When Stimpy wakes up and finds out that Ren is sick, Stimpy gets an idea to take care of Ren until he feels better as Nurse Stimpy. First Stimpy takes a few tests on Ren he takes a blood pressure test, inflating and deflating Ren.
Next, Ren is supposed to take medicine. Stimpy brings a large spoon and gives him the medicine, which Ren dislikes and tells Stimpy, "That's some icky-tasting stuff! What is that anyway?" Stipy shows the label which reads "All purpose icky-tasting medicine". Four months later, Ren is still sick and Stimpy notices something smelly and points to Ren who hasn't washed in weeks, so Stimpy gives him a sponge bath.
Stimpy tells Ren to take off his fur so he can get clean. However, Ren refuses. Stimpy then tries to take off Ren's fur himself, which terrifies Ren and he says he'll take it off himself. In the bathtub Ren starts to appreciate what Stimpy is doing but says that he feels embarrassed by Stimpy washing him and Stimpy tells him no one can see him. However, people in the window witness the whole thing.
The next morning Stimpy gives Ren breakfast in bed. Ren is very thankful for it, apologizing to Stimpy for always being mean. Stimpy gives him the newspaper and he sees an article saying "Ren Hoek takes bubbly sponge bath!! Hundreds witness soapy scenario!" which causes Ren to faint and enter into a total relapse. After several tries and days Ren still isn't feeling better and Stimpy goes crazy about all the things he done for Ren, such as hooking him up to machines, bottle-feeding him, and staying with him all hours of the night. Then one morning Ren wakes up cured, and Stimpy is now sick from trying to cure Ren. Ren is at first shocked but his shock turns to glee as he changes into Nurse Ren, determined to make Stimpy better. Stimpy looks into the camera, afraid.
Goodbye Segment
After Ren says goodbye, we are introduced to Stimpy's Magic Nose Goblins for the first time.
Production Music
The Nutcracker: Russian Dance – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 Pastorale-1st Movement – Ludwig Van Beethoven
Drama Link (b) – Hubert Clifford
Kiss of Fire (a) – David Bradnum, Bob Weston
Lighting the Fuse (b) – Dick Walter
First Night – Robert Earley, Clyde Hamilton
Scheherezade (2nd movement) – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
This is the first "secret cartoon" the next being Stimpy's Fan Club.
In the start of the episode in the morning when Stimpy is checking Ren after seeing him not looking so good, he pulls his eyelid up high but on a zoom in it appears he's holding the eyelid lower.
Exactly how Ren recovered from the relapse is unknown, especially because it was very serious.
Stimpy's skirt miscoloured red
In one scene when Stimpy tries to pick up Ren from the bed, his skirt is red instead of white
John K. was embarrassed by the number of mistakes in this episode and the overall poor quality. He refused to put his name in the credits, and is therefore listed as "Raymond Spum" under director. He was also unable to do many jokes due to Nickelodeon's Standards and Practices, one such joke being Stimpy bringing in a giant leech, Dr. Leech, to leech Ren.
This is the first episode in which Chris Reccardi is credited.
This episode and Stimpy's Fan Club feature many similarities. Both are 'secret cartoons' and feature the oath. Several gags are reused, such as Stimpy telling Ren that nobody will see him, only to pan to a camera and show a group of shocked onlookers that include Mr. Horse.
