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* Kira's having some trouble connecting with Chuckie in "Changes For Chuckie". She gets a Lipschitz book about step-parenting from Didi to help with this, but wouldn't it have been easier to just ask Chaz about what Chuckie likes and doesn't like?
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** Maybe it means that he always tries his best to do the right thing as much as possible, but he sometimes makes mistakes and/or he sometimes thinks he’s doing the right thing, but then later realizes that it wasn’t the right thing to do.

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** Maybe it means that he always he's flawed, but tries his best to do the right thing as much as possible, but best he sometimes makes mistakes and/or he sometimes thinks he’s doing the right thing, but then later realizes that it wasn’t the right thing to do.can at everything.
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** Maybe it means that he always tries his best to do the right thing as much as possible, but he sometimes makes mistakes.

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** Maybe it means that he always tries his best to do the right thing as much as possible, but he sometimes makes mistakes.mistakes and/or he sometimes thinks he’s doing the right thing, but then later realizes that it wasn’t the right thing to do.
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** Maybe it means that he always tries to do the right thing as much as possible, but he sometimes makes mistakes.

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** Maybe it means that he always tries his best to do the right thing as much as possible, but he sometimes makes mistakes.
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** Maybe it means that he tries to do the right thing as much as possible, but he sometimes makes mistakes.

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** Maybe it means that he always tries to do the right thing as much as possible, but he sometimes makes mistakes.
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** Maybe it means that he tries to always do the right thing as much as possible, but he sometimes makes mistakes.

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** Maybe it means that he tries to always do the right thing as much as possible, but he sometimes makes mistakes.

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** In the next-to-last one, she is her current age.

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** In the next-to-last one, she is her current age, or at least she looks identical to her current age.


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** Maybe it means that he tries to always do the right thing as much as possible, but he sometimes makes mistakes.
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* Am I the only one who thinks time actually passes in this series? Or maybe it's like Anime/{{Pokemon}} where years pass but no one ages.

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* Am I the only one who thinks time actually passes in this series? Or maybe it's like Anime/{{Pokemon}} ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' where years pass but no one ages.



** Maybe because the majority of fans who watch the show are presumeably american?

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** Maybe because the majority of fans who watch the show are presumeably presumably american?
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** Still doesn't change the fact that she let some stranger take her son's toy away, which he had no right to do. She even ''apologizes to the man'' for Tommy crying even though she saw what happened.

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** Maybe she was afraid that Dil would see Tommy's Reptar things and get scared. As for Goober the Gopher, maybe she thought that, since babies usually have short attention spans, maybe he'd like any old cartoon character/toy. As for the man making Tommy cry, babies cry easily, so maybe she thought she'd be able to cheer him up.






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** Maybe the song was all in the newborns' imagination?
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*** Maybe Stu or Drew was asked to babysit Chuckie for Chaz. Tommy was probably with Didi.
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** The head of the company isn't just in it for the money and doesn't see her as a worthy successor. Remember, he is also the head of the company and choses his successor based on how he made it. Plus when he saw that she is willing to put kids in danger (basically KIDNAPPING THEM), I doubt he'd want her to get close to any kids again. Plus her theme park has apparently ninja guards and her assistant is all too happy with jabbing his arm down a 4-year-old's throat. She's not a villain because she's good at her job, she's an authoritarian who enjoys scaring her employees and basically working them within an inch of their lives given how dangerous some of the animatronics are.

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** The head of the company isn't just in it for the money and doesn't see her as a worthy successor. Remember, he is also the head of the company and choses chooses his successor based on how he made it. Plus when he saw that she is willing to put kids in danger (basically KIDNAPPING THEM), I doubt he'd want her to get close to any kids again. Plus her theme park has apparently ninja guards and her assistant is all too happy with jabbing his arm down a 4-year-old's throat. She's not a villain because she's good at her job, she's an authoritarian who enjoys scaring her employees and basically working them within an inch of their lives given how dangerous some of the animatronics are.


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[[folder:One Bottle of Milk on the Wall]]
* Why does Phil pass out from one bottle of milk in "Tommy and the Secret Club"? One bottle is generally the standard amount that the babies drink even when they're not particularly thirsty. Even when they drank ''two'' bottles of cocoa in "Steve" each, they only got sick because they drank too ''fast'', not too much.
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*** LOL Susie so does not act like a normal 3 year old, dude. Spend more time around 3 year olds before saying that XD

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*** LOL Susie so does not act like a normal 3 year old, dude. old. Spend more time around 3 year olds before saying that XDthat.
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[[folder: Reptar Ban]]
* In the episode "The Big Showdown" Didi puts away all of the Reptar things in her sons' room because she thinks Dill is scared of Reptar. Somewhat understandable, but why does she have to get rid of all of Tommy's Reptar stuff too? And why does she try to force Tommy to like Goober the Gopher over Reptar? Shouldn't she know by now that Reptar means the world to Tommy? She doesn't even do anything when a guy in a Goober costume takes Tommy's Reptar toy and makes him cry ''right in front of her''!
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** It's pretty common for little girls to wear bloomer shorts under their dresses. It could have also been a diaper paired with some leggings early on the series. Angelica did mention remembering her mother running the faucet to get her to go the bathroom and she had an accident in that same episode, so her potty training might have occurred shortly before Chuckie's.
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* In the next-to-last flashback, she is her current age.

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* ** In the next-to-last flashback, one, she is her current age.
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* In the next-to-last flashback, she is her current age.
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** Because Prime Video acquired Nickelodeon's content like, SpongeBob and FOP, so Netflix had to expire it.

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** Because Prime Video acquired Nickelodeon's content like, SpongeBob Spongebob and FOP, so Netflix had to expire it.
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**Because Prime Video acquired Nickelodeon's content like, SpongeBob and FOP, so Netflix had to expire it.
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*** So, parenting choices should never be questioned for the sole fact some parents are stupid? This being so common to begin with sounds like all the more reason it shouldn't be treated like someone trying to explain brain surgery. How about we say stupidity ran the plot and call it a day?

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** What happened was the following: a) Coco was told by the boss himself he didn't think she was a suitable successor because she lacked certain qualities he felt she'd need to carry the company's core values after he's gone, b) Coco lies to him and cooks up an extremely convoluted plan to marry a man with a child she has no interest in. Seems like Mr Yamaguchi knew straight away that Coco wouldn't be suited to running the company without someone more moral to offset her more ruthless ideas, but seemed willing to give her a chance when she gave the indication that she was turning over a new leaf. Not to mention that Angelica pretty much outed Coco for trying to fool him solely so she could get said promotion. Coco's options were to a) accept the boss's decision and be happy in the position she's in, b) actively work to improve her flaws and earn the promotion now she knows what's expected of the person who will get it, c) leave the company and go elsewhere if she doesn't see career advancement there, d) lie to the boss, trap Chaz in a loveless marriage and condemn Chuckie to a life with a neglectful stepmother - all hoping she's never found out. Coco is a straight up BadBoss (and Kira at one point in the series compares her to a fairy tale villain) who likely causes her employees all sorts of emotional damage.




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** Well the pizzas incident probably had the effect of someone showing up to deliver them and having to deal with Drew insisting he didn't order anything. Either Drew gets into a very annoying argument trying to prove he didn't order, or he gets cajoled into paying for fifty pizzas. Either one is good revenge in Stu's books.
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** Maybe he figured it out based on Chuckie's actions.
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* One would think that the main four babies (Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil) were really just terribly misbehaved children who do things they know they shouldn't, just because. But for the most part, their parents NEVER punish them for anything they do. All they do is stop them from doing whatever they were trying to do, say "No, don't do that," and put them back in the playpen. No wonder the rugrats keep acting up-- they're receiving almost NO negative reinforcement for their actions.
** Um....Yeah they're babies. Babies don't know right from wrong, all you can really do is remove a baby from whatever situation and say "No no don't do that!" The only character you can say really doesn't tend to suffer the consequences of her actions is Angelica. She's 3, she's old enough to be say sent to a time out when she's in trouble.
*** Which is actually brought up in the episode "The Baby Vanishes" where Drew acknowledges his shortcomings with disciplining Angelica, only for him to snap back to it at the end of the episode.
* Dil can't talk, yet somehow in the movie in which he's born, a whole bunch of other newborn babies at the exact same hospital '''perform a song and dance number'''.
** So maybe babies can only talk to others of their own age?
** It's for the same reason that the main babies can understand each other, but the adults can't understand ''them''. It's easier for them to communicate with people who are closer to their own age.
** Actually, Dil can talk, just not much. Remember, in the movie he says "mine" while fighting with Tommy, says "my Tommy" at one point, and then once randomly says "pooping" while, well, you know...
** Dil is a CloudCuckooLander, so it could just be that he doesn't have anything comprehensible to say.
* 'Tanya' is a boy because she's bald.. She's one. A little baby without hair isn't anything odd.
** That's not damning evidence, but the wig and the manner in which it was pulled off is.
*** For that matter, why did Didi damn near have a heart attack when the host announced the winner as "Tanya Pickles"? As if they're the only family on Earth with the last name "Pickles."
*** Maybe since the baby looked so similar to Tommy, Didi was a little suspicious, and when she heard the name, that just set off alarm bells in her mind. Especially when the host mentioned that "Tanya" was brought to the contest by her father and grandfather; that just led Didi to connect the dots, and...
* Captain Blasto's oath ends with the line "It's Captain Blasto, wrong or right!" Wrong or right? What kind of superhero is he? Does he just go around beating people up without regard for morals and ethics?
** While on the subject of "Superhero Chuckie", the characters they had see the show made no sense in hindsight. Drew and Stu being there makes sense as they're big fans, and of course Drew brings his daughter Angelica... but why was Chuckie there? Where's his dad Chaz? Or heck, where's Tommy?!
* Coco Labouche may be a mean spirited, insulting, thoughtless ChildHater, but she is quite a shrewd and cunning business woman, who has made millions for her company, and managed to run a super successful and world famous Theme Park. However she gets passed over for a promotion for that very reason, a woman who chose her career over having a family. Why is this okay? Sure she's not the most sympathetic person but do people really overlook this discrimination because she is supposedly a villain for being good at her job?
** The head of the company isn't just in it for the money and doesn't see her as a worthy successor. Remember, he is also the head of the company and choses his successor based on how he made it. Plus when he saw that she is willing to put kids in danger (basically KIDNAPPING THEM), I doubt he'd want her to get close to any kids again. Plus her theme park has apparently ninja guards and her assistant is all too happy with jabbing his arm down a 4-year-old's throat. She's not a villain because she's good at her job, she's an authoritarian who enjoys scaring her employees and basically working them within an inch of their lives given how dangerous some of the animatronics are.
** Mr. Yamaguchi specifically says, "The candidate [for the presidency] should not be concerned only with money. They must understand what it means to bring joy to children. They themselves must have the heart of a child." He doesn't even mention the fact that Coco is unmarried and not a parent. She's the one who lies and claims that she is marrying a man with a child.
** The fact remains, she has made hundreds of millions, possibly even billions to a company. Having a so called "heart of a child" is one thing. But being super successful and making giant income for her boss, who most assuredly doesn't mind living off of her contributions, pretty much paints Yamaguchi as a hypocrite. Reaping the profits of his employees, then shaming them for doing exactly what they were hired to do, that's pretty messed up.
* In "Stu Gets a Job", Stu thinks Drew is pranking him (it's actually the babies because Tommy doesn’t want him going to work) so he makes two phone calls to get even: one for 50 pizzas to be delivered to Drew’s house and the other to have his car towed. He disguises his voice which is completely unnecessary in both cases. For the first, a pizza place likely wouldn't keep track of who's ordering, unless that person's a regular. For the second, anyone can report an illegally parked car.
** He was probably just being cautious.
** Which brings into question how Stu's pranks worked in the first place. For the car, it would have been no problem for Drew to prove the vehicle was his and was legally parked, and I can't see any pizza place making 50 Pizzas and actually delivering them without some sort of confirmation or deposit...
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** It wasn't so much for punishment so much as to prevent her from saying it LIVE ON CHILDRENS PROGRAMMING. It would be risky to trust Angelica to make a potentially taboo move. And considering how bratty and rebellious she tends to be, it wouldn't be out of character for her to say the curse word on TV anyway.
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* Like the other babies, Chuckie can't talk to grown-ups, so how could Chazz know that he had a visual impairment, and how could Chuckie communicate with the optometrist to find what kind of lenses he needed?

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* Like the other babies, Chuckie can't talk to grown-ups, so how could Chazz know that he had a visual impairment, eyesight problems, and how could Chuckie communicate with the optometrist to find what kind of lenses glasses he needed?
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* Like the other babies, Chuckie can't talk to grown-ups, so how could Chazz know that he had a visual impairment, and how could Chuckie communicate with the optometrist to find what kind of lenses he needed?
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[[folder: A Time Machine in a Toy Store?]]
* In the episode "Toy Palace" there is a real working time machine in the toy store. And it is marketed toward children. What kind of a toy store would have a functional time machine? Not to mention, time travel can have dangerous effects, and [[FridgeHorror imagine kids getting lost in time playing with it]]. Then, how would the parents be able to get them back?
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* In "Moose Country", the babies eat worms for the first time, and it's made clear that they've never done so before. But in a flashback in "Moving Away", Phil and Lil tell Angelica that they were eating worms, even though this takes place before they met Tommy and Chuckie.
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** I don't think it's said in the episode itself. Maybe they just did it because they thought Tommy would like to have his cousin staying over.

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* Why were Drew and Angelica staying overnight at Stu's house in the episode ''Slumber Party''?
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