I Love Chicken/Powdered Toast Man vs. Waffle Woman
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I Love Chicken/Powdered Toast Man vs. Waffle Woman is an episode of Ren & Stimpy from the 4th season.
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[edit] I Love Chicken
Air date: November 19th, 1994.
Story by: Bob Camp & Jim Gomez
Storyboard by Peter Avanzino
Directed By Ron Hughart
[edit] "Chicken" plot summary
Ren comes home to a diligent Stimpy, who caters to his every request. When preparing Ren's dinner, Stimpy grows a little too attached to the chicken he had originally planned to cook. Ren enters the kitchen, curious as to the delay, and is horrified to catch the chicken and Stimpy in something of a romantic tryst. When Stimpy announces that the two are to be wed that night, a hungry Ren helplessly watches them leave.
A fortnight later, Stimpy and the chicken return from their honeymoon to find Ren still waiting expectantly for his chicken dinner. Stimpy announces that they are both tired and the newlyweds head off to bed, leaving Ren ever more furious.
In the dead of night, Ren steals the chicken from Stimpy's bed and prepares to cook it. Wakened by the aroma, Stimpy walks to the kitchen and is aghast when he discovers his beloved chicken roasting in the oven. Saving it at the last minute, Stimpy angrily chastises Ren for trying to cook his wife. Ren vows to 'get that chicken'.
Ren bitterly notices that all of Stimpy's attention and diligence has been redirected toward his new other half. He snatches the chicken when Stimpy's back is turned and grinds it into sausage links. Stimpy scolds Ren again, but later confesses to enjoying his wife's new look ('so firm and tightly-packed!'). Ren breaks down into tears and confesses that he has behaved horribly out of jealousy. Stimpy forgives him and the two plan a picnic so that they can spend time together like they did in the old days.
The following afternoon Ren and Stimpy head off to the park, but Ren heads home to pick up the forgotten ketchup. Stimpy waits until the evening and, when Ren doesn't return, heads back home himself to discover Ren finishing his last mouthful of chicken. Mortified, Stimpy hurls himself into bed and refuses to leave.
Months pass, and Ren gets angry with Stimpy's 'bereaved-chicken-widow crap', ordering him to fix dinner. It all begins again when Stimpy falls in love with a store-bought goat's head, much to Ren's dismay.
[edit] "Chicken" notes and trivia
- This is one of the nicer looking Games episodes, and even features something of a rarity for Ren & Stimpy - some snappy one-liners. This show also serves to encapsulate Ren's character - at times sadistic and self-obsessed, but fundamentally dependent on Stimpy.
- The episode title and opening credits pay homage to the popular sitcom 'I Love Lucy'
- In this episode the chicken is mute, presumably to imply it's a she as in other episodes it has a gruff, angry male voice.
- Ren's anger at Stimpy's despondency toward his lost friend is reminiscent of the season two episode 'Stimpy's First Fart (retitled "Son of Stimpy")', in which Ren grows weary of Stimpy's depression over his lost 'son' Stinky.
- This episode appears on the DVD 'Seasons Three & A Half-Ish' with a brief scene missing (Stimpy waking up to the smell of cooked chicken and initially falling for Ren's football ruse).
[edit] Powdered Toast Man vs. Waffle Woman
Air date: November 19th, 1994.
Story by: Vince Calandra, Chris Reccardi & Bob Camp
Storyboard by Lynne Naylor
Directed By Chris Reccardi
[edit] "Toast" plot summary
Pastor Toast Man is hosting his regular church bingo game when he receives a distress call. Within moments he has transformed into his legendary alter-ego Powdered Toast Man, and sets off to find the source of the trouble.
He reaches the hospital, where bedridden Little Johnny requests to meet the President before he takes his nap. Without hesitation Powdered Toast Man heads off to snatch the President, rendering him unable to sign the world peace treaty guaranteed to end all war (forever). Powdered Toast Man's super speed gets the President to the hospital within moments, but burns him to a crisp in the process. Little Johnny is inconsolable, and Powdered Toast Man retires to a life of seclusion, scorned by an unforgiving society.
Meanwhile his arch-nemesis Vicky Velcro, a disgruntled CEO of a waffle company that lost its business to Powdered Toast, transforms herself into Waffle Woman and plans to wreak her revenge.
In Powdered Toast Man's own fortress of solitude (a giant breadbin in space), the disgraced superhero spends his days eating mayo and watching television - that is until the broadcast gets interrupted by Waffle Woman, who threatens to deny Little Johnny any television of his own. With no choice but to come to Johnny's aid, Powdered Toast Man leaps back into action and heads back to Earth, accidentally destroying his home and Hollywood in the process.
Waffle Woman and Powdered Toast Man face off with a rooftop battle, during which they vent their anger at having not being able to appropriately organise their previous fight. After showcasing a variety of breakfast-related superpowers that destroy the planet bit by bit, Powdered Toast Man emerges the victor. A defeated Waffle Woman floats away, again vowing revenge, and Little Johnny celebrates the fact that he can watch television again - albeit in a world that has been virtually destroyed.
[edit] "Toast" notes and trivia
- Ren and Stimpy do not appear in this episode. The other episodes where they are absent are 'A Hard Day's Luck' (season four) and 'Feud For Sale' (season five).
- This episode is essentially a sequel to the season two episode 'Powdered Toast Man', although the animation is considerably poorer. Once again veteran actor Gary Owens provides the voice of the sterling superhero.
- While this episode is laudable enough as a stand-alone cartoon, it inevitably pales in comparison to the original Spumco-era episode 'Powdered Toast Man'. The animation in particular is poorer and seemingly rushed, although a good deal of the dark humour remains. It may be worth noting that unlike the first episode which unnecessarily threw Ren and Stimpy into a scene, this show opts to simply leave them out altogether.
- Powdered Toast Man mentions that the President owes him one. This refers to an incident in the previous episode 'Powdered Toast Man' where PTM saved the President from being caught in his zipper.
- When Waffle Woman takes over the airwaves, the show being interrupted is Stimpy's cartoon 'I Like Pink' from the episode 'Stimpy's Cartoon Show'.
- The ending of this episode, where Powdered Toast Man and Little Johnny stand atop one of the few remaining chunks of Earth that remain, is reminiscent of the classic Warner Bros. 1953 short 'Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century'.
- This episode appears on the DVD 'Seasons Three & A Half-Ish' with a brief scene missing (Waffle Woman taunting Powdered Toast Man through the television while Little Johnny cries for help).
- One scene, in which Waffle Woman destroys New York City, one of the buildings being blown up are the Twin Towers.
