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The Worst Episodes of Rugrats

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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Rugrats Season 4 Episode 1 - Mother's Day
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Mother's Day

    S4:E1

    The children decide to find a new mom for Chuckie for Mother's Day.

    Directors:Norton Virgien, Toni Vian
    Writers:Jon Cooksey, Ali Marie Matheson, J. David Stem, David N. Weiss

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  2. Rugrats Season 5 Episode 1 - Vacation
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    #2 - Vacation

    S5:E1

    The Pickles family takes a Las Vegas vacation.

    Director:Toni Vian
    Writers:Jon Cooksey, Ali Marie Matheson

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  3. Rugrats Season 5 Episode 20 - Hiccups
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    #3 - Hiccups

    S5:E20

    Tommy has the hiccups.

    Director:Rick Bugental
    Writer:Bill Braunstein

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  4. Rugrats Season 7 Episode 13 - Runaway Reptar
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    #4 - Runaway Reptar

    S7:E13

    The babies go to "Pokyo" to figure out why Reptar is running rampage.

    Directors:Jim Duffy, John Holmquist
    Writers:Jon Cooksey, Ali Marie Matheson

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  5. Rugrats Season 8 Episode 5 - Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts (3) : Don't Poop on My Parade
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    #5 - Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts (3) : Don't Poop on My Parade

    S8:E5

    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:Unknown

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  6. Rugrats Season 8 Episode 40 - The Magic Baby
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    #6 - The Magic Baby

    S8:E40

    After Grandpa Lou tells the Rugrats the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, they become convinced that Dil has eaten some magic beans and that he now possesses powers.

    Director:Jim Duffy
    Writer:Scott Gray

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  7. Rugrats Season 8 Episode 41 - Dil We Meet Again
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    #7 - Dil We Meet Again

    S8:E41

    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:Jeffrey Scott-Smith
    Writers:Jill Gorey, Barbara Herndon

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  8. Rugrats Season 8 Episode 42 - All's Well That Pretends Well
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    #8 - All's Well That Pretends Well

    S8:E42

    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

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  9. Rugrats Season 8 Episode 43 - Big Babies
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    #9 - Big Babies

    S8:E43

    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:Jeffrey Scott-Smith
    Writer:Ben Siegler

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  10. Rugrats Season 8 Episode 44 - The Incredible Shrinking Babies
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    #10 - The Incredible Shrinking Babies

    S8:E44

    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

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  11. Rugrats Season 8 Episode 45 - Miss Manners
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    #11 - Miss Manners

    S8:E45

    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

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  12. Rugrats Season 8 Episode 46 - A Dose Of Dil
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    #12 - A Dose Of Dil

    S8:E46

    When everyone else is getting attention from the grown-ups, Tommy feels left out. Angelica offers Tommy a practical solution - fake an illness or injury. Tommy takes her advice and eventually gets some attention from Dil.

    Director:Carol Millican
    Writer:Eleah Horwitz

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  13. Rugrats Season 8 Episode 47 - Famous Babies
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    #13 - Famous Babies

    S8:E47

    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
    Writers:Brian Flemming, Keythe Farley

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  14. Rugrats Season 1 Episode 1 - Tommy's First Birthday
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Tommy's First Birthday

    S1:E1

    Stu and Didi strive to make Tommy's first birthday a memorable one. They did, but under the wrong circumstances. Meanwhile Tommy wants to eat dog food so he can be just like Spike, eventually selling the other Rugrats on the idea.

    Director:Howard E. Baker
    Writers:Craig Bartlett, Paul Germain

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  15. Rugrats Season 1 Episode 2 - Barbeque Story
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Barbeque Story

    S1:E2

    Tommy has received his favorite toy in the whole world -- a ball. Angelica, always looking to spoil the babies' fun, takes the ball and tosses it into the neighbors' yard, resulting in the babies risking life and limb looking for it.

    Director:Norton Virgien
    Writers:Joe Ansolabehere, Steve Viksten

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  16. Rugrats Season 1 Episode 3 - Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup

    S1:E3

    Stu and Didi ended up taking Tommy to an important dinner at "Chez Ennui" with Mr. Mucklehoney (president of Mucklehoney Industries, a toy company), since Tiffany the babysitter (via telephone) and Grandpa have different plans (the babysitter's OTHER goldfish died and Grandpa was going bowling with a friend of his named Louise). Tommy, however, has plans of his own, and proceeds to get loose in the resturant kitchen, causing absolute chaos.

    Director:Norton Virgien
    Writers:Craig Bartlett, Paul Germain

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  17. Rugrats Season 1 Episode 4 - At the Movies
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - At the Movies

    S1:E4

    Tommy wants to see the Reptar movie, but his parents take him and the other Rugrats to the Westside Octoplex to see The Land Without Smiles (starring the Dummi Bears) instead. The Rugrats leave the Dummi Bears to go look for Reptar (showing at the same theater), leaving a path of destruction behind them.

    Director:Dan Thompson
    Writers:Craig Bartlett, Paul Germain

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  18. Rugrats Season 1 Episode 5 - Slumber Party
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Slumber Party

    S1:E5

    Angelica sleeps over at Tommy's, but her desire for an open window leaves Tommy feeling ill. This results in some very bizarre dreams.

    Director:Dan Thompson
    Writer:Jeffrey Townsend

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  19. Rugrats Season 1 Episode 6 - Baby Commercial
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Baby Commercial

    S1:E6

    Betty tells the story of how Phil and Lil got placed in a diaper commercial where the twins preferred exploring and destroying the set rather than sticking to the script.

    Director:Howard E. Baker
    Writers:Joe Ansolabehere, Steve Viksten

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  20. Rugrats Season 1 Episode 7 - Little Dude
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Little Dude

    S1:E7

    Didi brings Tommy to her work place - the local high school, for use as a visual aid. But when Tommy gets free and roams around campus, he becomes friends with a rebellious biker.

    Director:Howard E. Baker
    Writer:M.S. Freeman

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  21. Rugrats Season 1 Episode 8 - Beauty Contest
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Beauty Contest

    S1:E8

    Stu and Lou enter Tommy in a beauty pageant for baby girls when they learn that the Grand Prize is the Kingfisher 9000 (a top of the line sport fishing boat). But will a dress and a wig fool Tommy's toughest competiton...Angelica?

    Director:Norton Virgien
    Writer:Everett Peck

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  22. Rugrats Season 1 Episode 9 - Baseball
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Baseball

    S1:E9

    Stu and Grandpa take Tommy to see a Grizzlies' baseball game. Tommy, however, is more interested in his balloon hunt than the game, and his balloon hunt helps make a very important play for the Grizzlies' player Bucky Majors..

    Director:Norton Virgien
    Writer:M.S. Freeman

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  23. Rugrats Season 1 Episode 10 - Ruthless Tommy
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Ruthless Tommy

    S1:E10

    Being mistaken for the son of the millionaire Ronald Thump, Tommy is kidnapped by some thugs named Bob and Mike. But the kidnappers soon find out that it was more trouble than it was worth when Tommy begins flushing their stolen loot down the toilet.

    Director:Dan Thompson
    Writer:Ron Birnbach

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  24. Rugrats Season 1 Episode 11 - Moose Country
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Moose Country

    S1:E11

    After hearing Grandpa's mythical story about a moose, the Rugrats go look for one.

    Director:Dan Thompson
    Writer:Jeffrey Townsend

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  25. Rugrats Season 1 Episode 12 - Grandpa's Teeth
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Grandpa's Teeth

    S1:E12

    Grandpa is supposed to play his trumpet at a Veteran's Picnic, but Spike runs off with his dentures. Tommy and Chuckie set out to get them back in the craziest wild-duck chase in the history of dental rescue.

    Director:Howard E. Baker
    Writers:Ben Herndon, Margot Pipkin

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Mother's Day" is the worst rated episode of "Rugrats". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Norton Virgien, Toni Vian and written by Jon Cooksey, Ali Marie Matheson, J. David Stem, David N. Weiss, it aired on 5/6/1997. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Vacation".