Angelica is a case of what happens when you spoil your child and not set boundaries. Not helped by a go-getter mother who is often busy and a spinless father.
@@mrsshayful Hmm... I'm curious if that is because he just can't say "No" to Angelica or because he's afraid of disappointing/upsetting his older bro. Drew bullied him kinda hard when they were kids after all
Now that I'm 31 I feel like Angelica is jealous of tommy due to all the attention he gets from his parents, because her parents are always working and sort of ignore her
That most likely the reason. Possible that Didi and Stu looked after her as a baby and when Tommy ( If we go by the premature time line) was born all that extra attention was focused on him which had Angelica feel neglected. And thus takes it out on the babies
@@schlamuffenimperator9460 Thankfully, I was very desensitized about dark undertones as a kid, so I got it immediately back then. And trust me, you don't want to know what shows or movies my parents let me back watch back in the 90s. Sorry, Mom and Dad.
Hmm, badgering her witnesses and using manipulative tactics to cover her own crimes.. Wow Angelica is over qualified for the American legal system Great review as always Shawn! BTW, like the use of Donkey Kong Country 2 in the background
If I knew chuckie who is a scardy cat a lot. Angelica is a total nightmare due to a lack of sel and character education she had as a baby and her parents are never home very often due to work. Believe me i know this.
Maybe it’s because I watched The Goofy Movie prior to watching this episode, the principal warning Goofy of Max one day ending up in the electric chair always stuck with me for some bizarre reason, but that was one of the few adult jokes from the show I got at the time.
@Savagewolver I never understood that as a kid and as an adult I was like " Jesus! Max is a teenager not frigging Ted Bundy! How is that principle not fired
Yeah, it felt like the whole setup counted on Tommy being too blinded by heartbreak and vengence that he'd buy into Angelica's cover up, but he was a surprisingly competent judge who analysed everyone's alibi's and circumstances fairly.
@@e-122psi3 I get the feeling that this episode is responsible for Tommy being more levelheaded in subsequent episodes, particularly the tricycle episode given that he learned firsthand that not every accusation has pure intentions behind it and that the desire to enact justice hampers the critical thinking needed to prevent an innocent person from being potentially harmed Now obviously Susie doesn’t have a history of lying & was the victim herself and it was Angelica who was being wrongly accused rather than his best friend but Susie placed herself as Angelica’s judge, jury and executioner just as Angelica had done towards the twins and later Chuckie Like even in Susie’s position as the victim, Tommy has enough restraint and self awareness to recognize Angelica was being too aggressive in her accusations and intervene whereas Susie was in full eye-for-an-eye hanging judge mode
@@Chimeragui What gets me in BOTH episodes is that when Tommy seems to have finally seen undeniable proof Angelica was guilty, he only sounds sad and disappointed, like he thought there were lines even SHE didn't cross. It feels like in both cases, he didn't want to imagine ANY of his friends or even Angelica were guilty, so wanted to analyse the whole scene and see if there were at least some outside forces responsible. Even Chuckie himself was VERY unwilling to play executioner in Tricyle Thief, even trying to bring the balloon back down after the guilty verdict. Impressive on him given Angelica framed him up in this episode (even once again turning down Phil and Lil as patsies because Chuckie is her favourite punching bag).
I could never feel bad for Angelica I hated her as a kid She's legit the worst character in the whole show Nothing "good" she does erases her trash behavior Literally a menace
It would be very hard for us to buy teen Angelica being as mean as she is as a little kid without any consequences. Terrorizing babies when you're like, 4 or 5 is a thing, but doing that to your peers in middle school would get you in serious trouble.
Maturity is a thing. Just because her parents let her get away with stuff didn’t mean the world at large was going to. Plus, I’d like to think having Susie as her foil mellowed her a bit as their friendship grew.
One of the handful of episodes where Angelica gets her comeuppance that leaves a big smile to my face. Still, looking back at Phil screaming "no" and Chuckie crying this episode hurts more than I remembered. To say this is the worst thing Angelica has ever would be an injustice, but blaming and badgering the babies... [sighs] I'm gonna chill. Great recap and breakdown!
THIS Is Karma CURSING Angelica With ETERNAL BAD LUCK Though out The ENTIRE Series as an Act of REVENGE For her CRIMES In The “The Barbecue Story” Episode!”
@@ADTribalChild and the very first episode where she actually gets in trouble for her heinous actions, of course. After her behavior in the Barbecue Story, the episodes that followed during the first season where she does heinous, yet receives comeuppance in some form were pretty mild to some degree, but here, she receives karma BIG TIME, and for the first time on the show, too.
Fun Fact: Originally, they wanted to make Angelica a permanent Karma Houdini. But the others decided against it, so this episode is the first time Angelica gets punished in the series.
Glad they didn't go through with making her a full-on "Karma Houdini". Because I always find it very satisfying whenever Angelica gets in trouble at the end of certain "Rugrats" episodes.
This isn't the first time Angelica gets punished, but it is one of the earliest most glorious cases of her getting her comeuppance. I feel like the show generally got the good balance with her, USUALLY giving her what she deserved to keep the show from getting too mean spirited, but having odd times she didn't to show karma won't always hit. Most of the cases she got away were also kinda funny too, see Pickles vs Pickles. You wanna see Nick fully realising the Karma Houdini setup for Angelica, watch Megan in Drake and Josh.
And in spite of how everyone knows how much of a liar Angelica is, it's SUSIE that gets a bad rap in that ep. despite being completely justified in doing what she did. Even near the end Angelica reconfirms this when she says how she's not a tricycle thief, even if she's mean and a bully. As if having standards justifies being a jerk. A bully/jerk with standards is still a bully/jerk. You shouldn't be a bully or jerk at all.
@@supersonicmario56Susie was justified in initially suspecting Angelica, but she wasn't justified in taking it upon herself to punish her. At the end of the day, Angelica didn't steal the tricycle, and she shouldn't be punished for a crime that she not only didn't do but didn't happen in the first place since the tricycle was never stolen, only moved without Susie's knowledge.
I think a lot about how Betty and Didi apparently heard Angelica talking to the babies. It raises a lot of questions as to how Angelica talking to them works
I guess the assumption is that 3 year olds are a transitional age from babies to child or something, which makes them magically bilingual with baby talk and normal English. Would have been a big help to the adults if they knew 3 year olds could actually communicate with babies, but a running gag in the show is how obtuse the adults are.
This episode is a prime example of Angelica being a spoiled, rotten and uncaring brat. What did Charlotte and Drew expect, when they allowed their daughter to walk all over them? You made a fantastic point about Drew being a spineless, pathetic loser who never gives limits to Angelica. How he doesn't see her bullying her one year old cousin and his friends, I don't even know. Say what you want about Stu and Didi, but at least they have taught Tommy good morals and actions. Even when I was a child, watching this show on the orange VHS tapes I owned, I dreaded it, whenever Angelica came on screen.
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I love watching this when we’re older and realize when Didi puts Angelica in the high chair and she’s screaming about not the chair is a reflection to the electric chair.😂
I love that Angelica getting found out, and her punishment for what she did in this episode, is almost entirely self-inflicted. If she hadn't insisted on a trial, the babies would've stayed confused and either wouldn't have found out in time before her Dad picked her up that day, or at least it would've taken longer and Angelica might not have started gloating and given herself away.
You made some very good points in this video; however, personally, I think the worst thing she’s ever done is tell Chucky that everyone will be a lot better off without him in that episode where she steals his dad’s CD, and Chuckie runs away, only be stopped by his guardian angel, to see what the world would be like without him
At least at the end of that episode, Angelica definitely got in trouble with her father, at least. You know, that part when Drew brings her over to the Finster's house to make her apologize to Chuckie's father, Chaz, for stealing his (Chaz's) CD, and then forbids her to have any dessert for a whole week, much to her chagrin.
Ya damn right! Even Stu didn't have a steady job and was childish at times he was a better father to Tommy and Dil and even spent time with them. Drew on the other hand was a workaholic and spoiled his daughter to make up for not bonding with her.
As the old saying goes, "The parents are to blame." Drew is a spineless dork and Charlotte is a negligent snob. Which is why Angelica is such a rotten person.
@lukespillman1313 In the 2005 version. Who went and spoiled her, who indeed ? Who pandered to her every need ? Who turned her into such a brat ? Who are the culprits ? Who did that ? The guilty ones. Now this is sad. Are dear old mom, and loving dad.
Tommy was mad and demanded to know who broke the lamp but he was level headed enough to listen to everyone’s story. He even defended chuckie from angelica’s pressuring. Tommy still has moments of anger but it rarely gets in the way of his good nature. And those moments never last. There was an episode where angelica pushed tommy too far and he made an anger fueled wish. When they thought angelica turned into a statue (Drew had it made as a gift to Charlotte) he was immediately on his knees in regret
Another time she pushed Tommy too far was in the _Family Tree_ episode when she basically manipulated Chuckie into causing trouble that was blamed on Tommy, all for a petty reason, and Tommy outright YELLED at Angelica about how this was all her fault and SHE would be the one to fix what she did.
@@balanc-joy9187 oh yeah. Tommy yelled for Angelica to climb a tree to get Chuckie down (he was in the bushes). She started this because Tommy and Chuckie started calling each other brothers and Angelica got jealous. Tommy yelled at Angelica that it impressed Phil.
Also the episode where Angelica manages to influence Tommy to be a bad kid like her when he believes Didi took away his plush lion. It works for a while but when Angelica tries to pressure him into taking the final step and destroying something precious to her, he can't do it, it's crossing the line for him. Helped by Chuckie playing 'good angel' there.
[Offscreen Screaming from the Kitchen]: “NOO!!! NOT The Chair!! NOT THE CHAIR!!” - Angelica THIS Is Karma CURSING Angelica With ETERNAL BAD LUCK Though out The ENTIRE Series as an Act of REVENGE For her CRIMES In The “The Barbecue Story” Episode!”
@@pastpatourI feel like Helga also had more depth as a character. You get to really see her home life, how her mom is always drunk and how her parents idolize her older sister, and how that reflects on her as a person. Even with bullying, she still has redeemable qualities and does actual nice things for others on occasion and feels regret when she's gone too far. Angelica just feels cold cuz she's never sorry. Tbf, children don't develop empathy until around 5-7 years old so she may genuinely not feel bad because she can't understand what it feels like to others when she does what she does. And not having the same love and attention the other kids may have had left her mentally underdeveloped in her way act around and treat others. Or I could be over thinking a childrens cartoon but isn't that what we're here for lol.
@@AshChiCupcakyou're not wrong considering Drew was competing with his wife and always failing, and they were always pawning Angelica off on his younger brother and his wife, so when she got to see a loving family she relished it she was finally getting the attention she needed then Tommy was born, most of her mean streak comes from a lack of attention and lashing out because of jealousy over the relationship the babies have with their parents that she doesn't have with hers, all her parents really think about is buying her toys that's the way they show love and affection, a good example is the favorite child episode
Dude your voice is so relaxing I like drawing while having your video in the background with candles on my days off Anyways as a kid Angelica always rubbed me the I grew to like her as an adult tho shes a very interesting antagonist lol
You should do the All Grown Up episode where Suzie is scammed by a "talent agent." That episode stuck with me since we learned about those kinds of scams in Girl Scouts, yet it wasn't till adulthood I realized how lucky Suzie got.
One Rugrats episode I always found fascinating is “Farewell, My Friend” While it is a good lesson on friends learning how to agree to disagree and how hard some friendships can be, especially when two people can be polar opposites. It also highlights how Tommy is sometimes a bad friend to Chuckie by being somewhat manipulative himself by making him do things that he’s uncomfortable with or that are down right dangerous.
Looking back after watching through the years, Angelica has actually gone through some (albeit minor) character development. Her worst episodes were all mostly from the early seasons. (Plus, she usually didn't get off scot free, about 99% of the time she had a good case of "Hoist by their own petard", which gave a sense of justice after whatever she did in those episodes.) Also, if going by the fact that she was punished with no dessert for a week after stealing Chaz's CD, she probably didn't really get ice cream when Drew came home. Also, after betraying Chuckie in the Paris movie, she did realize her actions were going to result in Chuckie with Coco as a very abusive mom, so she not only helped get to the wedding before the "I do", she also let Coco's boss know EVERYTHING that Coco was plotting. She was a frustrating antagonist from the start, but as I said, she mellows out a bit as she gets older, and even her parents start to realize she's become problematic and actually try to give her better attention and discipline in the later seasons.
Strong Arming Witnesses bad testimony, false confession, the prosecutor being guilty the entire time, Guilty party breaking down and confessing. Another episode that wouldn't be out of place in Ace Attorney. Rugrats Attorney Turnabout Fluffles.
Finallyyyyyy, someone understands Kafkaesque and even used it correctly. 🎉 Kafka has fantastic literature. You should check out, “A Hunger Artist.” It’s creepy and it goes in depth about the “people pleasing” extremes we can so easily find ourselves within.
I remember having this episode on vhs (orange tape) and always watching this episode on repeat lol I think liked it so much because Angelica rightfully got caught
I think there are two details that I noticed that wasn’t mentioned. First is at 2:35 of the video. When Angelica entered the room the face of the broken clown lamp had what looked like a frown and eyes looked like it was looking at her in almost a worried expression which gave a clue that she was the culprit. As for the chucky crying at the beginning, along with him being sympathetic while giving a slight red herring that he could have done it, but I think the crying also is guilt because he’s holding back the fact that he wanted to do it but feels bad that he felt somewhat responsible for wanting it to happen and shortly afterwards the lamp did in fact break
Oh I loved this episode. Angelica was such a little brat in the early seasons. Thankfully they lightened her up but this was one of her WORST moments. They almost had creative issues because of how wicked she was!
@@youtubeuniversity3638 not quite as not only has she mellowed by then but there’s also Savanna who is arguably just as conniving as Angelica can be at her worse but has _none_ of Angelica’s virtues, straight up setting a party of her own on Angelica’s birthday just to fuck Angelica over
To be fair to Drew, he did punish Angelica in the "Meaningful Life" episode with her not getting dessert for a week. Then again, I starting to wonder if that punishment stook.
Monokuma: Now then, I've prepared a *very special* punishment for the Ultimate Brat, Angelica Pickles! Let's give it everything we've got! It's... *PUNISHMENT TIME!*
My mom was the same way. She once said of Angelica "she's a bitch." I was turned off by her referring to a 3 yr old as that (I was a kid at the time). Angelica was undoubtedly the opposite of an angel, but I felt that was a little much from my mom.
First, credit to Cheryl Chase (voice of Angelica) for her performance. Second, I find it funny Phil and Lil got a word in context correctly. Third, episodes like this really influence Chuckie’s character, and it makes me want to hug Chuckie; poor kid already has enough problems without Angelica being mixed in. Fourth, Charlotte’s the most to blame for Angelica’s behavior. There’s a blink and you’ll miss it moment in “Rugrats in Paris” where Drew questions Charlotte about Angelica basically watching “The Godfather”. If you think about it, Charlotte may have allowed her to watch court room shows/movies. I’m not a parent, but even I’m thinking “Who lets their 3 year old watch stuff like that?” Drew is passive yes, but Charlotte is plain negligent.
@@byronrush9802 Hahaha! I used to wonder if they were having an affair! I mean she's ALWAYS on the phone with him! In the 3rd movie she almost jumped off the boat during a Tsuami and yelled "Jonathan!!!" when her phone went overboard! he needs to do a thoery about this, there's so much evidence of this!
The remade the last bit of "The Trial" episode in a short for the 2021 reboot. The short is titled: "The Lamp." More specifically, the bit that was used was when Angelica admitted to breaking the lamp and was punished after Didi and Betty heard her confess.
I still think telling Chuckie the world would be better without him in "Chuckie's Wonderful Life" is still the most evil thing Angelica ever did, but this is definitely a runner up.
Angelica being able to understand and communicate with both the babies and the adults made her quite the antagonist of Rugrats, taking advantage of the fact that the two are oblivious or ignorant to the other's intentions and often warps the reality of the situation. Quite the crafty one, but to take advantage of your own cousin is what makes her truly nasty.
You figure the babies would remember NOT to listen to her later on in the series, but they still believe her lies anyway >.< Drew maybe a spineless father, but at least he's not like Helga's dad that vile negligent monster who dares to call himself a man and a father >.
Oh, those innocent days when I thought Angelica was just fiction and people like her don't exist in real life, how could anyone be that twisted. Then I grew up and met some narcassistic people in real life. Rugrats warned us 😂😮😂
@@stevensuarez4843 Eeh...Kinda the same. I get why people hate on Caillou and D.W. but at the same time, I feel like there are worse out there. Even worse than Little Brown Bear.
Children don’t need lots of sugar anyways. Don’t enable obesity! My parents loved giving me sugar as a child lest it be considered neglect and now I’m getting up every day hoping I’m making choices that will give me better health. Set your children up to have good health at a young age. No junk food!
Well drew did punish her in it's a wonderful chuckle, no dessert for a week is by far the worst punishment for chocolate lovers. As for angelica saying correcting phil and lill on the level terms on of my teachers played this same episode of rugrats and pointed it out.
Back in the day, I knew kids whose parents wouldn’t even let them watch the show because of how evil she was. I thought that was pretty stupid, because it’s not like the show portrays her behavior as something to be emulated, but in retrospect… yeah, she’s pretty friggin’ evil. There’s even a scene in the broken leg episode where she’s laughing at someone getting shot on TV. 🤣 I still don’t think I’d worry about my kids imitating her, but I might be screening episodes before letting them watch (at least in the early seasons, when she was at her worst) to make sure there was nothing too scary in them.
This is a weird and true phenomenon. When I was 6 and some family was 3, I could understand them clearly, while the adults couldn’t. Now that I am older, sometimes I have to ask older children what the toddlers or babies are saying. 😂
Knowing Angelica, I’ll never forget her first antagonist role when I first saw this episode. Other than that, it’s also one of the top 10 worst things Angelica Pickles has ever done.
I love the Halloween/ Michael Myers homage when she put on the bunny mask. It really underscores her psychopathic tendencies. I watched an interview with the voice actor of Angelica and she actually revealed that theres a stark contrast between season 1-2 Angelica and later iterations. Apparently there were concerns from executives that they made her character tooooo mean and that it could have an adverse impact on impressionable audiences.
Instead they get beheaded. No really, a woman in China was beheaded because she held someone’s suitcase. The suitcase had drugs in it and she didn’t even know.
Back in elementary school, I had a gal that terrified me and caused me to have to be pulled because she wouldn't stop hittin me. She looked like Angelica, but without the pigtails too it was rather horrifying for someone like me (who didn't understand what I did wrong, but exist and keep to herself.)
As a adult Angelica is a clear example of a neglected child because all the adults in her life don’t give her the attention she needs and when children like her don’t get that attention they lash out and do bad things to get attention. Yes Angelica is spoiled and gets whatever she wants from her parents but when it comes to have quality time she is basically sidelined when it comes Tommy and the rest of the babies.
Kids can inherit things from other people down the line, she could have just inherited different traits from different family members (or ancestors down the line). That or Charlotte takes advantage of Drew's spinelessness and makes up a shitty excuse not to punish Angelica. One of the two.
Angelica’s problem is entitlement-she always thinks she is entitled to candy and new toys and then becomes butthurt when she does not get what she wants.
Back in the day, I knew kids whose parents wouldn’t even let them watch the show because of how evil she was. I thought that was stupid, because it’s not like the show portrays her behavior as something to be emulated, but in retrospect… yeah, she’s pretty friggin’ evil. There’s even a scene in the broken leg episode where she’s laughing at someone getting shot on TV. I still don’t think I’d worry about my kids imitating her, but I might be screening them before letting them watch (at least in the early seasons, when she was at her worst) to make sure there was nothing too scary in them.
Apparently a majority of the people here believe that Angelica never redeemed herself. But I disagree, she’s just a little kid and her parents are probably a part of making her this way. Disrespectful and rude. And she deserves a second chance. (Even if she’s a psychopath.)
The worst part is: the kids get smart enough to not do it around the parents, so they seldom pick up on hints. That's why I loved when Charlotte went in on her after stealing the cake with Dil in Partners in Crime
As simple a show as Rugrats seems, there is often a lot of brilliant and clever messages hidden within. As a kid, these went completely over my head; I had watched the show for entertainment. But now, as an adult, and an adult listening to this review, it amazes me how a show about talking babies can be so clever, emotional, and hold such deep theories. Ah, cartoons. You gotta love them. 😊
In Drew’s defense there a few episodes where he does actually punish Angelica, it doesn’t happen a lot but it does happen. Just thought I would point that out
This is exactly why I was more on Susie’s side in the bike episode and why I didn’t felt bad for Angelica when her doll was sent away with the balloon. Even if Angelica didn’t really stole the bike, she still deserved to get hurt where it hurts her the most, her Cynthia doll. It’s honestly the karma she deserved for all the mean awful things she did to the babies. Like really, the fact that she hates the babies all because she considers them “stupid” is just messed up. Like it’s not the babies fault that they don’t know a lot of things, like they’re literally babies! Babies that are still new to the world and always curious in wanting to know lots of things, yet Angelica thinks that just cuz she’s older and knows a bit more, she thinks she is far superior and thinks she has right to bully these poor babies. It’s like she has forgotten that she used to be a baby too and didn’t know much either.
Now when it comes to Angelica bragging about doing the crime to the clown lamp. I literally found it just intriguing how she just got busted by Didi and Betty. Now when it comes to who should punish her I mean yeah Didi you may think she's in the wrong but actually she's in the right. She is technically her aunt. Meaning that she does have the right to do what she's supposed to do punishing her. Even explaining when Drew picks her up what really happened.
Worth noting that Angelica wanted to frame Chuckie before she even saw the lamp. It's just that the crime changed from vandalism to murder (granted, the victim was an inanimate object).
I’ve always had so many convos about if people should feel bad for Angelica because of her upbringing and i always tell them that Angelica deserves no sympathy nor do i feel bad for her when she cries. She’s had some redeeming qualities but only about 5 different occasions versus her almost seasons worth of lying, manipulation, and straight up just being mean to make herself feel better.
Angelica is a case of what happens when you spoil your child and not set boundaries. Not helped by a go-getter mother who is often busy and a spinless father.
I Angelica might also have been born a sociopath.
Stu has more of a spine than Drew. And he's the younger brother.
@@caffinejedi sociopaths are made not born, psychopaths are born
@@DianneRoberts722that is a bold statement bc Angelica had him cooking pudding at 4am 😅
@@mrsshayful Hmm... I'm curious if that is because he just can't say "No" to Angelica or because he's afraid of disappointing/upsetting his older bro. Drew bullied him kinda hard when they were kids after all
Now that I'm 31 I feel like Angelica is jealous of tommy due to all the attention he gets from his parents, because her parents are always working and sort of ignore her
Yes I feel the same way
That most likely the reason.
Possible that Didi and Stu looked after her as a baby and when Tommy ( If we go by the premature time line) was born all that extra attention was focused on him which had Angelica feel neglected.
And thus takes it out on the babies
That would make sense BUT drew gives her plenty of attention so it seems like it's more about how she's coddled and spoiled
@ if you wanna call bribe Angelica with new toys as attention.
They do spoil her
@@Lildeadthing420 Yes, but he does it through materialism due to his guilt. She still doesn’t get his FULL attention.
I find it funny that Angelica's punishment is portrayed as her getting the electric chair to go along with the court theme.
Absolutely the most funniest meme out there 🤣🤣🤣
That's some adult humor that you don't catch as a child.
"Is she going to jail?"
"No! Not the Chair! Not the Chair!"
Just when I grew older I noticed how dark this joke was.
@@schlamuffenimperator9460 Thankfully, I was very desensitized about dark undertones as a kid, so I got it immediately back then. And trust me, you don't want to know what shows or movies my parents let me back watch back in the 90s. Sorry, Mom and Dad.
Hmm, badgering her witnesses and using manipulative tactics to cover her own crimes.. Wow Angelica is over qualified for the American legal system
Great review as always Shawn! BTW, like the use of Donkey Kong Country 2 in the background
I could see her succeeding surprisingly well in politics
even as a little kid, Angelica TERRIFIED me because of how mean she was
I thought she was awful but she definitely made the cartoon interesting but you wouldn’t want to be around her as a child
What do you mean even as a child? As in you’re still afraid?
If I knew chuckie who is a scardy cat a lot. Angelica is a total nightmare due to a lack of sel and character education she had as a baby and her parents are never home very often due to work. Believe me i know this.
Ohmygod that "Not The Chair" joke absolutely went over my head as a kid. Brilliant haha.
As I got older, I wished it was the ACTUAL chair
Forget the chair, my belt is what she'd have to be worried about is she was my kid
Maybe it’s because I watched The Goofy Movie prior to watching this episode, the principal warning Goofy of Max one day ending up in the electric chair always stuck with me for some bizarre reason, but that was one of the few adult jokes from the show I got at the time.
@Savagewolver I never understood that as a kid and as an adult I was like " Jesus! Max is a teenager not frigging Ted Bundy! How is that principle not fired
You gotta give Chuckie credit
Even if he did want to break the lamp out of fear, he couldn’t because he knew how much it meant to his best friend
A true friend in deed ❤
Judge Tommy is the goat, fair & unswayed by manipulation
Yeah, it felt like the whole setup counted on Tommy being too blinded by heartbreak and vengence that he'd buy into Angelica's cover up, but he was a surprisingly competent judge who analysed everyone's alibi's and circumstances fairly.
@@e-122psi3 I get the feeling that this episode is responsible for Tommy being more levelheaded in subsequent episodes, particularly the tricycle episode given that he learned firsthand that not every accusation has pure intentions behind it and that the desire to enact justice hampers the critical thinking needed to prevent an innocent person from being potentially harmed
Now obviously Susie doesn’t have a history of lying & was the victim herself and it was Angelica who was being wrongly accused rather than his best friend but Susie placed herself as Angelica’s judge, jury and executioner just as Angelica had done towards the twins and later Chuckie
Like even in Susie’s position as the victim, Tommy has enough restraint and self awareness to recognize Angelica was being too aggressive in her accusations and intervene whereas Susie was in full eye-for-an-eye hanging judge mode
@@Chimeragui What gets me in BOTH episodes is that when Tommy seems to have finally seen undeniable proof Angelica was guilty, he only sounds sad and disappointed, like he thought there were lines even SHE didn't cross.
It feels like in both cases, he didn't want to imagine ANY of his friends or even Angelica were guilty, so wanted to analyse the whole scene and see if there were at least some outside forces responsible.
Even Chuckie himself was VERY unwilling to play executioner in Tricyle Thief, even trying to bring the balloon back down after the guilty verdict. Impressive on him given Angelica framed him up in this episode (even once again turning down Phil and Lil as patsies because Chuckie is her favourite punching bag).
I could never feel bad for Angelica
I hated her as a kid
She's legit the worst character in the whole show
Nothing "good" she does erases her trash behavior
Literally a menace
Whenever I was told what evil looked like, I always saw Angelica as that. She was the devil to me as a kid, and I LOATHED her very existence.
I kind of felt bad about her situation of one parent spoiling her while the other neglected her, but beyond that, she kind of was a brat. 😅
Funny how Angelica mellows out when she gets older.
Isn't that normal?
It would be very hard for us to buy teen Angelica being as mean as she is as a little kid without any consequences. Terrorizing babies when you're like, 4 or 5 is a thing, but doing that to your peers in middle school would get you in serious trouble.
Maturity is a thing. Just because her parents let her get away with stuff didn’t mean the world at large was going to. Plus, I’d like to think having Susie as her foil mellowed her a bit as their friendship grew.
Yeah and them Hands. You can't pick on someone who knows how to fight later on in their life.@@pastpatour
Simply because she isn't physically imposing and most people would physically brutalize her if she tried to pull that shit with them
One of the handful of episodes where Angelica gets her comeuppance that leaves a big smile to my face. Still, looking back at Phil screaming "no" and Chuckie crying this episode hurts more than I remembered. To say this is the worst thing Angelica has ever would be an injustice, but blaming and badgering the babies... [sighs] I'm gonna chill. Great recap and breakdown!
THIS Is Karma CURSING Angelica With ETERNAL BAD LUCK Though out The ENTIRE Series as an Act of REVENGE For her CRIMES In The “The Barbecue Story” Episode!”
@@ADTribalChild and the very first episode where she actually gets in trouble for her heinous actions, of course. After her behavior in the Barbecue Story, the episodes that followed during the first season where she does heinous, yet receives comeuppance in some form were pretty mild to some degree, but here, she receives karma BIG TIME, and for the first time on the show, too.
Angelica is so....EVIL when she was younger.
she had the potential to become some real villain time lol.
Fun Fact: Originally, they wanted to make Angelica a permanent Karma Houdini. But the others decided against it, so this episode is the first time Angelica gets punished in the series.
Glad they didn't go through with making her a full-on "Karma Houdini". Because I always find it very satisfying whenever Angelica gets in trouble at the end of certain "Rugrats" episodes.
I hate karma Houdinis
If they did that, Angelica would’ve got more hate than Caillou.
Glad they didn't, Angelica doesn't work if she can't be defeated
This isn't the first time Angelica gets punished, but it is one of the earliest most glorious cases of her getting her comeuppance. I feel like the show generally got the good balance with her, USUALLY giving her what she deserved to keep the show from getting too mean spirited, but having odd times she didn't to show karma won't always hit. Most of the cases she got away were also kinda funny too, see Pickles vs Pickles.
You wanna see Nick fully realising the Karma Houdini setup for Angelica, watch Megan in Drake and Josh.
Which is why it was easy for Susie to believe Angelica could have stolen her bike this normally her deal so mean and evil to the babies.
And in spite of how everyone knows how much of a liar Angelica is, it's SUSIE that gets a bad rap in that ep. despite being completely justified in doing what she did. Even near the end Angelica reconfirms this when she says how she's not a tricycle thief, even if she's mean and a bully. As if having standards justifies being a jerk.
A bully/jerk with standards is still a bully/jerk. You shouldn't be a bully or jerk at all.
@@supersonicmario56Susie was justified in initially suspecting Angelica, but she wasn't justified in taking it upon herself to punish her. At the end of the day, Angelica didn't steal the tricycle, and she shouldn't be punished for a crime that she not only didn't do but didn't happen in the first place since the tricycle was never stolen, only moved without Susie's knowledge.
I think a lot about how Betty and Didi apparently heard Angelica talking to the babies. It raises a lot of questions as to how Angelica talking to them works
I guess the assumption is that 3 year olds are a transitional age from babies to child or something, which makes them magically bilingual with baby talk and normal English.
Would have been a big help to the adults if they knew 3 year olds could actually communicate with babies, but a running gag in the show is how obtuse the adults are.
4:18 that was always hilarous... angelica gets it wrong, yet phil n lil get it right and angelica strongly insists on the jerky rather than jury 😂😂😂
Kinda like the sturgeon/surgeon blunder too. In one episode.
@stevensuarez4843 most likely in "Rhinoceritis!"
This episode is a prime example of Angelica being a spoiled, rotten and uncaring brat. What did Charlotte and Drew expect, when they allowed their daughter to walk all over them? You made a fantastic point about Drew being a spineless, pathetic loser who never gives limits to Angelica. How he doesn't see her bullying her one year old cousin and his friends, I don't even know.
Say what you want about Stu and Didi, but at least they have taught Tommy good morals and actions. Even when I was a child, watching this show on the orange VHS tapes I owned, I dreaded it, whenever Angelica came on screen.
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I love watching this when we’re older and realize when Didi puts Angelica in the high chair and she’s screaming about not the chair is a reflection to the electric chair.😂
I love that Angelica getting found out, and her punishment for what she did in this episode, is almost entirely self-inflicted. If she hadn't insisted on a trial, the babies would've stayed confused and either wouldn't have found out in time before her Dad picked her up that day, or at least it would've taken longer and Angelica might not have started gloating and given herself away.
Okay but for real Angelica would make a good lawyer.
You made some very good points in this video; however, personally, I think the worst thing she’s ever done is tell Chucky that everyone will be a lot better off without him in that episode where she steals his dad’s CD, and Chuckie runs away, only be stopped by his guardian angel, to see what the world would be like without him
At least at the end of that episode, Angelica definitely got in trouble with her father, at least. You know, that part when Drew brings her over to the Finster's house to make her apologize to Chuckie's father, Chaz, for stealing his (Chaz's) CD, and then forbids her to have any dessert for a whole week, much to her chagrin.
One thing's for sure, Stu was a better father to his child than Drew ever was to his.
Ya damn right! Even Stu didn't have a steady job and was childish at times he was a better father to Tommy and Dil and even spent time with them. Drew on the other hand was a workaholic and spoiled his daughter to make up for not bonding with her.
@@marcustrice3246I agree
As the old saying goes, "The parents are to blame." Drew is a spineless dork and Charlotte is a negligent snob. Which is why Angelica is such a rotten person.
As the oompa loompas say: Blaming the kids is a lie and a shame. You know exactly who's to blame. The mother and the father.
@lukespillman1313 In the 2005 version.
Who went and spoiled her, who indeed ? Who pandered to her every need ? Who turned her into such a brat ? Who are the culprits ? Who did that ? The guilty ones. Now this is sad. Are dear old mom, and loving dad.
Angelica should have been punished more. Still this episode shows who can hear her and who can't.
Tommy was mad and demanded to know who broke the lamp but he was level headed enough to listen to everyone’s story. He even defended chuckie from angelica’s pressuring. Tommy still has moments of anger but it rarely gets in the way of his good nature. And those moments never last. There was an episode where angelica pushed tommy too far and he made an anger fueled wish. When they thought angelica turned into a statue (Drew had it made as a gift to Charlotte) he was immediately on his knees in regret
Oh yeah the statue episode that was pretty good
Another time she pushed Tommy too far was in the _Family Tree_ episode when she basically manipulated Chuckie into causing trouble that was blamed on Tommy, all for a petty reason, and Tommy outright YELLED at Angelica about how this was all her fault and SHE would be the one to fix what she did.
@@balanc-joy9187 oh yeah. Tommy yelled for Angelica to climb a tree to get Chuckie down (he was in the bushes). She started this because Tommy and Chuckie started calling each other brothers and Angelica got jealous. Tommy yelled at Angelica that it impressed Phil.
Also the episode where Angelica manages to influence Tommy to be a bad kid like her when he believes Didi took away his plush lion. It works for a while but when Angelica tries to pressure him into taking the final step and destroying something precious to her, he can't do it, it's crossing the line for him. Helped by Chuckie playing 'good angel' there.
[Offscreen Screaming from the Kitchen]: “NOO!!! NOT The Chair!! NOT THE CHAIR!!” - Angelica
THIS Is Karma CURSING Angelica With ETERNAL BAD LUCK Though out The ENTIRE Series as an Act of REVENGE For her CRIMES In The “The Barbecue Story” Episode!”
No one likes Angelica. However Helga is a fan favorite in the Hey Arnold fandom.
Helga is a bully with a lot going on her life. Angelica is just a monster with no remorse and no shame.
I always thought he'll go with creepy af
@@pastpatourshe's also 3 years old
@@pastpatourI feel like Helga also had more depth as a character. You get to really see her home life, how her mom is always drunk and how her parents idolize her older sister, and how that reflects on her as a person. Even with bullying, she still has redeemable qualities and does actual nice things for others on occasion and feels regret when she's gone too far. Angelica just feels cold cuz she's never sorry.
Tbf, children don't develop empathy until around 5-7 years old so she may genuinely not feel bad because she can't understand what it feels like to others when she does what she does. And not having the same love and attention the other kids may have had left her mentally underdeveloped in her way act around and treat others. Or I could be over thinking a childrens cartoon but isn't that what we're here for lol.
@@AshChiCupcakyou're not wrong considering Drew was competing with his wife and always failing, and they were always pawning Angelica off on his younger brother and his wife, so when she got to see a loving family she relished it she was finally getting the attention she needed then Tommy was born, most of her mean streak comes from a lack of attention and lashing out because of jealousy over the relationship the babies have with their parents that she doesn't have with hers, all her parents really think about is buying her toys that's the way they show love and affection, a good example is the favorite child episode
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Anyways as a kid Angelica always rubbed me the I grew to like her as an adult tho shes a very interesting antagonist lol
This episode and others like it from other shows cemented my love of courtroom dramas from a very early age.
You should do the All Grown Up episode where Suzie is scammed by a "talent agent." That episode stuck with me since we learned about those kinds of scams in Girl Scouts, yet it wasn't till adulthood I realized how lucky Suzie got.
One Rugrats episode I always found fascinating is “Farewell, My Friend”
While it is a good lesson on friends learning how to agree to disagree and how hard some friendships can be, especially when two people can be polar opposites. It also highlights how Tommy is sometimes a bad friend to Chuckie by being somewhat manipulative himself by making him do things that he’s uncomfortable with or that are down right dangerous.
Looking back after watching through the years, Angelica has actually gone through some (albeit minor) character development.
Her worst episodes were all mostly from the early seasons. (Plus, she usually didn't get off scot free, about 99% of the time she had a good case of "Hoist by their own petard", which gave a sense of justice after whatever she did in those episodes.) Also, if going by the fact that she was punished with no dessert for a week after stealing Chaz's CD, she probably didn't really get ice cream when Drew came home.
Also, after betraying Chuckie in the Paris movie, she did realize her actions were going to result in Chuckie with Coco as a very abusive mom, so she not only helped get to the wedding before the "I do", she also let Coco's boss know EVERYTHING that Coco was plotting.
She was a frustrating antagonist from the start, but as I said, she mellows out a bit as she gets older, and even her parents start to realize she's become problematic and actually try to give her better attention and discipline in the later seasons.
I remember this episode and it was really upsetting. The way she treated the babies so badly and only cares about herself
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Strong Arming Witnesses bad testimony, false confession, the prosecutor being guilty the entire time, Guilty party breaking down and confessing. Another episode that wouldn't be out of place in Ace Attorney.
Rugrats Attorney Turnabout Fluffles.
I always love that episode where Drew has a nightmare where he stands trial its very Kafkaesque
Finallyyyyyy, someone understands Kafkaesque and even used it correctly. 🎉 Kafka has fantastic literature. You should check out, “A Hunger Artist.” It’s creepy and it goes in depth about the “people pleasing” extremes we can so easily find ourselves within.
I remember having this episode on vhs (orange tape) and always watching this episode on repeat lol I think liked it so much because Angelica rightfully got caught
Rugrats is such a great show. I love the fact that they released it on physical media!
I still have my Rugrats tapes.
Oh she gets worse. Keep going with this.
The episode where she stole Chuckie’s glasses is a classic! Very memorable!
I love that one
I think there are two details that I noticed that wasn’t mentioned. First is at 2:35 of the video. When Angelica entered the room the face of the broken clown lamp had what looked like a frown and eyes looked like it was looking at her in almost a worried expression which gave a clue that she was the culprit.
As for the chucky crying at the beginning, along with him being sympathetic while giving a slight red herring that he could have done it, but I think the crying also is guilt because he’s holding back the fact that he wanted to do it but feels bad that he felt somewhat responsible for wanting it to happen and shortly afterwards the lamp did in fact break
Oh I loved this episode. Angelica was such a little brat in the early seasons. Thankfully they lightened her up but this was one of her WORST moments. They almost had creative issues because of how wicked she was!
Why? Did Nick want to ban episodes?
@ No. It’s just one of the creators of the show Arlene Klaskey thought she was too mean spirited.
I love the episode too
Her own voice actress hated her.
@@155chipmunkz I haven't heard that.
Angelica is such a little menace.
Is she a big menace in All Grown Up?
@@youtubeuniversity3638 not quite as not only has she mellowed by then but there’s also Savanna who is arguably just as conniving as Angelica can be at her worse but has _none_ of Angelica’s virtues, straight up setting a party of her own on Angelica’s birthday just to fuck Angelica over
@Chimeragui Well is she at least big?
The G rated Eric Cartman
To be fair to Drew, he did punish Angelica in the "Meaningful Life" episode with her not getting dessert for a week. Then again, I starting to wonder if that punishment stook.
Why would you be even getting dessert every day in a whole week? That just another one of the many things that shows how spoiled she really is.
WHY can I see this as a Dangonropa Case now on WHO killed the clown? Lmao
I would play Danganronpa if this was a case
Monokuma: Now then, I've prepared a *very special* punishment for the Ultimate Brat, Angelica Pickles! Let's give it everything we've got! It's... *PUNISHMENT TIME!*
It could definitely be edited to be one like I've seen a few other videos featuring the makeshift court episodes from various shows.
“Where were you on the night of June 6th? Just say yes or no.” 😂
My mother always didn't like Angelica. She sure was a mischievous toddler. They kinda toned her down as she got older though.
Same, i wasnt allowed to watch it much because she was so mean, my mom hated her LMAO
My mom was the same way. She once said of Angelica "she's a bitch." I was turned off by her referring to a 3 yr old as that (I was a kid at the time).
Angelica was undoubtedly the opposite of an angel, but I felt that was a little much from my mom.
First, credit to Cheryl Chase (voice of Angelica) for her performance.
Second, I find it funny Phil and Lil got a word in context correctly.
Third, episodes like this really influence Chuckie’s character, and it makes me want to hug Chuckie; poor kid already has enough problems without Angelica being mixed in.
Fourth, Charlotte’s the most to blame for Angelica’s behavior. There’s a blink and you’ll miss it moment in “Rugrats in Paris” where Drew questions Charlotte about Angelica basically watching “The Godfather”. If you think about it, Charlotte may have allowed her to watch court room shows/movies. I’m not a parent, but even I’m thinking “Who lets their 3 year old watch stuff like that?” Drew is passive yes, but Charlotte is plain negligent.
Angelica and sussie were the only characters that could talk to the babies and the grown ups like a bridge.
Charlotte had more of a back bone than Drew.
There's even a fan theory that Drew isn't Angelica's dad but Jonathan is
@@byronrush9802 Hahaha! I used to wonder if they were having an affair! I mean she's ALWAYS on the phone with him! In the 3rd movie she almost jumped off the boat during a Tsuami and yelled "Jonathan!!!" when her phone went overboard! he needs to do a thoery about this, there's so much evidence of this!
The remade the last bit of "The Trial" episode in a short for the 2021 reboot. The short is titled: "The Lamp." More specifically, the bit that was used was when Angelica admitted to breaking the lamp and was punished after Didi and Betty heard her confess.
The episode that most fucked with me was when Tommy and Chucky were grown ups(in a dream)and she was their boss.
Two words:Kangoroo Court! lol
A lot of good points regarding her in the early seasons, especially this ep.
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"You can just sit in the kitchen with us until your father gets back."
And what's _HE_ gonna do, Didi?? Buy her another new toy?
Didi actually HAS a spine.
I still think telling Chuckie the world would be better without him in "Chuckie's Wonderful Life" is still the most evil thing Angelica ever did, but this is definitely a runner up.
Nope.
Worst thing is when she told Chuckie everything that happens is his fault and things be better if he was never born.
Angelica being able to understand and communicate with both the babies and the adults made her quite the antagonist of Rugrats, taking advantage of the fact that the two are oblivious or ignorant to the other's intentions and often warps the reality of the situation.
Quite the crafty one, but to take advantage of your own cousin is what makes her truly nasty.
You figure the babies would remember NOT to listen to her later on in the series, but they still believe her lies anyway >.< Drew maybe a spineless father, but at least he's not like Helga's dad that vile negligent monster who dares to call himself a man and a father >.
Oh, those innocent days when I thought Angelica was just fiction and people like her don't exist in real life, how could anyone be that twisted. Then I grew up and met some narcassistic people in real life. Rugrats warned us 😂😮😂
Angelica was the reason I never hated on Caillou and D.W. as a kid.
@@jenneacubero1036 how bout now?
@@stevensuarez4843 Eeh...Kinda the same. I get why people hate on Caillou and D.W. but at the same time, I feel like there are worse out there. Even worse than Little Brown Bear.
@jenneacubero1036 little brown bear? Never heard of him. I mean he can't be that bad as these characters.
They’re annoying but they’re not as mean.
If I had a daughter I would never spoil her like Drew and Charlotte did to Angelica✌️😎👍
Children don’t need lots of sugar anyways. Don’t enable obesity! My parents loved giving me sugar as a child lest it be considered neglect and now I’m getting up every day hoping I’m making choices that will give me better health.
Set your children up to have good health at a young age. No junk food!
Angelica makes Bart Simpson look like an angel!
I never found Bart that mean outside of Treehouse of Horror.
Well drew did punish her in it's a wonderful chuckle, no dessert for a week is by far the worst punishment for chocolate lovers. As for angelica saying correcting phil and lill on the level terms on of my teachers played this same episode of rugrats and pointed it out.
Back in the day, I knew kids whose parents wouldn’t even let them watch the show because of how evil she was. I thought that was pretty stupid, because it’s not like the show portrays her behavior as something to be emulated, but in retrospect… yeah, she’s pretty friggin’ evil. There’s even a scene in the broken leg episode where she’s laughing at someone getting shot on TV. 🤣
I still don’t think I’d worry about my kids imitating her, but I might be screening episodes before letting them watch (at least in the early seasons, when she was at her worst) to make sure there was nothing too scary in them.
To repeat something I asked in a previous video: How is it that Angelica & Suzie can understand the babies when they talk but the adults can't?
Age. She closer to them so she can understand them. Cartoon logic think like a kid
it's possible she can still babble- she's only like 3 or 4 in the series
This is a weird and true phenomenon. When I was 6 and some family was 3, I could understand them clearly, while the adults couldn’t. Now that I am older, sometimes I have to ask older children what the toddlers or babies are saying. 😂
This actually gets addressed in the reboot, weirdly enough. Apparently 5 is the cutoff age for understanding babies.
Knowing Angelica, I’ll never forget her first antagonist role when I first saw this episode. Other than that, it’s also one of the top 10 worst things Angelica Pickles has ever done.
I love the Halloween/ Michael Myers homage when she put on the bunny mask. It really underscores her psychopathic tendencies.
I watched an interview with the voice actor of Angelica and she actually revealed that theres a stark contrast between season 1-2 Angelica and later iterations. Apparently there were concerns from executives that they made her character tooooo mean and that it could have an adverse impact on impressionable audiences.
This is why the justice system no longer gives people the chair.
Instead they get beheaded.
No really, a woman in China was beheaded because she held someone’s suitcase. The suitcase had drugs in it and she didn’t even know.
I think the only person who actually likes Angelica would be Eric Cartman. I could see those two as a couple.
Back in elementary school, I had a gal that terrified me and caused me to have to be pulled because she wouldn't stop hittin me. She looked like Angelica, but without the pigtails too it was rather horrifying for someone like me (who didn't understand what I did wrong, but exist and keep to herself.)
I was always confused by Angelica turning on that lamp during Chuckie's confession. Suddenly, everything else turns dark.
Mr Shawn, you made me return to the days I spent Kickin Kaptain K. Rool's but (1:47).
Angelica pulled some Danganropa levels of manipulation in this episode
I just noticed Phil and Lill's ears are different. Lill has elongated earlobes while Phil's ears are rounded.
Alright, made it ! WHOO-HOO !
Wow. Angelica's a jerk.
I had to make sure I made time to sit and watch this one , love all your videos ❤
Aw, thank you so much friend! I appreciate that a ton :D
As a adult Angelica is a clear example of a neglected child because all the adults in her life don’t give her the attention she needs and when children like her don’t get that attention they lash out and do bad things to get attention. Yes Angelica is spoiled and gets whatever she wants from her parents but when it comes to have quality time she is basically sidelined when it comes Tommy and the rest of the babies.
Drew sure ain't Angelica's real father
Then who is?
Kids can inherit things from other people down the line, she could have just inherited different traits from different family members (or ancestors down the line). That or Charlotte takes advantage of Drew's spinelessness and makes up a shitty excuse not to punish Angelica. One of the two.
@@DianneRoberts722Jonathan Charlotte's assistant
@@byronrush9802 someone needs to do a theory video about this, i mean Charlotte is obsessed with him!
I think the moment she was about to drown all the babies in the pirate episode is probably more evil.
Angelica’s problem is entitlement-she always thinks she is entitled to candy and new toys and then becomes butthurt when she does not get what she wants.
Back in the day, I knew kids whose parents wouldn’t even let them watch the show because of how evil she was. I thought that was stupid, because it’s not like the show portrays her behavior as something to be emulated, but in retrospect… yeah, she’s pretty friggin’ evil. There’s even a scene in the broken leg episode where she’s laughing at someone getting shot on TV. I still don’t think I’d worry about my kids imitating her, but I might be screening them before letting them watch (at least in the early seasons, when she was at her worst) to make sure there was nothing too scary in them.
Apparently a majority of the people here believe that Angelica never redeemed herself. But I disagree, she’s just a little kid and her parents are probably a part of making her this way. Disrespectful and rude. And she deserves a second chance. (Even if she’s a psychopath.)
Agreed. And I say this as a parent. Kids can be asshole.
oh for sure, that's why in all grown up she has an entire episode humbling her, she will probably be a much better adult then she was as a 3 year old
The worst part is: the kids get smart enough to not do it around the parents, so they seldom pick up on hints. That's why I loved when Charlotte went in on her after stealing the cake with Dil in Partners in Crime
I actually love him trashing Drew for something we don’t even see happen
This episode is a timeless classic I loved it but gee Angelica was nasty and evil here
The movies turned 26 & 24 years old, and Angelica really was being as mentally abusive as ever.
I am so proud for Cheryl Chase's great delivery.
This episode defines the term classic. This is easily one of the first episodes I think of when I hear "Rugrats."
As simple a show as Rugrats seems, there is often a lot of brilliant and clever messages hidden within. As a kid, these went completely over my head; I had watched the show for entertainment. But now, as an adult, and an adult listening to this review, it amazes me how a show about talking babies can be so clever, emotional, and hold such deep theories.
Ah, cartoons. You gotta love them. 😊
In Drew’s defense there a few episodes where he does actually punish Angelica, it doesn’t happen a lot but it does happen. Just thought I would point that out
This is exactly why I was more on Susie’s side in the bike episode and why I didn’t felt bad for Angelica when her doll was sent away with the balloon. Even if Angelica didn’t really stole the bike, she still deserved to get hurt where it hurts her the most, her Cynthia doll. It’s honestly the karma she deserved for all the mean awful things she did to the babies.
Like really, the fact that she hates the babies all because she considers them “stupid” is just messed up. Like it’s not the babies fault that they don’t know a lot of things, like they’re literally babies! Babies that are still new to the world and always curious in wanting to know lots of things, yet Angelica thinks that just cuz she’s older and knows a bit more, she thinks she is far superior and thinks she has right to bully these poor babies. It’s like she has forgotten that she used to be a baby too and didn’t know much either.
Image if she did actually get the ‘chair’
I don’t think it’s legal to execute 3-year-olds.
Now when it comes to Angelica bragging about doing the crime to the clown lamp. I literally found it just intriguing how she just got busted by Didi and Betty. Now when it comes to who should punish her I mean yeah Didi you may think she's in the wrong but actually she's in the right. She is technically her aunt. Meaning that she does have the right to do what she's supposed to do punishing her. Even explaining when Drew picks her up what really happened.
Worth noting that Angelica wanted to frame Chuckie before she even saw the lamp. It's just that the crime changed from vandalism to murder (granted, the victim was an inanimate object).
I’ve always had so many convos about if people should feel bad for Angelica because of her upbringing and i always tell them that Angelica deserves no sympathy nor do i feel bad for her when she cries. She’s had some redeeming qualities but only about 5 different occasions versus her almost seasons worth of lying, manipulation, and straight up just being mean to make herself feel better.
Establishes early that Angelica is NEVER to be trusted, the babies believe every, single, one of her lies through the whole rest of the series…