The BEST episodes written by Joe Ansolabehere
#2 - Under Chuckie's Bed
Rugrats - Season 3 - Episode 31
When Chaz replaces Chuckie's crib with a bed, Chuckie starts to be afraid of the monster under the bed, and it's up to Tommy and Chuckie to face the monster.
#3 - Surfin the Whirlpool
Mission Force One - Season 1 - Episode 2
On a father/son surf trip, Miles and Leo must work together to escape the Zuma Whirlpool.
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Mission Force One - Season 1 - Episode 6
While vacationing on the dry planet of Alarbus, Miles and Loretta uncover an ancient secret.
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#5 - The Good, the Bad & the Yo-Yo / Boots or Consequences
Sheriff Callie's Wild West - Season 2 - Episode 1
A tough looking stranger named the Twirler Kid comes to town looking for "El Yo-Yo." While fishing, Toby finds a pair of cowboy boots that belong to Dirty Dan.
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#6 - Catch that IOTA!
Mission Force One - Season 1 - Episode 9
Miles' attempt to fix Leo's latest gadget sends a diplomatic dinner into complete chaos.
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#7 - Kids in the Mist
Recess - Season 1 - Episode 24
The kids deal with a pompous expert on child research who wants to study them as they play.
#8 - Tutoring Torvald
Hey Arnold! - Season 1 - Episode 26
Arnold must tutor a 13-year-old, fourth-grade bully in math, much to his dismay.
#9 - Cool Jerk
Hey Arnold! - Season 1 - Episode 23
An older cool guy befriends Arnold, but Arnold realizes that he is really a shoplifter.
#10 - World Records
Hey Arnold! - Season 1 - Episode 35
The kids try to get in the book of world records so much that they would do anything, including most people on a one-person bike and the longest game of Crack-The-Whip.
#11 - The Baseball
Hey Arnold! - Season 1 - Episode 10
Arnold's favorite baseball player is playing his last game, so he decides to go and see his last game. The only problem is that he winds up with terrible seats.
#12 - The Break In
Recess - Season 1 - Episode 1
The main kids try to get all the other kids to help rescue T.J. when Miss Finster punishes him by making him have no recess.
#13 - The New Kid
Recess - Season 1 - Episode 2
New kid Gus arrives at Third Street Elementary, but has to endure the indignities that a new kid must undergo.
#14 - Downtown as Fruits
Hey Arnold! - Season 1 - Episode 1
Not looking forward to performing in Helga's "The Four Food Groups" musical, Arnold and Gerald decide to take the bus a few stops too many, but end up stuck downtown.
#15 - Planet of the Plants
Mission Force One - Season 1 - Episode 14
During a mission to Antheia, a planet completely covered with orange plants, the Callistos discover something stranger than the plants.
#16 - Ride of the Quarkons
Mission Force One - Season 1 - Episode 16
The Callistos encounter a pod of Quarkons blocking the Photon Superhighway.
#17 - Eugene's Bike
Hey Arnold! - Season 1 - Episode 2
When Arnold accidentally ruins Eugene's new bike, he takes Eugene out on a day of fun, thinking that "Every geek deserves his day".
#18 - 24 Hours to Live
Hey Arnold! - Season 1 - Episode 37
In this remake of the original pilot, Arnold accidentally knocks Harold out during a baseball game, and the bully gives Arnold 24 hours to live before he beats him to a pulp.
#19 - Spelling Bee
Hey Arnold! - Season 1 - Episode 28
Arnold and Helga compete on a Spelling Bee contest.
#20 - Field Trip
Hey Arnold! - Season 1 - Episode 4
Field Trip: The kids are really looking forward to their field trip to the aquarium - especially when they remember the scary Lock Jaw from their last trip. But, when they get there, they see that Lock Jaw isn't really that scary. Arnold notices how neglected the old turtle looks, and returns later with Grandma to set it free.
#21 - Grandpa's Date
Rugrats - Season 2 - Episode 16
After 40 years, Grandpa's long, lost love, Morgana, pays a visit. Morgana broke up with Grandpa over his affair with another woman named Trixie McGee, but never knew the real story. Also, Grandpa doesn't want her to know that he's a grandfather, so he rushed Tommy & Chuckie to bed. In any case, everyone had to contend with Stu's new remote-controlled couch, which is more like a mechanical bull for 2.
#22 - Showdown At Teeter Totter Gulch
Rugrats - Season 2 - Episode 7
A mean girl steals toys from babies at the park, so Tommy stands up to her.
#23 - Baby Commercial
Rugrats - Season 1 - Episode 6
Betty talks about her trials and tribulations regarding placing Phil and Lil in a diaper commercial, in which the twins rather ad-lib than stick with the script.
#24 - Mirrorland
Rugrats - Season 2 - Episode 8
Phil and Lil tell Tommy and Chuckie that there's a world behind the mirror, so Tommy and Chuckie explore it. The world is the complete opposite of their world, but when it gets to scary they decide to come back.
#25 - The Shot
Rugrats - Season 2 - Episode 6
Tommy tells the babies that he's going to get his booster shot, but when Chuckie warns Tommy what it is he becomes scared and tries to avoid from getting it.
#26 - Not So Easy Riders
Duckman - Season 1 - Episode 8
Duckman receives a letter from the IRS. The IRS agent is tough and Duckman is given 24 hours to pay $29,587.42 in back taxes. After asking his family for help and being rejected and lectured, Duckman tries anything. When he can't raise the funds, he and Cornfed go on the run and then on the road. Bernice falls for the IRS agent who's staying at the house waiting for Duckman to call.
#27 - Abner Come Home
Hey Arnold! - Season 1 - Episode 32
Arnold must find a way to recover his pig pet Abner after he runs away.
#28 - The List
Hey Arnold! - Season 1 - Episode 15
Arnold attempts to do something that no other kid has done before - completing the entire list of a kid's perfect Saturday! But, unfortunately, things don't go quite to plan.
#29 - The Big Flush
Rugrats - Season 2 - Episode 43
The Big Flush The Pickles & De Villes go to an indoor swimming pool, and the babies, convinced that it's a giant toilet, try to flush it by jumping on the diving board; and Stu must face his fear of the High Dive to save the babies.
#30 - The Big House
Rugrats - Season 2 - Episode 5
Tommy has to go to an overprotective daycare with junior delinquit babies trying to break out. At first it seems like a challenge but then Tommy comes up with an idea to make them home free.
#31 - Driving Miss Angelica
Rugrats - Season 2 - Episode 48
After being saved by Angelica, Chuckie has to be Angelica's slave for life but when he saves her things go the other way around.
#32 - When Wishes Come True
Rugrats - Season 3 - Episode 13
Tommy gets really mad at Angelica for ruining his "3 Baby's and a Guitar" statue. So Tommy wishes for the worst thing to happen for Angelica. She turned stone, but the babies don't know it's Drew's annivesry present for Charlotte.
#33 - Family Reunion
Rugrats - Season 2 - Episode 15
While Grandpa goes on to Chicago because he missed his train stop (likely on purpose), the Pickles stop in (fictional) Willoughby, Iowa to attend their family reunion, hosted by Hugh Pickles and his wife, Dotti. Angelica tells Tommy and the other kids that reunions are swap meets for kids, with the kids being swapped. Her lie ended up backfiring on her, however, when a couple other farming relatives, Mackie & Edie, like a kid like Angelica,
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Rugrats - Season 3 - Episode 14
Charlotte and Drew go on a power rafting trip. Angelica has to stay with Uncle Stu and Aunt Didi. She gets mad for not giving her attiention, so she fakes breaking a leg. It drives Stu and Didi nuts, but she eventually gets caught and in the end she gets it back double as Charlotte breaks her leg.
#35 - Home Movies
Rugrats - Season 3 - Episode 21
Stu shows everyone boring home movies, but the kids make drawings of their own that are brought to life by the Rugrats cartoonists. A VERY cool story with actual art by the children of the makers of Rugrats.
#36 - The Santa Experience
Rugrats - Season 2 - Episode 27
After Angelica finds out that Santa Claus is a fake she decides to take away Phil and Lil's presents. Meanwhile Tommy tries to convince Chuckie that Santa Claus isn't a scary man. The adults take them all for a trip in the mountains for Christmas and there is where the Christmas spirit strikes Angelica and she decides to give Phil and Lil back their presents so she won't get coal for Christmas. Chaz decides to dresss up as Santa and when Chuckie sees him he loses his fear of Santa Claus.
#37 - The Mysterious Mr. Friend
Rugrats - Season 3 - Episode 22
Stu invents a new toy: a scary walking, talking, heat-seeking clown doll. The babies encounter it, and are horrified. Eventually, it all comes down to a final battle royale between Tommy and friends and an army of "Mr. Fiends." The babies win the day...or do they?
#38 - Chuckie is Rich
Rugrats - Season 3 - Episode 32
When Chaz wins a clearing house sweepstakes, Chaz and Chuckie are rich, and Chuckie lives the high life until Chaz blows all his fortune in a bad investment.
#40 - Meet The Carmichaels
Rugrats - Season 2 - Episode 34
New neighbors the Carmichael's come to town and the Pickles help them get settled in. There Tommy meets all the kids: Alisa, Buster, Edwin, and Susie Carmichael. Susie tells Tommy all about her great room, but she can't find it so Tommy and Susie search all around Susie's new house for her brand new room.
#41 - Angelica's Worst Nightmare
Rugrats - Season 3 - Episode 41
Charlotte is having a baby, but Angelica does not like the idea of having another mouth to feed.
#42 - Down The Drain
Rugrats - Season 2 - Episode 36
After his toy dissapers down the bathtub drain, Tommy worries that he'll get sucked down the drain, too. After Angelica assures Tommy and Chuckie that yes, babies can and do get sucked down the drain, the boys do everything they can think of to avoid taking a bath.
#43 - The Mega Diaper Babies
Rugrats - Season 3 - Episode 42
The Rugrats play-act their favorite super-heroes, "The Mega Hyper-Heroes", a Captain Planet-type program, as Angelica commandeers their action figures.
#44 - Grandpa's Teeth
Rugrats - Season 1 - Episode 12
At the towns barbeque, Grandpa looses his teeth because he ate too much junk food. Spike finds them, and takes them away. Tommy and Chuckie follow them, and find out a duck has them. At the end, Tommy and Chuckie get the teeth back to him.
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#45 - The Slide
Rugrats - Season 2 - Episode 42
The Slide After Chuckie mistakenly goes down the "big-kids slide" at a Chuck E. Cheese-type place, he is afraid of all slides, and Angelica & Suzie bet on whether he will go down another slide.
#46 - Susie vs. Angelica
Rugrats - Season 2 - Episode 49
Susie impress the babies when she stands up to Angelica for them, but to get back at her Angelica says that she can do anything better than Susie can. They have all these competitons and after being tied they decide that everyone is the best at something sometimes.
#47 - Real or Robots?
Rugrats - Season 1 - Episode 14
Tommy and Chuckie see a Frankenstein horror movie, the want to know if Stu is a Robot. Stu, however is sleepwalking and dreaming he was a host of a cooking show. Tommy and Chuckie try to hurt him, thinking he was a robot, which wakes him up and scares them.
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#50 - Touch-Down Tommy
Rugrats - Season 1 - Episode 20
While Didi and Betty go shopping, Stu and the guys babysit the Rugrats while watching the Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Oilers (now Tennessee Titans, see note below) duke it out on the gridiron in "Ultra Bowl XXXVII". Later, Grandpa gives Tommy a bottle of chocolate milk; Angelica, who normally thinks she's too old for baby bottles, fights Tommy over it.
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