Characters / Rugrats

aka: Rugrats Others

The characters from Rugrats (1991). See also the All Grown Up! and Rugrats (2021) characters pages.

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The Rugrats Gang

In General

• Bratty Half-Pint: They are always seen whining. Sure, Angelica is most definitely the main one, but they all had their moments of being bratty, throwing tantrums, causing trouble and being overall spoiled. Justified; they're toddlers.
• Cheerful Child: All of them are generally happy-go-lucky babies, but it's taken to very extreme levels with Tommy Pickles, who is almost always upbeat.
• Fearless Infant: With the exception of Chuckie, all of them are this.
• Prone to Tears: despite them having a positive outlook on life, almost all of them cry fairly often, kind of justified since they are babies. Obviously, they started to cry much less in All Grown Up! as they, of course, grew up.

Tommy Pickles

Voiced by: Tami Holbrook (unaired pilot), E.G. Daily

Dubbed by: Alexis Tomassian (European French)

The main character and unofficial leader; he is best known for his incredible bravery and the screwdriver he always carries in his diaper.

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• The Ace: He's viewed as such by his friends, being the one who usually makes the plans and takes the initiative to fix whatever problems the babies believe they're facing.
• Affectionate Nickname: Stu calls him "champ", implied later on to be a reference to Tommy living through his premature birth and growing up happy and healthy.
• All-Loving Hero: Not at first, but slowly becomes this over time. It's to the point that despite how much she loves tormenting them, he's still genuinely concerned for Angelica whenever she's in danger/might be hurt. In the episode "Hiccups", it was her scare machine falling apart on top of her that scared him enough to cure his hiccups, because he was genuinely afraid she was seriously hurt by it.
• Badass Adorable: He's only one year old, and is very courageous.
• Bald of Authority: Save for a few strands of hair, Tommy is completely bald and the de facto leader when he and the rest of the babies go on adventures in the show, often deciding what the plan is for each episode. He's also shown to be the bravest of the group, being the first to charge into the unknown or stand up against Angelica, who often bullies them. His baldness is justified as he's a literal baby who has yet to fully grow hair, but it remains noteworthy since he's the only kid to be bald until Dil comes along.
• Baldness Mockery: As a one-year-old baby, Tommy only has a few hairs on his head, and is often teased by Angelica for this. She often calls him "Baldy" as a malicious nickname. The plot of "Hair!" involves her telling him that he won't grow up because he doesn't have hair like his friends, so he tries to get some by using a wig that Lou uses to one-up Roy Davis, an old friend of his who comes to visit. In the end, Tommy discovers that Stu and Drew were both bald as babies in an old photo, but grew hair when they grew up, meaning Angelica was wrong.
• Beware the Nice Ones: He's frightening when he actually gets angry enough. When he reached his limit with Dil's behavior in the first movie, he gave Dil an angry, hateful speech and almost dumps baby food on Dil for him to be abducted by the monkeys.
• Big Brother Instinct: He cares a lot about his younger brother, Dil. He openly objects to Phil and Lil trying to return him to the hospital in the first movie, and is often quick to defend Dil if someone says bad things about him.
• Blue Is Heroic: He is usually seen wearing a light blue t-shirt and has the heart of a hero, even standing up to Angelica most of the times when she goes too far.
• Character Catchphrase: "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 a lot more mature and wiser in the show's 10th anniversary special documentary.
  • During the second and third seasons, Tommy developed some Jerkass tendencies, mostly pressuring Chuckie into going on adventures against the latter's will, becoming very egotistical, and sometimes even enjoying getting in trouble. By the end of the series, these traits had been pushed away, leaving the determinator and All-Loving Hero character most well known.
• Cheerful Child: Tommy is very fearless & happy-go-lucky most of the time, this is also justified as he's still a baby.
• Clear Their Name: Tommy's done this a few times, most notably in "Monster in the Garage" and "Fluffy Vs. Spike", where Spike's been blamed for bad things that a mouse and Fluffy did. This was difficult for him because as a one-year-old baby, he can't talk to adults.
• Determinator: One of the youngest ones you'll find in all media. No matter how serious the situation is, he'll stop at nothing to fix whatever mess the babies are in.
• Doctor Whomage: It's not sonic, but Tommy can still unlock as many things with his screwdriver as the Doctor can.
• Early Installment Character-Design Difference: Tommy wore a red shirt in both the unaired pilot and the actual first episode of the show. After that his signature color became blue, and his main outfit became a blue shirt (though he occasionally wore overalls in early episodes).
• Fearless Infant: He practically owns this trope. He often serves as the leader of the babies' many adventures and hardly bats an eye when they are occasionally in peril.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Chuckie, who he's shown hanging around the most of any of his friends. They remain besties in the All Grown Up! spinoff.
• Iconic Item: His trusty toy screwdriver, which he keeps even in his teen years.
• Idiot Hero: Downplayed, he is more intelligent than most examples of this trope, but then again, he is just a baby and can act reckless at times and usually doesn't think twice in situations, and as of a result, cries.
• Informed Judaism: Actually averted (unlike most other examples on kids' TV, which always weakly hint that a character may or may not be Jewish). In addition to the token Hanukkah special, his family also celebrates Passover. On top of that, his maternal grandparents (Boris and Minka) are established to be Eastern European Jews (possibly Russian or Ukrainian). In both Rugrats and All Grown Up!, Tommy and his family celebrate both Jewish and Christian holidays, due to his dad being a Christian.
• Innocent Blue Eyes: As seen in the unaired pilot, his irises are revealed to be this color.
• Jerkass Ball:
  • On occasions in earlier episodes (though not to the extent of his cousin, Angelica). Unintentionally, he could be seen as downright selfish and obnoxious, examples including "Tommy and the Secret Club", and even to an extent, "The Odd Couple", while episodes such as "Twins Pique" convey him as something of a narcissist. This however doesn't appear in later episodes.
  • This was actually the source of many conflicts with Chuckie in the third season, many of which called out Tommy's usual tendency to pressure or manipulate Chuckie into following his adventures and ideals of "fun" and regularly blow off any unpleasantries it causes him (Chuckie tears him a new one for it in "Farewell My Friend" in particular). While Tommy is still Innocently Insensitive in later seasons, he is often shown to be more compassionate towards Chuckie and worried about his well-being.
• The Leader: Of the babies, he's often the one who leads them to their adventures.
• Master of Unlocking: Most of the time it's Tommy and his toy screwdriver that undoes any barricade the babies face.
• Nice Jewish Boy: He's a good boy with a Jewish Mother.
• Nice Mean And In Between: The In-Between to Chuckie's Nice and Angelica's Mean. He's outgoing and adventurous, often forcing Chuckie to come with him against his will, but does genuinely care about Chuckie. He also has moments of being mischievous, but is still overall easy-going and is much nicer than Angelica.
• Perpetual Smiler: Due to him being a baby, there is barely any episode where Tommy spends a whole episode frowning, in fact, the number of times when Tommy is not happy throughout an entire episode can definitely be counted on one hand.
• Premature Birth Drama: While Tommy is too young at the time to understand it, a flashback reveals he was born prematurely and was placed in an incubator for an undeterminate period of time. He mentions how he was scared until Didi came and sat by his incubator while holding his hand.
• Prone to Tears: While he is indeed a fearless leader, there are quite a few episodes where he's seen crying (either to act like a typical baby or to be manipulative), and it is of course justified as he's still a baby.
• The Pollyanna: He can go into this territory from time to time, Justified since he is a baby.
• Rage Breaking Point: In the first movie. Tommy's patience is repeatedly pushed by Dil's selfishness throughout the film. After he saves him from the monkeys, Dil selfishly drinks all of the milk and keeps the large blanket all to himself, which leads to the blanket tearing in half and Tommy falling into a mud puddle. By this point, Tommy has had enough and gives Dil a major "The Reason You Suck" Speech, nearly pouring mashed bananas all over Dil so the monkeys can take him away. Thankfully, he catches himself just before actually doing such and has a massive Heel Realization.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gives an absolutely scathing one to Dil in the first movie after the latter rips their only blanket, which is what got Tommy to reach the limit to his patience with Dil's behavior. However, he ends up regretting this.
  Tommy: You think this is funny?! Phil and Lil was right. You're a bad, naughty baby and you're never gonna get any better! I'm through being your big brother! I don't want my "sponsatility" NO MORE! (tosses his compass away, the monkeys notice)
  Dil: My monkey, my monkey! Mine!
  Tommy: You want monkeys? Fine, I'll give you monkeys. Oh, you have a monkey mommy, a monkey daddy, and a monkey brother! My friends wanted to take you back to the "hopsicle". But noooooo, I said. He didn't mean it, I said. He was only playin'! But I was wrong. Now I don't have any friends. (throws a diaper over his shoulder, the monkeys grab it) Dil wants monkeys, and monkeys want the manners. (takes out the mashed bananas) Ohhh, EVERYBODY GETS WHAT THEY WANT!
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The adventurous and courageous red to Chuckie's cautious and neurotic blue.
• Sanity Slippage: In the first movie, during his "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Dil, he nearly ends up smearing Dil with banana-flavored baby food.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The adventure-seeking Manly Man to Chuckie's overly-cautious Sensitive Guy.
• Sickly Child Grew Up Strong: A former NICU baby who grew into a fearless adventurer and explorer.
• Strong Family Resemblance: He resembles the perfect combination of his father Stu and his maternal grandfather Boris.
• Trouser Space: Tommy often pulls things out of his diaper, most notably his plastic screwdriver, which he uses to escape from the playpen with.
• Vocal Evolution: In Season 1, Tommy had a very raspy, quiet voice, but it changed a bit in Season 2 and again in Season 4, when it became louder. Also, he had a different voice actress in the pilot, who sounded downright feminine.

Chuckie Finster

Voiced by: Christine Cavanaugh (first seven seasons, some episodes of season eight, The Rugrats Movie, Rugrats in Paris), Nancy Cartwright (the rest of season eight and onward), Jessica DiCicco (Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway)

Dubbed by: Adrien Antoine (European French)

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).

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• Afraidof Needles: In "The Shot", he says his experience with getting one was a horrific experience. He mentions having to be held down, which almost certainly didn't help.
• Anime Hair: His hair is what makes him recognizable.
• Art Evolution: Chuckie looks a bit different in Season 1, owing to Early Installment Character-Design Difference. He has fewer strands on his hair, his nose has a slightly different shape, and his head shape is more boxy. His design was refined in Season 2.
• Badass Normal: An interesting variation. When one cartoon had the babies think Chuckie was a super hero to get back his inflatable globe from Angelica, he was told his cape was the source of his powers. He ends up losing the cape and still beating Angelica, knocking her over. He's shocked he did it, too.
• Big Brother Instinct: He will defy his usual cowardice to save Tommy many times over. Once his father and Kira get married, he develops this for Kimi, especially in their preteen years.
• Black Bead Eyes: Whenever he's seen without his glasses, his eyes are drawn in tiny, black dots.
• Blind Without 'Em: We now know that without his glasses, his entire world looks like he's been taking a lot of drugs. (revealed in Chuckie Loses His Glasses)
• Blue Is Heroic: Though downplayed on the "heroic" part, Chuckie still has his moments of bravery when the situation truly calls for it. He is also usually seen wearing a light blue t-shirt with a yellow and red Saturn on it.
• Boyish Shorts: Chuckie, a toddler that's more dressed and slightly older than the other babies, wears shorts in contrast with the adult men around him including his father.
• Breakout Character: He got the least focus of the main babies in Season One, and unlike Phil and Lil, didn't even get A Day in the Limelight. This changes in Season Two onwards, where his personality is fully realised and he has almost as many episodes devoted to him as Tommy, with Rugrats In Paris also being centred around him.
• Butt-Monkey: Very often due to his lack of confidence, though not to Angelica's extent.
• Character Catchphrase:
  • "I Don't Think That's Such a Good Idea..." or alternatively "I don't know, Tommy..."
  • "We're doomed! Doomed, I tell ya!"
• Characterization Marches On: In the first season, he could be quite argumentative and rude to the other babies, but thankfully it was toned down in later seasons.
• Chick Magnet: He's actually quite popular with the ladies, having "relationships" with Megan in Season 3, Emma in Season 5, and having to pretend to be married to Lil in Season 6. It's even theorized among fans that the reason why Angelica torments him so much is because she has a secret crush on him, and they get plenty of episodes with each other throughout the series. The All Growed Up special episode is about his crush on a girl in middle school.
• Companion Cube: His stuffed bear Wawa, a Tragic Keepsake from his deceased mother.
• Cowardly Lion: invoked He will get over his cowardice if his friends are in danger. It even makes him a Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass. He even takes on the role of the Trope Namer in Susie's dream in "No Place Like Home".
• Cowardly Sidekick: In contrast to the fearless Tommy.
• Deadpan Snarker: This line exemplifies it. When Phil and Lil show up as Hansel and Gretel in Chuckie's Cinderella fantasy:
  Phil: I'm Hansel and she's Gretel.
  Lil: Yah. And we're losted.
  Chuckie: Well you're even more losted than ya think. Cus you're in the wrong story.
• Deuteragonist: Tommy may be the leader of the group, but Chuckie by far has the most changes happen to his life throughout the entire shows run. He ends up gaining a new mom after his old one died while he was barely months old, gains a sister, is the first of the group to say his first word, and his family ends up starting and running a successful business.
• Didn't Want an Adventure: He's usually the first one to object to any of Tommy's adventures, but he tags along anyways.
• Dirty Coward: Usually averted but played straight in "Dust Bunnies". Upon hearing that Tommy was attacked by a "dust bunny", he runs off afraid without a second thought. Subverted as he regrets it and comes through in the end.
• Earn Your Happy Ending: This kid goes through a lot without his Missing Mom. By the time of the second film, he finally gains a mother he always wanted.
• Eye Glasses: There isn't much detail in his eyes from inside the lenses of his glasses apart from little black dots and white sclerae which take up the entire space of the lenses.
• 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 things they were doing was. 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. Then things got worse when his voice actress was replaced...
• Foil:
  • To Tommy. While Tommy is rather bold and adventurous, Chuckie tends to worry that they're in a bad situation and points out that Tommy's plans could result in trouble.
  • Compared to his stepsister Kimi, she is also more bold and energetic than he is. In particular, she's enthusiastic about riding a Reptar mecha while Chuckie was only doing so in order to warn his father that Coco was using him.
• Goofy Buckteeth: Chuckie has buckteeth, and his Lovable Coward tendencies (as well as his Absurd Phobias) are often played for comedy, though they can be played for pathos just as frequently.
• Happily Adopted: In "Finsterella", Kira officially adopts Chuckie, and though there is a growing period between the two, she makes it clear that while it will take time for her to understand him better, no matter the situation, she does and will always love him as her son.
• The Heart: He's usually the one that keeps the babies together.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Tommy: they've been best friends since the start of the series, and continue to remain besties in the All Grown Up! spinoff.
• Laborious Laces: His shoelaces are almost always untied. This has often resulted in him tripping over them, and it has also sometimes resulted in him causing the episode's conflict, such as when he accidentally fell on Kimi's rollercoaster toy and broke it in "Talk of the Town". In "Tie My Shoes", the babies get Angelica to tie Chuckie's shoelaces since Angelica had learned how to tie shoelaces from Miss Carol's video lesson. However, they have to bring her food that she likes before she can do it. When Chuckie's shoelaces are tied, this leads to the adults believing that Chuckie tied his own shoelaces.
• The Lancer: Often acts as the cowardly contrast to the courageous Tommy.
• Living Emotional Crutch: It is implied that he, at least in some regards, is this to his father, as he is effectively the last Chas has left of Melinda.
• Lovable Coward: Probably his defining characteristic. Chuckie's cowardice doesn't stop him from being one of the most lovable characters on the show.
• Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: He's the Feminine Boy to Kimi's Masculine Girl. He is very cowardly and if he loses something, he prefers to leave it where it is. Nonetheless, when Kimi wanders into strange territory, he will go in with her to make sure she's safe.
• Missing Mom: The Mother's Day episode heavily implied that his mother died a few months — maybe less than that — after he was born. And in "Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts" Chas and Chuckie are shown visiting her grave.
• 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, as he does whatever he can to make sure they don't turn out to be bad guys, which is justified considering he's the oldest and the most aware.
• Neat Freak:
  • He is shown to be one in "The Odd Couple" when Tommy spends the weekend at his house. Chuckie doesn't want Tommy playing with another toy until after the last one is put away, and he has very particular ways of playing with toys and putting them away.
  • In another episode, "Mr. Clean", Chuckie takes it to an extreme, where after learning about germs, he becomes terrified of them. He dons a germ-proof "suit" and attempts to force the babies not to play anything to keep clean. Tommy and the twins quickly get him out of that phase.
• Nerdy Nasalness: Chuckie has a perpetually congested nose, giving him a nasal voice. ^note This is especially prominent after Nancy Cartwright replaced Christine Cavanaugh as his voice actress after the latter retired from voice acting (and died twelve years later). He fits other nerdy stereotypes as well, as he's gawky, neurotic, jumpy and bespectacled. In "The Smell of Success", Chuckie undergoes a treatment to cure his condition, only to find the effects of it are temporary.
• Nice Guy: Becomes this after the first season. For the most part, he is usually shy and kind.
• Nice Mean And In Between: The Nice to Angelica's Mean and Tommy's In-Between. He's afraid of causing harm (as well as most other things) and is overall good-mannered.
• Older Sidekick: He's Tommy's sidekick, but is a year older than him.
• One-Word Vocabulary: After saying his first real word in Rugrats in Paris, future episodes show that he continues using that one word with great alacrity to communicate with anyone too old for Baby Language. The adults find it very amusing.
• Only Sane Man: He is the only one who is against the other babies' crazy ideas and usually questions their antics, but gets dragged along anyway.
• Primary-Color Champion: He wears a blue shirt, has red hair and is the deuteragonist.
• Prone to Tears: It takes very little to upset him.
• Phrase Catcher: "Aw, quit being a baby!"
• Potty Emergency: Given that he is around the normal potty-training age, he naturally had a few examples of this:
  • He has several in "Chuckie Vs. The Potty". The first one happens after he vows to stay in diapers for the rest of his life, which results in a Potty Failure after an unsuccessful attempt to use his potty. Several more happen when Angelica turns the kitchen sink on and off. The last one happens at the end of the episode after he awakens from a nightmare where he is a prisoner flushed down a giant toilet, which results in him successfully using his potty for the first time.
  • In "Cuffed", after being handcuffed to Angelica and many unsuccessful attempts to remove the handcuffs, Chuckie asks Angelica if it's a bad time to mention he has to go potty, to which she replies that it is.
  • In "The Lympics", Chuckie is desperate to go but Angelica tells him he can't until he's won the race against the McNulty babies. This leads to Chuckie running as fast as he can to win the race quickly, and then subsequently dashing to the park toilet.
  • At the end of "A Dose of Dil", Chuckie becomes desperate to go after having drunk too much Ginger-Ale earlier in the episode.
• Perpetual Frowner: Maybe not always seen frowning, but he certainly doesn't smile as much as the other babies do and has been known to be a Prone to Tears Lovable Coward.
• Potty Failure:
  • This has happened to him in "Chuckie Vs. The Potty", where after spending a long time sitting on the potty with Stu and Didi watching him, he climbs off his potty, thinking he doesn't need to go, and pees on the floor immediately afterward.
  • At the beginning of "Accidents Happen", Chuckie has an exciting dream of him exploring a jungle which ends with him falling down a waterfall, resulting in Chuckie wetting Tommy's bed.
• Redheads Are Uncool:
  • He is danger prone, cowardly, wore glasses that would break from time to time, had allergies and was often picked on by other kids. So much so that there were entire episodes devoted to him having an operation that temporarily cleared his nose, him trying to dye his hair black to fit in with the rest of the kids, and his other quirks.
  • Sometimes averted: he's actually shown to be quite popular with the ladies in certain episodes (such as "Cradle Attraction").
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The overly-cautious Sensitive Guy to Tommy's adventure-seeking Manly Man.
• Sentimental Homemade Toy: Chuckie's favorite toy is a worn-out teddy bear named Wawa that was made by his deceased mother, Melinda.
• Shy Bladder: He can't bring himself to use the bathroom when people are watching him. Even when he's trapped with the other kids he still can't go.
• The Smart Guy: Chuckie is a bit more smart compared to the other babies since he is slightly older than them.
• Survival Mantra: "I'm a big brave dog, I'm a big brave dog..."
• Team Mom: At times, he tries to keep the group together. Further shown at the end of "What's Your Line", when he utilizes what he's learned from his own father to comfort Dil when he cries.
• Terrified of Germs: In "Mr. Clean" when Chas tells him about the dangers of germs and he has a nightmare of an army of bacteria chasing him.
• Took a Level in Kindness: Started out as a rather argumentative Lancer in the first season, before mellowing out into a Nice Guy from the second onwards.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: With his phobia of clowns in several episodes. In "Stu-Maker's Elves", it's revealed he has a fear of heights since he was heldby the ankles as a newborn. He's also scared of the dark.
• You Just Had to Say It: He has a habit of giving his friends ideas, which he didn't mean to, and which ends with him going along unwillingly.
  • In "Stu Gets a Job", after accidentally giving Tommy an idea to prevent his dad from going to work, he said "When am I ever gonna learn to keep my big mouth shut?"
  • In "Reptar On Ice", Tommy believes Reptar is dead, but Chuckie believes he's just hiding. This cheers Tommy enough to have them go looking for him. Chuckie groans "I did it again."
  • In another episode, his friends look at him after saying something, he sighs and says "I'll get the screwdriver."
  • In "Let Them Eat Cake," he lampshades the whole thing. Tommy wants to go after the huge cake, and rather than talk him out of it, Chuckie acknowledges that Tommy won't listen to him and come up with "a whole bunch of crazy reasons why we gotta do it," so why not just skip the middleman this time and go along with it?
  • In "Tricycle Thief", Angelica was accused of stealing Susie's bike as payback for her laughing when Angelica fell into the mud the previous day. Angelica claims her innocence and wouldn't even bother doing so just for spite, then Chuckie blurted out that he overheard Angelica said something. When the babies asked what it was, he tried to keep quiet only to reluctantly give in, and it only seemed to confirm Angelica's guilt.
• Youthful Freckles: Like most redheads, Chuckie has a face replete with prominent freckles.

Phil and Lil DeVille

Voiced by: Kath Soucie (both)

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.

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• Big Eater: They love eating. They especially like mud, worms, and bugs.
• The Big Guy: Phil is the toughest of the babies and the most hands-on.
• Extreme Omnivore: Worms, insects, boogers, toilet water— anything is fair game.
• Dirty Kid: After Tommy gets pantsed by Dil in the movie, Lil looks excited by it.
• Divergent Character Evolution: The twins started off as the same character split in two, but later in the series Phil became a borderline Deadpan Snarker and Audience Surrogate, being the character that said what the audience was thinking. Lil would also become the more adventurous of the pair.
• Filthy Fun: They both like playing in the mud, especially Phil.
• First-Name Ultimatum: When they argue, they usually address each other by their full first names (Phillip and Lillian).
• Green Is Gross: They both wear green shirts (as green is their favorite color), and have an extreme fondness for anything gross.
• Half-Identical Twins: The only physical difference between them (besides the obvious) is that Lil has free-hanging earlobes, something minor enough that most people, including their parents, don't notice.
• Hates Baths: To the point where Phil considers the word "bath" a bad word.
• Identical Twin ID Tag: The most obvious way of telling them apart is Lil's bow, which they will sometimes use to pull off a Twin Switch. Lil also wears a diaper under her overalls, while Phil wears shorts. In "Twins Pique" Lil gives herself pigtails, and Phil messes up his hair so they can be told apart.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: They could be pretty mean at times, but nowhere near the extent of Angelica. In "Weaning Tommy", Tommy (who's going through withdrawal after his parents were told by their dentist to get Tommy off his bottle) tells the twins of his plight, and their answer is "Sorry, Tommy. Wish we could help" and then continue drinking their bottles right in front of him. The worst example has to be in the first movie where they let the monkeys take Dil away and had no problem leaving Tommy in the woods because "all he cares about now is baby Dil". Chuckie has to call them out and defends that someone has to care for Dil and they just can't leave Tommy behind. But nonetheless, the two share a strong bond with each other and care deeply about their friends.
• Kiddy Coveralls: While not quite overalls—a jumper for Lil and a top paired with Boyish Shorts for Phil to simulate shortalls—this still applies. They're a lot more wild and messy than Tommy and Chuckie and into Toilet Humor and gross things, including bugs and worms.
• My God, What Have I Done?: An interesting case for Lil. In Rugrats Go Wild!, Lil catches sight of a venus fly trap eating a fly and freaks out, realizes what she's been doing all of this time and swears off worms and bugs.
• Nightmare Fetishist: Very young versions. The "fetishist" part is downplayed as there is nothing sexual about their interest in what most would be freaked out by.
• The Pig-Pen: Both of them love getting messy.
• Pink Girl, Blue Boy: Lil has pink shoes, and has a pink bow in her hair, while Phil has blue shoes and blue pants. However, they both have pink shirts.
• Pink Means Feminine: Lil is color-coded with her pink bow and shoes.
• Prefers Proper Names: They often refer to each other as "Phillip" and "Lillian".
• Sibling Rivalry: Their bickering is a Running Gag.
• Single-Minded Twins: When they're not arguing, they tend to be on the same page.
• The Smurfette Principle: Before Kimi was introduced near the end of the original run of the series, Lil was the only female regular baby of the main cast.
• Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: Phil wears pants, while Lil wears a dress and has a bow on her head.
• Theme Twin Naming: Both names rhyming with "ill". As does their surname.
• Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Lil loves playing in the mud and eating worms, but also plays with dolls and gets excited when she thinks she's playing a princess in Angelica's ballet performance.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Bugs, though Lil swears off them in Rugrats Go Wild.
• Vocal Evolution: Over the course of the series Phil's voice became less feminine and more scratchy, whilst Lil's voice became higher during the Kimi era episodes.
• With Friends Like These...: In earlier seasons, they demonstrated a more selfish side and would on occasion brush off turmoils Tommy or Chuckie suffer or even take Angelica's side if she made a good enough offer. This trait downplayed as the series went on.

Angelica Pickles

Voiced by: Cheryl Chase

A Large Ham and bossy, Angelica is Tommy's cousin (their dads are brothers) and serves as the main antagonist of the series. She's a frequent bully to Tommy and the other "stupid babies" and when not dispensing incorrect wisdom, lives to make them miserable whenever they're in the same place. She is able to understand the babies' language and communicate with them.

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• Anti-Role Model: She's pretty much the embodiment of what young children shouldn't act like.
• Attention Whore: She gets enraged when people give more attention to the babies than to her.
• Babysitter's Nightmare: In "Mommy's Little Assets", Drew and Charlotte have to attend important business meetings and need someone to look after Tommy and Angelica^note specifically, because Grandpa Lou went fishing, Stu and Didi went on vacation, Betty and Howard took Phil and Lil to a big tractor pull, and Chas went to a therapist's convention (and presumably took Chuckie with him). When Charlotte asks Drew if they know any babysitters, Drew tells them they do, but they can never get any of them to look after Angelica a second time.
• Badbutt: She's the closest thing to a villain that the show has.
• Believing Their Own Lies: She usually torments the younger babies by lying to them about some mundane thing to make it seem terrifying. Correspondingly, her comeuppance often involves circumstances making her think she was right:
  • After tricking Chuckie into thinking a disease she made up is turning him into a rhinoceros, a horn-shaped bump on her head, along with gray-colored scabs on her legs, leads her to think that she has contracted "rhinoceritis".
  • When the Pickles attend a family reunion, Angelica tricks Tommy into thinking it means he'll be taken away from his parents and kept with another family member. She finds the trick funny until a female relative jokes how she's going to take Angelica home with her (and "put her to work"), making her believe her lie is actually true. When she runs off to avoid being taken away and meets up with Tommy, she even comments, "I thought I was just making it up!"
  • After all the babies come down with chicken pox, Angelica convinces them that they'll all turn into actual chickens. By the end of the episode, she herself has contracted the pox, and when an egg falls into her car seat, she freaks out and believes that she's turning into a chicken herself.
  • She tried to convince the babies that the sky is falling, and ends up believing it herself after a stray tennis ball falls on her head.
  • Stu and Didi give Tommy's old toys to Dil, and Angelica tells Tommy that once his parents give all of his old stuff to Dil, he'll disappear. In the end, Susie explains that a person doesn't disappear from giving away hand-me-downs. Angelica expresses her thankfulness on being an only child, and thus gets to keep all of her stuff, but then her dad comes by and tells her that he and Charlotte have decided to give all of her old stuff to Tommy. This causes Angelica to scream in fear that she'll disappear once her parents give all of her old stuff to Tommy.
  • After an incident where Tommy accidentally loses one of his toys down the drain, Angelica scares Tommy and Chuckie by saying they could suffer the same fate. Throughout the episode, they try to find ways to get out of it, which includes flushing anything bath time related down the toilet. Ironically, she accidentally flushes her own doll, Cynthia, down the toilet. The plumber recovers it, but the doll is ruined.
    Angelica: (sobbing) It's true! It's true! You can get sucked down the drain!
  • In one episode she claims to Tommy that since he doesn't have any hair, he'll be stuck as a baby and never be able to grow up. At the end of the episode, after eating a sticky candy that gets covered all over her, including over her hair, Stu reveals to her that a similar situation happened to him once and the only thing they could do was shave all his hair out. Realizing what's going to happen to her, she starts to panic.
• Berserk Button: Whatever you do, don't steal Cynthia from Angelica. Not even karma will protect you from her wrath. In The Movie, she even ventures out into the wilderness to track down the lost babies when Dil steals Cynthia, refusing to stop until she has her beloved doll back.
• Big Bad: She often causes trouble for the main characters, and as such she's the closest thing to a main antagonist. When it's not her, it's usually her equally bratty crush, Timmy McNulty.
• Big Eater: Usually when desserts (most often with cookies) are involved, to the point where she'll eat any dessert you give to her unless it's flan.
• Big Sister Instinct: Despite how much she torments the babies, she goes ballistic when anyone besides her hurts them. Lampshaded in Rugrats in Paris:
  "Listen, lady! Nobody messes with my dumb babies except me!"
• Birthday Hater: Due to the fear of the implications of growing up, Angelica behaves this way during her third (or fourth?) birthday. In the end, she regrets it when she realizes being a baby limits what she can do.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She pulls a sweet and nice girl facade in front of the adults while showing her nasty side to the babies.
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: A rare example involving both genders; she's the Blonde to Susie's Brunette and Harold's Redhead.
• Bratty Half-Pint: She often whines when she doesn't get her way.
• Breakout Villain: Angelica proved massively popular with audiences, and to many is as iconic a character as Tommy.
• The Bully: She frequently picks on the babies.
• Character Catchphrase:
  • "You dumb babies!"
  • "Can you believe it, Cynthia?"
  • "CYNTHIAAAAA!"
  • "Hmph."
  • "Oh Mommy/Daddy."
  • "You make me sick!"
• Character Development: At the start, Angelica was a total Jerkass that acted nice in front of the adults, but had a 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 (mostly after season 3 and 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.
• Child Hater: Despite being a child herself, she is often mean to the babies and isn't very nice to people her own age either.
• Childish Bangs: Combined with her Girlish Pigtails.
• Children Are Innocent: Believe it or not, even Angelica shows shades of this once in a while, most notably her Innocent Swearing in "Word of the Day," mercifully censored via Sound-Effect Bleep.
• Clashing Cousins: A one-sided version with Tommy and Dil. Angelica dislikes them and thinks they're "dumb babies". By All Grown Up it's slightly more mutual on Tommy's part and he's grown enough to realize Angelica's brattiness. Though they bicker constantly, it is shown that Angelica does really like Tommy deep down.
• Companion Cube: She often treats her Cynthia doll as if it were a living person.
• Cute, but Cacophonic: She's three years old and has No Indoor Voice.
• Daddy's Girl: Though her parents both love her, she appears closer to Drew. This is understandable as he's around more than Charlotte. Drew is also more of a softy when it comes to attempts at disciplining his daughter.
• Deliberately Cute Child: Acts sweet and nice when grownups are around to try and manipulate them.
• Depending on the Writer: Is she a Jerkass Woobie (and maybe a Tsundere as well) or a flat-out vile little brat who dangerously borders on being a Villain Protagonist? It depends on how pleasant the writers are feeling about her at the time. Still happens in All Grown Up! but to a much smaller extent. [invoked]
• Devil in Plain Sight: The adults are usually unaware of how bratty and mean she is, though occasionally she does get caught and has to suffer punishment for her actions.
• Didn't Think This Through: She often gets in trouble because she's so focused on being mean to the babies that she doesn't stop and think about how what she's doing might reflect back on her. Justified as she's only three.
• The Dreaded: All of the other kids (except Susie and Kimi) are scared of her. Whenever she pops up, the babies normally have an Oh, Crap! reaction.
• Early Installment Character-Design Difference:
  • Angelica wore a visible diaper under her dress for the first season, before losing it from the second season onwards.
  • Angelica's sleepwear used to be a red nightie with pink hearts. In mid-Season 2, this changed to an oversized Dummi Bears T-shirt.
• Embarrassing Nickname: Dil calls her "Yucky".
• Even Bad Women Love Their Mamas: It is shown several times that she loves her parents even when they're not spoiling her rotten.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She may be a massive jerk to them, but every now and then she'll give a sign that she does genuinely care for her cousin underneath all her spoiled jerkassness. And of course, even if she's not above trying to manipulate them, she genuinely does love her parents and will feel bad if she ends up being scolded by them. (Granted, more so her mom than her dad.)
• Even Evil Has Standards: Say what you will about Angelica, but there are lines even she wouldn't cross, and she recognizes when she's gone too far.
  • In "Tricycle Thief."
    Angelica: I may be mean, and I may be a bully, but I'M NO TRICYCLE THIEF! She's not.
  • Also from "Tricycle Thief," the previous day Angelica breaks the reflector on Susie's bike. The next day, Angelica gives Susie an apology note for it.
  • She usually doesn't say rude things about Chuckie's Missing Mom either. Whenever Chuckie's thinking about his Missing Mom, she will not torment him.
  • She loves to torment the babies and do mean things to them, but if anyone else does things (like try to hurt them), she does not tolerate it.
    Angelica: (After Coco pushes the babies over) Listen, lady, NOBODY messes with my dumb babies 'cept ME! (stomps on Coco's wedding train, causing the back of her dress to tear and reveal her underwear)
  • In Rugrats in Paris when Angelica helps Coco LaBouche trick Chas into marrying her, even she knew that was a horrible thing to do and actually genuinely felt bad and sincerely apologized to Chuckie
• Evil Is Bigger: Being a toddler, she stands a few inches taller than the babies and is usually the main enemy to them.
• Evil Is Petty: She can sometimes fall into this. Like when she convinced Tommy, Phil and Lil that Chuckie was an alien and his new playhouse was his spaceship. The motive? Angelica couldn't fit into the playhouse herself so didn't want any of the babies to enjoy it.
• Generation Xerox: There's a lot of implications throughout the show that her jerkass demeanor mostly comes from her mother's ruthless business woman attitude. Notably, Charlotte has defended Angelica's nature a few times as something she'll need growing up, and her scolding Angelica is one of the few things that will cause Angelica to realize she's genuinely screwed up big time.
• Girlish Pigtails: She has short blonde hair put up in neat little pigtails. And purple bows to go with the dress. All to match her general girliness.
• Haughty "Hmph": Being the spoiled little brat she is, there's hardly an episode that goes by that she doesn't do one of these.
• 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.
• Hoist by Her Own Petard: Many of Angelica's punishments are brought about by her inability to quit while she was ahead. For instance, in "The Trial", her desire to pin the blame on one of the babies for breaking Tommy's favorite clown lamp leads to her gloating her guilt to the babies... and in front of Didi and Betty.
• Hollywood Tone-Deaf: Depends on the episode, she is good at singing in episodes like "Vacation" but most of the time she sings in a loud, screechy voice.
• Hypocritical Heartwarming: "Nobody messes with my dumb babies 'cept me!"
• Hypocritical Humor: Angelica seems rather insecure about being so close in age to the younger Rugrats — she's always referring to them as "just babies" and to herself as an adult, even though Dil (who's three years younger than Angelica) is the only Rugrats who's technically "just a baby." Angelica and Susie are both only a year older than Chuckie and two years older than Tommy, Kimi and the twins. Angelica even wore a diaper under her dress in the first season, indicating that she wasn't fully toilet trained yet.
• Ink-Suit Actor: Angelica is essentially a cartoon version of Cheryl Chase (her voice actress, except Cheryl is fairly nice in real life) in many aspects, such as her appearance and some of her interests.
• Ironic Name: She usually acts angelic when she's around adults so they seldom catch on to her true bratty nature.
• It Runs in the Family: Her tyrannical side is implied to be inherited from her mother and her grandpa's cousin, Miriam (whose past with Lou heavily mirrored Angelica's with Tommy). Similar to Miriam, All Grown Up implies she'll tone down in later years and become more just an outspoken egotist.
• It's All About Me: Most of the time, she'll only act on her own selfishness.
• Jerkass: She plays this trope straight, from childhood to the All Grown Up! episodes. She is really willing to manipulate the other characters to get what she wants.
• Jerkass Has a Point: In the first movie, Angelica tries to upstage Susie when she sings "A Baby is a Gift", and brings up valid points that raising a child does come with difficulties like dealing with dirty diapers and constant screaming.
• Jerkass to One: She bullies all the babies, but seems to take special fondness in picking on Chuckie, the Nervous Wreck of the group.
  Tommy: *angrily* Angelica, why do you always have to pick on Chuckie?
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She has a lot of nice moments — such as when she admits she'll miss Tommy when he almost moves away or apologizing to Suzie via a hand-made card. In the sequel, she Took a Level in Kindness.
• Karma Houdini: Angelica manages to pull one in "Barbecue Story," where she deliberately throws Tommy's ball over a fence without any comeuppance. Presumably, karma wasn't paying attention that time. Angelica was in fact originally conceived as a Karma Houdini to teach the audience sometimes life won't be fair. Allegedly the creators loathed "Barbecue Story", which followed the original direction, and while she has mild cases of getting away afterward, most of her truly heinous acts are met with solid karma.
• Karma Houdini Warranty: A meta-example. Angelica was initially intended by the creators to be a permanent Karma Houdini to teach children that sometimes life isn't fair. However, the creators themselves eventually got sick of Angelica's brattiness, so they decided to start having her face realistic punishment and consequences of her actions.
• Karmic Butt-Monkey: A lot of the karma she suffers often has her humiliated in some way, which often results in her bawling her eyes out whenever the humiliation she suffers becomes too much for her to handle.
• Kids Are Cruel: Perhaps the most unflattering depiction of a preschool-aged child in all media.
• The Killjoy: If the babies are having way too much fun, Angelica will easily get frustrated and ruin their fun. For instance, in "The Box", when the babies take the torn pieces of the Kiddie Karnival box and begin playing around them, Angelica, failing to understand the enjoyment, snatches them in anger in shouts out "You dumb babies! Stop having fun! It's just a stupid box!"
• Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Since Angelica is able to understand the language of adults, she often takes it upon herself to explain to the babies how aspects of the grown-up world works. The problem is that Angelica is still, well, a child, so there is a lot of context and details that she cannot fully comprehend (not to mention the fact that, like most little kids, she tends to take things VERY literally), leading her explanations to be incomplete and chock full of hilarious misunderstandings at best (such as the time she thought that if two people utter the words "I do" in each other's presence they're automatically married). What's more, she will sometimes even "correct" the babies on things they've (albeit usually unknowingly) actually gotten right (such as in "The Trial" when she insisted that it was "jerky" and not "jury")!
• Large Ham: She often likes to see herself as quite the little performer let's 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.
• Little Miss Snarker: Often makes remarks towards the babies about their ignorance of how the world works due to being very young, naive, and inexperienced.
• Metaphorgotten: A specialty of hers, given her young age and tendency to be a Know-Nothing Know-It-All:
  • "If life hands you a lemon, make some applesauce."
  • "Rome wasn't built in an egg."
  • "Now let's make like a tree and get out of here."
  • "If the truth hurts, wear it."
• Never My Fault: Angelica has a habit of deflecting blame when she gets into trouble. In the episode where she gets sent to day camp, she blames her doll, Cynthia, for suggesting it.
• Never Speak Ill of the Dead: One of Angelica's redeeming qualities was how she never made a negative comment about Chuckie's late mother, Melinda, or even interferes during the Mood Whiplash moment of the episode, Mother's Day.
• Nice Mean And In Between:
  • In the main series, she's the Mean to Chuckie's Nice and Tommy's In-Between. She's spoiled and often bullies both Tommy and Chuckie.
  • In the short-lived spin-off, "Pre-School Daze" (as well as the episode of the same name that inspired it), she retains her position as the Mean to Harold's Nice and Susie's In-Between. She's mean to Harold and has a frenemy relationship with Susie.
• No Matter How Much I Beg: When she tries to give up cookies in the episode "No More Cookies", she asks the babies to keep her from getting any and to never give in regardless of how much she demands a cookie.
• No Indoor Voice: Angelica is constantly yelling to get what she wants.
• Not Me This Time: In "The Tricycle Thief", Suzie blames Angelica for stealing her new tricycle when hers is missing and Angelica shows up with an identical one. Angelica says that it was hers and that her red-painted hands, which she would have gotten if she stole the trike from Suzie's garage, were from finger-painting. Turns out that despite the evidence stacked against her, she was completely innocent.
• Only-Child Syndrome: Angelica's an only child, which is notable in this show since all the other kids in the main cast (including Susie) have siblings)—she's also a Bratty Half-Pint with a massive ego due to being spoiled rotten by her parents. In the episode, "Angelica's Worst Nightmare", Angelica has a nightmare about her parents having another baby and forgetting about her. In another episode, "The Unfair Pair", Angelica convinces the twins that in families with only children, said only child is their favorite, and such is the case with her, Tommy, and Chuckie.^note At the time of this episode's broadcast, Tommy and Chuckie were still only children. Tommy gained Dil as a younger brother after the first movie, and Chuckie gained Kimi as a stepsister after Rugrats in Paris. In "Sister Act", Angelica expresses sadness at being the only child without a younger sibling, as well as a desire to have one.
• Secondary Color Nemesis: She wears a purple skirt, an orange sweatshirt and is a liar.
• Ship Tease: Some episodes show her expressing a Tsundere-ish crush on Timmy McNulty (the grandson of one of Lou's rivals and if possible an even bigger brat than Angelica).
• Sinister Sweet Tooth: The series' main antagonist, constantly picking on her baby cousin Tommy and his friends. She also loves sweets and sometimes eats too many to the point where she gets sick. In fact, some of her schemes involve something relating to sweets, one of the best examples of this being in "Partners in Crime". In the episode, Didi bakes a dozen cupcakes, and Angelica eats all but two. Angelica later goes on stealing a bowl of cookies and a cake for the 100th birthday of an elderly man named Ezekiel Davis. She gets a stomachache as a result of eating all of these.
• Spoiled Brat: To the point where even her parents recognize this even as they spoil her! But to their credit, they've tried many times to correct it.
  Drew: Angelica, if you don't eat your broccoli, then you're not going to get seconds on dessert!
  Angelica: BUT THAT'S NOT FAIR! *smashes her dinner plate against the wall*
• The Stool Pigeon: She often acts as a Petty Patty to get the babies in trouble for their shenanigans.
• Strong Family Resemblance: She resembles a bit of her mother Charlotte, but also from Miriam on her dad's side of the family.
• Sweet Tooth: Loves desserts (flan being the exception), cookies being her favorite.
• Team Rocket Wins: Even after her Karma Houdini status was abolished, there were rare occasions one of Angelica's schemes wouldn't backfire on her. The episode "New Kid On The Block"/"Pickles vs Pickles" is a standout case since she comes out the victor in both shorts. She also usually wins in her bouts against Timmy McNulty.
• Tiny Tyrannical Girl: Although she seems like a big bully rather than tiny, since she's three and the protagonists are babies.
• Token Evil Teammate: She's the closest thing the show has to a main villain—but even when she's not being mean to the babies, she tends to be the meanest of the main characters.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly Girl to Susie's Tomboy. She loves playing with dolls and dressing up.
• Too Dumb to Live: Shows up on occasion, like the end of "The Trial", where she admits to breaking Tommy's clown lamp and gloats about it because the babies can't say anything, completely forgetting about the fact that Didi and Betty can hear her in the next room.
• Took a Level in Kindness: Takes a mild one after Season 1, and a bigger one after Season 3. She still has lots of Kick the Dog moments in later seasons and even if she's not as consistently "evil" in depiction as she was early on, she's still an obnoxious and selfish bully on occasions. Depending on the Writer comes a lot into play.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Angelica loves cookies. It is even revealed in "No More Cookies" that "cookie" was her first word.
• Two Girls and a Guy: She and Susie are the two Girls to Harold's Guy.
• The Un-Favourite: Subverted. Her parents love her more than she realizes. She was worried that this would happen when she got a little sibling.
• Villainous Glutton: She is shown as this in the episode "Chuckie's Wonderful Life", Chuckie being shown that if he was never born, Angelica would have manipulated her uncle and aunt into abandoning Tommy and endlessly making junk food for her to eat. She shows traces of this in the show's real world too, whenever she gorges on cookies and other snacks or desserts: in "No More Cookies," when the babies see her devouring cookies at the beginning, they remark that they've never seen anyone eat like that, not even Reptar.
• Vitriolic Best Friends: She and Susie have this dynamic, particularly in the later episodes—but given Angelica's general demeanor, it's implied that Susie's the closest she has to a real friend (not counting the rest of the Rugrats and Harold).
• Vocal Evolution: Angelica's voice was always Cheryl Chase's own voice tweaked a little bit, but in Seasons 1-6, it was more noticeable that it was Cheryl's own speaking voice. In the Kimi era, her voice gets slightly higher. However in the Tales from the Crib DVD movies, her voice reverts back to Cheryl's and sounds noticeably more like Cheryl than she did in the show's entire run.
• We Want Our Jerk Back!:
  • In "New Kid in Town", after she the babies one time too many, they decide to hang out with a kid named Josh, who at first, seems to treat them with respect. As time passes, he begins to drop the act, taking what he wants and making the babies do what he wants, claiming fair is fair. When he forces them to dig a moat around the jungle gym the way Angelica did, the babies admit that they miss Angelica and the ways she used to bully them.
  • In "Angelica For a Day", she starts wearing Chuckie's shoes after Tommy has Chuckie wear her shoes to make him braver, having heard her say that the phrase "I wouldn't want to be in that guy's shoes" means that if you put on someone else's shoes, you act just like him/her. While in Chuckie's shoes, she becomes a lot nicer to Tommy, but also a lot less brave, eventually getting on Tommy's nerves. When some older boys come up to them and Chuckie, Tommy even says that he never thought he'd miss the old Angelica. Much of the episode's events are revealed to be a dream of Tommy's, and when he awakens, he is so glad that Angelica is still her mean old self, that he gives her a hug, much to her ire.

Susie Carmichael

Voiced by: Cree Summer, E.G. Daily ("The Last Babysitter" and "Angelica's Birthday")

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. Like Angelica, she can understand the babies' language perfectly and communicate with them.

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• The Ace: Downplayed and Justified. At a glance, she is Wise Beyond Their Years and has many talents. But that's only because of a few factors.
  • she's the oldest of the kids, and thus knows more, but she's just as prone to believing things that aren't true and mispronouncing words based on how the babies pronounce them.
  • she has common sense, but she's still a kid, so she's able to be a part of the babies pretend games without much issue and tag along on their adventures without feeling out of place.
  • Her mother is a career woman, and not only humble, but also has common sense - thus, Susie emulates her as a role model, tries and finds talent in things.
• Affirmative Action Girl: Originally added to the cast when the creators noticed that there were too many white, male characters. Luckily, Susie manages to avoid being a token through her Cool Big Sis persona.
• Animal Lover: She likes animals, owning a cat named Chowder and a gerbil named Herbie. In the "Sight For Sore Eyes" book, she owns two ferrets, an iguana, three turtles, and a canary.
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: A rare example involving both genders; she's the brunette to Angelica's Blonde and Harold's Redhead.
• Brainy Brunette: Has dark brown hair and is quite the prodigy with knowledge about reproduction (likely due to her mother being a doctor) and is fluent in French.
• Broken Ace: In "A Rugrats Kwanzaa", Susie worries that she's not a special person because despite her wisdom and her many talents, she doesn't have a trophy like her parents or siblings do. She tries to do the same talents that her siblings have, but it doesn't work out, and her attempt to make a bust of her head is, as Phil would put it, "Really is a bust".
• Characterization Marches On: In her initial appearances she mostly interacted with Tommy, and was kind of a drama queen and a crybaby, sharing Tommy's naivete 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: Susie's very intelligent for someone her age—for example, by the time she's three, she's already fluent in French.
• Cool Big Sis: Acts like this to Tommy and the other babies. Ironically, Susie herself is the youngest of four children, and Alisa, despite having a valley-girl persona to a certain extent, is sort of a Cool Big Sis to Susie.
• Cunning Linguist: It's revealed that she knows ten languages.
• Foil: While Angelica is a mean girl who doesn't treat the babies too well, Susie's rather sweet and caring and is friends with Tommy and the others, not looking down on them just because they're younger than her. Furthermore, she's African American and a brunette while Angelica's white and has blonde hair.
• Girlish Pigtails: She has her black hair in braids.
• Iconic Sequel Character: A Sixth Ranger to the babies who acts as a foil to Angelica, and is introduced in the show's second season.
• Lethal Chef: One episode has her baking treats for the babies, only for them to hate how they taste.
• Nice Girl: She's a sweet and compassionate little girl who basically serves as the "Anti-Angelica."
• Nice Mean And In Between: The In-between to Harold's Nice and Angelica's Mean. She treats Harold with respect but has a rivalry with Angelica.
• Out of Focus: Became less prominent as the series progressed, playing minor roles in the first two movies and making fewer appearances starting in Season 8.
• Sassy Black Woman: She mostly shows her sassy side to Angelica, her foil.
• Token Minority: The only one of the Rugrats to be of African descent.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Tomboy to Angelica's Girly Girl. She is very athletic.
• Two Girls and a Guy: She and Angelica are the two Girls to Harold's Guy.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: She often acted as Angelica's rival in the earlier seasons, but over time the two gradually began to warm up to each other and while they never really stopped arguing, it's clear they did consider each other friends. Considering Angelica's attitude^note And not counting Harold or the rest of the kids, Susie's arguably the closest Angelica has to an actual "friend."
• Wise Beyond Their Years: She's very smart and mature for a preschool-aged kid.
• X Must Not Win: While mostly a Good Counterpart to Angelica, Susie has been shown to be rather competitive with her at times. Comes to an extreme in "Tricycle Thief" where she jumps to the immediate conclusion she stole her trike.

Dil Pickles

Voiced by: Tara Strong

Tommy's little brother, who was born in The Movie. Unlike the others, he can't talk in full sentences, so he's a baby even to the other babies. As a newborn, most of his time is spent sitting around and drooling.

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• Annoying Younger Sibling: Tommy felt this way about him in the first movie, but now cares for him.
• The Baby of the Bunch: Literally. Even though everyone else in the group is a baby, he's the youngest of them, not even being a year old.
• Big Brother Worship: While he is a baby among babies, him dreaming of Tommy when his mom sings "Beautiful Dreamer" is telling.
  • Shown again in "A Step At a Time" when he attempts to take his first steps purely because he sees Tommy walking away from him and wants to follow.
  • And again in "Tommy for Mayor" where he casts his vote by saying "Tommy!"
• Bratty Half-Pint: At times, especially in the first movie when he fights with Tommy over toys and other things. He gets better after that, but he can still be a brat like when he hits Tommy's head with his rattle.
• Character Catchphrase:
  • "POOPIE!"
  • "Mine!"
• Cousin Oliver: Sums up the page quote quite nicely. He was the baby debut in the Rugrats film franchise. For the most part, even in episodes where he's a major focus, he ends up feeling more like a living plot device than anything else.
• Cute, but Cacophonic: When he cries, it's a very good example of how grating Tara Strong can make her voice when she has to.
• Embarrassing Nickname: He calls Angelica "Yucky", and Chuckie "Ducky" or "Chubby".
• Fearless Infant: In "Acorn Nuts And Diapey Butts", while falling from a lethal height due to being dropped by a Reptar float in a parade, he is not only shown to be unafraid, but actually enjoying it and laughing.
• Generation Xerox: Dil's initial interactions with his older brother Tommy mirrors that of Stu and Drew Pickles, who did not get along as babies but gradually warmed up to each other. However, while Stu and Drew Pickles still argue with each other on occasion, Dil gets along well with his brother Tommy.
• Hates Baths: Due to his fear of water (and more so his fear for TOMMY being in danger in the water), he cries whenever having to bathe.
• It's All About Me: Zigzagged. He's younger and thus less developed than the other babies, but like them, he's far more developed than a real infant his age would be. That being the case, he's at least somewhat aware that his selfishness has consequences, and shapes up towards the end of the movie. The show zigzags with this as well, as sometimes he is shown as having learned his lesson, while at other times he reverts to his greedy and violent self.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He may be selfish and naughty at times but he's still a nice baby.
• Karma Houdini: An admittedly justified example; he tends to take whatever he wants and hits Tommy and the other babies, but only being a few months old, his brain isn't yet developed enough for him to understand what he's doing.
• Last-Minute Baby Naming: Stu and Didi initially assumed that their second child was going to be a girl, whom they planned to name "Trixie" (after Stu's late mother). But when their second child ended up being a boy, they ended up naming him after a cousin of Didi's named "Dylan."
• Living Prop: Semi-justified, considering that he's a baby who can't say a whole lot and doesn't do much. Still, most episodes rarely have him impact things and rather have people acting around him.
• The Nicknamer: Dil has a nickname for almost all the babies he interacts with, even ones whose names he's capable of pronouncing.
• Prone to Tears: He's definitely not above crying, and given the fact he's the youngest of the babies, it's a definite given.
• Prone to Vomiting: He frequently throws up or spits up, but it is justified due to his young age.
• Punny Name: Dill is a type of pickle. This pun is actually what convinced Stu and Didi to name him "Dylan".
• The Speechless: He doesn't really say anything due to being the youngest of the babies. Subverted as he also can say short words such as "Yucky", "Tommy", "Poopy", and others.
• Spoiled Brat: Not nearly to the same extent as his cousin, Angelica, but he can be like this at times, particularly during the first two-thirds of the first movie. To an extent, it's understandable—like a lot of kids his age, Dil's still a bit young to really understand the concept of sharing.
• Tagalong Kid: He usually tags along on the gang's adventures. Not that he always is useful because of his young age.
• The Load: Since he is unable to walk by himself, he literally has to be dragged around and rarely contributes anything to the plot.
• Took a Level in Kindness: He begins the first movie acting selfish and rude—but after Tommy gives him an epic verbal beatdown, he becomes a better boy. Though depending on the episode, he does sometimes slip back into hitting Tommy and demanding attention though his love for his brother has stuck—as it turns out, his fear of water isn't for himself being in danger, but rather for fear of Tommy being in danger in the water.
• Unintentionally Karmic: He and Kimi are the only ones who are friendly and bubbly to Angelica. However, this actually makes him more annoying to her, because since he is still a baby, he is always innocently grabbing her, making messes for her, ruining her clothes and things, and he embarrasses by mispronouncing her name and calling her "Yucky".
• We Want Our Jerk Back!: In several episodes focusing on him ("Dil We Meet Again", "Dil Saver", and "Hello Dilly"), the babies assume something bad happened to him; overall, the babies, especially Tommy, admit they miss having Dil be a baby and want him to stay that way, bad behavior and all.
  • In "Dil We Meet Again", the babies assume he turned into a watermelon when they overhear Betty say that will happen if they keep feeding him watermelon, and a watermelon is left in Dil's place when Didi takes him away to clean him up.
  • In "Dil Saver", Tommy wishes that Dil would go away when he knocks over a block tower he and his friends built. Following some trickery from Angelica and a photo of Dil being used as Stu's screensaver, the babies believe Dil to be trapped in the computer.
  • In "Hello Dilly", Angelica tricks the babies into thinking that fairy godmothers turn bad babies into dolls, and swaps Dil out with an identical-looking baby doll to one-up Cassie, one of her classmates at preschool.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: He's afraid of water, though, as mentioned above, its not for fear of himself being in danger, but for Tommy.

Kimi Watanabe-Finster

Voiced by: Dionne Quan

First appearing in the second movie, Kimi is an adventurous girl whose mother married Chuckie's father, making her his adopted sister.

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• Animal Lover: She likes all the animals she meets. She once threw away plastic toys to play with Fifi as she claims she likes real "aminals" better.
• Cheerful Child: Usually is pretty happy about stuff.
• Companion Cube: Superthing, that odd airplane-blimp plushy.
• Distaff Counterpart: Was conceived as being a female Tommy. It's even lampshaded by Chuckie in the second movie.
• Genki Girl: Adventurous and free-spirited.
• Hair Color Dissonance: Does Kimi have black hair or purple?
• Happily Adopted: While still having a good relationship with her biological father, Chas officially adopts Kimi in "Finsterella", and from that moment on she lovingly refers to him as her dad/daddy.
• Kiddy Coveralls: The jumper variety; like Phil and Lil, she's wearing a jumper dress and is a lot more bold and active than her shy brother Chuckie.
• Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: She's the Masculine Girl to Chuckie's Feminine Boy. Like Tommy, she is very adventurous and will often wander into strange territory to retrieve her missing things.
• Meaningful Name: Her real name, "Kimiko", means "child without equal", among "empress/noble child".
• No Accounting for Taste: Non-romantic example; unlike the others, Kimi actually likes Angelica.
• Plucky Girl: She's extremely fearless. At one point in the second movie, Chuckie calls her "another Tommy."
• Sixth Ranger: Joined the babies after the Rugrats in Paris movie.
• Token Minority: The only one of the Rugrats to be of Asian-descent.
• Unintentionally Karmic: She and Dil are the only ones who are friendly to Angelica. However, this makes her even more annoying to Angelica, as her Plucky Girl attitude and innocent attempts to play with Angelica only irritate and occasionally embarrass the latter.

Spike

Voiced by: Michael Bell ("In the Dreamtime"), Frank Welker (The Rugrats Movie, uncredited), Bruce Willis (Rugrats Go Wild!)

The Pickles family dog. He gets along very well with Tommy and often accompanies the babies on their adventures.

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• Badass Adorable: He manages to beat up a wolf in the first film.
• Big Friendly Dog: Big compared to the babies, at least.
• Cartoon Dog Breed: He's an orange, noodle-eared dog with purple spots. According to one episode of the original series, "Spike Runs Away", he's of the fictional "Siberian Tigerhound" breed.
• Dogs Are Dumb: While by far not an extreme example of this trope, Spike does have his occasional moments of doing dimwitted things, such as kicking off one episode's plot by running away in the rain to chase a cricket, not to mention accidentally revealing the existence of the babies to Siri in Rugrats Go Wild.
• Female Feline, Male Mutt: Male Mutt to Fluffy's Female Feline.
• Heroic Dog: He has saved the babies' skins on more than one occasion. He becomes a Big Damn Hero in The Movie.
• Papa Wolf: A near literal example as he's a dog who is very protective of the babies. Protective enough to fight a large wolf and to almost pull a Heroic Sacrifice. It's also worth noting that he refers to them as his babies in Rugrats Go Wild.
• The Scapegoat: A frequent plot point in the show involves the adults blaming Spike for something he didn't do and then the babies attempting to find a way to clear his good name, which is rather difficult for them since they can't talk (see below for a prominent example).
• Undying Loyalty: Many episodes and all three movies show just how loyal Spike really is to the babies and the Pickles clan on the whole. Justified because he's a dog.

Other Children

Harold Frumpkin

Voiced by: Pat Musick

A boy in Angelica and Susie's preschool class. He made a few appearances in the last season of Rugrats and has made several appearances in the All Grown Up! spin-off.

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• All Love Is Unrequited: Harold has a crush on Angelica, and may be the only guy out there who worships her the way she wishes everyone would. Unfortunately, Angelica treats him with disdain, as she does with the babies.
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: A rare example involving both genders; he is the Redhead to Angelica's Blonde and Susie's Brunette.
• Minion with an F in Evil: In "Angelica's Assistant", Angelica hires him to be her assistant, which includes having him be mean to the babies so that she doesn't have to, as Charlotte threatened to take away her Cynthia dream yacht if she caught her doing so. Harold makes friends with the babies and can't bring himself to be mean to them.
• Nice Mean And In Between: The Nice to Angelica's Mean and Susie's In-Between. He is good-natured, means well, and has an unrequited crush on Angelica.
• The Pig-Pen: He often matches Phil in terms of grossness, although most of the time, he is oblivious as to how gross he is.
• The Sixth Ranger: He's this to the other kids in All Grown Up.
• Two Girls and a Guy: He's the Guy to Angelica and Susie's two Girls.

Taffy Maynston

Voiced by: Amanda Bynes

Lulu's teenage grandniece and lead singer of her own band. She is hired to become a regular babysitter for the babies later in the series.

• Affectionate Nickname: Calls the babies "Minis".
• Babysitter Friendship: Taffy is hired to look after the babies while Didi goes Back to School to complete her master’s degree in child development. Taffy is a songwriter who has her own band, Taffy and the Saltwaters, and she has a soft spot for babies, whom she calls "Minis". The babies befriend her, and she takes them to wonderful places such as Boingo Burger, a fast food restaurant featured in "Hold the Pickles", and a video arcade featured in "Diapies and Dragons". Taffy even narrates the stories of Snow White and Jack and the Beanstalk in the "Tales from the Crib" duology of direct-to-video movies.
• Cute Clumsy Girl: Tends to absentmindely knock things over when walking.
• The Narrator: For the Tales From the Crib movies.

Timmy McNulty

Voiced by: Tara Strong

The eldest of the McNulty brothers, as well as their leader. He and his brothers have made a few appearances in the series.

• Believing Their Own Lies: He admits that he was lying about girls having "cooties," but when Lil, Angelica and Susie try to get back at him using bodypaint as their "cooties," he starts to believe its actually true after they "infect" Chuckie.
• Big Brother Instinct: Towards his younger brothers, when he believes Tommy popped Teddy's ball he tries to force him to apologize. "even to the Mc Nulty's not borned yet."
• The Bully: Likes to give Angelica and the babies a hard time on occasion.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Not in Rugrats itself, but in its sequel series All Grown Up, Timmy and the rest of the McNultys are nowhere to be seen, nor are they ever mentioned.
• Family Theme Naming: He and his brothers all have names that begin with T. His brothers' names are Terry, Ty, Todd, and Teddy.
• Love Triangle: Angelica and Susie each have a one-sided one with him in "Be My Valentine, Part 2". In the episode, they compete to see who can make him the better valentine, using their own materials. When the girls each give him their valentines, the thanks them for them, but rather than return their affections, he uses the materials from their valentines for his own picture of a fire engine, specifically, Angelica's shoelace for his fire engine's hose and Susie's button for his dalmatian's spot.
• Straw Misogynist: In one episode, he doesn't let Lil, Angelica and Susie join his Birthday party, claiming that they have "cooties" since they are girls (something which he later admitted that he made up).
• The Rival: To Angelica, and by extension, the Rugrats gang in general. This is first made apparent in his first appearance, in the episode "The 'Lympics."
• Youthful Freckles: Like Chuckie, he has several freckles scattered throughout his face.

Larry and Steve

Voiced by: Scott Menville (both, all appearances except "Angelica Orders Out"), Jeremy Sisto (Larry, "Angelica Orders Out")

A pair of slacker teenagers seen with a different job in every episode they appear in.

• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Barring background cameos, they are never seen again after Season 4's "Angelica Orders Out," and even in that episode, Steve is nowhere to be seen.
• Fat and Skinny: Steve is the fat one, and Larry is the skinny one.
• New Job as the Plot Demands: As mentioned in the description above, they never keep the same job for more than one episode. This could be justified by the fact that they always mess up, causing them to get fired from all their jobs.
• Those Two Guys: They are usually seen together. On a couple occasions, this is averted, by only having Larry appear.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: They always get mad at each other when they mess up with their jobs.

The Pickles

Stu Pickles

Voiced by: Jack Riley (adult); E.G. Daily (child); Tommy Dewey (revival)

The father of Tommy and Dil, and husband of Didi. Also the younger brother of Drew and uncle of Angelica. A largely unsuccessful Bungling Inventor with wacky ideas that occasionally come in handy.

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• Anime Hair: Not as bad as Chuckie's, but his spiky hair is quite over-the-top, and fits his character.
• Art Evolution: Stu has a longer neck in the pilot.
• Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: While most of the parents fall victim to Parental Obliviousness at times, Stu takes the cake. This is particularly prominent in "Toy Palace" (where he drags Chas to see some of the new toys in the store, giving Tommy and Chuckie the chance to explore) and "Turtle Recall" (where Chas trusts him to watch over the babies only for Stu to be distracted by a football game on TV).
• Berserk Button:
  • Don't ever bad-mouth his inventions. This especially applies to his older brother, Drew.
  • Don't ever tell Stu to get a real job. Stu claims that he would be wasting his life as "a clock-punching, paper-pushing, bean-counting accountant" (which is what Drew works as).
• Big Damn Heroes: Stu is the one who saves the day at the end of the first film.
• Bumbling Dad: Downplayed. He's not the most level-headed adult on the series and some of his ideas for toys are questionable, but for the most part, he's a responsible and loving father to his boys and an equally loving uncle to Angelica (even if he and Didi have to discipline her for her bratty behaviour).
• Bungling Inventor: Stu builds toys for income, but said toys can be hit or miss on how well they work.
• Butt-Monkey: Of all the adults, Stu tends to be the unlucky one. Though not quite as bad as Chas.
• Ditzy Genius: He's an inventor with a childlike mindset and occasional lack of common sense.
• Flanderization: In the last few seasons Stu is portrayed as a highly energetic child in a man's body, the best examples can be where he gets really angry and throws his shoes away like he's a child in "Bad Shoes" or when he begs to Didi to keep the puppy in "A Tale of Two Puppies", not like Stu.
• Foolish Husband, Responsible Wife: He's the Foolish Husband to Didi's Responsible Wife. He's a Bungling Inventor who can be rather immature, especially when he gets into petty disputes with Drew.
• Gadgeteer Genius: While mostly the Bungling Inventor, when he makes something that actually works, it works out REALLY well. His successes include a MacGyver-like coconut radio in Rugrats Go Wild!, the Reptar mech, Boppo the Clown toy and, of course, the Reptar Wagon (as well as the so-so Dactar Glider)
• Generation Xerox: Stu and Chas were best friends since childhood as well, much like their own sons. One episode even shows Stu and Drew as babies, with Stu sounding (as well as acting and- save for his hair- looking) exactly like Tommy.
• Good Parents: Not the brightest pop, but still is helpful to his sons in many ways along with Didi. It's clear that he loves them both very much.
• Gone Horribly Right: One of his toy inventions was a voice modulator with terrific range. Unfortunately, when Angelica discovers she can sound just like Charlotte, all manner of trouble is caused forcing him to lock the prototype up for good.
• House Husband: He serves this role during most of the year when his wife Didi is working as a high school teacher, spending most of his time working at home inventing toys.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: In the episode "Regarding Stuie" he hits his head and reverts to a baby-like state and was thus able to interact with the babies. Another hit on the head brings him back to normal again.
• The Leader: Tends to take this role in the adults, though unlike the babies, the others frequently berate him for trying to take charge.
• Mad Scientist: Stu is more of the eccentric variety, but a lot of Stu's inventions are... questionable. He tried inventing, among other things: an anti-gravity playpen, Mr. Friend; a robot that has HEAT SEEKING detection, and his initial Reptar Wagon prototype SHOT FIRE! Stu is also a very proud man about his work, especially when it comes to the larger mechanics like a fire breathing dragon for a renaissance fair or the Giant Robo-Reptar that was in the second movie.
• Manchild: Depending on the episode, Stu ranges from "immature adult" during arguments and short feuds with his older brother Drew, to what can only be described as "borderline mentally deficient" at seemingly random times. In "The Blizzard", he runs into the kitchen and screams "Yippee, school's been cancelled!" after a big snowstorm, at which point Chas has to remind him that he's 35 years old and doesn't have to go to school anymore. In "Chuckie Vs. the Potty", he rushes to get Chuckie's potty while Chuckie is in the bathroom— Didi tells him to "put it down," and Stu puts it down right where he's standing... outside of the bathroom. Even Chuckie probably realizes that the potty doesn't belong in the hallway.
• Missing Mom: It's heavily implied that his and Drew's mother died before Angelica was born.
• Nice Guy: Stu is an easygoing guy and a good father with a big heart.
• Nice Mean And In Between: Of the three fathers in the Pickles family, he's the easygoing Nice to Drew's petty and uptight Mean and Lou's snarky but good-natured In-between. Stu loves to invent, is a kid at heart, and cares a lot about his wife and two sons.
• No, You: His occasional response to arguments; this exchange from "Family Feud" being the most famous.
  Howard: Betty a thief?! That's an absurd proposition!
  Stu: YOU'RE AN ABSURD PROPOSITION!
• Papa Wolf: While he may accidentally lose his kids a lot, he really gets to work when they are lost or threatened.
• Parental Substitute: Along with Didi, Stu could be seen as this to his niece, Angelica. While it's obvious that Drew and Charlotte really do love Angelica, they're generally too busy with work to spend any actual time with her, Stu and Didi pay considerably more attention to their niece and discipline her more often than the other adults on the show, including Drew and Charlotte.
• Perma-Stubble: His face is unshaven, perhaps from tinkering with his inventions.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red oni to Drew.
• Sanity Slippage: Angelica's constant calling and taking things in "Angelica Breaks A Leg" drives Stu up the wall, leading to the infamous scene where Didi catches him making chocolate pudding at 4 AM because "[He's] lost control of [his] life". When the truth of Angelica's leg comes out, he ends up breaking down into tears because it's all over.
• Screams Like a Little Girl: And it's hilarious when he does it, especially, most famously, in "Angelica Breaks a Leg". Downplayed more after Dil is born, though.
• Self-Serving Memory: Stu recounts several Noodle Incidents of Drew being a Big Brother Bully to him as Running Gag. But in "Sour Pickles", if Lou's account is to be believed, it appears Stu and Drew were both just as bad as each other.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The Sensitive Guy to Drew's Manly Man, but when it comes to Howard and Charles, he's a Manly Man.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: With Drew, due to their different personalities. Stu is an easygoing, mainly unemployed toy inventor and dreamer while Drew is very uptight, petty, and more focused on financial stability than dreams.
• Slobs Versus Snobs: Slob to his brother Drew's Snob.
• Straight Man and Wise Guy: Wise Guy to his brother Drew's Straight Man.
• Took a Level in Badass: In the first movie, when the babies get lost in his newly-invented Reptar Wagon, Stu stops at nothing to ensure their rescue. Using his Dactar glider, he conducts his search via air and eventually finds them near a forest ranger station.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Very frequently prone to this due to his many inventions. It's even lampshaded by Drew in the first movie at how much his eccentricity tends to lead to chaos.

Didi Pickles

Voiced by: Melanie Chartoff (original); Ashley Spillers (revival)

Mother of Tommy and Dil, wife of Stu, and Angelica's aunt. A part time school teacher, who frequently consults a famous pediatrician for advice on how to raise the children.

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• Accidental Misnaming:
  • Aunt Miriam called her the following names - Dolly, Sally, Callie, Ginny, Phoebe and Fifi.
  • And when the mothers go to a spa and get t-shirts with their names on them, Didi's reads 'Dodo' by mistake.
• Ambiguously Jewish: While her parents specifically are Jewish, and she seems to be trying to raise her children in the faith, according to her parents wishes, she seems too have no trouble celebrating Christian holidays like Easter and Christmas. Likewise in the episode surrounding her brother's wedding neither he or she seem to be traditional in the Jewish customs of his wedding. Therefore while she may identify partially as a Jew, she may not be too observant of the religion.
• Anime Hair: Has very puffy hair.
• Author Avatar: Klasky based Didi off herself.
• Bespectacled Cutie: A very cute-looking and sweet lady with glasses.
• Berserk Button: Don't call her other names like "Fifi", "Dodo" etc.
• Beware the Nice Ones: In the B-plot of "Daddy's Little Helpers", the moms attend a Moon Goddess festival, which ends with each of them getting a shirt that says "I AM THE GODDESS (Insert name here)". At first, Didi puts up with everything she dislikes at the Moon Goddess festival, but being given a shirt that says "I AM THE GODDESS DODO" causes her to snap and give the manager a "The Reason You Suck" Speech.
  Didi: First, I get sun bopped like a ragdoll and fluffed with an old feather duster, then I'm told to forget I'm a wife and mother?! Because I'm the Goddess Dodo! Well, my name is Didi! Didi Pickles! Not a goddess, a woman! Who loves nothing more than being a wife and mother, and wants her money back!
  Manager: (handing Didi her money back) Keep the shirt.
• Blind Without 'Em: When she loses her glasses in "Mirrorland" she has to stumble around the house causing Tommy to mistake her for a robot. She even lampshades this, outright stating "I'm blind without my glasses!"
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The Redhead to Charlotte's Blonde and Betty's Brunette.
• Closer to Earth: Compared to Stu, she's much more grounded in her habits and parenting.
• Cruel to Be Kind: She learns this Aesop in the same episode as the babies. She lies to Stu that one of his inventions is a wonderful idea, but snaps at the end.
  "This invention is a menace! If you don't stop soon, we're going to end up living in a tent in the backyard!"
• Dropped Glasses: Happens fairly often. In one episode, she dropped them while changing into a dress; in another, Tommy took them and threw them to the ground in order to get close enough to unleash Spike; and once Angelica took them and ran off (but not before putting the glasses on Stu) when she thought she was invisible.
• Eye Glasses: Like Chuckie, her eyes (when she's wearing her glasses) consist of black dots and sclerae that fill the entirety of her glasses lenses.
• Fainting: She does a magnificent one in "Baseball" when she sees Tommy flying through the air.
• Fiery Redhead: Mostly has a very calm demeanor, but she can get very agitated and anxious. Plus, she's red-headed.
• Flanderization: Her willingness to refer to and stick to Dr. Lipschitz' advice can be rather extreme in the later seasons, as early episodes would have her sometimes question the advice given by him even if she'd still stick to it, or ultimately go back on it when it was clearly making Tommy miserable. It's to the point where an episode had the person on Lipschitz hotline actively chide her for considering throwing all of Tommy's Reptar merch away to force him to like a more family friendly character. This is usually because she's used as an example to show just how God Awful some popular childcare advice can actually be in practice.
• Foolish Husband, Responsible Wife: She's the Responsible Wife to Stu's Foolish Husband. While she's not without her share of faults, such as following the dubious child-rearing advice of Dr. Lipschitz, she's the one to scold Stu whenever his inventions are faulty and/or dangerous.
• Freudian Excuse: It implied that Didi's obsession with Dr. Lipschitz's parenting advice stems from Tommy being born pre-mature and that she finds comfort from placing her faith in someone she believes to be much more knowledgeable than her.
• Good Parents: To Tommy and Dil, naturally. Tommy's earliest memory is being put in an incubator shortly after birth and being frightened but that his mother holding his hand throughout the whole ordeal gave him comfort.
• Informed Judaism: Averted. The series actually shows that she's Jewish, has Jewish parents (Boris and Minka), and celebrates Jewish holidays.
• Ink-Suit Actor: According to her voice actress Melanie Chartoff, her facial expressions and quirks were modeled after her. They even have the same large forehead!
• Improbable Hairstyle: Her giant orange triforce must take some maintenance. She's cut it into a slightly more realistic style in All Grown Up.
• Mama Bear: As her vine swinging in the "Vacation" special can attest to.
• Nice Mean And In Between: Of the three mothers (prior to Kira's introduction), she's the Nice to Charlotte's Mean and Betty's In-Between. She is the caring mother of the Pickles family who often fills as a Reasonable Authority Figure.
• Only Sane Woman: Is usually the one to call out Stu when his inventions backfire.
• Parental Substitute: Along with Stu, Didi could be seen as this to her niece, Angelica. While it's obvious that Drew and Charlotte really do love Angelica, they're generally too busy with work to spend any actual time with her, Stu and Didi pay considerably more attention to their niece and discipline her more often than the other adults on the show, including Drew and Charlotte.
• Parenting the Husband: In the movie, Stu is having trouble getting Dil to go to sleep. When Stu tells Didi how frustrated he is, he starts crying, and Didi says, "Oh, Stu!" and puts a pacifier in his mouth.
• Unexplained Accent: Her parents both speak with Yiddish accents but she does not.
• Vocal Evolution: Chartoff originally voiced Didi with her natural voice. However, over the course of the series, her voice became more nasally, baby talkish, and high-pitched; just compare her voice from Season 1 to Season 5.
• Wet Blanket Wife: While she is Happily Married to Stu, there are times she does impede on Stu and Pops' fun, like saddling the guys with caring for the babies during Super Bowl or trying to keep him and Pop from going to a baseball game (despite having purchased tickets) because Dr. Lipschitz was going to visit with no notice. She also stops Pop from reading uncensored pirate stories and fairy tales with dragon fighting because they are "too violent" or threatens to withold his dentures if he orders too much junk food; this is in huge contrast to how she was in the first Halloween episode where she considered introducing the babies to the spookiness of Halloween when they turn 2.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: In "Reptar's Revenge" it's revealed she has a fear of clowns. One startles her badly.

Grandpa Lou Pickles

Voiced by: David Doyle (first four seasons and first episode of season five), Joe Alaskey (remainder of season five and onward); Michael McKean (revival)

Father of Stu and Drew, and paternal grandfather of Tommy, Dil and Angelica. Being a grandparent and all, he is known for spoiling the babies at every opportunity and is generally considered by them to be their favorite of the grown-ups.

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• Arc Number: 15 is often used in his stories.
• Blind Without 'Em: Can't see one bit if his glasses are lost (at one point this leads to a hilarious scene of him talking to Tommy's clown lamp - because he thought it was Didi!).
• Character Catchphrase:
  • "In my day..." whenever he warms up another one of his stories.
  • "Fif-TEEN [so and so]!"
  • His below mentioned Curse of The Ancients whenever he's frustrated.
• Cool Old Guy:
  • An elderly man who tells stories and is a nice guy.
  • In the retirement home episode, he singlehandedly rescues Tommy and Angelica. With a fishing pole.
  • It's been mentioned in the story that he's a World War II combat veteran.
• Curse of The Ancients: Prone to using nonsense profanities like "consarnit" and "dagnabbit." Lampshaded in one episode when Stu asks: "Why do you always talk like a prospector when you're aggravated, conflabbit?"
• Deadpan Snarker: Never misses a chance to snark it up.
• December–December Romance: With a nurse named Lulu—they even get married in the second movie!
• Demoted to Extra: After playing a significant role in the first movie, in the two sequels, he doesn't go along with the others on their trips and has a much smaller role.
• Dirty Old Man: If the "Lonely Space Vixens" movie he rents is anything to go by.
• Fat and Skinny: The Skinny to Boris' Fat.
• Florence Nightingale Effect: His relationship with Lulu. They met when he was injured and she acted as his nurse. Later, however, it's revealed that they had met before, they just didn't remember.
• Forgotten First Meeting: In his youth during World War II, Lou met Lulu performing as a singer who kept forgetting the words to her songs. The two of them interacted and Lou offered her something to eat, then left before she could thank him.
  Lulu: I never was able to thank that man.
  Lou: (smiling) You just did.
• Generation Xerox: It is implied that Lou and his cousin Miriam had a relationship similar to that of Tommy and Angelica when they were kids. The latter even brings up a couple friends of Lou's, "Bill and Jill" who, based on the name, were likely similar to Phil and Lil.
• Grandparent Favoritism: His two sons, Drew and Stu, tend to get on his nerves whenever they argue and/or whenever Stu's inventions malfunction. However, he has a soft spot for his grandchildren and will often tell them stories from his youth.
• Grandparental Obliviousness: Like most of the adults, he is unaware of the mischief that the kids get into due to being asleep.
• Grumpy Old Man: Downplayed. He's usually good natured, but he can get cantankerous at times.
• Identical Grandson: Actually an Identical Father. Flashbacks show he looked a lot like Drew with a mustache — nowadays, he looks more like an elderly version of Stu.
• It Runs in the Family: Lou running a repair shop when he was younger may have been what inspired Stu to become an inventor, and Stu using tools all the time can be linked to why Tommy's Iconic Item is his screwdriver.
• Manly Tears: In "Reptar on Ice," he was moved to tears by the Interspecies Romance between Reptar and the female reporter.
• Nice Guy: Grandpa can be grouchy at times as well as snarky but he is a very likable, good-natured, charming, playful, and loving guy. He is a Papa Wolf to his children (biological and in-laws), grandchildren and all their friends.
• Nice Mean And In Between: Of the three fathers in the Pickles family, he's the In-Between to Stu's Nice and Drew's Mean. He's a Grumpy Old Man with a snarky streak but is a good-natured and likable guy who does love his children (biological and in-laws), grandchildren, and will even look after their friends.
• Only Sane Man: Among the adults; not only is he usually the first to notice when something is wrong, he's also often the first to call the others out on it.
• Papa Wolf: Acts fast when his grandchildren (and their friends) are threatened.
• Properly Paranoid: In the episode "Murmur on the Ornery Express", he suspects something fishy about Dwayne Tickerbacker, and not just because he was jealous of him as he was an old flame to Lulu. Turns out he was right at the end when the detectives found out that he was the thief on the train.
• Senior Sleep-Cycle: Tends to fall asleep whenever the plot tells him to, though he apparently has always been like this, as Didi mentions in the first movie that he "slept through Pearl Harbor".
• Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: With Conan McNulty, the grandfather of the McNulty brothers.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Stu and Drew both inherited his facial features, though Drew resembles him more than Stu as flashbacks show that Lou has always worn glasses just like his elder son.
• The One That Got Away: For a few seasons until she finally made an appearance, he always made mention of a woman named Morgana.
• Too Dumb to Live: Not him specifically, but the adults constantly rely on him to watch the children, when he will always, without fail, fall asleep and let them get up to their own devices.
• When I Was Your Age...: Lou LOVES this trope, telling many stories about the hardships that he suffered in his youth (some of which contradict each other). He is especially fond of incorporating the number 15 into these anecdotes (i.e., "fifteen miles", "fifteen years").

Miriam Pickles

Voiced by: Andrea Martin

Lou Pickles' cousin. Referred to as "Aunt Miriam" by Tommy, Angelica, and their parents despite technically being their cousin and not their aunt.

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• Abhorrent Admirer: To Pirate Fred in "Club Fred". At the end of the episode, Miriam chases him on the beach.
• Captain Ersatz: of Martin's character Edith Prickley from SCTV.
• Dirty Old Woman: She flirts with Pirate Fred in "Club Fred".
  Miriam: He's not much of a pirate, but I like his booty!
• The Dreaded: As a kid, she was this in the same vein as Angelica (being a bully who picked on everyone to cover up her insecurities). She's mostly just annoying as an adult, though the babies are shown to find her a tiny bit creepy every now and then.
• Drives Like Crazy: When she drives her car, she knocks over a pair of trash cans, frightens a dog, and parks her car in Tommy's front lawn.
• Elderly Blue-Haired Lady: She has blue hair, which Tommy didn't think was natural. It turns out he was right. It was a wig.
• Female Misogynist: In "Aunt Miriam", she asks Didi when she's going to quit teaching and become a full-time mom.
• Freudian Excuse: It is revealed that she picked on Lou mainly because she was jealous of him for being the one who had real friends.
• Generation Xerox: It is implied that Miriam and her cousin Lou had a relationship similar to that of Angelica and Tommy when they were kids.
• Jerkass: She's not very nice to Didi and it is mentioned by Lou that she gave her cousin grief when they were kids.
• Machiavelli Was Wrong:
  Miriam: (to Lou) Remember when you got stuck in that big hole in your mom's garden and those kids we used to play with, Bill and Jill, pulled you out?
  Lou: Yeah?
  Miriam: Well...nobody would have done that for me. All the other kids liked you.
  Lou: But they respected you.
  Miriam: No, they didn't. They were afraid of me!
• Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!: In her first visit to Tommy's house, she shows off her lumbago, doesn't remember Didi's name, chides her niece-in-law for "not feeding Stu enough" and for not being a stay-at-home-mom, criticizes her cooking, and even remarked to the woman she certainly has been eating well.

Lulu Pickles

Voiced by: Debbie Reynolds

Lou Pickle's second wife and stepmother to Stu and Drew.

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• Cool Old Lady: Quite a good dancer, and much younger in spirit than in age.
• December–December Romance: Both Lou and Lulu marry when they are elderly.
• Forgotten First Meeting: As mentioned above, Lou and Lulu were later revealed to have met when they were younger, only to move on and forget about it until now.
• The Ghost: Despite being mentioned several times, she's nowhere to be seen in All Grown Up!. Apparently, she's travelling the world.

Grandpa Boris Kropotkin

Voiced by: Michael Bell

Father of Didi, maternal grandfather of Tommy and Dil, and married to Grandma Minka. He is Ashkenazi Jewish, hails from "the old country" (implied to be Russia), and frequently laments about how much better things were there than in America. He has a knack for storytelling and appears most prominently in the Hanukkah and Passover episodes displaying this talent.

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• Black Bead Eyes: His eyes in all episodes up till the Passover special are drawn like black dots. Starting from the Channukah special, they look like regular eyes.
• The Bus Came Back: He comes back for some episodes of All Grown Up!.
• Cool Old Guy: Phil even lampshades this in one episode, describing him as something that is both cool and scary at the same time.
• Deadpan Snarker: Most infamously in "Home Movies" where he calls Dr. Kevorkian because Stu's home movies are so boring.
• Fat and Skinny: The Fat to Lou's Skinny.
• Funetik Aksent: He speaks in a heavy Eastern European accent and his speech is frequently peppered with Yiddish phrases.
• Funny Foreigner: Yiddish and a funny guy.
• Grumpy Old Man: Pretty old, and is sardonic.
• Jews Love to Argue: He's a Jewish man who can be bossy and whiny.
• The Old Country: It is never specifically mentioned which country this is but it is generally described as a Ruritania-type place and implied to be somewhere in the former Soviet Union.
• Out of Focus: Boris and Minka were left out of the new seasons as time passed.
• Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Originally had one in Mr. Schlomo, they later make up when Boris learns that his longtime rival is actually jealous of him for having children and grandchildren.
• The Storyteller: Has plenty of stories about his childhood.

Grandma Minka Kropotkin

Voiced by: Melanie Chartoff

Mother of Didi, maternal grandmother of Tommy and Dil, and married to Grandpa Boris. She displays many of the same stereotypical "Jewish grandparent" traits as her husband but is generally more mild-mannered and serves as the voice of reason for him.

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• The Bus Came Back: She turns up again for one episode of All Grown Up!.
• Funetik Aksent: Ditto to Boris.
• Funny Foreigner: Like Boris, she is Yiddish.
• I Was Quite a Looker: She finds her old dressmaker's dummy and muses about how slender she was in her youth. According to Boris, Minka was the most beautiful girl in the village that they lived in.
• Jewish Mother: Well Grandmother.... or "Bubbe", if you want to get technical about it.
• Lethal Chef: Her borscht (a cold soup made from beetroot) leaves something to be desired. Boris commented that it tastes like glue, and Stu jokes that it could clean grease spots off the driveway. Lou seems to be the only one that likes it. That being said, it does end up coming to good use, as it cured Chuckie's skunk smell when he bathed in it.
• The Old Country: Comes from an unspecified part of Eastern Europe (implied to be Russia).
• Out of Focus: Boris and Minka were left out of the new seasons as time passed.
• Vocal Evolution: Like Didi, Melanie Chartoff made Minka's voice more nasally as the series progressed.

Drew Pickles

Voiced by: Michael Bell (adult); Pamela Segall-Adlon (child); Timothy Simons (revival)

Father of Angelica, uncle of Tommy and Dil, and married to Charlotte. The opposite of his younger brother Stu in almost every way, they do have their spats, but do care about each other.

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• Adaptational Nice Guy: Drew is considerably nicer to Stu in the 2021 reboot.
• Adaptational Wimp: However, he's a lot more submissive to his wife.
• Aloof Big Brother: To Stu in their youth. While they have gotten closer as adults, he still can come off as hostile towards him at times. Their relationship likely would have been fine if Drew didn't insult him as often or was more supportive of his dream of inventing toys
• Belated Child Discipline: Drew struggles to discipline Angelica, due in part to being a workaholic parent who tends to give into her demands. However, as time goes on, he begins to punish her for her bad behavior. In "Runaway Angelica", he sends Angelica to her bedroom for playing in his office despite her having been repeatedly told not to, even going as far as not to fall for any of her "Sweet, apologetic child" tricks. In "Chuckie's Wonderful Life", she steals Chas' Latvian Folk dance CD and convinces Chuckie that it's his fault the CD got lost. When Drew finds out that Angelica stole the CD, he makes her apologize to Chas for taking it and forbids her from having dessert for a week.
• Big Brother Bully: Several Noodle Incident accounts have Stu perceive Drew as a very relentless case of this. Drew in turn regards Stu as an Annoying Younger Sibling, while Lou's account implies Stu and Drew were both just as provocative as each other in childhood.
  Drew: Well, if you hadn't kicked my cash register then I wouldn't have thrown your rocket!
  Stu: Oh, yeah? Well if you hadn't made me play that dumb game—
  Lou: ZIP IT, THE BOTH OF YA!
• Doting Parent: He frequently fawns over his own daughter and it's easy for her to manipulate him into spoiling her.
• Everyone Has Standards: He may be a pretty big pushover when it comes to disciplining Angelica, but he does have his limits. When he discovers that she stole from the adult Chaz in Chuckie's Wonderful Life, he's livid to the point of driving her over, making her apologize, and revoking her dessert privileges for a week.
• Generation Xerox: Subverted. Despite several accounts from Stu basically amounting him to being Angelica as a kid, when we finally see a flashback of Drew, he looks and acts like a more standoffish Chuckie, trying to force Stu to play pretentious games, but lacking any of his daughter's intimidation factor about it.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Has a tendency to be smug and petty, but is shown to be an overall nice guy and caring father most of the time. He often gets into arguments with his brother Stu but he still looks out for him and cares about him and his family.
• Manly Tears: He cries these in "Angelica's Birthday" as he reads his mother-in-law's birthday card to Angelica, realizing how grown-up his daughter is becoming.
• Missing Mom: It's heavily implied that his and Stu's mother died before Angelica was born.
• Nice Mean And In Between: Of the three fathers in the Pickles family, he's the uptight and petty Mean to Stu's Nice and Lou's In-between. He frequently picks fights with Stu and is a workaholic dad who tends to spoil his daughter.
• Papa Wolf: He takes this too far in The Movie when he attacks Stu for accidentally losing Angelica.
• Pushover Parents: Can lean towards this at times, because he usually hesitates to discipline Angelica. He even had a nightmare about Angelica taking him to court.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Stu's red.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The Manly Man to Howard, Chas and Stu's Sensitive Guys.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: To Stu.
• Slobs Versus Snobs: Snob to his brother Stu's Slob.
• Straight Man and Wise Guy: Straight Man to Stu's Wise Guy.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: More of a brotherly relationship with Stu but this still counts. The two are closer as adults than they were as children but they do still fight like kids very often. Honestly, their relationship likely would have been fine if Drew didn't insult Stu so much and was more supportive of his dream of being a toy inventor.
• Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?: In "Tommy's First Birthday", he was an investment banker; in "Mommy's Little Assets", he was a "successful executive"; and in the first movie, he was an accountant.
• Workaholic: Implied. One of his catchphrases is "Let's get down to business." However, he is a much more mild example than his wife.

Charlotte Pickles

Voiced by: Tress MacNeille (original); Anna Chlumsky (revival)

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 (at least until "Mommy's Little Assets" and some later episodes where he was actually shown) named Jonathan.

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• Action Dress Rip: In the third movie, complete with Sexophone.
• Adaptational Jerkass: In the 2021 reboot, Charlotte Pickles goes from a Workaholic Jerk with a Heart of Gold to a stuck-up Rich Bitch who openly insults the other parents.
• The Beautiful Elite: She's wealthy (or of an upper status) and the most conventionally lovely of the cast.
• Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: Beauty to Didi's brains and Betty's brawn.
• Beauty Is Bad: She's the most conventionally physically attractive of all the women in the show but also has the least attractive personality (at least before her Character Development).
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The Blonde to Betty's Brunette and Didi's Redhead.
• Blonde Republican Sex Kitten: Implied in the 2021 reboot where she is a politician who Betty didn't vote for.
• Catfight: Has one with Angelica's preschool teacher in "Educating Angelica".
• Convenient Miscarriage: Unclear. She possibly had one in "Angelica's Worst Nightmare" (or, at the very least, a chemical pregnancy). It's also possible she could've just simply misread or done her pregnancy test incorrectly, had a phantom pregnancy^note Which is more common in animals than in humans, and in humans, it tends to be more psychological than physical, or merely realized that at-home pregnancy tests aren't always accurate^note She did say she was going to the doctor to get an official test done.
• Cool Car: Owns several different ones throughout the series, mostly BMWs.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: Occasionally implied, especially in "Mommy's Little Assets" where she compares her corporation to a giant monster that subsists on smaller monsters.
• Cucumber Facial: Gets them in "A Whole New Stu" and "Club Fred".
• Depending on the Artist: While Charlotte is always attractive, the degree of her beauty varies throughout the series and the films.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: Surprisingly for a show with minimal continuity, Charlotte begins as the biggest outsider of the group, hesitant to spend time with the other adults and is overall quite cold and mean spirited. By the later episodes, she's shown to have struck up a strong friendship with the other women and is overall much more sociable. That is until the reboot where she is colder than ever.
• Doting Parent: Not as bad as Drew, but can be this to Angelica at times.
• Education Mama: Shows shades of this in a few episodes being concerned on whether Angelica (and to a lesser degree the other babies) will eventually get into college, especially an Ivy League one (see below).
• Establishing Character Moment: Her first appearance in "The Santa Experience" gives us this when Stu is saying how happy he is to have her at the cabin with everyone.
  "Well it is Christmas, the season of love and joy. (on the phone to Jonathan) I don't care, Jonathan! We've got to crush the competition and we've got to crush them now!
• The Fashionista: Appears to be much more concerned with fashion trends and her appearance than the other adults, including a large diamond ring in the 2021 reboot.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Especially when talking to Jonathan.
• Hartman Hips: Has very big hips.
• Haughty "Hmph": Gives one to Stu in Rugrats Go Wild.
• High-Powered Career Woman: she is beautiful and glamorous, primarily seen hurrying about in a power suit, barking orders at her never-seen assistant Jonathan over her cellphone, and paying little mind to her family life. When she does take the time out of her schedule to look after Angelica, she encourages Angelica to be as independent and strong as possible so she can succeed in the future in a "man's world". In the few storylines she features in (usually involving Angelica acting out even more than usual), she often has to figure out how to better balance her Career Versus Family.
• Hypocrite: Can be this at times, such as in "Mommy's Little Assets" where she claims that Betty and Howard spoil Phil and Lil.
• Impossible Hourglass Figure: Much of the time, she has a very large bust, a very small waist, and very large hips. This is inconsistently animated though, mostly evident in the second and third seasons as well as Rugrats Go Wild and the final few seasons, and downplayed in the fourth through sixth seasons.
• It's All About Me: She often puts her own needs and interests before that of her own family and friends. For example, in "The Family Tree", she shows little to no interest in Stu and Didi's anniversary and is much more concerned with her business trip to Japan, and in "Babies in Toyland", she is more upset about being trapped in a cabin because it is her first Christmas as a CEO than because she and the other adults are separated from their children.
• Ivy League for Everyone: Though her own alma mater is unknown, Charlotte displays interest in having Angelica attend Harvard in "Educating Angelica", and claims that Chuckie's left-handedness will prevent him from being accepted to an Ivy League university in "Chuckie's a Lefty".
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: What she really is — Charlotte may act abrasive and rude sometimes, but she's a good person deep down, only wanting what's best for her family.
• Large Ham: Has a very demanding presence whenever she's on the screen.
• Letting Her Hair Down: Does this very seldom, most notably in Rugrats Go Wild.
• Makeup Is Evil: Wears more makeup than any of the other women (prior to the introduction of Kira) and is the nastiest of them (prior to the introduction of Coco LaBouche).
• Married to the Job: She's often seen talking on her cellphone talking to her assistant, Jonathan — or some other business. She does watch the kids from time to time, but she's usually on the phone anyway.
• Mean Boss: Especially to Jonathan, but also to her other employees. She even went as far as firing her own grandmother.
• MegaCorp: The actual name of the company she owns. From how she described it (The "big hungry monster" analogy), it sounds like a conglomerate based entirely around Mergers and Acquisitions (mostly Acquisitions).
• Modesty Towel: Wears one in the comic.
• Ms. Fanservice: Quite attractive. It doesn't hurt that she has an hourglass figure.
• Mysterious Past: Unlike most of the adults, little about her childhood or background is revealed and her parents or siblings are never shown (and only mentioned once in the case of her mother).
• Narcissist: Implied. She calls herself a "very important business executive" in "Educating Angelica."
• Nice Mean And In Between: Of the three mothers (prior to Kira's introduction), she's the Mean to Didi's Nice and Betty's In-Between. Like Drew, she spoils her daughter and is willing to start a conflict.
• No Indoor Voice: Most of the time, her voice is quite loud and abrasive.
• Obnoxious In-Laws: She is Stu and Didi's sister-in-law and can be quite obnoxious at times.
• Only in It for the Money: Implied. She is shown reading a magazine entitled "More Money" in an official promo image.
• Parental Neglect: Charlotte does love Angelica dearly but she is always on the phone talking to her assistant, showing little (or at least not enough) attention to Angelica.
• Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: Despite being extremely successful, she occasionally is shown to have little common sense or understanding of the real world, such as in Rugrats Go Wild! when she tells Jonathan to stop the storm.
• Slipknot Ponytail: During her Action Dress Rip scene in Rugrats Go Wild!.
• Spoiled Brat: Can act like an adult version at times due to her power and wealth.
• Statuesque Stunner: She sometimes appears to be significantly taller than Drew, though this could be because of her high heels.
• Status Cell Phone: Her constant cell phone use established her as a wealthy, powerful businesswoman during a time when cell phones were rare and expensive.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: In the 2021 reboot, Charlotte often casually insults the other adults to their faces and is much more stuck-up and bitchy than ever before.
• Tsundere: She often abruptly switches from being relatively nice while speaking to Angelica or the other adults to angrily and rudely screaming to Jonathan.
• Unlimited Wardrobe: Wears far more different outfits than any other character in the series.
• Wakeup Makeup: In "Pickles vs. Pickles", she is shown going to sleep while wearing all of her makeup as well as her earrings and ponytail.
• When You Coming Home, Dad?: Charlotte does try to be a good mom and really does love her friends and family, but she's also a career woman and, as anyone can tell you, that can put a strain on family life. She was on the phone minutes after delivering Angelica, vowing to be back in the office the very next day.
• Workaholic: Even when she's not working, she's often blabbering away on her cellphone to her assistant, Jonathan, and/or doing some kind of business-related matter. She might be the first example of someone using a cell phone in such a manner so extensively in children's media (at least until children's shows in the late 1990s into the 2000s had to keep up with current trends).
• Workout Fanservice: In "Princess Angelica".

The Finsters

Charles "Chas" Finster

Voice by: Michael Bell (original); Tony Hale (revival)

Chuckie's equally cowardly father. Was revealed to be a widower in the Mother's Day special episode, but got remarried in the second film, Rugrats in Paris.

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• Acquired Situational Narcissism: When he becomes rich after winning a sweepstakes he becomes noticeably snobbish and arrogant, irritating Stu and Didi.
• Afraid of Blood: If his Fainting at the sight of Tommy's bleeding finger in "The First Cut" is anything to go by.
• Ambiguously Jewish: Aside from acting similarly to Woody Allen, Chas says "Oy gevalt" in "Home Movies" and even his claim that "we're not really Jewish, actually we're not really anything" in "Passover" does not rule the possibility out.
• Art Evolution: During the first season, Chas' clothes had a different color and his hair was darker. However, this was changed during the second season.
• Ascended Extra: He only made a few cameos for most of the first season, with "Touchdown Tommy" his only speaking appearance. To coincide with Chuckie's broadened role and Character Development, Chas becomes a much more prominent character in Season Two onwards. He shares main focus in Rugrats In Paris.
• Beware the Nice Ones: He's easily intimidated and cowardly, but it's not smart to push him too far. Also if Chuckie is in danger and you're in his way, hoo boy, watch out! Not to mention he spit out a very convincing reason-you-suck speech to Stu, Didi, Betty and Howard in "Family Feud".
• Birds of a Feather: Both he and Kira are very kind, doting parents to their kids and tend to be more reserved in demeanor. That said, the "reserved" part drops if their loved ones are in danger.
• Blind Without 'Em: As revealed in "Crime and Punishment."
• Bumbling Dad: He is a kind, well-meaning man, but he is also clumsy, awkward, absent-minded and frequently a Horrible Judge of Character.
• Butt-Monkey: Like father, like son.
• Childhood Friends: It's mentioned a couple of times that Chas has been friends with Stu and Drew (but mostly Stu) since they were kids.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He's known to go Papa Wolf once he realizes his son is in danger. For example, in "Toy Palace," when he and Stu figure out that their respective sons have wandered off, they have a word with the security guard. Unlike Stu, he is not distracted by the guard's state-of-the-art technology, instead insisting that he retrieve Chuckie. He also threw a large man out of his car. The fact that Chas has a jock for a father doesn't hurt.
• Dropped Glasses: Not as often as his son, but he does lose or break his glasses on occasion.
• Earn Your Happy Ending: Like his son, he clearly misses his late wife. But thanks to Paris, he has a family of four with Kira and Kimi within his household.
• A Fool and His New Money Are Soon Parted: Chas wins a $10 million sweepstakes but loses almost all of it after a failed business investment with Drew.
• Generation Xerox: He and Stu are best friends, much like their sons are.
• Good Parents: Despite being bumbling, there's no doubt he loves Chuckie more than anything else. Later to Kimi.
• Handicapped Badass: Hard to believe considering he's a Nervous Wreck. But his asthma and allergies don't hamper his Papa Wolf behavior. He also once ended a feud by calling everyone out on it.
• Happily Married: To Kira. In the spin-off set a decade later, they're still going strong. He was also this with Melinda, his first wife (and Chuckie's mother). In "Mother's Day", it's shown that her death from a terminal illness affected him greatly, to the point that he attempted to hide her old belongings from Chuckie (and himself) out of grief. Luckily, by the end of the episode, he begins sharing his memories of her with Chuckie.
• The Heart: Like his son, he helps hold the parents together, such as in "Family Feud", as the Pickles and DeVilles were bickering.
• Horrible Judge of Character: Best shown in the second film when he almost marries a Child Hater who terrified Chuckie.
• Jerkass Ball: Happens in "Chuckie Is Rich". After winning $10 million in a contest, Chas becomes a smug, superficial jerk, much to the annoyance of Stu and the other adults. He gets over himself when he loses all his money to a bad investment.
• Jerkass Realization: When he finally sees how horrible Coco is, he's ashamed for getting so caught up in the romance of Paris, he didn't realize who he was trying to romance.
• Jock Dad, Nerd Son: "The Family Tree" reveals that Chas is the Nerd Son to his father Marvin's Jock Dad.
• Nerd Glasses: Square ones.
• Nerdy Inhaler: Uses one in the episode "Toy Palace", and is shown to have an entire collection of them in "Chuckie Collects".
• Nerdy Nasalness: Chas has a nasally voice, complete with an entire collection of nerdy inhalers, as seen in "Chuckie Collects". He wears glasses and looks like a typical adult nerd who is awkward and nervous in most situations.
• Nice Guy: You can see where Chuckie got it from.
• Papa Wolf: Very protective of Chuckie and Kimi, he even one time threw a huge muscular guy out his car just to retrieve Chuckie out of a car wash. In Rugrats In Paris, he rejects Coco on his son's behalf after seeing her true colors.
• Parent with New Paramour: The whole premise of Rugrats in Paris is how Chas finds a new woman to fill the void left behind with the passing of Melinda.
• Playing a Tree: When he was in fourth grade, he played a willow tree in his and Drew's class production of The Wind in the Willows.
• Sad Clown: Beneath his goofy exterior and Butt-Monkey nature lies not only a Nervous Wreck, but a grieving widower. He even makes a birthday clown appearance alongside Howard for Angelica's party.
• Screams Like a Little Girl: Does this from time to time, and it sounds quite funny, but not as funny as when Stu does it.
• Second Love: To Kira.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The sensitive (alongside Howard) to Stu and Drew's macho.
• Strong Family Resemblance: He's basically Chuckie with a mustache.
• Tender Tears: He once cried his eyes out during a wedding.
• Those Two Guys: Often paired with Howard as this in the later seasons.
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Both of his wives are shown to be more conventionally attractive.
• What the Hell, Hero?: In "Family Feud", Chas, tired of their parents' petty arguments, flips out in anger when the babies run off and they do nothing but keep arguing. This invokes many a My God, What Have I Done?.

Kira Finster

Voice by: Julia Kato

She is the mother of Kimi, adoptive mother to Chuckie, and Chas's second wife.

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• Berserk Button: It's not a good idea to try snatch a dress on sale that she saw first either. One lady during a baby sale at the mall learned this the hard way. Didi was also quite shocked.
• Beware the Nice Ones: She went nuclear when a woman tried to take a dress that Kira saw first.
• Birds of a Feather: With Chas, whom she connected with pretty much from the moment they met.
• Determinator: If she sees a dress she wants for Kimi during a clothing sale, she will get it.
• Doting Parent: To Kimi and later Chuckie.
• Foil: In the film, she serves as this for Coco. Unlike Coco, she in fact loves children and objects to Coco attempting to take away Chuckie's teddy bear, giving it back to him instead of destroying it like Coco asked, as well as when she realizes that Coco is simply marrying Chas so that she could get a promotion, attempting to stop the wedding in the end. Unsurprisingly, she's the one who ends up hooking up with Chas in the end instead of Coco.
• Good Parents: She loves Kimi and Chuckie very much.
• Good Stepmother: In "Finsterella", Chuckie worries that Kira will be like the wicked stepmother from Cinderella. Not helping matters is that he overhears Kira rehearsing lines for a play of The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe. He soon finds out that she's really very nice and caring. At the end of the episode, she legally adopts him (and likewise, Chas adopts her daughter, Kimi).
• Happily Married: To Chas.
• Mama Bear: Acts quickly when she thinks her kids and their friends are in peril.
• Nice Girl: One of the most kind-hearted individuals of the show.
• Parent with New Paramour: Kira is divorced from her first husband Hiro, and falls in love with Chas, a widower.
• Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: The show and movies have her appear with jet black hair and light skin.
• Second Love: To Chas.
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man: She falls in love with the nerdy Chas when she seems how sweet he is and they bond over their love for their children.
• Team Mom: Along with Betty, she had a slight tendency to be a mom to the other moms.

Melinda Finster

Melinda with a baby Chuckie

Voice by: Kim Cattrall

Chas's deceased first wife and Chuckie's mother.

Tropes for Melinda

• Ambiguously Absent Parent: Before "Mother's Day", she was mentioned but never seen. One of the writers admitted that they weren't certain on whether she should be divorced or dead because the Moral Guardians at Nickelodeon wouldn't allow for either topic on a show for as young a demographic as this one.
• Caring Gardener: Melinda enjoyed working in the garden and was a warm, loving wife and mother.
• Deceased Parents Are the Best: While Chuckie doesn't remember her that much, he does have fond memories of her in dreams when she played him and when he was around her wasn't afraid.
• Early-Installment Weirdness: She's mentioned a few times but never seen in the first two seasons. While later episodes imply that she died well before the series began, a few throwaway lines from Chuckie and the other adults make it sound as though she's alive. In "Barbecue Story" Chas can be with a woman who may have been an early version of Melinda.
• The Ghost: Up until the Mother's Day episode, she was mentioned in the occasional throwaway line.
• Happily Married: What we can guess from Chas's mentions of her.
• The Lost Lenore: To Chas, as said in the Mother's Day episode. Part of the reason he hid mementos of her was because he was still mourning her.
• Love at First Sight: According to "Acorn Nuts & Diapey Butts", this was when she and Chas first met and she also saved him from an allergy he had.
• Missing Mom: To Chuckie, as she died of a terminal illness.
• Posthumous Character: As we find out in "Mother's Day" and she's mostly seen in photographs and flashbacks.
• Soap Opera Disease: How she died isn't quite said but, from what's implied, it was a sudden terminal illness.
• Tragic Keepsake: The teddy bear, Wawa, she made for Chuckie.

The DeVilles

Howard DeVille

Voiced by: Phil Proctor

Father of Phil and Lil, and married to Betty. He is rather soft-spoken and little seen on the show compared to his wife but does make occasional appearances as a friend of the other babies' dads.

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• Adapted Out: Isn't present in the reboot, presumably because Betty is a lesbian in the show thus leaving little room for him to have a role. Though the creators have teased that he will appear later down the line.
• Bumbling Dad: He is somewhat clumsy at times.
• Butt-Monkey: He is often prone to misfortune.
• Camp Straight: Looks effeminate, would like to be a movie director, and is married to Betty, who conversely can be considered Butch Straight.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Pretty spacey.
• The Generic Guy: Not to say Howard doesn't have a personality, its just not as much of one as the other characters than the rest of the adults and might be the easiest one to forget.
• Happily Married: To Betty, despite their personality differences.
• Henpecked Husband: While he and his wife obviously love each other, he's clearly the more submissive one in the relationship.
• Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Feminine Boy to Betty's Masculine Girl, being more reserved than she is.
• Nice Guy: A kind, sensitive man.
• Non-Ironic Clown: Makes a birthday clown appearance alongside Chas for Angelica's party.
• Papa Wolf: A slight example in the "Vacation" special and the films.
• The Quiet One: Frequently doesn't say a thing.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The Sensitive Guy to Drew and Stu's Manly Men.
• Those Two Guys: Often paired as this with Chas in the later seasons.
• Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: Tiny Guy to Betty's Huge Girl, however, this is more weight than height.

Betty DeVille

Voiced by: Kath Soucie (original), Natalie Morales (revival)

Mother of Phil and Lil, and married to Howard. She is a very loud, athletic, and outgoing woman and clearly the more dominant partner in her marriage. Also usually portrayed as Didi's best friend.

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• Adaptational Sexuality: She's openly gay in the 2021 reboot.
• Beware the Nice Ones: She's a good natured, likable person unless you mess with her kids.
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The Brunette to Charlotte's Blonde and Didi's Redhead.
• Brainy Brunette: Not an intellectual like Chas, Didi or Drew, but she's usually the voice of reason regarding blindly following the parental advice of experts by pointing out that said experts probably aren't that qualified and that she merely uses common sense when it comes to raising children.
• Bruiser with a Soft Center: She's a tough, rambunctious feminist who has a soft side, particularly for her kids.
• Camp Straight: She looks butch but is straight and married to Howard. Averted in the 2021 reboot where she is a Butch Lesbian.
• The Lad-ette: As much of one as a kid's show can get away with.
• Like Parent, Like Child: It's obvious that the twins got their rambunctiousness from Betty.
• Loving Bully: She used to prod Howard with her index finger when she was eight years old. It took him about 20 years for him to figure out that this was her way of telling him, as she puts it, "I like ya."
• Mama Bear: She gets very angry when somebody does anything bad to her kids.
• Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Masculine Girl to Howard's Feminine Boy.
• Nice Girl: Tough exterior, loud nature, and hard edge aside, she has a very friendly and pleasant personality.
• Nice Mean And In Between: Of the three mothers (prior to Kira's introduction), she's the In-Between to Didi's Nice and Charlotte's Mean. She's Phil and Lil's plucky mother who often shows a tough side.
• No Indoor Voice: She tends to speak in a strong tone of voice.
• Only Sane Woman: While she's easily the most aggressive of the adults (besides Charlotte), Betty has a tendency to play this role to the others—see Brainy Brunette above for part of the reason why.
• Queer Establishing Moment: Betty's portrayed as a Butch Lesbian in the reboot, and this is ultimately established in the first episode when she mentions having an ex-girlfriend.
• Race Lift: In the 2021 reboot, not only is Betty made into a lesbian, she's also depicted as part-Latina, making her a Twofer Token Minority.
• Straw Feminist: In some of the earlier episodes, she can lean slightly towards this stereotype. Even in the later episodes, she is still openly feminist (just look at her shirt!) but she is also very open minded and reasonable, and genuinely loves and treats her husband well.
• Street Smart: Probably the most worldly and down-to-Earth out of all the adults.
• Team Mom: She and Kira tended to be the moms for the moms along with being this trope for their own children.
• Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: Huge Girl to Howard's Tiny Guy — they're roughly the same height, but she has a much broader build than he does.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Betty's the Tomboy to Didi, Charlotte and Kira's Girly Girls (mostly Didi).

The Carmicheals

Lucy Carmichael

Voiced by: Cheryl Carter (original); Nicole Byer (revival)

Mother of Alisa, Buster, Edwin and Susie, and wife of Randy. A doctor and Harvard-educated wonder mom.

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• The Ace: She is completely awesome at everything she turns her hand to: aviation, cooking, parenting, mechanical engineering, medicine. During the episode that introduces her and her husband, it's a running gag how Didi is constantly discovering new things to admire about her new friend and being totally blown away and a little intimidated. She's also quite friendly and kind — the kind of person who makes you wish you were cool enough to be her friend.
• Brainy Brunette: Has a head full of dark hair....and was a Harvard grad, currently works as a doctor, and took some courses from Le Cordon Bleu amongst other things.
• Doting Parent: Despite being a career woman, like Charlotte, she pays more attention to her kids and actually disciplines children if they don't behave properly.
• Good Parents: She cares about her daughter and always tries to cheer her up when she's upset.
• Happily Married: With Randy, as many of the episodes show.
• Ivy League for Everyone: Is a Harvard graduate.
• Supreme Chef: She takes great pride in her cooking.

Alisa Carmichael

Voiced by: Kath Soucie ("The Last Babysitter"), Bettina Bush (subsequent appearances)

Susie's 16-year-old sister, and the first-born daughter of the Carmichael family.

• Cool Big Sis: Despite feeling that her parents treat her like a little kid instead of a teenager and desiring more independence, she enjoys spending time with her younger siblings (especially Susie) and even enjoys reading children's books to her sister and to Tommy Pickles.
• Phoneaholic Teenager: She is rarely seen without her cell phone.

Buster Carmichael

Voiced by: Kath Soucie ("The Last Babysitter"), Joey Wilcots ("Runaway Reptar"), Crystal Scales ("A Rugrats Kwanzaa"), Bumper Robinson (All Grown Up!)

Susie's eight-year-old brother, and the second-born son of the Carmichael family.

• Lovable Jock: He wears a red and white jersey and is often seen kicking his soccer ball. He is also admired by Susie and Edwin.
• The Prankster: In "The Last Babysitter", when Alisa is put in charge of babysitting him, he cuts the power and acts as if there is a monster in the house to get back at Alisa for making his friend Sticky go home. Tommy and Susie investigate and expose Sticky as the monster, foiling his plan.
• Sibling Rivalry: He has one with Alisa in "The Last Babysitter", as they butt heads for dominance.

Edwin Carmichael

Voiced by: Pat Musick ("Tooth or Dare"), Cree Summer ("Dil We Meet Again" and "A Rugrats Kwanzaa"), Ogie Banks (All Grown Up!)

Susie's six-year-old brother, and the third-born son of the Carmichael family.

• Bookshelf of Authority: When Susie introduces Tommy and Angelica to Edwin in "Tooth or Dare", Edwin is shown to sit at a desk with a large bookcase behind him, which Angelica mistakes for a library.
• Bookworm: When Susie, Tommy, and Angelica come to his bedroom to ask him about the Tooth Fairy in "Tooth or Dare", among the books in his collection is a copy The Odyssey by Homer, and he is reading about quantum physics when they walk in.
• Child Prodigy: As the brains of the Carmichael family, his room is designed from the idea of a wealthy man's library, as he is an avid reader. Although he is the most quiet of the Carmichael siblings, he is extremely intelligent, as he is known for wearing Einstein pajamas, playing computer games, and he once built a laser with his friends at his birthday party.
• Smart People Wear Glasses: As part of his ensemble, he wears glasses with extremely large frames (bigger than Chuckie's).

Others

Dr. Lipschitz

Voiced by: Tony Jay

A world-renowned child psychologist (who clearly has no idea what he's talking about) to whom Didi always quotes.

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• Big Eater: He's more interested in the goulash dinner Didi is preparing than anything else, more interested in whether there are more eclairs than the fact that Didi is having a crisis, prepares himself a massive corned beef sandwich when left alone in the Pickles' house, and when prompted to say "cheese" while having his picture taken, immediately looks around for some.
• The Blind Leading the Blind: The man has NO idea what he's talking about, yet has a sizeable following of well-meaning parents plunging ahead blindly on his advice.
• Break the Haughty: He behaves like a self-important, arrogant know-it-all in "A Visit from Lipschitz" up until he's actually left alone with Tommy and Chuckie and realizes he has no idea how to stop their crying.
• Dumbass Has a Point: Despite being a Know-Nothing Know-It-All, he does occasionally bring up good points. for example, in Under Chuckie's Bed, Didi mentions that he says that a parent should talk to their child before changing their crib to a bed and considering that Chuckie didn't initially take well to the new bed, it's easy to see his point. Other solid pieces of advice include "ignore tantrums" and "it's not a big deal if your baby likes being naked."
• The Ghost: He was mostly mentioned and quoted before "A Visit from Lipschitz".
• Herr Doktor: He speaks with a German accent. And his first name is Werner. He even hums "Deutschland Uber Alles" twice.
• Know-Nothing Know-It-All: At first, though it's downplayed—it's less that he doesn't know how babies work and more that he kind of over-analyzes them. His interactions with Tommy and Chuckie fix that.
• Meaningful Name: He's a Know-Nothing Know-It-All whose advice ranges from incorrect to downright terrible. In short, his lips are full of shit. (Lipschitz is an actual Jewish surname.)
• The Shrink: He's a child psychologist.
• Smart People Wear Glasses: He's a brainy, bespectacled psychologist.

Jonathan

Voiced by: René Auberjonois (first appearance) Dan Castellaneta (subsequently)

Charlotte's frequently put-upon assistant.

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• Butt-Monkey: Is constantly verbally abused by Charlotte.
• Defeat Means Friendship: When he found an embarrassing video of Charlotte and threatened to use it against her, rather than be angry she began to develop respect towards him.
• The Dog Bites Back: Downplayed in "Jonathan Babysits". Charlotte wants him to dig up dirt on the corporate competition while also making him babysit the kids in her place, a long fed up Jonathan decides to do dig up some dirt on Charlotte to teach her a lesson. When he presents an embarrassing home video of her^note an unkempt her in her bathrobe, face mask, and hair curlers to use against her, she's more impressed than angry because she realizes she underestimated him, and gives him a promotion.
• George Jetson Job Security: In "Mommy's Little Assets", Charlotte has Jonathan keep an eye on Tommy and Angelica when she is forced to take them to work due to all the adults being gone and no babysitter wanting to look after Angelica more than once. Jonathan neglects to keep an eye on the kids (which the all adults do at least once an episode), and Tommy and Angelica get away and roam the building. Charlotte immediately fires him after she finds the children, even going as far as to tell Jonathan to call security on himself. At the end of the episode, Charlotte re-hires Jonathan with a promotion as a reward for bringing Famous Ethel and Abe, who are impressed with her maternal instincts towards Angelica and have decided to sell their cookie company to MergeCorp based on it, to her house. To Jonathan's dismay, it's not a Vice President position—it's supervisor of MergeCorp's daycare center, starting with watching Angelica.
  Angelica: (grabs Jonathan's hand and smiles evilly) Boy, Jonathan, are we gonna have fun...
• The Ghost: Save for a few episodes, Jonathan is usually only referenced by name when Charlotte's on the phone with him.

Rex Pester

Voiced by: Tim Curry

An obnoxious news reporter who will do anything for a story. Only appears in The Rugrats Movie.

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• The Antagonist: While Scar Snout is one to the babies, Rex is one to the parents due to being obnoxious and unsympathetic to their plight.
• The Chew Toy: Being an arrogant, nosy jerk reporter in a kids' cartoon movie, it is kind of expected.
  • First, Stu accidentally slams into his helicopter while riding Dectar, ripping out the throttle and sending him crashing into the forest.
    Rex: And I never won an Emmy!
  • He later reappears with an arm in a sling, pushing away another reporter already on the scene. He is promptly attacked by the monkeys who steal his toupee, with Betty cheering them on.
    Rex: No! Not my toupeé! No!
    Betty: (laughs) Go get him, you little simians!
    Charlotte: Hey, Rex! Time for your closeup!
    Chas: [in mock sympathy] Oh dear, too bad.
• Hate Sink: He gets Drew to fight Stu and tells Didi that she might never see her children again. He's also not all that subtle about the fact that he doesn't really care about the lost babies he's pretending to be all heartbroken about and is exploiting the situation just to boost his own career.
• Humiliation Conga: First Stu crashes into his helicopter which results in him crashing into the forest then he gets ambushed by the circus monkeys when he tries to do a news report on the babies reuniting with their parents.
• Immoral Journalist: It's clear from the minute he shows up that he's only there to exploit the parents' grief for ratings.
• Jerkass: True to his name, he is a nosy, selfish and arrogant news reporter—a real pest.
• Large Ham: Curry was clearly having fun as usual.
• Laser-Guided Karma: At the end, arrogant Jerkass reporter Rex Pester (already injured from Stu accidentally causing his chopper to crash) finally meets his karma when being ambushed by the circus monkeys, to everyone's amusement.

Coco LaBouche

Voiced by: Susan Sarandon

The primary antagonist of Rugrats in Paris, who tried to trick Chas into marrying her, so she could become president of Reptarland.

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• Big Bad: She is the main antagonist of Rugrats in Paris.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Coco pretends to like kids in front of certain people like Kira, her boss, and Chas. Only the kids can see her true colors. In fact, Coco stops hiding her true colors as the movie progresses considering that she doesn't try to hide her hatred for the babies when they try to stop her wedding.
• Butt-Monkey: She does go through a couple of slapstick throughout the movie such as Dil attacking and throwing up on her. The most iconic one was when Angelica ripped her dress, exposing her underwear. It's well deserved, though.
• Child Hater: To the point where she sends her lackey to dispose of the babies in a giant mech. Which is ironic since she herself is a Psychopathic Womanchild.
• Comedic Underwear Exposure: This is her ultimate defeat at the hands of the babies(though actually done by Angelica).
• The Fashionista: And a thematic one, too! She wears a different outfit in every scene she appears in and it always seems to have a theme to it; when she meets Stu, she's got a clock-themed outfit, the outfit she wears to the restaurant is pink and covered in coils, she wears peacock feathers to her wedding, etc.
• For the Evulz: She hates kids for no reason, and she isn't even given a Freudian Excuse. And you have to wonder why someone like her works at a children's theme park.
• French Jerk: She's French and cruel.
• Gold Digger: A variant. She wanted to marry Chas so she could have the image of someone that could become president of Reptarland. Unfortunately for her, her true colors come out during the wedding and her boss sees it all and fires her.
• Greed: This was one reason as to why Coco tried to get a promotion through marrying Chaz.
• Hate Sink: Quite likely the single most despicable character in a Rugrats related property ever; a heartless, shrill, child-hating harpy who dishes out abuse to both her employees and the babies whilst also pathetically brown-nosing her boss just 'cause she wants his job when he retires. Even Angelica starts to hate her after a while and seeing her get what's coming to her is very, very satisfying.
• Hypocrite: Calls Angelica a traitor after she tells Mr. Yamaguchi her evil plans to marry Chaz despite betraying Angelica by having her locked up with the babies even though she promised to give her a parade float with matching ponies.
• Irony: She hates children, but she acts like a woman child when things don't go her way.
• Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: She's such a reprehensible hag that she makes Angelica look like a saint by comparison; and she marries Chaz in order to keep her job rather than genuine affection and love for him and his son.
• Karmic Butt-Monkey: Coco goes through some well deserved slapstick throughout the movie.
• Kick the Dog: When she orders Kira to burn Chuckie's teddy bear, which was a dying gift from his biological mother. She also locks the babies up in order to prevent them from ruining her wedding.
• Large Ham: She's very over-the-top for a Rugrats villain considering that she's voiced by Susan Sarandon.
• Laser-Guided Karma: She gets her comeuppance when Angelica reveals her Evil Plan to her boss which results in her getting fired. And to add insult to injury she gets the back of her wedding dress ripped off (courtesy of Angelica) and gets pictures taken of her by some tourists.
• Laughably Evil: The only reason Coco's manipulative, child abusing ways don't come off as disturbing is due to being childish Large Ham that plays Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain to a bunch of babies.
• Manipulative Bitch: Her plan was to swindle Chaz and Chuckie into thinking that she cared about them.
• Money, Dear Boy: In-universe, this is her primary reason for working at EuroReptar despite it being close to the very people she dislikes.
• Obviously Evil: With her dark eye shadow, triangular brows, and devilish outfits. Even the babies are quick to notice how Coco LaBouche means big trouble. Chas on the other hand doesn't notice this blindingly obvious fact. Hell, even Dil notices how obviously evil Coco is, as he promptly whacks her with his rattle upon first meeting her.
• Psychopathic Womanchild: Despite being a grown-up she behaves more like a bratty kid considering that she has tantrums whenever she gets upset and shows no hesitation in mistreating babies whenever she interacts with them.
• Russian Reversal: "No one fires Coco LaBouche, Coco LaBouche fires others!"
• The Sociopath: She had no scruples with deceiving an innocent man (and his son) into thinking that she loved him for her own selfish purposes.
• Smug Snake: She is irritatingly condescending to the kids. In fact this is what results in her downfall considering that her condescending attitude ends up getting her fired and humiliated.
• Would Hurt a Child: Has no qualms against harming children let alone infants.

Jean Claude

Voiced by: John Lithgow

Coco's lackey and the secondary antagonist.

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• Humiliation Conga: Like his boss he's defeated in a very karmic yet very satisfying way considering that he gets his butt kicked by Tommy and his friends and ends up being chased out of the church by Spike after his boss's true colors have been exposed.
• Humongous Mecha: He piloted the giant Robo Snail robot in order to combat the babies in the hijacked Reptar Robot.
• Jerkass: He's almost as bad as Coco. It also doesn't help that he's got no qualms hurting children as seen at the end of the movie when he tries to fight the babies in order to stop them from interfering with Coco's wedding.
• Karma Houdini: Kidnapping children is one thing, but the man literally rampaged through Paris in a Humongous Mecha causing quite amount of damage to the city and putting several civilians in danger. Other than being chased away by Spike, nothing happens to him, nor is any of the damage he caused acknowledged.
• Large Ham: A given, seeing as how he's played by John Lithgow.
• Laser-Guided Karma: He gets defeated by the babies after he kidnapped them to stop them from ruining Coco's wedding and he gets fired for conspiring with her and even gets chased out of the church by Spike once their evil plans have been exposed.
• No-Nonsense Nemesis: Some of his actions during his fight against the babies could have severely hurt them, if not kill them.
• Servile Snarker: Doesn't really hold his dry wit around Coco.
• Would Hurt a Child: Was willing to use a Humongous Mecha to stop the babies from "ruining" the wedding, and he wasn't exactly fighting gently.

Pets

Fluffy

Angelica's white cat, who shares both her pigtail hairstyle and her mean personality. She was first introduced in "Fluffy vs. Spike" as a designated rival for Spike. After that, she became more of a background character.

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• A Day in the Limelight: Wasn't as prominent an animal character as Spike or the other dogs, being mostly limited to cameos or mentionings, though "Fluffy vs Spike", "Babysitting Fluffy" and the first half of "Be My Valentine" revolve around her.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She acts like an innocent kitty most of the time, but takes delight in getting Spike into trouble.
• Cats Are Mean: What gets her on Spike's bad side. However, in "Babysitting Fuffy", she was mainly "mean" out of self-defense and was purring and being friendly when she's being doted on.
• Early-Bird Cameo: Cameos in "Touchdown Tommy" before being properly introduced in "Fluffy vs. Spike" shortly after.
• Female Feline, Male Mutt: Female Feline to Spike's Male Mutt.
• Girlish Pigtails: Shares her owner's hairstyle as well.
• Light Is Not Good: Put the white fur and bad attitude together, and there you go.
• Not Me This Time: Angelica once framed Fluffy for stealing chocolate that she herself ate. Given Fluffy's mischievous nature one can hardly blame Charlotte for believing Angelica.
• Pair the Spares: Invoked in "Be My Valentine". Convinced Spike needs a valentine, and no one else being available (Fifi had not yet debuted), the babies try to make him and Fluffy a couple. They don't get on well, until they both get splashed with punch and begin licking it off each other.
• Took a Level in Kindness: While still aloof and somewhat aggressive, she's far less antagonistic after her debut episode. Given that Angelica herself gradually becomes less villainous after the first season it's understandable that Fluffy would mellow out a little.
• Troublemaking New Pet: In her debut episode, she is this to Spike, breaking some of the Pickles' family's possessions, which Angelica blames on Spike. Tommy, Phil, and Lil try to prove Spike's innocence by exposing Fluffy for the bad cat she really is.
• Uncatty Resemblance: To Angelica, given the pigtails and similar expressions

Fifi

Voiced by: Dee Bradley Baker ("Bigger Than Life")

The Finsters' poodle, adopted in Rugrats in Paris.

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• Babies Ever After: She and Spike had puppies in "Bow Wow Wedding Vows".
• Big Friendly Dog: She's just as nice to the babies as Spike.
• Love at First Sight: With Spike.
• Love Interest: To Spike.

Spiffy

Son of Spike and Fifi, born later in the series.

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• Keet: Highly hyper and playful.
• Meaningful Name: He is called "Spiffy" as he is the son of Spike and Fifi.
• Troublemaking New Pet: He is rambunctious and hard to train.

Pepper

Daughter of Spike and Fifi, born later in the series. A very timid puppy who lives with her mother and the Finsters.

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• Beware the Quiet Ones: She's timid and shy, but when she sees Angelica intimidating Chuckie, she gets in front and starts barking at Angelica until the latter backs away.
• Genki Girl: She was named "Pepper" because of her peppy personality.
• Meaningful Name: Was named Pepper due to her pep.
• Shrinking Violet: Early on, as she was very shy and would hide from everyone.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: She's not nearly as rambunctious as her brother, Spiffy.
• Uncatty Resemblance: Looks and acts so much like Chuckie that it's almost scary—not only is she shy and afraid of nearly everything, but she also has orange fur, some of which sticks out like Chuckie's hair and even a purple spot over her eye that resembles Chuckie's glasses.

Animals

Scar Snout

A scary huge wolf and the worse predator in this forest who hunts every meal when he found. He's also the main antagonist of The Rugrats Movie.

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• Disney Villain Death: During the movie's climax, he is pulled off the bridge by Spike and falls into the river.
• The Dreaded: He is feared by all the animals in the forest. In fact, the moment he shows up in the climax, the circus monkeys flee in fear at the sight of him.
• Knight of Cerebus: Scar Snout brings a noticeably more tense atmosphere and would've killed the babies had Spike not been around. He is also the only Rugrats Rugrats antagonist that is seemingly Killed Off for Real.
• Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: He's a Savage Wolf played straight in a kid's movie, and the darkest threat the babies ever faced.

In-Universe Fictional Characters

Reptar

Voiced by: Danny Mann ("Reptar's Revenge"), Michael Bell ("Toy Palace"; speaking), John Schuck ("Reptar on Ice"; speaking and singing), David Eccles ("Runaway Reptar"; vocal effects)

A Japanese Kaiju from a film franchise the babies love.

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• Breakout Character: Became very popular and had quite a few episodes to himself as time went on. After The '90s Are All That was rebranded as The Splat, Reptar was the subject of every Rugrats related advertisement. He even becomes the Rugrats rep for Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl.
• Bully Hunter: Really hates aliens showing up trying to take over and boss mankind around.
• Character Catchphrase: "Halt! I am Reptar!", though later on he became The Voiceless.
• Deconstructed Character Archetype: Reptar is essentially what happens when an Kaiju series like Godzilla is made into a consistent hero of his franchise instead of inconsistently flip-flopping between heroic and antagonistic. As a result, while Reptar as a brand is successful and he can be used as a genuinely friendly face of a company, it also means he's more liable to be used in far more outwardly silly and experimental products and media ideas, such as the Ice Show, cereal, and a Japanese-themed park in Paris.
• Demoted to Extra: The last two seasons reference Reptar more sparingly. Allegedly this was because Godzilla creators Toho sued Klasky Csupo, unhappy about a parody of their character becoming The Merch for the show.
• Destroy the Product Placement: The Kaiju sees red when he spies buildings with 'Viacom' on them. We honestly can't imagine why.
• Destructive Saviour: He always saves the day, but this usually leads to the city's destruction.
• Expy: Of Godzilla. He's a giant dinosaur from Japanese monster films who battles other giant monsters. This didn't get past the original creators, Toho, who threatened a lawsuit after the show made heavy profit from a parody of their work.
• Face–Heel Turn: Subverted in Runaway Reptar, in which he appears to turn evil, but it turns out he was replaced by an evil robot replica made by a Mad Scientist. Or Angelica.
• Fish out of Temporal Water: Through an anomalous event, he ends up in the very futuristic 2010.
• Friend to All Children: The babies love him and many episodes show that the feeling is mutual. VERY mutual. As in, do NOT mess with kids when he's around.
• Goofy Suit: Subverted. Many people have donned a variety of Reptar suits for live performances over the years, some cooler than others. But nearly all of them have hated the job, leading their managers to ponder why they ever bothered to apply for it in the first place. At least couple of them however end up Becoming the Mask when the babies antics enforce some heroics out of them, leading the kids to think Reptar rescued them as usual.
• Hidden Depths: From having relationships with people (on ice!), to dancing on Broadway, Reptar is more than your average giant dinosaur.
• The Juggernaut: He's a giant Nigh Invulnerable monster.
• Kaiju: A friendly one at least.
• Kids Love Dinosaurs: The babies love Reptar, and do such things as watch his TV show, eat his cereal and candy, and play with toys of him.
• Lighter and Softer: Unlike Godzilla on whom he was obviously based, Reptar is a far more heroic entity and more consistently good, much like the Big G's late Showa characterization.
• Not Evil, Just Misunderstood: His backstory in the origin film Reptar 2010. Thrust forwards in time, completely out of his element, mutated into a gigantic unstoppable form, all he can do with himself is destroy everything. The ending, having made his peace with humans he must co-exist with, shows his real character.
• Notzilla: A big green fire-breathing dinosaur-esque monster. So obviously based on Big G that Toho sent in their lawyers.
• Papa Wolf: Does not take kindly to anyone trying to harm the kids or their families, that goes DOUBLE for giant monsters.
• Playing with Fire: He's sometimes shown to breathe fire.
• What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: In-universe example which is subverted. Overly protective adults like Didi feel he's far too frightening for younger children, failing to understand Tommy and the gang already adore the giant Kaiju.

Dactar

Voiced by: David Eccles

An enemy turned ally of Reptar. Appeared in "Runaway Reptar" and made some cameos thereafter.

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• All Flyers Are Birds: Being babies, Phil and Lil don't quite seem to get what Dactar is. Phil thinks he's a giant bird, Lil thinks he's a butterfly. They're both wrong, but Phil's guess is a little closer.
• Big Bad Duumvirate: Originally shared this role in the movie with the false Reptar, and possibly the Mad Scientist.
• Decoy Antagonist: Of Runaway Reptar. Turns out the real villain is Reptar's robot replica and its creator.
• Expy: The Rodan to Reptar's Godzilla.
• Giant Flyer: As a pterodactyl based kaiju, this is a no brainer.
• Heel–Face Turn: At the end of "Runaway Reptar", like Rodan before him. While he started out destructive, Dactar eventually helps Reptar take down the Robot Reptar. Lampshaded by Tommy, who comments that Dactar "turned out to be a little bit of a hero too".
• Kaiju: A more malevolent one than Reptar.
• Terror-dactyl: A malevolent and destructive pterosaur kaiju that attacks Tokyo. He turns good in the end, though.
• Younger Than They Look: Simultaneously this and Really 700 Years Old—despite being absolutely massive, Dactar is implied to have hatched the very day he came to attack Tokyo. However, given that he's a pterosaur and his egg was situated in the prehistoric La Brea tar pits, Dactar was likely in said egg for a very, VERY long time.

Robo-snail

Introduced in the second movie, Robo-snail is another character who seems to be Reptar's main rival and/or Villain.

It is a giant purple snail cyborg with pincer-tipped claws and tank tread feet attached to its shell.

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• Cyborg: It's a giant snail with built in limbs and weaponry.
• Expy: as a robotic arch-enemy to Reptar, it draws parallels with Mecha-Godzilla, though in the film proper, it ironically looks more organic than the protagonists own mecha based on its rival.
• Foreshadowing: first appears as a toy that Phil and Lil play with aboard the plane on the way to Paris (which the stewardess steps on), then again in the storage area where the robots are. Fast forward to the climax where Jean-Claude hijacks its giant robot to chase down and fight the babies (who have control over Reptar's robot).
• Human Hammer-Throw: The giant robot version piloted by Jean-Claude does this - Bowser style - the the babies' Reptar mech while singing to the tune of La Donna É Mobile
• Humongous Mecha: Robosnail's biggest role is being the vehicle for Jean-Claude to fight in during the Paris film's climax. It looks much more accurate to its original look than the Reptar mecha, though it's original design being mainly robotic probably helps.
• Mechanical Monster: even before its rampaging around Paris, this thing looms in the background of Euro Reptarland's storage, and while the Reptar Mecha is obviously mechanical, Robo Snail is much more faithful to how it looks in its in-universe series, to the point that its head is very expressive and looks organic until one of its eyes comes off the stalk.
• Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: A Snail-Kaiju-Cyborg
• Oil Slick: has cannons that can fire purple slime. Jean-Claude uses this feature to cause the Reptar mech to slide quite a ways down a Paris street.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: Has these in its video game appearance.
• Remember the New Guy?: Introduced as Reptar's arch-enemy/rival in Rugrats in Paris despite never showing up before or again in the series. The only other appearance it has is in the tie-in video game as the final boss.
• Rule of Cool: Its appearance in Paris's climax amounts to this. In the middle of a typical Rugrats adventure, The babies steal a Humongous Mecha to stop Chuckie's dad from marrying a terrible woman, and get into an actual Kaiju battle with the in-universe archenemy of their hero controlled by one of the villains.
• Scary Teeth: has a sharp set of teeth that interlock like a Digimon's when it's mouth is shut.
• You Don't Look Like You: Art of Robosnail that appears in the video game as an icon has it with a thinner-looking head and a tan-colored shell. The in-game model averts this, apart from its red eyes.

Cynthia

Angelica's doll.

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• Allegorical Character: While "character" may be stretching it, Cynthia is basically "that" toy. The ones (typically dolls or action figures) that have been messed up by more hands-on children who'd curiously prod and stress-test them by pulling out hair, removing clothes, drawing on them etc. Despite them possibly looking rough or creepy afterwards, said toys tend to be beloved by their kids (at least for a time) and might become a source of fond memories.
• The Ace: There are Cynthia dolls with just about every profession imaginable. Justified, because she's a Barbie parody.
• Butt-Monkey: She tends to get messed up pretty badly, usually as Laser-Guided Karma for Angelica, though sometimes Angelica herself is the one doling out the doll's abuse. Lampshaded in one episode, wherein Angelica mentions that Cynthia's "been through a lot lately".
• Companion Cube: Angelica's.
• Creepy Doll: To a slight degree. Granted, the creepiest thing about her is that she's Angelica's favorite toy, though her overall unnerving appearance doesn't help much.
• Expy: Of Barbie.
• Morality Pet: In a sense, she's the only thing Angelica seems to genuinely care about.
• Phrase Catcher: "Can you believe it, Cynthia?" and oftentimes "CYNTHIAAAAAAA!!!!!!"
• Security Blanket: For Angelica—even by the time Angelica's (technically) a teenager (and thus doesn't really play with toys anymore), she still cares about Cynthia and gets upset after discovering that her mom got rid of the doll. Although in Charlotte's defense, Angelica had told her to get rid of everything that was "pre-13"^note The episode that this dialogue took place in was sometime after Angelica's 13th-birthday, and Charlotte had Angelica's bedroom completely redesigned and Charlotte claims that Cynthia was more "pre-5" (indicating that Angelica outgrew Cynthia when she was around five years old).

The Dummi Bears

A set of fictional bears that the kids (and their parents) are fans of. Their creator is Randy Carmichael, Susie's father.

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• Beary Friendly: Being a parody of the Care Bears, they don't have any mean bones in their bodies.
• Expy: Of the Care Bears.
• Leitmotif: "SING A HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY SONG!"
• The Movie: "At the Movies" is set around the Pickles going to the multiplex and the adults watching The Dummi Bears in The Land Without Smiles.
  Grandpa Lou: Land Without Brains is more like it!
• The Pollyanna: All of them are very optimistic.

Goober the Gopher

Voiced by: Wally Wingert

A gopher who loves hugs. He appears in "The Big Showdown" and "No Place Like Home".

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• Alliterative Name: Goober the Gopher.
• Character Catchphrase: "Can I have a hug?"
• Friend to All Children: Goober is a friendly gopher who loves to give hugs to children. Unfortunately, Tommy dislikes him because Goober doesn't want to do anything other than give hugs.
• Kids' Show Mascot Parody: Goober is an obvious parody of Barney the Dinosaur, as he speaks in a goofy voice, loves hugs, and lacks any emotion other than happiness. In his second appearance in "No Place Like Home", he is colored purple with with green hair, which is also the color palette of Barney.

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