The Worst Episodes of Rugrats
Every episode of Rugrats ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Rugrats!
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.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Rugrats" is "Hiccups", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by Rick Bugental and written by Bill Braunstein. "Hiccups" aired on 9/12/1998 and is rated NaN point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "The Turkey Who Came To Dinner".
NaN/10 0 votes#1 - Hiccups
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 9/12/1998
Tommy has the hiccups.
Director: Rick Bugental
Writer: Bill Braunstein
NaN/10 0 votes#2 - The Turkey Who Came To Dinner
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 11/10/1998
The kids try to free the live turkey intended for Thanksgiving dinner.
Director: Jim Duffy, Rick Bugental
Writer: Mark Palmer
- NaN/10 0 votes
#3 - The Magic Baby
Season 8 Episode 40 - Aired 5/4/2001
Stu gets worn out taking care of Tommy and Dil so the adults send him on a spa treatment to make him feel better.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Scott Gray
- NaN/10 0 votes
#4 - Dil We Meet Again
Season 8 Episode 41 - Aired 5/4/2001
The grown-ups prepare for a block party. After Betty warned the Rugrats that Dil will become a watermelon if he eats too much of it, they thought that it happened when Didi took Dil inside to clean him up and was replaced at that spot with a watermelon, while they saw Chazz making balloon animals. The worst part is that watermelon is going to be part of a watermelon-eating contest.
Director: Jeff Scott
Writer: Barbara Herndon, Jill Gorey
- NaN/10 0 votes
#5 - All's Well That Pretends Well
Season 8 Episode 42 - Aired 7/6/2001
The Cirque du Dummi Bear show is coming to town, and Angelica really wants to go. There's only one problem -- she's coming down with a cold. The good news (to her, of course) is that Charlotte and Drew doesn't know about her cold yet, so she makes a scheme to hide the cold from them and make them believe that one of the other Rugrats have it.
Director: Rick Bugental
Writer: Scott Gray
- NaN/10 0 votes
#6 - Big Babies
Season 8 Episode 43 - Aired 7/6/2001
Kevin McNulty, one of Grandpa's old friends (and of course, related to Timmy and the McNulty boys), goes through the secret initiation in order to get into the Loyal Order of Wombats. After seeing this, the Rugrats have Dil go through something similar, so he could become one of the ""Big Babies"". In turn, their fathers mimic the Rugrats, on a bet that they could do everything the Rugrats do.
Director: Jeff Scott
Writer: Ben Siegler
NaN/10 0 votes#7 - The Incredible Shrinking Babies
Season 8 Episode 44 - Aired 7/13/2001
The Rugrats are at a craft & antique fair, where Didi is selling her ""Bird Homes"" -- artistic bird houses that she made. However, she hadn't made any money, or as so much as a glance from someone walking by, due to her competition. Meanwhile, Grandpa sits down on an antique rocker to tell a story to the Rugrats; naturally, he falls asleep. The rocker is up for auction, but with Grandpa still in the rocker, the Rugrats though that it was Grandpa who's up for auction, so they find a way to buy him back.
Director: Sylvia Keulen
Writer: Peter Egan
- NaN/10 0 votes
#8 - Miss Manners
Season 8 Episode 45 - Aired 7/13/2001
Angelica graduates from the ""Mind My Manners Charm School"", where she is taught good manners. She puts her knowledge of manners to work when an important guest, an executive for Charlotte's company, is invited to Drew & Charlotte's for dinner, leading to Angelica teaching the Rugrats some manners.
Director: Carol Millican
Writer: Alice Miller
- NaN/10 0 votes
#9 - A Dose Of Dil
Season 8 Episode 46 - Aired 7/20/2001
Rugrats play ""Follow The Leader"", with Dil being the leader. When Dil sucks his thumb (mimicking Stu when he sucks his own thumb after hitting his hammer on it), the Rugrats do the same, but fail to stop. When the adults noticed this, they panicked after reading in a Lipschitz book that thumb-sucking leads to poor academic skills and bucked teeth. Angelica uses this advice to get Chuckie to believe that they'll turn into ducks, when they get ""duck
Director: Carol Millican
Writer: Eleah Horwitz
NaN/10 0 votes#10 - Famous Babies
Season 8 Episode 47 - Aired 7/20/2001
Betty chat about ""The Proud Poppas"", a 60s rock-and-roll band that they loved a long time ago. This encourages Angelica to encourage the Rugrats to start their own band.
Director: Cathy Malkasian
Writer: Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming
- 5.7/10 76 votes
#11 - 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
- 6.0/10 76 votes
#12 - 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
- 6.1/10 78 votes
#13 - Cooking With Susie
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1999
Susie was a first on her block to get a Cynthia Easy Cook Oven -- literally, as they weren't available to the general public yet; the makers were advertisers on the Dummi Bears show. The oven was so precious to Susie, she wouldn't sell it to anyone, not even Angelica. With the oven, she made some Reptar Snack Squares. The Rugrats ate them, but didn't like them. However, they lied to Susie and told her they were the best snacks they ever eaten; they lied (as recommended by Angelica, of
Director: John Holmquist
Writer: Jon Cooksey, Ali Marie Matheson
- 6.1/10 69 votes
#14 - 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
- 6.1/10 74 votes
#15 - 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
- 6.1/10 84 votes
#16 - 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
6.2/10 70 votes#17 - Share And Share A Spike
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1999
Tommy wanted to play with Spike -- and so does Dil. Because of this, they are forced to share Spike. Since Tommy wanted Spike all to himself, he tries to find other suitable pets that Dil can play with, even having the other Rugrats to be Dil's pets. Meanwhile Stu and Drew still haven't learned to share.
Director: Rick Bugental
Writer: Monica Piper
- 6.2/10 75 votes
#18 - Tommy For Mayor
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1999
After seeing someone on TV running for mayor of their town, the Rugrats vote to see who's going to be ""mayor"" of their group -- Tommy or Phil. Meanwhile, Didi and Betty work on mailouts in support of the town's mayoral candidate -- Sheila Swann.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Rick Gitelson
6.2/10 1,817 votes#19 - Doctor Susie
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 12/4/1999
Tommy and Chuckie are getting sick and tired of each other, so they decide to hang out with people who act like them. Later on that gets annoying and they start to miss each other.
Director: Jeff Scott
Writer: Scott Gray
- 6.2/10 70 votes
#20 - 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
- 6.2/10 69 votes
#21 - 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
- 6.2/10 69 votes
#22 - 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
6.3/10 69 votes#23 - Partners In Crime
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 11/6/1999
At home, the Rugrats watch an old, ""Bonnie & Clyde""-type film on TV with Grandpa. At the park, Angelica and Dil used what they saw to play ""Bonnie & Clyde"", with Angelica stealing food from other kids and Dil playing accomplice. Meanwhile, at the park, Grandpa continues to watch the movie on a portable TV set, getting the other adults to do the same.
Director: Jeff Scott
Writer: Monica Piper
6.3/10 120 votes#24 - 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
- 6.3/10 72 votes
#25 - 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