Rugrats

10 Best Episodes of Rugrats - Season 4

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.

Written by Sophie and last updated on dec 02, 2022.

PS: The following content contains spoilers!

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Rugrats - S4E12

#13 - Faire Play (Season 4 - Episode 12)

The Rugrats and the Pickles go to a medieval fair, where Didi, Stu and Grandpa will be helping out. While Didi makes stained-glass windows, Stu and Grandpa operate a mechanical dragon that Stu invented. However, thanks to the mechanical dragon's numerous glitches, it ended up making an "Ye Olde Mess" out of the entire fair. However, there's one thing that can help defeat the dragon... Reptar. And its all based on the Rugrats' wishes.

The episode was rated 6.10 from 10 votes.

Rugrats - S4E5

#12 - Chicken Pops (Season 4 - Episode 5)

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Chuckie develops the chicken pox, and dosen't know what they are so Angelica makes something up and says that it turns you into a chicken. The babies avoid him until Susie shows up and tells them what chicken pox really does.

The episode was rated 6.17 from 12 votes.

Rugrats - S4E13

#11 - The Smell of Success (Season 4 - Episode 13)

After trying countless remedies to cure Chuckie's stuffed-up nose without any success, Chazz took him to Dr. Brander, where she cured Chuckie's congestion with "The Noserator". Afterwards, Chuckie can smell anything and everything. However, success has its price.

The episode was rated 6.25 from 12 votes.

Rugrats - S4E7

#10 - Psycho Angelica (Season 4 - Episode 7)

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Angelica's a psycho, but we all love her anyway. Seriously, Angelica becomes the Rugrats' "Psychic Friend" by predicting the future. But her antics, demands for payment in toys & cookies and outlandish predictions make her their "Psychic Fiend" instead. Meanwhile, the adults watch Stu's knee surgery on video, while eating pizza.

The episode was rated 6.50 from 10 votes.

Rugrats - S4E6

#9 - Radio Daze (Season 4 - Episode 6)

While listening to an old radio show with Grandpa, The Masked Detective, Tommy plays the detective and help solve a mystery of "The Malties Woodchuck", where Angelica wants to take the "Malties" (choclolate-coated malt balls) that are hidden inside a hollowed-out woodchuck (which is placed inside a locked drawer) and eat all of them herself. The Rugrats play-act the case in a film-noir fashion, while the actual radio show is played in the background. In the actual radio show, The Masked Detective looks for Madame Evil, who has stolen rocket pellets from a scientist.

The episode was rated 6.75 from 12 votes.

Rugrats - S4E11

#8 - Heatwave (Season 4 - Episode 11)

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Trying to fight their thirst on a hot day, the Rugrats get a drink from a drinking fountain, only to get their relief thwarted when Grandpa broke a water main after a couple of workers leave for a "mid-morning pre-lunch break" (to get away from Grandpa's boring storytelling). However, with the help of Sabu, they manage to find relief before the most brutal time of the day, "The Time of No Shadows" (noon).

The episode was rated 6.90 from 10 votes.

Rugrats - S4E8

#7 - America's Wackiest Home Movies (Season 4 - Episode 8)

To win a contest on a tv show Stu and Drew try to record their children's wackiest moments, but they keep missing it every time. Stu determined to win throws a party, but they both end up doing something wacky. Grandpa Lou records it a wins the contest in the end.

The episode was rated 7.08 from 12 votes.

Rugrats - S4E9

#6 - The 'Lympics (Season 4 - Episode 9)

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Angelica's babies and Timmy McNulty's brothers compete in various athletic activities for the grand prize -- each other's gold medals.

The episode was rated 7.10 from 10 votes.

Rugrats - S4E10

#5 - The Carwash (Season 4 - Episode 10)

Stu and Chaz take the babies to a carwash to get the car cleaned, but Angelica tells them something bad about it and now they're afraid to go.

The episode was rated 7.30 from 10 votes.

Rugrats - S4E3

#4 - Vacation (Season 4 - Episode 3)

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Special: In this episode, the Pickles, Finsters & DeVilles journey to the notorious gaming capitol of the world, Las Vegas (the babies call it "Slots Vegas"). At a Viking-Circus-Arctic oriented hotel complex, the women go have fun on their own, leaving the men to watch the babies. Stu was stuck with the babies when Chazz and Howard decided to have fun on their own, while Grandpa decided to do a little gambling. All heck later broke loose in the smorgasbord room when the Rugrats escaped from Stu to look for Heimlich and Bob's "kitties" (actually, tigers, which are displayed on Jumbovision for everyone to see). And yes, we get to hear Angelica sing a real, professional song on Heimlich & Bob's stage.

The episode was rated 7.32 from 19 votes.

Rugrats - S4E4

#3 - Spike's Babies (Season 4 - Episode 4)

The Rugrats are puzzled by the erratic behavior of Spike, who has stolen Angelica's play barbecue, Chuckie's shirt and Stu's franks and frequently goes under the house. The Rugrats thought Spike was under control of aliens from "the planet on Chuckie's shirt". The real story is that Spike has adopted kittens, his "babies". Meanwhile, Stu builds a japanese-style barbecue and a walkway, though he's having trouble keeping the babies out of the fresh cement.

The episode was rated 7.33 from 12 votes.

Rugrats - S4E1

#2 - Chanukah (Season 4 - Episode 1)

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Thsi is the first episode of the resurrected Rugrats series. Special: After Grandma Minka tells some of the story of Chanukah, Grandpa Boris was infuriated after hearing that at last minute, Boris was replaced by an old rival for the role of King Antiochus, "...the meaning of Chanukah" in a Chanukah play. The babies are convinced that the rival is "the meany of Chanukah" and the babies are determined to get the "meany", while Stu makes a mechanical menorah (candlabre to put the eight candles of Chanukah), he has to go all the way to the synagogue where the play is at to bring his menorah.

The episode was rated 7.94 from 34 votes.

Rugrats - S4E2

#1 - Mother's Day (Season 4 - Episode 2)

Special: The Rugrats find presents for their mother, but ended up trying to find Chuckie a mother, as he didn't have one. The answers for this mystery are in a special box, which Chazz doesn't want Chuckie to see. Meanwhile, Stu works on his present for Didi -- a robot that uses "Clapper" technology and used to automatically cook AND serve a person's meal, as well as clean the house (like his other inventions, it went haywire), Betty uses a computer to collect her thoughts on being a mother of twins (using these thoughts to reprogram Stu's robot, it overloaded the computer), Didi takes Minka to the International House of Mud for a mud bath (Minka doesn't like bathing with strangers, and you can get all the mud you want at home for free), and Angelica builds a statue of herself using macaroni, gum, and glue (Chuckie broke it).

The episode was rated 8.07 from 27 votes.

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