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The Ripping Friends animation still: Jimmy the idiot boy looking worried

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Item

Date:

[ca. 2001].

Reference:

R429, Volume number: 47

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4518300

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The Ripping Friends animation still: Jimmy the idiot boy looking worried
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Date(s):

[ca. 2001].

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 drawing: pencil on white paper; 26.5 x 31.7 cm.
Support 26.500 x 31.700 cm

Language of material:

English

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Item consists of 1 pencil drawing that depicts the character Jimmy the Idiot Boy in a space suit looking worried. Beneath him is a helmeted head and fingers looking over a ledge. In the background are the outlines of two other figures. All the figures have red arrows drawn around them to indicate movement.

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Creator: Kricfalusi, John

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The Ripping Friends was a Canadian animated series created by John Kricfalusi, the original creator of Ren and Stimpy. After he was fired from Ren and Stimpy, Kricfalusi wanted to create a movie that starred the worlds "manliest men" which became the basis for the Ripping Friends. The Ripping Friends were four superhuman, macho brothers who fought all manner of whacky and strange criminals. The development of the series was marked by sporadic and unprepared production and, despite all attempts, could not quite recapture the humor, or the audience, that Ren and Stimpy once held. The series ran for thirteen episodes, from September 2001 to September 2002 before being cancelled.

This item was drawn for an episode called "Frictor". In the episode, the Ripping Friends calluses are exposed to radiation and create a monster called Frictor, the master of friction. The Ripping Friends must pursue him to the Moon to stop his evil deeds. This scene depicts Jimmy the Idiot Boy, the mascot of artist John Kricfalusi's studio and constant character throughout his work, standing in his space suit looking very worried. This item is an animation still done by one of two production companies, Red Rover based in Toronto or Funbag based in Ottawa. Both studios did animation for the Ripping Friends, with input from John K.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed in pencil, in the print, l. r.: RF-4/ANIM2/10-30

Related material:

Please see items R429-122 to R429-170 for other animation stills done for the Ripping Friends animated series.
Please see items R429-124, R429-126, R429-127, R429-131, R429-132, R429-138 to R429-141, R429-143 to R429-146, R429-162, R429-167, and R429-170 for other animation stills from the same episode.
Please see items R429-132 and R429-146 for other animation stills of the same character in the episode.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2009-00511-2

Other accession no.:

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146
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R429]

[Consultation 90 Open]

47 Item no. assigned by LAC 146

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Library and Archives Canada, acc. no. R429-146

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