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The Best Episodes of Rugrats Season 2

Every episode of Rugrats Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Rugrats Season 2!

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 almost always unaware of what the children are up to; however, this only provides more room for the babies to explore and discover their surroundings.

Genres:FamilyAnimationComedy
Network:Nickelodeon

Season 2 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Rugrats" season 2 is "Toy Palace", rated 7.5/10 from 156 user votes. It was directed by Dan Thompson and written by Peter Gaffney. "Toy Palace" aired on 9/6/1992 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Sand Ho".

  • Toy Palace
    7.5/10 156 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

  • Sand Ho
    7.4/10 144 votes

    #2 - Sand Ho

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/6/1992

    The Rugrats act out the pirate story Grandpa told them before he fell asleep (as usual).

    Director: Jim Duffy, Howard E. Baker

    Writer: Peter Gaffney

  • Chuckie vs. The Potty
    7.4/10 171 votes

    #3 - Chuckie vs. The Potty

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/13/1992

    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

  • Together At Last
    7.5/10 145 votes

    #4 - Together At Last

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/13/1992

    Phil and Lil want separate lives. Phil goes to Tommy's with Lil's bow on. Lil stays home looking like Phil. They end up wanting to be together.

    Director: Steven Dean Moore

    Writer: Jonathan Greenberg

  • The Big House
    7.3/10 182 votes

    #5 - The Big House

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/20/1992

    Tommy has to go to an overprotective day-care with junior delinquent babies trying to break out. At first it seems like a challenge but then Tommy comes up with an idea to escape.

    Director: Jim Duffy

    Writer: Paul Germain

  • The Shot
    7.2/10 135 votes

    #6 - 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

  • Showdown At Teeter-Totter Gulch
    7.4/10 130 votes

    #7 - Showdown At Teeter-Totter Gulch

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 9/27/1992

    A mean girl steals toys from babies at the park, so Tommy stands up to her.

    Director: Steven Dean Moore

    Writer: Glenn Eichler

  • Mirrorland
    7.7/10 137 votes

    #8 - 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

  • Angelica's In Love
    7.4/10 124 votes

    #9 - Angelica's In Love

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/4/1992

    Angelica falls in love with a biker kid but doesn't know how to tell him, so she gives him hints throughout the whole episode. When they finally have a chance to be together, his mother comes and picks him up. After that, Angelica decides not to fall in love again - but when a cute foreign kid becomes her new neighbor, she falls in love all over again.

    Director: Jim Duffy

    Writer: Paul Germain

  • Ice Cream Mountain
    7.4/10 151 votes

    #10 - 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

  • Regarding Stuie
    7.2/10 122 votes

    #11 - Regarding Stuie

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 10/11/1992

    Stu tries to set up one of his wacky inventions on the roof and falls off, landing on his head, and starts to think he's a baby. The Rugrats take advantage of this and have fun with him but Tommy starts to miss his dad.

    Director: Norton Virgien

    Writer: Guy Maxtone-Graham

  • Garage Sale
    7.9/10 150 votes

    #12 - 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

  • Let There Be Light
    7.9/10 159 votes

    #13 - 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

  • The Bank Trick
    8.1/10 214 votes

    #14 - 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

  • Family Reunion
    7.7/10 124 votes

    #15 - 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

  • Grandpa's Date
    7.7/10 132 votes

    #16 - 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

  • No Bones About It
    7.5/10 122 votes

    #17 - 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, Michael J. Benavente

  • Beach Blanket Babies
    7.3/10 129 votes

    #18 - Beach Blanket Babies

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 11/1/1992

    The Rugrats go to the beach and Chuckie brings the sea monkeys from his house. Chuckie and Tommy can't lift the cooler, so they wait for the cooler to be empty and then bring it back and throw it in.

    Director: Jim Duffy

    Writer: Mark Trafficante, James Grant Goldin

  • Reptar On Ice
    7.5/10 134 votes

    #19 - Reptar On Ice

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 11/8/1992

    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: Howard E. Baker

    Writer: Peter Gaffney

  • Family Feud
    7.3/10 119 votes

    #20 - Family Feud

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 11/8/1992

    After Tommy, Phil and Lil's parents get in a big fight, Chuckie's dad tries to make them the best of friends again. If he fails, Tommy and Chuckie will never see Phil and Lil again!

    Director: Norton Virgien

    Writer: Michael Ferris

  • Superhero Chuckie
    7.3/10 123 votes

    #21 - 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

  • The Dog Broomer
    7.4/10 121 votes

    #22 - The Dog Broomer

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 11/15/1992

    Didi thinks that Spike needs a bath, so calls the best dog groomer. Tommy and Chuckie think the dog groomer is trying to hurt Spike, so they try to keep him from getting washed.

    Director: Jim Duffy

    Writer: Gary Glasberg

  • Aunt Miriam
    7.8/10 123 votes

    #23 - 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

  • The Inside Story
    7.6/10 126 votes

    #24 - The Inside Story

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 11/22/1992

    Chuckie accidentally swallows a watermelon seed. The babies all pretend to go inside of him, and find the seed. Angelica wants to grow the seed so Chuckie will explode and die. Tommy stops her and they get the seed, but at the end, Spike eats the seed.

    Director: Norton Virgien

    Writer: Holly Huckins

  • A Visit From Lipschitz
    7.4/10 121 votes

    #25 - A Visit From Lipschitz

    Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 11/29/1992

    While Didi and Stu go out, the famous Dr. Lipschitz babysits Tommy and Chuckie. The babies wonder about him and accidentally reveal him for the phoney that he is.

    Director: Jim Duffy

    Writer: Jonathan Greenberg