The seventh episode of the sixth season of Rugrats (1991).
Zoo Story
At the petting zoo, the babies are scared of turning into animals.
I Do
Angelica stages a wedding for Chuckie and Lil, since according to her, when someone says "I do" (as Chuckie and Lil did when asked who wants to play hide and seek), they have to get married.
"Zoo Story" provides examples of:
- Animal Stampede: When Tommy opens the door to the petting zoo, the animals all run out in a stampede. The turtle, who is predictably not a very fast runner, crawls slowly behind them.
- Bowdlerize: All scenes depicting pigs were removed from the Malaysian dub of this episode, due to pigs being considered highly offensive in the Islamic region.
- Continuity Nod:
- At the beginning of the episode, when the babies see a man in a tiger costume selling balloons, Tommy says that he never saw a talking tiger before. Phil then says that Oodles the Poodle can talk, but Tommy reminds him that that was a TV show.
- When the dads have to leave the zoo at the end of the episode due to the babies letting the animals out of their pen, Chas and Howard suggest other things for the babies to do next time they go out. They suggest miniature golfing, bowling, and swimming at the community center. Stu says "Tried it." to all three of these suggestions.
- Everyone Laughs Ending: This episode ends this way after Chuckie says "I shouldn't have drunk that bottle, I turned into a piggy!" and shows his friends the pig mask he was wearing.
- Furry Confusion: Discussed; when Tommy sees the people in animal costumes, he mistakes them for real animals, and wonders why they're different from animals like Spike, since Spike doesn't eat ice cream, play with toys, or wear clothes.
- Get Out!: Near the end of the episode, the zookeeper tells the dads that due to somebody having opened the door to the petting zoo, they're going to have to ask everyone to leave the zoo.
- Human Ladder: After Tommy gets his screwdriver back from Dil, he and Chuckie form one so he can open the latch to the door of the pen. Chuckie is on the bottom, and Tommy is on top.
- Hypocritical Humor: At the end of the episode, Tommy finds out that the talking animals were just people in costumes, so they had nothing to worry about the entire time. Phil says that he was glad not to have turned into an animal, as he missed good old people food like worms and dirt.
- Ill-Timed Sneeze: The babies set up a stairway made of the animals in the petting zoo so Tommy can reach the latch to the door of the pen. Just as Tommy is about to open the latch, Chuckie sneezes, causing the animals to run.
- Improvised Lockpick: Tommy uses his screwdriver to open the latch to the door of the pen so he and his friends can get out.
- Literal-Minded: When one of the zookeepers asks another to bring a Billy goat to him, this leads the babies to believe that the goat was once a kid named Billy.
- Mouth Cam: Used when Tommy looks inside the throat of a goat to see if it ate his screwdriver.
- Shout-Out: On a signpost pointing to the various exhibits, there are signs for Lions, Tigers, and Bears in that respective order.
- Tempting Fate: After the babies believe the animals in the petting zoo to be kids turned into animals, Chuckie says "I'm just glad we're not going in there!". Cue the dads putting the babies in the petting zoo to play with the animals.
- Toilet Humor: When several employees in animal costumes pushing concession stands pass by the babies, the babies begin to think that animals can act just like humans. Chuckie then says "Yeah, well, I hope we don't have to use the same potty."
- Trouser Space: When Tommy finds the latch to the door that keeps the pen of the petting zoo closed, he checks his diaper for his screwdriver, only to find it has fallen out.
"I Do" provides examples of:
- Bland-Name Product: After Angelica marries Chuckie and Lil, she sends them on a "Moneymoon", where she serves them Tropical Punch brand juice.
- Comically Missing the Point: When Angelica tells Chuckie and Lil that now they have to be married because they both said "I Do", they'll be stuck together forever. Lil then asks Angelica "Do we get to use glue?"
- Empty Nest: Chuckie and Lil briefly suffer from this when Didi takes Dil away.
- Literal-Minded: When Tommy asks his friends who wants to play hide and seek, Chuckie and Lil say "I do". Angelica overhears, and tells Chuckie and Lil that now they have to get married and have a wedding.
- Malaproper: The babies mispronounce "Groom" as "Gloom", "Minister" as "Bannister", "Ring Bearer" as "Ring Bear", "Pronounce" as "Denounce", "Reception" as "Deception", and "Honeymoon" as "Moneymoon".
- Tempting Fate: When Angelica makes Chuckie and Lil take care of Dil as their baby, Lil isn't too enthusiastic about the idea. Chuckie then tells her, "Maybe it'll be fun!". Cue Dil throwing up on Chuckie's shirt.
- Wedding Episode: A variant; after Angelica returns from a wedding where she was the flower girl, she overhears Chuckie and Lil saying "I do" when Tommy asks them if they want to play hide and seek. She then sets up a wedding for Chuckie and Lil, with her as the flower girl, Tommy as the minister, and Dil as the ring bearer.
