Stimpy tries to testing the planet's eccentric fauna and flora to see if they are edible, but ends up not understanding the technology.

Ren waits for Stimpy to serve a meal, who ends up cooking what looks like an appetizing piece of cabbage.

At night, Stimpy is awoken by the bright moonlight, appreciating the sight of the Moon and asks Ren to wake up to do so.

Ren is injured by hitting his head on the Moon and angrily straps Stimpy to a straitjacket as punishment.

The idea for the trilogy known as the "space episodes" that would serve as both a parody of Star Trek and as a show-within-the-show was created during a writing session held during a drinking bout in a bar between John Kricfalusi and Jim Smith.

[2] Critic Jonathan Barkan praised "Marooned" and its predecessor "Space Madness", that "played almost like demented Star Trek episodes".