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* BaffledByOwnBiology: When Chuckie gets chicken pox, he just takes it in stride (albeit being annoyed by the itch), until Angelica lies that it will turn him into a chicken. When she catches it off him, however, she screams and thinks that she actually will turn into one, though it was mainly just because an egg landed near her and she thought she'd laid it.
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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: It's never revealed where thekittens went after this episode.

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** Never tell fake stories with the intent to scare your younger siblings, cousins, and your playmates,

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* LaserGuidedKarma: After lying to the babies about Chuckie turning into a chicken, Angelica herself gets chicken pox and, upon seeing an egg in her booster seat, she screams, "[[BelievingTheirOwnLies I'm turning into a chicken]]!"

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* LaserGuidedKarma: After lying to the babies about Chuckie turning into a chicken, Angelica herself gets chicken pox and, upon seeing an egg in her booster seat, she screams, "[[BelievingTheirOwnLies I'm turning into a chicken]]!"chicken]]!" Also earlier in the episode, when Chuckie gets fed up with Angelica scaring his friends, he exclaims that they'll be chickens together and they're proud, and he clucks loudly, driving Angelica away shouting "You chickens are crazy!"
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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: It never revealed where the Kittens went after this episode.

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** If you have chickenpox, stay home and don’t touch other people because chickenpox are contagious.

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* AnAesop:
**If you have chickenpox, stay home and don’t touch other people because chickenpox are contagious.
** Never tell fake stories with the intent to scare your younger siblings, cousins, and your playmates,
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* DroppedGlasses: Tommy, in a desperate attempt to save the kittens, snatches Didi's glasses before throwing them near Spike. When she bends to pick them up, Tommy uses the opportunity to unleash Spike.

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* NoodleIncident:
** Betty mentions that when she was a kid, her mother would expose her and the rest of her family to diseases every week.
** When Lucy comes to Tommy's house with Susie and Chas tells her that his son has the chickenpox, Lucy claims that there's a strain of it going around and that half the kids at Susie's daycare have it.
** Stu asks his dad, Lou, if he already had the chicken pox as a kid. Lou says he did, which Stu is relieved about, until Lou says it might have been his older brother, Drew, who already had the chicken pox as a kid. [[TheUnreveal It's never revealed if either Stu or Drew already had the chicken pox]]. It's possible they both had it, perhaps at the same time.

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** Stu asks his dad, Lou, if he already had the chicken pox as a kid. Lou says he did, which Stu is relieved about, until Lou says it might have been his older brother, Drew, who already had the chicken pox as a kid. [[TheUnreveal It's never revealed if either Stu or Drew already had the chicken pox]]. It's possible they both had it, perhaps at the same time.
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* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: While Dr. Carmichael is indeed right that it's safer to get chickenpox as a ''child'' than as an adult, it's still dangerous to get it as a ''baby''. A chickenpox outbreak among babies, while likely not lethal, would be a serious matter.
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The fourth episode of the fourth season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''.

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The fourth episode of the fourth season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''.
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* BalefulPolymorph: Angelica convinces the babies that Chuckie will turn into a chicken as a result of his chicken pox. The fact that the feathers from the pillow have stuck to the calamine lotion Chas has applied to him doesn't help. However, this is subverted when Susie points out that chicken pox doesn't actually turn you into a chicken.


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* ForcedTransformation: Angelica convinces the babies that Chuckie will turn into a chicken as a result of his chicken pox. The fact that the feathers from the pillow have stuck to the calamine lotion Chas has applied to him doesn't help. However, this is subverted when Susie points out that chicken pox doesn't actually turn you into a chicken.
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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: It never revealed where the Kittens went after this episode.
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* BelievingTheirOwnLies: After Angelica gets chickenpox as well, she finds an egg on her booster seat and ends up believing she’s turning into a chicken too.
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* BittersweetEnding: Even though the babies all still have the chickenpox, they find out from Susie that it doesn't turn them into chickens.

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* BittersweetEnding: Even though Downplayed--while the babies kids (minus Susie) all still have chickenpox by the chickenpox, they find out from end of the episode, Susie informs Tommy, Chuckie and the twins that it doesn't the illness won't turn them into chickens.
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* AdultFear: Didi and Charlotte are shocked to see that Tommy, Phil, and Lil are with Chuckie because they know that he might spread the chicken pox to the other babies, and they're right.
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* BittersweetEnding: Even though the babies all still have the chickenpox, they find out from Susie that it doesn't turn them into chickens.
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** Betty mentions that when she was a child, her mother would expose her and the rest of her family to diseases every week.

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* ShownTheirWork: After seeing that the rest of the kids now have chickenpox, Lucy Carmichael assures the rest of the adults that the kids will be fine--[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenpox#Adults Lucy explains that a person's better off getting the chickenpox as a kid because it's way worse in adults, especially for men.]]

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* ShownTheirWork: After seeing that the rest of the kids now have chickenpox, Lucy Carmichael assures When the rest of the adults notice that Tommy and the kids twins have caught the chickenpox from Chuckie, Lucy assures them that Tommy, Chuckie and the twins will be fine--[[https://en.just fine and claims that they're actually better off getting it while they're still young--[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenpox#Adults Lucy explains elaborates on this by explaining that the chickenpox are way worse if you get them as an adult, especially if you're a person's better off getting man]] (which worries Stu upon realizing that he might never have had the chickenpox as a kid because it's way worse in adults, especially for men.]]kid).
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* ShownTheirWork: After seeing that the rest of the kids now have chickenpox, Lucy Carmichael assures the rest of the adults that the kids will be fine--[[[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenpox#Adults Lucy explains that a person's better off getting the chickenpox as a kid because it's way worse in adults, especially for men.]]

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* ShownTheirWork: After seeing that the rest of the kids now have chickenpox, Lucy Carmichael assures the rest of the adults that the kids will be fine--[[[[https://en.fine--[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenpox#Adults Lucy explains that a person's better off getting the chickenpox as a kid because it's way worse in adults, especially for men.]]
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** When Lucy comes to Tommy's house with Susie and Chas tells her that his son has the chickenpox, Lucy doesn't seem too surprised and claims that there's a strain of it going around--in fact, according to Lucy, half the kids at Susie's daycare have the chickenpox.

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* ShownTheirWork: After seeing that the rest of the kids now have chickenpox, Lucy Carmichael assures the rest of the adults that the kids will be fine--[[[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenpox#Adults Lucy explains that a person's better off getting the chickenpox as a kid because the disease is much worse if you get it as an adult, especially if you're a man.]]

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* ShownTheirWork: After the rest of the kids get the chickenpox from Chuckie, the grown-ups are worried, but Lucy assures them that they'll--Lucy notes that the kids are better off getting the chickenpox while they're still young, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenpox#Adults as the illness is much worse if you get it as an adult, especially if you're a man.]]

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* ShownTheirWork: After seeing that the rest of the kids get the chickenpox from Chuckie, the grown-ups are worried, but now have chickenpox, Lucy Carmichael assures them that they'll--Lucy notes the rest of the adults that the kids are better off getting the chickenpox while they're still young, [[https://en.will be fine--[[[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenpox#Adults as Lucy explains that a person's better off getting the illness chickenpox as a kid because the disease is much worse if you get it as an adult, especially if you're a man.]]
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* ChickenpoxEpisode: Chuckie gets chickenpox (which the babies call "chicken pops"), and Angelica says that means he's going to turn into a chicken. The babies don't believe her until Chuckie gets feathers from a torn pillow stuck to him (because he's covered in calamine lotion), so Chuckie learns how to act like a chicken in preparation for his transformation. The other babies catch chickenpox as well, but claim solidarity with Chuckie and cluck at Angelica until she leaves them alone. Susie explains to them later that chickenpox doesn't actually turn you into a chicken.

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** When Lucy comes to Tommy's house with Susie and Chas tells her that his son has the chickenpox,
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** When Lucy comes to Tommy's house with Susie and hears about Chuckie's chicken pox, she mentions that half of the kids at Susie's daycare have it.

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* ShownTheirWork: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenpox#Adults A person really is better off getting the chicken pox as a kid than as an adult]].

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* ShownTheirWork: After the rest of the kids get the chickenpox from Chuckie, the grown-ups are worried, but Lucy assures them that they'll--Lucy notes that the kids are better off getting the chickenpox while they're still young, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenpox#Adults A person really is better off getting as the chicken pox as a kid than illness is much worse if you get it as an adult]].adult, especially if you're a man.]]

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* AccidentalMisnaming: Phil accidentally calls Chuckie "Cluckie" when he thinks Chuckie turned into a chicken.



* CallBack: Didi calls the Dr. Lipschitz hotline for advice on what to do about Chuckie's chicken pox, but [[ForInconveniencePressOne a recorded message picks up her call]]. This recorded message is the exact same one used in a previous episode, "[[Recap/RugratsS3E15NakedTommyTommyAndTheSecretClub Naked Tommy]]".
* CowardlyLion: After Tommy, Phil, and Lil all catch Chuckie's chicken pox, Angelica tells the babies that they're going to be delicious food at Charlotte's picnic, upsetting Tommy and the twins. Chuckie stands up to her, saying that their parents would never eat him and his friends, and they're going to enjoy their new lives as chickens.



* IAteWhat: After the babies believe Chuckie turned into a chicken, they bring him a snack. Chuckie likes it at first, but spits it out when Tommy tells him the snack is bird food.



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* LaserGuidedKarma: After taunting the babies about Chuckie turning into a chicken, Angelica herself gets chicken pox and, upon seeing an egg in her booster seat, she screams, "[[BelievingTheirOwnLies I'm turning into a chicken]]!"

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* LaserGuidedKarma: After taunting lying to the babies about Chuckie turning into a chicken, Angelica herself gets chicken pox and, upon seeing an egg in her booster seat, she screams, "[[BelievingTheirOwnLies I'm turning into a chicken]]!"
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* ShownTheirWork: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenpox#Adults A person really is better off getting the chickenpox as a kid than as an adult]].

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** Stu asks his dad, Lou, if he already had the chicken pox as a kid. Lou says he did, which Stu is relieved about, but then Lou says it might have been his older brother, Drew, who already had the chickenpox as a kid, which Stu gets nervous about. [[TheUnreveal It's never revealed if either Stu or Drew already had the chickenpox as a kid]]. It's possible they both had it, perhaps at the same time.

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The fourth episode of the fourth season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''.

'''Spike's Babies'''

Spike cares for a litter of kittens.

'''Chicken Pops'''

The babies catch the chicken pox and worry that they will literally turn into chickens.

!!"Spike's Babies" provides examples of:
*CuteKitten: Five of them.
*{{Malaproper}}: Angelica calling barbecue "barbe-cube."
*PapaWolf: When the babies see that Spike has adopted a litter of kittens, they decide to get them some milk and do everything they can to save them from the unwitting grown-ups.
*RunningGag: Stu trying to make a perfect concrete pathway, only for the babies or Spike to run across it while it's still wet. He eventually allows the babies, Didi, and Lou to leave their handprints on the pathway, and he himself does the same.

!!"Chicken Pops" provides examples of:
*AdultFear: Didi and Charlotte are shocked to see that Tommy, Phil, and Lil are with Chuckie because they know that he might spread the chicken pox to the other babies, and they're right.
*BalefulPolymorph: Angelica convinces the babies that Chuckie will turn into a chicken as a result of his chicken pox. The fact that the feathers from the pillow have stuck to the calamine lotion Chas has applied to him doesn't help. However, this is subverted when Susie points out that chicken pox doesn't actually turn you into a chicken.
*EverybodyCries: Tommy, Phil, and Lil cry when they catch chicken pox.
*LaserGuidedKarma: After taunting the babies about Chuckie turning into a chicken, Angelica herself gets chicken pox and, upon seeing an egg in her booster seat, she screams, "[[BelievingTheirOwnLies I'm turning into a chicken]]!"
*NoodleIncident: Betty mentions that when she was a child, her mother would expose her and the rest of her family to diseases every week.
*ShownTheirWork: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenpox#Adults A person really is better off getting the chickenpox as a kid than as an adult]].
*SickEpisode: Chuckie suffers chicken pox and spreads it to Phil, Lil, Tommy, and eventually Angelica.

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