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"Rugrats" Titles Named After TV Shows, Movies, Books and Songs:
| Rugrats Title: | Original Title: | Type of Media: |
| Ruthless Tommy | Ruthless People | Movie |
| The Big House | Big House, USA | Movie |
| Regarding Stuie | Regarding Henry | Movie |
| The Bank Trick | The Bank Dick | Movie |
| Family Feud | Family Feud | Game Show |
| Rebel Without A Teddy Bear | Rebel Without A Cause | Movie |
| The Seven Voyages of Cynthia | The 7th Voyage of Sinbad | Movie |
| Driving Miss Angelica | Driving Miss Daisy | Movie |
| Tooth Or Dare | Truth Or Dare | Movie |
| Twins Pique | Twin Peaks | TV Drama Series |
| Cool Hand Angelica | Cool Hand Luke | Movie |
| Tricycle Thief | The Bicycle Thief | Movie |
| The Odd Couple | The Odd Couple | Play / Movie / TV Comedy Series |
| Pickles vs. Pickles | Kramer Vs. Kramer | Movie |
| I Remember Melville | I Remember Mama | Play / Movie |
| Cradle Attraction | Fatal Attraction | Movie |
| Radio Daze | Radio Days | Movie |
| America's Wackiest Home Movies | America's Funniest Home Videos | TV Comedy Series |
| Clan of the Duck | Clan of the Cave Bear | Book / Movie |
| Educating Angelica | Educating Rita | Movie |
| Send In The Clouds | Send In The Clowns | Song from "A Little Night Music" |
| In The Navel | In The Navy | Song by The Village People |
| Turtle Recall | Total Recall | Movie |
| Angelica Nose Best | Father Knows Best | TV Comedy Series |
| Crime & Punishment | Crime & Punishment | Book |
| He Saw, She Saw | He Said, She Said | Game Show / Movie (no relation to each other) |
| Fugitive Tommy | The Fugitive | TV Drama Series / Movie |
| Uneasy Rider | Easy Rider | Movie |
| Where's Grandpa? | Where's Poppa? | Movie |
| The Turkey Who Came To Dinner | The Man Who Came To Dinner | Movie |
| The Wild Wild West | The Wild Wild West | TV Western / Spy Drama / Sci-Fi Series |
| Angelica For a Day | Queen For A Day | Game Show |
| Journey To The Center Of The Basement | Journey To The Center Of The Earth | Book / Movie |
| A Very McNulty Birthday | A Very Brady Christmas / A Very Brady Sequel | Movies |
| Hair! | Hair | Broadway Musical / Movie |
| Chuckie's Complaint | Portnoy's Complaint | Book |
| What's Your Line? | What's My Line? | Game Show |
| Discover America | Discover America | Tourism Promotion |
Split Decisions
Titles of Rugrats episodes with "vs." in the title:
Legal Briefs
Episodes that take place in some sort of court:
The Trial (the Rugrats decide who broke Tommy's lamp)
Pickles vs. Pickles (Angelica takes her parents to court)
Tricycle Thief (the Rugrats decide if Angelica has stolen Susie's red trike)
Happy Birthday
Episodes where a Rugrats character has a birthday:
("*" denotes a surprise party)
| Character: | Birthday Episode: |
| Tommy | Tommy's First Birthday |
| Angelica | Angelica's Birthday |
| Stu* | America's Wackiest Home Movies |
| Didi* | Baking Dil |
| Timmy McNulty | A Very McNulty Birthday |
Supermarket Sweep
Episodes that take place at a supermarket:
The Case of the Missing Rugrat
Episodes in which Tommy wore pants and shoes:
(in real life, not in the Rugrats' imaginary adventures)
Waiter, There's A Baby In My Soup
Heat Wave (shoes only)
Episodes in which Tommy wore girls' clothes:
(in real life, not in the Rugrats' imaginary adventures)
Episodes in which we see Tommy and/or the other Rugrats naked:
The Rugrats Movie (not an episode, but it's Rugrats all the same)
"Three Hour Tour, Three Hour Tour"
Episodes that paid some sort of homage to Gilligan's Island:
| Episode: | Circumstance: |
| Baseball | Tommy's toy boat had the name "S.S. Minnow" printed on it. |
| Runaway Angelica | Angelica watches Gilligan's Island on her TV in Spike's doghouse, saying, "Oh, that Gilligan". |
| Angelica's Worst Nightmare | Angelica wanted to watch Gilligan's Island when her parents told her that Charlotte was pregnant. |
| All Growed Up | Some Gilligan's Island scenery music played in the background, shortly after the tweenage Phil mentioned that spaghetti reminded him of worms. |
The Big "Valley"
Episodes where you can hear someone humming or singing "Red River Valley":
See Them On TV Land
Rugrats regulars who were also regulars on these series, all seen
now or soon on TV Land:
| Actor | Series | Character |
| Jack Riley | The Bob Newhart Show | Elliot Carlin |
| David Doyle | Charlie's Angels | John Bosley |
| Ron Glass | Barney Miller | Det. Ron Harris |
Family Choice
Prime-time episodes selected by Nick for the 1997 & 1999 Tune In To Kids & Family weeks:
| 1997 (April 8 to 13) | 1999 (June 21 to 27) | ||
| 4/8: Tommy's First Birthday |
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| 4/9: Family Reunion / Grandpa's Date | 6/22 Family Reunion / Grandpa's Date | ||
| 4/10: Meet The Carmichaels / The Box | 6/23 Reptar On Ice / Family Feud | ||
| 4/11: Grandpa Moves Out / Sour Pickles | 6/24 Man Of The House / A Whole New Stu | ||
| 4/12: Mommy's Little Assets / Chuckie's Wonderful Life | 6/25 The Family Tree | ||
| 4/13: Passover | 6/26 Chuckie's Duckling / A Dog's Life |
As you can see, there is no list for 1998; that year, during the second Tune In To Kids & Family week, Nick just shown the usual episodes in order, as usual; no special episodes were selected. The promotion was discontinued after 1999.
Look Out For The Cheater
Episodes where Grandpa suspects his opponent of cheating:
| Episode: | Person Accused Of Cheating: | How He or She Cheated: |
| King Ten Pin | "Strike" Maxwell |
Hired a lackey, who used a "loaded" bowling pin that bounces back up when Grandpa knocks his pins over (not unlike a "Weeble"), as well as a leaf blower that was used to knock down Maxwell's pins |
| Fugitive Tommy | Gabriel Lasky's grandfather | Used checkers in place of chess pieces in a chess game. |
| Visiting Aunt Miriam | Aunt Miriam | Hidden extra cards on her lap, which was actually placed there by the Rugrats |
| Wrestling Grandpa | Conan McNulty | Used motor oil to make it impossible for Grandpa to hold on to Conan |
The Game Show Game
(special thanks to Kyle Stanley)
1. Game show figureheads that appeared in a Rugrats episode:
| Person: | Game Show Connection: | "Rugrats" Connection: |
| Alex Trebek | Host of Jeopardy! | "Super Stumpers" host Alan Quebec in Game Show Didi |
| Pat Sajak | Host of Wheel Of Fortune | Himself in Chuckie Is Rich |
| Charles Nelson Reilly | Regular on Match Game | various voices, including Edmund Haynes, in Game Show Didi |
| David Doyle | Semi-regular on Match Game | Grandpa |
| Alice Ghostley | Regular on Cross Wits | Mrs. Holkin in Lady Luck |
2. Games featured in episodes of Rugrats:
| Game: | Type of Game: | Episode it's Featured In: |
| Super Stumpers | Game Show | Game Show Didi |
| Miniature Golf | Sport | Ice Cream Mountain |
| Neurosis | Board Game | The Baby Vanishes |
| Getting In Trouble | Game Show | Kid TV |
| Reptar Pinball | Pinball | Piggy's Pizza Place |
| Skeeball | Skeeball | Piggy's Pizza Place |
A Girl-Friendly Show
The voices of all 6 Rugrats, including the male characters, are all women:
| Rugrats Character | Voiced By: |
| Tommy | E.G. Daily |
| Chuckie | Christine Cavanaugh |
| Phil & Lil | Kath Soucie |
| Angelica | Cheryl Chase |
| Susie | Cree Summer |
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Timmy McNulty Dil |
Tara Strong |
| Kimi | Dionne Quan |
Voices From Beyond The Grave
Voice actors & actresses that provided voices on Rugrats before their death. And yes, David Doyle and Andy Houts did die on the same day.
| Actor: | Voice Of: | Date of Death: | Cause of Death: |
| David Doyle | Grandpa | February 26, 1997 | Heart Attack |
| Pat Buttram | Eddie (from Graham Canyon) | January 8, 1994 | ??? |
| Dana Hill | Josh (from New Kid In Town, among others) | June 15, 1996 | Stroke, due to diabetes |
| Pat Paulsen | Garbage Collector (from Feeding Hubert);
Uncle Lyle (from Spike The Wonder Dog) |
April 25, 1997 | Pneumonia & Kidney Failure |
| Andy Houts | Oodles (from Spike The Wonder Dog),
Wuggles (from Game Show Didi), Bucky (from Party Animals); also writer of Game Show Didi & Angelica's Birthday, as well as Production Coordinator for the "original 65" episodes |
February 26, 1997 | ??? |
| Mary Kay Bergman | Spokes & "Friendly Boy" in Uneasy Rider | November 12, 1999 | Suicide by gunfire |
| Chick Hearn | Himself in Touchdown Tommy | August 5, 2002 | Brain swelling, after a fall |
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