Felix Saenz Rugrats was one of those cartoons I grew up watching as a kid. Before SpongeBob, Nickelodeon had this show which last for 14 years and it was successful. It was one of the original Nicktoons to be produced. The series follow a group of babies going on adventures by themselves without their parents knowing. As a show itself, its not perfect. I loved the earlier seasons the most especially before the 1998 movie. Come season 6, the quality did became lesser, but it was still good. Seasons 7-9, however, are really boring to watch, since there's recycled stories, and uninspiring writing. It can get repetitive in general, in which most of it have to involved the babies doing something, Angelica try to stop whatever they're doing, etc. Animation wise, it is trippy and art style is unique at the time that it was never on-model. Writing was at its peak during seasons 2-3. Early episodes have its bump, but still had its charm. Seasons 4-6 while weaker in writing still had its Rugrats feel for the most part., even if the latter does become to feel tired. Once you get to the post-Paris movie seasons, the writing fell apart and you'll be disinterested for 70% of the time. The characters are likable for the most part unless we're talking about Angelica and maybe her parents. Voice acting can be obnoxious at times, but they still pull it off during emotional moments. IMO, it's still one of Klasky Csupo's magnum opus. I only recommend seasons 1-6 though and the first movies are classic (avoid the crossover movie with The Wild Thornberrys).

simpsonfan-35258 I used to love "The Rugrats". Before they became unbearably popular. Before Dil came. Before David Doyle died. Before the movies. Before . .. you get the picture.Why? Very simple. The initial Rugrats was a great show.When the show premiered, in 1991, with "Tommy's First Birthday", nobody could've guess how far it would go. It had a simple premise: what life as a baby was like.As the show began to climb, the jokes and the show itself began to become polished. The animation was horrid - but who cares? If the show's enjoyable, then I won't hate it for a single quality. Besides, the scribbles that made up the animation added to the whimisical feel of the show.The show was, at first, intelligent, with jokes and plot lines that both kids and adults could relate to. Media references abounded. For example, in "Showdown at Teeter-Totter Gulch", a Stetson-wearing Tommy faces off against the "Junkfood Kid" (played by Nancy Cartwright), recalling "High Noon" and numerous Leone westerns. In "The Booster Shot", Chucky's doctor is named "Dr. Lecter", a reference to the flesh-eating psychiatrist from "The Silence of the Lambs". The episode with Dean (Angelica's love interest) spoofs James Dean in "Rebel Without A Cause". "The Dog Groomer" recalls "The Terminator", "The Mysterious Mr. Fiend" spoofs "Frankenstein", Dr. Lipschitz (Tony Jay) is a Sigmund Freud-esque child psychologist, and numerous others are similarly intelligent.Also, the characters were well-developed and likable. At this point, the dialogue was great. Not only the kids, but the adults. The adults were intelligent, had emotions, and were very realistic. They made many of the jokes, and were interesting, rather than the no-dimensional shells they become.The show's popularity began to grow in 1992, but it was put on hiatus in 1994, when Paul Germaine left the show.

ShelbyTMItchell One of the first ever Nick Toons show along with Ren and Stimpy and Doug. Back in the early 1990s. As Nicklelodean was trying to experience with cartoons. As it gave us babies that talked while they were not around their parents.We see them talking about what they would think. Led by Tommy Pickles, we see sacredly cat friend, Chuckie, twins Phil & Lil, spoiled cousin Angelica.In the later years, Tommy would add a brother Dylan aka Dill to the family. And Chuckie's widowed dad get married to a Japanese woman and bring her own daughter to the family.It was one cute show and really an adorable one. That we see what babies think and how they act.The show was an original and still is!

Thomas Stansfield I love Rugrats, golden years and new series that everyone seems to hate because it has changed over the years. But I'm not here going sentimental over how great the first few seasons had done, I love them, but the animation was just awkward to look at. But looking at the later years from the first movie until 2004, the episodes aren't bad as people says it was. I've managed to re-watch an old episode of Rugrats about Kwanza and looking at as an adult, the episode has a great way of teaching kids about different holidays like Christmas, Easter, Passover, Hanukkah and so. It also shows kids about love and respect and how special you can be without getting awards. I think that lesson will be good to teach today's kids. Characters like Kimi and Dil, in my opinion, didn't kill the show, though I have to say Dil they could've made Dil talk. But Kimi is a likable character, she's fun, adventurous, imaginative and shows love for her brother, sure the other characters showed that as well. But I believe Kimi is something for the female target of the series. The series had kept true to its continuity, unlike Spongebob, despite some flaws in the series and i might add the early years can have some flaws too, the new ones show has some good episodes, it's not bad as many people think. My guess is that because of new animation, which is better in my opinion, new writers and producers took over the show and Nickelodeon making it a cash cow, many people just don't like it because of those reason. I consider these as classics.