"Prehistoric Stimpy" is the sixth episode of Season 4.
Characters[]
- Ren
- Stimpy
- Wilbur Cobb
- Nuns
- Ren and Stimpy-like Microorganisms
- Stimpy Fish
- Maximus Transportius
- Dinosaurs
- Ren Rex
- Stimpysaurus
- Prehistoric Chihuahuas
- Museum Guards
Summary[]
We get a peek at Ren and Stimpy as dinosaurs, with an appearance of Wilbur Cobb.
Plot[]
Ren and Stimpy visit the Museum of Natural History where Wilbur Cobb is the guide who gives a confused, rambling and mostly inaccurate account of prehistoric life. Cobb states that life on earth began as single-celled amoebas and the story goes back in time hundreds of millions of years into the distant past where amoebas lived in the sea. One amoeba that resembles Stimpy annoys an amoeba that resembles Ren, causing the Ren amoeba to slap the Stimpy amoeba, which then divides into new amoebas. In the present, Cobb then moves forward in time to the age of the Stimpyfish, which crawled out of the ocean onto land, only to fall into a tar pit while another Stimpyfish crawls out of the ocean to avoid the tar pit and instead is run over by a bus. Ren dismisses this story until Cobb shows him a prehistoric bus. Cobb then moves forward in time to speak of the Stimpysaurus, the "stupidest creature of all time", a dinosaur that resembles Stimpy which he is shown to be of very low intelligence as it slapped around by a dinosaur that resembles Ren. In the present, Stimpy asks Cobb how the dinosaurs went extinct and receives baffling bizarre answers in response such as the dinosaurs went extinct because they watched too much television. Cobb is arrested as he is revealed not to be a museum guide and as he is carried away shouts "I killed the dinosaurs!". Ren and Stimpy prove their low intelligence by walking into a tar pit that is part of an exhibit and both drown.
Trivia/Goofs[]
- The Stimpysaurus skeleton has a short tail, about 4.5 feet long.
- Originally, this and sister episode "Farm Hands" was supposed to air on October 29, 1994, followed by the premiere of Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, but they are forced to rerun the fourth season's fourth episode which aired on November 12, 1994 designated as the sixth episode.
- When the live Stimpysaurus is shown, it's tailless like Stimpy.
- This is the first 11-minute Season 4 episode with Wilbur Cobb.
- This episode has similarities to "Untamed World: A Cartoon" where Ren (as Marland Höek) and Stimpy explored the Galápagos Islands observing some animals resemble themselves for their nature TV show. This episode shows some dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures that resemble the duo.
Production music[]
- Hongkong Trip – Gerhard Trede (title card)
- Blue Hills – Ronald Hanmer (opening)
- Fly by Night – Montague Ewing (race to the top of the dinosaur)
- Stealth by Night – Jack Coles (“Hold it, girlie, that ain’t no diving board.”)
- Peter and the Wolf Overture: Cat Theme – Sergei Prokofiev (Wilbur Cobb decides to tell Ren and Stimpy about the dinosaurs)
- Ravages of Time (a) – Anthony Hymas (“The stupidest creature that ever lived.”)
- Marking Time Submix – Laurie Johnson (Stimpy hands over his “stupidest creature” badge)
- Peter and the Wolf Overture: Cat Theme – Sergei Prokofiev (“An Ethel among Mermans!”)
- Saint-Saëns: Aquarium from “Carnival of the Animals” – Lee Ashley [OGM] (“Back, way back…”)
- Pizzacato from Sylvia – Leo Delibes (reproduction explained)
- Peter and the Wolf Overture: Grandfather Theme – Sergei Prokofiev (Cobb gets out of the tub)
- Peer Gynt – Morning – Edvard Grieg, Fiachra Trench (fish Stimpy’s nose rises out of the water)
- Panpipe Polka – Frank Comedes (fish Stimpy walking on land)
- Bach’s Toccata – Peter Lea-Cox (“No buses, huh? Whaddya call THAT?”)
- Dramatic String Effects 3 – John Fox (pan of prehistoric valley)
- Dramatic String Effects 7 – John Fox (“Life was a constant battle.”)
- They’re Playing Our Tune – Dennis Farnon (mini dino Ren)
- Inferno – Hans Conzelmann, Delle Haensch (pan up Stimpysaurus)
- Lumbering Giant – Paddy Kingsland (“Happy happy, joy joy.”)
- Softly She Sleeps – Cedric Palmer (Treeassic Period)
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 – Johannes Brahms (“It gave them fire.”)
- The Adventures of P.C.49 – Ronald Hanmer (“Yes, friend to mankind…”)
- Dead March 1 – Frederic Chopin, Alfred Kluten (the dinos ran out of food)
- Showtime (a) – Robert Sharples (dinos watching TV)
- Peter and the Wolf Overture: Cat Theme – Sergei Prokofiev (“It was because they all moved to Jersey!”)
- Fender Sound – Ian Henry Marsh, Phil Pickett [CPM] (dinosaurs drowned while swimming)
- Wagner: “Lohengrin” Prelude to Act III – Lee Ashley [OGM] (dinosaurs jumping off buildings)
- Peter and the Wolf Overture: Cat Theme – Sergei Prokofiev (Ren and Stimpy have beards)
- Sting #36 – Dan Kirsten [OGM] (Hemorrhoids, really bad hemorrhoids!”)
- The Adventures of P.C.49 – Ronald Hanmer (sneezed, coughed, and belched at the same time)
- Bits and Pieces – Ronald Hanmer (“And the kid on the top bunk died!”)
- Blood in the Gutter – Laurie Johnson (cops drag Cobb away)
- Peter and the Wolf Overture: Grandfather Theme – Sergei Prokofiev (“I killed the dinosaurs!”)
- Panpipe Polka – Frank Comedes (ending)
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