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Revision as of 05:44, 6 April 2024
| "Jerry the Bellybutton Elf" | |
|---|---|
| The Ren & Stimpy Show episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 11 |
| Directed by | Ron Hughart |
| Story by | Steve Mellor |
| Production code | RS-311 |
| Original air date | April 9, 1994 |
| Guest appearance | |
| Gilbert Gottfried as Jerry the Bellybutton Elf | |
Jerry The Bellybutton Elf is the 12th episode of the third season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on April 9 1994.
Plot
Stimpy is spending too much time playing with bellybutton, and hears a voice from inside his bellybutton..[1] Stimpy embarks on a psychedelic journey into his bellybutton where he meets Jerry the Bellybutton elf who enslaves him..[1] Ren finds a nub, which is all that is left of Stimpy..[1] With Stimpy, Ren throws a party which is attended by all of the recurring characters including Muddy Mudskipper and his obese wife, Bimby. Jerry turns into a monster who tries to eat Stimpy. Stimpy tries to escape, but only drags Ren inside of his bellybutton. Jerry eats both Ren and Stimpy while Bimby eats what remains of Stimpy..[1]
Cast
- Ren-voice of Billy West
- Stimpy-voice of Billy West
- Jerry the Bellybutton Elf-voice of Gilbert Gottfried
- The Salesman-voice of Billy West
- Muddy Mudskipper-voice of Harris Peet.
Production
The task of directing Jerry the Bellybutton Elf was assigned to Ron Hughart who was known as "the reliable director".[2] The story was intended as a parody of Alice in Wonderland. Hughart said of his work on Jerry: "The [Climb Inside My World] was added to the episode at some point after the initial storyboard was given to me. A couple of the guys didn't want to board the sequence or at least didn't know what to do with it. I boarded it and timed it"..[2]
Reception
The American journalist Thad Komorowski rated Jerry as a bomb as wrote the episode was a "pitifully unfunny cartoon"..[1]
Books
- Dobbs, G. Michael (2015). Escape – How Animation Broke into the Mainstream in the 1990s. Orlando: BearManor Media. ISBN 1593931107.
- Komorowski, Thad (2017). Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story. Albany, Georgia: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1629331836.
References
- ^ a b c d e Komorowski 2017, p. 391.
- ^ a b Komorowski 2017, p. 251.
