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The Best Episodes of Rugrats

Every episode of Rugrats ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Rugrats!

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Focuses on a group of toddlers, most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Angelica, and their day-to-day lives, usually involving common life experiences that become adventures in the babies' imaginations. Adults in the series are

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Rugrats Season 8 Episode 4 - Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts (2) : Fall Stinks
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts (2) : Fall Stinks

    S8:E4

    Tommy and the Rugrats give up Reptar for good, and bury all their Reptar stuff in the sandbox.

    Director:Chris Hermans
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Rugrats Season 2 Episode 27 - The Santa Experience
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - The Santa Experience

    S2:E27

    After Angelica finds out that Santa Claus is a fake, she decides to take Phil and Lil's presents away. Meanwhile Tommy tries to convince Chuckie that Santa Claus isn't a scary man. The adults take them all for a trip in the mountains for Christmas and that's where the Christmas spirit strikes Angelica and she decides to give Phil and Lil their presents back so she won't get coal for Christmas. Chaz decides to dress up as Santa and when Chuckie sees him he loses his fear of Santa Claus.

    Director:Charles Swenson
    Writers:Peter Gaffney, Paul Germain, Jonathan Greenberg, Joe Ansolabehere

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  3. Rugrats Season 4 Episode 8 - The Carwash
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - The Carwash

    S4:E8

    The Rugrats get loose in a car wash.

    Director:Celia Kendrick
    Writers:Vinny Montello, Steve Ochs

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  4. Rugrats Season 4 Episode 18 - Send In The Clouds
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Send In The Clouds

    S4:E18

    Rugrats mistake fog for clouds.

    Director:Jim Duffy
    Writers:Vinny Montello, Steve Ochs

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  5. Rugrats Season 4 Episode 20 - The Matress
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - The Matress

    S4:E20

    The babies think a monster lives in Grandpa's mattress.

    Director:Celia Kendrick
    Writers:Kat Likkel, David Maples

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  6. Rugrats Season 4 Episode 24 - Angelica Orders Out
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Angelica Orders Out

    S4:E24

    Angelica orders take out food.

    Director:John Holmquist
    Writer:David Maples

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  7. Rugrats Season 4 Episode 25 - Let It Snow
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Let It Snow

    S4:E25

    The Pickles prepare for a Christmas card photo.

    Director:Jim Duffy
    Writers:Vinny Montello, Steve Ochs

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  8. Rugrats Season 5 Episode 5 - Chuckie Grows
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Chuckie Grows

    S5:E5

    Chuckie's clothes get shrunk in the wash.

    Director:Jim Duffy
    Writers:Barbara Slade, Rick Gitelson

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  9. Rugrats Season 5 Episode 14 - He Saw, She Saw
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - He Saw, She Saw

    S5:E14

    Chuckie falls for a girl at the park.

    Director:Rick Bugental
    Writer:David Maples

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  10. Rugrats Season 6 Episode 11 - Submarine
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Submarine

    S6:E11

    Stu goes shopping for a new car which Tommy, Chuckie, and Dil pretend its a submarine and have an undersea adventure.

    Director:Rick Bugental
    Writers:Jon Cooksey, Ali Marie Matheson

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  11. Rugrats Season 6 Episode 19 - The Jungle
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - The Jungle

    S6:E19

    At Faye's Garden Center, a plant nursery, the Rugrats think they are in a jungle. After hearing Grandpa's tall tale about Jungle Fever, the Rugrats imagine Dil turning into a Jungle Beaver, prompting them to find a cure for Dil's condition.

    Director:John Holmquist
    Writer:Roger Reitzel

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  12. Rugrats Season 8 Episode 15 - A Lulu of a Time
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - A Lulu of a Time

    S8:E15

    The whole family is at the retirement home, visiting Grandpa and Lulu. While Grandpa shows the adults around, Lulu babysits the Rugrats; but once she's distracted, the Rugrats wreak havoc all over the place.

    Director:Robert H. "Bob" Fuentes III
    Writer:David Rosenberg

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  13. Rugrats Season 9 Episode 13 - Babies In Toyland
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Babies In Toyland

    S9:E13

    Dil's first Christmas finds Santa Claus driven to quit the toy-giving business by Angelica, who's unhappy about her gift: a "dumb" reindeer doll. Elsewhere, the grown-ups get snowed in at a re-creation of a pioneer cabin designed by Stu.

    Director:Broni Likomanov
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Rugrats Season 9 Episode 27 - Murmur on the Ornery Express
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Murmur on the Ornery Express

    S9:E27

    The babies must solve the mystery of Chuckie's missing plush bear during an overnight train ride in celebration of Boris and Minka's wedding anniversary.

    Director:Chris Hermans
    Writer:David Regal

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  15. Rugrats Season 2 Episode 1 - Toy Palace
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Toy Palace

    S2:E1

    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

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  16. Rugrats Season 2 Episode 3 - Chuckie vs. The Potty
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Chuckie vs. The Potty

    S2:E3

    Chaz wants Chuckie to be potty trained but can't get him to go. The babies try not to let Didi and Stu make him use it. Chuckie has a dream about never learning and he uses the potty overnight.

    Director:Norton Virgien
    Writer:Joe Ansolabehere

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  17. Rugrats Season 2 Episode 8 - Mirrorland
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #17 - Mirrorland

    S2:E8

    Phil and Lil tell Tommy and Chuckie that there's a world behind the mirror, so Tommy and Chuckie explore it. The world is the complete opposite of their world, but when it gets too scary they decide to come back.

    Director:Norton Virgien
    Writer:Michael Ferris

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  18. Rugrats Season 2 Episode 10 - Ice Cream Mountain
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #18 - Ice Cream Mountain

    S2:E10

    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

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  19. Rugrats Season 2 Episode 15 - Family Reunion
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #19 - Family Reunion

    S2:E15

    While Grandpa goes on to Chicago because he missed his train stop (likely on purpose), the Pickles stop in (fictional) Willoughby, Iowa to attend their family reunion, hosted by Hugh Pickles and his wife Dotti. Angelica tells Tommy and the other kids that reunions are swap meets for kids, with the kids being swapped. Her lie ended up backfiring on her, however, when a couple of other farming relatives, Mackie and Edie, have a kid like Angelica.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
    Writer:Peter Gaffney

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  20. Rugrats Season 2 Episode 23 - Aunt Miriam
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #20 - Aunt Miriam

    S2:E23

    Aunt Miriam and Lou were not nice to each other. They always did and acted like Angelica and Tommy are today. Tommy and Chuckie go in the bathroom and find a hair dryer, a radio and a wig. They think Aunt Mirian is an alien and investigate.

    Director:Howard E. Baker
    Writer:Peter Gaffney

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  21. Rugrats Season 3 Episode 27 - Princess Angelica
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Princess Angelica

    S3:E27

    Charlotte and Drew go on a power rafting trip. Angelica has to stay with Uncle Stu and Aunt Didi. She gets mad for not giving her attiention, so she fakes breaking a leg. It drives Stu and Didi nuts, but she eventually gets caught and in the end she gets it back double as Charlotte breaks her leg.

    Director:Jim Duffy
    Writer:Rachel Lipman

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  22. Rugrats Season 5 Episode 24 - The Family Tree
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - The Family Tree

    S5:E24

    Chuckie becomes jealous of Tommy after hearing about his family tree.

    Director:Jim Duffy
    Writers:Vinny Montello, Steve Ochs, Rick Gitelson

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  23. Rugrats Season 5 Episode 25 - The Turkey Who Came To Dinner
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - The Turkey Who Came To Dinner

    S5:E25

    The kids try to free the live turkey intended for Thanksgiving dinner.

    Directors:Jim Duffy, Rick Bugental
    Writer:Mark Palmer

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  24. Rugrats Season 1 Episode 2 - Barbeque Story
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Barbeque Story

    S1:E2

    Tommy has received his favorite toy in the whole world -- a ball. Angelica, always looking to spoil the babies' fun, takes the ball and tosses it into the neighbors' yard, resulting in the babies risking life and limb looking for it.

    Director:Norton Virgien
    Writers:Joe Ansolabehere, Steve Viksten

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  25. Rugrats Season 1 Episode 3 - Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup

    S1:E3

    Stu and Didi ended up taking Tommy to an important dinner at "Chez Ennui" with Mr. Mucklehoney (president of Mucklehoney Industries, a toy company), since Tiffany the babysitter (via telephone) and Grandpa have different plans (the babysitter's OTHER goldfish died and Grandpa was going bowling with a friend of his named Louise). Tommy, however, has plans of his own, and proceeds to get loose in the resturant kitchen, causing absolute chaos.

    Director:Norton Virgien
    Writers:Craig Bartlett, Paul Germain

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Best Episodes Summary

"Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts (2) : Fall Stinks" is the best rated episode of "Rugrats". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Chris Hermans and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/8/2000. This episode scored 1.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Santa Experience".