8.0/10349 votes#1 - 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 votes#2 - 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
8.7/10393 votes#3 - 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
7.8/10273 votes#4 - Nurse Stimpy
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/25/1991
When Ren falls ill, it's Nurse Stimpy to the rescue, swearing by the Sacred Bedpan to cure his friend. Will the constant care lead to a cured Chihuahua, or a total relapse?
Director: John Kricfalusi
Writer: Bob Camp, John Kricfalusi
8.0/10272 votes#5 - 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
9.0/10586 votes#6 - 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 votes#7 - 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
5.5/102 votes#8 - The Littlest Giant
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/15/1991
During the story of "The Littlest Giant," Ren drifts off and dreams that he is Wee Ren, a resident of Thumbsville who makes the mistake of befriending the littlest Giant, Stimpy.
Director: John Kricfalusi
Writer: Bob Camp, John Kricfalusi
8.5/102 votes#9 - 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
6.0/102 votes#10 - Marooned
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/6/1991
In this space adventure, Commander Höek and Cadet Stimpy land on an eerie planet with only their Space Cadet Handbook to guide them! Can they avoid certain doom? Nope.
Director: John Kricfalusi
Writer: John Kricfalusi
8.5/102 votes#11 - 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
8.0/102 votes#12 - 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
10.0/102 votes#13 - 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
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Network:Nickelodeon
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Stimpy's Big Day" is the best rated episode of "The Ren & Stimpy Show" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 349 votes. Directed by John Kricfalusi and written by Vincent Waller, John Kricfalusi, it aired on 8/11/1991. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Big Shot".