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Rugrats: Summary

Airs Next:Nickelodeon at Daily 2:00 PM (30 min.)
Status:Ended
Premiered:August 11, 1991
Last Aired:June 8, 2004
Show Categories:Animation, Children

This is Nick's longest running show with a record 13 year span. At Rugrats' peak it was one of the, if not the most popular show on Nickelodeon. This, according to Nick producers, is the show that put them on top in the 90's. Now let's see how it all started...

In 1989, two parents named Gsapo Csupo and Arlene Klasky made the pilot for the show. Their baby son, Brendon, was their inspiration to create the Rugrats. After showing it to Nickelodeon they automatically liked it and turned it into a series. In 3 years Rugrats had aired more than 50 episodes. With a total of 65 episodes they stopped making new episodes and Rugrats was shown in primetime in 1994. After that the popularity of the show increased. Nickelodeon realized what good ratings they had and they decided to air brand new episodes of Rugrats in 1997. It was so popular that it had its first movie to be shown in theaters the following year featuring a new Rugrat named Dil. After the movie, they aired even more new episodes, including Dil with them on the show. In 2000, Nickelodeon made a second movie for the Rugrats, giving Chuckie a stepmom and featuring another new Rugrat named Kimi. More new episodes aired after that with Kimi, and in the year 2001 Nick had big plans for the show. Rugrats was in their 10th year, so Arlene Klasky and Nickelodeon decided to make the Rugrats 10 years older in the 10 year anniversary special called "All Growed Up". This episode was the most viewed Rugrats-related episode. A third movie in summer 2003, was a crossover with another Nicktoon: "The Wild Thornberrys".

Originally, there were only four young rugrats who would sit in their playpen watching the world go by. The fearless leader of the group was Tommy Pickles, a resourceful baby who hides a plastic screwdriver in his diaper so that they can leave the pen. His best friend was Chuckie, a fearful, red-haired toddler who reluctantly agreed to venture out into the open, unsafe areas of the house. There were also the twins Phil and Lil who were always ready for any new challenge. Leaving the safety of their own playpen, the children would explore their surroundings and try to make sense out of what the adults are doing. Some of the most interesting characters were the parents and Tommy and Angelica's grandfather who would always fall asleep when taking care of the children. The parents' comments are so genuine that they bring a sense of reality to the show. Even the parents had different lives, with Chuckie's widowed father, and Angelica's loving father and busy mother.

Episodes: 172

Production: Nickelodeon. Animation

THEME SONGS OLD VERSION
1. A diaper is suspended in mid-air. 2. It lands on Tommy.
3. Tommy walks, then falls. 4. He squirts a robot cat.
5. The other rugrats do certain things. 6. Didi & Stu come in the house 7. Didi picks up Tommy. 8. Tommy squirts his bottle, revealing the Rugrats logo.

NEW SECOND VERSION
1. Diapers are suspended in mid-air. 2. They land on Tommy & Dil. 3. Spike runs & balls go around. 4. As soon as it comes in the bathroom, Chuckie slips on one and his shoe falls off. 5. A plane with Cynthia in it comes past a couple of toys. 6. Susie jumps rope. 7. Phil & Lil are searching for a ladybug. 8. Kimi appears from under a pail. 9. Didi places cookies on the ground. 10. The rugrats are circling the cookies, except Angelica. 11. Angelica comes by the cookies. 12. Spike sudentley controls the airplane, hitting Angelica and she fell into the cookies, revealing the Rugrats logo.

Spinoffs:
All Grown Up
Preschool Daze

Rugrats Movies:
The Rugrats Movie
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Rugrats Go Wild
Rugrats: Tales From The Crib: Snow White Rugrats: Tales From The Crib: Three Jacks And A Beanstalk This is Nick's longest running show with a record 13 year span. At Rugrats' peak it was one of the, if not the most popular show on Nickelodeon. This, according to Nick producers, is the show that put them on top in the 90's. Now let's see how it all started...

In 1989, two parents named Gsapo Csupo and Arlene Klasky made the pilot for the show. Their baby son, Brendon,...

Rugrats Tales From the Crib: Three Jacks and a Beanstalk

Aired: Tuesday September 5, 2006

Three Jacks and a Beanstalk is the Rugrats spin on a classic fairytale. Combines Jack Sprat with Jack and Jill while they tell their own vesion of "Jack and the Bean Stalk." The babies get some magical beans that grows into a giant beanstalk leading to a huge castle in the sky. Their a fairy(Susie) offers them a key to the castle if they get three things for the castle's occupant, the giant evil Angelica.

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Jack RileyStu Pickles
Debbie ReynoldsLulu Pickles
Julia KatoKira Finster
Cheryl ChaseAngelica C. Pickles/ Dr. Lucy Carmichael
Tara StrongDil Prescott Pickles /Timmy McNulty

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CF3689
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whoever thought of this show is a genius! rugrats was a story about 5 babies goin' on adventures. this show is definately a classic. then it kinda went downhill when dil & kimi came along=/ i dont like 'em. IMO, they're the reason the show got boring. every ep b4 the eps w/ dil & kimi were awsome! although, some eps kinda freaked me out when i was litle. i
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this is a remake of my old review, and yes, i still hate rugrats. as i said before, they do nothng interesting but eating bugs and pet food(which i find really gross) and sitting in their playpen crying (which is annoying). i saw a few episodes where they just use their imagination to think its another place or area. but wats so interesting about that? its just babies walking around and thats it! boooooooring. their parents dont watch them either, they let them off causing trouble. stores and markets soon are destroyed and their parents dont suspect it was them. plus, they do it over and over. i hav no idea how this is entertaining or fun to watch. its just sooooo unentertaining just to see all those stores crash and the babies get away with it. i dont why so much people think this is a great show when its really something that will make you want to change the channel right when you see it. im just glad this show is off tv. i can finally enjoy television watching without seeing a tv show failure like rugrats.
08/24/08 08:39am | report abuse
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This was one of the shows I grew up watching. It was the first show I ever watched on Nick and even though I was maybe four years old when I started out I still watch and enjoy the series today. I wasn't a big fan of the last season but most of the episodes are really funny and kept me watching all these years. It's mainly about babies and their lives. It sounds simple but the show is really fun to watch. Anyway, if you can get your hand on some of the episodes, it won't be a waste of time!
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Encore for a great Nickelodeon classic! Although it is not in production anymore and was then moved to Rugrats All Grown Up, i still enjoyed seeing it when nick was still showing reruns. Unfortunately now though i never see it at all on Nickelodeon anymore, or the "Grown up" version. But back a few years ago and before that i loved watching Rugrats! the characters were great too! The leader was Tommy with his pals Chuckie and Phil and lil, and coming across the villain, Angelica! Tommy's parents were Dee-dee and Stu, who is an inventor and makes a lot of interesting gadgets, he sure has a lot of crazy ideas! So many episodes with so many impressive adventures with some of them having themes like the old west! Angelica is the baby slave-driver who likes to put the babies to work like digging a moat around her jungle gym! But Angelica and the other babies occasionally get along, since Angelica secretly likes having them as friends, she just likes to hide it and pretend she overpowers them. So Rugrats was a successful show with a good amount of time of production, that also added on new members of the family as we see Dil being born,and then Kimmy. Rugrats i found to be quite an interesting and great show!
07/30/08 07:49am | report abuse
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The Bottom Line: "Personal favorite"
Watch the Rugrats go on some cool adventures! ...Continue »
Encore for a great Nickelodeon classic! Although it is not in production anymore and was then moved to Rugrats All Grown Up, i still enjoyed seeing it when nick was still showing reruns. Unfortunately now though i never see it at all on Nickelodeon anymore, or the "Grown up" version. But back a few years ago and before that i loved watching Rugrats! the characters were great too! The leader was Tommy with his pals Chuckie and Phil and lil, and coming across the villain, Angelica! Tommy's parents were Dee-dee and Stu, who is an inventor and makes a lot of interesting gadgets, he sure has a lot of crazy ideas! So many episodes with so many impressive adventures with some of them having themes like the old west! Angelica is the baby slave-driver who likes to put the babies to work like digging a moat around her jungle gym! But Angelica and the other babies occasionally get along, since Angelica secretly likes having them as friends, she just likes to hide it and pretend she overpowers them. So Rugrats was a successful show with a good amount of time of production, that also added on new members of the family as we see Dil being born,and then Kimmy. Rugrats i found to be quite an interesting and great show!
07/30/08 07:48am | report abuse