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Season 7 Episode 14/15
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All Growed Up
Original Airdate July 21, 2001
VHS release All Growed Up
DVD release Season 7
Growing Up Changes Everything
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"All Growed Up" is an hour-long episode of Rugrats from Season 7. The television movie is considered the pilot episode of All Grown Up!, a sequel of Rugrats. In this case, the special became so popular that it spawned the sequel.

Characters Present[]

Characters Mentioned[]

Characters Introduced[]

Summary[]

After watching a time travel movie, the Rugrats travel ten years into the future.

Plot[]

The episode starts off with the babies in the living room, in front of the television, eating Reptar cookies and drinking juice while watching a movie about a mad scientist who builds a time machine. The scientist sends his lazy, obviously uninterested, assistant to the future. Angelica walks in with her new karaoke machine. She wants the babies to be her audience, then begins to start singing her version of 'America the Beautiful' into the microphone, very loudly and off-key. While singing, Angelica steps on the cookies and juice the babies were enjoying, making a big mess When she's finished, Tommy starts to admire the karaoke machine, saying that he wants to play too, but Angelica says no. When Didi walks in with more cookies, Angelica picks up the microphone and starts singing with her back turned to the babies, then turns around and pretends to be horrified at the mess, which she blames on the babies.

Didi puts the babies in the playpen. Tommy gets frustrated and decides to play with the karaoke machine while Angelica is in the kitchen with Didi, getting more cookies (Angelica ate the first plate), so the babies break out of the playpen, and go over to the machine, to which Tommy starts to sing into the microphone. Angelica walks back in and, seeing the babies playing with her machine, starts to chase them around the room. The machine gets caught on the small chair Dil is usually seen in, which causes Tommy to yank on the cord and drag Dil into the closet that he and the others decide to hide in.

The closet door closes with Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Kimi holding onto the doorknob while Angelica pulls at the knob from the outside of the door. Tommy says that he is tired of Angelica bossing them around. Angelica gives the babies until the count of ten to open the door (to which she counts wrong). Tommy decides to build his own time machine so they can go into the future, where Angelica can't boss them around anymore (He builds this using an old stereo, a helmet and a pair of headphones).

The scene changes to Angelica (now a teenager) opening the closet door, talking about she couldn't believe the babies (now preteens) were still playing in a closet. She then demands that they hand over her new Emica CD, to which a preteen Tommy comes out of the closet and protests that she said that they could borrow it. Then Chuckie comes out and says that they wanted to learn all the songs before the Emica concert the next day. Phil next comes out and suggests that they get a bigger clubhouse, and then Lil and Kimi fall out of the closet, with Lil complaining that, if Phil is at "the bottom of the pyramid", he needs to tell them when he is going to move. Kimi complains that she ripped the knee of her pants.

Then, a preteen Dil comes out and throws a Reptar doll at Angelica's head. Angelica threatens to tell Didi about 'the lizard in the shoe box,' much to Dil's dismay, and he surrenders the CD to her. They walk into the kitchen to see Stu wearing a retro-style dance outfit with a Scorpio medallion. Stu announces that he and Didi have entered a dancing contest, much to Angelica's horror. When the school bus comes, Angelica tells the group that she doesn't want them talking to her on the bus, while Didi tells the bus driver (Grandpa Lou) to be careful going over bumps, noting that Dil has been feeling queasy recently.

While on the bus, Angelica tells her friend Samantha that she has the same Scorpio medallion that Emica is wearing on the cover of the CD; she promises that she will wear it to the concert, knowing that Stu has the same medallion. Meanwhile, Chuckie starts to develop a crush on Samantha. Angelica later convinces Tommy to get her Stu's medallion in exchange for putting in a good word about Chuckie with Samantha.

That night, Tommy makes a fake medallion out of a dog treat to replace with his fathers'. But in the morning, Spike picks up the real medallion off the table and carries it outside. Tommy and Dil rush outside to see some gold paper from the fake one and soon come to the conclusion that Spike ate the real medallion also, presumably thinking that it was a dog treat as well. This gets Tommy grounded for taking the medallion without asking and he will now miss the concert. Angelica tells Tommy that he can forget about her setting Chuckie up with Samantha. Susie (who was unable to get tickets for the Emica concert) is hired to babysit Tommy while everyone else is out either at the concert or at the dance competition.

The scene changes to the gang sitting in the sandbox, like old times. Lil feels something in the sand and finds out that Spike had buried the real medallion. Tommy tries to alert his parents, but they are already driving away to the dance contest.

The scene changes to Angelica and Samantha in line for the Emica concert. Samantha wants to see the medallion, and Angelica says that her mom is bringing it to her.

The scene changes again to the dance contest, where Stu feels totally insecure without his medallion.

The scene switches to in front of the Pickles' house, with Tommy yelling out the window to his friends and brother to give the medallion to Stu. They soon convince Tommy to come with them, saying that it would be unfair for him to miss the concert now that they found the medallion. They try to sneak him out of the house, but are caught by Susie, who is completely on board with what they are doing.

The scene switches to Angelica and Samantha again, with Samantha thinking Angelica has lied to her about multiple things: owning the necklace, having been to Paris, and about Tommy not being related to her (Angelica has denied any connection to Tommy, despite them having the same last name). Angelica gets nervous, but just then, she sees the gang riding by on their bikes with the medallion. Tommy refuses to give Angelica the necklace, however, and tells Angelica that, if Samantha can't see how great Chuckie is without being told, then she's not right for him, anyway. Angelica admits to Samantha that Tommy is her cousin and that the necklace is his; not hers. Samantha seems to notice Chuckie a little. She remembers how she gave him some lip balm on the school bus the other day, because she noticed he was having trouble with his braces (she previously had braces herself). Susie is about to leave, but Angelica gives her her ticket for the concert. Susie thinks there's a catch, but Angelica explains she has to return something to her Uncle Stu.

Tommy, Dil and Angelica then rush to the dance contest and throw the necklace to Stu, who feels confident again and brings the house down with his dancing.

The scene changes once more to in front of the Emica concert. Angelica starts to leave, and Dil says it's too bad she has to miss the concert. Angelica is sad about this, but acknowledges that it is "the price of being nice." Tommy thanks Angelica for her help, and she explains that they are "cousins, stuck to each other for all eternity." To their surprise, Grandpa Lou shows up. He says that he and Lulu like to check out new singers, but with Lulu away on a trip in Egypt, he has an extra ticket, which allows for Angelica to go to the concert after all.

At the concert, Emica asks Tommy to join her on stage, and, after much pleading, Angelica gets to go on stage as well. Emica and the two cousins sing "You're a Friend to Me", and the episode then enters a flashback, with clips of previous episodes being played. We cut back to the stage, where Angelica and Tommy start to fight over the microphone.

The scene switches back to the group as toddlers, with Tommy and Angelica fighting over the karaoke machine microphone, but they only succeed in breaking the machine, making Angelica even madder. Tommy promises that in ten years, Angelica won't boss them around anymore. Angelica finds Dil's drool on her player and, reaching her breaking point, chases the babies and screams "AUNT DIDI!" at the top of her lungs. The episode ends with Chuckie asking if ten years is going to be a very long time.

Quotes[]

Emica: How about the cool guy (Tommy) next to the dude (Chuckie) with the braces?
Angelica: And me too! We're cousins! Practically twin cousins! Please! Please! Please!
Emica: Okay, come on up.


Chuckie: We just wanted to know the words for Emica's songs for the concert!
Angelica: You want too much, Finster.


Phil: I don't know why, but [spaghetti] takes me back to my childhood… (holds up some noodles)
Kimi: Yuck! That stuff looks like worms!
Phil: That's it!


Kimi: We will be smarterer!
Phil: We will know to spit!
Lil: You already know how to spit, Phil.
Phil: But it will be a smarter spit.


Samantha: Ewwww! Is that peanut butter?!
Angelica: Oh, my gosh! How did that get there?!
(At front of the bus) Tommy: Don't look now, but I think Angelica found the peanut butter.


Tommy: Thanks.
Angelica: Aw, forget about it. We're cousins, stick to each other for all eternity.
Grandpa Lou: That is the sweetest dogburned thing I ever heard you sprouts say!


Tommy: Only ten more years before Angelica's nice to us!
Angelica: Hey! Somebody drooled on it, too! I'll get you lumpy-headed babies. Aunt Didi! Aunt Didi!
Chuckie: Tommy, is ten years going to be a very long time?
Angelica: Aunt Didi!


AngelicaDil, & Tommy: Grandpa?!
Dil: Isn't it past your bedtime, Grandpa?


Angelica: Okay, they embarrassed themselves enough. Let's go.


Stu: Tommy! Dil!
Dil: You are in so much trouble.


Dil: Spike, no! I just wiped the table.
Tommy: Dil, chill out. I told you to do my chores, not turn into Mom!


Tommy: I doubt Dad believes in ALL that luck charm stuff, anyhow.


Samantha: That's great about the necklace! If you really have it, I mean.


Samantha: Everyone's dressing retro for the concert. I'm wearing my mom's faux-fur mini. What are you wearing?
Angelica: My mom's lime-green power suit.
Samantha: Eww. That's not retro, that's sad.


Angelica: ...playing in a closet! You guys are such pre-teens!

Guest Voice Cast[]

Goofs[]

  • When Tommy says, "only 10 years until she's nice to us," it should have been nine since Tommy and his friends are one year old as babies and 10 as kids. However, this mistake isn't far-fetched as they don't fully grasp the concept of numbers yet, being just babies.
  • When Chuckie is writing Samantha's name on his book cover, he's using his right hand, although he is left-handed.
  • Kimi rips her trousers when she falls out of the closet. Yet when they walk into the kitchen immediately afterwards, she is wearing a skirt.

Trivia[]

  • In the scene during the flashbacks, even though the episodes were made in 4:3 format like all of the other episodes, the flashbacks appeared to be in 16:9 format and you can see black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. When they end, the bars disappear.
  • Even though they are ten years into the future, the series features them as 10-year-olds. Also, it is possible at the start of All Grown Up!, Phil and Lil are ten, and don't turn eleven until in "Separate But Equal".
  • A scene from the Rugrats pilot episode appears at the beginning of the flashbacks, despite the fact it was never aired on TV.
  • This is the second hour-length episode of the series after "Runaway Reptar".
  • The adults in the future still have their look from the original series (although Didi has a different hairstyle), but in the spin-off series, most of them have a slightly older appearance.
    • Then again, this is a Rugrats episode; not an official All Grown Up! episode. 
      • Furthermore, the future sequence is shown to be not actually real, only the babies' imagination.
  • This is the only time Christine Cavanaugh voiced preteen Chuckie because of her retirement in 2001. 
  • In this episode, most of the characters wear clothes that strongly resemble the clothes they wear in the regular series. However, in All Grown Up!, they wear different clothes in almost every episode.
    • Susie's shirt has the same flower print as her toddler dress, although strangely, it has different colors. Yet on promo images, it matches her dress.
    • Susie's hair is worn in an afro. However, in All Grown Up!, she wears locs in almost every episode.
  • Ending Tagline: "I'm getting that feeling in my stomach again." - Chuckie (Part 1)
    • "You drooled?" - Chuckie (Part 2)
  • Chronologically speaking (story-wise), this special can technically serve as a series finale since the characters are older, the song shows Rugrats montages, and is the bridge that created All Grown Up!.
  • Samantha accuses Angelica of never having gone to Paris, but Angelica defensively says she has, in reference to the events of Rugrats in Paris: The Movie.
  • As a reminder that this is supposed to be the Rugrats' imagination, tween Tommy uses his toy screwdriver as a key to unlock the door.
  • The episode would originally be the series finale.
  • This episode's premiere had 11,900,000 viewers, which makes it the highest-rated premiere for Rugrats, as well as the highest ratings for any Nickelodeon premiere in general.
  • This episode was ranked #31 in the "Top 100 Greatest Nicktoon Episodes" and was the highest ranked Rugrats episode to make it into the countdown.
  • For unknown reasons, this episode is not available on Paramount+ in the United States. Update: 08/1/2022 it is now on Paramount+ under season 8 episode 24 under the name Rugrats - All Growed Up in the United States.
  • Moral: Don't be in a hurry to grow up.
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