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Ren and Stimpy, created by John Kricfalusi, are the titular characters in the American animated television series ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. Kricfalusi created the characters during his stay in Sheridan College and they first appeared on film in the pilot episode "Big House Blues". Ren is a scrawny, violently psychotic chihuahua, and Stimpy is a fat, stupid cat. They are often at odds with each other on the show, though they do share moments of closeness together. ==Ren Höek== Ren is a scrawny "asthma-Hound" Chihuahua. Martin "Dr. Toon" Goodman of ''Animation World Magazine'' described Ren as scrawny, dyspeptic, and violently psychotic, who loses his mind occasionally in a cumulative process resulting in him becoming, in Goodman's words, a "screaming klaxon, neon-pink eyes dilating into twin novae inches above his jagged, monolithic teeth."〔Goodman, Martin. "(Cartoons Aren't Real! Ren and Stimpy In Review. )" ''Animation World Magazine''. Issue 5.12. March 2001. Retrieved on October 27, 2009.〕 Andy Meisler of ''The New York Times'' described Ren as "adventurous," "intelligent," and "emotionally brittle."〔Meisler, Andy. "(TELEVISION; Ren and Stimpy's Triumphant Return )." ''The New York Times''. 16 August 1992. Retrieved on October 27, 2009.〕 Ren has a fairly long, rat-like, pink tail. However in the first two seasons, Ren's tail constantly disappeared and was even docked by George Liquor in the season 2 episode "Dog Show", while getting Ren and Stimpy both ready for an upcoming dog show (even though Stimpy is a cat) although it continued to appear afterwards in the episode, as well as episodes afterwards. After season 2, Ren's tail had a rare form of continuity throughout the show, not even appearing at all in most episodes. Kricfalusi originally voiced Ren in a manner that he describes as "a bad imitation of Peter Lorre."〔 Billy West said that he auditioned to play Ren; the creators of the series believed that having West—who was also voicing the titular character in fellow charter Nicktoon ''Doug'' at the time—voice both Ren and Stimpy would give him too large of a workload.〔Epstein, Daniel Robert. "(Billy West Interview )." ''UnderGroundOnline''. Retrieved on October 27, 2009.〕 West voiced Ren after Nickelodeon fired Kricfalusi; Kricfalusi would return for the Spike TV episodes and unaired episodes of ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. Chris Edgerly would voice the character in the game Nicktoons MLB though. In the pilot episode, Pierre Decelles provided Ren's signature diabolical laughter, while West performed Ren's laugh in the series. His catch phrase is "You eediot", and he also uses variations of "What is your problem, you sick little monkey?", which is similar to a quote by Lorre in ''The Maltese Falcon'': "You... you imbecile. You bloated idiot. You stupid fat-head, you." Kricfalusi complained about Nickelodeon executives requesting that Ren have "a softer side".〔 Bill Wray said that Ren was his favorite character to write for; Wray described Ren as "fun" because "you can make him mean." In 1993 he added that "It drives me crazy when I tell people I work on the show and they always say, 'Make Ren meaner.'" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ren and Stimpy (characters)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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