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|airdate = May 23, 1993 |
|airdate = May 23, 1993 |
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− | |director = [[John Kricfalusi]]<br>[[Chris Reccardi]] |
+ | |director = [[John Kricfalusi|John K.]]<br>[[Chris Reccardi]] |
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+ | |story by = John Kricfalusi<br>[[Bob Camp]]<br>[[Jim Gomez]]<br>[[Vincent Waller]] |
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+ | |production # = 211 |
|transcript = The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen (transcript) |
|transcript = The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen (transcript) |
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|gallery = The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen (gallery) |
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|previous = [[A Visit To Anthony]] |
|previous = [[A Visit To Anthony]] |
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|next = [[To Salve And Salve Not]] |
|next = [[To Salve And Salve Not]] |
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− | }}"'''The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen'''" is the 18th and final episode of the second season as well the final [[Spümcø]]- |
+ | |storyboard by=Chris Reccardi}}"'''The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen'''" is the 18th and final episode of the second season, as well as the final [[Spümcø|“Spümcø]]-era” episode of the [[The Ren & Stimpy Show|original series]]. |
==Characters== |
==Characters== |
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*[[Stimpy]] |
*[[Stimpy]] |
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*[[Jasper]] as Leader of the Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen |
*[[Jasper]] as Leader of the Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen |
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+ | *[[Canadian Women]] |
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*Yaks |
*Yaks |
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*The [[Shaven Yak]] |
*The [[Shaven Yak]] |
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Ren soon becomes tired of the quest and wants to stop. Stimpy changes his mind by singing the royal anthem of the Kilted Yaksmen. However, the encouragement from the song soon wears off and the two become miserable and can only crawl across the ground, muttering the lyrics. Unfortunately, this drives one of the yaks mad and he demands that Stimpy shut up. Ren slaps the yak, bringing him back to his senses. Then all four of them sit down to think about how they can find food. |
Ren soon becomes tired of the quest and wants to stop. Stimpy changes his mind by singing the royal anthem of the Kilted Yaksmen. However, the encouragement from the song soon wears off and the two become miserable and can only crawl across the ground, muttering the lyrics. Unfortunately, this drives one of the yaks mad and he demands that Stimpy shut up. Ren slaps the yak, bringing him back to his senses. Then all four of them sit down to think about how they can find food. |
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− | Finally, Ren comes up with an idea: They can eat dirt. Stimpy finds some dirt to eat, but Ren stops him, claiming that it's "poison dirt". Then he demonstrates the proper way to find dirt (by putting various food items on a shovel). One of the yaks claims that this "hunting for dirt is a bunch of baloney" to the other and stabs his shovel into the ground. He hits what is presumably a dirt spring. Stimpy prepares them food made out of dirt (fried dirt cakes and dirt on the cob). After their dirt feast, they fall asleep. They awaken the next morning and Ren plants a Canadian Kilted Yaksmen flag on a cliff. Stimpy and Ren and their yaks salute standing before the flag. The episode ends with the announcer semi-complimenting the two "heroes" as the camera shows a shot of Ren and Stimpy, still in their saluting pose, now skeletons standing under a highway. |
+ | Finally, Ren comes up with an idea: They can eat dirt. Stimpy finds some dirt to eat, but Ren stops him, claiming that it's "poison dirt". Then he demonstrates the proper way to find dirt (by ironically putting various food items on a shovel). One of the yaks claims that this "hunting for dirt is a bunch of baloney" to the other and stabs his shovel into the ground. He hits what is presumably a dirt spring. Stimpy prepares them food made out of dirt (fried dirt cakes and dirt on the cob). After their dirt feast, they fall asleep. They awaken the next morning and Ren plants a Canadian Kilted Yaksmen flag on a cliff. Stimpy and Ren and their yaks salute standing before the flag. The episode ends with the announcer semi-complimenting the two "heroes" as the camera shows a shot of Ren and Stimpy, still in their saluting pose, now skeletons standing under a highway. |
==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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+ | *The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen is a parody of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, as the uniforms and mode of transportation are similar: |
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+ | ** Their red uniform and hat is inspired from the Red Serge tunic and hat. |
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+ | **The Yaksmen rode yaks, while the RCMP rode horses. |
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*The humpback whale from the "Canadian Kilted Yaksmen" song is later seen in "[[Circus Midgets]]", as one of the unfortunates forced to be part of the circus midgets' audience. |
*The humpback whale from the "Canadian Kilted Yaksmen" song is later seen in "[[Circus Midgets]]", as one of the unfortunates forced to be part of the circus midgets' audience. |
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*An African Cape Buffalo joins in singing the anthem as well. |
*An African Cape Buffalo joins in singing the anthem as well. |
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*A still shot of Stimpy caring for a sick Ren is a callback to the episode "[[Nurse Stimpy]]". |
*A still shot of Stimpy caring for a sick Ren is a callback to the episode "[[Nurse Stimpy]]". |
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+ | *There were rumors claiming the end of "The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen", when Ren and Stimpy turn into skeletons (which is a joke about death and extinction) symbolizes both characters being killed off by series creator [[John Kricfalusi]], since he left Nickelodeon early in this episode's production. Although the rumor was talked by the team for a while, it didn’t have time for fans to debunk. This, along with many other cartoon rumors like Tom and Jerry’s train suicide, might have been the darkest last ending of animated media. |
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+ | *While Kricfalusi and [[Chris Reccardi]] are credited as the episode's directors, the validity of these credits is debatable: Kricfalusi was terminated early in production, while Reccardi, contemporarily tasked with shouldering much of the layout for the technically-challenging episode "[[A Visit To Anthony]]", lacked the time to develop this episode further, instead granting [[Bob Jaques]] unusually-wide creative latitude to expand scenes and add additional visual details during the animation stage. Resultantly, Reccardi, in a later interview with Thad Komorowski, described Jaques as the 'true' director of the finished "Yaksmen". |
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*This episode marks a few end stones for John Kricfalusi: |
*This episode marks a few end stones for John Kricfalusi: |
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− | **This is [[John Kricfalusi]]'s last episode as director. |
+ | **This is [[John Kricfalusi]]'s last episode in which he is credited as a director. However, as his termination occurred relatively early in the episode's production, his involvement was minimal beyond supervising its storyboard and providing Ren's voice. |
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+ | **This is Kricfalusi's last episode voicing Ren (however, Billy West provides one line of dialogue and [[Bob Camp]] voices him during the anthem, possibly due to the Games transition). |
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− | **This is John Kricfalusi's last episode voicing Ren (however, [[Bob Camp]] voices Ren during the anthem). |
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*When Stimpy begins singing the anthem Ren's left ear is normal, but when Stimpy says "And the buzzards, they soar overhead" a bite mark on Ren's left ear can be seen, but after that lyric his ear turns back to normal for the rest of the song. |
*When Stimpy begins singing the anthem Ren's left ear is normal, but when Stimpy says "And the buzzards, they soar overhead" a bite mark on Ren's left ear can be seen, but after that lyric his ear turns back to normal for the rest of the song. |
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*This episode may have taken place in Canada because creator, [[John Kricfalusi]], was born in Canada. |
*This episode may have taken place in Canada because creator, [[John Kricfalusi]], was born in Canada. |
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*This is the last episode of the original series animated by [[Carbunkle Cartoons]]. |
*This is the last episode of the original series animated by [[Carbunkle Cartoons]]. |
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+ | *This is the last episode of the original series fully storyboarded at Spümcø. |
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==The Royal Anthem of the Kilted Yaksmen== |
==The Royal Anthem of the Kilted Yaksmen== |
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===Lyrics=== |
===Lyrics=== |
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Our country reeks of trees |
Our country reeks of trees |
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Our yaks are really large |
Our yaks are really large |
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And they smell like rotting beef carcasses |
And they smell like rotting beef carcasses |
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And we have to clean up after them |
And we have to clean up after them |
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And our saddle sores are the best |
And our saddle sores are the best |
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And searing sand blows up our skirts |
And searing sand blows up our skirts |
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And the buzzards, they soar overhead |
And the buzzards, they soar overhead |
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And poisonous snakes will devour us whole |
And poisonous snakes will devour us whole |
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Our bones will bleach in the sun |
Our bones will bleach in the sun |
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And that is our great reward |
And that is our great reward |
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For being the-uh roy-oy-al Canadian Kilted Yaksmen |
For being the-uh roy-oy-al Canadian Kilted Yaksmen |
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==Production Gallery== |
==Production Gallery== |
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==Censorship== |
==Censorship== |
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− | *The original airing of the episode did not have the normal intro. In its place was a clip of the ''Ren & Stimpy Show'' title card crossfading into a different card that read "A Ren & Stimpy Special".<ref>[https://twitter.com/404UNFX/status/1173919024259973120 @404UNFX on Twitter, September 17, 2019]</ref> |
+ | *[[File:R&S S02E12-RCKY-RenandStimpySpecial.jpg|thumb]] The original airing of the episode did not have the normal intro. In its place was a clip of the ''Ren & Stimpy Show'' title card crossfading into a different card that read "A Ren & Stimpy Special".<ref>[https://twitter.com/404UNFX/status/1173919024259973120 @404UNFX on Twitter, September 17, 2019]</ref> |
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− | *The word "hell" was censored on nearly every TV airing and home video release; the word was left uncensored whenever the episode aired on MTV, although it went back to being censored when the show was briefly brought back in 2016. The uncensored version can be seen [https://archive.org/details/RenAndStimpyUncensoredYaksmenAnthem here]. |
+ | *[[File:Yaksmenuncensored.png|thumb]] The word "hell" was censored on nearly every TV airing and home video release; the word was left uncensored whenever the episode aired on MTV, although it went back to being censored when the show was briefly brought back in 2016. The uncensored version can be seen [https://archive.org/details/RenAndStimpyUncensoredYaksmenAnthem here]. |
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+ | == Production Music == |
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+ | '''A Ren & Stimpy Special''' |
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+ | |||
+ | * [https://soundcloud.com/ole-georg/strauss-the-radetzky-march-march Strauss: The Radetzky March] - Lee Ashley [OGM] |
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+ | |||
+ | '''The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen''' |
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+ | |||
+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/SON_SAS_0029/SON_SAS_0029_02001 Aubade a Maryvonne] - Daniel Jeannin; [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/SON_SAS_0029/SON_SAS_0029_01701 Bale Guilvinec] - Daniel Jeannin |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0082/KPM_KPM_0082_03401 Acts of Heroism (c)] - Trevor Duncan |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0084/KPM_KPM_0084_02701 Investiture] - Bruce Campbell |
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+ | * Timpani Effect [#49.5] - Sammy Burdson |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0084/KPM_KPM_0084_02201 Squadron Airbourne] - Bruce Campbell |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/SON_SCD_0023/SON_SCD_0023_03801 From the Cockpit] - Garry Hardman |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0022/KPM_KPM_0022_00911 Trombone Slides] - Dick Walter |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0082/KPM_KPM_0082_02001 Terror by Night] - Hubert Clifford |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0064/KPM_KPM_0064_05701 Drama Shock (i)] - Richard Harvey |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0082/KPM_KPM_0082_05301 Drama Link (d)] - Hubert Clifford |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/SON_SCD_0208/SON_SCD_0208_02601 Kriegsmarch] - Gerhard Trede (AKA: "Marching Troops") |
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+ | * Agitato Mechanical (B7-EM-133B) - Philip Green [Capitol Records] |
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+ | * Indian Warpath - Erik Markman [unavailable on Ole Georg Soundcloud] |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPMLPB_0021/KPM_KPMLPB_0021_01101 Uppers and Downers (2)] - Kenny Graham |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPMLPB_0030/KPM_KPMLPB_0030_01301 Brickbat (battle)] - Laurie Johnson |
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+ | * Dramatic Mechanical M.T. (B5-PG-183) - Philip Green [Capitol Records] |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/BRU_BR_0010/BRU_BR_0010_00801 Cuban Carnival] - Chris Karan |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0164/KPM_KPM_0164_00201 Bungo] - David Bradnum |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0082/KPM_KPM_0082_05101 Drama Link (b)] - Hubert Clifford |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0082/KPM_KPM_0082_05101 Straatstrauer] - Gerhard Trede (AKA: "National Mourning") |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0082/KPM_KPM_0082_00401 Like Strange] - Kenny Graham |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0063/KPM_KPM_0063_01201 The Waiting Silence] - Richard Harvey |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPMLPB_0030/KPM_KPMLPB_0030_01001 Premonition] - Laurie Johnson |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/SON_SCD_0073/SON_SCD_0073_00301 Dangerous C] - Mladen Franko |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/SON_SCD_0208/SON_SCD_0208_00701 Irreal 1] - Gerhard Trede (AKA: "Mystic Attack); [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/SON_SCD_0105/SON_SCD_0105_04601 Conflicts of Opinion A] - Mladen Franko |
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+ | * [https://soundcloud.com/ole-georg/saint-saens-aquarium-from-carnival-of-the-animals Saint-Saëns: Aquarium from "Carnival of the Animals"] - Lee Ashley [OGM] |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPMK_1018/KPM_KPMK_1018_00201 Forewarning (A,B,C)] - Syd Dale |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPMLPB_0018/KPM_KPMLPB_0018_00501 Colour Bridges (1)] - Sidney Kay |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/BRU_BR_0074/BRU_BR_0074_04101 Newsreel] - Sam Fonteyn |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/BRU_BR_0004/BRU_BR_0004_01101 Barber of Seville Overture] - Gioacchino Rossini |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0082/KPM_KPM_0082_05601 Drama Link (g)] - Hubert Clifford |
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+ | * The Grandfather from Peter and the Wolf - Sergei Prokofiev, Fiachra Trench [unavailable on APM Music] |
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+ | * Moon Journey - The Launch - Frank Talley [Capitol Records] |
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+ | * Gewaltiges, Positives Ereignis - Gerhard Trede (AKA: "Triumph and Liberty) |
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+ | * [https://soundcloud.com/ole-georg/togetherness Togetherness] - Erik Markman [OGM] |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/SON_SCD_0105/SON_SCD_0105_00101 Without Walls A] - Mladen Franko; [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/SON_SCD_0105/SON_SCD_0105_01401 Floating Beauty A] - Mladen Franko |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0081/KPM_KPM_0081_02201 Fly by Night] - Montague Ewing |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0151/KPM_KPM_0151_04301 Peer Gynt - Morning] - Fiachra Trench, Edvard Grieg |
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+ | * Timpattern - Sammy Burdson |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0084/KPM_KPM_0084_00801 Blaze of Brass (a)] - Cecil Milner |
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+ | * [https://www.warnerchappellpm.com/track/cpm-car121-10/MjU2OTg0NDMtNDBkYTlh Canada] - George Wilson [CPM] |
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+ | '''Powdered Toast segment:''' |
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+ | |||
+ | * Bluesy - Philip Green [Capitol Records] |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPMK_1319/KPM_KPMK_1319_00101 Reach for the Stars] - Richard Harvey |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0081/KPM_KPM_0081_01801 Mary as a Grig] - Van Philips |
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+ | * [https://soundcloud.com/ole-georg/wagner-ride-of-the-valkyries Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries] - Lee Ashley [OGM] |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/BRU_BR_0075/BRU_BR_0075_03101 Knight Errant] - Sam Fonteyn |
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+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPM_0082/KPM_KPM_0082_01301 The Hurry Up] - Kenny Graham |
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+ | |||
+ | '''Sugar Sod Pops segment:''' |
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+ | |||
+ | * [https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM_KPMLPB_0013/KPM_KPMLPB_0013_00801 Casual Acquaintance] - Paul Devereuex |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Latest revision as of 01:25, 22 March 2024
"The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen" is the 18th and final episode of the second season, as well as the final “Spümcø-era” episode of the original series.
Characters
The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen episode
- Ren Höek
- Stimpy
- Jasper as Leader of the Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen
- Canadian Women
- Yaks
- The Shaven Yak
- Kodiak Marmoset
Powdered Toast Man Brand Commercial segment
- Powdered Toast Man
- Toddler boy
- Toddler girl
Sugar Sod Pops cereal segment
- Mom
- Dad
- Child
Summary
Ren and Stimpy, who are bound to the order of the Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksman, must journey across the unbearable Canajun terrain to claim uncharted territory.
Plot
The episode begins with the lead of the Canadian Kilted Yaksmen, a group of men whose motto is "We Always Get Our Butts Kicked", looking for men to take on a very important task. Stimpy bribes the leader with money (stolen from Ren), so the two of them are chosen to look for the great Barren Wasteland while the other men stay behind with a bunch of beautiful women. The two set off riding yaks and encounter several hardships.
First, the two have to cut firewood to burn for heat. Next, Ren gets sick and has to be treated by leeches. Then, Ren is forced to go to the bathroom in an outhouse without toilet paper. Next, the two of them are attacked by arrows, presumably shot at them by Indians. Then, the two of them are attacked by the world's largest (smallest) primate. Now covered with bandages and riding their yaks in the rain, the two of them are struck by lightning. Then they venture into the Canadian jungle, where swarms of mosquitoes attack them. Ren selfishly snatches the canteen from Stimpy, only to discover too late that it's filled with bees.
Ren soon becomes tired of the quest and wants to stop. Stimpy changes his mind by singing the royal anthem of the Kilted Yaksmen. However, the encouragement from the song soon wears off and the two become miserable and can only crawl across the ground, muttering the lyrics. Unfortunately, this drives one of the yaks mad and he demands that Stimpy shut up. Ren slaps the yak, bringing him back to his senses. Then all four of them sit down to think about how they can find food.
Finally, Ren comes up with an idea: They can eat dirt. Stimpy finds some dirt to eat, but Ren stops him, claiming that it's "poison dirt". Then he demonstrates the proper way to find dirt (by ironically putting various food items on a shovel). One of the yaks claims that this "hunting for dirt is a bunch of baloney" to the other and stabs his shovel into the ground. He hits what is presumably a dirt spring. Stimpy prepares them food made out of dirt (fried dirt cakes and dirt on the cob). After their dirt feast, they fall asleep. They awaken the next morning and Ren plants a Canadian Kilted Yaksmen flag on a cliff. Stimpy and Ren and their yaks salute standing before the flag. The episode ends with the announcer semi-complimenting the two "heroes" as the camera shows a shot of Ren and Stimpy, still in their saluting pose, now skeletons standing under a highway.
Trivia
- The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen is a parody of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, as the uniforms and mode of transportation are similar:
- Their red uniform and hat is inspired from the Red Serge tunic and hat.
- The Yaksmen rode yaks, while the RCMP rode horses.
- The humpback whale from the "Canadian Kilted Yaksmen" song is later seen in "Circus Midgets", as one of the unfortunates forced to be part of the circus midgets' audience.
- An African Cape Buffalo joins in singing the anthem as well.
- A still shot of Stimpy caring for a sick Ren is a callback to the episode "Nurse Stimpy".
- There were rumors claiming the end of "The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen", when Ren and Stimpy turn into skeletons (which is a joke about death and extinction) symbolizes both characters being killed off by series creator John Kricfalusi, since he left Nickelodeon early in this episode's production. Although the rumor was talked by the team for a while, it didn’t have time for fans to debunk. This, along with many other cartoon rumors like Tom and Jerry’s train suicide, might have been the darkest last ending of animated media.
- While Kricfalusi and Chris Reccardi are credited as the episode's directors, the validity of these credits is debatable: Kricfalusi was terminated early in production, while Reccardi, contemporarily tasked with shouldering much of the layout for the technically-challenging episode "A Visit To Anthony", lacked the time to develop this episode further, instead granting Bob Jaques unusually-wide creative latitude to expand scenes and add additional visual details during the animation stage. Resultantly, Reccardi, in a later interview with Thad Komorowski, described Jaques as the 'true' director of the finished "Yaksmen".
- The anthem is sung to the tune of "God Save The Queen" (national anthem of the United Kingdom), performed by the main voice actors and, according to the credits, the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles.
- This is the last episode to feature a Spümcø logo until Adult Party Cartoon in 2003, despite the majority of this episode's production occurring at Games Animation.
- This episode marks a few end stones for John Kricfalusi:
- This is John Kricfalusi's last episode in which he is credited as a director. However, as his termination occurred relatively early in the episode's production, his involvement was minimal beyond supervising its storyboard and providing Ren's voice.
- This is Kricfalusi's last episode voicing Ren (however, Billy West provides one line of dialogue and Bob Camp voices him during the anthem, possibly due to the Games transition).
- This is the last episode Kricfalusi put into production before he and his company Spümcø were terminated from Nickelodeon. He would not work on Ren & Stimpy again until Adult Party Cartoon.
- When Stimpy begins singing the anthem Ren's left ear is normal, but when Stimpy says "And the buzzards, they soar overhead" a bite mark on Ren's left ear can be seen, but after that lyric his ear turns back to normal for the rest of the song.
- This episode may have taken place in Canada because creator, John Kricfalusi, was born in Canada.
- This is the last episode of the original series animated by Carbunkle Cartoons.
- This is the last episode of the original series fully storyboarded at Spümcø.
The Royal Anthem of the Kilted Yaksmen
Lyrics
Our country reeks of trees
Our yaks are really large
And they smell like rotting beef carcasses
And we have to clean up after them
And our saddle sores are the best
We proudly wear women's clothing
And searing sand blows up our skirts
And the buzzards, they soar overhead
And poisonous snakes will devour us whole
Our bones will bleach in the sun
And we will probably go to hell
And that is our great reward
For being the-uh roy-oy-al Canadian Kilted Yaksmen
Production Gallery
Censorship
- The original airing of the episode did not have the normal intro. In its place was a clip of the Ren & Stimpy Show title card crossfading into a different card that read "A Ren & Stimpy Special".[1]
- The word "hell" was censored on nearly every TV airing and home video release; the word was left uncensored whenever the episode aired on MTV, although it went back to being censored when the show was briefly brought back in 2016. The uncensored version can be seen here.
Production Music
A Ren & Stimpy Special
- Strauss: The Radetzky March - Lee Ashley [OGM]
The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen
- Aubade a Maryvonne - Daniel Jeannin; Bale Guilvinec - Daniel Jeannin
- Acts of Heroism (c) - Trevor Duncan
- Investiture - Bruce Campbell
- Timpani Effect [#49.5] - Sammy Burdson
- Squadron Airbourne - Bruce Campbell
- From the Cockpit - Garry Hardman
- Trombone Slides - Dick Walter
- Terror by Night - Hubert Clifford
- Drama Shock (i) - Richard Harvey
- Drama Link (d) - Hubert Clifford
- Kriegsmarch - Gerhard Trede (AKA: "Marching Troops")
- Agitato Mechanical (B7-EM-133B) - Philip Green [Capitol Records]
- Indian Warpath - Erik Markman [unavailable on Ole Georg Soundcloud]
- Uppers and Downers (2) - Kenny Graham
- Brickbat (battle) - Laurie Johnson
- Dramatic Mechanical M.T. (B5-PG-183) - Philip Green [Capitol Records]
- Cuban Carnival - Chris Karan
- Bungo - David Bradnum
- Drama Link (b) - Hubert Clifford
- Straatstrauer - Gerhard Trede (AKA: "National Mourning")
- Like Strange - Kenny Graham
- The Waiting Silence - Richard Harvey
- Premonition - Laurie Johnson
- Dangerous C - Mladen Franko
- Irreal 1 - Gerhard Trede (AKA: "Mystic Attack); Conflicts of Opinion A - Mladen Franko
- Saint-Saëns: Aquarium from "Carnival of the Animals" - Lee Ashley [OGM]
- Forewarning (A,B,C) - Syd Dale
- Colour Bridges (1) - Sidney Kay
- Newsreel - Sam Fonteyn
- Barber of Seville Overture - Gioacchino Rossini
- Drama Link (g) - Hubert Clifford
- The Grandfather from Peter and the Wolf - Sergei Prokofiev, Fiachra Trench [unavailable on APM Music]
- Moon Journey - The Launch - Frank Talley [Capitol Records]
- Gewaltiges, Positives Ereignis - Gerhard Trede (AKA: "Triumph and Liberty)
- Togetherness - Erik Markman [OGM]
- Without Walls A - Mladen Franko; Floating Beauty A - Mladen Franko
- Fly by Night - Montague Ewing
- Peer Gynt - Morning - Fiachra Trench, Edvard Grieg
- Timpattern - Sammy Burdson
- Blaze of Brass (a) - Cecil Milner
- Canada - George Wilson [CPM]
Powdered Toast segment:
- Bluesy - Philip Green [Capitol Records]
- Reach for the Stars - Richard Harvey
- Mary as a Grig - Van Philips
- Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries - Lee Ashley [OGM]
- Knight Errant - Sam Fonteyn
- The Hurry Up - Kenny Graham
Sugar Sod Pops segment:
- Casual Acquaintance - Paul Devereuex