10.0/102 votesLoading...#1 - Stimpy's Invention
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/23/1992
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
9.5/102 votesLoading...#2 - The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 5/23/1993
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
9.0/10586 votesLoading...#3 - The Boy Who Cried Rat!
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/8/1991
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
9.0/102 votesLoading...#4 - Big House Blues
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/15/1991
The pilot episode of Nickelodeon's series, The Ren & Stimpy Show.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.0/102 votesLoading...#5 - Stimpy's Fan Club
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 4/24/1993
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
9.0/101 votesLoading...#8 - Ol' Blue Nose
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 3/18/1995
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
8.9/10319 votesLoading...#9 - Dog Show
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/1992
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
8.7/10393 votesLoading...#10 - Robin Höek
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/25/1991
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
8.7/10293 votesLoading...#11 - Out West
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 8/29/1992
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
8.5/102 votesLoading...#12 - Fire Dogs
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/29/1991
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
8.5/102 votesLoading...#13 - A Cartoon
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/10/1991
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
8.5/10290 votesLoading...#15 - Powdered Toastman
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 8/15/1992
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
8.5/102 votesLoading...#16 - A Visit to Anthony
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 5/8/1993
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
8.3/10159 votesLoading...#17 - No Pants Today
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/26/1993
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.
Writer: Richard Pursel
8.2/10233 votesLoading...#18 - Ren's Toothache
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 8/22/1992
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
8.2/10202 votesLoading...#19 - Fake Dad
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 2/28/1993
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
8.1/10191 votesLoading...#20 - Big Baby Scam
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/12/1992
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
8.0/10349 votesLoading...#21 - Stimpy's Big Day
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/11/1991
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
8.0/10331 votesLoading...#22 - The Big Shot
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/11/1991
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
8.0/10272 votesLoading...#23 - Space Madness
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/8/1991
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
8.0/102 votesLoading...#24 - Black Hole
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/23/1992
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
8.0/10220 votesLoading...#25 - Svën Höek
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1992
Ren gets driven out of his mind yet again as his anxiously awaited cousin Svën forms a stupidity bond with Stimpy through magic Nose Goblins, Kitty Litter, and the "Don't Whiz on the Electric Fence" board game.
Director: John Kricfalusi
Writer: Bob Camp, John Kricfalusi
The Best Episodes of The Ren & Stimpy Show
Every episode of The Ren & Stimpy Show ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Ren & Stimpy Show!
Ren and Stimpy are a mismatch made in animation heaven with nothing in common but a life-long friendship and an incredible knack for getting into...
Genres:AnimationSci-Fi & FantasyComedyKids
Network:Nickelodeon
Best Episodes Summary
"Stimpy's Invention" is the best rated episode of "The Ren & Stimpy Show". It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by John Kricfalusi and written by Bob Camp, John Kricfalusi, it aired on 2/23/1992. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen".
