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"Pen Pals" is the sixteenth episode of the fifth season of The Ren & Stimpy Show. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on November 18, 1995.

Plot

Cast

• Ren – Voice of Billy West
• Stimpy – Voice of Billy West
• Police officer – Voice of Billy West
• Prison escapee – Voice of Bob Camp

Production

"Pen Pals" is the second episode in the series to be directed by Craig Bartlett, who had successfully pitched Hey Arnold! to Games Animation while working as a story editor to Rugrats at Klasky Csupo; he was given directorial work on The Ren & Stimpy Show before production of the series can officially start. He was told not to tamper with the episodes' writing whenever he directed, serving as what he considered a "mechanic" role. Michael Kim produced the storyboards while Tom Owens, a layout supervisor served as co-director in his only directorial role.

Reception

American journalist Thad Komorowski gave the episode three and a half out of five stars.

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.

Reference

1. Komorowski 2017, p. 266.
2. ^ Komorowski 2017, p. 412.

• 1995 American television episodes
• The Ren & Stimpy Show episodes
• Television episodes set in prisons