"Black Hole" is the eleventh episode of Season 1 of The Ren & Stimpy Show and first aired on February 23, 1992.
Characters[]
- Ren Höek as Commander Höek
- Stimpy as Cadet Stimpy
- President
- Bus Driver
High Fashion Log for Girls Commercial[]
Summary[]
Ren and Stimpy experience the horrors inside a black hole.
Plot[]
While traveling through space, Commander Hoek and Cadet Stimpy get sucked into the "hideous vortex" of a black hole. When they get sucked in, they come out through the other side of the black hole. They've been teleported to another universe... a very eerie one indeed. In this universe, they travel around trying to find a way out, but they continue to hideously mutate into other eerie forms. Finally, they come to a mountain of socks which were all the world's missing left socks. Stimpy's "space-time doohickey" then notifies him that if they don't get to the trans-dimensional gateway by 3:00 pm, they would be trapped there forever. Ren finds out that that is in 5 minutes. They get there on time but find out that they pay for a ride with exact change only. So they get kicked off. Ren gives an explanation that they will continue to mutate until their molecules break up and disperse. Stimpy decides to rather implode than disintegrate. So he sets a device on implode. But then he suddenly finds out that he had spare change all along. This makes Ren furious. Just when he's about to slap Stimpy, Stimpy implodes. Then Ren does so. Then the show's logo appears but Ren and Stimpy's eyes have been imploded as a fly buzzing can be heard.
Production[]
Art[]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) Ren & Stimpy music |
Main episode:[]
‣ Battle at Sea - Johnny Pearson [title card]
‣ Graveyard - Johnny Pearson [opening credits]
‣ Inferno - Fredric Bayco [“Captain’s log, emergency report!”]
‣ Like Strange - Kenny Graham [Ren and Stimpy in underwear]
‣ Migration - Richard Harvey [Ren says they should scout around]
‣ Barber of Seville Overture - Gioacchino Rossini [“Pull yourself together, misters!”]
‣ Smouldering Fury (a) - Trevor Duncan [“Man, it feels good to sit down.”]
‣ March of the Astronauts - Cedric Palmer [“We feel strangely energized.”]
‣ Saw Theme - William Trytel [one eye Stimpy]
‣ The March of the Ants - Sidney Crooke [heading towards sock mountain]
‣ Fly by Night - Montague Ewing [running up the sock mountain]
‣ Folli the Foal - Andrew Fenner [“It’s my missing left sock!”]
‣ Hail to the Chief - Graham De Wilde [Ren’s daydream]
‣ The Cat from Peter and the Wolf - Sergei Prokofiev, Fiachra Trench [Stimpy saying they need to leave]
‣ Hit and Run - Ralph Dollimore [Ren and Stimpy running to the bus]
‣ Blues in a Hurry - Cecil Norman [on the bus]
‣ Heavy Affliction - Cedric Palmer [Ren saying they’re gonna die]
‣ Holiday Playtime - Cedric Palmer [Stimpy describing implosion]
‣ Drama Link (b) - Hubert Clifford [“Kinda ironic, huh, Ren?”]
‣ Saw Theme - William Trytel [Ren and Stimpy implode]
Log:[]
‣ Happy-Go-Lively - Laurie Johnson [first part]
• Log Theme - John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp, Charlie Brissette [Rest of ad]
Reception[]
The episode is often considered to be one of the best of not only season 1 but also from the entire series because of the surreal elements and the weird but fun premise.
Trivia and Goofs[]
- This episode is the first one to air in 1992.
- This episode and "Stimpy's Invention" are the only two Season 1 episodes that aired in 1992. Every other episode from the first season aired in 1991.
- This is the first episode directed by Bob Camp, despite the episode having no director credit.
- This is the final episode of the series animated by Bon-Art.
- This is the final Commander Höek and Cadet Stimpy episode produced by Spümcø and the final one overall until 1995's The Scotsman in Space. It is also the first not to feature the Commander Höek and Cadet Stimpy intro.
- On top of the sock mountain, one of Ren's eyebrow indents are not colored, revealing the background.
- The duo singing "Memories" is a callback to The Big Shot!, where Ren sang it by himself