Chuckie's Duckling

"Chuckie's Duckling" is a Season 6 episode of Rugrats, and notably the first episode to air after the release of The Rugrats Movie.

Characters Present

 * Tommy
 * Dil (debut in an episode)
 * Chuckie
 * Phil
 * Lil
 * Herbert (debut/only appearance)
 * Herbert's unnamed mother
 * Didi
 * Lou
 * Betty
 * Dog Warden (cameo)
 * Conan McNulty (does not speak)

Plot
''Chuckie finds a duck egg and helps it to hatch. The duckling that comes out, who he names Hubert, adopts Chuckie as his big brother and follows him everywhere. But is Chuckie ready for the big responsibility?   - Description from Klasky Csupo ''

Summary
This episode starts off on a farm, a tractor comes by and scares a mother duck and she flies to the pickles backyard. The very next day Lou is getting ready for a checkers tournament. Chuckie and Tommy are playing the old west in the backyard with Chuckie is the sheriff and Tommy as the robber he then asks him to go to jail then Dil wants him to come and play. but Tommy is supposed to be in jail and he says that Dil wants to play to and he’s always brining him to play because he’s his big brother Chuckie goes to be by himself. Then a baby duck hatched in Tommy's backyard, and the first thing it sees is Chuckie. Chuckie adopts the duck, which he calls "Herbert". then Phil and Lil came and asks where he got the chicken but he’s not chicken he’s a duck at first, caring for Herbert was exciting, but when the novelty wears out, it becomes a chore when he begins to realize the responsibilities of actually being an older brother. Then before the kids go to the park Dil puts Hebert in his diaper. Chuckie is upset that Herbert followed him to the park. Meanwhile, Betty and her environmental group protest at a condo site that left the baby duck's mother without a home, while Grandpa tries to win at checkers.

In the end, Betty and the protestors win out, and Herbert's reunited with his mother and siblings. Chuckie's happy for Herbert, and realizes that, despite all the responsibilities of being an older sibling, he's going to miss having Herbert around.

The episode ends with Chuckie returning Dil's rattle to him after he throws it, and Grandpa chasing McNulty after finding out that the tournament is for Backgammon instead of checkers.

Goof

 * Animation error: when Betty appears with babies bring your classic shirt, but when loose brings another.

Trivia

 * This is the first episode to use digital cel and background animation.
 * This is the first episode to air in 1999 and after the release of The Rugrats Movie.
 * This is the first appearance of Dil in the series after the first film.
 * While he doesn't have any biological siblings, Chuckie does eventually become an older step-brother -- he gains a stepsister in the form of Kimi (as well as a stepmother in the form of Kimi's mother, Kira) in Rugrats in Paris: The Movie. And in Finsterella, they legally become siblings when Chas legally adopts Kimi as his daughter and Kira adopts Chuckie as her son.
 * Angelica does not appear in this episode or it’s sinister episode.