Rugrats

10 Best Episodes of Rugrats - Season 5

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.

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Rugrats - S5E4

#11 - Chuckie Grows (Season 5 - Episode 4)

It seems like it when Grandpa accidentally shrinks Chuckie's clothes in the wash, after Chuckie got dirty. Afterwards, Angelica decides to play off Chuckie by thinking that he's a giant and that he'll squash Angelica, the Rugrats and the grown-ups. In the end, this action costs Cynthia her right to have cappuccino; her miniature cappuccino machine was brought over so Stu can fix it.

The episode was rated 6.31 from 16 votes.

Rugrats - S5E10

#10 - Lady Luck (Season 5 - Episode 10)

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Grandpa takes Tommy & Chuckie to the new Seniors Center to play bingo. When Grandpa starts losing, however, Tommy & Chuckie look for "Lady Luck", who turned out to be Mrs. Holkin, the center's supervisor. While they look for her, however, they livened up the center, where "rest & relaxation is the key to happiness", especially since this is a place where aerobics and cha-chas are just as slow as Tai Chi, and where jumping over checkers is prohibited.

The episode was rated 6.75 from 12 votes.

Rugrats - S5E5

#9 - The Wild Wild West (Season 5 - Episode 5)

The Rugrats play "Cowboys & Indians", with Angelica playing ice cream thief after stealing coupons for free ice cream from an ice cream man.

The episode was rated 6.75 from 16 votes.

Rugrats - S5E1

#8 - Babysitting Fluffy (Season 5 - Episode 1)

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Angelica and her family go on vacation, but Fluffy stays behind at Chuckie's house. But there are 2 problems: Fluffy hates Chuckie, and Chazz is allergic to cats. Eventually, the other Rugrats help out in babysitting Fluffy. Meanwhile, Chazz, Stu and Betty pave Chazz's driveway, without success.

The episode was rated 7.22 from 27 votes.

Rugrats - S5E9

#7 - Grandpa's Bad Bug (Season 5 - Episode 9)

Grandpa gets out of doing chores by faking a "bad bug", though the Rugrats thought that he actually eaten one. To take care of this, they find some "good bugs" for Grandpa to eat.

The episode was rated 7.31 from 13 votes.

Rugrats - S5E7

#6 - Word Of The Day (Season 5 - Episode 7)

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Angelica auditions for a part on a Romper Room-style TV program, "Miss Carol's Happy House". However, things get nasty after the audition when Angelica overhears the 74 year-old Miss Carol say nasty things about her viewers backstage; among these nasty things included a cuss word, which Angelica learns and says to her parents.

The episode was rated 7.32 from 19 votes.

Rugrats - S5E2

#5 - Sleep Trouble (Season 5 - Episode 2)

At a sleepover during a windstorm, Tommy & Chuckie try to catch the "Sandman" after hearing Stu's impromptu story about him. They eventually catch Chazz, who came home early from a party.

The episode was rated 7.38 from 21 votes.

Rugrats - S5E8

#4 - Johnathan Babysits (Season 5 - Episode 8)

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Jonathan babysits the Rugrats at Charlotte's house while she's on assignment, but uses this opportunity to look for Charlotte's tape so he could "dig up dirt" on Charlotte for blackmailing purposes. However, he has to do this while humoring Angelica, as per Charlotte's orders. Meanwhile, the Rugrats dig up dirt (the one used to make mudpies, that is).

The episode was rated 7.45 from 11 votes.

Rugrats - S5E3

#3 - The First Cut (Season 5 - Episode 3)

Tommy gets hurt while rescuing a baby bird. To help his cut heal, Didi placed a Reptar bandage over it. After Phil & Lil noticed this, they try to get hurt too, so they can get Reptar wrapped around their fingers. Meanwhile, Angelica steps in, telling Tommy that he'll have to go to the hospital to sew him up so he won't get a "reflection" (infection) and get "tangerine" (gangrene). After that, Tommy refuses to have any fun, so he won't get hurt.

The episode was rated 7.88 from 17 votes.

Rugrats - S5E6

#2 - Angelica For A Day (Season 5 - Episode 6)

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The rugrats take the expression " If I were in your shoes" litterally when Angelica and Chuckie change shoes and personalities. Things go bad, but it gets really worse when Tommy takes off Angelica's shoes from Chuckie's feet and he still acts like her. Later on Tommy wakes up, realizes that it was all a dream, and is glad that Chuckie is Chuckie and Angelica is Angelica.

The episode was rated 7.91 from 11 votes.

Rugrats - S5E12

#1 - Baby Maybe (Season 5 - Episode 12)

The Rugrats' parents go out to see the opera after hiring Ben & Elaine, our newlyweds from Let Them Eat Cake, to babysit them. The couple is babysitting them to get a feel on what parenting feels like, as they plan to have kids in the future. However, the chore of babysitting babies does not go exactly as planned, in advance.

The episode was rated 8.00 from 12 votes.

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