The Best Episodes Written By Ali Marie Matheson

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   10.0/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Portrait of Maddie

   S2:E811/26/1985

   Maddie becomes obsessed by the portrait done of her by an artist she never knew and who killed himself upon completing it.

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   9.3/10(3 votes)

   #2 - Money Talks, Maddie Walks

   S2:E310/8/1985

   Maddie learns through the near-suicide of a friend where her embezzling accountant has fled to and immediately flies after him, determined to get her money back.

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   8.8/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Next Stop Murder

   S1:E53/26/1985

   Maddie and Dave get trapped on a train filled with mystery buffs when they try to deliver Agnes on time for her big weekend solving a make-believe murder staged by a famous author.

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #4 - Submarine

   S6:E112/20/1999

   Stu goes shopping for a new car which Tommy, Chuckie, and Dil pretend its a submarine and have an undersea adventure.

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   8.2/10(7 votes)

   #5 - Lane Change

   S2:E131/12/1987

   One stormy night on a deserted highway, a distraught wife driving toward an impending divorce glimpses her past through the windshield after picking up a mysterious woman who ran out of gas.

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   7.3/10(4 votes)

   #6 - First Anniversary

   S2:E72/16/1996

   As he celebrates his first wedding anniversary, Norman Glass thinks he's the luckiest man alive. His wife Ady, whom he met after the tragic death of her first husband, is stunningly beautiful and talented. She loves him more than anyone alive. They have two great friends, Dennis and Barbara, who were arried on the same day and are just as madly in love as Norman and Ady. But suddenly things start to change. First, Dennis leaves Barbara. Then, Norman must struggle with the strange, growing revulsion he feels when he touches, smells, tastes or sees his lovely wife. Norman thinks he's going crazy, but Barbara and Ady know better. Is love blind? Is beauty only skin-deep? Guess again.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - Radio Daze

   S4:E48/30/1997

   The Rugrats pretend to be characters from an old radio serial.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #8 - Psycho Angelica

   S4:E58/30/1997

   Angelica pretends to be a psychic.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - The Smell of Success

   S4:E119/20/1997

   Chuckie's sense of smell improves.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Clan of The Duck

    S4:E1510/4/1997

    Chuckie and Phil explore dresses.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Cooking With Susie

    S7:E510/9/1999

    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

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Potty Training Spike

    S4:E1610/11/1997

    Chuckie teaches Spike bathroom manners.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Turtle Recall

    S4:E2311/8/1997

    Rugrats aid a pet store turtle.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The First Cut

    S5:E48/16/1998

    Tommy suffers his first cut.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Uneasy Rider

    S5:E188/29/1998

    Chuckie gets his first bike.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Chuckerfly

    S6:E31/23/1999

    Dil and Angelica steal the affections of the adults because they are beautiful and cute, so Chuckie decides to turn into a butterfly to be beautiful and cute too.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Chuckie's A Lefty

    S6:E122/20/1999

    Chuckie thinks that he's not normal because he can color with either his left or right hand.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Hair!

    S6:E142/27/1999

    Grandpa's old army buddy, Roy Davis, is paying a visit, but Grandpa's afraid that he'll be embarrased by his baldness and being out of shape. Meanwhile, afraid that Tommy will stay a baby forever because he's bald, according to Angelica (of course), the Rugrats try to find hair for Tommy.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Junior Prom

    S6:E244/10/1999

    After looking at prom pictures in their parents' high school yearbooks, and the fact that Alisa is going to her own prom, the Rugrats have a prom of their own, complete with a limo and chauffeur (Dil in the Reptar Wagon), so they can decide who can be prom queen -- Angelica or Susie.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Tie My Shoes

    S6:E328/7/1999

    After seeing Miss Carol tie shoes on her video using toy snakes, Angelica becomes an expert a shoe-tying, and proves it by tying everything in the house -- and Chuckie's eternally-untied shoes. However, Chazz thought that Chuckie tied them all by himself. Because of this, Chuckie is afraid that his dad will get angry if he learns the truth, so he tries to keep them tied, at any cost. Meanwhile, the grown-ups try to cook burgers at their cookout.

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    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Little Bundle of Trouble

    S2:E2010/18/1985

    The Jetson family gets a baby on their doorstep, but this is no ordinary baby. Turns out he is a pint-sized robber in diguise.

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