The Ren and Stimpy Show characters
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Over its five seasons, The Ren and Stimpy Show featured a varied cast of characters, some who appeared in as few as one episode, and some who were practically regulars. The following is an in-depth guide to these characters.
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- George Liquor is an ultra-patriotic American and is so conservative that he thinks Republicans are Communists. His family name was removed from being uttered in the episodes he appeared in by Nickelodeon. Instead, the scene would pause and a record-scratching sound effect would be played in place of the word "liquor". He was voiced by Michael Pataki, but Harris Peet voiced him in "The Boy Who Cried Rat" and "Black Hole," which was the episode in which he first appeared.
- Mr. and Mrs. Pipe are a pair of square, white suburban parents who are seen only from the waist down. Mr. Pipe (voiced by Billy West) is typically clad in a bathrobe, slippers, and black socks supported by sock-suspenders. He also loves to wear Rubber Nipples on his knees and farts at inappropriate moments. Mrs. Pipe (voiced by Cheryl Chase) appears to wear a dress and nondescript women's shoes. Their first appearance was The Boy Who Cried Rat, in which Ren and Stimpy got a job catching mice for them. In "Big Baby Scam," it seems they have two children named Eugene and Shawn.
- Abner and Ewalt are a pair of incredibly stupid hillbillies who are sheriff and deputy of a small Wild West town. They have a strong proclivity for hanging, so much so that they eventually hang themselves in absence of a suitable hangee. When Abner and Ewalt think about something, even on the most simple solutions, the theme from Jeopardy! plays.
- Svën Höek is Ren's Swedish cousin whom Ren has not seen since they were in the whelping box together. He longs to have an intellectual conversation with his cousin, but much to Ren's horror, Svën is even stupider than Stimpy — they even belong to the same fraternal organization, the "Loyal Order of Stupids — and he forms an instant bond with him. Last seen trapped in Hell, the end result of Ren's misguided cruelty (Stimpy and Svën are playing "Don't Whiz on the Electric Fence". Ren comes home from work and sees the mess the other two have made of his possessions. In spite, Ren does the very thing the game says not to do.), but later made several reappearances in the comic book and one more appearance in the series he had a non speaking cameo in Jerry The Bellybutton Elf. Voiced by Billy West.
- Wilbur Cobb is a demented, decaying old man who was once the foremost cartoon producer in the world. He speaks in malapropisms. Voiced by Jack Carter. Spumco originally wanted his name to be Raymond Spum but after the firing of Spumco, Games renamed him Wilbur Cobb after the story editor.
- Mrs. Buttloaves is an incredibly obese and homely woman dressed in a bulging pink night gown. Voiced by Kricfalusi.
- Haggis MacHaggis: A short, bald stereotypical Scotsman. At one point, he was a cartoon star, but low ratings forced him out into the street. Voiced by Alan Young.
- The Fire Chief has a psychotic hatred for circus midgets and a penchant for slamming his fire axe into concrete as a response to answering the door. Voiced by Peet, and later by Ralph Bakshi in the Adult Party Cartoon episode Fire Dogs 2.
- The Gilded Yak is the shaven icon of Yak Shaving Day. Rides through the sky in a canoe; capable of emerging and disappearing into sink and tub drains. Although he is shaven, he is on a constant vigil against getting a five o'clock shadow.
- Dr. Stupid is a "show within a show" context pitted Stimpy as the host of a question-and-answer medical/science talk show called "Ask Dr. Stupid." As the titular doctor, Stimpy would read a letter from a loyal viewer asking a question, and then activate his "patented Stuponitron helmet," which appeared to give him a stiff electrical shock to his brain. Afterwards, he would offer strange advice, which was often wrong or had little to do with the question.
- Old Man Hunger is a strange, and always naked, skinny old man with a chicken drumstick leg on his head. He is the father of Mr. Pipe, and a part-time Tooth Fairy. He can be found showing up randomly at inopportune moments for Ren and Stimpy. Often refers to people as "fellers", and has a tendency to say that he loves skinny-dipping, or skinny-stomping, or whatever he may be doing at the time. One episode showed him as the supposed husband of Mrs. Buttloaves. Voiced by West. Appears as "Old Man Winter" in Altruists in the APC. He is usually whistles "In the Hall of the Mountain King". He first appeared in "Big House Blues".
- Kowalski serves as a 32-year life sentence for crimes against humanity, Kowalski is an extremely large and burly hulk of a man with incredible strength — and the mind of a 7-year-old boy. In his first appearance, Kowalski is temporarily adopted by Ren. His favorite food (according to the episode Fake Dads) is meat on toasted meat, washed down with a frothy glass of meat. In subsequent appearances, he is mostly seen as a general multipurpose goon. Not to be confused with Bubba, Ren's Kowalski-like nephew who featured in only one episode. Both Kowalski and Bubba are of the race known as a lummox. Kowalski is possibly based on a similar character of the same name from Fredrick Forsyth's political thriller The Day of the Jackal and professional wrestler Killer Kowalski.
- The Announcer Salesman (also known as "That Guy") serves as the multi-purpose loudmouth in the Ren and Stimpy show. Sometimes, he is a salesman ("Feud For Sale", "To Salve Or Not To Salve".) Other times, he is a narrator, an announcer, a dog-show judge, a real estate agent, etc. The character is never referred to by any name in the series, but the name of "Hey, It's That Guy" seems to be the official name given by West, who also voiced him. He first appeared in "Space Madness" provoking Stimpy to press the history eraser button. He bares a slight resemblance to the genie from disney's Aladdin. He had a moustache in "House of Next Tuesday".
- Stinky Wizzleteats is a character whose design and voice characterization are based on the folk balladeer Burl Ives. He sings the recorded version of the "Happy Happy Joy Joy" song, occasionally digressing into furious rants ("I TOLD you I'd shoot! But you didn't believe me! WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME?!", taken from Ives' movie The Big Country [1] in between the chorus. Voiced by John Kricfalusi (Later by Billy West and Bob Camp after Kricfalusi was fired).
- Reverend Jack Cheese is a brooding, deeply troubled intinerant preacher reminiscent of Reverend Harry Powell in the film Night of the Hunter. He hires Ren & Stimpy to assist in his travelling minstrel show where they evangelize the gospel of meat. Plays a one-stringed guitar. Voiced by Frank Gorshin.
- Log is an inanimate piece of wood that appears in retro commercial inspired vignettes as a children's plaything, somewhat like a poor man's slinky. The jingle boasts, "It's better than bad, it's good!"
- Slinky Jingle - It's Slinky, it's Slinky, for fun it's a wonderful toy/It's Slinky, it's Slinky, it's fun for a girl and a boy
- Log parody Jingle - It's Log, Log, it's big, it's heavy, it's wood./It's Log, Log, it's better than bad, it's good!
- Jose Poo is an overweight Hispanic entrepreneur in the Adult Party Cartoon episodes. Owns a bar in "Onward and Upwards", a shop in "Naked Beach Frenzy", and makes cameos as "Mexican Elvis" and the owner of "Chunkey Butt" Ice Cream in "Altruists" and "Stimpy's Pregnant". Based on Spumco Canada artist Jose Pou.
- The Nerve Ending Fairy is a character who appears in the episode that Ren loses all his teeth, leaving his mouth full of "stinky gum holes." Stimpy, who has perfect dental hygiene, convinces Ren to pull out his nerve endings with tweezers and put them under his pillow for the Nerve Ending Fairy. As Ren and Stimpy sleep that night, out the window you can see a beautiful fairy appear, but a closer look shows that it's really a dirty old man who wiggles his toes when he says, "I smell something stiiiinky!" The Nerve Ending Fairy takes the nerve endings from under Ren's pillow and puts them on back side of his neck. He doesn't have any money, so instead gives him a ball of lint. Some people think he is Old Man Hunger yet there are obvious differences. The Nerve Ending Fairy wears a crown instead of a drumstick, Has a darker beard and smaller although he has a similar voice and does look the same despite the listed differences.
- Jasper the Dog usually appears as a white-furred, red-nosed dog with blue spots, Jasper has been in a number of episodes. His first appearance ("Big House Blues") had him calmly explaining that "you don't wake up...from the big sleep". All the rest of his appearances were random cameos ranging from him being a normal dog, to the leader of the Hermit Union, and even as the senior officer of the Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen.
- Victor is a huge boy with orange hair, that always wears a white collar, black tie, and sweater vest. Though he dresses sharp, he is known as the school bully, who beats up Ren and Stimpy along with a young boy named Anthony. What he would normally do to Stimpy is give him stomach punches and every time he punched him he'd say, "Happy...Happy...Joy...Joy," and would sometimes love twisting Ren's head until his neck broke. The only person who is proud of Victor is his father, who would be waiting for Vicor in a station wagon with a sign on the driver's door reading, "Victor's Dad". Victor's first appearance was in "A Visit to Anthony." Victor and his father made another appearace; offering an insecure Stimpy a pair of underpants if he can pass their initiation. Stimpy succeeded and was given a pair of underpants by Victor's Dad, which was time for him to change after wearing them for six months. They tossed Stimpy out the station wagon and laughed, and not paying attention to the road, they drive off the cliff. Victor was voiced by Danny Cooksey.
- Anthony is a boy with unusually round glasses, probably noting that everyone thought he was a nerd. His favorite cartoon characters are Ren & Stimpy, who seem to come to his house after he writes a letter to them. Anthony's first appearance is in "A Visit to Anthony".
- Brainchild, designed by Bob Camp is a genius riding an "anuscycle." He appears in "Blazing Entrails" Brainchild inflates Stimpy so Ren could rescue his brain. Bill Mumy voiced Brainchild.[2]
- The Ghost He appears to be based on Droopy and his face appears to be modeled after Elmer Fudd. Appeared in "Haunted House" trying to scare our favorite cat and dog duo, when his attempts fail he commits suicide by drinking poison and he is reborn as a heavy set African American jazz musician.
- The Dogcatcher Appeared in "Big House Blues". His voice sounds a lot like the narrator of that episode.
- Phil A Bulldog who gets put to sleep in "Big House Blues" although he appears in "Dog Show" later on.
