Rugrats

Rugrats is one of the first three “Nicktoons” – Nickelodeon’s original animated series – and Nickelodeon’s most popular series of the ’90s. The show debuted in August 1991 and lasted for 172 episodes, the last of which aired in August 2004. The show also resulted in three theatrical movies, two post-series direct-to-video movies, and two spin-off series (All Grown Up and Rugrats: Pre-School Daze).

About The Show

The show focuses on a group of babies most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, twins Phil and Lil, and Angelica, and their day-to-day lives, usually involving life experiences that become much greater adventures in the imaginations of the main characters. [via Wikipedia]

From investigating the big white flushy thing in the bathroom to making sure their uncle isn’t a robot, there’s always big mysterious to solve and endless adventures to be had when the Rugrats are around. These babies may be little, but they have a lot to say. The best part? The adults can’t understand them… but YOU can. Hang on to your diapies, babies, we’re goin’ in! [via Nick.com, 2016]

The Episode List

The episode list and air dates below are for Nickelodeon in the United States. The dates, days and times listed are for their first appearance on the network. The episode codes are official numbers used by the network. The list also includes non-series specials and Nickelodeon premiere dates for theatrical and direct-to-video movies.

Medium Confidence There may be certain episode premiere dates in question. Learn more.

Reason: The show’s 1991-1994 episode premiere dates are based on digital stores (like iTunes) and TV listing websites. Their accuracy may be in question. Dates from 1997-2002 were largely taken from Rugrats Online, a former dedicated website that provided accurate and detailed information. Other dates are based on first-hand or official documentation.

Ep. Code Title Date Day Time
001 Tommy’s First Birthday Aug-11-1991 Sun 10:30a
002 Barbeque Story / Waiter, There’s a Baby in My Soup Aug-18-1991 Sun 10:30a
003 At the Movies / Slumber Party Aug-25-1991 Sun 10:30a
004 Baby Commercial / Little Dude Sept-8-1991 Sun 10:30a
005 Beauty Contest / Baseball Sept-15-1991 Sun 10:30a
006 Ruthless Tommy / Moose Country Sept-22-1991 Sun 10:30a
007 Grandpa’s Teeth / Momma Trauma Oct-6-1991 Sun 10:30a
008 Real or Robots? / Special Delivery Oct-13-1991 Sun 10:30a
009 Candy Bar Creep Show / Monster in the Garage Oct-27-1991 Sun 10:30a
010 Weaning Tommy / Incident in Aisle Seven Nov-10-1991 Sun 10:30a
011 Touch-Down Tommy / The Trial Nov-24-1991 Sun 10:30a
012 Fluffy vs. Spike / Reptar’s Revenge Dec-8-1991 Sun 10:30a
013 Graham Canyon / Stu-Maker’s Elves Dec-22-1991 Sun 10:30a
015 Chuckie vs. the Potty / Together at Last Sept-13-1992 Sun 10:30a
014 Toy Palace / Sand Ho! Sept-20-1992 Sun 10:30a
016 The Big House / The Shot Sept-27-1992 Sun 10:30a
017 Showdown at Teeter Totter Gulch / Mirrorland Oct-4-1992 Sun 10:30a
018 Angelica’s in Love / Ice Cream Mountain Oct-11-1992 Sun 10:30a
019 Regarding Stuie / Garage Sale Oct-18-1992 Sun 10:30a
020 Let There Be Light / The Bank Trick Oct-25-1992 Sun 10:30a
021 Family Reunion / Grandpa’s Date Nov-1-1992 Sun 10:30a
022 No Bones About It / Beach Blanket Babies Nov-8-1992 Sun 10:30a
023 Reptar on Ice / Family Feud Nov-15-1992 Sun 10:30a
024 Superhero Chuckie / The Dog Broomer Nov-22-1992 Sun 10:30a
025 Aunt Miriam / The Inside Story Nov-29-1992 Sun 10:30a
027 The Santa Experience Dec-6-1992 Sun 10:30a
026 A Visit from Lipschitz / What the Big People Do Dec-13-1992 Sun 10:30a
028 Visitors from Outer Space / The Case of the Missing Rugrat Dec-20-1992 Sun 10:30a
029 Chuckie Loses His Glasses / Chuckie Gets Skunked Dec-27-1992 Sun 10:30a
030 Rebel Without a Teddy Bear / Angelica the Magnificent Jan-3-1993 Sun 10:30a
031 Meet the Carmichaels / The Box Jan-10-1993 Sun 10:30a
032 Down the Drain / Let Them Eat Cake Jan-17-1993 Sun 10:30a
033 The Seven Voyages of Cynthia / My Friend Barney Apr-11-1993 Sun 10:30a
034 Feeding Hubert / Spike the Wonder Dog Apr-18-1993 Sun 10:30a
035 The Slide / The Big Flush Apr-25-1993 Sun 10:30a
036 King Ten Pin / Runaway Angelica May-2-1993 Sun 10:30a
037 Game Show Didi / Toys in the Attic May-9-1993 Sun 10:30a
038 Driving Miss Angelica / Susie vs. Angelica May-16-1993 Sun 10:30a
039 Tooth or Dare / Party Animals May-23-1993 Sun 10:30a
040 Dummi Bear Dinner Disaster / Twins’ Pique Sept-26-1993 Sun 10:30a
041 Chuckie’s First Haircut / Cool Hand Angelica Oct-3-1993 Sun 10:30a
042 Tricycle Thief / Rhinoceritis! Oct-10-1993 Sun 10:30a
043 Grandpa Moves Out / The Legend of Satchmo Oct-17-1993 Sun 10:30a
044 Circus Angelicus / The Stork Oct-24-1993 Sun 10:30a
045 The Baby Vanishes / Farewell, My Friend Nov-7-1993 Sun 10:30a
046 When Wishes Come True / Angelica Breaks a Leg Nov-14-1993 Sun 10:30a
047 The Last Babysitter / Sour Pickles Nov-21-1993 Sun 10:30a
048 Reptar 2010 / Stu Gets a Job Nov-28-1993 Sun 7:30p
049 Give & Take / The Gold Rush Dec-12-1993 Sun 10:30a
050 Home Movies / The Mysterious Mr. Friend Dec-26-1993 Sun 10:30a
051 Cuffed / The Blizzard Jan-2-1994 Sun 10:30a
053 Princess Angelica / The Odd Couple Jan-9-1994 Sun 10:30a
052 Destination Moon / Angelica’s Birthday Jan-16-1994? Sun 10:30a
054 Naked Tommy / Tommy and the Secret Club Jan-23-1994 Sun 10:30a
055 Under Chuckie’s Bed / Chuckie is Rich Feb-6-1994 Sun 10:30a
056 Mommy’s Little Assets / Chuckie’s Wonderful Life Feb-20-1994 Sun 10:30a
057 In the Dreamtime / The Unfair Pair Feb-27-1994 Sun 10:30a
058 Chuckie’s Red Hair / Spike Runs Away Mar-6-1994 Sun 10:30a
059 The Alien / Mr. Clean Mar-20-1994 Sun 10:30a
060 Angelica’s Worst Nightmare / The Mega Diaper Babies Mar-27-1994 Sun 10:30a
061 New Kid in Town / Pickles vs. Pickles Oct-15-1994 Sat 7:30p
063 Kid TV / The Sky is Falling Oct-22-1994 Sat 7:30p
064 I Remember Melville / No More Cookies Nov-5-1994 Sat 7:30p
065 Cradle Attraction / Moving Away Nov-12-1994 Sat 7:30p
062 Passover Apr-13-1995 Thu 8:00p
999 Chanukah Dec-4-1996 Wed 8:00p
998 Mother’s Day May-6-1997 Tue 8:00p
066 Spike’s Babies / Chicken Pops Aug-23-1997 Sat 8:00p
067 Radio Daze / Psycho Angelica Aug-30-1997 Sat 8:00p
068 America’s Wackiest Home Videos / The ‘Lympics Sept-6-1997 Sat 8:00p
069 The Carwash / Heat Wave Sept-13-1997 Sat 8:00p
071 Faire Play / The Smell of Success Sept-20-1997 Sat 8:00p
077 Dust Bunnies / Educating Angelica Sept-27-1997 Sat 8:00p
070 Angelica’s Last Stand / Clan of the Duck Oct-4-1997 Sat 8:00p
073 Potty Training Spike / The Art Fair Oct-11-1997 Sat 8:00p
074 Send in the Clouds / In the Naval Oct-18-1997 Sat 8:00p
075 The Mattress / Looking for Jack Nov-1-1997 Sat 8:00p
078 Ransom of Cynthia / Turtle Recall Nov-8-1997 Sat 8:00p
079 Angelica Orders Out / Let It Snow Nov-15-1997 Sat 8:00p
080 Angelica Nose Best / The Pirate Light Nov-22-1997 Sat 8:00p
997 Vacation May-29-1998 Fri 8:00p
996 The Rugrats Father’s Day Special
(“Regarding Stuie / America’s Wackiest Home Movies”)		 Jun-16-1998 Tue 8:00p
089 Babysitting Fluffy / Sleep Trouble Aug-15-1998 Sat 8:00p
086 The First Cut / Chuckie Grows Aug-16-1998 Sun 8:00p
088 The Wild, Wild West / Angelica for a Day Aug-17-1998 Mon 8:00p
083 The Word of the Day / Jonathan Babysits Aug-18-1998 Tue 8:00p
081 Grandpa’s Bad Bug / Lady Luck Aug-19-1998 Wed 8:00p
082 Crime and Punishment / Baby Maybe Aug-20-1998 Thu 8:00p
084 He Saw, She Saw / Piggy’s Pizza Palace Aug-21-1998 Fri 8:00p
085 Fugitive Tommy / Visiting Aunt Miriam Aug-22-1998 Sat 8:00p
087 Uneasy Rider / Where’s Grandpa? Aug-29-1998 Sat 8:00p
076 Hiccups / Autumn Leaves Sept-12-1998 Sat 8:00p
090 Journey to the Center of the Basement / A Very McNulty Birthday Sept-19-1998 Sat 8:00p
091 The Family Tree Sept-21-1998 Mon 8:00p
072 “The Turkey Who Came to Dinner” Nov-10-1998 Tue 8:00p
Special The Making of “The Rugrats Movie”
(originally premiered Nov-14-1998 at 7:30p on Showtime)		 Nov-25-1998 Wed 9:00p
092 Chuckie’s Duckling / A Dog’s Life Jan-18-1999 Mon 8:00p
093 Chuckerfly / Angelica’s Twin Jan-23-1999 Sat 8:00p
100 Hand Me Downs / Angelica’s Ballet Jan-30-1999 Sat 8:00p
094 Rasing Dil / No Naps Feb-6-1999 Sat 8:00p
095 Man of the House / A Whole New Stu Feb-13-1999 Sat 8:00p
096 Submarine / Chuckie’s a Lefty Feb-20-1999 Sat 8:00p
097 Baking Dil / Hair! Feb-27-1999 Sat 8:00p
104 Pedal Pusher / Music Mar-6-1999 Sat 8:00p
101 Opposites Attract / The Art Museum Mar-13-1999 Sat 8:00p
102 The Jungle / The Old Country Mar-20-1999 Sat 8:00p
103 Ghost Story / Chuckie’s Complaint Mar-27-1999 Sat 8:00p
105 Chuckie’s Bachelor Pad / Junior Prom Apr-10-1999 Sat 8:00p
107 What’s Your Line / Two By Two Apr-17-1999 Sat 8:00p
109 Wrestling Grandpa / Chuckie Collects May-1-1999 Sat 7:30p
098 Zoo Story / I Do Aug-7-1999 Sat 9:00a
106 Silent Angelica / Tie My Shoes Aug-7-1999 Sat 12:00p
122 No Place Like Home Oct-2-1999 Sat 8:00p
112 Share and Share a Spike / Tommy for Mayor Oct-2-1999 Sat 9:00p
113 Brothers Are Monsters / Cooking With Susie Oct-9-1999 Sat 9:00p
114 Officer Chuckie / Auctioning Grandpa Oct-16-1999 Sat 7:30p
116A Planting Dil Oct-16-1999 Sat 8:00p
116B Joke’s on You Oct-23-1999 Sat 8:00p
115A Partners in Crime Nov-6-1999 Sat 8:00p
115B Thumbs Up Nov-13-1999 Sat 8:00p
117A Big Showdown Nov-20-1999 Sat 8:00p
110/111
(995)		 Runaway Reptar
(1 hour)		 Nov-27-1999 Sat 8:00p
117B Doctor Susie Dec-4-1999 Sat 8:00p
118A Accidents Happen Dec-18-1999 Sat 8:00p
118B Pee Wee Scouts Jan-8-2000 Sat 8:00p
119A Chuckie’s New Shirt Jan-22-2000 Sat 8:00p
119B Cavebabies Jan-29-2000 Sat 8:00p
123 Be My Valentine Feb-14-2000 Mon 8:00p
124 Discover America Oct-9-2000 Mon 8:00p
125 Diaper Change Nov-7-2000 Tue 8:30p
126 Fall Stinks Nov-8-2000 Wed 8:30p
127 Don’t Poop on My Parade Nov-9-2000 Thu 8:30p
Special The Making of “Rugrats in Paris: The Movie” Nov-11-2000 Sat 6:00p
131 Finsterella Jan-15-2001 Mon 8:00p
128 Angelicon / Dil’s Binkie / Big Brother Chuckie Jan-19-2001 Fri 8:00p
130 Sister Act / Spike’s Nightscare / Cuddle Bunny Jan-26-2001 Fri 8:00p
134 Changes for Chuckie / The Magic Show / A Lulu of a Time Feb-2-2001 Fri 8:00p
133 Dayscare / The Great Unknown / Falling Stars Feb-9-2001 Fri 8:00p
135 Cat Got Your Tongue? / The War Room / Attention Please Feb-16-2001 Fri 8:00p
136 And the Winner is… / Dil’s Bathtime / Bigger Than Life Mar-9-2001 Fri 8:00p
138 My Fair Babies / The Way Things Work / Home Sweet Home Mar-30-2001 Fri 8:00p
137 Day of the Potty / Tell-Tale Cell Phone / The Time of Their Lives Apr-6-2001 Fri 8:00p
129 Dil Saver / Cooking With Phil & Lil / Piece of Cake Apr-13-2001 Fri 8:00p
132 Bad Shoes / The World According to Dil and Spike / Wash/Dry Story Apr-20-2001 Fri 8:00p
139 Adventure Squad / The Way More Things Work / Talk of the Town Apr-27-2001 Fri 8:00p
099 The Magic Baby / Dil We Meet Again May-4-2001 Fri 8:00p
108 All’s Well That Pretends Well / Big Babies Jul-6-2001 Fri 8:00p
120 Incredible Shrinking Babies / Miss Manners Jul-13-2001 Fri 8:00p
121 A Dose of Dil / Famous Babies Jul-20-2001 Fri 8:00p
141/142
(993)		 All Growed Up
(1 hour)		 Jul-21-2001 Sat 8:00p
992 Still Babies After All These Years Jul-21-2001 Sat 9:00p
994 “Acorn Nuts & Diapey Butts”
(90 min. version of episodes 125-127)		 Aug-4-2001 Sat 8:00p
140 A Rugrats Kwanzaa Dec-11-2001 Tue 8:30p
146 Quiet Please / Early Retirement Feb-9-2002 Sat 9:00a
147 The Doctor is in / The Big Sneeze Feb-9-2002 Sat 9:30a
148 The Fun Way Day / The Age of Aquarium Feb-23-2002 Sat 9:00a
149 Daddy’s Little Helpers / Hello Dilly Mar-9-2002 Sat 9:00a
145 Bow Wow Wedding Vows Mar-25-2002 Mon 8:00p
150 Cynthia Comes Alive / Trading Phil Apr-6-2002 Sat 9:00a
154 A Tale of Two Puppies / Okey Dokey Jones and the Ring of the Sunbeans Jun-1-2002 Sat 9:30a
155A Happy Taffy Sept-21-2002 Sat 8:30a
162A Bug Off Sept-21-2002 Sat 8:45a
163B Who’s Taffy? Sept-28-2002 Sat 8:30a
166B Hold the Pickles Sept-28-2002 Sat 8:45a
161A Diapies & Dragons Oct-5-2002 Sat 8:30a
164B Lil’s Phil of Trash Oct-5-2002 Sat 8:45a
169B Kimi Takes the Cake Oct-5-2002 Sat 5:30p
161B Baby Power Oct-5-2002 Sat 5:45p
144 Curse of the Werewuff Oct-28-2002 Mon 8:00p
166A Bestest of Show Nov-16-2002 Sat 8:30a
155B Imagine That Nov-16-2002 Sat 8:45a
165A Mutt’s in a Name Nov-22-2002 Fri 6:00p
157 The Perfect Twins Nov-30-2002 Sat 8:00p
158/159
(991)		 Babies in Toyland
(1 hour)		 Dec-9-2002 Mon 8:00p
160 Clown Around / The Baby Rewards Jan-30-2003 Thu 8:30p
163A Starstruck Mar-8-2003 Sat 8:30a
162B The Crawl Space Mar-8-2003 Sat 8:45a
156 Club Fred Sept-6-2003 Sat 8:30a
152 Back to School / Sweet Dreams Sept-13-2003 Sat 8:30a
167 Baby Sale / Steve Sept-20-2003 Sat 8:30a
153 A Step at a Time / Angelica’s Assistant Sept-27-2003 Sat 8:30a
168 The Braveliest Baby / Gimme an “A” Oct-11-2003 Sat 8:30a
151 “Murmur on Ornery Express” Nov-11-2003 Tue 6:00p
143 Preschool Daze Apr-10-2004 Sat 8:30a
164A They Came from the Backyard Jun-10-2004 Thu 6:30p
169A Fountain of Youth Jun-10-2004 Thu 6:45p
Movie The Rugrats Movie (1998) Jun-18-2004 Fri 8:00p
165B Hurricane Alice Aug-1-2004 Sun 8:00a
DTV Rugrats Tales from the Crib: Snow White Nov-13-2005 Sun 12:00p
Movie Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000) Jun-30-2006 Fri 8:00p
888 Rugrats Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks and a Beanstalk Nov-5-2006 Sun 12:00p
Movie Rugrats Go Wild (2003) Nov-22-2007 Thu 10:30p

Notes

* An interesting note about episode #132 and #133: Starting with June 2002 repeats, Nick replaced #133C “Falling Stars” with #132C “Wash/Dry Story”, while keeping #132C in tact for airings of #132 (essentially removing “Falling Stars” from airing). At some point later, for sure when the show reran on Nick in early-2011, they started airing “Falling Stars” again, but paired it with #132A/B instead. Meaning both the original #132C and #133C aired later, yet they were paired with the wrong A and B segments. The production order and first premiere order listed above is correct, though.