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I Love Chicken is the tenth episode of the fourth season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 19 November 1994.

Plot

Stimpy falls in love with a chicken from the grocery store which alternates between being a dead bird vs. an anthropomorphic chicken. ^[1] Stimpy is engaged to the chicken while Ren keeps trying to eat it.. ^[1] Stimpy marries the chicken while Ren continues his attempts to eat the chicken. ^[1] Ren is jealous over the way that Stimpy gives all his love to his wife. ^[1] Ren is finally able to eat the chicken, which breaks Stimpy's heart.. ^[1]

Cast

• Ren-voice of Billy West
• Stimpy-voice of Bill west

Production

The story was written by the showrunner, Bob Camp together with Jim Gomez, and differed from the usual "gag reels" stories of the Games Animation studio.. ^[2] Camp and Gomez chose to focus on characters rather than gags in I Love Chicken with the main themes being Ren's selfishness and self-pity vs. Stimpy's devotion and low intelligence.. ^[2]

Reception

The American critic Thad Komorowski rated the episode three stars out of five and described I Love Chicken as one of the best stories of season four. ^[3]

Books and articles

• 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.

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