Lou Pickles (1991)

Louis Kalhern Pickles
Name	Louis Kalhern "Lou" Pickles
Voiced by	David Doyle (1990-1997) Joe Alaskey (1997-2008)
First Appearance	Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing
Last Appearance	Golden Boy
Relatives	Trixie Pickles (First wife; deceased) Lulu Pickles (Current wife) Drew Pickles (Son) Charlotte Pickles (Daughter-in-law) Stu Pickles (Son) Didi Pickles (Daughter-in-law) Tommy Pickles (Grandson) Dil Pickles (Grandson) Angelica Pickles (Granddaughter) Sparky Pickles (Brother; deceased) June Pickles (Sister-in-law) Miriam Pickles (Cousin)

Louis Kalhern "Grandpa" "Lou" Pickles (Born November 8, 1915) is the father of Drew and Stu, also the grandfather of Tommy, Dil, and Angelica. The elder patriarch of the Pickles family, young at heart, he likes to be adventurous. Occasionally, he flirts with women. He is commonly thought of as having a wild imagination from the many stories he tells of his earlier years. In these stories, the number 15 is prevalent in various ways. Whenever Lou appears, his usual routine is to fall asleep in the middle of telling the kids a story. He loves his grandchildren deeply and always enjoys spending time with Tommy. He shares a rivalry with his cousin Miriam. Besides his rivalry with Mim, he's had several other rivals. His bowling rival was Billy "Strike" Maxwell (seen in King Ten Pin), however Lou later regains his honor by beating him after its revealed that Maxwell was cheating the entire time. He also has a recurring rival with Conan McNulty, with Conan often lying to him and cheating. He is voiced by David Doyle (1990-1997) and Joe Alaskey (1997-2008).  

David Doyle

Joe Alaskey

Description

When his wife Trixie has to go out of town, Lou takes care of his sons and grandchildren. And while he loves his sons, he has a great frustration with their constant bickering. Over the years, Lou has had many jobs, including a solider in the war, a cook, a repairman for small appliances, and a detective. Lou is also a bit of a schemer. He also has quite a talent for playing trumpet as he was given a solo for the war veterans concert in "Grandpa's Teeth". One of the things he loves to do is fishing and mostly watching TV, he's almost always seen watching a show involving fishing or watching TV for fun. While Lou enjoys doing new things, he can be very stubborn with trying some new things.

Looks

Lou Pickles has peach skin and a pair of white eyes with black pupils. He has gray hair and is often shown wearing a purple shirt and a green vest. He looks just like his son Drew Pickles when he was younger, but as he got older, he now looks more like his other son Stuart Pickles.

Gallery

"You can find Louis Pickles gallery here."

Appearances

Lou Pickles has appeared in many differant episodes of Rugrats. He also appears in All Grown Up!', and his last appearance is Golden Boy.

Trivia

• Grandpa often talks about his brother Sparky Pickles.
• In Aunt Miriam, Grandpa states he is actually 76 years old, meaning he could've been born in 1916. Grandpa's real age is unknown since he stated in the episode, Chuckie Get's Skunked, that he recalled a childhood memory with his brother Sparky back in 1906, meaning he was alive before 1916.
• In the pilot episode Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing, Lou is called "Stu Pickles Sr." in the credits.
• In Aunt Miriam, Miriam remembers that she and Grandpa played with their friends Bill and Jill when they were kids. Phil and Lil stated in Potty-Training Spike that Bill and Jill are the names of their aunt and uncle.
• In Touchdown Tommy Lou stated that he played football at Minnesota State University.
• He is the only character who's original cast member died during the show's 14 year period as David Doyle died in 1997.
• In Wrestling Grandpa, Grandpa was a former wrestler known as "Pretzel Maker" Pickles.
• In the pilot his name was originaly Stu Pickles Sr
• His catchphrase is "In my day..." followed by some fact about his youth.