The BEST episodes written by Joe Ansolabehere

Chuckie vs. The Potty
star
8.47
99 votes

#1 - Chuckie vs. The Potty

Rugrats - Season 2 - Episode 3

Chaz wants Chuckie to be potty trained, but can't get him to go. The babies try not to let Didi and Stu make him use it. Chuckie has a dream about never learning, and he uses the potty overnight.

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Cool Jerk
star
7.83
23 votes

#2 - Cool Jerk

Hey Arnold! - Season 1 - Episode 23

An older cool guy befriends Arnold, but Arnold realizes that he is really a shoplifter.

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How I Saved My Summer Vacation
star
7.74
35 votes

#3 - How I Saved My Summer Vacation

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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The Good, the Bad and the Yo-Yo
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7.70
30 votes

#4 - The Good, the Bad and the Yo-Yo

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."

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Kids in the Mist
star
7.68
28 votes

#5 - 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.

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Catch that IOTA!
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7.68
31 votes

#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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Tutoring Torvald
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7.61
18 votes

#7 - Tutoring Torvald

Hey Arnold! - Season 1 - Episode 26

Arnold must tutor a 13-year-old, fourth-grade bully in math, much to his dismay.

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World Records
star
7.53
15 votes

#8 - 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.

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The New Kid
star
7.40
114 votes

#9 - 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.

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The Baseball
star
7.33
40 votes

#10 - 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.

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The Break In
star
7.31
200 votes

#11 - 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.

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Downtown as Fruits
star
7.25
131 votes

#12 - 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.

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Ride of the Quarkons
star
7.22
18 votes

#13 - Ride of the Quarkons

Mission Force One - Season 1 - Episode 16

The Callistos encounter a pod of Quarkons blocking the Photon Superhighway.

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Field Trip
star
7.21
57 votes

#14 - 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.

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Waiter, There's A Baby In My Soup
star
7.20
70 votes

#15 - Waiter, There's A Baby In My Soup

Rugrats - Season 1 - Episode 3

Stu takes Tommy on a job enterview, but Tommy get's loose and and destroys the kitchen

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Eugene's Bike
star
7.13
70 votes

#16 - 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".

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Stu-Maker's Elves
star
7.13
16 votes

#17 - Stu-Maker's Elves

Rugrats - Season 1 - Episode 25

Stu has received an order from Mucklehoney Industries for 15,000 "Patty Pants" dolls. However, he is having trouble with the machine. Tommy and Chuckie fixed it while fetching the "Zippo-Glider", which Chuckie accidentally tossed into the basement.

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Barbeque Story
star
7.12
116 votes

#18 - Barbeque Story

Rugrats - Season 1 - Episode 2

Stu and Didi have a 4th of July Party where Tommy loses his favorite ball.

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Baby Commercial
star
7.10
88 votes

#19 - 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.

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Spelling Bee
star
7.10
21 votes

#20 - Spelling Bee

Hey Arnold! - Season 1 - Episode 28

Arnold and Helga compete on a Spelling Bee contest.

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The List
star
7.08
38 votes

#21 - 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.

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The Big House
star
7.06
31 votes

#22 - 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.

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24 Hours to Live
star
7.00
8 votes

#23 - 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.

Home Movies
star
7.00
12 votes

#24 - 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.

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Abner Come Home
star
7.00
15 votes

#25 - Abner Come Home

Hey Arnold! - Season 1 - Episode 32

Arnold must find a way to recover his pig pet Abner after he runs away.

Grandpa's Date
star
6.94
50 votes

#26 - 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.

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The Santa Experience
star
6.88
17 votes

#27 - 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.

Not So Easy Riders
star
6.82
50 votes

#28 - 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.

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The Mega Diaper Babies
star
6.82
11 votes

#29 - 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.

Little Dude
star
6.81
54 votes

#30 - Little Dude

Rugrats - Season 1 - Episode 7

Didi takes Tommy to her workplace-the local high school, for a visual aid. But When Tommy gets free and roams around campus-he becomes friends with a rebellious biker.

Showdown At Teeter Totter Gulch
star
6.79
56 votes

#31 - 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.

Touch-Down Tommy
star
6.79
14 votes

#32 - 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.

The Mysterious Mr. Friend
star
6.79
14 votes

#33 - 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?

Fluffy vs. Spike
star
6.76
17 votes

#34 - Fluffy vs. Spike

Rugrats - Season 1 - Episode 22

Angelica brings Fluffy to Tommy's house, and Fluffy gets Spike into trouble. Angelica actually blames all the things breaking on him, so the babies try to get Fluffy and catch her in the act.

Angelica Breaks a Leg
star
6.75
12 votes

#35 - Angelica Breaks a Leg

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.

When Wishes Come True
star
6.73
15 votes

#36 - 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.

Mirrorland
star
6.71
56 votes

#37 - 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.

The Shot
star
6.70
61 votes

#38 - 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.

Reptar's Revenge
star
6.69
16 votes

#39 - Reptar's Revenge

Rugrats - Season 1 - Episode 23

The Rugrats go looking for Reptar at the Sleazola Brothers fair. Instead, they find a cereal addicted person named Leo. I think this is the one where Angelica Wants the cereal.

The Box
star
6.64
11 votes

#40 - The Box

Rugrats - Season 2 - Episode 35

Stu throws the box from what they just got, and all the rugrats imagined what they could do with the box. Racing,Astronaut,Anything. So, what will they do?

Real or Robots?
star
6.63
16 votes

#41 - 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.

Together At Last
star
6.59
34 votes

#42 - Together At Last

Rugrats - Season 2 - Episode 4

Phil and Lil want separate lives. What should we do. Phil going to Tommy's, with Lil's bow on. Lil staying home looking like Phil. They end up wanting to be together.

Momma Trauma
star
6.57
30 votes

#43 - Momma Trauma

Rugrats - Season 1 - Episode 13

Didi and Stu take Tommy to Dr. Lepetomaine, a psychiatrist (who mainly says nothing more than "I see", which, at one point, angered Stu), after Tommy was found drawing on walls. Tommy ended up wandering around the office building, while Stu ended up being psychoanalysed.

Meet The Carmichaels
star
6.55
11 votes

#44 - 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.

Down The Drain
star
6.55
11 votes

#45 - 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.

Special Delivery
star
6.53
17 votes

#46 - Special Delivery

Rugrats - Season 1 - Episode 15

Stu ordered a doll from Eggbert Toys, his competitor, so he could check out their doll, "Tina Trousers", as a comparison to the doll he's making, "Patty Pants". Thinking that Tommy is getting a new baby in a mail, he hitches a ride with the postman to the post office.

Graham Canyon
star
6.47
17 votes

#47 - Graham Canyon

Rugrats - Season 1 - Episode 24

The Pickles experience car trouble en route to the Grand Canyon. Eddie & Ace, a couple of crooked auto mechanics working at "Twin Cactus Auto Repair", try to make a simple, cheap thing more expensive, but Angelica and Tommy inadvertantly stopped them from further damage while playing in a "canyon" of tires.

Let Them Eat Cake
star
6.45
11 votes

#48 - Let Them Eat Cake

Rugrats - Season 2 - Episode 37

Didi's half brother, Ben, gets married. All Tommy and Chuckie can think about is the fact that they'll get cake after the ceremony. Things take a turn for the worst, though, when Elaine, Ben's bride, gets cold feet and dissapers. In the end Tommy and Chuckie, on their search for the wedding cake, are the ones that find her.

The Trial
star
6.43
14 votes

#49 - The Trial

Rugrats - Season 1 - Episode 21

Someone broke "Mr. Fluffles" (Angelica calls it "Mr. Fluffle-Luffles"), Tommy's clown lamp, and Angelica wants to find out who. The fingerpointing, however, eventually points back to her.

The Big Flush
star
6.40
10 votes

#50 - 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.