Rugrats

I Remember Melvilledisplays the Five Stages of Grief (a.k.a. theKübler-Ross model) throughout the episode, with Chuckie...

1. Denial: Chuckie first keeps denying Melville is dead and desperately tries to awaken him.

2. Anger: Chuckie is angered when the others try to tell him Melville is dead, and that the "replacement bug" is really a snail.

3. Barganing:Chuckie attempts to show that Melville is fine by having him perform in a "circus."

4. Depression: Chuckie finally realizes Melville is truly dead and cries over it, even when the babies eat chocolate pudding (as he remembered he and Melville liked eating pudding together.)

5. Acceptance:The ending when Chuckie starts laughing at the funeral, remembering all the good times he had with Melville, shows he has now accepted his pet bug's death.