The Best Episodes of The Ren & Stimpy Show

Stimpy invents a Happy Helmet so that his foaming friend Ren can be happy all the time. But it pushes Ren way past happiness and into utter insanity - and the nonstop "Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy" song doesn't help either!

Director: John Kricfalusi

Writer: Bob Camp, John Kricfalusi

Ren and Stimpy become Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen and brave the jungle, desert, and snow of Canada, facing hunger, poison dirt, a Kodiak Marmoset, and a catchy tune!

Director: John Kricfalusi, Chris Reccardi

Writer: Bob Camp, Vincent Waller, Jim Gomez, John Kricfalusi

Penniless and hungry, Ren hatches the perfect plan: Stimpy can get work as a family's mouse-catching kitty, and Ren can pose as the mouse. What could possibly go wrong?

Director: John Kricfalusi

Writer: Vincent Waller, John Kricfalusi

The pilot episode of Nickelodeon's series, The Ren & Stimpy Show.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Ren is jealous of Stimpy's constant stream of fan mail, so Stimpy makes his pal the president of his Fan Club, causing Ren delusions of grandeur, and ultimately, insanity.

Director: Peter Avanzino

Writer: John Kricfalusi, Elinor Blake

Stimpy creates a cloning liquid in his lab, and it falls into Ren's hands.

Director: Mike Kim

Writer: Bob Camp, Ron Hauge, Mike Kim

Ren can't stand Stimpy anymore, so he sends Stimpy on a one-way ticket out of town. Then they are hit by a bus and get united (literally) in a cheap hospital.

Director: Mike Kim

Writer: Bob Camp, Jim Gomez

Ren hits Stimpy in the nose and he starts to sing with a crooner-like voice. Stimpy becames famous, until his nose leaves him because of being slapped many times.

Director: Steve Loter

Writer: Bob Camp, Ron Hauge, Billy West

George Liquor, American, has worked tirelessly to groom Ren and Stimpy for the All County Dog Show, but before they can compete, they'll need to get past the toughest judge of all - Mr. Horse!

Director: John Kricfalusi, Chris Reccardi

Writer: Richard Pursel

Ren dreams that he is the hero of Stimpy's bedtime story - a brave outlaw who robs from the rich, gives to the criminally insane, and rescues the cross-dressed cat, Maid Moron.

Director: John Kricfalusi

Writer: Bob Camp, John Kricfalusi

Ren and Stimpy find themselves amid the Wild West, where they run up against a Sheriff and Deputy who's favorite past-time is hanging people.

Director: Bob Camp

Writer: Bob Camp, John Kricfalusi

Ren and Stimpy need new jobs, so they disguise themselves as Dalmatians, go to work for a psychotic fire chief, and battle a 40-story building fire, saving Mr. Horse and others!

Director: John Kricfalusi

Writer: John Kricfalusi

Nature show host "Marlon" Höek and his sidekick Stimpy explore a strange Galapagos Island chain where all species look like Ren and Stimpy... but even less evolved!

Director: John Kricfalusi

Writer: Jim Smith, John Kricfalusi

Ren and Stimpy join the Army, where they begin basic training under a very demanding Drill Sargent.

Director: Bob Camp

Writer: Bob Camp

We then follow the unusual and bizarre adventures of "Powdered Toast Man" as he is called on for various rescue missions.

Director: John Kricfalusi

Writer: Richard Pursel, John Kricfalusi

Ren and Stimpy's U.S. visit to a young fan named Anthony threatens to destroy all his youthful fantasies, so Anthony's overprotective father threatens to destroy them!

Director: John Kricfalusi, Jim Smith

Writer: Richard Pursel, John Kricfalusi

After Stimpy breaks Ren's stuff, Ren goes crazy and is sent to a home for mentally insane people.

Director: Bob Camp

Writer: Bob Camp, Jim Gomez

After Stimpy gets out of the shower, he finds that there is not a pair of pants in the house. Ignoring Ren, who tells him that clothes are for humans, and that he doesn't need pants, he tries multiple times to find a pair of pants, without much luck. He is shunned by the outside world because he is nude. He eventually gets lost in the forest, cold, naked, and embarrassed.

Director: Bill Wray, Bob Camp

Writer: Richard Pursel

Ren learns the benefits of dental hygiene the hard way, as he refuses to listen to Stimpy's advice on brushing your teeth.

Director: John Kricfalusi

Writer: Bob Camp, John Kricfalusi

Ren shows his soft side when he volunteers to be a fake dad for a 200-pound prison convict named Kowalski. Of course, Stimpy lends support as the loving fake mom.

Director: John Kricfalusi, Jim Smith

Writer: Bob Camp, John Kricfalusi

It's Ren's greatest scheme ever: switch places with a couple of babies and enjoy the pampered life. But being babies turns out to be harder than Ren or Stimpy ever imagined.

Director: Vincent Waller

Writer: Vincent Waller

Ren thinks TV has ruined Stimpy's mind, but when Stimpy wins a televised Gritty Kitty Litter contest and becomes a Hollywood star on the Muddy Muddskipper show, he leaves Ren behind.

Director: John Kricfalusi

Writer: Vincent Waller, John Kricfalusi

While Stimpy enjoys his new found success in show business, Ren sits at home missing his brainless buddy. Will Stimpy give up his fame and fortune to return home?

Director: John Kricfalusi

Writer: Vincent Waller, John Kricfalusi

During a 36-year mission to the Crab Nebula, Commander Höek succumbs to Space Madness and puts Cadet Stimpy in charge of the mysterious History Eraser Button!

Director: John Kricfalusi

Writer: Jim Gomez, John Kricfalusi

It's another warped day for Commander Höek and Cadet Stimpy as they fly into a mind-bending black hole, mutate continuously, and discover a mountain of missing left socks.

Director: John Kricfalusi

Writer: Bob Camp, Will McRobb