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The Ripping Friends animation still: Slab versus the Ovulator

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Item

Date:

[ca. 2001].

Reference:

R429, Volume number: 47

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4518310

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John Bell collection

The Ripping Friends animation still: Slab versus the Ovulator
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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 drawing depicting a masked, muscular person (the Ripping Friend, Slab) glaring angrily at a human-like chicken (the Ovulator)

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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 is a sketch done for the episode called The Ovulator. The plot of the episode involves a deranged chicken who holds all the beef in the world hostage so that people must buy eggs. The RIpping Friends are almost powerless to stop him, as they require beef to be strong. This drawing depicts Slab, the only Ripping Friend not hindered by a lack of beef, facing the villain of the episode, the Ovulator. 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.

Related material:

Please see items R429-122 to R429-170 for other animation stills done for the Ripping Friends animated series.
Please see items R429-134, R429-135, R429-136, R429-149 to R429-151, and R429-154 to R429-159 for other animation stills from the same episode.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2009-00511-2

Other accession no.:

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155
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R429]

[Consultation 90 Open]

47 Item no. assigned by LAC 155

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Library and Archives Canada, acc. no. R429-155

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