6.9/10114 votes#1 - Happy Taffy
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2002
The new baby-sitter worries the babies with her taste in teen-angst music, and the grown-ups with her wardrobe.
Director: Dave Fontana
Writer: Scott Gray
- 7.5/1054 votes
#2 - Bug Off
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/2002
Taffy takes the Rugrats to a high school basketball game, where the Hornets are playing the visiting Poodles. However, Taffy ""volunteers"" herself to replace one of the cheerleaders, after one of them, her best friend Britannica, sprained their ankle, after Taffy caused their pyramid to collapse. As she does so, she leaves the Rugrats alone in the bleachers while she fills in for Britannica, and eventually,
Director: John Holmquist, Dave Fontana
Writer: Scott Gray
- 6.3/1070 votes
#3 - Who's Taffy?
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/2002
When Taffy comes over to babysit the Rugrats, she is upset that the band will break up, all because they feel that she is affecting her performance in the band. When Taffy says, ""I'm not myself"", Angelica tries to cheer her up by dressing like Taffy. However, this created a new problem -- the Rugrats think that Angelica, wearing one of taffy's hair clips, has become Taffy; while Taffy, calling the bandmembers ""dumb babies"" over the phone, has become Angelica.
Director: Chris Hermans
Writer: Peter Egan
- 6.3/1067 votes
#4 - Hold the Pickles
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/2002
The tykes misconstrue something their babysitter says about not liking dill pickles.
Director: Jeff Scott
Writer: Cynthia Riddle
- 6.3/1064 votes
#5 - Diapies & Dragons
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/2002
Taffy takes the Rugrats to a video arcade; the Rugrats imagine themselves trying to save ""Princess"" Taffy from the dragons in a video game.
Director: Chris Hermans
Writer: Scott Gray
- 5.7/1078 votes
#6 - Lil's Phil of Trash
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 10/5/2002
When Taffy takes the babies on a picnic in the park, Phil bonds with Dusty, a young "sanitation artist" picking up trash, who is eventually revealed to be doing community service for littering.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Vera Duffy
- 6.2/1071 votes
#7 - Kimi Takes the Cake
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 10/5/2002
Kimi has a special birthday party at Happy Castle.
Director: Chris Hermans
Writer: Peter Hunziker
- 6.2/1075 votes
#8 - Baby Power
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 10/5/2002
The Rugrats coat Dil with ""Baby Power"" (baby powder), so he could be strong enough to beat Spiffy in a game of Tug-Of-War. Shortly afterward, though, an earthquake strikes the city, leading the Rugrats to believe that Dil has too much ""Baby Power"", so they try to find a way to make him normal again. The earthquake has given Stu an opportunity to try special earthquake safety helmets on the Rugrats, the newest product from Pickles Industries, ""the first name in disaster"".
Director: Jeff Scott
Writer: Noah Taft
- 6.0/1078 votes
#9 - Bestest of Show
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/2002
The tykes enter their pets in a contest.
Director: Chris Hermans
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/1070 votes
#10 - Imagine That
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/2002
Angelica pretends to be the hero of a TV adventure, while Tommy and the gang make believe she's the villain.
Director: Chris Hermans
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/1074 votes
#11 - Mutt's in a Name
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 11/22/2002
The Finsters' puppy is ill, and the babies think it's because she hasn't been named properly, but pet psychologist Dr. Mutterly thinks otherwise.
Director: Michael Mullen
Writer: Jeffrey Wynne
6.5/1072 votes#12 - The Perfect Twins
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/2002
Lil tries emulating her prim and proper twin cousins from England, while Phil works to persuade her to stay messy like him. Also, Angelica pretends that she's American royalty.
Director: Carol Millican
Writer: N/A
7.0/1068 votes#13 - Babies In Toyland
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/2002
Dil's first Christmas finds Santa Claus driven to quit the toy-giving business by Angelica, who's unhappy about her gift: a "dumb" reindeer doll. Elsewhere, the grown-ups get snowed in at a re-creation of a pioneer cabin designed by Stu.
Director: Broni Likomanov
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1086 votes
#14 - Clown Around
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 1/30/2003
Chuckie's afraid he's turning into a circus clown after he and the babies make their first trip to the big top.
Director: Michael Mullen
Writer: Rick Gitelson
- 7.0/101 votes
#15 - The Baby Rewards
Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 1/30/2003
Tommy and his friends put on their own television "rewards" show.
Director: Michael Mullen
Writer: Steve Ochs
- 7.0/101 votes
#16 - Starstruck
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 3/8/2003
When Hollywood celebrity Mack Granite visits the coffee shop, he got more than a decent cup of coffee -- he also finds the perfect person to play the role of a little girl in his next film. And Kimi is -- that girl. But, when Mack says that Kimi is going to be a star, the Rugrats though that she'll be up in the sky, twinkling.
Director: Jeff Scott
Writer: Noah Taft
- 7.0/101 votes
#17 - The Crawl Space
Season 9 Episode 17 - Aired 3/8/2003
Didi wanted Stu to clean up the living room for Boris & Minka's visit, which includes putting the toys away. Sarcastically, Stu says that he would put the toys, and the babies, into the crawlspace. Angelica interprets this by banishing the Rugrats to the crawl space, where they could play there, while Angelica has the living room all to herself, to the displeasure of Susie. Meanwhile, Stu invents an automatic plan
Director: Carol Millican
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/101 votes
#18 - The Bravliest Baby
Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 6/8/2003
Tommy's nerves are shaken after he's involved in a playground accident.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Scott Gray
- 7.0/101 votes
#19 - Gimme an A
Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 6/8/2003
The gang runs wild on a college campus.
Director: Michael Mullen
Writer: Mark Valenti
7.0/101 votes#20 - Club Fred
Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 9/6/2003
The families go on a resort vacation, but are unable to relax when they're forced to share one room. Meanwhile, the babies look for treasure.
Director: Jeff Scott
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/101 votes
#21 - Back to School
Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 9/13/2003
Tommy fears that his life is going in reverse when his mom decides to go back to school.
Director: Michael Mullen
Writer: Rick Gitelson
- 7.0/101 votes
#22 - Sweet Dreams
Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 9/13/2003
Chuckie's recurring dream is nowhere to be found.
Director: Dave Fontana
Writer: Nan Friedman, Ronda Spinak
- 7.0/101 votes
#23 - Baby Sale
Season 9 Episode 23 - Aired 9/20/2003
Tommy and the gang become anxious during an outing to Krudnik's department store for bargain baby clothing.
Director: Carol Millican
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/101 votes
#24 - Steve
Season 9 Episode 24 - Aired 9/20/2003
The kids mourn the melting away of a snowman they dubbed Steve.
Director: Broni Likomanov
- 7.0/101 votes
#25 - A Step at a Time
Season 9 Episode 25 - Aired 9/27/2003
The babies recall their first steps with embarrassment, while their parents remember them differently.
Director: Broni Likomanov
Writer: Mark Palmer
The Best Episodes of Rugrats Season 9
Every episode of Rugrats Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Rugrats Season 9!
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 9 Ratings Summary
"Happy Taffy" is the best rated episode of "Rugrats" season 9. It scored 6.9/10 based on 114 votes. Directed by Dave Fontana and written by Scott Gray, it aired on 9/21/2002. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Bug Off".