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. "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". "Sammy and Me / The Last Temptation", the series' finale, aired on October 20, 1996, on MTV.
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 Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon".
Ren and Stimpy 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 does not understand, but after Jasper explains this to Ren, their lives seem to be on a thin thread until a sweet girl adopts them both.
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".
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.
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.
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.
Commander Höek (Ren) and Cadet Stimpy are on a mission to explore the cosmos. Commander Höek begins to display symptoms of "space madness". Stimpy attempts to calm his sickened Officer while still maintaining his loyalty to his command, but it does not last long. Close to the end of the episode, Höek 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.
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.
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. The job proves harder than Ren thought when the duo have to save Mrs. Buttloaves and her pets from a burning building.
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.
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.
Season 2 (1992–93)
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.
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.
Powdered Toast Man saves a kitten from crashing into a truck, rescues the Pope from Muddy Mudskipper, serves Ren and Stimpy breakfast, and helps the president with an embarrassing bathroom situation.
After Ren does not 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.
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 his highest anger level after they accidentally destroy his prized possessions.
January 13, 1993 (1993-01-13) (MTV) December 11, 1993 (1993-12-11) (Nickelodeon)
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When Stimpy farts, he believes that he has given birth. He tells Ren about the incident, but Ren will not believe him. Soon, Stimpy relentlessly tries to find his fart, which he names "Stinky".
Notes:
The episode was originally titled "Stimpy's First Fart".
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.
Notes:
This episode is the first to feature Billy West, the voice of Stimpy, taking over the role of Ren, following John Kricfalusi's firing from Nickelodeon.
It is also the first episode to be produced by Games Animation.
The episode was broadcast out of production order, as the remaining episodes of the season were produced by Kricfalusi and Spümcø prior to the former's termination from the show.
Ren and Stimpy adopt an overgrown, seven-year-old convict named Kowalski. Stimpy is kind and understanding towards the barbaric "youngster", but Ren has a bit more trouble adjusting to parenthood.
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.
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 becomes quickly disappointed when he learns the letter was from Stimpy himself.
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.
Note: Anthony is voiced by Anthony Raspanti, a young fan who sent in one of the first letters to the show.
Story by : John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp, Jim Gomez, & Vincent Waller
Chris Reccardi
May 23, 1993 (1993-05-23)
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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.
"Man's Best Friend"
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.[8] 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 and second season DVD set.
Ren and Stimpy learn the true meaning of obedience when George Liquor takes them home with him and swears to make them "champions", which does not happen.
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.
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.
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.
Story by : Elinor Blake (uncredited) & John Kricfalusi
Michael Kim & Chris Reccardi
January 8, 1994 (1994-01-08)
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Inspired by his idol, Wilbur Cobb, Stimpy starts to begin making his own cartoon. Talentless Ren then becomes the obnoxious producer of Stimpy's hardworking cartoon, and takes it too far.
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.
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, while Ren himself does not get a single bite.
Howard E. Baker & Stephen DeStefano Garret Ho (additional)
March 12, 1994 (1994-03-12)
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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.
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.
When Stimpy ventures into the inside of his bellybutton, he meets Jerry, the Bellybutton Elf 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.
Guest star: Gilbert Gottfried as Jerry the Bellybutton Elf and Adonis
TV star Haggis MacHaggis 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.
Note: The episode's title is also written as "The Scotsman".
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.
Fed up with Stimpy's stupidity 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.
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).
Renwaldo, the Egg Smithëe, makes his own son out of egg yolks and wishes that he were a real boy.
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"Double Header"
Michael Kim
Jim Gomez & Bob Camp
Tom McGrath
January 7, 1995 (1995-01-07)
TBA
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.
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"The Scotsman in Space"
Bob Camp
Bob Camp, Jim Gomez, & Bill Wray
Stephen DeStefano
January 7, 1995 (1995-01-07)
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Commander Höek (Ren) and Cadet Stimpy discover a Bizarre Scotsman (Haggis McHaggis) outside their spaceship and find a wallet attached to his hinder (literally).
Guest star: Alan Young as Haggis McHaggis
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"Pixie King"
Ron Hughart
Ron Hauge, Jim Gomez, Bill Wray, & Bob Camp
Stephen DeStefano
January 14, 1995 (1995-01-14)
TBA
While the duo, as pixies, strive to earn their wings, Ren wants to be "King of the Pixies". Wilbur Cobb makes an appearance as a pixie.
Ren has a 6:00 a.m. tee-off in the morning, but cannot 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.
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"My Shiny Friend"
Bill Wray
Ron Hauge, Jim Gomez, Bill Wray, & Bob Camp
Bill Wray & Bob Camp
January 21, 1995 (1995-01-21)
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Stimpy starts to have a severe addiction to watching television and Ren, on numerous occasions, tries to stop him (Including destroying the TV with a shovel at one point).
Note: A clip from the episode can be seen on a TV set from the 1996 film The Cable Guy.
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411A
"Cheese Rush Days"
Kirk Field
Story by : Vince Calandra
Kirk Field
February 11, 1995 (1995-02-11)
TBA
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.
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"Wiener Barons"
Bob Camp
Ron Hauge, Jim Gomez, & Bob Camp
Peter Avanzino
February 11, 1995 (1995-02-11)
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Ren and Stimpy want to become Wiener Barons of Canada.
Wilbur Cobb tells Ren and Stimpy a Western story about galoots.
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"Ren Needs Help!"
Bob Camp
Jim Gomez & Bob Camp
Chris Reccardi
March 4, 1995 (1995-03-04)
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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 cannot handle the asylum.
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.
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"Stupid Sidekick Union"
Tom McGrath
Bob Camp & Jim Gomez
Tom McGrath
March 18, 1995 (1995-03-18)
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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.
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"Superstitious Stimpy"
Bob Camp
Ron Hauge, Jim Gomez, & Bob Camp
Peter Avanzino
April 1, 1995 (1995-04-01)
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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.
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"Travelogue"
Arthur Filloy
Jim Gomez
Arthur Filloy
April 1, 1995 (1995-04-01)
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Ren and Stimpy decide to travel to a strange new island called Acromeglia.
Season 5 (1995–96)
This season's episodes were interspersed with the short segments "Varicose Veins", "Dog Water", and "Kraftwork Corner", and short segments from previous seasons. The episodes from this season are actually a part of Season 4, and were held over by Nickelodeon to air as an unofficial "Season 5".
"There's That Man Again!" plays a salesman who outwits Abner Dimwit and Ewalt Nitwit, the morons from out west.
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"Hair of the Cat"
Ken Bruce
Ron Hauge
Kirk Field
July 1, 1995 (1995-07-01)
TBA
N/A
Ren is unaware that he is allergic to Stimpy's cat hair and as a result suffers everything imaginable. When Ren gets wise, Stimpy is isolated to a pickle jar.
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"City Hicks"
Ken Bruce
Vince Calandra
Jim Kammerud & Arthur Filloy
July 1, 1995 (1995-07-01)
TBA
N/A
Ren and Stimpy leave the country when it rains and their dust fields are ruined with "useless" fruits and vegetables, but do not have much luck in the city at first.
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"Stimpy's Pet"
Steve Loter
Vince Calandra, Jim Gomez, & Bob Camp
Brian Smith, Dan Root, & Steve Loter
October 7, 1995 (1995-10-07)
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Stimpy takes care of Sid the Abandoned Circus Clown.
Guest star: Phil Hartman as Sid the Abandoned Circus Clown
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.
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"Bellhops"
Ken Bruce
Jim Gomez, Vince Calandra, & Ron Hauge
Jim Kammerud
October 28, 1995 (1995-10-28)
TBA
N/A
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.
Ren brings a disguised Stimpy to the annual Dog Lodge. This turns out to be a mistake by letting his feline friend to Dog Lodge and the two dogs refusing Ren to join in the lodge by thinking that he is some type of a different animal such as a mosquito. And so, the two dogs are having Ren to do a traditional dog test to prove to them that he is a canine.
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.
When the producer tells Ren and Stimpy that their show is about to be cancelled, (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.
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"School Mates"
Kirk Field
Jim Gomez
Brian Smith
November 11, 1995 (1995-11-11)
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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.
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"Dinner Party"
Steve Loter
Vince Calandra
Rob Koo & Armen Melkonian
November 11, 1995 (1995-11-11)
TBA
N/A
Ren hosts a dinner party featuring a cast of unusual characters, with help from houseboy Stimpy.
Note: This episode marks the final appearance of Haggis MacHaggis, the final appearance of Mrs. Pipe, and the penultimate appearance of Mr. Pipe, who would later appear once more in "The Last Temptation", where he is depicted as the boss of Wilbur Cobb, who is depicted as his gardener.
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.
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.
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"Terminal Stimpy"
Arthur Filloy
Jim Gomez, Bob Camp, & Vince Calandra
Kirk Field & Bob Camp
December 9, 1995 (1995-12-09)
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After going through seven of his lives, Stimpy becomes extremely cautious before enduring the steps towards accepting death.
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"Reverend Jack"
Craig Bartlett
Bob Camp & Jim Gomez
Stephen DeStefano
December 9, 1995 (1995-12-09)
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Ren and Stimpy work for a "reverend" who preaches about cheese and meat, but the duo starts to see that the reverend is a bit weird.
October 20, 1996 (1996-10-20) (MTV) August 18, 2000 (2000-08-18) (Nickelodeon)
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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 Mantis Man.
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.
DVD releases
Episode order
The 2004/2005 DVD releases order the Ren & Stimpy cartoons into the following episodes:[11][12][13]
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 / 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
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 / A Hard Day's Luck
I Love Chicken / Powdered Toast Man vs. Waffle Woman
It's a Dog's Life / Egg Yolkeo
Double Header / The Scotsman in Space
Pixie King / Aloha Höek
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
Notes
^ abcdeThe "No. overall" column numbers the overall episode segments by air date, and the "No. in season" column numbers them by their order on the DVD set.
^ abcdefgh(HH) denotes that the numbers listed are the amount of households the episode was viewed in.