History YMMV / TheRugratsTheory

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The story popularized many common creepypasta elements that eventually became {{Discredited Trope}}s due to their overuse. While it was once considered one of the darkest cartoon-related theories ever made, [[CondemnedByHistory nowadays]] many readers consider it to be blatantly over-the-top and cliche due to the similarities with other DelusionConclusion stories and theories.

*** The grownups, Angelica's classmate Harold, the [=McNulty=] boys, and the pets interact with the babies. For that matter, strangers can also. In fact, the first Rugrat Susie meets is not Angelica, but Tommy.

** Was Drew Pickles originally married to Cynthia (Angelica's birth mother) before she died and he met Charlotte, or did Drew cheat on Charlotte with Cynthia [[AffairBlameTheBastard and that's how Angelica came to be]]?

** Chuckie's mom died from a terminal illness, not a car accident, so his part of the theory doesn't make sense. The only way he could have died along with his mother is if he wasn't born yet...[[FridgeBrilliance which may be why Chuckie is older than the other babies, because Angelica imagined him being born a year earlier]].
** When viewers rewatch the episode Angelica's Nightmare, and in that one Charlotte announces that she's going to have another baby, much to Angelica's annoyance due to her liking her status as the only child, only to later for Charlotte to find out she wasn't pregnant after all (fans believe it could have been a misread pregnancy test). Viewers might end ended up thinking, hey wait, you know that scary weird baby brother from Angelica's scary dream, where does he fit into this theory? But unlike the other babies who at least once existed, even if they didn't get a chance to be alive (or alive for long in Chuckie's case), Angelica's "brother" never actually existed except as a very bad dream, and this is especially true if the misread/inaccurate pregnancy theory is correct. Plus, Angelica probably didn't ever want to see her "brother" ever ever again, so of course she wouldn't imagine him.
** Detractors of the theory have pointed out that it doesn't really make sense since there were episodes of ''Rugrats'' that didn't even have Angelica in them.

** Was Drew Pickles originally married to Cynthia (Angelica's birth mother) before she died and he met Charlotte, or did Drew cheat on Charlotte with Cynthia and that's how Angelica came to be?

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The story popularized many common creepypasta elements that eventually became [[DiscreditedTrope Discredited Tropes]] due to their overuse. While it was once considered one of the darkest cartoon-related theories ever made, [[CondemnedByHistory nowadays]] many readers consider it to be blatantly over-the-top and cliche due to the similarities with other DelusionConclusion stories and theories.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The story popularized many common creepypasta elements that eventually became [[DiscreditedTrope Discredited Tropes]] due their overuse. While back then it was considered one of the darkest cartoon-related theories ever made, [[CondemnedByHistory nowadays]] many readers consider it blatantly over-the-top and cliche due the similarities with other DelusionConclusion stories and theories.

* ClicheStorm: The fan theory follows the typical formula Creepypasta theories tended to have at the time. The entire series is [[DelusionConclusion all in one of the protagonist's heads]], the world is "actually" ridiculously dark to the point of bordering on {{Narm}}, and there are multiple inconsistencies that the writer {{Handwave}}s away as the protagonist being crazy. The supposed BasedOnATrueStory implications from it were also a recurring element from many creepypastas made around the same time.

** Detractors of the theory have pointed out that the theory doesn't make sense since there were episodes of ''Rugrats'' that didn't even have Angelica in them.

** Detractors of the theory have pointed out that it doesn't add up because of the fact that there were episodes of ''Rugrats'' that focused solely on the babies with Angelica nowhere in sight.

* {{Narm}}: The story is so rentlessly bleak that it ends feeling a little bit over-the-top at moments. It does not help that many other [[FollowTheLeader similar theories]] took several cues from it, lessening the impact it may have had at the time of its original publication.
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The story popularized many common creepypasta elements that eventually became [[DiscreditedTrope Discredited Tropes]] due their overuse. While back then it was considered one of the darkest cartoon-related theories ever made, nowadays many readers consider it blatantly over-the-top and cliche due the similarities with other DelusionConclusion stories and theories.

* ClicheStorm: The fan theory follows the typical formula Creepypasta theories tended to have at the time. The entire series is [[DelusionConclusion all in one of the protagonist's heads]], the world is 'actually' ridiculously dark to the point of bordering on {{Narm}}, and there are multiple inconsistencies that the writer {{Handwave}}s away as the protagonist being crazy. The supposed BasedOnATrueStory implications from it were also a recurring element from many creepypastas made around the same time.

** Was Drew Pickles originally married to Cynthia (Angelica's birth mother) before she died and he met Charlotte, or did Drew cheat on Charlotte with Cynthia?

** When Susie made ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', did she exploit Angelica's imagination and mental illness for fame and money, or did she make the series as a tribute to keep the memories of Angelica and her creations alive?

** When Susie made ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', did she exploit Angelica's imagination and mental illness for fame and money, or could she have made the series as a tribute to keep the memories of Angelica and her creations alive?

** When Betty [=DeVille=] terminated her pregnancy, did she do it because she decided not to have a baby after all, or did she have to terminate for medical reasons?
** The reason for Susie creating The Rugrats TV show. Did she exploit Angelica's imagination and mental illness for fame and money, or could she have made the series as a tribute to keep the memories of Angelica and her creations alive?

* ClicheStorm: This DelusionConclusion fan theory follows the typical formula Creepypasta theories tended to have at the time. The entire series is all in one of the protagonist's heads, the world is 'actually' ridiculously dark to the point of bordering on {{Narm}}, and there are multiple inconsistencies that the writer {{Handwave}}s as the protagonist being crazy. The supposed BasedOnATrueStory implications from it were also a recurring element from many creepypastas made at the time.