"Dog Tags" is the tenth episode of Season 5 of The Ren & Stimpy Show, which aired on October 28, 1995.
Characters[]
- Ren Höek
- Stimpy
- Dogs
- Cats
- Bulldog Bouncer
- Gray Dog Bouncer
- Walrus
- Deer
- Cop
- Millionaire
- Haggis MacHaggis (cameo)
Summary[]
Ren is getting ready for the annual Dog Lodge meeting and Stimpy begs Ren to let him come along due to the fact that he's a cat; Ren agrees. However, this turns out to be a mistake. Two dogs refuse to let Ren join in the lodge because they think that he is some other animal such as a mosquito. And so, the two dogs have Ren take a traditional dog test to prove to them that he is a canine.
Production Music[]
- Bring on the Girls – Dennis Farnon (title card)
- Folli the Foal – Andrew Fenner (opening at home)
- Royal Tableau – Stuart Stirling (“You look so regal!”)
- Without Walls B – Mladen Franko (Stimpy gives Ren his gavel)
- Keeping Busy – Terence Roper (Stimpy begs to come to the lodge meeting)
- Orchestral Link 61 – Mike Sunderland (“They don’t allow cats.”)
- Orchestral Link 56 – Mike Sunderland (“I can pretend to be a dog.”)
- Flute Link (d) – Richard Myhill (“Go ahead, make a fool out of yourself.”)
- A Spring in Your Step – Graham Preskett (Stimpy runs to the kitchen)
- Bass Clarinet Effect [#38] – David Farnon [CPM]; Raspberry! (a) – Richard Myhill (Stimpy in “dog outfit”)
- Jive at Five – Chris Walden (outside the lodge…)
- Clown’s Walk A – Otto Sieben (Stimpy barking)
- Orchestral Link 53 – Mike Sunderland (dogs thinking)
- Quick Step – Otto Sieben (Stimpy’s allowed access to the club)
- Maproom Submix – Laurie Johnson (Ren elk spotting)
- Stealth by Night – Jack Coles (elk turns around)
- Battle at Sea – Johnny Pearson (elk throws a rock at Ren)
- Twelve Days of Christmas – Curtis Schwartz (elk flies away)
- Mental Torment – John Fox (Ren needs to do another test)
- Orchestral Link 22 – Mike Sunderland (shot of inside the lodge)
- Those Shiny Shoes – Ronnie Hazlehurst (Stimpy trying to hit a cat pinata)
- Cannonball – John Horler [CPM] (Ren chasing a car)
- Minitake 15 A-E – Gerhard Narholz (“There, how’s that?”)
- Minitake 117 A-E – Gerhard Narholz (“Can I get in now?”)
- Playful Pizzicato – Richard Harvey (Ren hotwiring a car)
- The Crime Busters – Ralph Dollimore (it’s revealed to be a police car)
- A Hat, a Cane – Ronnie Hazlehurst (Ren walks up with a ball and chain)
- O Makalapua C – Kapono Beamer (Ren on island with a millionaire)
- Francesca Da Rimini – Symphonic Fantasia After Dante Op 32 – Peter Tchaikovsky, George Wilson [CPM] (Ren hijacks the plane and leaves the island)
- Birth of a Nation (b) – Keith Mansfield (Stimpy’s awarded a crown)
- King Conga – Dennis Farnon (ceremonial conga heiney sniffing dance)
- Flight of the Bumblebee – Nikolai Rimsky Korsakoff (list of Ren’s tests)
- The Promised Land – Kay Rudd (building the pyramids)
- Hail to the Chief – Graham De Wilde (bit the president)
- Umfoloz – Claude Larson (performed the ceremonial bungee piercing)
- Scotland the Brave/The Rowan Tree – Rab Mathieson [CPM] (borrowed socks)
- Violin Link (c) – Richard Myhill (Ren in front of the crowd)
- Soothing Words – Otto Sieben (Ren sulks off the stage)
- Francesca Da Rimini – Symphonic Fantasia After Dante Op 32 – Peter Tchaikovsky, George Wilson [CPM] (Ren’s going to commit suicide)
- Guitar Walk – Grahame Maclean, Barry Ryder (Stimpy drives up in a car)
- Dramatic Sting #9 – Dan Kirsten [OGM] (Stimpy screams and runs to Ren)
- Romeo and Juliet Overture – Peter Tchaikovsky (Ren cries; Stimpy consoles him)
- Big Band Billboard #4 (1950’s) – Henrik Nielsen [OGM] (“Idea!”)
- When Irish Eyes Are Smiling/Mother Macree – John Godfrey, James Stewart (Ren, dressed as a cat, with Stimpy and his cat friends)
Banning from Nickelodeon[]
This episode was the second of seven episodes to be banned from Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, and Teen Nick, all coincidentally airing right after each other, all for unknown reasons. The other episodes were "Bell Hops", "I Was a Teenage Stimpy", "Who's Stupid Now?", "School Mates", "Dinner Party", and "Sammy and Me".
It might be banned because of one scene where Ren tries to kill himself, but later on gets over his suicide attempt.
Trivia[]
- This is the final time two back-to-back episodes (this and Bell Hops) are directed by the same person (Ken Bruce).
- This is the final episode in which Ken Bruce is credited.
- Another episode of a Nickelodeon series follows the same plot as "Dog Tags". In the third season of SpongeBob SquarePants, there's a segment titled "No Weenies Allowed". That episode is similar to what "Dog Tags" was as both episodes had shared the same moments where both characters try to get into a club, but keep on being denied repeatedly.
- This is the last episode in which Ren has a tail in some scenes. After this episode, Ren is officially and permanently tail-less like Stimpy.
Watch Episode[]
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