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"The Cat That Laid the Golden Hairball" is the 15th episode of season 2.

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In the morning, Ren goes to watch TV, but is disgusted by the amount of hairballs around the house, and he realizes it was Stimpy who caused the mess. However, he soon finds out from a TV news flash that hairballs are becoming more and more valuable, soon expected to be more valuable than gold. He soon sets up a factory for hairballs: Stimpy makes the hairballs (licking off his fur in the process) and hwarfs them out onto the conveyor belt; Ren checks them for quality and stamps them with a "Grade A" stamp, and his human nephew, Bubba, puts them into boxes, though once he puts a single hairball into his pocket.

However, Stimpy soon runs out of fur to lick off. Stimpy falls onto the conveyor belt, which causes Ren to violently stamp Stimpy's butt. Ren lets him lick off his fur, but as Stimpy finished and goes back to work to hwarf out his hairballs onto the conveyor belt again, Stimpy has no luck, and says that Ren isn't hairy enough. They also have him lick off Bubba's hair, but again that does not work after Stimpy grows exhausted from trying to hwarf out his hairballs again and again. Ren forces Bubba to squeeze Stimpy, hoping for him to vomit out the hairballs, but instead Stimpy vomits out the his bones and organs. Then Bubba goes inside Stimpy's body to investigate. He looks inside Stimpy's body for hours, and finds Stimpy's hairball gland. Bubba and Ren then find that the hairball gland is broken. They both begin to cry as Stimpy appears close to death and can never hwarf another hairball again. Bubba says when the hairball gland is broken it's over. Ren realizes he's referring to the cartoon's end, and they all begin to dance in celebration.

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  • This episode was based off a fan-made comic submitted to Nickelodeon, in a very rare instance a cartoon episode is based off a fan-made/fanfiction story sent to the producers.
    • Two other instances of cartoon episodes adapted from fan-submitted stories include the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian" (a fan-script written by three teenage girls) and the Dexter's Laboratory episode "Dexter and Computress Get Mandark" (a story recorded by a 6 1/2-year-old boy onto an audio cassette).
      • This episode was also based Aesop's Fables' fairy tale book, The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs.
  • On the Paramount DVD, the footage of Stimpy licking fur off his belly and some hairball production was removed.
  • This episode was the basis for the music video for "Cat Hairballs", with the scene of Stimpy getting stamped on the butt used as the ending.
  • This is the third episode of Season 2, in which John K. doesn't voice Ren for the entire episode (due to the majority of production occurring at Games Animation) and is also one of the few in which he receives no credit. However, his voice recording of Ren crying can be heard when Ren is crying about Stimpy appearing close to death.
  • The ending scene was seen in an advertisement for the First and Second Seasons DVD.
  • While Bubba is in Stimpy's body, an eyeball can be seen hanging from above.

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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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