Chuckie's Duckling

Season 6 Episode 1a
Chuckie's Duckling
Original Airdate	January 4, 1999 (Canada) January 18, 1999 (US)
DVD release	Season 6
Previous Episode	The Family Tree
Next Episode	A Dog's Life

Chuckie's Duckling is a Season 6 episode of Rugrats, and notably the first episode to air after the release of The Rugrats Movie.

Character Present

• Tommy
• Dil (first appearance in an episode)
• Chuckie
• Phil
• Lil
• Herbert (debut/only appearance)
• Didi
• Grandpa Lou
• Betty

Description

Chuckie finds a duck egg in a bush which hatches and he names the baby duck Herbert and claims it as his little brother, inspired after seeing how close Tommy and Dil are. But unfortunately for Chuckie, being a big brother is harder than he thought.

Summary

A baby duck hatched in Tommy's backyard, and the first thing it sees is Chuckie. Chuckie adopts the duck, which he calls "Herbert". At first, caring for Herbert was exciting, but when the novelty wears out, it becomes a chore when he begins to realize the responsibilities of actually being an older brother. Meanwhile, Betty and her environmental group protest at a condo site that left the baby duck's mother without a home, while Grandpa tries to win at checkers.

In the end, Betty and the protestors win out, and Herbert's reunited with his mother and siblings. Chuckie's happy for Herbert, and realizes that, despite all the responsibilities of being an older sibling, he's going to miss having Herbert around.

Synopsis

Chuckie finds a duck egg and helps it to hatch. The duckling that comes out, who he names Hubert, adopts Chuckie as his big brother and follows him everywhere. But is Chuckie ready for the big responsibility? - Description from Klasky Csupo.

Trivia

• This is the first episode to use digital cel and background animation.

Quotes

Chuckie, Phil and Lil: Quack! Quack! Quack!

Gallery

The gallery for this episode can be found here