teeth is missing), "I Love Chicken" (Stimpy feeding Ren corned stuffing and giblets is missing; Stimpy's dialogue with the football is missing), "Powdered Toast Man vs. Waffle Woman" (a portion of the scene when Waffle Woman challenges Powdered Toast Man via TV is missing), "It's a Dog's Life" (a portion of the priest reading from Thessalonians is missing), and "Egg Yölkeo" (a camera panning right to Renwaldo's home, a scene of Egg Yölkeo driving a car, and Renwaldo rocking the fridge are all missing). One bumper, "Chicken in a Drawer", was excised entirely.
Season Five and Some More of Four	September 20, 2005	17	Includes the second half of season four and all 11 episodes from season five, audio commentaries on thirteen episodes, including commentary by Ren and Stimpy themselves on "Big Flakes". The following episodes are edited on this set: "Galoot Wranglers" (a brief scene of the galoots reacting to Stimpy's cattle call is missing), "Ren Needs Help!" (footage of Ren jumping into the garbage disposal, the hospital staff taking the Moose chair and Stimpy correcting them, the scene when Ren asks the yak where the doctor is and Dr. Sloth climbing out of a hole, "Ahem.", Ren's disappointed face in getting creamed corn, and the scene when Stimpy visits Ren with the baby are all missing), "Travelogue" (the Ol' Facefull scene is missing), "Feud for Sale" (the scene with Ewalt stealing his grandfather's retirement funds, the scene with the elephant squeezing Abner off of its butt, a portion of the salesman describing Ewalt during Abner's rage, and the pan out of Abner and Ewalt shaking hands are all missing), "Bellhops" (the scene where Ren and Stimpy make a mess of a hotel room is missing), "Who's Stupid Now?" (the milkshake scene is not only shortened, but the Reservoir Dogs reference is missing too; Ren's prologue before the title credits is also missing), "Pen Pals" (Ren asking the security guard if he gives up and a white flag is given is missing), "Big Flakes" (the scene where Ren eats a piece of a calendar is missing), "Reverend Jack Cheese" (the ceremony in the van is missing), "Sammy and Me" (a short scene before Ren reads Stimpy's story is missing), and "The Last Temptation of Ren" (a portion of Stimpy making Ren's oatmeal, footage of Ren mowing his lawn, and the pool party scene are missing).

Notes

^a The "No. in series" column numbers the cartoons by air date, and the "No. in season" column numbers them by their order on the DVD set.

^b Episodes according to the DVD releases.

References

1. Thad Komorowski (2013). Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story. BearManor Media. ISBN 9781593932343.
2. Martin Goodman (September 1, 2004). "Dr. Toon interviews John Kricfalusi". Animation World Magazine. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
3. Ren & Stimpy Show: Complete Seasons 1 & 2. Nickelodeon. 2005.
4. Ren & Stimpy Show: Season 3 and a Halfish. Nickelodeon. 2005.
5. Ren & Stimpy Show: Season 5 & Some More of 4. Nickelodeon. 2005.