Lumber Jerks (Ren & Stimpy Show)

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

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.

Reception
The American critic Thad Komorowski gave Lumber Jerks two stars out of five.