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"A Visit To Anthony" is the 17th episode of the second season.

Characters[]

Summary[]

Anthony, a young fan of Ren and Stimpy, wins a contest to have Ren and Stimpy come to meet him, but his menacing, overprotective father would do anything to protect him and his boyhood innocence.

Trivia[]

  • The character of Anthony was inspired and voiced by a real life fan, who sent in the first letter to the show. As a result, this episode rarely airs in syndication, as Nickelodeon would have to pay Anthony's voice actor royalty fees.
    • It is also not on Paramount+, presumably partly for that reason, but also due to music clearance rights issues involving a Raymond Scott music track ("Manhattan Minuet", heard when Anthony asks Ren to bulge his eyes out for him).
  • This is the first episode to confirm that Ren and Stimpy both hail from Hollywood, Yugoslavia, which was previously hinted at in "Mad Dog Hoek".
    • In real life, Yugoslavia was a European nation that was created in 1918 shortly after World War I. In 1992, around the time this episode aired, the country was divided into six separate countries, including modern-day Croatia and Slovenia, due to a variety of factors.
  • "A Visit to Anthony" was originally intended to be animated by Carbunkle Cartoons. According to Bob Jaques, Nickelodeon cancelled these plans, presumably because production was going over budget (the finished episode is estimated to have cost over 1 million USD), and instead had them animate "The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen".
  • Although John K. voices Ren in this episode, he is briefly voiced by Billy West in the eye bulging scene, as not all of the voice acting had been completed prior to John's firing.[1] Similarly, the dialogue for Anthony's dad was recorded entirely at Games, as the part had not been cast at the time of Kricfalusi's termination.
  • While Kricfalusi and Jim Smith are credited as the episode's directors, neither was directly involved with the episode's production beyond the storyboarding and voice recording stages (owing to Spümcø's termination early in its production); resultantly, much of the finished episode was laid out by Bob Camp, Chris Reccardi and Mike Kim, contemporarily viewed as the sole artists in Games' employ capable of handling Anthony's intricately-designed father.
  • This is one of the first episodes where Ren and Stimpy are portrayed as actual actors, both known as famous stars and a comedy duo. The Games Animation episodes would later continue to break the fourth wall in this fashion, acknowledging that The Ren & Stimpy Show is an actual show and the two are a comedy duo from said show. In a similar way, Warner Bros. Animaniacs would be acknowledged as an actual show for its self-aware nature.
  • The World Crisis With Mr. Horse segment used only digital ink and paint instead of its original traditional-cel animation.
  • There was a deleted scene of Anthony showing the two his Stimpy doll that hwarfs out cat hairballs, and Ren doll that had a pull string which would make it say naughty words. Possibly, this scene was banned from being made for the episode's production and/or final version primarily because of foul language (for example: What the f*** is your problem, man?!) and inappropriate gross-out humor. Because of that, the crew at Spümcø decided not to finish this scene for the episode.

Gallery[]

Production Gallery[]

Note: This only focuses on the scene that was rejected from being finished, plus, there are no photos of the Ren doll mentioned in the earlier scene, so it is just the Stimpy doll.

Production Music[]

  • Manhattan Minuet - Raymond Scott
  • Song of the Volga Boatmen B - Igor Tuhmanov
  • Am Dorfbrunnen A - Otto Sieben
  • Dvorak: Humoresque - Henrik Nielsen [OGM]
  • Blow the Man Down - Alfred Kluten
  • Sunshine Patrol - Tom Elliot [OGM]
  • Manhattan Minuet - Raymond Scott
  • Johann Strauss: Tales from the Vienna Woods (Waltz) - Lee Ashley [OGM]
  • Brahms’ Lullaby – Johannes Brahms
  • Rossini: Morning from “William Tell” – Lee Ashley [OGM]
  • Dramatic Impact 2 – Ivor Slaney
  • For Those in Peril – Ronald Hanmer
  • Drama Link (d) – Hubert Clifford
  • The Killing Ground (a) – Richard Harvey
  • Love Story: Lonely – Laurie Johnson
  • The Killing Ground (a) – Richard Harvey
  • Symphonie Fantastique Movement 4 – Hector Berlioz
  • Catwalk – Kenny Graham
  • The Killing Ground (a) – Richard Harvey
  • Dangerous A – Mladen Franko
  • Turn the Screw – Paul Gerard
  • Catwalk – Kenny Graham
  • Teenage Party – Erik Markman [OGM]
  • Uppers and Downers (2) – Kenny Graham
  • Teenage Party – Erik Markman [OGM]
  • Heavy Affliction – Cedric Palmer
  • For Those in Peril – Ronald Hanmer
  • Dramatic M.T. (PG-183) – Phil Green [Capitol Records]
  • Love Story: Theme – Laurie Johnson
  • Secret Hopes A – Mladen Franko
  • The Killing Ground (a) – Richard Harvey
  • Saint-Saëns: The Swan from “Carnival of the Animals” – Lee Ashley [OGM]
  • Orpheus in the Underworld Overture - Can-Can - George Wilson, Jacques Offenbach [CPM]
  • Satanic – Richard Harvey
  • Dangerous A – Mladen Franko
  • Dangerous C – Mladen Franko
  • The Killing Ground (a) – Richard Harvey
  • A Question of Doubt – John Devereaux
  • Love Story: Lonely – Laurie Johnson
  • A Question of Doubt – John Devereaux
  • Night Butcher – Richard Harvey
  • From the Cockpit – Garry Hardman
  • The Killing Ground (a) – Richard Harvey
  • Tension Tag #1 – Dan Kirsten [OGM]
  • Saint-Saëns: Dance Macabre (Waltz) – Lee Ashley [OGM]
  • Colour Bridges (3) – Sidney Kay
  • South Side Shuffle – Keith Nichols

References[]

Episode List
Pilot
Big House Blues (Pilot)
Season 1
Stimpy's Big DayThe Big ShotRobin HöekNurse StimpySpace MadnessThe Boy Who Cried RatFire DogsThe Littlest GiantMaroonedUntamed WorldBlack HoleStimpy's Invention
Season 2
Ren's ToothacheRubber Nipple SalesmenSven HoekHaunted HouseMad Dog HoekIn The ArmyMan's Best FriendBig Baby ScamDog ShowMonkey See, Monkey Don'tPowdered Toast ManFake DadOut WestStimpy's Fan ClubThe Great OutdoorsThe Cat That Laid the Golden HairballSon of StimpyA Visit To AnthonyThe Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen
Season 3
To Salve And Salve NotA Yard Too FarCircus MidgetsNo Pants TodayRen's PecsAn Abe DividedStimpy's Cartoon ShowJimminy LummoxBass MastersRen's RetirementJerry the Bellybutton ElfRoad ApplesHard Times for HaggisEat My CookiesRen's Bitter HalfLair Of The Lummox
Season 4
Hermit RenHouse of Next TuesdayA Friend in Your Face!Blazing EntrailsLumber JerksPrehistoric StimpyFarm HandsMagical Golden Singing CheesesA Hard Day's LuckI Love ChickenPowdered Toast Man vs. Waffle WomanIt's a Dog's LifeEgg YölkeoDouble HeaderThe Scotsman in SpacePixie KingAloha HöekInsomniac RenMy Shiny FriendCheese Rush DaysWiener BaronsGaloot WranglersRen Needs Help!Superstitious StimpyTravelogue
Season 5
Ol' Blue NoseStupid Sidekick UnionSpace DoggedFued For SaleHair of the CatCity HicksStimpy's PetRen's BrainBell HopsDog TagsI Was a Teenage StimpyWho's Stupid Now?School MatesDinner PartyBig FlakesPen PalsTerminal StimpyReverend JackA Scooter for YaksmasSammy and MeThe Last Temptation
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