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| − | '''Rugrats''' is a [[Nicktoons|nicktoon]] on [[Nickelodeon TV channel|Nickelodeon]]. Produced at [[Klasky Csupo, Inc.]] of [http://wikitravel.org/en/Los_Angeles Los Angeles], the show is about how babies view life and perceive the events happening around them. Each character is personified with his or her own individual charm. |
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| + | |image = SeriesTitle-Rugrats.png |
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| + | |genre = Children's television series |
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| + | |creator = [[Arlene Klasky]]<br/>[[Gabor Csupo]]<br/>[[Paul Germain]] |
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| + | |country = United States |
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| + | |seasons = 9 |
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| + | |episodes = 172 (218 segments) |
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| + | |runtime = 22 minutes (7/11 minutes per segment) |
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| + | |first_aired = [[1990]] (Pilot)<br/>August 11, [[1991]] |
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| + | |last_aired = June 8, [[2004]] |
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| + | |imdb_id = 0101188 |
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| + | |tv_com_id = 534}} |
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| + | [[File:"Rugrats" Theme Song (HQ) Episode Opening Credits Nick Animation|thumb|250px|The original theme song, used in the first six seasons.]] |
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| + | [[File:Rugrats Theme Song (Season 8) Nick Animation|thumb|250px|The second theme song, used from season 7 onward.]] |
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| + | [[File:1480722-rugrats.gif|thumb|250px|The original main characters, clockwise from left to right: Chuckie, Lil, Phil, Angelica and Tommy.]] |
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| + | [[File:Rugrats1.jpg|thumb|250px|The main characters, consisting of the original five plus later additions Dil, Kimi, and Susie.]] |
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| + | [[File:Rugrats Group.jpg|thumb|250px]] |
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| + | [[File:Rugrats group 2.png|right|250px]] |
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| + | '''''Rugrats''''' is an [[Nicktoons|animated series]] on [[Nickelodeon]]. It aired from August 11, [[1991]] to June 8, [[2004]]. Produced at [[Klasky Csupo, Inc.]] in Los Angeles, the show centers on a group of talking babies and how they perceive the events happening around them. It spawned three theatrical movies - ''[[The Rugrats Movie]]'', ''[[Rugrats in Paris: The Movie]]'', and ''[[Rugrats Go Wild]]'' - and a live touring show, ''[[Rugrats: A Live Adventure]]''. |
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| + | The show was a huge hit and was the longest-running Nicktoon until ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' took its title. |
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| − | == Characters == |
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| − | * '''Tommy Pickles''' (voiced by [[Elizabeth Daily|E.G. Daily]]): The most adventurous baby, always getting the group into trouble. Generally considered the babies' leader. Tommy is named for the first son of Paul Germain, one of the show's creators. |
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| ⚫ | The series has a very vague setting. It has been shown that the little babies, as it is probably assumed, live in the United States, but the name of a specific city or state is never mentioned. The best guess as to which region of the country in which the series takes place is somewhere in the southwest, since the family has taken trips to both the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas (Nevada), and Stu once mentioned "driving through the desert" while returning home from a one-day trip. There have also been several scenes of desert or arid land around the area where the little babies live. |
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| − | * '''Dil Pickles''' (voiced by [[Tara Strong]]): Tommy's younger brother, a true baby (i.e. not a toddler like the other children). Introduced in the first Rugrats movie. |
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| − | * '''Chuckie Finster''' (voiced by [[Christine Cavanaugh]] up to [[2002]], [[Nancy Cartwright (actor)|Nancy Cartwright]] since): Tommy's loyal sidekick. Afraid of everything. |
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| − | * '''Phil & Lil DeVille''' (voiced by [[Kath Soucie]]): Twins (boy and girl) that have everything in common. Both enjoy playing in [[mud]] and like to eat worms and insects. |
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| − | * '''Angelica Pickles:''' (voiced by [[Cheryl Chase]]): Tommy and Dil's cousin who always bosses the "babies" around, being the oldest. Enjoys lying to the toddlers, distorting their perception of reality. Acts perfect towards the adults but is generally mean to the babies. |
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| − | * '''Kimi Finster:''' (voiced by [[Dionne Quan]]): Chuckie's younger step-sister, introduced in the second Rugrats movie, ''Rugrats in Paris''. Kimi is a very happy girl (years later, a teenager) who always is smiling. |
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| − | * '''Susie Carmichael''' (voiced by [[Cree Summer]]): A neighborhood friend who is about Angelica's age. When around, Susie often stands up to Angelica when she taunts the young toddlers. |
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| − | * '''Stu Pickles''' (voiced by [[Jack Riley]] of ''[[Bob Newhart Show]]'' fame): Tommy and Dil's father and brother of Drew. Absent-minded inventor. Married to Didi. |
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| − | * '''Didi Pickles''' (voiced by [[Melanie Chartoff]]): Tommy and Dil's mother. A part-time schoolteacher and married to Stu. |
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| − | * '''Lou Pickles''' (voiced by [[David Doyle]] (from [[1991]], until his death in [[1997]]), and [[Joe Alaskey (voice actor)|Joe Alaskey]] (1997-2004)): Tommy, Dil and Angelica's grandfather and Stu and Drew's father. Lived with Stu's family for the first few seasons and often babysat the children. |
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| − | * '''Lulu Pickles''' (voiced by [[Debbie Reynolds]]): Lou's second wife; he met her in the hospital where she works as a nurse. Also Tommy, Dil, and Angelica's grandmother and Stu and Drew's stepmother. |
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| − | * '''Drew Pickles''' (voiced by [[Michael Bell (voice actor)|Michael Bell]]): Drew Pickles grew up as a gay child. When he was just born, his cock was five feet long. It grew much bigger every second when he was very young. Drew liked to masturbate to The Wiggles, SpongeBob and Dragon Tales. His dick got very hard, and much longer. When Drew was the age of five years old, he started his first day of school, with a twenty mile long cock hiding in his pants. He always fucked the kids in the classroom, and splooged on the teacher, and he's destroyed some school propety with his large cock. Things were getting out of control. Drew fucked about 5,000 kids at his school and the kids got all horny and fucked everything in the school, and then they cummed all over eachother and made a swimming pool in their school of cum. When Drew was 10 years old, he liked to poop on his dad (who is now called Grandpa Louis) all day. In fact, Drew skipped lots of school because he wanted to stick dildos up his ass and poop on his Grandpa all day. When Drew was 11, he got this own computer with the Internet installed. Drew jacked off to Wiggles hentai and Arthur scat porn. He couldn't stop. He couldn't go to sleep for almost a whole week, just sitting there, jacking off to the pornographic Wiggles images on his computer. He couldn't stop! He started getting erections all the time from SpongeBob and Barney, so Drew visited the gay bar twice a day to strip for gay old men, and Drew received lots of money to buy dildos to stick up his ass all day. Drew was a gay stripper for twenty years. When Drew was about thirty-five, he was married with Charolette. Drew didn't want to be married with a woman, but Drew was tired of men for that period. But then Drew decided to fuck men instead of women, so he raped men every night when Charolette is sleeping. Drew does not want Charolette to know he rapes men at nighttime. Sometimes Drew raped Angelica in the ass all day, he said it was oodles of fun, so he did it all the time. Drew entered himself in the Boner Baseball League, and won every boner baseball game. He won the championship of the Boner Baseball League every year. Drew was sent to Barney's Penis World to play the worldwide Boner Baseball Superbowl! He did successful in this superbowl, and he even performed in the halftime show by doing magic tricks with his dick. Drew Pickles starred in over 67,000 pornos. Most of the pornos had Big Bird, Wiggles, Stu Pickles or Barney in it. Drew Pickles made over eight-hundred million dollars for creating this pornos. Drew Pickles produced, directed and starred in all of his pornos. Some of Drew's pornos were over fifteen days long, and sometimes each porno DVD case included a free tissue when you cum too much. You can buy Drew Pickles' hawt pornos at your local Blockbuster! |
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| − | * '''Charlotte Pickles''' (voiced by [[Tress MacNeille]]): Angelica's workaholic mother. CEO of her own company (just like [[Donald Trump]]) and married to Drew. She tries to be a good mother, but is usually sidetracked by business interests. |
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| − | * '''Betty DeVille''' (voiced by [[Kath Soucie]]): Phil and Lil's mother. Quite the jock and women's-libber. Married to Howard. |
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| − | * '''Howard DeVille''' (voiced by [[Phil Proctor]], formerly of [[Firesign Theatre]]): Phil and Lil's father. Often overpowered by and cringing towards his wife, Betty. |
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| − | * '''Chaz Finster''' (voiced by [[Michael Bell (voice actor)|Michael Bell]]): Widower; Chuckie's father, from whom he inherited his adenoidal whine. Married Kira in the second Rugrats movie. Kimi's step-father. Runs the Java Lava Coffee House. |
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| − | * '''Kira Finster''' (voiced by [[Julia Kato]]): Kimi's mother and Chuckie's step-mother. Married Chaz in the second Rugrats movie. Operates the Java Lava Coffee House with her husband. |
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| − | * '''Lucy Carmichael''' (voiced by: [[Cheryl Carter]] (1992, 1997-), [[Lisa Dinkins]] (1993), [[Hattie Winston]] (The Rugrats Movie): Susie's mother and Randy's wife. She is a Harvard-educated "wonder mom" and does a lot of cool things. She is also a Doctor. She delivered Dil. |
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| − | * '''Randy Carmichael''' (voiced by: [[Ron Glass]]): Married to Lucy Carmichael & is Susie's father. Randy is a writer for the famous Dummi Bears Show. |
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| ⚫ | In another episode in the first season, "[[Little Dude]]", Didi is shown teaching at a high school in Yucaipa (California), an actual town about 70 miles east of Los Angeles (California). It does seem to snow in the wintertime, as in the episode where the babies play in the snow and pretend to go to the north pole. |
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| − | === The Pets === |
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| + | In the final issue of ''[[Rugrats Comic Adventures]]'', it is implied that the Rugrats' city is not far from [[Ocean Shores]], the main setting of ''[[Rocket Power]]'', as the issue in question contains a story in which [[Reggie Rocket|Reggie]], [[Otto Rocket|Otto]], and [[Twister Rodriguez|Twister]] travel to Tommy's house to babysit him and Angelica. Didi also mentions that she knows [[Violet and Merv Stimpleton|the Stimpletons]]. |
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| − | * '''Spike''' (not voiced in the TV show, but voiced by [[Bruce Willis]] only in ''Rugrats Go Wild''): The Pickles' brown hound dog. Tommy deeply admires him. |
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| − | * '''Fifi''' (not voiced): Purple [[poodle]] which Spike fell in love with in the second Rugrats movie. Now, lives with the Finsters. |
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| − | * '''Puppy''' and '''Peppy''' (not voiced): Purple and brown (respectively) puppies adopted by the Drew Pickles and Chaz Finster households. Probable (one is led to believe) offspring of a union between Spike and Fifi. |
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| − | * '''Fluffy''' (not voiced): Angelica's cat who Angelica loves dearly, but who always causes trouble for the others, particularly Spike. |
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| − | * '''Reptar'''(not voiced): Not exactly a pet, but rather, a popular film character. A big green dinosaur reminiscent of [[Godzilla]]. Tommy and the other Rugrats love him; Reptar products such as cars, clothes and candy are frequently seen on the show. Reptar was a main character in [[Rugrats in Paris]] and had his own theme park called Euro Reptarland. There was a giant Reptar robot there too. |
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| − | * '''Robosnail''' (voiced by John Lithgow): Reptar's arch enemy. Robosnail is an mechanical [[snail]] with snapping pincers. He made a special guest appearance in [[Rugrats in Paris]], controlled by Jean Claude. Robosnail and Reptar fought throughout Paris and he wound up falling into a river. |
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+ | ==Episodes== |
| + | {{main|Rugrats episode list}} |
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| + | ==History== |
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| + | The show originally revolved around a group of the little babies. The little babies are able to communicate with each other through baby speak, although viewers can understand them, because it is 'translated'. Often, they mispronounce words or use poor grammar and their speaking is full of errors. An example of this is using the word "poopetrator" instead of "perpetrator." The group is often reluctantly joined by Tommy's cousin, Angelica, the older woman she's three, Angelica is able to communicate and understand language from the little babies, which she often uses as an advantage when she wants to manipulate either party. She is usually very mean to the little babies. Susie, who lives across the street from the Pickles, is also able to communicate on the same level as Angelica, though she isn't manipulative. As a result, Angelica and Susie often clash. |
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| + | ==Broadcast history== |
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| + | *Nickelodeon |
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| + | **Original run: August 11, 1991-June 8, 2004 |
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| + | **Reruns: June 9, 2004-December 3, 2018 |
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| + | *NickToons (May 1, 2002-September 5, 2011, April 11-July 25, 2020) |
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| + | *TeenNick (November 29, 2011-present) |
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| + | *CBS All Access (July 30, 2020-present) |
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| + | ==Spinoff plans== |
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| ⚫ | * ''The Carmichaels'' was planned to see Susie move away from California to Atlanta (Georgia), where she apparently has relatives. There were plans to make ''The Carmichaels'' into a series as early as the 1999-2000 TV season, but plans involving the toddler Rugrats put the new series' plans on ice. Subsequently, when plans for ''All Grown Up!'' and ''[[Rugrats Pre-School Daze|Angelica and Susie's Pre-School Daze]]'' (below) came up, concerns for continuity prompted this idea to be shelved for good. The Season 7 episode "Kwanzaa" serves as the show's pilot. |
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| + | == Appearances in other Nickelodeon projects == |
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| + | * One episode of ''[[Kenan & Kel]]'' begins with [[Kenan Rockmore|Kenan]], trying to figure out the plot for the episode, looking up the TV listings and reading a description for ''Rugrats''. |
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| + | * A ''Rugrats'' parody appeared on ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' TV movie "[[Channel Chasers]]". |
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| + | * Lou Pickles made a cameo appearance in ''[[The Loud House]]'' episode "[[Linc or Swim]]", along with other elderly characters from other Nicktoons. |
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| + | *In ''[[The Loud House]]'' episode "[[Driving Ambition]]", in a fantasy sequence, the youngest of [[Lori Loud|Lori]] and [[Bobby Santiago|Bobby]]'s eleven future children wears a light blue t-shirt and a diaper, the same outfit of Tommy. |
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| + | * ''[[Rugrats: Search for Reptar]]'' (1998; PlayStation) |
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| + | * ''[[The Rugrats Movie (video game)|The Rugrats Movie]]'' (1998; Game Boy) |
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| + | * ''[[Rugrats: Studio Tour]]'' (1999; PlayStation) |
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| + | * ''[[Rugrats: Scavenge Hunt]]'' (1999; Nintendo 64) |
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| + | * ''[[Rugrats: Totally Angelica]]'' (2000; Game Boy Color, PlayStation) |
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| + | * ''[[Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (video game)|Rugrats in Paris: The Movie]]'' (2000; PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy) |
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| + | * ''[[Rugrats: Castle Capers]]'' (2001; Game Boy Advance) |
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| + | * ''[[Rugrats: Royal Ransom]]'' (2002; PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube) |
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| + | Characters from ''Rugrats'' have also appeared in the following crossover games: |
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| − | The series debuted on [[August 11]], [[1991]] (with "Tommy's First Birthday") as part of Nickelodeon's latest move: commissioning its own [[animated series]] (known as [[Nicktoons]]). It went out of production in [[1994]], but after increased ratings when shown in primetime it was revived in [[1997]], subsequently leading to 3 films: ''[[The Rugrats Movie]]'' ([[1998]]), which became the first non-[[Disney]] animated [[film]] to earn $100 million in the US, ''[[Rugrats in Paris: The Movie]]'' ([[2000]]), and ''[[Rugrats Go Wild!]]'' ([[2003]]), a [[fictional crossover|crossover]] with [[The Wild Thornberrys]] that was hated by many fans. Despite the fact that The Rugrats Movie did very well at the box office, many fans feel that this was the moment when Rugrats [[jumping the shark|jumped the shark]]. |
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| + | * Tommy and Angelica were playable racers in ''[[Nicktoons Racing]]'' for PS1, PC, GBC, GBA, and arcade. |
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| + | * Tommy and Angelica were playable characters in ''[[Nickelodeon: Party Blast]]'' for Nintendo Gamecube, Xbox, and PC. |
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| + | * Angelica appeared as a master model in the home console versions (PS2 and Wii) of ''[[Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots]]''. Tommy appeared as a master model in the Nintendo DS version. |
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| + | * The Rugrats appeared in one of the loading screens of ''[[Nicktoons MLB]]'' for Wii, Nintendo DS, and Xbox 360. |
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| + | * Tommy and Angelica were playable brawlers in the 2019 mobile game ''[[Super Brawl Universe]]''. Reptar was later introduced as an official playable brawler in an update. |
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| − | In [[2001]], the show celebrated its 10th [[anniversary]] by making a special one-hour episode about what the Rugrats would be like 10 years older. After the special had aired, [[Klasky-Csupo]] said that they had no plans to make a series about it. The special became one of the highest rated episodes in Nick's history. Nickelodeon eventually commissioned a full series, ''[[All Grown Up!]]'', which started its regular run in November [[2003]] (a sneak peek full episode named ''Coup DeVille'' had aired earlier in April). Many fans feel that AGU has taken a step in the right direction, while others feel that it takes away from the show's original premise, and reduces it to something that, at best, vaguely resembles the show that many people grew to love in the 1990s, and pales in comparison to the writing, acting, artwork, and even music of the original show. Still, it is considered the best cartoon Klasky-Csupo has made since 1998. Meanwhile, production on the Rugrats series (along with that of most of the other Klasky Csupo shows) was eventually shut down, and the last new episode ("Hurricane Alice") aired on August 1, 2004. |
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| ⚫ | * The Rugrats received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a ceremony on June 28, 2001. It was placed at 6600 W. Hollywood Bl., near Cherokee Ave, outside a toy and costume shop.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040927233527/http://www.cooltoons2.com/rugrats/games/star/walkoffame.html Klasky-Csupo press release]</ref> To date, it is still the only Nicktoon to have received this. |
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| ⚫ | * The Pickles are a mixed Jewish-Christian family. Many fans say the Pickles are somewhat based on Arlene Klasky's real family. There are two episodes that reflect the Pickles' Jewish heritage, one episode deals with the Passover holiday and the other with Chanukah, in addition to episodes about the Christian holidays such as Christmas, Easter, etc. These episodes have been praised by Jewish groups and were annually re-run on Nickelodeon and later on [[TeenNick]]'s [[NickSplat]] programming block at the appropriate holiday times. |
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| + | * It is the longest-running Nickelodeon show to have ended, running at nine seasons spread across 14 years. |
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| + | * In 2018, ''Rugrats'' was back on reruns on the main Nickelodeon channel up until Valentine's Day; select episodes were broadcast. Bumpers and promos featuring the characters from the show were created exclusively for and aired on Nickelodeon during each episode, using the current design format used from the 2017 channel rebranding. |
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| − | In 2005, Klasky Csupo announced that they were reviving the original Rugrats as a series of DVDs based on classic fairy tales. The first were based on Snow White and Jack and the Beanstalk. |
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| + | * ''[[Rugrats Pre-School Daze]]'' |
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| + | * [[Rugrats (2021 TV series)|2021 revival]] |
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| + | ==References== |
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| − | * ''Angelica and Susie's School Daze'' was planned to be about the titular characters going to pre-school. 13 eps had originally been ordered, and slated to premiere late 2002, and was also intended to feature new looks for the two characters. The most recent official word on this series was in this [http://www.rugratonline.com/tweens2.htm press release] for ''All Grown Up!'', when it was announced that it was reduced to just 4 episodes. There were also complications involving the planned new animation designs for the characters. The "Pre-School Daze" ep (made for 2002, aired 2004) serves as the show's pilot, and used the regular Rugrats look (as did the other episodes involving the preschoolers that actually aired ''before'' that ep in the US). <b>Latest news:</b> Klasky Csupo has finally completed the 4 episodes of the series [http://www.cooltoons2.com/newsletter/2005/newsletter161/]. |
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* [http://www.creators.com/comics_show.cfm?comicname=rug Rugrats daily comic strip at Creators Syndicate] |
* [http://www.creators.com/comics_show.cfm?comicname=rug Rugrats daily comic strip at Creators Syndicate] |
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| − | * [http://www.rugratonline.com Unofficial Rugrats homepage by Steve] |
+ | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20001120085400/http://www.rugratonline.com/ Unofficial Rugrats homepage by Steve] |
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Revision as of 22:33, 29 August 2020
"Rugrats" Theme Song (HQ) Episode Opening Credits Nick Animation
The original theme song, used in the first six seasons.
Rugrats Theme Song (Season 8) Nick Animation
The second theme song, used from season 7 onward.
The original main characters, clockwise from left to right: Chuckie, Lil, Phil, Angelica and Tommy.
The main characters, consisting of the original five plus later additions Dil, Kimi, and Susie.
Rugrats is an animated series on Nickelodeon. It aired from August 11, 1991 to June 8, 2004. Produced at Klasky Csupo, Inc. in Los Angeles, the show centers on a group of talking babies and how they perceive the events happening around them. It spawned three theatrical movies - The Rugrats Movie, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, and Rugrats Go Wild - and a live touring show, Rugrats: A Live Adventure.
The show was a huge hit and was the longest-running Nicktoon until SpongeBob SquarePants took its title.
Characters
- Main article: List of Rugrats characters
Setting
The series has a very vague setting. It has been shown that the little babies, as it is probably assumed, live in the United States, but the name of a specific city or state is never mentioned. The best guess as to which region of the country in which the series takes place is somewhere in the southwest, since the family has taken trips to both the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas (Nevada), and Stu once mentioned "driving through the desert" while returning home from a one-day trip. There have also been several scenes of desert or arid land around the area where the little babies live.
It is also unclear what type of community the characters live in; it could be a small city or a suburb of a larger city. This ambiguity in the setting was probably done intentionally to help give the impression of seeing the world through the naive eyes of the little babies.
One episode does however show they live somewhere in California due to the license plate shown on Grandpa's station wagon. Also, in the episode "Special Delivery", a post office has the state flag in front of it.
In another episode in the first season, "Little Dude", Didi is shown teaching at a high school in Yucaipa (California), an actual town about 70 miles east of Los Angeles (California). It does seem to snow in the wintertime, as in the episode where the babies play in the snow and pretend to go to the north pole.
In the final issue of Rugrats Comic Adventures, it is implied that the Rugrats' city is not far from Ocean Shores, the main setting of Rocket Power, as the issue in question contains a story in which Reggie, Otto, and Twister travel to Tommy's house to babysit him and Angelica. Didi also mentions that she knows the Stimpletons.
Episodes
- Main article: Rugrats episode list
History
The show originally revolved around a group of the little babies. The little babies are able to communicate with each other through baby speak, although viewers can understand them, because it is 'translated'. Often, they mispronounce words or use poor grammar and their speaking is full of errors. An example of this is using the word "poopetrator" instead of "perpetrator." The group is often reluctantly joined by Tommy's cousin, Angelica, the older woman she's three, Angelica is able to communicate and understand language from the little babies, which she often uses as an advantage when she wants to manipulate either party. She is usually very mean to the little babies. Susie, who lives across the street from the Pickles, is also able to communicate on the same level as Angelica, though she isn't manipulative. As a result, Angelica and Susie often clash.
Broadcast history
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Spinoff plans
Aside from the sequel series All Grown Up!, there were plans for two other spinoffs that never made it to air:
- The Carmichaels was planned to see Susie move away from California to Atlanta (Georgia), where she apparently has relatives. There were plans to make The Carmichaels into a series as early as the 1999-2000 TV season, but plans involving the toddler Rugrats put the new series' plans on ice. Subsequently, when plans for All Grown Up! and Angelica and Susie's Pre-School Daze (below) came up, concerns for continuity prompted this idea to be shelved for good. The Season 7 episode "Kwanzaa" serves as the show's pilot.
Appearances in other Nickelodeon projects
- One episode of Kenan & Kel begins with Kenan, trying to figure out the plot for the episode, looking up the TV listings and reading a description for Rugrats.
- A Rugrats parody appeared on The Fairly OddParents TV movie "Channel Chasers".
- Lou Pickles made a cameo appearance in The Loud House episode "Linc or Swim", along with other elderly characters from other Nicktoons.
- In The Loud House episode "Driving Ambition", in a fantasy sequence, the youngest of Lori and Bobby's eleven future children wears a light blue t-shirt and a diaper, the same outfit of Tommy.
Video games
- Rugrats: Search for Reptar (1998; PlayStation)
- The Rugrats Movie (1998; Game Boy)
- Rugrats: Studio Tour (1999; PlayStation)
- Rugrats: Scavenge Hunt (1999; Nintendo 64)
- Rugrats: Totally Angelica (2000; Game Boy Color, PlayStation)
- Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000; PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy)
- Rugrats: Castle Capers (2001; Game Boy Advance)
- Rugrats: Royal Ransom (2002; PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube)
Characters from Rugrats have also appeared in the following crossover games:
- Tommy and Angelica were playable racers in Nicktoons Racing for PS1, PC, GBC, GBA, and arcade.
- Tommy and Angelica were playable characters in Nickelodeon: Party Blast for Nintendo Gamecube, Xbox, and PC.
- Angelica appeared as a master model in the home console versions (PS2 and Wii) of Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots. Tommy appeared as a master model in the Nintendo DS version.
- The Rugrats appeared in one of the loading screens of Nicktoons MLB for Wii, Nintendo DS, and Xbox 360.
- Tommy and Angelica were playable brawlers in the 2019 mobile game Super Brawl Universe. Reptar was later introduced as an official playable brawler in an update.
Trivia
- The Rugrats received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a ceremony on June 28, 2001. It was placed at 6600 W. Hollywood Bl., near Cherokee Ave, outside a toy and costume shop.[1] To date, it is still the only Nicktoon to have received this.
- The Pickles are a mixed Jewish-Christian family. Many fans say the Pickles are somewhat based on Arlene Klasky's real family. There are two episodes that reflect the Pickles' Jewish heritage, one episode deals with the Passover holiday and the other with Chanukah, in addition to episodes about the Christian holidays such as Christmas, Easter, etc. These episodes have been praised by Jewish groups and were annually re-run on Nickelodeon and later on TeenNick's NickSplat programming block at the appropriate holiday times.
- It is the longest-running Nickelodeon show to have ended, running at nine seasons spread across 14 years.
- In 2018, Rugrats was back on reruns on the main Nickelodeon channel up until Valentine's Day; select episodes were broadcast. Bumpers and promos featuring the characters from the show were created exclusively for and aired on Nickelodeon during each episode, using the current design format used from the 2017 channel rebranding.
Home video releases
- Main article: Rugrats videography
See also
References
External links
- Klasky-Csupo's Rugrats area on cooltoons.com (Studio site)
- Rugrats daily comic strip at Creators Syndicate
- Rugrats at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Unofficial Rugrats homepage by Steve
- Rugrats at the Internet Movie Database
This show has a wiki of its own: Rugrats Wiki.
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| 1992-1994 | Clarissa Explains It All • Roundhouse • The Ren & Stimpy Show • Are You Afraid of the Dark? | |
| 1994-1996 | The Secret World of Alex Mack • All That • Space Cases • Kenan and Kel• The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo • KaBlam! | |
| 1997-1999 | Rugrats • The Journey of Allen Strange • Animorphs • Cousin Skeeter | |
| 1999-2002 | SpongeBob SquarePants • The Amanda Show • 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd • The Nick Cannon Show • Taina | |