Ren Höek

Ren HöekThe Ren & Stimpy Show character
Production information
Voiced by	John Kricfalusi (1990-1992, 2003) Billy West (1993-1996, 2021-present) Chris Edgerly (Nicktoons MLB) Bob Camp (Singing voice in "In The Army" and "The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen")
Inspiration	Peter Lorre
First appearance	"Big House Blues"
Background information
Full name	Ren Höek
Species	Chihuahua
Age	17 (53 in dog years)
Birthday	Tuesday the 17th
Other names	Commander Höek, Mad Dog Höek, Renwaldo, Robin Hoek, Three-Fingered Hoek, Ren Hok,
Alignment	Neutral/Bad, rarely Good
Personality	Easily angered, spiteful, hyperactive, vain, selfish, frustrated, ambitious and sometimes kind, easily irritated, greedy, insane, delusional, paranoid, intolerant, violent, insecure, remorseful, lunatic, volatile, disturbing, psychotic, somewhat affable, childish, bad-tempered, aggressive, prone to mood swings, hot-tempered, scrawny, mean, dyspeptic, emotionally unstable, spoiled, angry, sometimes evil, indifferent, sometimes understanding, nice (rarely), comical, cruel, bitter, wise, highly intelligent, malicious, smart, strict, bossy, and sometimes good.
Appearance	A anthropomorphic peach chihuahua with floppy ears and pink eyes
Citizenship	Varies depending on the episode
Relatives	Svën Höek (cousin) Bubba Höek (nephew)
Allies	Stimpy J. Cat, Mr. Horse, Powdered Toast Man, Muddy Mudskipper
Enemies	Stimpy J. Cat (at times), other antagonists
Likes	Money (mostly), abusing Stimpy, himself, Axe
Dislikes	Stimpy's idiocy
Quote	"You eediot!" "How many times do I have to tell you?" "Where ees that stupid cat?"

Ren Höek is one of the two titular protagonists of The Ren & Stimpy Show. He is a scrawny "asthma-hound" chihuahua with a floppy body, donkey-like ears, neon-pink eyes with dark red pupils, red eyelids, and a fairly long, rat-like, pink tail who often calls his best friend Stimpy an idiot ("eediot", to quote the character).

Ren is vain, spiteful, hyperactive, abusive, and gets irritated (especially by Stimpy) very easily. His lifelong ambition is to have huge pectoral muscles (which somehow, in real life, is uncommon). Ren's name is the real name of Kricfalusi's building manager. He was born on Tuesday the 17th.

Ren was originally voiced by Kricfalusi (in a voice homaging that of Peter Lorre), and later by Billy West after Kricfalusi was fired, although Kricfalusi would return to the role for Ren & Stimpy: "Adult Party Cartoon". In Nicktoons MLB, Chris Edgerly provided the character's voice.

Trivia

• Before Ren was voiced by John Kricfalusi and eventually Billy West, many voice actors had auditioned for the role, including Joe Alaskey, Frank Welker, Carlos Alazraqui, Jack Angel, Patrick Pinney, and Townsend Coleman.
• In 2002, Ren and Stimpy were both ranked #31 in TV Guide's Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters list (which also included Angelica Pickles at #7 and SpongeBob SquarePants at #9).
• At the beginning of the series, Ren had a long, pink, rat-like tail, but most other times it's not there. The reason for Ren's tail disappearing altogether was that creator John Kricfalusi hated animating it, so most of the time, he just left it out.

Gallery

Ren’s disgusting teeth.

Ren eats soap.

Ren loses his pure insanity.

Ren screaming.

Ren shrugging.

Ren enraged at Stimpy and Sven.

Ren furious.

Ren angrily yells at Stimpy.

External links

• Ren Höek at Behind the Voice Actors