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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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* [[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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