# Rugrats

Rugrats (1991–2004) or (1991-2006) is an American animated public television series aimed at younger children. This series is about babies and their daily antics.
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Rugrats (season 9)

## Films

* The Rugrats Movie (1998)
* Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)
* Rugrats Go Wild (2003)

## Characters
### Main

* Thomas Malcolm "Tommy" Pickles - voiced by Elizabeth Daily, Tami Holbrook in the unaired pilot
* Charles Crandall Norbert "Chuckie" Finster, Jr. - voiced by Christine Cavanaugh from 1991-2002, Nancy Cartwright from 2002-2006
* Angelica Charlotte Pickles - voiced by Cheryl Chase
* Phillip Richard "Phil" DeVille - voiced by Kath Soucie
* Lillian Marie "Lil" DeVille - voiced by Kath Soucie
* Susanna Yvonne "Susie" Carmichael - voiced by Cree Summer, understudied by Elizabeth Daily in "The Last Babysitter" and "Angelica's Birthday"
* Kimiko "Kimi" Watanabe-Finster - voiced by Dionne Quan
* Dylan Prescott "Dil" Pickles - voiced by Tara Strong, credited as "Charendoff" in the film version

### Adults

* Stuart Louis "Stu" Pickles - voiced by Jack Riley as an adult, Elizabeth Daily as a baby in "Sour Pickles", Tress MacNeille as a baby in "Fountain of Youth"
* Diane "Didi" Pickles (née Kropotkin) - voiced by Melanie Chartoff
* Louis Kalhern "Grandpa Lou" Pickles II - voiced by David Doyle, Joe Alaskey
* Andrew "Drew" Pickles - voiced by Michael Bell as an adult, Pamela Adlon as a baby
* Charlotte Pickles - voiced by Tress MacNeille
* Elizabeth "Betty" DeVille - voiced by Kath Soucie
* Howard "Howie" DeVille - voiced by Phil Proctor
* Charles Norbert "Chas" Finster, Sr. - voiced by Michael Bell
* Kira Watanabe-Finster - voiced by Julia Kato
* Louise "Lulu" Jonston-Pickles - voiced by Debbie Reynolds

### Pets

* Spike the Hyena-Dog- voiced by Frank Welker (Jonathan Freeman was the voice role)
* Fifi the Cat- voiced by Dee Bradley Baker

### Additional Voices

* Mona Marshall

## About Rugrats

* The origins of "Rugrats" began when Vanessa Coffee, a development executive at Nickelodeon, contacted our animation studio. I had taken fifteen months off work after my second child was born. I was working from home on concepts for "Sesame Street" shorts. Gabor Csupo, my husband at the time, asked me to come up with ideas to pitch to NICK. So, I quickly expanded notes I’d written from one of the "Sesame Street" ideas. My thoughts were, "if babies could talk what would they say" and "what was the logic that drove tiny humans to desperately want to stick their hands in the toilet?" It fascinated me, but mostly I found it humorous. Paul Germain, our development executive at the time, and Gabor Csupo then pitched several ideas to Nickelodeon. Vanessa Coffee had the foresight to choose what ultimately became "Rugrats" and Gerry Laybourne, the President of NICK at the time, had the vision to green-light it! Gabor and I sketched some of the original characters and worked with Paul on creating the world of "Rugrats". Together we produced a pilot that Peter Chung, a brilliant artist and animator, directed. The super talented Mark Mothersbaugh created the music for the show. The studio produced the "Rugrats" and "All Grown Up" series over the next decade as well as two "Rugrats" movies and a third film, where the "Rugrats" meet "The Wild Thornberrys". Our studio just exploded with work! The next ten years were intense for me because I was raising two children and working. Gabor and I continued to create or produce nine more animated series.
** Arlene Klasky Exclusive Rugrats Creator Arlene Klasky]

## External links

* Rugrats random quote generator at Klasky-Csupo