Rugrats (1991)

Adventure · Animation · Comedy

Focuses on a group of toddlers, most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Angelica, and their day-to-day lives, usually involving common life experiences that become adventures in the babies' imaginations. Adults in the series are almost always unaware of what the children are up to; however, this only provides more room for the babies to explore and discover their surroundings.

IMDb rating: 7.4 (41,634 votes)
Episode average: 7.1 -0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 9
Streaming (US): Paramount+
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 9 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1991)

7.36 avg 14 episodes 7.4 → 7.2 20 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing	7.4	132
1	Tommy's First Birthday	7.5	341
2	Barbecue Story/Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup	7.4	242
3	At the Movies/Slumber Party	7.7	254
4	Baby Commercial/Little Dude	7.3	223
5	Beauty Contest/Baseball	7.2	209
6	Ruthless Tommy/Moose Country	7.0	190
7	Grandpa's Teeth/Momma Trauma	7.1	195
8	Real or Robots? / Special Delivery	7.5	202
9	Candy Bar Creep Show; Monster in the Garage	7.4	202
10	Weaning Tommy / Incident in Aisle Seven	7.6	190
11	Touchdown Tommy / The Trial	7.6	195
12	Fluffy vs. Spike/Reptar's Revenge	7.2	164
13	Graham Canyon / Stu-Maker's Elves	7.2	170

Season 2 (1992)

7.46 avg 26 episodes 7.6 → 7.5 21 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Toy Palace/Sand Ho	7.6	172
2	Chuckie vs. The Potty/Together at Last	7.4	161
3	The Big House/The Shot	7.4	162
4	Showdown at Teeter-Totter Gulch/Mirrorland	7.6	163
5	Angelica's in Love/Ice Cream Mountain	7.3	170
6	Regarding Stuie/Garage Sale	7.2	153
7	Let There Be Light/The Bank Trick	7.4	147
8	Family Reunion/Grandpa's Date	7.8	156
9	No Bones About It/Beach Blanket Babies	7.2	139
10	Reptar on Ice/Family Feud	7.4	165
11	Superhero Chuckie/The Dog Broomer	7.1	138
12	Aunt Miriam/The Inside Story	7.9	169
13	A Visit from Lipschitz/What the Big People Do	8.0	176
14	The Santa Experience	8.2	251
15	Visitors from Outer Space/The Case of the Missing Rugrat	7.3	136
16	Chuckie Loses His Glasses/Chuckie Gets Skunked	7.8	148
17	Rebel Without a Teddy Bear/Angelica the Magnificent	7.3	135
18	Meet the Carmichaels/The Box	7.3	146
19	Down the Drain/Let Them Eat Cake	7.5	144
20	The Seven Voyages of Cynthia/My Friend Barney	7.1	133
21	Feeding Hubert/Spike the Wonder Dog	7.0	137
22	The Slide/The Big Flush	7.3	136
23	King Ten Pin/Runaway Angelica	7.6	134
24	Game Show Didi/Toys in the Attic	7.4	138
25	Driving Miss Angelica/Susie vs. Angelica	7.4	131
26	Tooth or Dare/Party Animals	7.5	130

Season 3 (1993)

7.59 avg 26 episodes 7.4 → 7.8 23 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dummi Bear Dinner Disaster/Twins Pique	7.4	128
2	Chuckie's First Haircut/Cool Hand Angelica	7.4	138
3	Tricycle Thief/Rhinoceritis!	7.5	133
4	Grandpa Moves Out/The Legend of Satchmo	7.5	136
5	Circus Angelicus/The Stork	7.2	115
6	The Baby Vanishes/Farewell, My Friend	7.5	122
7	When Wishes Come True/Angelica Breaks a Leg	7.8	149
8	The Last Babysitter/Sour Pickles	7.9	160
9	Reptar 2010/Stu Gets a Job	7.3	118
10	Give and Take/The Gold Rush	7.7	125
11	Home Movies/The Mysterious Mr. Fiend	8.2	159
12	Cuffed/The Blizzard	7.9	131
13	Destination: Moon/Angelica's Birthday	7.7	123
14	Princess Angelica/The Odd Couple	7.6	123
15	Naked Tommy/Tommy and the Secret Club	7.7	139
16	Under Chuckie's Bed/Chuckie Is Rich	7.5	141
17	Mommy's Little Assets/Chuckie's Wonderful Life	7.8	130
18	In the Dreamtime/The Unfair Pair	7.7	125
19	Chuckie's Red Hair/Spike Runs Away	7.2	118
20	The Alien/Mr. Clean	7.4	117
21	Angelica's Worst Nightmare/The Mega Diaper Babies	7.5	136
22	New Kid in Town/Pickles vs. Pickles	7.4	130
23	Kid TV/The Sky Is Falling	7.8	130
24	I Remember Melville/No More Cookies	7.5	142
25	Cradle Attraction/Moving Away	7.5	126
26	Passover	7.8	164

Season 4 (1996)

7.38 avg 17 episodes 7.6 → 7.2 21 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Chanukah	7.6	170
2	Mother's Day	8.4	212
3	Vacation	7.6	148
4	Spike's Babies/Chicken Pops	7.4	110
5	Radio Daze/Psycho Angelica	7.6	115
6	America's Wackiest Home Movies/The 'Lympics	7.2	107
7	The Carwash/Heatwave	7.3	106
8	Faire Play/The Smell of Success	7.2	102
9	Dust Bunnies/Educating Angelica	7.3	110
10	Angelica's Last Stand/Clan of the Duck	7.0	106
11	Potty Training Spike/The Art Fair	6.8	100
12	Send in the Clouds/In the Naval	7.2	96
13	The Mattress/Looking for Jack	7.2	103
14	Ransom of Cynthia/Turtle Recall	7.1	98
15	Angelica Orders Out/Let It Snow	7.6	116
16	The Turkey Who Came to Dinner	7.8	131
17	Angelica Nose Best/Pirate Light	7.2	106

Season 5 (1997)

7.18 avg 13 episodes 7.2 → 7.2 23 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Grandpa's Bad Bug/Lady Luck	7.2	107
2	Hiccups/Autumn Leaves	7.4	103
3	Crime and Punishment/Baby Maybe	7.1	96
4	Word of the Day/Jonathan Babysits	7.7	168
5	He Saw, She Saw/Piggy's Pizza Palace	6.9	101
6	Fugitive Tommy/Visiting Aunt Miriam	7.0	99
7	The First Cut/Chuckie Grows	7.3	107
8	Uneasy Rider/Where's Grandpa?	7.1	92
9	The Wild Wild West/Angelica for a Day	7.2	96
10	Babysitting Fluffy/Sleep Trouble	7.2	99
11	Journey to the Center of the Basement/A Very McNulty Birthday	6.9	99
12	The Family Tree: Part 1	7.2	99
13	The Family Tree: Part 2	7.2	94

Season 6 (1998)

6.95 avg 36 episodes 7.1 → 6.8 21 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Chuckie's Duckling/A Dog's Life	7.1	100
2	Chuckerfly/Angelica's Twin	7.2	93
3	Raising Dil/No Naps	6.9	88
4	Man of the House/A Whole New Stu	7.0	88
5	Submarine/Chuckie's a Lefty	7.2	92
6	Baking Dil/Hair!	7.0	86
7	Zoo Story/I Do	7.2	90
8	The Magic Baby/Dil We Meet Again	6.6	85
9	Hand Me Downs/Angelica's Ballet	7.2	91
10	Opposites Attract/The Art Museum	6.9	93
11	Pedal Pusher/Music	7.1	98
12	The Jungle/The Old Country	7.2	84
13	Ghost Story/Chuckie's Complaint	7.3	100
14	Silent Angelica/Tie My Shoes	6.8	85
15	Chuckie's Bachelor Pad/Junior Prom	7.2	86
16	All's Well That Pretends Well/Big Babies	6.8	89
17	What's Your Line?/Two by Two	6.7	83
18	Wrestling Grandpa/Chuckie Collects	6.7	87
19	Runaway Reptar Part 1	7.1	95
20	Runaway Reptar Part 2	7.4	60
21	Share and Share a Spike/Tommy for Mayor	6.6	82
22	Brothers Are Monsters/Cooking with Susie	6.8	84
23	Officer Chuckie/Auctioning Grandpa	6.6	84
24	Planting Dil/The Joke's on You	6.6	80
25	Partners in Crime/Thumb's Up	6.8	89
26	The Big Showdown/Doctor Susie	7.0	86
27	Accidents Happen/Pee Wee Scouts	7.0	77
28	Chuckie's New Shirt/Cavebabies	6.6	79
29	Incredible Shrinking Babies/Miss Manners	6.7	76
30	A Dose of Dil/Famous Babies	6.9	75
31	No Place Like Home	7.1	94
32	Be My Valentine	7.0	85
33	Discover America	6.8	75
34	Diaper Change	7.2	84
35	Fall Stinks	7.2	56
36	Don't Poop on My Parade	6.8	84

Season 7 (2001)

6.60 avg 15 episodes 6.8 → 7.5 24 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Angelicon/Dil's Binkie/Big Brother Chuckie	6.8	84
2	Dil Saver/Cooking with Phil & Lil/Piece of Cake	6.4	73
3	Sister Act/Spike's Nightscare/Cuddle Bunny	6.3	80
4	Finsterella	6.9	84
5	Bad Shoes/The World According to Dil & Spike/Falling Star	6.2	83
6	Dayscare/The Great Unknown/Wash Dry Story	6.5	80
7	Changes for Chuckie/The Magic Show/A Lulu of a Time	6.6	72
8	Cat Got Your Tongue?/The War Room/Attention Please	6.5	76
9	And the Winner Is.../Dil's Bathtime/Bigger Than Life	6.6	80
10	Day of the Potty/Tell-Tale Cell Phone/The Time of Their Lives	6.4	74
11	My Fair Babies/The Way Things Work/Home Sweet Home	6.6	76
12	Adventure Squad/The Way More Things Work/Talk of the Town	6.8	75
13	A Rugrats Kwanzaa	6.7	164
14	All Growed Up Part 1	6.2	1,813
15	All Growed Up Part 2	7.5	65

Season 8 (2002)

6.54 avg 13 episodes 6.3 → 6.2 24 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pre-School Daze	6.3	89
2	Curse of the Werewuff	6.6	102
3	Bow Wow Wedding Vows	6.6	81
4	Quiet, Please/Early Retirement	6.6	70
5	The Doctor Is In/The Big Sneeze	6.5	70
6	The Fun Way Day/The Age of Aquarium	6.8	69
7	Daddy's Little Helpers/Hello Dilly	6.5	74
8	Cynthia Comes Alive/Trading Phil	6.7	70
9	Murmur on the Ornery Express	6.7	78
10	Back to School/Sweet Dreams	6.1	72
11	A Step at a Time/Angelica's Assistant	6.7	68
12	A Tale of Two Puppies/Okey-Dokey Jones and the Ring of the Sunbeams	6.7	70
13	Happy Taffy/Imagine That	6.2	74

Season 9 (2002)

6.51 avg 14 episodes 7.0 → 6.2 25 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Babies in Toyland Part 1	7.0	121
2	Babies in Toyland Part 2	7.6	61
3	Club Fred	6.5	71
4	The Perfect Twins	6.5	70
5	Clown Around/The Baby Rewards	6.5	65
6	Diapies and Dragons/Baby Power	5.8	81
7	Bug Off/The Crawl Space	6.3	73
8	Starstruck/Who's Taffy?	6.1	79
9	They Came from the Backyard/Lil's Phil of Trash	6.1	81
10	Mutts in a Name/Hurricane Alice	6.3	72
11	Bestest of Show/Hold the Pickles	6.4	75
12	Baby Sale/Steve	6.7	75
13	The Bravliest Baby/Gimme an 'A'	7.2	71
14	Fountain of Youth/Kimi Takes the Cake	6.2	80

Rugrats (1991)

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