Episodes for
2000
Episodes for
2000
New episodes for a new millenium, starting with a little "Valentine" from the Rugrats...
128 (00-01) [N123] Be My Valentine
World TV Premiere Date: 12/25/1999 on France 3 in France (in French)
US / Canada Video Release Date: January 11, 2000 (direct-to-video on the "I Think I Like You" video)
North American TV Premiere Date: 2/11/2000 on Canal Famille in Canada (in French)
World English TV Premiere Date: 2/14/2000 at 8PM ET
This episode is presented in 2 parts:
In "Part 1", Angelica comes over, all dressed up as Cupid. Tommy threw one of Angelica's spent arrows around, which landed on Spike. When it did, Angelica suggested that the Rugrats find another animal for Spike to love, or he'll suffer a "broken heart". The Rugrats eventually found Angelica's kitty, Fluffy, as Spike's potential date. But do dogs and cats really mix? Meanwhile, the grown-ups get ready for a Valentine's Day costume party. Chazz has rented a 1957 Chevy to go along with his costume. But there's one problem that none of the guys could figure out -- how to get the keys out of a locked car.
In "Part 2", the Rugrats and the grown-ups are at the party. The grown-ups have fun at the party, while the Rugrats and the other little kids have fun in the playroom. In the playroom, the Rugrats make valentines. Chuckie makes one for his dad, but a little accident makes it a little more special. Phil makes one for Lil, but another girl has a crush on Phil. And Angelica & Susie both make one for the same boy -- Timmy McNulty.
Notes:
1. This is probably the first Rugrats episode to not only debut outside the US, but debuted in a language other than English, for its world and North American premieres.
2. While there are no telecast restrictions for the US and French Canada, this episode cannot be shown on English Canadian TV until April 2000 (according to the sticker on tapes sold in Canada), though of course, it probably won't premiere on YTV until February 2001, in time for Valentine's Day then.
3. This 2-part episode has not only a title card for each part (labelled "Part 1" and "Part 2"), but each part has a different set of writers & directors.
4. Here's how the adults dressed up for the party:
| Adults | Dressed up as: |
| Stu & Didi | A 1920s couple |
| Betty & Howard | A 1970s couple |
| Drew & Charlotte | Drew as Caesar, Charlotte as Cleopatra |
| Chazz | A 1950s "hood", complete with black jacket and, of course, the Chevy; he went "stag" (without a date) to the party |
5. On most stations from the CT time zone westward, Be My Valentine was the first episode on Rugrats' regular run on CBS, when the Nick on CBS schedule was changed on 2/8/2003. This is due to the fact that many stations were not able to carry the first episode on 2/1/2003, Finsterella, due to breaking news regarding the breakup of Space Shuttle Columbia over the Dallas / Ft. Worth area, shortly before its 9:16AM ET landing on that date. Because of this, many stations did not start showing Rugrats until 2/8, when Be My Valentine is seen.
129 (00-02) [N124] Discover America
World TV Premiere Date: 1/19/2000 on France 3 in France (in French)
North American Television Premiere Date: 3/29/2000(?) at 5PM ET on
Canal Famille (in Canada, in French)
(Actual date might have been shortly after the first telecast in France,
though it's a fact that Canal Famille was the first in North America to show
this episode.)
US / Canada Video Release Date: 5/6/2000 at Wal-Marts; 5/5/2000 elsewhere (see # 5 below)
US Television Premiere Date (Closed-Circuit): 5/6/2000 at 11AM ET & 4PM ET at US Wal-Mart stores
World English Television Premiere Date (Nickelodeon): 10/9/2000 at 8PM ET
Grandpa & Aunt Miriam returned from a vacation and got gifts for everyone, except for Dil, whose souvenir was misplaced. So Dil wouldn't be left out, the Rugrats went on a vacation of their own in their own tour bus (Reptar Wagon), just so Dil can have a souvenir of his own. On this adventure, they visited locales such as the "Graham Canyon" (Grand Canyon), the "Pile of Rockies" (Rocky Mountains), St. Louis, the Everglades, and, of course, the "Statue of Library" (Statue of Liberty). Meanwhile, Angelica and Susie become "Easy Riders" on their own journey across America, on the run because of their criminal acts (that is, if you consider dumping cole slaw "criminal").
Notes:
1. This is a 30-minute story.
2. This is also the first English Rugrats episode to make its US TV debut not on Nickelodeon, nor in millions of homes across America, but in the electronics departments of over 2500 Wal-Mart stores nationwide, transmitted via the closed-circuit Pics Retail Network. Pics was also responsible for presenting live concerts of Garth Brooks and Faith Hill, both exclusively for Wal-Marts. While the tape's street date is May 5, Wal-Mart did not start selling the tapes themselves until after the telecast. The premiere is followed by an in-store scavenger hunt, where kids can search for the Rugrats and America's landmarks by roaming the aisles of Wal-Mart. This was all part of a month-long promotion in May 2000 at Wal-Mart, in celebration of the Rugrats.
(Banner ad from Nick.Com; ©2000 Viacom and Wal-Mart. Special thanks to Chris Painter; info from Discount Store News, 4/17/2000)
3. One of the places that the Rugrats go was the "Graham Canyon"; Tommy &
Angelica has been there before in the Graham Canyon
episode.
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4. The name of this episode is taken after the name of the Travel
Industry Assiciation of America's long-running tourism campaign,
"Discover America ®"; since the
1960s (originally created by the U.S. Travel Service and Discover America,
Inc.), this campaign express the many places that you can go throughout
the US, especially by automobile.
(Left: The current "Discover America" logo, from the TIA's website; Top Right: An early Black-And-White "Discover America" logo, used from the 1960s to sometime in the 1980s, from the April 1972 issue of Sunset Magazine; with the arrow pointing right and the slogan "Discover America on the Monday holidays". Bottom Right: A color "Discover America" logo, with the arrow pointing left and the more familiar slogan, "Discover America -- Best By Car". The color logo was from the US Highways website. All ® & © Travel Industry Association of America.) |
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5. This is also the first English-language Rugrats video to be released
under 2 different names -- in the US, the video is known as Rugrats Discover
America (left), but in Canada and elsewhere, it's Babies On
Board (right). Reason? Apparently, Nick wanted to promote America
patriotism in the US, while they kept the title a little "low-key" elsewhere.
Note that the Canadian edition has no Statue of Liberty.
(Left: The US version of the video jacket, "Rugrats Discover America"; Right: the Canadian version, "Babies On Board". Both © 2000 Viacom. Special thanks to Hoborg for the "Babies on Board" version.) |
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6. An episode as American as apple pie, yet it appeared first in French in France and Canada -- go figure. Unlike the past couple of seasons, when new episodes appeared first on YTV in Canada, this episode, and Be My Valentine, premiered first on France 3 in France, then on Canal Famille in Canada, before appearing on English-language video in the US & Canada, or televised on Nick or YTV.
129X -- "Rugrats In Paris" Mini-Documentary
US / Canada Video Release Date: (On the "Rugrats Discover America" video) 5/6/2000 at Wal-Marts; 5/5/2000 elsewhere
US Television Premiere Date: 11/11/2000 at 2:30PM ET on Showtime
This mini-documentary, first seen at the end of the "Rugrats Discover America" video, takes a brief, 7-minute glimpse into the making of the Rugrats' second movie, including clips, pencil tests, pictures and other behind-the-scenes stuff, plus some words by Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo, Mark Mothersbaugh, Stig Bergqvist, Paul DeMeyer and most of the main voices. For details on the new film, click here.
130 (00-03) [N125/126/127/???] Acorn Nuts And Diapey Butts
Alternate Title: "Acorn Nuts" (in TV schedules)
World TV Premiere Date: 11/7/2000 to 11/9/2000 at 8:30PM ET each night on Nick
Premiere Date as a TV "Movie": 8/4/2001 at 8PM ET on Nick
This ia an extra-long prequel to the Rugrats In Paris theatrical feature, which is released at US & Canadian theaters on November 17.
In part 1, "Diaper Change" (given in press release as "Diapey Butts"), the gang goes to the Fall Festival to see the fall colors, take hayrides, and enjoy the bounty of the harvest. Angelica takes advantage of the fall weather by reminding the Rugrats that a lot of bad things happen as the season rolls in; and it's not just falling leaves, or squirrels storing nuts for the winter. And something bad does happen, when Grandpa moves out (again) after Stu's latest invention, a Reptar robot for Euro Reptar Land, malfunctions in his basement. Meanwhile, Chazz starts to play "The Dating Game", after Betty gave him a makeover AND a date each night with one of her loony friends; Betty also had Phil & Lil switch to super-absorbent diapers, the size of extra-large Depends.
In part 2, "Fall Stinks", Tommy and the Rugrats give up Reptar for good (or not?), and bury all their Reptar stuff in the sandbox; this is after Tommy felt that it was Reptar that caused Grandpa to leave. Later, when the gang visited Grandpa, he was transported to the hospital, following a salsa-dance mishap at his new home -- a retirement community where a fun, active life is compulsory. Meanwhile, Chazz finds himself attractive to a lot of women (all of them Betty's friends), but which one does Chazz feel comfortable with the most (considering they're all "sideshow" material)?
In the conclusion, "Don't Poop On My Parade'', the Rugrats try to stop Fall by stopping the parade, and they do, with a little help of their former friend, Reptar. And in the audience, someone from Euro Reprar Land is watching, in hopes that it would become an important part of the new theme park. Meanwhile, Grandpa recovers nicely, but ends up coming down with a new disease -- the "Love Bug" -- after a nurse named Lulu brought him back to health. In a bizarre twist, this wasn't the first time they met, yet it was the first time they knew each other.
Notes:
1. This episode was originally presented as a 3-parter, with part 1 (N125) seen on Tuesday, 11/7, part 2 (N126) on Wednesday, 11/8 and part 3 (N127) on Thursday, 11/9. All repeats prior to July 2001 were also presented as 3 parts. Together, this episode would be the longest Rugrats episode ever, at 90 minutes with commercials, 66 minutes without; the total, non-commercial length of this episode is only 15 minutes shorter than The Rugrats Movie, which is 81 minutes long. The 8/4/2001 telecast was seen in a "movie" fashion, with all 3 parts welded together. The episode number for the "movie" will be presented here as soon as it's available.
2. Also, the show arrangement for each part is also different from the usual
episodes. The segments are for the original version and the "movie"
version.
| Original Version: | "Movie" Version: | |
| Part 1 |
Opening Titles Title Card Segment 1 Commercial Segment 2 Commercial Segment 3 Closing Credits |
Opening Titles Title Card Segment 1 Commercial Segment 2 Commercial Segment 3 Commercial |
| Part 2 |
Opening Titles Title Card Segment 1 Commercial Segment 2 Commercial Segment 3 Closing Credits |
Segment 4 Commercial Segment 5 Commercial Segment 6 Commercial |
| Part 3 |
Opening Titles Title Card Segment 1 Commercial Segment 2 Commercial Segment 3 Closing Credits |
Segment 7 Commercial Segment 8 Commercial Segment 9 Closing Credits |
This arrangement is used regularly by 2 other Klasky-Csupo's Nicktoons -- The Wild Thornberrys and As Told By Ginger.
2. At first, the title "Acorn Nuts And Diapey Butts" was used only in early schedules and press releases -- the actual episodes displayed only the titles of each part. But with the 8/4/2001 "movie", this title was used in the schedule. Also, in the "movie" version, there was only one title card, with the "Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts" title, and one set of closing credits covering all 3 parts. Also, all the writers and directors are credited at the top of the movie. Finally, the titles of the 3 parts are not seen at all in the "movie" version.
3. This isn't the first time Grandpa moved to a retirement home -- remember Flushing Waters in Grandpa Moves Out?
4. Most importantly, the third part of this episode will introduce Grandpa's new wife, Lulu, voiced by Debbie Reynolds.
5. Another head scratcher -- in part 1, there's a scene where Chazz and Chuckie visit the grave of Melinda Finster at a cemetary. However, even though a cemetary has "death" written all over it, Nick's ban against such usage of words like "dead" and "died" is still in full force.
130X -- VH1's Behind The Movie -- Rugrats In Paris
World TV Premiere Date: 11/10/2000 at 1PM ET on VH1
What really went on the dressing rooms during the making of Rugrats in Paris? Find out in this episode of VH1's movie and soundtrack documentary series, where we take a look at the making of Rugrats In Paris, with some emphasis on the music. In this special, a panel of the stars of the movie talk about it. Plus, extensive coverage of Who Let The Dogs Out (including the cast singing a couple of bars) and My Getaway.
(Part of this description from VH1.com)
130Y -- The Making Of Rugrats In Paris
World TV Premiere Date: 11/11/2000 at 6PM ET on Nick
This is a full-edition, half-hour documentary of Rugrats In Paris, which features the same material as the mini-documentary, and more. This is basically an extended version of the original short documentary, with more finished animation and less rough sketches. It also explains its usage of music and sound effects in the film, the reason why they chose Paris, and many more. Also, in addition to those that talked in the mini-documentary, a few words from Dionne Quan, Julia Kato and others.
Note:
This documentary also appears on the Rugrats In Paris DVD; however, the DVD version is only 17 minutes long, with portions edited out, including the music segment.
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