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The Best Episodes of Rugrats Season 8

Every episode of Rugrats Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Rugrats Season 8!

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 8 Ratings Summary

"Be My Valentine" is the best rated episode of "Rugrats" season 8. It scored 6.3/10 based on 121 votes. Directed by Carol Millican, Mark Risley and written by Barbara Herndon, Jill Gorey, Eleah Horwitz, it aired on 2/14/2000. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Discover America".

  • Be My Valentine
    6.3/10121 votes

    #1 - Be My Valentine

    Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 2/14/2000

    Chuckie tries to give a Valentine to his dad.

    Director: Carol Millican, Mark Risley

    Writer: Barbara Herndon, Jill Gorey, Eleah Horwitz

  • Discover America
    6.5/1092 votes

    #2 - Discover America

    Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2000

    The babies go on an imaginary tour of America when Angelica and Susie cause some damage at a picnic.

    Director: Sylvia Keulen

    Writer: Kate Boutilier

  • Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts (1) : Diaper Change
    6.5/1076 votes

    #3 - Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts (1) : Diaper Change

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 11/7/2000

    The gang goes to the Fall Festival. When Grandpa moves out, a Reptar robot for Euro Reptar Land malfunctions in his basement. Meanwhile, Chazz starts to play The Dating Game, after Betty gave him a makeover. Betty also had Phil & Lil switch to super-absorbent diapers.

    Director: Louie del Carmen

    Writer: Barbara Herndon, Jill Gorey

  • Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts (2) : Fall Stinks
    6.4/1067 votes

    #4 - Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts (2) : Fall Stinks

    Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 11/8/2000

    Tommy and the Rugrats give up Reptar for good, and bury all their Reptar stuff in the sandbox.

    Director: Chris Hermans

    Writer: N/A

  • Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts (3) : Don't Poop on My Parade
    6.5/1066 votes

    #5 - Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts (3) : Don't Poop on My Parade

    Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/2000

    The Rugrats try to stop Fall by stopping the parade, and they do, with a little help of their former friend, Reptar. And in the audience, someone from Euro Reprar Land is watching, in hopes that it would become an important part of the new theme park. Meanwhile, Grandpa recovers nicely, but ends up coming down with a new disease -- the "Love Bug" -- after a nurse named Lulu brought him back to health. In a bizarre twist, this wasn't the first time they met, yet it was the first time they knew each other.

    Director: Jim Duffy

    Writer: N/A

  • Finsterella
    6.7/1068 votes

    #6 - Finsterella

    Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 1/15/2001

    This episode picks up where Rugrats In Paris has left off -- with the entire gang now back in the good old US of A, with Chazz a newly-married man, and, most importantly, Chuckie gaining a new mother and sister that he likes. But if you think that the Watanabe-Finsters are going to be in a total state of bliss from now on, think again -- as long as there's Angelica, there cannot be total bliss. And who else but Angelica would put a damper on Chuckie's happiness? While Kira studies for a fairy tale play (which involves Cinderella), Angelica tries to trick Chuckie into thinking that he'll be living the same life as Cinderella -- virtually being a slave to Angelica and Kimi, while everyone else gets ready for a party that will celebrate the newlywed couple's adoption of each other's child, a couple of weeks after their marriage.

    Director: Jeff Scott

    Writer: Barbara Herndon, Jill Gorey

  • Angelicon
    6.4/10114 votes

    #7 - Angelicon

    Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 1/19/2001

    At the Finsters, Stu builds a treehouse for Chuckie, Kimi, and the other Rugrats to play in. After Kimi took Cynthia from Angelica (without asking, of course) to play in her treehouse, the Rugrats imagine Angelica as if she was a monster from the jungle, a la ""King Kong"".

    Director: Jeff Scott

    Writer: Eleah Horwitz

  • Dil's Binkie
    6.6/1068 votes

    #8 - Dil's Binkie

    Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 1/19/2001

    Dil's pacifier travels around the neighborhood, after it drops out of Dil's mouth.

    Director: Dave Fontana

    Writer: David Regal

  • Big Brother Chuckie
    6.6/1075 votes

    #9 - Big Brother Chuckie

    Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 1/19/2001

    When Chuckie is afraid of the same things that Kimi likes, he fears that he isn't such a good big brother to her. Meanwhile, Chazz & Kira start making plans for a new business venture -- a coffee house.

    Director: Dave Fontana

    Writer: David Regal

  • Sister Act
    6.0/1071 votes

    #10 - Sister Act

    Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 1/26/2001

    At an amusement park, Angelica, now the only only-child in the series, feels left out when she had no brother or sister to join her in a novelty photograph. After Drew mentioned to her that they aren't ready to have any more kids, she starts looking for someone who would make a good brother or sister for her.

    Director: Rick Bugental

    Writer: David Rosenberg

  • Spike's Nightscare
    6.5/1067 votes

    #11 - Spike's Nightscare

    Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 1/26/2001

    When the Rugrats notice that Spike is having a nightmare, they help Spike out of it by giving him the things that help them through their nightmares.

    Director: Chris Hermans

    Writer: David Rosenberg

  • Cuddle Bunny
    6.5/1068 votes

    #12 - Cuddle Bunny

    Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 1/26/2001

    At Edwin's birthday party, Kimi falls in love with the donkey piñata at a party, thinking that it was a "Cuddle Bunny". But when she learns that the kids will bust it open for the candy inside, the Rugrats try to save Cuddle Bunny from its impending destruction.

    Director: Chris Hermans

    Writer: Sarah Jane Cunningham, Suzie Villandry

  • Changes for Chuckie
    6.1/1072 votes

    #13 - Changes for Chuckie

    Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/2001

    Since Kira & Kimi came into Chuckie's life, he believes that everything is changing when Kira straightens his hair, buys him new "trap-door" pajamas with feet, gives him sandwiches with crusts, and, worst of all, gives Wawa a makeover.

    Director: Chris Hermans

    Writer: Sarah Jane Cunningham, Suzie Villandry

  • The Magic Show
    7.0/101 votes

    #14 - The Magic Show

    Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/2001

    The Rugrats discover the first thing about magic when they sneak backstage at a magic show at the local park.

    Director: Robert H. "Bob" Fuentes III

    Writer: David Regal

  • A Lulu of a Time
    7.0/101 votes

    #15 - A Lulu of a Time

    Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/2001

    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.

    Director: Robert H. "Bob" Fuentes III

    Writer: David Rosenberg

  • Falling Stars
    7.0/101 votes

    #16 - Falling Stars

    Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/2001

    The gang are at the park at night to watch the stars fall. In a fantasy salute to Star Wars, the Rugrats try to keep the stars from falling by fighting the Darth Vader-like force, Angelica, that causes this phenomenon.

    Director: Louie del Carmen

    Writer: David Rosenberg

  • Dayscare
    7.0/101 votes

    #17 - Dayscare

    Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 2/9/2001

    To help expand their minds, Chazz and Kira send their kids to the Happy Clown Daycare Center, endorsed by Dr. Lipschitz. Angelica informs Chuckie & Kimi that daycare can be dangerous, as it's where the "scary kids" go to play. When they got there, Kimi ended up having a ball, while Chuckie would rather hide in balls.

    Director: Anthony Bell

    Writer: N/A

  • The Great Unknown
    7.0/101 votes

    #18 - The Great Unknown

    Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 2/9/2001

    The Rugrats set their sights on a staircase post, where it hides one of the Rugrats' greatest mysteries -- why does it wobble?

    Director: Louie del Carmen

    Writer: David Regal

  • Cat Got Your Tongue?
    7.0/101 votes

    #19 - Cat Got Your Tongue?

    Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 2/16/2001

    Howard has laryngitis, making it difficult for him to speak. When Lulu asks if his "cat got his tongue", the Rugrats look for Fluffy, so they can get it back.

    Director: Dave Fontana

    Writer: Sarah Jane Cunningham, Suzie Villandry

  • The War Room
    7.0/101 votes

    #20 - The War Room

    Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 2/16/2001

    After Grandpa told the Rugrats one of his war stories, the Rugrats rescue Dil's bottle as if they're at war.

    Director: Jeff Scott

    Writer: Joan Considine Johnson

  • Attention Please
    7.0/101 votes

    #21 - Attention Please

    Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/2001

    When Kira & Chazz felt that Kimi is homesick for France, they throw her a party and shower her with gifts, all with a French theme. However, by doing so, they ended up not giving Chuckie any attention.

    Director: Jeff Scott

    Writer: Joan Considine Johnson

  • And the Winner Is...
    7.0/101 votes

    #22 - And the Winner Is...

    Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 3/9/2001

    Angelica & Susie compete in a talent show, with Angelica having the usual unfair advantage, thanks to a little spying, trickery, and Charlotte's usual connections. At stake -- a trip to Cynthialand. Also in the show -- Grandpa & Lulu's dance act, provided that Grandpa's trick back doesn't get in the way.

    Director: Jim Duffy, Anthony Bell

    Writer: Joan Considine Johnson

  • Dil's Bath Time
    7.0/101 votes

    #23 - Dil's Bath Time

    Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 3/9/2001

    While Stu works on his latest robotic invention, Didi notices that Tommy likes baths, but Dil does not. While she gives both babies their baths, a fantasy sequence reveals the answer -- Dil imagines that he's sailing in the rough ocean.

    Director: Jim Duffy, Louie del Carmen

    Writer: David Rosenberg

  • Bigger Than Life
    7.0/101 votes

    #24 - Bigger Than Life

    Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 3/9/2001

    Chuckie's afraid of losing his friends after the Rugrats are attracted to Kimi's adventures.

    Director: Jim Duffy, Louie del Carmen

    Writer: David Rosenberg

  • My Fair Babies
    7.0/101 votes

    #25 - My Fair Babies

    Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 3/30/2001

    When Angelica decides to play "business luncheon", the Rugrats wanted to play too. However, Angelica told the Rugrats that they can't play unless they're able to wear grown-up clothes, tell jokes and not wear diapers -- her idea of growing up. Susie tries to make the Rugrats grow up, so they can join Angelica.

    Director: Jeff Scott

    Writer: Scott Gray