Rugrats

11min

Family

Animation

Kids

Comedy

Focuses on a group of toddlers, most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Angelica, 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; however, this only provides more room for the babies to explore and discover their surroundings.

Production Companies

Klasky-Csupo

Nickelodeon Productions

Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Episodes

Cast

Tommy's First Birthday

1. Tommy's First Birthday

22min

11th Aug 1991

Stu and Didi strive to make Tommy's first birthday a memorable one. They did, 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.

Barbeque Story

2. Barbeque Story

11min

18th Aug 1991

Tommy has received his favorite toy in the whole world -- a ball. Angelica, always looking to spoil the babies' fun, takes the ball and tosses it into the neighbors' yard, resulting in the babies risking life and limb looking for it.

Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup

3. Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup

11min

18th Aug 1991

Stu and Didi ended 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 different plans (the babysitter's OTHER goldfish died and Grandpa was going bowling with a friend of his named Louise). Tommy, however, has plans of his own, and proceeds to get loose in the resturant kitchen, causing absolute chaos.

At the Movies

4. At the Movies

11min

25th Aug 1991

Tommy wants to see the Reptar movie, 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.

Slumber Party

5. Slumber Party

11min

25th Aug 1991

Angelica sleeps over at Tommy's, but her desire for an open window leaves Tommy feeling ill. This results in some very bizarre dreams.

Baby Commercial

6. Baby Commercial

11min

8th Sep 1991

Betty tells the story of how Phil and Lil got placed in a diaper commercial where the twins preferred exploring and destroying the set rather than sticking to the script.

Little Dude

7. Little Dude

11min

8th Sep 1991

Didi brings Tommy to her work place - the local high school, for use as a visual aid. But when Tommy gets free and roams around campus, he becomes friends with a rebellious biker.

Beauty Contest

8. Beauty Contest

11min

15th Sep 1991

Stu and Lou enter Tommy in a beauty pageant for baby girls when they learn that the Grand Prize is the Kingfisher 9000 (a top of the line sport fishing boat). But will a dress and a wig fool Tommy's toughest competiton...Angelica?

Baseball

9. Baseball

11min

15th Sep 1991

Stu and Grandpa take Tommy to see a Grizzlies' baseball game. Tommy, however, is more interested in his balloon hunt than the game, and his balloon hunt helps make a very important play for the Grizzlies' player Bucky Majors..

Ruthless Tommy

10. Ruthless Tommy

11min

6th Oct 1991

Being mistaken for the son of the millionaire Ronald Thump, Tommy is kidnapped by some thugs named Bob and Mike. But the kidnappers soon find out that it was more trouble than it was worth when Tommy begins flushing their stolen loot down the toilet.

Moose Country

11. Moose Country

11min

6th Oct 1991

After hearing Grandpa's mythical story about a moose, the Rugrats go look for one.

Grandpa's Teeth

12. Grandpa's Teeth

11min

17th Nov 1991

Grandpa is supposed to play his trumpet at a Veteran's Picnic, but Spike runs off with his dentures. Tommy and Chuckie set out to get them back in the craziest wild-duck chase in the history of dental rescue.

Momma Trauma

13. Momma Trauma

11min

17th Nov 1991

After Tommy is found drawing on walls at the Pickles' house, Stu and Didi take him to a psychiatrist name Dr. Lepetomaine. When Tommy breaks free and has an adventure around the medical office building, Stu ends up being the one psychoanalyzed.

Real or Robots

14. Real or Robots

11min

1st Dec 1991

After seeing a scary movie, Tommy and Chuckie decide to find out if Stu is a human or robot. Too bad his sleepwalking makes him appear to be a mechanical monster!

Special Delivery

15. Special Delivery

11min

1st Dec 1991

When Stu orders a "Tina Trousers" doll from Eggbert Toys to see how it compares to his own "Patty Pants" design, Tommy think the Pickles' are getting a new baby in the mail. Hitching a ride with the mailman, Tommy ends up exploring the post office.

Candy Bar Creep Show

16. Candy Bar Creep Show

11min

5th Jan 1992

The Pickles family sets up a haunted house for Halloween, and Angelica is determined to find all the Reptar Bars. But when the Rugrats go searching for them as well, will they end up scaring her off?

Monster in the Garage

17. Monster in the Garage

11min

5th Jan 1992

When Spike is accused by Stu of knocking things over in the Pickles' garage, the Rugrats go to investigate what really happened and clear Spike's name. Believing it to be a monster, will the babies be brave enough to discover who the real culprit is?

Weaning Tommy

18. Weaning Tommy

11min

16th Feb 1992

On advice from Dr. Homer, Tommy's dentist (Didi prefers calling him a "tooth fairy"), Stu and Didi want Tommy to start drinking from a cup. Tommy, however, wants to stick with the baby bottle.

Incident in Aisle Seven

19. Incident in Aisle Seven

11min

16th Feb 1992

When Grandpa Lou takes Tommy with him to the supermarket, madcap adventure follows as Tommy gets loose and goes on a quest for Reptar cereal.

Touchdown Tommy

20. Touchdown Tommy

11min

29th Mar 1992

After being inspired by their dads watching a football game, Tommy and the other Rugrats use the living room for a little grid-iron fun of their own... keeping Angelica from stealing their chocolate milk.

The Trial

21. The Trial

11min

29th Mar 1992

Someone broke "Mr. Fluffles" (Angelica calls it "Mr. Fluffle-Luffles"), Tommy's clown lamp, and Angelica wants to find out who. The finger-pointing, however, eventually points back to her.

Fluffy vs. Spike

22. Fluffy vs. Spike

11min

12th Apr 1992

Angelica brings her cat Fluffy over to the Pickles' house, where it makes a mess. When Angelica blames the cat's misdeeds on Spike, will Tommy be able to clear his dog's name?

Reptar's Revenge

23. Reptar's Revenge

11min

12th Apr 1992

The Rugrats hear that Reptar is supposed to be appearing in person at the Sleazola Bros. Fair, so they go looking for him there. But Reptar turns out to be more than just a mean green monster... He's a guy named Leo who loves to eat cereal.

Graham Canyon

24. Graham Canyon

11min

24th May 1992

Stu and Didi take Tommy and Angelica on a car trip to the Grand Canyon, but their car breaks down. While exploring the garage repair shop, the Rugrats unwittingly foil two unscrupulous mechanics who were planning to rip them off.

Stu-Maker's Elves

25. Stu-Maker's Elves

11min

24th May 1992

Tommy and Chuckie accidentally toss their glider plane into the scary basement. They explore Stu's workshop and inadvertently fix an invention.

First air date

11th Aug 1991

Last air date

1st Aug 2004

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks