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"Ren's Brain" is the eighth episode of Season 5 of The Ren & Stimpy Show, which aired on October 7, 1995.

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Summary[]

Stimpy re-enters the world of science as a "freelance brain surgeon". He soon runs out of good brains on which to conduct experiments and removes Ren's brain. The brain, not knowing he's out of Ren's body, goes on with his life until he notices Stimpy with a new dog: him.

Plot[]

At the beginning of the episode, Stimpy is seen inside of a laboratory, conducting electrical experiments on brains. He is performing one on a brain, but the experiment fails and the brain does not survive. Stimpy wonders where he could find a more suitable brain, and miserably goes to bed.

That night, while Ren is sleeping, Stimpy believes that Ren's Brain is a viable subject. Thus, he grabs the sleeping Chihuahua and takes him into the operating chamber of his lab, where he surgically cuts open Ren's head and removes his brain. He then sticks it into a tank full of Bio-Fluid to preserve it, and then goes to bed, to perform experiments on it tomorrow morning.

The next morning, Ren's Brain awakens. Using some of the exposed spinal cords as limbs, he crawls out of the tank, unaware that he is now a disembodied brain. He dresses up and heads off to work as normal.

When Stimpy goes into his lab to Ren's Brain to do experiments on it he finds that it's gone. He starts to panic, worried that Ren might kill him if he were to wake up and find that his brain is missing, so he uses a telephone to replace his brain.

Stimpy sees Ren's body, now in a zombified mindless state. He takes advantage of this and uses the mindless Ren as a playmate, and goes to do things with him that he normally could not do as Ren would normally refuse, while the zombified Ren body just fumbles about and makes odd noises.

Ren, still as a brain, returns home from work, to find Stimpy hanging out and playing with his brainless body. Still unaware of the state he is in, Ren mistakes his body to be a new roommate that he has replaced him with, and feels betrayed, asking how Stimpy could do such a thing. Stimpy tries to explain to him that it is not what it looks like, but Ren's Brain does not listen and starts beating him up, while the brain dead Ren body just walks about aimlessly. Stimpy reaches for his "Brain Sedation Needle," and struggles to use it on Ren's Brain, who starts strangling and clobbering him mercilessly.

The needle is shown edging nearer and nearer to the brain on TV. The family watching the TV reacts in horror, which causes the tops of their heads to explode, everyone's houses to explode, North America to explode, and the entire world to explode!

The episode ends with the narrator saying "And thus endeth the Republican Party as we know it," before Ren's Brain goes flying through outer space, yelling "YOU EEDIOTS!"

Trivia[]

  • Ren's brain yelling "YOU EEDIOTS!" in the end of the episode is taken directly from "Sven Höek", which was said by John Kricfalusi himself when working on the episode from season two.
  • This episode along with "Lair Of The Lummox" and "Stimpy's Cartoon Show" are the last three episodes written by John Kricfalusi after being fired in September 1992.
  • This is the final episode in which Chris Reccardi, John Kricfalusi, and Richard Pursel are credited.
  • The building Ren's brain works in is called "Stabco", referencing a nickname given to ex-Spumco members that still worked on the show after John Kricfalusi was fired.
  • Originally this episode was intended to be made for the second season of the show.
  • The music in the fight scene is called "Brain Seizure".
  • According to the DVD commentary, John Kricfalusi admitted that he barely remembered what happened in the episode story and some parts of it didn't come across despite he and his staff writing it.
    • John also believed this episode was destined to be the next cult classic episode during the Spumco era.
  • In an original plot, Stimpy was originally meant to replace Ren's brain with his kidney, which caused his body to turn yellow. However, Nickelodeon suggested to the writers to replace that with a telephone instead.
  • When Ren's brain throws Stimpy against the TV, the word "Kent" can briefly be seen on Stimpy's nose. This is likely referring to crew member Kent Holaday, who is credited on this episode, albeit with a misspelled name.
  • When Ren is just a brain, his blood vessel arms are red, but when he comes home, they temporarily turn pink.
  • In two scenes, Stimpy's eyes are green.
  • Originally, this episode was going to be part of Season 2.

Production Music[]

  • Elemental Power – Gerhard Trede (title card)
  • Music for Anglo Saxes – Alan Bristow (opening)
  • Set to Pounce – David Farnon [CPM] (Stimpy’s lab)
  • Symphony #6 “Pastoral” Movement 4 – Ludwig Beethoven (inside the lab…)
  • Control Room – Dave Rogers, Paul Shaw [CPM] (pan down to Stimpy)
  • Impressions of India VI – Victor Cavini (Stimpy working in lab)
  • Drama Link (b) – Hubert Clifford (brain is shocked)
  • Fear of the Unknown (f) – Ilona Sekacz; Woe is Me! – Richard Myhill (Stimpy’s sad)
  • Our Summer Affair A – John Fox (Stimpy wants a quality brain)
  • Midnight in Manhattan – Johnny Pearson (Ren’s asleep)
  • Resolved Link – Eric Allen (moon rises)
  • Ethereal Ascending Effect – Eric Allen; Sparkles 3 – Otto Sieben (Stimpy opens his eyes)
  • Heavenly Voices (a) – David Farnon (Ren’s brain)
  • Nautical Trilogy – Robert Farnon [CPM] (“It’s the perfect…”)
  • Devils Ride – William Farran (Stimpy brings Ren into the lab)
  • Olympus (a) – Richard Harvey (“This won’t hurt a bit, little buddy.”)
  • Promenade – Pictures at an Exhibition – Mike Hankinson, Modest Mussorgsky [CPM] (Stimpy lifts the brain)
  • Busy Shoppers – Len Stevens (Stimpy puts the brain in a container)
  • Softly She Sleeps – Cedric Palmer (Stimpy puts Ren back to bed)
  • Dreamy Ghost (TC-16); Sublime Ghost – William Loose, John Seely [Capitol Hi-Q]; Underwater Harp – Otto Sieben (that morning…)
  • Set to Pounce – David Farnon [CPM] (brain exits the container)
  • Drama Link (d) – Hubert Clifford (brain stands up)
  • Eerie Dramatic (L-657) – Spencer Moore [Capitol Hi-Q] (Ren’s voice is heard in his brain)
  • The Adventures of P.C.49 – Ronald Hanmer (brain leaves for work)
  • Elemental Power – Gerhard Trede (“Ren’s brain! Missing!”)
  • Fear of the Unknown (d) – Ilona Sekacz (“If Ren wakes up and finds his brain missing, he’ll kill me!”)
  • Flute Link (d) – Richard Myhill (Stimpy gets an idea)
  • Main Street – Alec Gould (Stimpy puts a phone in Ren’s head)
  • Impressions of India VI – Victor Cavini (Ren wakes up)
  • Black Swarm – Simon Benson (“Will you play with me?”)
  • Very End – Sam Fonteyn (“Joy!”)
  • Romeo and Juliet Overture – Peter Tchaikovsky (“I’ve dreamed of this for years!”)
  • Orchestral Link 72 – Mike Sunderland (later…)
  • Limelight Waltz – Albert Marland (Ren having fun with Stimpy)
  • Real and Unreal – Richard Harvey (goofy sun)
  • Kommissar Maigret – Gerhard Trede (brain’s done with work)
  • The Menacing Silence (a) – Richard Harvey (brain’s angry)
  • Brain Seizure – Chris Reccardi [original composition] (the fight scene)
  • Mechanical Industrial Underscore – William Loose [Capitol Hi-Q] (family watching the fight on TV)
Episode List
Pilot
Big House Blues (Pilot)
Season 1
Stimpy's Big Day!The Big Shot!Robin 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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