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In 2003, Kricfalusi successfully brought the pair back to TV when ''Ren & Stimpy: Adult Party Cartoon'' debuted on Spike TV. However, there was some [[Executive Meddling]] still—for starters, and much to his chagrin, he was forced by Spike to shove a lot of, in his words, "unnecessary adult themes" into it due to Spike wanting another money-maker along the lines of ''[[South Park]]''. The show was fairly well received in ratings and reviews (although many fans hated it for its excessive gross-out jokes) but due to John only being able to complete three of the nine requested episodes on time, the show was canceled after just a ''month'' of airtime. Plans for a second season for ''Adult Party Cartoon'', three episodes were drafted. Spike however decided to cancel those plans on the last second.
At the height of its popularity, ''Ren & Stimpy'' also started airing on Nickelodeon's step brother MTV. As one of the few non-music shows on the channel at the time, it thus unwittingly played a role in MTV's [[Network Decay]] even before ''[[Beavis and
Now has a [[The Ren and Stimpy Show/Characters|character sheet]] and a [[The Ren and Stimpy Show/Radar|radar page]], which would very much like to be updated with tropes and examples of your choice.
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* [[Gross-Out Show]]
* [[Gross Up Close-Up]]: This show may have started it all.
* [[The Grunting Orgasm]]: Stimpy has, or at least greatly implies, one in the episode "Altruists" of ''Adult Party Cartoon''.
* [[Hair-Trigger Avalanche]]: Demonstrated in "Big Flakes", though playing against expectations, Ren isn't the one who sets off the avalanche which would bury their cabin. He shouts for Stimpy to shut up already, yet it's Stimpy's "AMEN!!!!!" which is the trigger which causes the avalanche.
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* [[Speaks Fluent Animal]]: "Bass Masters" reveals that Stimpy is fluent in fish by making gurgly vocalizations.
* [[Spin-Off]]: The Goddamn George Liquor Program, a webtoon which Nickelodeon had nothing to do with.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: Countless examples, but ''[[Cow and Chicken]]'', ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', ''[[Two Stupid Dogs]]'', ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
* [[Standard Fifties Father]]: Mr. Pipe.
* [[Sting (music)|Sting]]: Numerous musical stings were used in the show. Perhaps the most famous one is "Shock Horror (a)" by Dick Walter: Dun dun DUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNN!!!!
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