7.5/10313 votes#1 - Tommy's First Birthday
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/11/1991
Stu and Didi strive to make Tommy's first birthday a memorable one. They did, but under the wrong circumstances. Meanwhile Tommy wants to eat dog food so he can be just like Spike, eventually selling the other Rugrats on the idea.
Director: Howard E. Baker
Writer: Craig Bartlett, Paul Germain
7.3/10216 votes#2 - Barbeque Story
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/18/1991
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
Writer: Steve Viksten, Joe Ansolabehere
7.7/10229 votes#3 - 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
7.3/10201 votes#4 - 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, Paul Germain
7.2/10186 votes#5 - 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
7.0/10160 votes#6 - Baby Commercial
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/8/1991
Betty tells the story of how Phil and Lil got placed in a diaper commercial where the twins preferred exploring and destroying the set rather than sticking to the script.
Director: Howard E. Baker
Writer: Steve Viksten, Joe Ansolabehere
7.1/10172 votes#7 - Little Dude
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/8/1991
Didi brings Tommy to her work place - the local high school, for use as a visual aid. But when Tommy gets free and roams around campus, he becomes friends with a rebellious biker.
Director: Howard E. Baker
Writer: M.S. Freeman
7.4/10179 votes#8 - Beauty Contest
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/15/1991
Stu and Lou enter Tommy in a beauty pageant for baby girls when they learn that the Grand Prize is the Kingfisher 9000 (a top of the line sport fishing boat). But will a dress and a wig fool Tommy's toughest competiton...Angelica?
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Everett Peck
7.3/10179 votes#9 - Baseball
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/15/1991
Stu and Grandpa take Tommy to see a Grizzlies' baseball game. Tommy, however, is more interested in his balloon hunt than the game, and his balloon hunt helps make a very important play for the Grizzlies' player Bucky Majors..
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: M.S. Freeman
7.6/10172 votes#10 - 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 votes#11 - 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
7.1/10148 votes#12 - Grandpa's Teeth
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/17/1991
Grandpa is supposed to play his trumpet at a Veteran's Picnic, but Spike runs off with his dentures. Tommy and Chuckie set out to get them back in the craziest wild-duck chase in the history of dental rescue.
Director: Howard E. Baker
Writer: Ben Herndon, Margot Pipkin
7.2/10155 votes#13 - Momma Trauma
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/17/1991
After Tommy is found drawing on walls at the Pickles' house, Stu and Didi take him to a psychiatrist name Dr. Lepetomaine. When Tommy breaks free and has an adventure around the medical office building, Stu ends up being the one psychoanalyzed.
Director: Howard E. Baker
Writer: Steve Viksten, Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#14 - Real or Robots
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/1/1991
After seeing a scary movie, Tommy and Chuckie decide to find out if Stu is a human or robot. Too bad his sleepwalking makes him appear to be a mechanical monster!
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Steve Viksten, Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#15 - Special Delivery
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/1/1991
When Stu orders a "Tina Trousers" doll from Eggbert Toys to see how it compares to his own "Patty Pants" design, Tommy think the Pickles' are getting a new baby in the mail. Hitching a ride with the mailman, Tommy ends up exploring the post office.
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Patric M. Verrone, Maiya Williams
7.0/101 votes#16 - Candy Bar Creep Show
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/5/1992
The Pickles family sets up a haunted house for Halloween, and Angelica is determined to find all the Reptar Bars. But when the Rugrats go searching for them as well, will they end up scaring her off?
Director: Howard E. Baker
Writer: Tom Abrams, David Howard
7.0/101 votes#17 - 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
7.0/101 votes#18 - Weaning Tommy
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/16/1992
On advice from Dr. Homer, Tommy's dentist (Didi prefers calling him a "tooth fairy"), Stu and Didi want Tommy to start drinking from a cup. Tommy, however, wants to stick with the baby bottle.
Director: Howard E. Baker
Writer: Ann Lewis Hamilton
7.0/101 votes#19 - 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, Larry Loebell
7.0/101 votes#20 - Touchdown Tommy
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/29/1992
After being inspired by their dads watching a football game, Tommy and the other Rugrats use the living room for a little grid-iron fun of their own... keeping Angelica from stealing their chocolate milk.
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Tom Abrams, David Howard
7.0/101 votes#21 - The Trial
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/29/1992
Someone broke "Mr. Fluffles" (Angelica calls it "Mr. Fluffle-Luffles"), Tommy's clown lamp, and Angelica wants to find out who. The finger-pointing, however, eventually points back to her.
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Paul Germain
7.0/101 votes#22 - 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, Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#23 - 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
7.0/101 votes#24 - Graham Canyon
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/24/1992
Stu and Didi take Tommy and Angelica on a car trip to the Grand Canyon, but their car breaks down. While exploring the garage repair shop, the Rugrats unwittingly foil two unscrupulous mechanics who were planning to rip them off.
Director: Craig Bartlett
Writer: Craig Bartlett
7.0/101 votes#25 - Stu-Maker's Elves
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 5/24/1992
Tommy and Chuckie accidentally toss their glider plane into the scary basement. They explore Stu's workshop and inadvertently fix an invention.
Director: Craig Bartlett
Writer: Steve Viksten, Joe Ansolabehere
The Best Episodes of Rugrats Season 1
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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...
Genres:FamilyAnimationKidsComedy
Network:Nickelodeon
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Tommy's First Birthday" is the best rated episode of "Rugrats" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 313 votes. Directed by Howard E. Baker and written by Craig Bartlett, Paul Germain, it aired on 8/11/1991. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Barbeque Story".