List of Rugrats Episodes
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Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain. The show focuses on a group of toddlers, most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, twins Phil and Lil, Susie, then later Dil and Kimi and their day-to-day lives, usually involving common life experiences that become adventures in the babies' imaginations. Adults in the series are almost always unaware of what the children are up to.
The series premiered on August 11, 1991, as the second Nicktoon after Doug and preceding The Ren & Stimpy Show. Production initially halted in 1993 after 65 episodes, with the last episode airing on May 22, 1994. From 1995 to 1996, the only new episodes broadcast were "A Rugrats Passover" and "A Rugrats Chanukah", two Jewish-themed episodes that received critical acclaim; during this time, well after the end of the show's production run, Rugrats began to receive a boost in ratings and popularity with constant reruns on Nickelodeon. In 1996, Klasky Csupo Animation began producing new episodes, and the show's fourth season began airing in 1997. As a result of the show's popularity, a series of theatrical films were released; Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, which introduced Kimi, Kira, and Fifi, released in 2000, and the final episode aired on August 1, 2004, bringing the series to a total of 172 episodes and 9 seasons during a 13-year run.
On July 21, 2001, Nickelodeon broadcast the made-for-TV special "All Growed Up" in celebration of the series' 10th anniversary. The special acted as a pilot for the Rugrats spin-off series All Grown Up!, which chronicles the lives of the babies and their parents after they age 10 years. Another spin-off series, Rugrats Pre-School Daze, was considered, but only four episodes were produced. Two direct-to-video specials were released in 2005 and 2006, under the title Rugrats Tales from the Crib. Tie-in media for the series include video games, comics, toys, and various other merchandise.
Rugrats gained over 20 awards during its 13-year run, including 4 Daytime Emmy Awards, 6 Kids' Choice Awards, and its own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The series garnered Nickelodeon high ratings and was the network's top-rated show between 1995 and 2000. It was Nickelodeon's longest-running Nicktoon until 2012 when SpongeBob SquarePants aired its 173rd episode.
On July 16, 2018, it was announced that Nickelodeon had given a series order to a 26-episode revival of the series, executive produced by Klasky, Csupo, and Germain.
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[edit] Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| Pilot | August 7, 2001 (DVD) | |||
| 1 | 13 | August 11, 1991 | May 24, 1992 | |
| 2 | 26 | September 6, 1992 | May 9, 1993 | |
| 3 | 26 | September 26, 1993 | April 13, 1995 | |
| 4 | 17 | December 4, 1996 | November 22, 1997 | |
| 5 | 12 | August 15, 1998 | September 21, 1998 | |
| 6 | 36 | January 18, 1999 | July 20, 2001 | |
| 7 | 14 | January 15, 2001 | January 21, 2002 | |
| 8 | 14 | July 21, 2001 | January 10, 2003 | |
| 9 | 14 | September 21, 2002 | August 1, 2004 | |
| Tales from the Crib | 2 | September 6, 2005 | September 5, 2006 | |
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Pilot (1990)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air day | Prod. |
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[edit] Season 1 (1991–92)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air day | Prod. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Tommy's First Birthday" | Howard E. Baker | Paul Germain & Craig Bartlett | August 11, 1991 | 101 |
| Stu and Didi strive to make Tommy's first birthday a memorable one. They do, but under the wrong circumstances. Meanwhile, Tommy wants to eat dog food so he can be just like Spike, eventually selling the other Rugrats on the idea.
Note: This episode introduces Chuckie Finster, Angelica Pickles, Drew Pickles, Howard and Betty DeVille, Boris Kropotin, and Minka Krapachter. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Barbeque Story" "Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup" | Norton Virgien | Steve Viksten & Joe Ansolabehere Craig Bartlett & Paul Germain | August 18, 1991 | 102 |
| Tommy has received his most favorite toy in the whole wide world – a ball. Angelica, who is always looking to spoil the babies' fun, takes the ball and tosses it into the next yard, resulting in the babies risking life and limb to look for it.
Stu and Didi end up taking Tommy to an important dinner at Chez Ennui with Mr. Mucklehoney (president of Mucklehoney Industries, a toy company), since Tiffany the babysitter (via telephone) and Grandpa have other plans (the babysitter's OTHER goldfish died and Grandpa was going bowling with a friend of his, Louise). Tommy, however, has plans of his own. Absent: Phil, Lil, Chuckie, Angelica | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | At the Movies "Slumber Party" | Dan Tompson | Craig Bartlett & Paul Germain Jeffrey Townsend | August 25, 1991 | 103 |
| Tommy wants to see Reptar, but his parents take him and the other Rugrats, to the Westside Octoplex to see The Land Without Smiles, starring the Dummi Bears, instead. The Rugrats leave the Dummi Bears to go look for Reptar (showing at the same theater), leaving a path of destruction behind them.
Note: This marks the first appearance of Reptar. Absent: Angelica Angelica stays over with Tommy, but her desire for an open window leaves Tommy feeling ill and hallucinating, which eventually leads to his vomiting on her. Absent: Phil, Lil, Chuckie | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | Baby Commercial Little Dude | Howard E. Baker | Steve Viksten & Joe Ansolabehere M.S. Freeman | September 8, 1991 | 104 |
| Phil and Lil make a brief appearance in a diaper commercial, and they tell Tommy about it, as well as the mayhem they cause in the process.
Absent: Chuckie, Angelica Didi takes Tommy to her workplace, a local high school, for use as a visual aid in Home Economics. Three of her students ask to watch Tommy while Didi's on her lunch break, but when they accidentally lose him, he starts wandering around the campus, causing trouble as he does. Absent: Phil, Lil, Chuckie, Angelica | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Beauty Contest" "Baseball" | Norton Virgien | Story by : Arlene Klasky Written by : Everett Peck M.S. Freeman | September 15, 1991 | 105 |
| Having the desire for the Kingfisher 9000 (a top-of-the-line sports boat), Stu and Grandpa enter Tommy into a beauty contest by placing him in girl's clothes and a wig, naming him "Tonya". Their main competitor is Angelica, who complicates the competition.
Absent: Chuckie Using tickets Grandpa won in a radio contest, Stu and Grandpa take Tommy to the Grizzlies' baseball game, where they play the Boston Bombers. Tommy, however, is more interested in catching his balloon than the ball game. As the episode progresses, Tommy's balloon hunt eventually helps make a spectacular catch for Grizzlies player Bucky Majors. Absent: Phil, Lil, Chuckie, Angelica | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | Ruthless Tommy Moose Country | Dan Thompson | Ron Birnbach
Jeffrey Townsend | October 6, 1991 | 106 |
| Being mistaken for the son of millionaire Ronald Thump, Tommy is kidnapped by some thugs, Bob and Mike. The thieves soon find that kidnapping Tommy is more trouble than they thought it would be.
Absent: Phil, Lil, Chuckie, Angelica After hearing Grandpa's mythical story about a moose, the babies go look for one in the backyard. Absent: Angelica | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Grandpa's Teeth" "Momma Trauma" | Howard E. Baker | Ben Herndon & Margot Pipkin
Steve Viksten & Joe Ansolabehere | November 17, 1991 | 107 |
| At a picnic, Grandpa is warned to keep his dentures in his mouth. However, he removes them regardless, and Spike steals his teeth while he is busy with the food. Tommy and Chuckie try to get the teeth back because the war veterans are having a concert at the picnic, and Grandpa needs his teeth in order to play the trumpet properly.
Absent: Phil, Lil, Angelica When Tommy draws on the walls, Didi insists on taking him to a therapist. While there, he sneaks away and goes for an adventure around the office building, while Stu ends up being psychoanalyzed. Absent: Phil, Lil, Chuckie, Angelica | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | Real or Robots? Special Delivery | Norton Virgien | Steve Viksten & Joe Ansolabehere
Patric Verrone & Maiya Williams | December 1, 1991 | 108 |
| After seeing a Frankenstein-type horror flick, Tommy and Chuckie want to see whether Stu is a human or a robot. Stu, however, has a recurring sleepwalking dream, in which he is the host of a cooking show. Tommy and Chuckie accidentally wakes him up after using a wrench on his belly button and Didi calls him out for not going to see a psychiatrist in dealing with his sleepwalking issues.
Absent: Phil, Lil, Angelica Stu orders a doll from his competitor Eggbert Toys, called "Tina Trousers", and Didi tells Tommy the doll is his baby sister arriving in the mail. Believing this, Tommy sneaks out with the mailman to the post office, causing trouble as he does. Absent: Angelica | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | Candy Bar Creep Show Monster in the Garage | Howard E. Baker
Dan Thompson | Tom Abrams & David Howard
Peter Gaffney | January 5, 1992 | 109 |
| The Pickles set up a haunted house for the neighborhood children on Halloween. As treats, they pass out "Reptar Bars", which contain "chocolate, and nuts, and caramel, and green stuff". The Rugrats go to the haunted house to search for them, eventually scaring Angelica and Grandpa as well. Note: This is the first Halloween special. A mouse is loose in the Pickles' garage and house, knocking things off of the shelves, and Stu places the blame on Spike. The Rugrats set out to prove Spike's innocence; after hearing Boris' story about a hero fighting off the "dibbick" monster with his "klobbermeister", the Rugrats go into the garage in search of this "monster". Absent: Angelica | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | Weaning Tommy Incident in Aisle Seven | Howard E. Baker
Dan Thompson | Ann Hamilton
Lou Greenstein & Larry Loebell | February 16, 1992 | 110 |
| On advice from Dr. Homer, Tommy's dentist, Stu, and Didi take his bottles away from him and try to coax him into drinking from a sippy cup. He isn't happy about it and wants his bottle. Even Grandpa agrees and this leads to an argument between them when he attempts to keep Tommy on the bottle. Stu and Didi later agree to return him to the bottle after Grandpa convinces them to see how unhappy he really is with the sippy cup.
Absent: Chuckie, Angelica Grandpa takes Tommy to the supermarket where Tommy makes a huge mess while looking for the new Reptar cereal. Absent: Phil, Lil, Chuckie, Angelica | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | Touchdown Tommy The Trial | Norton Virgien | Tom Abrams & David Howard
Paul Germain | March 29, 1992 | 111 |
| While Didi and Betty go shopping, Stu and the guys babysit the Rugrats while watching the "Ultra Bowl XXXVII" on TV. Later, Grandpa gives Tommy a bottle of chocolate milk; Angelica, who normally thinks that she is too old for baby bottles, fights Tommy over it, which sends the Rugrats into their own "football" game over the bottle.
Someone broke "Mr. Fluffles," Tommy's clown lamp, and Angelica wants to find out who, so the Rugrats hold a mock trial. The trial ends up revealing that Angelica was the one who broke the lamp, and she ends up in the high chair as a punishment. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | Fluffy vs. Spike Reptar's Revenge | Dan Thompson | Steve Viksten & Joe Ansolabehere
Peter Gaffney | April 12, 1992 | 112 |
| Angelica brings Fluffy, her pet cat, to Tommy's house. Fluffy ends up making a mess of things, but Angelica blames Fluffy's crimes on Spike, so the Rugrats attempt to prove him innocent.
Absent: Chuckie The Rugrats go looking for Reptar at the Sleazola Bros. fair. This Reptar, however, is a cereal addict named Leo. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | Graham Canyon Stu-Maker's Elves | Craig Bartlett | Craig Bartlett
Steve Viksten & Joe Ansolabehere | May 24, 1992 | 113 |
| The Pickles experience car trouble en route to the Grand Canyon/Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. Eddie and Ace, a couple of crooked auto mechanics working at "Twin Cactus Auto Repair", try to make a simple, cheap thing more expensive, but Angelica and Tommy inadvertently stop them from further damage while playing in a "canyon" of tires.
Absent: Phil, Lil, Chuckie Stu has received an order from Mucklehoney Industries for 15,000 "Patty Pants" dolls. However, he is having trouble with the machine, but Tommy and Chuckie accidentally fix it while fetching the "Zippo-Glider", which Chuckie has accidentally tossed into the basement. Absent: Phil, Lil, Angelica | ||||||
[edit] Season 2 (1992–93)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air day | Prod. |
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[edit] Season 3 (1993–95)
[edit] Season 4 (1996–97)
[edit] Season 5 (1998)
[edit] Season 6 (1999–2001)
In the United States, episodes 102, 111, 123, and 124 were held over from this season and ended up airing during Season 7. The first Klasky Csupo logo still appeared after the second logo appeared at the end of The Rugrats Movie. The second logo did not appear until "Runaway Reptar".
[edit] Season 7 (2001–02)
During season 7, Rugrats made a change with a different format that consisted of three episodes per show. Additionally, all half-hour stories from this point on had two ad breaks instead of one. This is the only season of Rugrats to have three episodes per show.
[edit] Season 8 (2001–03)
The original format for Rugrats was brought back for season 8. However, the half-hour episodes retain having two commercial breaks. The first Klasky Csupo logo appeared after the credits in the early airings of this season. However, the Season 8 DVD from Amazon.com, "The '90s Are All That" and the later airings kept the second logo.
[edit] Season 9 (2002–04)
[edit] Home video releases
[edit] Rugrats Tales from the Crib (2005–06)
These movies are direct-to-DVD movies that are part of the Rugrats series.
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[edit] Films
- Main article: Rugrats (film series)
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