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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!

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...

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  1. Background image for The Santa Experience
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - 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.

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  2. Background image for Send In The Clouds
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Send In The Clouds

    S4:E18

    Rugrats mistake fog for clouds.

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  3. Background image for The Matress
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - The Matress

    S4:E20

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

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  4. Background image for Angelica Orders Out
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Angelica Orders Out

    S4:E24

    Angelica orders take out food.

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  5. Background image for Let It Snow
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Let It Snow

    S4:E25

    The Pickles prepare for a Christmas card photo.

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  6. Background image for He Saw, She Saw
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - He Saw, She Saw

    S5:E14

    Chuckie falls for a girl at the park.

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  8. Background image for A Lulu of a Time
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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  9. Background image for Murmur on the Ornery Express
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - 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
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  10. Background image for Princess Angelica
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #9 - 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
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  11. Background image for Spike's Babies
    8.2/10(204 votes)

    #10 - Spike's Babies

    S4:E2

    Spike adopts a litter of kittens.

    Director:Rick Bugental
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  12. Background image for The Bank Trick
    8.1/10(237 votes)

    #11 - The Bank Trick

    S2:E14

    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.

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  13. Background image for The Baby Vanishes
    8.1/10(158 votes)

    #12 - The Baby Vanishes

    S3:E11

    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.

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  14. Background image for Garage Sale
    7.9/10(164 votes)

    #13 - Garage Sale

    S2:E12

    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.

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  15. Background image for Let There Be Light
    7.9/10(170 votes)

    #14 - Let There Be Light

    S2:E13

    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
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  16. Background image for The Legend Of Satchmo
    7.8/10(192 votes)

    #15 - The Legend Of Satchmo

    S3:E8

    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
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  17. Background image for Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup
    7.7/10(243 votes)

    #16 - 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.

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  18. Background image for Mirrorland
    7.7/10(153 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.

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  19. Background image for Grandpa's Date
    7.7/10(143 votes)

    #18 - Grandpa's Date

    S2:E16

    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.

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  20. Background image for Grandpa Moves Out
    7.7/10(147 votes)

    #19 - Grandpa Moves Out

    S3:E7

    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.

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  21. Background image for Angelica's Birthday
    7.7/10(158 votes)

    #20 - Angelica's Birthday

    S3:E26

    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
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  22. Background image for Ruthless Tommy
    7.6/10(181 votes)

    #21 - Ruthless Tommy

    S1:E10

    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
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  23. Background image for Moose Country
    7.6/10(188 votes)

    #22 - Moose Country

    S1:E11

    After hearing Grandpa's mythical story about a moose, the Rugrats go look for one.

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  24. Background image for Aunt Miriam
    7.6/10(132 votes)

    #23 - 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.

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  25. Background image for The Stork
    7.6/10(123 votes)

    #24 - The Stork

    S3:E10

    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.

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  26. Background image for Farewell, My Friend
    7.6/10(127 votes)

    #25 - Farewell, My Friend

    S3:E12

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Santa Experience" is the best rated episode of "Rugrats". It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Charles Swenson and written by Peter Gaffney, Paul Germain, Jonathan Greenberg, Joe Ansolabehere, it aired on 12/6/1992. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Send In The Clouds".