Lair of the Lummox
Ren and Stimpy hunt a Lummox in Ignoramia.
The third season of The Ren & Stimpy Show concluded with its sixteenth episode, "Lair of the Lummox," which aired on Nickelodeon on July 30, 1994. This season finale was also the second and final installment of the Untamed World sub-series.
Quick Facts
- Series
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- Season
- 3
- Episode
- 16
- Air date
- 30 July 1994
- Production
- RS-327
- Writer
- Bob Camp
- John Kricfalusi
- Jim Smith (uncredited)
- Director
- Bob Camp
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Plot
Ren and Stimpy host the nature show Untamed World. Ren carries a parasitic slug from a prior adventure. Stimpy introduces the Lummox, a morbidly obese, gluttonous humanoid with copious body hair and severe intellectual disability. They travel to the non-existent continent of Ignoramia to find one, as Lummox populations outside have dwindled in favor of humans and talking animals. After months of failure, Stimpy tracks the creature by its droppings—junk food garbage. They find a Lummox, who cries with joy. The duo imitates its actions to gain trust, but Ren stops at scratching his buttocks; Stimpy continues. The Lummox feasts on a hot meal, using a pork chop to groom and rubbing mashed potatoes on its belly. Ren feeds Stimpy a bucket of lard to appease it. Impressed, the Lummox carries them to its residence, where they watch sports and drink mayonnaise.
Production
The episode was written in 1992 for the second season at Spümcø. Nickelodeon censored much of the vulgar humor. John Kricfalusi wanted to expand it to half an hour, causing further delay. After Spümcø lost the contract on September 21, 1992, Games Animation took over and held it for the third season due to production delays. It is the first episode animated by Wang Film Productions in Taiwan. Jim Smith storyboarded and co-wrote; it was his last episode as he refused to join Games. Bob Camp directed. The climax featuring a lit fart was removed in some airings. A Kentucky Fried Chicken parody was cut from some television airings and home media releases, though later releases retained it without digital restoration.
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