The Best Episodes Directed By Dan Thompson
Every TV Episode Directed by Dan Thompson Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Dan Thompson Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Dan Thompson is "Toy Palace", rated 7.5/10 from 2 user votes. It was "written by Peter Gaffney". "Toy Palace" aired on 9/6/1992 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Ice Cream Mountain".
7.5/10 2 votes#1 - Toy Palace
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1992
Stu and Chaz take Tommy and Chuckie to the Toy Palace and Tommy and Chuckie think it would be neat to live in the store and so they sneek away. Stu and Chaz, completely oblivious to what's going on, leave (with a doll and a monkey doll) Tommy and Chuckie in the store. Tommy and Chuckie explore the store with a lazy security guard watching wrestling. Tommy and Chuckie soon find out living in the toy store isn't so good when they get chased by a giant ape toy called "Thorg."
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Peter Gaffney
7.5/10 2 votes#2 - Ice Cream Mountain
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 10/4/1992
Stu and Drew decide to play golf on a course that's impossible to win. Angelica says that if they win they get ice cream, so in the end the Rugrats help them win and they get ice cream after all.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Chip Johannessen
7.0/10 1 votes#3 - At the Movies
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/25/1991
Tommy wants to see the Reptar movie, but his parents take him and the other Rugrats to the Westside Octoplex to see The Land Without Smiles (starring the Dummi Bears) instead. The Rugrats leave the Dummi Bears to go look for Reptar (showing at the same theater), leaving a path of destruction behind them.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Craig Bartlett
7.0/10 1 votes#4 - Slumber Party
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/25/1991
Angelica sleeps over at Tommy's, but her desire for an open window leaves Tommy feeling ill. This results in some very bizarre dreams.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Jeffrey Townsend
7.0/10 1 votes#5 - Ruthless Tommy
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/6/1991
Being mistaken for the son of the millionaire Ronald Thump, Tommy is kidnapped by some thugs named Bob and Mike. But the kidnappers soon find out that it was more trouble than it was worth when Tommy begins flushing their stolen loot down the toilet.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Ron Birnbach
7.0/10 1 votes#6 - Moose Country
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/6/1991
After hearing Grandpa's mythical story about a moose, the Rugrats go look for one.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Jeffrey Townsend
7.0/10 1 votes#7 - Monster in the Garage
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/5/1992
When Spike is accused by Stu of knocking things over in the Pickles' garage, the Rugrats go to investigate what really happened and clear Spike's name. Believing it to be a monster, will the babies be brave enough to discover who the real culprit is?
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Peter Gaffney
7.0/10 1 votes#8 - Incident in Aisle Seven
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/16/1992
When Grandpa Lou takes Tommy with him to the supermarket, madcap adventure follows as Tommy gets loose and goes on a quest for Reptar cereal.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Lou Greenstein
7.0/10 1 votes#9 - Fluffy vs. Spike
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/12/1992
Angelica brings her cat Fluffy over to the Pickles' house, where it makes a mess. When Angelica blames the cat's misdeeds on Spike, will Tommy be able to clear his dog's name?
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Steve Viksten
7.0/10 1 votes#10 - Reptar's Revenge
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 4/12/1992
The Rugrats hear that Reptar is supposed to be appearing in person at the Sleazola Bros. Fair, so they go looking for him there. But Reptar turns out to be more than just a mean green monster... He's a guy named Leo who loves to eat cereal.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Peter Gaffney
7.0/10 1 votes#11 - The Shot
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 9/20/1992
Tommy tells the babies that he's going to get his booster shot, but when Chuckie warns Tommy what it is he becomes scared and tries to avoid getting it.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/10 1 votes#12 - Let There Be Light
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 10/18/1992
When Stu creates a blackout, every light all over town goes out. Chuckie says that now it's dark, every scary monster will come out, but Tommy says that he knows where there's extra light: the refrigerator. The Rugrats have an adventure and by the time they get to the refrigerator, the power comes back on.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Pamela Wick
7.0/10 1 votes#13 - No Bones About It
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 11/1/1992
Tommy and the babies want to bring Spike to the museum with them, but can't. So the babies go off when Grandpa talks to the ladies to look for a present for Spike, and they get in trouble with security chief Sally Payson.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: David Benavente
7.0/10 1 votes#14 - Superhero Chuckie
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 11/15/1992
The Rugrats go to see a live shooting of an episode of "Captain Blasto," Stu and Drew's favourite super hero. Chuckie decides that he wants to be a super hero and his first order of business is to take Angelica out!
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Douglas Petrie
7.0/10 1 votes#15 - What The Big People Do
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 11/29/1992
After Angelica gets Tommy and Chuckie in trouble, they decide to be grown up. Chuckie has a dream about it, but Angelica the boss ruins that too, so Tommy and Chuckie decide that it might be better to be babies.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Patricia Marx
7.0/10 1 votes#16 - Visitors From Outer Space
Season 2 Episode 28 - Aired 12/13/1992
Angelica and the babies are kidnapped by an alien ship and find out about their parents - they're all aliens, including Grandpa! Tommy and the babies search for a way to get out and meet a dude that knows the ways out. He takes Angelica and puts her in the middle of a deserted place.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Paul Germain
7.0/10 1 votes#17 - Rebel Without A Teddy Bear
Season 2 Episode 32 - Aired 1/3/1993
Tommy loses his stuffed lion. It gets dirty and Didi decides to clean it. Then Tommy gets mad and decides to act mean just like Angelica, but Chuckie eventually saves him by turning Tommy good, and Didi gives Tommy his lion back.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Jonathan Greenberg
7.0/10 1 votes#18 - Down The Drain
Season 2 Episode 36 - Aired 2/7/1993
Bored at home, the grown-ups decide to take the Rugrats to see "Reptar On Ice," but when they find Reptar's baby the rugrats decide to be part of the act.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/10 1 votes#19 - Feeding Hubert
Season 2 Episode 40 - Aired 3/21/1993
The babies all hear the same noise every night, every week. They find out it's a garbage truck and they try to feed stuff to him. The babies find the garage is messy so they let all the stuff out, leaving a mess of recycling.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Jeffrey Townsend
7.0/10 1 votes#20 - King Ten Pin
Season 2 Episode 44 - Aired 4/4/1993
Grandpa is determined to beat Billy "Strike" Maxwell, his long-time challenger who ensures his victory by having the game rigged. The Rugrats, looking for the "chocolate chip" (championship) and the "big candy dish" (bowling trophies), inadvertently expose the fraud.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Doria Biddle
7.0/10 1 votes#21 - Driving Miss Angelica
Season 2 Episode 48 - Aired 5/2/1993
After being saved by Angelica, Chuckie has to be Angelica's slave for life - but when he saves her, things go the other way around.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Jonathan Greenberg
2.5/10 2 votes#22 - Raw Power
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/1996
Bruce befriends Mitch McCougthen, a man looking for a better life for himself. Their efforts to cure Bruce of the Hulk go horribly wrong when McCoughten is suddenly turned into Zzzazk. Can the Hulk defeat a being of pure energy?
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Jess Winfield
2.5/10 2 votes#23 - Doomed
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1996
Bruce is visiting his cousin, Jennifer Walters, in Washington D.C. But Doctor Doom attacks and captures them, leaving Jennifer needs a blood transfusion. Only Bruce can donate and Jennifer becomes She-Hulk.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Bob Forward