History Trivia / Rugrats

** Creator/JohnFavreau and Creator/DomDeluise play Mark Granite and a director in ''Starstruck''.

** Creator/HenryGibson is the Barber and Mr. Bubble in "Chuckie's First Haircut/Cool Hand Angelica"

*** Creator/CharlesNelsonReilley plays Didi's opponent Haynes in the same episode.

** '' A Rugrats Passover'' was originally released on the ''Passover'' VHS 2 months before it would air.
** ''Vacation'' was released on the aptly-named VHS 6 months before it would air.
** ''The Turkey Who Came To Dinner'' was released on the ''Thanksgiving'' VHS OVER A YEAR before it aired, on the same day as release of ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie''.
** ''Hiccups/Autumn Leaves'' was released on ''Dr. Tommy Pickles'' 7 months before it would air. Oddly, commercials advertising the tape said it would air around 4 months after release... that being said the episodes were meant to air much earlier during season 4 but were held over.
** ''Grandpa's Bad Bug'' was also released on ''Dr. Tommy Pickles'' 8 months before it would air.
** ''The Word of the Day'' was released on ''Angelica Knows Best'' 2 months before it aired.
** ''Runaway Reptar'' was released on the aptly-named VHS 3 months before it would air. Though commercials advertising the special said it would air around 2 months after release.
** Both ''Dil We Meet Again'' and ''Big Babies'' were released on ''Make Room for Dil'' a whopping TWO WHOLE YEARS before they aired in the USA in 2001. That said they aired much closer to the VHS release on Telemundo. ''Dil We Meet Again'' would also use the Season 7-9 opening that features Dil, Kimi and Susie, despite taking place before the second movie.
** ''Be My Valentine'' was released on ''I Think I Like You'' a month before airing.

** ''A Rugrats Kwanzaa'' was released the VHS of the same name 3 months before airing.
** ''Bow-Wow Wedding Vows'' was released on ''Easter'' 1 month before airing.
** ''Curse of the Werewuff'' released on the ''Rugrats Halloween'' VHS 2 months before airing.
** ''Babies in Toyland'' was released on the ''Rugrats Christmas'' VHS 3 months before airing.
** ''Murmur On The Ornery Express'' released on the ''Mysteries'' VHS/DVD 10 months before airing.

* DiedDuringProduction: David Doyle (Grandpa Lou) suffered a fatal heart attack in February 1997, before the episodes he recorded for the new season were even completed and began airing in the summer of that year. Writer and voice actor Andy Houts died from a brain tumor on the exact day of Doyle's death.

* TheOtherMarty: Tommy was originally voiced by Tami Holbrook in the pilot short. Holbrook voiced him for the first couple episodes, but it was decided that she wasn't working out, so they hired E.G. Daily to replace her and re-dub her lines.

** The 2021 reboot was animated by Nickelodeon Animation Studio instead of Creator/KlaskyCsupo (who had ceased functioning as an animation studio over a decade ago despite several attempts to restart operations; their logo appears on the show as a VanityPlate for their founders, who are merely producers). In addition, it was slated to air on Nickelodeon, but got moved to Paramount Plus. In August 2021, the reboot started to air on Nickelodeon linear. However, in February 2024, Season 2's cable premieres were moved to Nicktoons including the second batch of episodes originally planned to release on Paramount+.

** The 2021 reboot was animated by Nickelodeon Animation Studio instead of Creator/KlaskyCsupo (who had ceased functioning as an animation studio over a decade ago despite several attempts to restart operations; their logo appears on the show as a VanityPlate for their founders, who are merely producers). In addition, it was slated to air on Nickelodeon, but got moved to Paramount Plus. In August 2021, the reboot started to air on Nickelodeon linear. However, in February 2024, cable premieres of Season 2 were moved to Nicktoons and it includes the second batch of episodes originally planned to release on Paramount+.

** The 2021 reboot was animated by Nickelodeon Animation Studio instead of Creator/KlaskyCsupo (who had ceased functioning as an animation studio over a decade ago despite several attempts to restart operations; their logo appears on the show as a VanityPlate for their founders, who are merely producers). In addition, it was slated to air on Nickelodeon, but got moved to Paramount Plus. Though as of August 2021, the reboot has started to air on Nickelodeon linear.

** This happened in France in 1992 when the show premiered there, as Canal+ found the show important enough to take over the timeslot pf ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', kicking Homer and Bart off the French airwaves, likely due to Season 3 of ''Simpsons'' ending in France and Season 4 having barely started in the US.

** Original co-creator Paul Germain, who left after season 3, felt the series went downhill from the revival onwards.