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Episodes

Season 1, 13 episodes

Episode 1: The Indigestible Wad
- Now playing
- 21m
- Sep 22, 2001
A young girl's wad of chewing gum that she has been chewing since before she was born – the one her mother swallowed – is granted sentience/sapience from a dentist's x-ray machine that is powered by cosmic rays. The wad wanders the streets at night, sucking up people's moisture to sustain himself, turning them into "flavorless" zombies.
Episode 2: The Infernal Wedding
- 21m
- Oct 13, 2002
Citracett, a villainous dictator from the fictional country of Euroslavia, decides to seduce He-Mom in an effort to get close to, and rid himself of, the Ripping Brothers, eventually asking He-Mom to marry him. The Ripping Brothers must now follow his orders "as if they were Citracett's own".
Episode 3: Flathead's Revenge
- 21m
- Sep 29, 2001
When the boys go swimming in the local water hole Chunk finds that he has a flatworm attached to his armpit. After being removed, the flatworm decides to take one of the brothers' back bones and then wreaks havoc on the town with some of his invertebrate brethren.
Episode 4: Frictor
- 21m
- Oct 6, 2001
When Jimmy is unable to fully sew the uniforms of the Ripping friends (due to a lack of friction from his smooth fingers) Crag decides to give Jimmy some friction but Frictor, the master of friction, is created when the brothers' calluses are exposed to radiation. The Ripping Friends eventually track him to the moon.
Episode 5: Rip's Shorts
- 21m
- Oct 13, 2001
Rip's shorts alter at the molecular level after being thrown into space. The shorts become evil and take control of Jimmy and then Pooperman, causing them to do "evil" things. The other three brothers mobilize to stop the shorts.
Episode 6: The Ovulator
- 21m
- Oct 27, 2001
The boys discover that there is a shortage of beef and they send Slab out to rectify the situation, as he is the only one not affected by the lack of beef in his system. He soon discovers that a mad chicken, calling himself the Ovulator, is holding cows hostage.
Episode 7: ManMan and BoyBoy
- 21m
- Nov 10, 2001
A duo of supposed crime fighters called ManMan and BoyBoy are wandering around "solving crimes" with flesh colored accessories. Their brand of crime fighting is soon revealed to be simply putting BoyBoy in peril for no good reason. Crag sets out, because he has not had his own episode yet, to foil the duo and save BoyBoy by dressing himself up as Man Friend and Jimmy as Boy Pal to save BoyBoy.
Episode 8: Stinky Butt
- 21m
- Nov 17, 2001
Citracett is banished to the nether regions of the Earth by the Ripping Friends after attempting to destroy it. There, due to some mystical energy, Citracett gains the ability to control his flatulence with destructive results.
Episode 9: The Muscle Magician
- 21m
- Nov 24, 2001
Chunk is being made fun of by the other, 36-year-old brothers for only being 35 and a half, and therefore a "kid", so he runs away and attends a circus performance where he finds a magician who controls people's muscles. The magician, realizing the potential that Chunk poses, possesses his muscles and has him commit robbery of the many national banks in town.
Episode 10: Jimmy's Kidnapped
- 21m
- Dec 8, 2002
Citracett and a gorilla (named "Gorilla Friend" in an organ grinder monkey outfit, later "Anaxamander – the Noble Primate" in a "Pericles helmet") kidnap Jimmy the Hapless Idiot Boy after Rip harasses him into running away. The Ripping Friends track him down to find that they are torturing Jimmy so Rip knocks out the gorilla, steals his fur, and infiltrates Citracett's basement to rescue Jimmy.
Episode 11: Meet Dr. Jean Poole
- 21m
- Jan 12, 2002
The four boys get a lesson on "girls" from He-Mom and, as a final lesson, sets them up on a date with a Dr. Jean Poole. All five of them go out on the date together to the drive-in.
Episode 12: The Man from Next Thursday, Part 1
- 21m
- Jan 19, 2002
Someone breaks into RIPCOT's secret vault and steals the Ripping Friends' "perfect" DNA, which he turns into "Riptonite" in order to kill the Ripping brothers. The intruder is revealed to be a man with an enormous thumb protruding from his chest, who claims to be a time traveler from "next Thursday".
Episode 13: The Man from Next Thursday, Part 2
- 21m
- Jan 26, 2002
The man from next Thursday relates his plan to his intelligent cat, revealing that his attempts to kill the Ripping Friends is based on revenge; the Ripping Friends ripped the nail off his giant chest-thumb and then re-attached it on the wrong side, making him a freak in the world of next Thursday.

2001 to 2002
1 season
30m per episode
Animation

6.8TMDB(8)

Overview

The Ripping Friends: The World's Most Manly Men! is a Canadian animated television series, created by John Kricfalusi. The show premiered September 22, 2001 on Fox Kids, but was cancelled in September 2002. Adult Swim later picked up the show. The series occasionally airs in Canada on Teletoon. The series also aired briefly in the UK on the CNX channel. The show is rated TV-Y7 on Fox Kids and TV-PG on [adult swim] in the United States, and C8 to 14+ on Teletoon in Canada.

Fun facts

Episodes
Ran for 1 season and 13 episodes (2001 to 2002)
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Details

Created by: John Kricfalusi
Status: Ended
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
First aired: September 22, 2001
Last aired: December 8, 2002
Original language: English
Countries: US, CA

Networks

Production

Cambium Film & Video Productions

Cast

Episodes

Season 1, 13 episodes

Episode 1: The Indigestible Wad
- Now playing
- 21m
- Sep 22, 2001
A young girl's wad of chewing gum that she has been chewing since before she was born – the one her mother swallowed – is granted sentience/sapience from a dentist's x-ray machine that is powered by cosmic rays. The wad wanders the streets at night, sucking up people's moisture to sustain himself, turning them into "flavorless" zombies.
Episode 2: The Infernal Wedding
- 21m
- Oct 13, 2002
Citracett, a villainous dictator from the fictional country of Euroslavia, decides to seduce He-Mom in an effort to get close to, and rid himself of, the Ripping Brothers, eventually asking He-Mom to marry him. The Ripping Brothers must now follow his orders "as if they were Citracett's own".
Episode 3: Flathead's Revenge
- 21m
- Sep 29, 2001
When the boys go swimming in the local water hole Chunk finds that he has a flatworm attached to his armpit. After being removed, the flatworm decides to take one of the brothers' back bones and then wreaks havoc on the town with some of his invertebrate brethren.
Episode 4: Frictor
- 21m
- Oct 6, 2001
When Jimmy is unable to fully sew the uniforms of the Ripping friends (due to a lack of friction from his smooth fingers) Crag decides to give Jimmy some friction but Frictor, the master of friction, is created when the brothers' calluses are exposed to radiation. The Ripping Friends eventually track him to the moon.
Episode 5: Rip's Shorts
- 21m
- Oct 13, 2001
Rip's shorts alter at the molecular level after being thrown into space. The shorts become evil and take control of Jimmy and then Pooperman, causing them to do "evil" things. The other three brothers mobilize to stop the shorts.
Episode 6: The Ovulator
- 21m
- Oct 27, 2001
The boys discover that there is a shortage of beef and they send Slab out to rectify the situation, as he is the only one not affected by the lack of beef in his system. He soon discovers that a mad chicken, calling himself the Ovulator, is holding cows hostage.
Episode 7: ManMan and BoyBoy
- 21m
- Nov 10, 2001
A duo of supposed crime fighters called ManMan and BoyBoy are wandering around "solving crimes" with flesh colored accessories. Their brand of crime fighting is soon revealed to be simply putting BoyBoy in peril for no good reason. Crag sets out, because he has not had his own episode yet, to foil the duo and save BoyBoy by dressing himself up as Man Friend and Jimmy as Boy Pal to save BoyBoy.
Episode 8: Stinky Butt
- 21m
- Nov 17, 2001
Citracett is banished to the nether regions of the Earth by the Ripping Friends after attempting to destroy it. There, due to some mystical energy, Citracett gains the ability to control his flatulence with destructive results.
Episode 9: The Muscle Magician
- 21m
- Nov 24, 2001
Chunk is being made fun of by the other, 36-year-old brothers for only being 35 and a half, and therefore a "kid", so he runs away and attends a circus performance where he finds a magician who controls people's muscles. The magician, realizing the potential that Chunk poses, possesses his muscles and has him commit robbery of the many national banks in town.
Episode 10: Jimmy's Kidnapped
- 21m
- Dec 8, 2002
Citracett and a gorilla (named "Gorilla Friend" in an organ grinder monkey outfit, later "Anaxamander – the Noble Primate" in a "Pericles helmet") kidnap Jimmy the Hapless Idiot Boy after Rip harasses him into running away. The Ripping Friends track him down to find that they are torturing Jimmy so Rip knocks out the gorilla, steals his fur, and infiltrates Citracett's basement to rescue Jimmy.
Episode 11: Meet Dr. Jean Poole
- 21m
- Jan 12, 2002
The four boys get a lesson on "girls" from He-Mom and, as a final lesson, sets them up on a date with a Dr. Jean Poole. All five of them go out on the date together to the drive-in.
Episode 12: The Man from Next Thursday, Part 1
- 21m
- Jan 19, 2002
Someone breaks into RIPCOT's secret vault and steals the Ripping Friends' "perfect" DNA, which he turns into "Riptonite" in order to kill the Ripping brothers. The intruder is revealed to be a man with an enormous thumb protruding from his chest, who claims to be a time traveler from "next Thursday".
Episode 13: The Man from Next Thursday, Part 2
- 21m
- Jan 26, 2002
The man from next Thursday relates his plan to his intelligent cat, revealing that his attempts to kill the Ripping Friends is based on revenge; the Ripping Friends ripped the nail off his giant chest-thumb and then re-attached it on the wrong side, making him a freak in the world of next Thursday.

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: The Indigestible Wad

E2 Episode 2: The Infernal Wedding

E3 Episode 3: Flathead's Revenge

E4 Episode 4: Frictor

E5 Episode 5: Rip's Shorts

E6 Episode 6: The Ovulator

E7 Episode 7: ManMan and BoyBoy

E8 Episode 8: Stinky Butt

E9 Episode 9: The Muscle Magician

E10 Episode 10: Jimmy's Kidnapped

E11 Episode 11: Meet Dr. Jean Poole

E12 Episode 12: The Man from Next Thursday, Part 1

E13 Episode 13: The Man from Next Thursday, Part 2

Overview

Fun facts

Details

Networks

Production

Cast

More like this

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: The Indigestible Wad

E2 Episode 2: The Infernal Wedding

E3 Episode 3: Flathead's Revenge

E4 Episode 4: Frictor

E5 Episode 5: Rip's Shorts

E6 Episode 6: The Ovulator

E7 Episode 7: ManMan and BoyBoy

E8 Episode 8: Stinky Butt

E9 Episode 9: The Muscle Magician

E10 Episode 10: Jimmy's Kidnapped

E11 Episode 11: Meet Dr. Jean Poole

E12 Episode 12: The Man from Next Thursday, Part 1

E13 Episode 13: The Man from Next Thursday, Part 2

Fun facts

Episode 1: The Indigestible Wad

Episode 2: The Infernal Wedding

Episode 3: Flathead's Revenge

Episode 4: Frictor

Episode 5: Rip's Shorts

Episode 6: The Ovulator

Episode 7: ManMan and BoyBoy

Episode 8: Stinky Butt

Episode 9: The Muscle Magician

Episode 10: Jimmy's Kidnapped

Episode 11: Meet Dr. Jean Poole

Episode 12: The Man from Next Thursday, Part 1

Episode 13: The Man from Next Thursday, Part 2

Episode 1: The Indigestible Wad

Episode 2: The Infernal Wedding

Episode 3: Flathead's Revenge

Episode 4: Frictor

Episode 5: Rip's Shorts

Episode 6: The Ovulator

Episode 7: ManMan and BoyBoy

Episode 8: Stinky Butt

Episode 9: The Muscle Magician

Episode 10: Jimmy's Kidnapped

Episode 11: Meet Dr. Jean Poole

Episode 12: The Man from Next Thursday, Part 1

Episode 13: The Man from Next Thursday, Part 2