"Double Header" is the 14th episode of Season 4.
Characters[]
Summary[]
Ren has to spend a lot more time with Stimpy than he wants to.
Plot[]
Ren tries to send Stimpy away on a bus to Ursa Minor, as he is sick and tired of Stimpy irritating him. Stimpy hangs onto Ren’s leg in the middle of the street, pleading to not be sent away, and while Ren is yelling at Stimpy that he doesn't like him and never wants to see him again. Then, the duo gets hit by the bus that was set to go to Ursa Minor. They end up being sewn together at a discount hospital, as it is the only way to keep them alive. After a sleepless night because Stimpy wanted to watch tv, Ren arrives at his job, but ends up getting fired because Stimpy's impatience blows up his job. After that, the duo end up in a circus as "geeks", and are kept in a cold cage, put on display, and fed chicken heads. Some time as Ren looks around getting tired of being called a freak, he freaks out, but just as Stimpy manages to calm him down, the duo gets hit by a meteorite labeled Ursa Minor. They are rushed back to the discount hospital. But now Ren's head and legs are now sewn on Stimpy's back. It ends with Stimpy eating some Boston baked beans, and farting in Ren's face.
Trivia[]
- The flashbacks in this episode are from "Stimpy's Invention", "Sven Höek", "Ren's Bitter Half", "Son of Stimpy", and "A Visit To Anthony".
- This episode shows as an example of Nickelodeon's hypocrisy. They had annoyance with John Kricfalusi (partly due to emotional intensity in certain episodes), and wound up doing the same thing themselves.
- This is the first episode that aired in 1995.
- "Area 21" is a parody of Area 51, a facility from the United States Air Force (USAF) located in the state of Nevada northwest of Las Vegas.
- In this episode, Ren's occupation is that he works as a factory worker in a top secret factory. He claims that for the job, he got a degree in leverage by attending thirteen years of night school.
- The doctor bears a striking resemblance to Dr. Scratchnsniff from Animaniacs.
- Stimpy's favorite show in this episode, "Stomper Room" is a parody of Romper Room produced and created by Bert and Nancy Claster, the founders of the defunct Maryland-based television distributing company, Claster Television. The show lasted from 1953 to 1994.
- This episode is not on Paramount+ due to it featuring a Raymond Scott music track ("Powerhouse", as heard in many classic Looney Tunes cartoons) and the clearance rights issues involving it.
Reruns[]
- 2000 (Nickelodeon)
Production music[]
- Blackpool Lament – Len Ranle (title card)
- Walking Bass – Richard Myhill (opening)
- Drama Link (i) – Hubert Clifford (“Farther!”)
- Mists of Illusion – Gilbert Vinter (“That’s as far as she goes.”)
- Irish Washer Woman – Clive Richardson (“Let’s go.”)
- Uneasy Atmosphere (a) – Keith Mansfield (“Oh no, it’s not we, it’s you!”)
- Heartstrings – Dick Walter (Ren abandons Stimpy)
- Happy Holiday – Erik Markman [OGM] (Ren walks away, chuckling)
- Heartstrings – Dick Walter (Stimpy pleads with Ren not to leave him)
- Encirclement – Jean Clero (flashbacks of past episodes)
- Heartstrings – Dick Walter (“BUT I LOVE YOU!”)
- Moon Journey – The Launching – Frank Talley [Capitol Hi-Q] (bus slams on the brakes)
- Static Time – John Scott (Ren and Stimpy’s imprints on the bus)
- Praga – Symphonic Poem Op 26 – Josef Suk, George Wilson [CPM] (“Someone get a plastic bag!”)
- Unease – Dick Walter (Ren wakes up during surgery)
- Orchestral Link 12 – Mike Sunderland (Ren and Stimpy wake up; doctor describes results)
- Orchestral Link 6 – Mike Sunderland (extra parts shown)
- Poetic Love Theme E – Mladen Franko (“The important thing is, you are alive, und you have each other!”)
- Wargames Linking Section (a) – Keith Mansfield; Shock Discord – David Farnon [CPM] (Ren wipes sweat from his forehead)
- Voodoo Victim – Gilbert Vinter (in the cab)
- Wargames Link (a) – Keith Mansfield (Ren and Stimpy are on the same body)
- Model Girl – Gary Hughes (Stimpy wakes up)
- News Flash – Sam Fonteyn (news on TV)
- Showtime Fill (a); Flexitone – Gary Kettel (both played at the same time, when Stimpy changes the channel to “Stomper Room”)
- Fun Chase – Henryk Kuzniak (Stimpy stomping)
- Declamatory Chords – Alan Braden (“SUNDAY?!”)
- Static Link H – Gregor Narholz (Ren thinks)
- Finders Creepers – Paddy Kingsland (Ren/Stimpy sneaking into work)
- Shock/Stormy – Ib Glindemann [OGM] (boss is here)
- Finger of Fear – Fredric Bayco (boss chews Ren/Stimpy out)
- Powerhouse – Raymond Scott (Ren/Stimpy at work)
- Minitake 15 A-E – Gerhard Narholz (Stimpy smiles)
- Black Swarm – Simon Benson (Stimpy nervously looks at the lever)
- Terror – Alan Braden (Stimpy pulls the lever)
- Air Raid – Gerhard Trede (“RED LIGHT!”)
- Powercrash – John Fox; Wargames Linking Section (h) – Keith Mansfield (Ren/Stimpy fired)
- Uneasy Atmosphere (a) – Keith Mansfield (“There’s only one place for YOUR kind!”)
- Fairground Organ – Len Ranle (at the carnival)
- Static Link K – Gregor Narholz (conjoined fetus twin)
- Dissonance – Dick Walter (Ren/Stimpy barfs)
- Fairground Organ – Len Ranle (“You guys look like a couple of geeks to me!”)
- Blackpool Lament – Len Ranle (Ren/Stimpy’s act)
- Entry of the Gladiators – George Wilson [CPM] (crowd cheers)
- Weird Eerie – George Hormel [Capitol Hi-Q] (Ren looks around at the freaks)
- Air Raid – Gerhard Trede (“Freak” echoes through Ren’s head)
- Weird Eerie – George Hormel [Capitol Hi-Q] (“I’m just your average guy.”)
- Death and Mourning – Gerhard Trede (Stimpy lectures Ren)
- Berlin 1945 A – Gregor Narholz (“What a freak accident!”)
- Orchestral Link 12 – Mike Sunderland (doctor gives summary)
- Orchestral Climax 9 – Gregor Narholz (Ren’s sewed on Stimpy’s butt)
- Wo Die Zitronen Bluh’n, Walzer Op. 364 – Johann Strauss I (“But the important thing is, you’re alive, und you have each other.”)