Angelica Charlotte Pickles is the main female antagonist and sometimes a supporting character on Rugrats and a main character in its spin-off All Grown Up! The daughter of Drew and Charlotte Pickles, she is a bossy spoiled brat who always wants to get her way and constantly bullies her cousins Tommy and Dil and their friends through deceit and trickery, though her parents began to spoil her less in later seasons and act more strict with her, along with being disciplined.
History[]
Rugrats[]
As a toddler, Angelica has her blonde/yellow hair put into a pair of pigtails each tied with a purple ribbon and wore a purple tank twirl dress over an orange-red long-sleeved shirt with flared cuffs, blue leggings with green dots, red socks, and purple sneakers on her feet. In some early episodes she also wore diapers over her blue leggings. She is an only child and as a result, she has become a very spoiled child whose parents pamper to her every need and give her anything she wants without cease. She is the only child who can talk verbally to the adults and the only one who can understand the babies and communicate with them.
Her parents, Drew and Charlotte, are hardly ever around because of their jobs, which in turn may mean that her parents are neglectful; they also rarely punish or discipline her. Being spoiled could also come from her parents' vast wealth, which is used to buy her toys, extra or unhealthy candy or snacks, and very expensive birthday parties. She whines and cries a lot to get what she wants, and has a rather whiny voice, even in public.
Prior to Susie Carmichael's introduction, Angelica was unique among the regular children in that she could properly talk to grown-ups, and as such, she acted nicely towards the adults, and was also notoriously mean to the other little babies, specially by lying and influencing their view of the world. When Susie did come along, Angelica soon became a rival to Susie, and often competed in many things. In fact, almost every time Susie is in an episode, Angelica is also in it, although perhaps ironically, Susie's introduction episode did not feature Angelica. Angelica is about 2 1/2 years old when she starts daycare at the beginning of the series. In the episode, "Angelica's Birthday", she turns about three years old when she starts preschool.
Despite acting mean to the little babies most of the time, it is revealed in the episode "Moving Away" that she was the reason Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, and Lil befriended each other and, even more, that Angelica considered the other babies her best friends. Angelica's parents, especially her mother, seem to also be spoiled.
In Rugrats, Charlotte was Angelica's role model in some ways. Charlotte is a powerful member of a major corporation. In a realistic dream sequence, she said that the only thing she liked better than corporate domination was corporate domination with her special girl. For Angelica's thirteenth birthday party, she hired an ice sculptor to sculpt Angelica out of the iceberg that sank the Titanic. She even suggested adding Angelica's face to Mount Rushmore for her sixteenth birthday.
Drew is a little more responsible and reasonable with his daughter. He is often the one who also worries about Angelica becoming too spoiled, but when he discusses this with Charlotte, she usually disagrees. She has a cat named Fluffy, which she often pampered. She was often seen with a doll named Cynthia, which she apparently considered her most prized possession.
When the series started, Angelica, Tommy and Chuckie were their respective parents' only children. However, by the end of the series, Angelica was the only "only child" remaining in the group, as Tommy gained a brother, Dil, through birth, and Chuckie gained a sister, Kimi, through marriage.
All Growed Up[]
Angelica as she appears in the first season of All Grown Up!
Angelica has longer hair, but keeps her bangs. She wears a purple raglan shirt with lavender sleeves, purple and blue bracelets on her right wrist, and a pink watch on her left wrist, a dark blue knee-length skirt with a green trim and polka-dot patter, a blue ankle bracelet, and purple slides with orange straps.
All Grown Up![]
In Season 1, Angelica wears a long-sleeved lavender shirt, magenta and purple skirt, and violet shoes. She also wears a bright red sleeveless turtleneck sweater, purple skirt tied with a light cyan belt, dark purple slides (no socks), and wears a red heart-shaped barrette clipped on the right side of her hair. She wears a wristwatch on her left wrist and three bracelets on her right wrist. She wears lavender eye shadows and silver hoop earrings.
In "Interview With a Campfire", she appears with a bright blue shirt, red pants, and brown sneakers.
In Seasons 2-5, she often wears a bright orange shirt, green/blue shorts, and violet sandals. Sometimes, she wears her usual trademark colors. Her hair is wavy (like Lil and Kimi) and she wears a right-side swept bang clipped on the right with a silver square barrette. She wears five bracelets in different purple shades (three on the left wrist and two on the right wrist). Her eye shadows and earrings are blue and red, respectively.
She also wears her hair in a variety of natural styles throughout the series.
Although she has grown up and become more mature, Angelica continues to be mean and spoiled, however, not as much as she used to be. Her parents are still quite wealthy as well. Since turning 13, she has been doing many stereotypical "teen things" like getting a cell phone, pursuing boys, and getting the latest trends in fashion. Also, she still constantly rivals Susie, mostly at singing. One of Angelica's most important storylines was when she turned 13 in "Lucky 13", and had many things to deal with: an obligation to invite the other kids to her birthday party, and a popular teen, Savannah, organizing a spring bash to lure away any other potential party-goers. Savannah has since warmed up to Angelica, even letting her sit at the "popular" table at the cafeteria. She and Susie have also become good friends, with Susie giving Angelica advice or help, despite the fact that Angelica tries to weasel Susie out of opportunities, like singing on stage. However, Angelica has softened up to others, frequently giving help or acting kind, and she and Susie still consider each other as rivals, albeit mildly.
Trivia[]
- Angelica ranked #7 in TV Guide's 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters, making her the only Rugrats character to appear in the list, and also the highest-ranking Nicktoon character on the list (SpongeBob ranked at #9, and Ren and Stimpy ranked at #31).
- The Rugrats newspaper strip tended to imply she has had feelings for Chuckie, but keeps her distance with her relentlessly cruel teasing and treatment of him.
- While she was 2 1/2 to 4 years old in Rugrats, she has been shown in photographs as a 6-year-old and 9-year-old in All Grown Up.
- Her favorite colors are red and purple.
- Angelica's address is 53 Briar Street Place, stated in the Rugrats episode "Stu Gets a Job". Stu mentions the address when he is calling to have Drew's car towed.
- In the episode "Runaway Angelica", it is revealed that her favorite television show is Gilligan's Island.
- Rugrats co-creator, Arlene Klasky, did not approve of Angelica's cruelty in early seasons and often had disputes with the writers about it. In 1996, when new episodes were released, Klasky had a more positive reception to the somewhat softened Angelica, despite the fact that she still played the role as the antagonist of the series.
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External links[]
- Rugrats Wiki: Angelica Pickles
- Paramount Global Wiki: Angelica Pickles
- Angelica Pickles at Behind the Voice Actors