A Friend In Your Face!
| "A Friend In Your Face!" | |
|---|---|
| The Ren & Stimpy Show episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 3 |
| Directed by | Bob Camp |
| Story by | Bob Camp |
| Production code | RS-324 |
| Original air date | October 8, 1994 |
A Friend in Your Face! is the third episode of the fourth season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 8 October 1994.
Plot
[edit]Ren is confused by Stimpy's claim that he has a friend in his face, a parasite named Choo-Choo Nong-Nong Head.[1] Nooney Bratweiler, Choco-Choco's cousin comes to stay with her.[1] She persuades to him to move onto Ren's face.[1] Ren is notably annoyed by serving as an unwilling host, and tries hard to get rid of the parasite to no avail.[1] The Fire Chief puts out a fire started on Ren's face by the parasite.[1] Ren's face is worn down that it must "torn down" or turned into a condominium tower.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Ren-voice of Billy West
- Choo-Choo Nong-Nong Head-voice of Judy Bohannon
- Stimpy-voice of Billy West
- The Fire Chief-voice of Harris Peet
- Nooney Bratweiler-voice of Stephen DeStefano
Production
[edit]The cartoon was drawn at the Games Animation studio in Los Angeles and illustrated at the Rough Draft Korea studio in Seoul.[1]
Reception
[edit]The American critic Thad Komorowski gave the episode one star out of five, writing, "though beautifully illustrated, the cartoon is just not funny".[2]
Books and articles
[edit]- Dobbs, G. Michael (2015). Escape – How Animation Broke into the Mainstream in the 1990s. Orlando: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1593931100.
- Komorowski, Thad (2017). Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story. Albany, Georgia: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1629331836.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Komorowski 2017, p. 399.
- ^ Komorowski 2017, p. 399-400.
