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2[[caption-width-right:250: ''[[ParentalObliviousness Grown-ups are off in a world of their own,\
3they don't know what's going on\
4when the kids are alone!]]''\
5[[note]]Clockwise from top: [[{{TheLeader}} Tommy Pickles]], [[LovableCoward Chuckie Finster]], [[{{BrattyHalfPint}} Angelica Pickles]], [[HalfIdenticalTwins Lil and Phil DeVille]], [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Dil Pickles]], [[{{NiceGirl}} Kimi Watanabe Finster]], and [[TeamMom Susie Carmichael]]. The gang's all here![[/note]] ]]
6->''Rugrats, Rugrats, the things you get into!\
7Rugrats, Rugrats, trouble looks for you!\
8A baby's gotta do what a baby's gotta do!''
9-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfSFkua6KT0 Rugrats Rock]]'''
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11''Rugrats'' is one of the first three original Franchise/{{Nicktoons}}, produced by Creator/KlaskyCsupo and debuting on August 11th, 1991, being the second to premiere. Paraphrasing the description at nick.com:
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13Grown-ups act as if babies don't know anything, but the fearless, hairless Tommy Pickles and his baby brigade know what's really going on. They'd be happy to inform the grown-ups, if they could only understand {{baby talk}}. For the Rugrats, every day is an adventure, especially if the [[DevilInPlainSight doll-tossing, baby-torturing 3-year-old Angelica]] is around. Luckily, when the going gets tough, the gang gets going!
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15The rest of Tommy's gang includes:
16* Chuckie, his red-headed, bespectacled best friend who is afraid of everything, but nothing more than "the guy on the oatmeal box".
17* {{Twin|Tropes}}s Phil and Lil who hate it when they get mistaken for each other and love eating worms and mud.
18* The new neighbor and Angelica's [[VitriolicBestBuds best friend AND arch rival]] Susie Carmichael.
19* Tommy's [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling equally colicky baby brother]] [[PunnyName Dil]], born in [[TheMovie the first]] [[WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie movie]].
20* Chuckie's [[PluckyGirl spunky]], adventure-loving step-sister Kimi, whose mother Kira marries Chuckie's dad in the second movie, ''WesternAnimation/RugratsInParis''.
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22Premiering alongside ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', it was put on hiatus after three seasons in 1995. Later, with strong rerun ratings, the show was put back into production and became one of Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s [[CashCowFranchise biggest mainstays]]. Running from 1991 to 2004, it is Nick's third-longest running animated series, next to ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''.
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24Three theatrical movies were made as a result of the show's popularity: ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'' (1998), ''WesternAnimation/RugratsInParis'' (2000), and ''WesternAnimation/RugratsGoWild'' (2003). The first two movies did quite well in box office revenue,[[note]]the first one in particular is notable for being the first non-Creator/{{Disney}} animated film to gross over $100 million in the domestic box office, and was the highest-grossing film based on an animated television series until ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'' and later ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''[[/note]] whereas the third one [[BoxOfficeBomb tanked hard]] and was largely responsible for [[CreatorKiller the drought]] of Klasky-Csupo series since then.
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26The successor series, ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'', showed Tommy and his friends, ten years later as JuniorHigh schoolers. Also had another ([[ShortRunners and significantly short-lived]]) spin-off, ''[[WesternAnimation/RugratsPreSchoolDaze Angelica and Susie's Preschool Daze]]'': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the name says it all]]. Several {{Licensed Game}}s were made, including ''VideoGame/RugratsCastleCapers'' in 2001 and ''VideoGame/RugratsRoyalRansom'' in 2002. The series can be found digitally and on DVD, and also frequently aired on Creator/NickRewind. Also, be sure to check out [[http://rugratonline.free.fr/ The UNOFFICIAL Rugrats Online]], a high-quality fansite.
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28In 2018, Nickelodeon announced a CGI revival series. A live-action/CGI film based on the series was also announced at the same time, but [[https://deadline.com/2019/11/rugrats-movie-pulled-wwe-rumble-release-date-titles-spongebob-movie-sponge-on-the-run-1202784527/ was later pulled]]. The show's creators Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó and Paul Germain returned as executive producers. [[WesternAnimation/Rugrats2021 The CGI revival series]] premiered on Creator/ParamountPlus on May 27, 2021.
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30The original show was once both the longest running Creator/ViacomCBS owned animated series and Nicktoon until both records were surpassed by ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' and '' WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' respectively.
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32Now has an (in-progress) [[Recap/{{Rugrats}} Recap page]].
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34!!A troper's gotta do what a troper's gotta do:
35----
36[[index]]
37* Rugrats/TropesAToD
38* Rugrats/TropesEToI
39* Rugrats/TropesJToQ
40* Rugrats/TropesRToZ
41[[/index]]

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