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.

Films

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
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.
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External links

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