#rugrats 1991

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DREW PICKLEZ EDIT!! (remastered)

remade my drew edit since i felt that it should've been updated

song (by zeija. warning 4 dark lyrics!):

(character/franchise/show/song/etc not mine!!!)

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Rugrats Intro Storyboard

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Rugrats Opening Title Sequence Phil and Lil DeVille, Chuckie Finster, Angelica, and Tommy Pickles Production Cel Signed by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó (Nickelodeon, 1991)

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Rugrats (1991 - 2004)

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RUGRATS (1991) 314. Princess Angelica

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Here is a list of some popular preschool shows that aired in the 1990s:

"Barney & Friends" (1992-2009)

"Blue's Clues" (1996-2006)

"Teletubbies" (1997-2001)

"Arthur" (1996-present)

"Bob the Builder" (1998-2011)

"Bear in the Big Blue House" (1997-2006)

"The Magic School Bus" (1994-1997)

"Sesame Street" (1969-present, but with episodes airing in the 90s)

"The Wiggles" (1991-present)

"Rugrats" (1991-2004)

"Bananas in Pyjamas" (1992-2001)

"The Busy World of Richard Scarry" (1994-1997)

"The Little Mermaid: The Animated Series" (1992-1994)

"Gullah Gullah Island" (1994-1998)

"Allegra's Window" (1994-1996)

"Franklin" (1997-2004)

"Little Bear" (1995-2003)

"The Big Comfy Couch" (1992-2006)

"Muppet Babies" (1984-1991, but with reruns in the 90s)

"PB&J Otter" (1998-2000)

Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and there might be other preschool shows from the 90s that were popular during that time.

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Nicktoons! 🧡 💚

How it started:

How it's going:

[smartcookie123]

My Top 30 Best Movies of All Time

30. Flushed Away (2006)

29. Back to the Outback (2021)

28. Despicable Me 2 (2013)

27. Arlo the Alligator Boy (2021)

26. The Willoughbys (2020)

25. Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)

24. Rover Dangerfield (1991)

23. Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties (2006)

22. The Bad Guys (2022)

21. Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)

20. Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

19. The Book of Life (2014)

18. The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)

17. The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (2008)

16. Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002)

15. Abigail (2024)

14. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022)

13. Shark Tale (2004)

12. A Madea Homecoming (2022)

11. Muriel's Wedding (1994)

10. Migration (2023)

9. Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)

8. Chicken Little (2005)

7. Paddington 2 (2018)

6. A Madea Family Funeral (2019)

5. Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017)

4. Fat Albert (2004)

3. Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)

2. Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)

1. I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009)

Honorable Mentions:

Chicken Run (2000)

Barnyard (2006)

Home on the Range (2004)

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)

Pee Wee’s Big Holiday (2016)

The Garfield Movie (2024)

Ron’s Gone Wrong (2021)

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)

Megamind (2010)

The LEGO Movie (2019)

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Decided to rewatch Disney's Doug from the beginning and holy fuck the hate is...really overblown.

Look I get it, it's not as good as the Nick run, but it's the fifth season of an already-established show that had a production stall in between the buyout, and all the changes were done by the show's creator for a "fresh start" rather than Disney doing it. I know some of the show's staff even admitted they missed the more "quirky" feel of the original run compared to the "polished" feel of the Disney run, which I do agree with...but Nick in 1996 was not the same Nick in 1991 (as in, things were getting much more slick and commercial) so it's not like the new seasons running on Nick instead would be that much different. Overall despite the new outifts, theme, and some voices...I still feel like I'm watching the same show. These are still the same characters I know and love; they just have different outifts now and a year has passed.

I think my only real issues with it are Doug's new voice (Thomas McHugh is NOT a bad voice actor by any means and he did have big shoes to fill from Billy West, but...I think he was miscast as Doug), the first bunch of S5 episodes feeling shaky since you can tell the crew are trying to get used to doing 24-minute episodes regularly rather than the original "two shorts" format (with the exception of the holiday episodes), Doug himself (and sometimes Patti) sometimes holding the "jerkass ball" ("Doug's New School" comes to mind), Connie being skinny now since it was nice seeing that in the Nick run, she was chubby but wasn't insecure about it or singled out as the "fat girl" (remember- this was 1991), so that part of her character being changed had some negative implications, The Beets breaking up, and S7 overall being pretty weak with a few exceptions (though in all fairness most shows feel like that by that point).

Overall Disney's Doug isn't even "bad"; it's basically to Doug what the post-uncancellation Rugrats episodes were to the original 1991-95 run. While the "spark" didn't seem to be there anymore and lost the quirkier feeling it once had (Rugrats also started to have a more "polished" feel by that point in 1997), it's still a lot of fun and at least it still felt like the same show, if not "up there" with the golden era.

Also a lot of the hatred for the Disney run seems to also come from general hatred for The Walt Disney Company. Which, you know, I understand because Disney is an awful company that's done awful things but 1. individual creators do not represent the whole company and 2. Nickelodeon as a company ALSO sucks.

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the rugrats reboot really missed a golden opportunity.

so the og series began in 1991. which means that those babies would be in their early 30s now.

which is the most common time to be new parents.

the reboot should have been the original babies as adults who remained friends and now have children of their own. with the original parents as the grandparents now.

the original series was very much rooted in 90s trends, particularly parenting fads and childhood norms like care bears and sugary cereals.

the new show could be about modern parenting stuff. like the obsession with kale and the debate on screen time.

all while this new generation of kiddos have adventures.

also. the og series broke grounds by having chuckie be raised by a widowed single dad, and later part of an interracial blended family.

the new show could break ground by having underrepresented queer families.

Maybe a trans dad who birthed his kids.

Or a polyamormous family.

Or an aro ace parent who fostered and then adopted their kids.

The possibilities are endless.

(Also Angelica 100% grew up to be a tik tok mom.)

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Fandoms I’m In

Since I’m gonna try and be more active on here,here’s a list of fandoms I’m currently in :

Doraemon

Angry Beavers

My Little Pony G4,G3,andG5…Kiiiiiiinda(G3 is kinda nostalgic)

Pokemon

Amphibia

The Owl House

Steven Universe+Steven Universe Future

Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel

Bluey

VeggieTales

The Simpsons

South Park

Family Guy

She Ra and the Princesses of Power(2018)

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

Green Eggs and Ham(2019)

DuckTales(both 1987 and 2017 versions)

Phineas and Ferb

Spongebob Squarepants

Hey Arnold

Powerpuff Girls(1998)

Animaniacs

Tiny Toon Adventures

Freakazoid

Cuphead/The Cuphead Show

The Amazing Digital Circus

Super Mario

Sonic the Hedgehog

Animal Crossing

Kirby

Legend of Zelda

Spyro the Dragon

Crash Banditcoot

DreamWorks Animation

Madagascar

Disney

Pixar

Animation

Nicktoons

Cartoon Network

Disney TVA

Cars(Disney/Pixar)

Madoka Magica

Regular Show

Adventure Time

Looney Tunes

Gravity Falls

Avatar the Last Airbender and Legend of Korra

Hilda

Hello Kitty/Sanrio

Winnie the Pooh

The Ghost and Molly McGee

Infinity Train

Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared

CentaurWorld

Darkwing Duck

Hamtaro

Invader Zim

Rocko’s Modern Life

Care Bears

LPS(Littlest Pet Shop) 2012

Strawberry Shortcake(2003)

Clannad and Clannad After Story

Sailor Moon

Dragon Ball

One Piece

Jimmy Neutron

CatDog

Rugrats(1991)

Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends

Codename Kids Next Door

Scooby Doo

Tom and Jerry

Hanna-Barbara

Total Drama (Island,Action,and World Tour only)

K On

Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Sitcom and OG Animated Series only)

Beastars

Furries

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I’m putting together my research and findings for my next Nickelodeon video. (No idea yet if it’ll be ready before or after the CatDog review, but you know what I mean. About Nickelodeon as a whole.) That video is basically looking back on the first 20 or so years of the NickToons, and if there’s a definitive golden, silver & bronze age to be discerned. What makes the early 2000s tricky to classify is that, from 2001-2004, only 2 animated shows premiered that were new franchises. Invader Zim and Danny Phantom. All the rest were built on brand recognition.

The Fairly OddParents- created for Oh Yeah! Cartoons, pilot premiered in September 1998

Action League Now!- spin-off from KaBlam! (1996), standalone pre-series special premiered in March 1998

ChalkZone- created for Oh Yeah! Cartoons, pilots premiered in July 1998 (Oh Yeah!) and December 1999 (test run for full series)

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius- shorts first started airing in February 2001, followed by the movie in December 2001, then the show in July 2002

All Grown Up!- spin-off from Rugrats (1991), backdoor pilot premiered in July 2001

My Life As a Teenage Robot- created for Oh Yeah! Cartoons, pilot premiered in December 1999

While Invader Zim’s pilot was produced in 1999, the franchise was introduced to the world in March 2001. Then a new NickToon franchise wouldn’t materialise again until 37 months later, with Danny Phantom in April 2004. And even then, Danny Phantom shared a creator and a lot of stylistic choices with The Fairly OddParents. I think this is why the first half of the 2000s is retroactively considered a period of relative stability for the NickToons, and the second half, with more ideas rapidly coming and going, is remembered as being shakier.

Does this change your perspective on early 2000s Nickelodeon? Does it make the output seem stronger or weaker in any way?