The main character and unofficial leader; he is best known for his incredible bravery and the screwdriver he always carries in his diaper.Voiced by E.G. Daily.Tropes Associated With Tommy:
Catch Phrase: "A baby's gotta do, what a baby's gotta do" and after the movie, "Hang on to your diapies, babies".
Characterization Marches On: In the earliest episodes, Tommy was a regular baby with no distinguishable personality—an infant version of The Everyman or The Standardized Leader. Later Tommy begins to develop a stronger personality, becoming a brave Determinator who loves adventure. It can be pretty strange to see Tommy being relatively quiet and cautious in his solo adventures. E.G Daily herself even mentions that Tommy was more baby-like and tiny in the earlier episodes, but as time went by, he got alot more mature and wiser in the show's 10th anniversary special documentary.
Determinator: One of the youngest ones you'll find in fiction.
Vocal Evolution: In the first episodes, Tommy had a very raspy, quiet voice, and sounds downright feminine in the pilot.
Write Who You Know: Tommy was based on Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó's son, and was named after co-creator Paul Germain's son, Thomas.
Chuckie Finster
In addition to his uncontrollable red hair, big glasses and bucked teeth, Chuckie is easily distinguished from his friends by his dislike of adventure and irrational fear of particular objects, most notably the "guy on the oatmeal box" (the Quaker Oats logo).First voiced by Christine Cavanaugh, thenNancy CartwrightTropes Associated With Chuckie:
Flanderization: Originally, Chuckie was the voice of reason among his friends, being the only one with any idea/worry of how dangerous many of the thing they were doing were. However, starting with the second season, Chuckie's sense of caution was exaggerated to the point where he is so cowardly that he's scared of the guy on the oatmeal box.
Morality Chain: Episodes like "Rebel Without a Teddy Bear", "The Gold Rush" and "Chuckie's Wonderful Life" strongly hint that Chuckie is this to the other babies.
Survival Mantra: "I'm a big brave dog, I'm a big brave dog..."
Phil and Lil DeVille
Half-Identical Twins who are alike in every possible way, and even dressed to match. They represent the stage of infancy where babies are forever curious and try to eat and drink anything they can reach. Best known for their love of filth.Both voiced by Kath SoucieTropes Associated With Phil and Lil:
Divergent Character Evolution: The twins started off as basically the same character split in two, but later in the series Phil became a borderline Deadpan Snarker and Audience Surrogate, being the character that basically said what the audience was thinking.
Full Name Ultimatum: When they argue, they usually address each other by their full first names (Phillip and Lillian).
Half-Identical Twins: The only physical difference between them is that Lil has free-hanging earlobes, something minor enough that most people, including their parents, don't notice.
Spoiled and bossy, Angelica is Tommy's cousin and serves as the main antagonist of the series. She hates Tommy and the other "stupid babies" and lives to make them miserable whenever they're in the same place.Voiced by Cheryl ChaseTropes Associated With Angelica:
Birthday Hater: Due to the fear of the implications of growing up, Angelica behaves this way during her third birthday. In the end she regrets it when she realizes that, when growing up, she can eat candy with bigger teeth than the babies'.
Butt Monkey: If you can believe this, Angelica, despite being the antagonist, gets her comeuppance alot(eg: sitting in time out and pizza falling on her hair, causing her to cry as she hates the stress of having her hair washed), but sometimes, she can be the show's buttmonkey, even when she isn't the antagonist!
Character Development / Villain Decay: In the first season, Angelica was a total Jerkass that acted nice in front of the adults, but had strong hate for the babies and she somewhat mocked people behind their back (Graham Canyon is a great example of this, as when Drew tells Angelica to have a good time, after Angelica's polite response, she sticks her tongue out at Drew). In later seasons (namely two, but mostly, after the movie), she grows to like them and becomes a Jerk with a Heart of Gold, whereas she is still mischievous, but there's a nicer tone to it! (A great example of this is "Grandpa Moves Out", where instead of tricking Tommy and the gang into doing something bad, she was nothing, but friendly to Tommy and one of the first episodes to show her nicer side)
Heel Face Revolving Door: She more or less treats the other babies like crap and has no qualms with freaking them out with random urban legends or stories, mostly to get something she wants. However, she ends up being a team player if something worse threatens them.
Jerkass: In season one only! But can still occasionally be this in later seasons.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Season two onwards. A great list of examples are: "Grandpa Moves Out", where Angelica wanted Tommy to tag along (even if it meant causing trouble), "New Kid in Town", where she was incredibly annoyed at how Josh (the new kid) treated them, so much that she pushed him over and he started to cry, and "Rugrats in Paris", when she was disgusted at how Coco treated the babies. Basically, she's not a jerk (the only season where she was a jerk was season one, really), rather, even though she calls the babies "dumb", she doesn't really mean it, and more than often wants to hang around with them (even Tommy).
Granted she still has lots of Kick the Dog moments in later seasons and even if she's not as consistantly "evil" in depiction as she was early on she's still an obnoxious and selfish bully just with redeeming moments. Depending on the Writer comes a lot into play.
Large Ham: She often likes to see herself as quite the little performer lets just say.
Laser-Guided Karma: Her title in this show could very much be "karma's personal punching bag"; in the event she does something that could be considered even vaguely unpleasant, karma is sure to be there to take her down a peg or two.
Only Child Syndrome: Unlike Tommy and Chuckie, she was this for the entire series.
Spoiled Brat: Not much of one, but is only one when it comes to punishment. Although her parents do tend to punish her, they just really don't wanna break her heart.
Tsundere: Some of her "nicer" stories do occasionally give her these kind of vibes as well.
Susie Carmicheal
Susie moved across the street from Tommy early on in the series. A multi-talented, brave, and humble little girl, she served as the opposite of Angelica and often acted as The Rival to her. If Angelica was The Big Bad, Susie would be The Big Good.Voiced by Cree SummerTropes Associated With Susie:
Affirmative Action Girl: Originally added to the cast when they noticed that not only were their mains mostly male (with one of the only two girls being, well, Angelica), they were also a sea of white. Luckily, Susie manages to avoid being a token through her Cool Big Sis persona.
Characterization Marches On: In her intitial appearances she interacted mainly with Tommy, and was kind of a drama queen and a crybaby, sharing Tommy's niavete and ineptness to the world around her. Not long after that, Susie and Angelica met and she became mostly defined by being the Anti-Angelica; mellow, intelligent and mature (at least for her young age).
Child Prodigy: At age three, she is already multilingual.
Cool Big Sis: Ironically, Susie herself is the youngest of four children.
Out of Focus: Became less prominent as the series progressed, playing minor roles in the first two movies and making less appearances after the arrival of Dil.
Tommy's little brother, who was born in The Movie. Unlike the others, he can't talk, so he's a baby even to the other babies. As a newborn, most of his time is spent sitting around and drooling.
Generation Xerox: Stu and Chaz were best friends since childhood as well, much like their own sons.
Laser-Guided Amnesia: In the episode "Regarding Stuie" he hits his head and reverts to a baby-like state. Another hit on the head brings him back to normal again.
Mother of Tommy and Dil, wife of Stu, and Angelica's aunt. A part time school teacher, who constantly consults a famous pediatrician for advice on how to raise the children.
Informed Judaism: Averted. She is revealed to be of Jewish descent, and the family is shown to celebrate Jewish holidays.
Drew Pickles
Father of Angelica, uncle of Tommy and Dil, and married to Charlotte. The opposite of his brother in almost every way, they do have their spats, but do care about each other.
Mother of Angelica, aunt of Tommy and Dil, and married to Drew. She's the CEO of her own company and is frequently seen talking on a cell phone to an invisible assistant named Jonathan.
Missing Mom: Not entirely - she does try to be a good mom and does love her family, but is often sidetracked by her work. She can put her foot down with Angelica when the occasion's called for.
The Workaholic: Even when she's not working, she's blabbering on to her assistant Jonathan over a cell phone. She might be the first example of someone using a cell phone in such a manner so extensively in children's media.
Grandpa Lou Pickles
Father of Stu and Drew, and grandpa of Tommy, Dil and Angelica.
Voiced by David Doyle, and Joe Alaskey after David Doyle's death
