All Grown Up!

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***"All Grown Up!"*** is an animated television series created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó for Nickelodeon. After the success of the *Rugrats* 10th anniversary special *All Growed Up*, Nickelodeon commissioned *All Grown Up!* as a spin-off series based on the episode. The series ran from April 12, 2003 to August 17, 2008.

## Plot

The characters of *Rugrats* TV series are now preteens. Tommy, Dil, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Kimi, Angelica and Susie now have to deal with adolescent issues. Making their way through middle school, making new friends and following their dreams, the kids are just trying to cope.

## Why It’s All Grown Up Indeed

1. The show was the first Nicktoon to be a spin-off based on the original series.
2. The voice acting is still good. Nancy Cartwright in particular did a better job voicing Chuckie in this show than she did in *Rugrats*.
3. Great animation, especially for seasons 2-5.
4. Awesome and catchy intro made by voice actress, Cree Summer.
5. It can teach good morals.
6. Some of the characters have changed, such as Angelica, Kimi and Dil, who all grow from the worst characters to more likable and better characters:
	* Angelica becomes nicer and mature, who is a good friend to the main cast, and a good cousin to Tommy and Dil.
	* Dil has become likable and hilarious who’s a great brother to Tommy.
	* Kimi becomes a nicer and sweeter girl who's a great sister to Chuckie.
	* Chuckie is now not scared of everything and is braver, undoing his slight flanderization from seasons 2-9 of *Rugrats*.
	* Tommy went from a great baby who was more optimistic, to a good kid who became more mature, although he also became less optimistic and more prone to acting negative. But this made him more relatable, lovable and memorable.
7. Some rather heartwarming moments.
8. Some episodes can have flashbacks for the Rugrats that were still babies.
9. The idea of a show about the adventures of the Rugrats gang as more grown up is quite interesting, and it was a pretty decent spin-off.
10. Unlike the original series which had 11 or 22-minute episodes, all of the episodes last for 22 minutes, which was focusing on the main plot and the subplot.
11. The color palette is very colorful.
12. Had a handful of funny, greatest and heroic episodes such as:
	* "Truth Or Consequences"
	* "Interview With A Campfire"
	* "Project Chuckie"
	* "The Finster Who Stole Christmas"
	* "Dude, Where's My Horse?"
	* "Blind Man's Bluff"
	* "TP + KF"
	* "Golden Boy" (an excellent way to end off the spin-off series)
13. Several characters that have been relegated to cameos in later *Rugrats* episodes, like Grampa Boris, return to having speaking roles here.
14. The show has several great and unexpected pop culture references, including ones to *Yu-Gi-Oh!* and The Beach Boys

## Bad Qualities

1. It can be a little bit stereotypical.
2. Some gross-out humor is still present. Examples:
	* Dil smelling Phil's armpits.
	* Spike eating brussels sprouts and farting.
3. Bad episodes every now and then, such as:
	* "Susie Sings the Blues"
	* "Bad Kimi"
	* "Tweenage Tycoons"
4. After Season 1, Susie and her family were whitewashed, sporting a more-notably lighter skin tone.
5. Most episodes revolve around the characters screwing up just to learn a lesson and then forgetting that lesson in the next episode.
6. With the exception of Susie, Chuckie and Harold (except in "Susie Sings the Blues" for the former 2, and "Tweenage Tycoons" for the latter 2), the characters can be unlikeable at times.

## Trivia

* Until the revival of the original series in 2021, this show, *Rugrats Pre-School Daze*, and the *Rugrats: Tales From the Crib* DTV episodes were the final *Rugrats* productions to date.
* This was the first *Rugrats* series, that Nancy Cartwright has takeover for Chuckie Finster. Christine Cavanaugh previously voices Chuckie in the original series and the *All Growed Up* special.
* It was also the final *Rugrats* production that the adults were voiced by people such as Joe Alaskey, Michael Bell, Melanie Chartoff, Jack Riley, Kath Soucie, Tress MacNeille, Hattie Winston and Ron Glass, due most of them being dead, retired or moved on.