Rugrats: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Rugrats Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Dummi Bear Dinner Disaster
Sep 26, 1993 · 11 min
Paul Gatsby, the creator of the Dummi Bears, comes to dinner at the Carmicheals' house. Susie thinks that every time Paul and her father, Randy (who's the head writer for the Dummi
Twins Pique
Sep 26, 1993 · 11 min
Phil and Lil decide they want to be different from each other.
Chuckie's First Haircut
Oct 3, 1993 · 11 min
Chuckie is scared to get a haircut so the rugrats try to make him get over this fear.
Cool Hand Angelica
Oct 3, 1993 · 11 min
After Susie talks about her rough experiences at camp Angelica says that she could handle that entire camp in a day. Of course she's lying and trying to make herself look good but
Tricycle Thief
Oct 10, 1993 · 11 min
Susie's tricycle is missing, and everyone immediately blames Angelica. She denies it, but there is lots of evidence. Did she steal it?
Rhinoceritis!
Oct 10, 1993 · 11 min
Playing doctor (not THAT kind of playing doctor) with her ""Binks McGill"" doctor kit (based on the TV show), Angelica diagnoses Chuckie with the entirely ficticious ""Rhinoceritis
Grandpa Moves Out
Oct 17, 1993 · 11 min
After ruining dinner, making Tommy cry and Spike growl, Grandpa gets out of everyone's way by moving to Flushing Waters Retirement Home, which is luxury, (so it says in the commerc
The Legend Of Satchmo
Oct 17, 1993 · 11 min
The babies, Angelica, and Grandpa have a campout outside. Grandpa tells the legend of the Satchmo, which leads to Chuckie using the restroom, and Tommy figuring out where Chuckie i
Circus Angelicus
Oct 24, 1993 · 11 min
After a trip to the circus, Angelica stages her own big top, using the rugrats as her three-ring acts.
The Stork
Oct 24, 1993 · 11 min
Angelica asks, ""Where do babies come from?"" Her parents originally planned to give her a well-thought-out answer, but ended up answering ""the stork"". After Angelica tells the R
The Baby Vanishes
Oct 31, 1993 · 11 min
Angelica uses her mother's vanishing cream (thinking it can make people "invisible") on herself and Tommy and Chuckie, but she wants to be noticed later on.
Farewell, My Friend
Oct 31, 1993 · 11 min
When a glass was broken in Chaz's greenhouse while the Rugrats go on an adventure, Chuckie does not want to go on any adventures with his friends anymore, but Chuckie's decision al
When Wishes Come True
Nov 7, 1993 · 11 min
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
Angelica Breaks a Leg
Nov 7, 1993 · 11 min
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
The Last Babysitter
Nov 14, 1993 · 11 min
Elysa finally gets a chance to be mature and responsible by basysitting Tommy, Susie, Buster, and other babies but promblems arise when the lights blackout and Tommy and Suzie see
Sour Pickles
Nov 14, 1993 · 11 min
Grandpa Lou tells the story of how much Stu and Drew fought as babies and try to get th eold tv working so they can watch the TV show, ""Blocky and Oxwinkle"".
Reptar 2010
Nov 21, 1993 · 11 min
The Rugrats are having fun watching Reptar 2010 when suddenly the video breaks. So the Rugrats become Reptommy, Chucktar, Replil, Repphil, and Reptelica and create their own ending
Stu Gets A Job
Nov 21, 1993 · 11 min
Stu, trying to break through his inventor’s block, gets a job at Consolidated Lard.
Give And Take
Nov 28, 1993 · 11 min
Tommy ""accidently"" lets Chuckie borrow his Boppo toy. Chuckie then relizes it's a clown toy. Angelica finds a switch on it and Chuckie pulls it, deflating Boppo. Then Tommy comes
The Gold Rush
Nov 28, 1993 · 11 min
Angelica finds a nickel in the sand box and thinks there's a fortune under the sand, so the babies dig. They start arguing about finding more nickels. Angelica maks the nickel with
Home Movies
Dec 5, 1993 · 11 min
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 childre
The Mysterious Mr. Friend
Dec 5, 1993 · 11 min
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
Cuffed
Dec 12, 1993 · 11 min
After playing with a pair of toy had-cuffs to be donated to an orphanage, Chuckie and Angelica got cuffed together with it and they've lost the key.
The Blizzard
Dec 12, 1993 · 11 min
Chuckies favorite toy bus that he got from Santa gets broken after Stu steps on it, and whats worse is a blizzard is going to hit them. After the blizzard when playing in the snow
Destination: Moon
Dec 19, 1993 · 11 min
When Chuckie's toy rocket flies too high, the babies think that it has gone to the moon. Thinking Grandpa Lou's new trailer is a rocket ship, the pretend to fly to the moon to sear
Angelica's Birthday
Dec 19, 1993 · 11 min
It's Angelica's birthday and she's excited, until Grandpa Lou tells her what it's like to be old. So, she decides to become a baby again, but soon finds it's not as great as she th
Princess Angelica
Dec 26, 1993 · 11 min
After intensive testing by the Rugrats, it is proven that Angelica is the princess, and contemplates leaving her "fake" parents (Drew & Charlotte, who makes her clean her room once
The Odd Couple
Dec 26, 1993 · 11 min
Tommy is staying over at Chuckie's house for a long weekend while his parents go to Wisconsin for a cheese tasting tour. Tommy and Chuckie think they're going to get along great, b
Naked Tommy
Jan 2, 1994 · 11 min
Trying to be just like Spike, Tommy takes off his clothes, and entices the other Rugrats to do the same, while Stu finds a way to keep Tommy's clothes on.
Tommy And The Secret Club
Jan 2, 1994 · 11 min
Angelica is forming a new club, and is running a contest to see who will become a member. The benefit: the member becomes Angelica's slave.
Under Chuckie's Bed
Jan 9, 1994 · 11 min
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.
Chuckie Is Rich
Jan 9, 1994 · 11 min
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.
Mommy's Little Assets
Feb 13, 1994 · 11 min
Charlotte brings Tommy and Angelica to her office building where, while Charlotte makes a deal with the Famous Ethel cookie factory, Tommy and Angelica wreak havoc in the office by
Chuckie's Wonderful Life
Feb 13, 1994 · 11 min
When Chuckie accidently gives Angelica his father's Latvian Polka Dances CD (using it as a toy), Chuckie, who wishes he weren't born, has a chance to see what would be of the world
In The Dreamtime
Feb 20, 1994 · 11 min
After having vivid dreams at night, Chuckie is having trouble distinguishing fantasy from reality. His difficulty, however, almost had disasterous results when he wanders into the
The Unfair Pair
Feb 20, 1994 · 11 min
When Angelica thinks every family would have one favorite child, there is one problem when it comes to which of the twins Phil and Lil are their favorite.
Chuckie's Red Hair
Feb 27, 1994 · 11 min
Chuckie hates being noticed by everyone because of his red hair, so he uses Grandpa Lou's hair dye and turns it black, only to realized he liked getting attention in the first plac
Spike Runs Away
Feb 27, 1994 · 11 min
When Spike suddenly runs away, Tommy is sad. So Stu and Didi try new pets. The poodle is too mean, the gerbils have ran away and Grandpa Lou squished the spider. Will Spike come ba
The Alien
Mar 6, 1994 · 11 min
When Chuckie gets a new playhouse, Angelica scapegoats Chuckie for being an alien, thinking the playhouse is a UFO and Chuckie is trying to trick the babies into being abducted.
Mr. Clean
Mar 6, 1994 · 11 min
After being told by Chaz about germs after Chuckie was caught playing near germs, Chuckie becomes an overprotective germ freak who couldn't even play with the Rugrats.
Angelica's Worst Nightmare
Mar 13, 1994 · 11 min
Charlotte is having a baby, but Angelica does not like the idea of having another mouth to feed.
The Mega Diaper Babies
Mar 13, 1994 · 11 min
The Rugrats play-act their favorite super-heroes, ""The Mega Hyper-Heroes"", a Captain Planet-type program, as Angelica commandeers their action figures.
New Kid In Town
Apr 10, 1994 · 11 min
Tired of Angelica being bad to them all the time; the Rugrats find Josh, another friend to play with. It started out okay, but it turns out, however, that he is more meaner than An
Pickles vs. Pickles
Apr 10, 1994 · 11 min
Tired of being hassled all the time by her parents, especially when it comes down to the foods she's required to eat, Angelica doesn't take the law into her own hands -- she takes
KidTV
May 8, 1994 · 11 min
After being disgusted by a competitor's toy commercial on TV (a ""Transformer""-type flying bird that flies, goes in space, does your homework, etc.), Stu throws his invention (sim
The Sky Is Falling
May 8, 1994 · 11 min
Following Angelica's story on ""The End of the World"" (which previously happened 2 years before), the Rugrats prepare for the falling sky, and its aftermath (Angelica becomes the
I Remember Melville
May 15, 1994 · 11 min
Melville, Chuckie's pet bug, died while in the other Rugrats' care. They try to find ways to avoid passing that fact to Chuckie.
No More Cookies
May 15, 1994 · 11 min
After getting sick as a result of eating too much cookies, Angelica swears off them, depending on the other Rugrats to keep her away from cookies.
Cradle Attraction
May 22, 1994 · 11 min
Chuckie has a girlfriend, Megan. They like each other in an unorthodox manner -- by teasing each other.
Moving Away
May 22, 1994 · 11 min
Angelica and her parents are moving to New York, only to have their plans thwarted by Jonathan at the last minute. Tommy explains to the other Rugrats on how they met for the first