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"Stimpy's Big Day!" is the very first episode of The Ren & Stimpy Show, which aired on August 11, 1991.

Characters[]

Log Commercial[]

  • Announcer
  • Kid

Summary[]

Stimpy wins a competition that takes him to the big time in Hollywood. Ren, left at home, begins to miss Stimpy more than he ever would have thought. Will Stimpy, rich and successful, remember Ren and return home?

Plot[]

Stimpy is watching television when Ren comes around and reminds him that he is too old for cartoons. Stimpy shoves him away and watches the Muddy Mudskipper show. He then comes across an ad for Gritty Kitty Litter and the announcer is about to announce a contest, telling all the cats to write a poem of 40 million words or less on why they like Gritty Kitty Litter and whoever writes the best poem wins $47 million, goat cheese, a twelve-hour record set of the top hits of the 1970s, and most importantly, a trip to Hollywood to guest star on the Muddy Mudskipper Show.

So Stimpy writes his poem right away and seals it in an envelope. Before he could mail it in, Ren tries to convince him that cartoon characters are not real, but puppets instead. Stimpy, now feeling irresolute, struggles to put the poem in the mailbox as Ren tries to convince him otherwise. Stimpy puts the envelope inside the mailbox anyway and begs for Ren's forgiveness, but he instantly refuses.

Later, as the duo goes to bed, Ren wakes up and hesitantly attempts to forgive him until he hears the doorbell ringing. He hops out of bed to answer it and finds a couple of humans asking for Stimpy. Ren tells them that Stimpy is in the room and one of the humans tell him that he won $47 million. A soporific Ren turns to get Stimpy until he realizes the amount of cash, and tries to convince the two humans that he is the cat. Stimpy, however, wakes up and walks into the living room. One of the humans offers him the bag of money, telling him that his poem won first prize. Ren steals the money from Stimpy and tries to convince his friend that he helped him with the poem, but to no avail. Stimpy rides away with the two humans and Ren walks away irate. He then feels devastated as he collapses to the floor and begins to sob.

In Hollywood, Stimpy meets Muddy Mudskipper and is about to start his act. He stars in a cereal ad, where Ren berates him for frittering away the cereal. So as he leaves for work, Stimpy pours all the cereal in a big bowl and gets the prize out of the box. The prize is a Muddy Mudskipper cereal caddy, and Stimpy says bye to the audience as the ad ends.

Ren tries to forget about Stimpy when trying to go to sleep one night. After seeing Stimpy's print on the pillow at the end of the bed, Ren proceeds to sleep on the couch, and his pillow coincidentally shapes itself like Stimpy's head, much to Ren's horror. When trying to find a show to watch, Stimpy is on every channel, hosting every show.

Despite his fame and fortune, Stimpy misses Ren and decides to return home, much to the latter's delight. However, when hearing the news that Stimpy gave the 47 million dollars away, Ren slaps him constantly in anger.

Trivia[]

  • The head that pops up at the overhead view of Hollywood is a Kirk Douglas caricature. Kirk Douglas was known to be John Kricfalusi's favorite Hollywood actor.
  • This show and two other Nickelodeon shows, Doug and Rugrats first aired on the same date.
  • The music heard under the Gritty Kitty commercial sequence (at the supermarket with Stimpy and Mr. Horse) is the underscore "Stop Gap".
  • Originally, the microphone was planned to go into Stimpy's mouth at the end. However, it seemed to remind Nick executives of a certain sexual method, so the scene was animated with the microphone going into his nose. The mic in the mouth was never animated.
  • Coincidentally, both this episode and it’s sister play the track “Tom Fool” during a commercial for Gritty Kitty Litter.
  • The track, "Fanfare" by Robert Sharples, was previously used by photo development chain Fotomat on their opening logo that was used on their rental VHS releases between 1979 and 1982.
    • In a sheer coincidence, Fotomat distributed Paramount Pictures content on VHS, and Paramount in turn distributed Ren and Stimpy content on DVD.
  • The version of this episode on Spike TV does not include the Log commercial.
  • The news reporter in this episode strongly resembles Ernie from Sesame Street.
  • There was a rumor where there were scenes in the episode where Muddy Mudskipper had a cigar and later the cigar was digitally removed. It also claimed that the cigar was originally left in, but later airings had it removed. So far, the rumor has been proven false.
  • The episode was featured on the Sabrina the Teenage Witch episode "Zelda and Hilda: The Teenage Years".
  • Part of this episode was featured in "Sven Hoek".
  • This is the first episode of the series animated by Lacewood Productions.
  • The next episode, "The Big Shot!", is a sequel to this episode.
  • This episode re-aired on November 22, 2007.
  • Stimpy is three years old in this cartoon in cat years. In human years, he's 28.
  • Ren thought that Muddy Mudskipper didn't really exist, but Stimpy met Muddy Mudskipper in person after winning the contest.

Errors[]

What's Wrong with Stimpy

Stimpy with only pupils for eyes.

  • When Stimpy was writing his poem, there was one scene where Ren's eyes and nose turned red.
  • The "Stimpy's Breakfast Tips" segment has a brief scene where Stimpy only has pupils for eyes. This was a mistake made by Fil-Cartoons when doing the overseas animation. John K. found it to be so strange but funny that rather than ask for a retake, he kept it in.
  • When Stimpy looks at Ren and the mailbox wonderingly, Ren's eyebrow is red.

Music[]

Log[]

Stimpy's Big Day[]

Stimpy's Breakfast Tips[]

Episode List
Pilot
Big House Blues (Pilot)
Season 1
Stimpy's Big DayThe Big ShotRobin 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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