8.0/103 votes#1 - Downtown as Fruits
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/1996
Not looking forward to performing in Helga's "The Four Food Groups" musical, Arnold and Gerald decide to take the bus a few stops too many, but end up stuck downtown.
Director: Larry Leichliter
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
8.0/101 votes#2 - Field Trip
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1996
The kids are really looking forward to their field trip to the aquarium - especially when they remember the scary Lock Jaw from their last trip. But, when they get there, they see that Lock Jaw isn't really that scary. Arnold notices how neglected the old turtle looks, and returns later with Grandma to set it free.
Director: Steve Socki
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
8.0/101 votes#3 - Arnold the Tutor
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 12/30/1996
Arnold is given the assignment to tutor Torvald, the meanest, toughest kid in Arnold's math class, for the big math test on Friday.
Director: Larry Leichliter
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.5/102 votes#4 - Chuckie vs. The Potty
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/13/1992
Chaz wants Chuckie to be potty trained but can't get him to go. The babies try not to let Didi and Stu make him use it. Chuckie has a dream about never learning and he uses the potty overnight.
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#5 - Eugene's Bike
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1996
When Arnold accidentally ruins Eugene's new bike, he takes Eugene out on a day of fun, thinking that "every geek deserves his day".
Director: Kelly James
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#6 - The Baseball
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/4/1996
Arnold's favorite baseball player is playing his last game, so he decides to go and see his last game. The only problem is that he winds up with terrible seats.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#7 - The List
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 11/25/1996
Arnold attempts to do something that no other kid has done before - completing the entire list of a kid's perfect Saturday! But, unfortunately, things don't go quite to plan.
Director: Larry Leichliter
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#8 - Cool Jerk
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/16/1996
An older cool guy befriends Arnold, but Arnold realizes that he is really a shoplifter.
Director: Larry Leichliter
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#9 - Spelling Bee
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 1/6/1997
Arnold and Helga compete on a Spelling Bee contest.
Director: Steve Socki
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#10 - World Records
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 1/27/1997
The kids try to get in the book of world records so much that they would do anything, including most people on a one-person bike and the longest game of Crack-The-Whip.
Director: Kelly James
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#11 - Barbeque Story
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/18/1991
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
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#12 - Baby Commercial
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/8/1991
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
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#13 - Momma Trauma
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/17/1991
After Tommy is found drawing on walls at the Pickles' house, Stu and Didi take him to a psychiatrist name Dr. Lepetomaine. When Tommy breaks free and has an adventure around the medical office building, Stu ends up being the one psychoanalyzed.
Director: Howard E. Baker
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#14 - Real or Robots
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/1/1991
After seeing a scary movie, Tommy and Chuckie decide to find out if Stu is a human or robot. Too bad his sleepwalking makes him appear to be a mechanical monster!
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#15 - Fluffy vs. Spike
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/12/1992
Angelica brings her cat Fluffy over to the Pickles' house, where it makes a mess. When Angelica blames the cat's misdeeds on Spike, will Tommy be able to clear his dog's name?
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#16 - Stu-Maker's Elves
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 5/24/1992
Tommy and Chuckie accidentally toss their glider plane into the scary basement. They explore Stu's workshop and inadvertently fix an invention.
Director: Craig Bartlett
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#17 - The Shot
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 9/20/1992
Tommy tells the babies that he's going to get his booster shot, but when Chuckie warns Tommy what it is he becomes scared and tries to avoid getting it.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#18 - Grandpa's Date
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 10/25/1992
After 40 years, Grandpa's long-lost love Morgana pays a visit. Morgana broke up with Grandpa over his affair with another woman named Trixie McGee, but never knew the real story. Also, Grandpa doesn't want her to know that he's a grandfather, so he rushes Tommy and Chuckie to bed. In any case, everyone has to contend with Stu's new remote-controlled couch, which is more like a mechanical bull for two.
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#19 - The Santa Experience
Season 2 Episode 27 - Aired 12/6/1992
After Angelica finds out that Santa Claus is a fake, she decides to take Phil and Lil's presents away. Meanwhile Tommy tries to convince Chuckie that Santa Claus isn't a scary man. The adults take them all for a trip in the mountains for Christmas and that's where the Christmas spirit strikes Angelica and she decides to give Phil and Lil their presents back so she won't get coal for Christmas. Chaz decides to dress up as Santa and when Chuckie sees him he loses his fear of Santa Claus.
Director: Charles Swenson
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#20 - Meet The Carmichaels
Season 2 Episode 34 - Aired 1/10/1993
New neighbors the Carmichaels come to town and the Pickles help them get settled in. Tommy meets all the kids: Alisa, Buster, Edwin and Susie Carmichael. Susie tells Tommy all about her great room, but she can't find it so they search all around Susie's new house for her brand new room.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#21 - Down The Drain
Season 2 Episode 36 - Aired 2/7/1993
Bored at home, the grown-ups decide to take the Rugrats to see "Reptar On Ice," but when they find Reptar's baby the rugrats decide to be part of the act.
Director: Dan Thompson
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#22 - The Slide
Season 2 Episode 42 - Aired 3/28/1993
After Chuckie mistakenly goes down the "big kids' slide" at a Chuck E. Cheese-type place, he's afraid of all slides, and Angelica and Suzie bet on whether he will go down another slide.
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#23 - Susie Vs. Angelica
Season 2 Episode 49 - Aired 5/2/1993
Susie impresses the babies when she stands up to Angelica for them, but to get back at her Angelica says that she can do anything better than Susie can. They have multiple competitions and after getting tired they decide that everyone is the best at something sometimes.
Director: Igor Kovalyov
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#24 - When Wishes Come True
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 11/7/1993
Tommy gets really mad at Angelica for ruining his ""3 Baby's and a Guitar"" statue. So Tommy wishes for the worst thing to happen for Angelica. She turned stone, but the babies don't know it's Drew's annivesry present for Charlotte.
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/101 votes#25 - Home Movies
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 12/5/1993
Stu shows everyone boring home movies, but the kids make drawings of their own that are brought to life by the Rugrats cartoonists. A VERY cool story with actual art by the children of the makers of Rugrats.
Director: Norton Virgien
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
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"Downtown as Fruits" is the best rated episode written by Joe Ansolabehere. It scored 8/10 based on 3 votes. It was directed by Larry Leichliter. It aired on 10/7/1996 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Field Trip".