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It's A Dog's Life (The Ren & Stimpy Show)

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"It's A Dog's Life"
The Ren & Stimpy Show episode
Episode no.Season 4
Episode 12
Directed byKen Bruce
Story byBob Camp
Jim Gomez
Production codeRS-408
Original air dateDecember 3, 1994 (1994-12-03)
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It's A Dog's Life is the 12th episode of the fourth season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 3 December 1994.

Plot

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Ren and Stimpy are to be passed at a dog hound when they adopted by a seemingly kind old lady, Granny.[1] At her mansion, Ren and Stimpy are the victims of abuse by Granny and her Chinese servant, Mr. Hao.[1] Ren and Stimpy are neutered, and escape from the mansion only to be recaptured by the police.[1] The duo are returned and find that Granny has died.[1] In her will, she states that Ren and Stimpy are to put to death and stuffed, an order that Mr. Hao obeys who kills Ren and Stimpy and stuffs them.[1]

Cast

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  • Ren-voice of Billy West
  • Stimpy-voice of Billy West
  • Dogcatcher-voice of Bob Camp
  • Granny-voice of Billy West
  • Mr. Hao-voice of Billy West

Production

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The episode was a remake of the banned 1992 episode Man's Best Friend with Granny serving as a female George Liquor.[2] The episode was illustrated by the Wang studio of Taiwan.[1]

Reception

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The American critic Thad Komorowski rated the episode one star out of five.[1] Komorowksi wrote that It's A Dog's Life was a deeply unfunny and unpleasant story that was painful to watch.[2] The episode was heavily censored to remove many of the scenes of cruelty being inflicted on Ren and Stimpy by Granny.[3]

Books and articles

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  • Dobbs, G. Michael (2015). Escape – How Animation Broke into the Mainstream in the 1990s. Orlando: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1593931100.
  • Finley, Laura L. (2018). Violence in Popular Culture American and Global Perspectives. Santa Monica: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781440854330.
  • Komorowski, Thad (2017). Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story. Albany, Georgia: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1629331836.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Komorowski 2017, p. 408.
  2. ^ a b Komorowski 2017, p. 258.
  3. ^ Finley 2018, p. 148.

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