The Best Episodes of Rugrats Season 3
Every episode of Rugrats Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Rugrats Season 3!
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.
Season 3 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Rugrats" season 3 is "Dummi Bear Dinner Disaster", rated 7.3/10 from 118 user votes. It was directed by Jim Duffy and written by Rachel Lipman. "Dummi Bear Dinner Disaster" aired on 9/26/1993 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Twins Pique".
7.3/10 118 votes#1 - Dummi Bear Dinner Disaster
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1993
Paul Gatsby, the creator of the Dummi Bears, comes to dinner at the Carmicheals' house. Susie thinks that every time Paul and her father, Randy (who's the head writer for the Dummi Bears) get together, Paul buys the Carmicheals' a new house. Because of this, she and the rest of the Rugrats decide to ruin the dinner so Paul will be mad and not make the Carmicheals' move.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Rachel Lipman
7.6/10 123 votes#2 - Twins Pique
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1993
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Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Paul Germain
7.5/10 122 votes#3 - Chuckie's First Haircut
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1993
Chuckie is scared to get a haircut so the rugrats try to make him get over this fear.
Director: Howard E. Baker
Writer: Peter Gaffney, Jonathan Greenberg
7.7/10 125 votes#4 - Cool Hand Angelica
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1993
After Susie talks about her rough experiences at camp Angelica says that she could handle that entire camp in a day. Of course she's lying and trying to make herself look good but her wish comes true when her parents enroll her in the same camp as Susie and she realizes that it's not a piece of cake.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Peter Gaffney
7.0/10 102 votes#5 - Tricycle Thief
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1993
Chuckie is scared to get a haircut so the rugrats try to make him get over this fear.
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Glenn Eichler
7.4/10 109 votes#6 - Rhinoceritis!
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/1993
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: Jim Duffy
Writer: Doria Biddle
7.7/10 135 votes#7 - 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
7.8/10 174 votes#8 - 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
7.3/10 108 votes#9 - Circus Angelicus
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 10/24/1993
Susie's tricycle is missing, and everyone immediately blames Angelica. She denies it, but there is lots of evidence. Did she steal it?
Director: Jeff McGrath, Norton Virgien
Writer: Larry Doyle
7.6/10 114 votes#10 - 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
8.0/10 146 votes#11 - 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
7.8/10 115 votes#12 - 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
7.7/10 138 votes#13 - 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
7.6/10 111 votes#14 - Angelica Breaks a Leg
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 11/7/1993
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: Steve Viksten
7.7/10 124 votes#15 - 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
7.7/10 128 votes#16 - Sour Pickles
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 11/14/1993
Grandpa Lou tells the story of how much Stu and Drew fought as babies and try to get th eold tv working so they can watch the TV show, ""Blocky and Oxwinkle"".
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Scott J. Schneid, Tony Michelman
7.7/10 117 votes#17 - 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: Paul Germain, Peter Gaffney
7.5/10 113 votes#18 - Stu Gets A Job
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 11/21/1993
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Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Michael L. Kramer
7.2/10 106 votes#19 - Give And Take
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 11/28/1993
Tommy ""accidently"" lets Chuckie borrow his Boppo toy. Chuckie then relizes it's a clown toy. Angelica finds a switch on it and Chuckie pulls it, deflating Boppo. Then Tommy comes over and sees the deflated Boppo, Then Stu inflates it again.
Director: Howard E. Baker
Writer: Rachel Lipman
7.4/10 105 votes#20 - The Gold Rush
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 11/28/1993
Angelica finds a nickel in the sand box and thinks there's a fortune under the sand, so the babies dig. They start arguing about finding more nickels. Angelica maks the nickel with an X, but the wind blows it away and Angelica digs frantically to find it again. The babies don't care about nickels anymore and they just play happily again.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Doria Biddle
7.6/10 123 votes#21 - 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
7.3/10 118 votes#22 - The Mysterious Mr. Friend
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 12/5/1993
Stu invents a new toy: a scary walking, talking, heat-seeking clown doll. The babies encounter it, and are horrified. Eventually, it all comes down to a final battle royale between Tommy and friends and an army of "Mr. Friends." The babies win the day...or do they?
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Michael Ferris
7.6/10 118 votes#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
7.4/10 129 votes#24 - The Blizzard
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 12/12/1993
Chuckies favorite toy bus that he got from Santa gets broken after Stu steps on it, and whats worse is a blizzard is going to hit them. After the blizzard when playing in the snow Lou says that it looks like the North Pole. And so Chuckie gets an idea and says to the rest of the Rugrats that if the North Pole is near than so is Santa, and he can fix Chuckies toy. And so they go on an adventure to find Santa braving the blizzards, and harsh coldness of the North Pole (Tommys back yard). On the way they meet Angelica (Angelanik of the North) whos only going along to get toys. Later the Rugrats find out they went the wrong way and ended up at the South Pole. While the others are dissapointed Tommy thinks it's great that they managed to find the South Pole. And so Lou fixed Chuckies bus and the Rugrats had a fun adventure in the blizzard.
Director: Howard E. Baker
Writer: Samuel S. Williams
7.5/10 143 votes#25 - Destination: Moon
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 12/19/1993
When Chuckie's toy rocket flies too high, the babies think that it has gone to the moon. Thinking Grandpa Lou's new trailer is a rocket ship, the pretend to fly to the moon to search for Chuckie's rocket. But they have to watch out for moon monsters!
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Michael Ferris