Rugrats

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In the year 1989, two married 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 three years, Rugrats had aired more than fifty episodes. With a total of sixty five 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; then again in the year 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. With Rugrats in their tenth year, so Arlene Klasky and Nickelodeon decided to make the Rugrats ten years older in their anniversary special, "All Growed Up;" this episode was the most viewed Rugrats-related episode. 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.moreless
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  • I like this show!

    8.5
    "Great"
    By Amazing, May 05, 2012
    Rugrats is one of Nickelodeon's classics and it's best shows! And it deserves to be one of it's best! Why? Well this show is a very unique cartoon for young audiences, and can entertain older audience too. It's very funny with it's goofy jokes and the animation is great! The show is about a group of babies who go on their baby adventures but the main character's cousin, Angelica, tries to ruin their fun most of the time! I love how the babies I guess speak in their own language because the adults in this show doesn't understand a thing they say, that's genius! This show is great and I also crave the movies too! I like how they also added more characters to the show, it made the show better! Mine and many others favorite episode is their 10 anniversary episode, "All Growned Up"! Too bad the creators of the show made a spinoff of the show called "All Grown Up" which isn't as good as the original Rugrats...Well this is a Nicktoon everyone needs to see!moreless

  • Best cartoon ever made on Nickelodeon ever.

    8.8
    "Great"
    By BlueMario1016, May 04, 2012
    My 34th review after: "Clifford's Puppy days".

    This cartoon is beyond awesome and classic, back in 1991. It's about babies that can talk while the grown-ups are not around. Talk about Awesome, Literaly! But then in 1998 when the first movie came out, they had to introduce that annoying baby dil, Which made him pointless, and he was almost worser then Scrappy Doo! Ugh!!!! in 1999, Another movie came out called: "Rugrats in Paris". Which had another pointless chracther, Kimi, and in the 2000's yet, another pointless came known as: Harold. This cartoon went to heck after that happened. The Old school rugrats from 1991-1998 were the best. Now for the Grade! how about an A-? Now the results:

    Voice-acting: A+ 9.3/10.0 Great Voice-acting. Most have been the voice-acting cartoon on Nick.

    Animation: C 6.0/10.0 The old ones, were ugly and Pukish while the 1998's were decent.

    Graphics: C 6.0/10.0 Along matches with the Animation.

    Sound: D 4.0/10.0 Corny Music with Too many Drum-roll music. Terrible and Funny to watch this while you are in School.

    Dialouge: E- 3.5/10.0 "Hold on to your Diapies babies!" What the Flip? Diapies is not even a word! The Babies are Awful at talking!

    Lasting Appeal: A++ 10.0/10.0 This cartoon is very fun to watch while at last the old school rugrats from 1991-1998.

    Overall: A- 8.8/10.0 Ah yes, This show is an Instant Classic on Nick. It lasted 14 years and it was indeed the longest running cartoon ever on Nick. You better watch this. It's a Classic!moreless

  • The Rugrats as Rugrats...

    8.0
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    By T_VFan, Apr 30, 2012
    Angelica was EEEEEEEEvil. But her character was very well played. And of course, Tommy was the cutest, adventurous baby on the block! Chuckie was so dorky he made me laugh. I always yelled at the screen because Angelica jerked my emotions. This show will make you laugh for sure! Great cartoons, well written, as real laugh-maker... and this show has a lot to offer to kid viewers!

  • A surprisingly funny show

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    By JimmytheMango, Apr 03, 2012
    I've liked Rugrats for as long as I remember, and even now, when I'm watching Napoleon Dynamite and Regular Show, I still think this show is funny. I enjoy how the babies are always caught into believing something weird, or how Angelica can be such an idiot. However, I didn't like it after Kimi came along (I was fine with Dil- he didn't steal the show too much), mostly because she was just annoying. But aside from that, this show remains the ONLY classic show that Nick actually cares about. I see why.moreless

  • An likely decent show i used to watch on tv when i was young and liked it it was awsome

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    By Spongeyfan, Mar 22, 2012
    i used to like rugrats in (1991) (1992) (1993) (ish) episodes but it was great i mean i love rugrats but you got to love this show it's great and the rugrats eating gross stuff real boy stuff and i'm a boy and i think it's great
    and anyway this show was great and it is still now but i like the 90's episodes better i did'nt like some of them starting in 1997 because tommy's voice has changed urghh it was annoyingmoreless
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