Jimminy Lummox is the seventh episode of the third season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 19 February 1994.

Plot

Ren goes on a spree of cruel practical jokes. ^[1] When Ren tortures Stimpy's friend, Ralph the fly by tearing off his wings, Stimpy asks Ren if he has a conscience. ^[2] Ren does not know what a conscience is. Stimpy lends Ren his conscience which takes the form of Jimminy Lummox who whacks Ren on the head with a pipe wrench every time Ren thinks a wicked thought.. ^[3] Soon, Jimminy is whacking Ren for occasions when Ren's anger is justified such when Stimpy washes Ren's collection of celebrity underwear. ^[3] As the attacks of his conscience escalate to the point where Jimminy starts dropping cars on Ren, he asks Jimminy if he has a conscience. ^[3] Jimminy replies he does have a conscience, which appears as Tinkergaloot, a transvestite fairy who whacks Jimminy on the head with a pipe wrench every time he whacks Ren. ^[3]

Cast

• Ren-voice of Billy West
• Stimpy-voice of Billy West
• Jimminy Lummox-voice of Stan Freberg
• Chicken-voice of Harris Peet
• Mr. Pipe-voice of Billy West

Production

The episode was heavily censored by the network which removed the scenes of Ren tormenting Stimpy along with the scene where Ren tricks Mr. Pipe into drinking beaver urine. ^[3]

Reception

The American journalist Thad Komorowski gave Jimminy Lummox two stars out of five, writing that the episode was "a one-joke cartoon made funnier by Freberg's voice work". ^[2]

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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