User Reviews

In the episode, Ren waits for his cousin to come back and have an intellectual conversation with Sven. But later it turns out that Sven isn't smart in the slightest. Yet Stimpy found himself a new friend, with whom he hangs up with.

I really liked this episode. First of all, it has a creative use of gross out humour. Like where Sven shows Stimpy his collection of boogers. I especially laughed hard at the deleted scene where both Stimpy and Sven were hiding and pretending to be in a circus. Not only that, but around the end it has an intense scene where Ren gets angry at his friend and cousin and threatens to do bad stuff with them. I admit, it's pretty disturbing but well excuted. And it's all thanks to the highly detailed animation. The way that it shows expressions of each character and details of gross things makes this cartoon stand out from the rest.

Lastly the story itself is great too. We are introduced to Ren's cousin who's somehow closer to Stimpy personality wise. And it was funny to see what sort of things Stimpy and Sven were trying to do when Ren was at work.

It's one of the funniest episodes of Ren and Stimpy, and definitely a must watch for the fans of the show and Nickelodeon.

"Sven Hoek" begins with Ren's frustration at the lack of intellectual stimulation around his house. His conversation with Stimpy are completely devoid of any challenge for him - he, in Ren's eyes, is a drooling idiotic cat. We then see Ren glare promisingly at a photograph of his cousin, Sven.

Of course, all this build-up and expectation can only be false for Ren, and when Sven arrives, the promise of any "stimulation" for Ren is lost when we see Sven stupidly facing the wrong way when the door is opened.

Throughout the episode, Ren is portrayed as the working man. We see him arrive home from work only to be confronted with a pair of childish imbeciles, who have been busy defacing his house and his possessions. Sven is Stimpy in every way.

The climax involves a hilariously titled board-game, mixed with a very disturbing (and decidedly child unfriendly) scene where Ren threatens the two with various kinds of torture. (I noticed an added scene here on my "Unleashed DVD"). This episode is great stuff.