8.2/10186 votesLoading...#1 - Spike's Babies
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 8/23/1997
Spike adopts a litter of kittens.
Director: Rick Bugental
Writer: Mark Palmer
8.1/10220 votesLoading...#2 - The Bank Trick
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 10/18/1992
Didi needs to go to the bank to run her errands. In the meantime Tommy and Chuckie raid the bank looking for M's. Instead, they cause havoc and help the police catch two notorious criminals.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Earl Klasky, Gary Gurner
8.0/10149 votesLoading...#3 - The Baby Vanishes
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 10/31/1993
Playing doctor (not THAT kind of playing doctor) with her ""Binks McGill"" doctor kit (based on the TV show), Angelica diagnoses Chuckie with the entirely ficticious ""Rhinoceritis"", in which Chuckie will turn into a rhino. The signs of ""Rhinoceritis"" includes a bump on a head (where ""a horn is growing in""), scaly skin (actually, scabs), and ornery behavior. Meanwhile, Drew helps Stu and Didi with their income tax, with some sound advice for those who don't file properly.
Director: Howard E. Baker
Writer: Rachel Lipman
7.9/10153 votesLoading...#4 - Garage Sale
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 10/11/1992
The Pickles throw a garage sale and Angelica tricks the babies by letting them help out and give out some stuff too. In the end when Didi and Stu come back inside, the entire house is empty and the money they earnt has to be used to replace everything.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Steve Viksten
7.9/10161 votesLoading...#5 - 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
7.8/10125 votesLoading...#6 - Aunt Miriam
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 11/22/1992
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
7.8/10177 votesLoading...#7 - The Legend Of Satchmo
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 10/17/1993
The babies, Angelica, and Grandpa have a campout outside. Grandpa tells the legend of the Satchmo, which leads to Chuckie using the restroom, and Tommy figuring out where Chuckie is. Angelica Scares them, Stu is scared to let them sleep outside because of a campout when he was 34. He calms himself down and sleeps with the kids.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Matt Uitz
7.8/10117 votesLoading...#8 - Farewell, My Friend
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 10/31/1993
When a glass was broken in Chaz's greenhouse while the Rugrats go on an adventure, Chuckie does not want to go on any adventures with his friends anymore, but Chuckie's decision also affects Chuckie and Tommy's friendship.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Samuel S. Williams
7.7/10229 votesLoading...#9 - Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/18/1991
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
Writer: Craig Bartlett, Paul Germain
7.7/10139 votesLoading...#10 - Mirrorland
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 9/27/1992
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
7.7/10126 votesLoading...#11 - Family Reunion
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 10/25/1992
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
7.7/10135 votesLoading...#12 - Grandpa's Date
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 10/25/1992
After 40 years, Grandpa's long-lost love Morgana pays a visit. Morgana broke up with Grandpa over his affair with another woman named Trixie McGee, but never knew the real story. Also, Grandpa doesn't want her to know that he's a grandfather, so he rushes Tommy and Chuckie to bed. In any case, everyone has to contend with Stu's new remote-controlled couch, which is more like a mechanical bull for two.
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Steve Viksten, Joe Ansolabehere
7.7/10138 votesLoading...#13 - Grandpa Moves Out
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/1993
After ruining dinner, making Tommy cry and Spike growl, Grandpa gets out of everyone's way by moving to Flushing Waters Retirement Home, which is luxury, (so it says in the commercial), which turns out to be your run-in-the-mill retirement home.
Director: Howard E. Baker
Writer: Jonathan Greenberg
7.7/10142 votesLoading...#14 - When Wishes Come True
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 11/7/1993
Tommy gets really mad at Angelica for ruining his ""3 Baby's and a Guitar"" statue. So Tommy wishes for the worst thing to happen for Angelica. She turned stone, but the babies don't know it's Drew's annivesry present for Charlotte.
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.7/10119 votesLoading...#15 - Reptar 2010
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 11/21/1993
Intrigued by the neighborhood circus show, Angelica puts on a show of her own, with the Rugrats volunteering (actually, drafted).
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Peter Gaffney, Paul Germain
7.7/10118 votesLoading...#16 - Potty Training Spike
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 10/11/1997
Chuckie teaches Spike bathroom manners.
Director: Celia Kendrick
Writer: David Maples
7.6/10172 votesLoading...#17 - 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
7.6/10176 votesLoading...#18 - 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
7.6/10116 votesLoading...#19 - The Stork
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 10/24/1993
Angelica asks, ""Where do babies come from?"" Her parents originally planned to give her a well-thought-out answer, but ended up answering ""the stork"". After Angelica tells the Rugrats about this, Tommy finds his new ""brother"", ""Milton"", in the nest, as an unhatched egg. Angelica, however, wants it (""Miltonia"", her new ""sister""), to herself.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Deborah Raznick, Daniel Benton
7.6/10127 votesLoading...#20 - The Last Babysitter
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 11/14/1993
The babies, Angelica, and Grandpa have a campout outside. Grandpa tells the legend of the Satchmo, which leads to Chuckie using the restroom, and Tommy figuring out where Chuckie is. Angelica Scares them, Stu is scared to let them sleep outside because of a campout when he was 34. He calms himself down and sleeps with the kids.
Director: Howard E. Baker
Writer: Peter Gaffney
7.6/10116 votesLoading...#21 - Stu Gets A Job
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 11/21/1993
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Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Michael L. Kramer
7.6/10126 votesLoading...#22 - Home Movies
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 12/5/1993
Stu shows everyone boring home movies, but the kids make drawings of their own that are brought to life by the Rugrats cartoonists. A VERY cool story with actual art by the children of the makers of Rugrats.
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.6/10120 votesLoading...#23 - Cuffed
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 12/12/1993
When a glass was broken in Chaz's greenhouse while the Rugrats go on an adventure, Chuckie does not want to go on any adventures with his friends anymore, but Chuckie's decision also affects Chuckie and Tommy's friendship.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Steve Viksten
7.6/10146 votesLoading...#24 - Angelica's Birthday
Season 3 Episode 26 - Aired 12/19/1993
It's Angelica's birthday and she's excited, until Grandpa Lou tells her what it's like to be old. So, she decides to become a baby again, but soon finds it's not as great as she thinks.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Andy Houts
7.6/10132 votesLoading...#25 - Chicken Pops
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 8/23/1997
The Rugrats get chicken pox.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: David Maples
The Best Episodes of Rugrats
Every episode of Rugrats ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Rugrats!
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...
Genres:FamilyAnimationKidsComedy
Network:Nickelodeon
Best Episodes Summary
"Spike's Babies" is the best rated episode of "Rugrats". It scored 8.2/10 based on 186 votes. Directed by Rick Bugental and written by Mark Palmer, it aired on 8/23/1997. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Bank Trick".