Imagine what would happen if you switched up television twosomes? Check out these re-imagined duos and find out what shenanigans these new partners might get up to in some of the zaniest shows that could have existed — only in the ’90s:
Fox Mulder from The X-Files & Pinky from Pinky and the Brain
Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama
FBI agent Fox Mulder is constantly thwarted by his new partner, Pinky the simpleminded mouse. When Mulder consults Pinky for his opinion on paranormal activity, Pinky utters things along the lines of “I think so, Mulder, but how will the aliens use sausage casings as tractor beams?”
Ren Höek from Ren & Stimpy & Chandler Bing from Friends
Show Title: Höek and Bing’s Agency Thing
Genre: Dramedy
A sarcastic advertising agent and an even more sarcastic Chihuahua struggle to keep a pet supplies marketing firm, “Agency Thing,” afloat.
Frasier Crane & Darwin the Dolphin from SeaQuest DSV
Show Title: Fish Dick
Genre: Detective Show
Psychiatrist turned private eye Frasier Crane works with his partner Darwin the Dolphin to solve crimes occurring in and around Puget Sound.
Dana Scully from The X-Files & Joey Tribbiani from Friends
Show Title: The Acting Detector
Genre: Sitcom
A scrappy young FBI agent tries to make her romance with an unemployed actor work. When Scully begins dragging Joey on assignments, she finds that his naiveté and imagination are useful in solving cases.
The Brain from Pinky and the Brain & The Fresh Prince from Bel-Air
Show Title: The Brain of Bel-Air
Genre: Sitcom
Now this is a story all about how Will’s life got flipped-turned upside down… When a megalomaniacal mouse who’s up to no good decides to take up residence in the Fresh Prince’s hood…
Lucas Wolenczak from Seaquest DSV & Jack McFarland from Will & Grace
Show Title: Gay Genius in Space
Genre: Sitcom
In a case of mistaken identities, NASA accidentally kidnaps a teenage prodigy and an outspoken homosexual actor. Now Lucas and Jack find themselves trapped inside the space station SNIR.
Carlton Banks from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air & Stimpson J. Cat from Ren & Stimpy
Show Title: Cat Got Your Carlton
Genre: Sitcom
When an uptight yuppie finds a cat “doing the Carlton dance” in the window of an animal shelter, he cannot resist adopting the creature. Little does either know their lives are about to be changed forever as Stimpy shakes up Carlton’s neat, predicable existence while Carlton forces his flea-bitten friend to learn about the finer things.
Karen Walker from Will & Grace & Niles Crane from Frasier
Show Title: The Walker/Crane Wedding Party
Genre: Soap Opera
Shrill-voiced dowager Karen Walker seduces psychiatrist Niles Crane for his money and social status. Little does she know that the recently bankrupted Niles has his own nefarious interests at heart when he proposes to her.
Photoshoppin’ by Erika Cervantes
