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All Grown Up



         


All Grown Up! is a Nickelodeon animated series, spun off from Rugrats and produced by Klasky Csupo Inc.

The series revolves around the lives of the familiar characters, now 9 years older. It premiered in April 2003 as a preview before starting its regular run in late November (although in October, it began its regular run in the UK, on ITV1, and in Canada on YTV). The show is based on the Rugrats' 10th anniversary episode, "All Growed Up" (aired in 2001), which proved so popular that Nickelodeon decided to commission a whole series. Production began in September 2002. The principal characters and their traits (as well as their voice performers) have been carried over from the original Rugrats series, with a handful of changes and additions, for example:

Some time before the start of the series, TV Tome published an episode guide that turned out to be fake (it was later replaced by another obtained from Klasky Csupo), in which one episode was supposedly going to be a parody of Malcolm in the Middle.

When the series premiered its regular run, more than 3.2 million viewers, and over a third of all kids watching cable in the United States, tuned in, enough to put it into the 2nd place slot for the week, behind an NFL game on ESPN, and making it the highest-rated premiere in Nick's history (when the sneak peek ep aired in April, it didn't make the top 15 cable programs for that week, due to the ongoing war in Iraq).

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Episode Guide

(followed by airdate in parenthesis, and very brief description of plot where available)

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Season One

  1. Susie Sings The Blues ( 8/26/03, aired on TV 11/29/03) - A talent scout spots Susie's singing talent; Chuckie would rather live life "on the edge"
  2. Coup DeVille (4/12/03, after the Kids' Choice Awards) - Lil has problems with Phil being "socially inept"; Chuckie has problems with an upcoming PE test. First episode shown in the US, but counted as a full-length sneak peek episode to US
  3. Chuckie's In Love (12/6/03) - Chuckie's way of impressing a girl (the aforementioned Nicole) involves creating an alter ego and dressing up as a Latvian; Angelica, the new school newspaper editor, writes a story on bad cafeteria food
  4. Bad Kimi (11/29/03) - Kimi hangs out with the school "bad boy", and Chuckie has his suspicions about him; Angelica has a classmate run her advice website, and ends up getting some "friendly competition"
  5. Truth Of Consequences (11/29/03) - Tommy attempts to make a film for a film-making contest; the vice principal has called Dil in to explain his weird behavior
  6. Thief Encounter (12/6/03) - There's been a series of weird night-time thieving, and Tommy has something to do with them; Angelica plays mentor to a bratty young girl
  7. River Rats (alternatively, Riding The Waves) (12/13/03) - Tommy, Chuckie and Phil go on a rafting trip
  8. It's Cupid, Stupid (2/14/04) - The Rugrats are mustering up courage to ask their crushes to go to the Valentine's Day dance... due to guest star Lil Romeo's antics however, they're not so sure who's really in love with whom.
  9. The Old And The Restless (alternatively, The Ileum and the Odyssey) (1/24/04) - Tommy's parents are taking Dil to the doctor, so Grandpa Lou fills in as chaperone on the field trip to the Human Body Museum.
  10. Tweenage Tycoons (11/29/03) - The gang try to raise money for tickets to see their favourite boy band by selling Dil's inventions, for example, his so-called "belt-quarium".
  11. Tommy Foolery (3/27/04) - Everyone tries to come up with the greatest prank on April Fool's Day, in particular, one that plays on lasertag-playing Dil's obsession with aliens (he's that weird).
  12. Lucky 13 (8/28/04) - Angelica is turning 13, and decides to throw a big birthday party to celebrate, with no pre-teen Rugrats invited... the fact that Savannah is throwing a party on the same day might be of some trouble, however.
  13. Brother, Can You Spare The Time? (1/17/04) - When Tommy wins an award for a short film, Dil fears he will be left behind as his brother becomes famous, even as Tommy keeps insisting otherwise
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Season Two

  1. Interview With A Campfire (6/25/04) - The gang goes to a spooky camp (an hour-long special)
  2. Bad Aptitude (6/4/04) - The gang takes an aptitude test
  3. Saving Cynthia - Angelica's mom throws out all her baby toys... including Cynthia, her doll from Rugrats
  4. Fools Rush In (6/5/04) - Angelica collects embarrassing photos of Tommy and Francine, an older girl who goes to school with the Rugrats gang, for her website
  5. Memoirs of a Finster (6/12/04) - A new teacher assigns the class a family tree project, and we get an insight into Kimi's life; some boy named Trevor is hanging out with Tommy
  6. Miss Nose It All (6/17/04) - Angelica fakes dementia to hide a broken nose
  7. Runaround Susie (alternatively, "Susie's Choice") (7/17/04) - Susie has a busy schedule involving a lingustics competition and a singing contest; Phil is hanging out with some boy named Jeffrey
  8. Izzy or Isn't He? - Chuckie's biggest competition in the election for School Safety Commissioner is Dil's imaginary alien friend Izzy, but Izzy's no pushover
  9. The Science Pair - Tommy asks his dad for help putting together his project for the school science fair
  10. Project Chuckie - Angelica gets a class assignment to make a positive difference in someone else's life, and decides that no one could use her help more than her old friend Chuckie Finster
  11. Fear Of Falling
  12. Dude, Where's My Horse? - The gang have been invited to spend a week at a dude ranch (an hour-long special)
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