Lumber Jerks is the fifth episode of the fourth season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 15 October 1994.

Plot

Ren and Stimpy are working as a mailmen in Lumberville, a city in the north of Canada. ^[1] They attempt to deliver a bill to a burly French-Canadian lumberjack Jacques LaPierre who beats them up. ^[1] Jacques is appalled by how weak Ren and Stimpy are, and decides to teach them to be lumberjacks as a way to "man up" the duo. ^[1] Jacques tells Ren and Stimpy that they must cut a tree and warns them of the Spiny Tree Lobsters that attack lumberjacks. ^[1] Ren and Stimpy attempt to find a tree to cut down and are literally incapable of seeing a tree for a forest. ^[1] Finally, the duo find a lone tree and decide to cut it down. ^[1] After trying for several hours, a Tree Lobster who sounds like Moe Howard from The Three Stooges appears and takes Ren hostage. ^[1] The Tree Lobster shows Ren various animals in their habit and asks Ren what he has learned. ^[1] Ren replies that he has learned that "nature can be cruel, but I can be crueler!" ^[1] Ren uses a steamroller to cut down the tree. ^[1] The Tree Lobster is revealed to be Jacques in disguise. ^[1] Jacques says that Ren has what it takes to be a lumberjack. ^[1] Ren, Stimpy and Jacques end the day in a whirlpool Jacuzzi. ^[1]

Cast

• Ren-voice of Billy West
• Stimpy-voice of Billy West
• Jacques LaPierre-voice of Billy West
• Tree Lobster-voice of Billy West

Production

The episode was illustrated at the Rough Draft Korea studio in Seoul in the summer of 1994. ^[1]

Reception

The American critic Thad Komorowski gave Lumber Jerks two stars out of five. ^[1]

Books and articles

• Dobbs, G. Michael (2015). Escape – How Animation Broke into the Mainstream in the 1990s. Orlando: BearManor Media. ISBN  978-1593931100.
• Komorowski, Thad (2017). Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story. Albany, Georgia: BearManor Media. ISBN  978-1629331836.

References

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