"Ren's Pecs" is the fifth episode of the third season of ''

The Ren & Stimpy Show ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', commonly referred to as simply ''Ren & Stimpy'', is an American animated Comedy film, comedy television series created by John Kricfalusi for Nickelodeon. The series follows the misadventures of Ren Höek, an emotion ...

''. It originally aired on

Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (nicknamed Nick) is an American pay television channel and the flagship property of the Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first ca ...

in the United States on December 18, 1993.

Plot

Ren and Stimpy ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', commonly referred to as simply ''Ren & Stimpy'', is an American animated comedy television series created by John Kricfalusi for Nickelodeon. The series follows the misadventures of Ren Höek, an emotionally unstab ...

are on a beach, where Stimpy reads while Ren tries to impress women to no avail. Ren is insulted by a muscular individual and leaves with the women; Ren is angered and breaks into tears. Suddenly, the ultra-fit

socialite A socialite is a person, typically a woman from a wealthy or aristocratic background, who is prominent in high society. A socialite generally spends a significant amount of time attending various fashionable social gatherings, instead of having ...

Charles Globe is washed up, he explains that

pectoral muscles Pectoral muscles (colloquially referred to as "pecs") are the muscles that connect the front of the human chest with the bones of the upper arm and shoulder. This region contains four muscles that provide movements to the upper limbs or ribs. P ...

implants can be achieved by simply injecting fat at the spot; he had achieved his fame by moving fat from his comically plump feet to his upper body. Despite Ren's lack of fat, Stimpy offers to donate his fat from his buttocks, having donated fat before, much to Ren's gratitude. After a highly unprofessional and painful surgery, Ren joyfully receives his new "pectoral muscles". He immediately returns to the beach where he shows off his implants and beats up the muscular individual with them while Stimpy knits. Ren decides to move on with his new life, but not before bidding Stimpy goodbye, who had knitted him a muscle shirt for him. Ren goes to Hollywood where he becomes an

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

and

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, garnering massive riches and fame. Consumed by his fame and glory, Ren had lost his integrity, claiming Globe to be his greatest influence while forgetting about Stimpy, who returns to him as a servant yet is treated harshly by Ren, who believes him to be familiar. Stimpy is still glad Ren is truly happy.

Cast

*Ren – voice of

Billy West William Richard Werstine (born 1952), known professionally as Billy West, is an American voice actor, comedian, radio personality, impressionist and musician. His voice roles include Bugs Bunny in the 1996 film ''Space Jam'', the title characte ...

*Charles Globe – voice of

Gary Owens Gary Owens (born Gary Bernard Altman; May 10, 1934 – February 12, 2015) was an American disc jockey, voice actor, announcer and radio personality. His polished baritone speaking voice generally offered deadpan recitations of total nonsense, wh ...

*Stimpy – voice of Billy West *Bully – voice of

Bob Camp Robert Frank Camp (born February 7, 1956) is an American animator, writer, cartoonist, comic book artist, storyboard artist, director, and producer. He is best known for founding Spümcø and his work for developing and serving as a showrunner ...

*Beach babe – voice of Cheryl Chase *Doctor – voice of Billy West *Doctor's Assistant – voice of Cheryl Chase

Production

The episode was written for the second season by

Richard Pursel Richard Dale Pursel (born September 17, 1964) is an American television writer, screenwriter and storyboard artist. He is known for his work on Nickelodeon's television series ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' and ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. Career ...

Spümcø Spümcø, Inc. ( ; stylized as SPÜMCØ) was an American animation studio that was active from 1989 to 2005 and based in Los Angeles, California. The studio was best known for working on the first two seasons of ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' for N ...

. After series creator

John Kricfalusi Michael John Kricfalusi ( ; born September 9, 1955), known professionally as John K., is a Canadian illustrator, blogger, and former animator and voice actor. He is the creator of the animated television series ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', which ...

was fired on September 21, 1992, the episode was produced at

Games Animation Nickelodeon Animation Studio Inc. (also known as Nickelodeon Animation Studios or Nick Animation and credited as Nickelodeon Productions on-screen) is an American animation studio owned by Paramount Global through the Nickelodeon Group. It has c ...

which held it over to the third season. The original version called for the episode to be half an hour long and was to feature Ren's fall from being a Hollywood star in comedic fashion and to return to Stimpy at the end similar to " The Big Shot!". Due to Pursel's departure, Games Animation assigned

Ron Hughart Ronald P. Hughart (born June 18, 1961) is an American animator, director, and storyboard artist. He has worked on several shows, including ''The Ren & Stimpy Show ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', commonly referred to as simply ''Ren & Stimpy'', i ...

as director, who reworked the episode, cut the story short and allowed Ren to stay a Hollywood star, making the episode a direct inversion of "The Big Shot!".

Peter Avanzino Peter Avanzino (born May 26, 1962) is an American animation director. He has directed several episodes of '' Futurama'', and served as supervising director on the 6th and 7th seasons of the series. Avanzino works for Rough Draft Studios in Gl ...

served as the storyboard artist for the episode.

Reception

American journalist Thad Komorowski gave "Ren's Pecs" three-and-a-half stars out of half.

Books and articles

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References

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