The Ren & Stimpy Show facts for kids

The Ren & Stimpy Show
Genre	Animated sitcom Slapstick Black comedy
Created by	John Kricfalusi
Voices of	John Kricfalusi (1991–1993) Billy West
Theme music composer	John Kricfalusi Chris Reccardi Jim Smith Scott Huml
Composer(s)	Shawn Patterson ("Ol' Blue Nose" and "Sammy and Me")
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	52 (93 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Vanessa Coffey Mary Harrington
Producer(s)	Jim Ballantine
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Spümcø (seasons 1 and 2) Games Animation (seasons 3–5) Nickelodeon Animation Studio (reboot)
Distributor	ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon (1991–1996) MTV (1996) Comedy Central (reboot)
Picture format	480i (4:3 SDTV) (1991–1996)
Audio format	Dolby Stereo (1991–1994) Dolby Surround (1994–1996)
Original release	August 11, 1991 (1991-08-11) – December 16, 1996 (1996-12-16)

The Ren & Stimpy Show is an American animated television series created by John Kricfalusi and originally produced by Spümcø for Nickelodeon that premiered on August 11, 1991, and ended on December 16, 1996. The series follows the adventures of the title characters: Ren Höek, an emotionally unstable and sociopathic Chihuahua; and Stimpy, a good-natured yet dimwitted cat.

The Ren & Stimpy Show was one of Nickelodeon's first original animated series – known as "Nicktoons" – alongside Rugrats and Doug.

See also

In Spanish: Ren y Stimpy para niños