RUGRATS

'''Rugrats''' is an animated television series that ran on Nickelodeon and it was one of the first three Nicktoons: after ''Doug'' and before ''Ren & Stimpy''.

Contents

Premise

Production

Characters

Episodes

Films

Spinoffs

Broadcast history

See also

External links

Premise

The show revolves around four toddlers, Tommy Pickles, Chuckie Finster and the twins Phillip (Phil) and Lillian (Lil) DeVille, who are able to communicate to each other in baby speak (although viewers can understand them, because it is supposedly 'translated'). Often, they mispronounce words or use poor grammar. Despite the toddlers' inability and lack of desire to communicate with adults, they can understand their parents' speaking, although they often misunderstand what they hear, usually by taking metaphors literally and speaking in malapropisms. Angelica Pickles and Susie Carmichael, both at age three, are able to communicate and understand language from both the toddlers and the adults, which they often use as an advantage when they want to manipulate either party.

Production

It was the network's second Nicktoon. The series was in production from 1991 to 1994, and again from 1996 to 2004. It aired in Nickelodeon's Snick block from 1997-2000 and it also aired on Nick Jr's block. It is the longest lasting Nicktoon to date at thirteen years of longevity. ''Rugrats'' received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 28, 2001. Also ''Rugrats'' and ''Hey Arnold!'' hold the record of longest Nicktoons, having one movie and at least 100 episodes.
The show airs in the UK on CITV and Nickelodeon UK as well as in Canada on YTV. In Australia, it can be seen on Nickelodeon Australia.
After the introduction of SpongeBob SquarePants, popularity for Rugrats declined. The Rugrats never had a rival this strong in popularity (many shows were produced during the Rugrats lifetime, but none were as successful as SpongeBob SquarePants). In order to keep its popularity, the studios released several movies and specials, such as the introduction of Dil Pickles and Kimi Finster. Ironically, after these introductions, fans determined that ''Rugrats'' jumped the shark.
When Nickelodeon declined to renew any more new episodes of Rugrats and All Grown Up, Klasky-Csupo (the studios responsible for Rugrats) closed down most of its operations. At the time of their cancellation, those series were the only Klasky-Csupo series on the Nickelodeon schedule.

Characters

Main articles: List of Rugrats characters

Episodes

Main articles: List of Rugrats episodes

Films

★ ''The Rugrats Movie''

★ ''

★ ''Rugrats Go Wild''

Spinoffs

★ ''All Grown Up''

★ ''Angelica and Susie's Pre-School Daze''

★ ''The Carmichaels'' was a spin-off planned to see Susie move away from California to Atlanta, where she apparently has relatives.

Broadcast history

★ 'USA'

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★ Nickelodeon (1991-2007, 1991-04 Original Run and 2004-07 Repeats, returns September 15, 2007)

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★ Nicktoons Network (2002-present, Reruns)

★ 'UK'

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★ Children's BBC (Including Live & Kicking) (1993-2004)

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★ Nickelodeon (1994-Present)

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★ Nicktoons (2002-Present)

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★ CITV (2005-present)

★ 'Australia'

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★ Nickelodeon Australia (1995-Present)

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★ ABC TV

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★ ABC2, a digital rerun channel of ABC TV

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★ ABC Kids, a short lived digital channel containing the Kids programming from ABC TV

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★ Network Ten

★ 'Ireland'

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★ RTÉ Two

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★ Nickelodeon (1994-Present)

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★ Nicktoons (2002-Present)

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★ CITV (2005-present)

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★ Children's BBC (Including Live & Kicking) (1993-2004)

★ 'Canada'

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★ Treehouse

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★ YTV

★ 'Malaysia'

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★ Nickelodeon

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★ TV3 (199?-2006)

★ 'Netherlands'

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★ Nickelodeon

See also

★ Klasky-Csupo

External links

★ Nickelodeon's Rugrats site

★ Rugrats daily comic strip at Creators Syndicate

★ ''Rugrats'' at the Big Cartoon DataBase

★ Unofficial Rugrats homepage by Steve

★ Sarah's Rugrats

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