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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...
Genres:FamilyAnimationKidsComedy
Network:Nickelodeon

Worst Episodes Summary

"Hiccups" is the worst rated episode of "Rugrats". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Rick Bugental and written by Bill Braunstein, it aired on 9/12/1998. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Turkey Who Came To Dinner".

  • Hiccups
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    #1 - Hiccups

    Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 9/12/1998

    Tommy has the hiccups.

    Director: Rick Bugental

    Writer: Bill Braunstein

  • The Turkey Who Came To Dinner
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    #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

  • The Magic Baby
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    #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

  • Dil We Meet Again
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    #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

  • All's Well That Pretends Well
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    #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

  • Big Babies
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    #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

  • The Incredible Shrinking Babies
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    #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

  • Miss Manners
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    #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

  • A Dose Of Dil
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    #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

  • Famous Babies
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    #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

  • Lil's Phil of Trash
    5.6/1076 votes
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    #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

  • Bestest of Show
    5.9/1076 votes
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    #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

  • Cooking With Susie
    6.0/1078 votes
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    #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

  • Sister Act
    6.0/1069 votes
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    #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

  • Clown Around
    6.0/1084 votes
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    #15 - 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

  • Share And Share A Spike
    6.1/1070 votes
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    #16 - 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

  • Tommy For Mayor
    6.1/1075 votes
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    #17 - 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

  • Changes for Chuckie
    6.1/1070 votes
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    #18 - 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

  • Kimi Takes the Cake
    6.1/1069 votes
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    #19 - 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

  • Baby Power
    6.1/1073 votes
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    #20 - 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

  • Partners In Crime
    6.2/1069 votes
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    #21 - 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

  • Doctor Susie
    6.2/101,815 votes
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    #22 - 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

  • Hold the Pickles
    6.2/1065 votes
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    #23 - 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

  • Imagine That
    6.2/1068 votes
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    #24 - 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

  • Mutt's in a Name
    6.2/1072 votes
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    #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