Rugrats

Rugrats was an American animated series, produced by Klasky-Csupo, Inc. for Nickelodeon. It was the network's second Nicktoon. The series ran from 1991 to 1994, and again from 1996 to 2005. Although at the moment no more are in progress, old episodes can be seen. more...

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The toddlers in the show, Tommy Pickles, Chuckie Finster and the twins Phillip (Phil) and Lillian (Lil) DeVille, are able to communicate to each other in baby speak (although viewers can understand them, because it is supposedly 'translated'). Often, they mispronounce words or use poor grammar. Despite the toddlers' inability to communicate with adults, they can understand their parents' speaking, although they often misunderstand what they hear, usually by taking metaphors literally. Angelica Pickles, at age three, is able to communicate and understand language from both the toddlers and the adults, which she often uses as an advantage when she wants to manipulate either party.

The original series was eventually ended to make way for its spin off show, All Grown Up. Re-runs of Rugrats can currently be seen on Nickelodeon at 6:00a E/P and Nicktoons Network at 9:00a ET.

The show airs in the UK on CITV as well as in Canada on YTV. In Australia, it can be seen on Nickelodeon Australia (and, for a period, ABC).

Characters

Setting

As the series is shown largely through a child's point of view, the area it is set in is never described precisely. It has been shown that the Rugrats live in the United States, although the name of a specific city or state is never mentioned.

The best guess as to which region of the country in which the series takes place is somewhere in the southwest.Many have speculated that it is set around the Suburbs of Phoenix since the family has taken trips to both the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas, and Stu once mentioned "driving through the desert" while returning home from a one-day trip. Also Grandpa (while sleeping during an episode) mentions that he didn't want to move to California, despite the fact that he lived in the Dust Bowl. There have also been several scenes of desert or arid land around the area where the Rugrats live, but there was an episode which featured a snowstorm. So Grandpa doesn't live in California.

Grandpa may originally be from Tennessee; the episode "Sour Pickles", which takes place in 1960, has Grandpa mentioning his wife was working on Estes Kefauver's Senatorial campaign.

It is also unclear what type of community the characters live in; it could be a small city or a suburb of a larger city. This ambiguity in the setting was probably done intentionally to help give the impression of seeing the world through the naive eyes of toddlers.

One episode does however show they live somewhere in California due to the license plate shown on Grandpa's station wagon. In the episode "Special Delivery", a post office has the state's bear flag in front of it. Also in the Nickelodeon edition of Trivial Pursuit for Children, California is the answer to a question asking where the Pickles live, which may be supposed proof as to what state they reside in.

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