Episode
Rugrats: The Joke's On You
Overview
Drew plays a practical joke on Stu, where he unwittingly hurt Grandpa with his newest invention, a robotic bee. This inspires Angelica to play a practical joke of her own on the Rugrats, setting it up so that they would think that Dil pulled these jokes. All this goes on while the Rugrats play a King Arthur adventure.
Details
- Series
- Rugrats
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 1999-10-23
- Runtime
- 11 min
Episode context
The Joke's On You is Episode 9 in Season 7 of Rugrats. It aired on 1999-10-23. The runtime is 11 min.
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Episode 8: Planting Dil
Didi is planting herbs in her garden, including dills, which are used in the canning of pickles. However, after hearing Didi commenting that she's going to plant alot of them, Tommy thinks that the dills for pickles are actually alot of... Dil Pickles, in which all of them would need Tommy's care.
Episode 10: Partners In Crime
At home, the Rugrats watch an old, ""Bonnie & Clyde""-type film on TV with Grandpa. At the park, Angelica and Dil used what they saw to play ""Bonnie & Clyde"", with Angelica stealing food from other kids and Dil playing accomplice. Meanwhile, at the park, Grandpa continues to watch the movie on a portable TV set, getting the other adults to do the same.
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Episode 7: Auctioning Grandpa
The Rugrats are at a craft & antique fair, where Didi is selling her "Bird Homes" -- artistic bird houses that she made. However, she hadn't made any money, or as so much as a glance from someone walking by, due to her competition. Meanwhile, Grandpa sits down on an antique rocker to tell a story to the Rugrats; naturally, he falls asleep. The rocker is up for auction, but with Grandpa still in the rocker, the Rugrats thought that it was Grandpa who's up for auction, so they find a way to buy him back.
Episode 11: Thumb's Up
Rugrats play ""Follow The Leader"", with Dil being the leader. When Dil sucks his thumb (mimicking Stu when he sucks his own thumb after hitting his hammer on it), the Rugrats do the same, but fail to stop. When the adults noticed this, they panicked after reading in a Lipschitz book that thumb-sucking leads to poor academic skills and bucked teeth. Angelica uses this advice to get Chuckie to believe that they'll turn into ducks, when they get ""duck
Episode 6: Officer Chuckie
The Rugrats are at Officer Dan's Pre-School Safety Town, a miniaturised city where safety rules are taught. While the Rugrats play on the grass, the older kids, including Angelica, race around in miniaturised play cars. When a ball goes out into the street, Chuckie catches it, but he jaywalks at an intersection. After getting caught by Officer Dan, he made Chuckie a ""Safety Officer"". However, Chuckie's new powers affected how the Rugrats play -- a little too much.
Episode 12: The Big Showdown
Didi introduces Goober, a goofy, gentle toy to Tommy and Dil as an antidote to the aggressive Reptar. Chuckie likes Goober, but Tommy does not.
Episode 5: Cooking With Susie
Susie was a first on her block to get a Cynthia Easy Cook Oven -- literally, as they weren't available to the general public yet; the makers were advertisers on the Dummi Bears show. The oven was so precious to Susie, she wouldn't sell it to anyone, not even Angelica. With the oven, she made some Reptar Snack Squares. The Rugrats ate them, but didn't like them. However, they lied to Susie and told her they were the best snacks they ever eaten; they lied (as recommended by Angelica, of
Episode 13: Runaway Reptar
The babies go to "Pokyo" to figure out why Reptar is running rampage.
Episode 4: Brothers Are Monsters
When Stu makes a comment about older brothers are "monsters" (referring to Drew of course), the Rugrats take him literally. So, when Tommy accidentally scares Dil and Chuckie as he pretends to be a wolf, the babies begin to think that Stu might be right. Is Tommy turning into a monster?
Episode 14: Doctor Susie
After Dr. Lucy accidentally breaks one of Susie's toys, she fixes it, and teaches Susie how to be a toy "doctor". When Dil broke all of the Rugrats' toys, Susie fixed them up. But Angelica, always jealous of Susie, breaks them again and blames Susie for "malprac".
Episode 3: Tommy For Mayor
After seeing someone on TV running for mayor of their town, the Rugrats vote to see who's going to be ""mayor"" of their group -- Tommy or Phil. Meanwhile, Didi and Betty work on mailouts in support of the town's mayoral candidate -- Sheila Swann.
Episode 15: Accidents Happen
Following a day at the zoo and other fun attractions, Chuckie dreamt that he was an explorer going over a waterfall in a boat, which causes him to accidentally wet his bed. After Chazz determines that Chuckie may be regressing, he had Chuckie wear training pants, which is in between diapers and briefs. At night, the Rugrats try to encourage Chuckie not to fall asleep, so he won't forget to wake up to go to the bathroom.