Runaway Angelica

"Runaway Angelica" is the forty-sixth episode of Season 2 of Rugrats.

Characters Present

 * Angelica
 * Tommy
 * Drew
 * Chuckie
 * Phil
 * Lil
 * Charlotte
 * Didi
 * Stu
 * Spike

Synopsis
After being sent to her room for ruining Drew's office, Angelica runs away-- all the way to Tommy's house. - Description from Klasky Csupo

Summary
When Angelica wrecks Drew's home office and is punished for her bad behavior. she decides to run away to Tommy's house.

Recap
Angelica is caught playing in Drew's home office - it's a huge mess. Angelica is making paper dolls out of fax machine paper and the fax machine is broken and the printer is jammed with printer paper and there's graffiti on the walls. Drew opens the door and he is furious. An infuriated Drew scolds Angelica about playing in his home office and the importance of his work papers. Angelica tries to apologize and promise that she will never do it again. but Drew is even more furious that he declines her apology this time. and he tells her that she's in big trouble now. Angelica tries to sweet-talk her way out of trouble. but Drew doesn't listen and he angrily sends her to her room as punishment before he goes to the living room and tells Charlotte that he has finally disciplined Angelica and believes that she will handle it well. Angelica is furious herself and throwing a massive tantrum inside her room. because it isn't fair that she got punished. When she calms down slightly, Angelica decides to run away, thinking that her parents will be sorry that they ever punished her. Packing the "essentials", Angelica sneaks out of the house, without her parents looking or knowing, while Drew is busy cleaning up his home office and Charlotte is on a phone call, and drives off in her electric toy car.

Angelica drives to Tommy's house, as she believes that her parents are worried about her and hides in the backyard. When the babies discover her behind the bushes, she explains she ran away and demands they don't tell any of the grownups where she is after Tommy asks if her parents will be worried about her and Angelica tells them yes. When they agree not to tell, she says she feels hungry and asks for cookies. The babies leave and soon return to Angelica with armfuls of cookies. Angelica scarfs them down like a wild animal and asks if Didi made them. When Tommy says no, Angelica asks where they came from. then Tommy says, "From the box with the picture of a dog on it.". Angelica spits out the last mouthful and shouts that they gave her cookie-shaped dog biscuits. Phil and Lil don't understand what the problem is, because they eat them all the time. Angelica sends them off for real cookies, potato chips, and pork rinds.

Back at the other Pickles' residence, Drew tells Charlotte that he's glad Angelica is taking her punishment quietly and maturely, unaware that Angelica has run away. Because of this, he says he's going to go to Didi and Stu's to spend some time with them for a while. Charlotte goes to Angelica's room to check on her, but she gets distracted by another phone call.

In Tommy's backyard, Angelica is eating all the junk food the babies brought out. They want her to share, but Angelica refuses and tells them to go eat the dog biscuits they like so much. Phil explains that they can't because she ate them all.

Moments later, rain starts to fall, so the babies go back inside. But Angelica doesn't want to go inside, because she doesn't want the grown ups to see her while running away. Angelica doesn't want to sit out in the rain, so she kicks Spike out of his dog house and moves in with all her stuff. Angelica watches Gilligan's Island on the portable TV she brought along, but it suddenly goes out.

With nothing to watch, Angelica begins to have doubts about running away. She looks towards the house, still believing that her parents are really worried. Angelica is surprised to see Drew at the kitchen table with Didi and Stu. She moves closer to find out what they're talking about. Drew says it's nice to get away from the responsibilities of parenting. Drew is of course referring to getting out of his own house for a few hours, but Angelica thinks he means he's happy she ran away.

As she has realized what she has done, Angelica bursts into the kitchen in tears with spitoon sound and apologizes for being bad and running away and begs him to take her back home. Drew is surprised and confused to see her there since he thought that Angelica was still in her room, but is glad that she learned her lesson. This time, he accepts her apology. forgives her and says that he loves her. No matter what she does. Drew then asks if he can borrow Didi and Stu's fax machine so he can call Charlotte again.

Trivia

 * This is the first time Drew disciplined Angelica on-screen.
 * Angelica was warned not to play in Drew's office; but, she did not do that in any of the previous episodes.
 * In this episode, Angelica's favorite TV show is .
 * This is the first appearance of Angelica's first toy car. in the style of an early '90s BMW. In this episode, she operates it without the use of the key, yet it has a remote to activate or deactivate the anti-theft alarm. In the later episode "Angelica's Worst Nightmare", she actually uses an ignition key to start it during her dream.
 * Morals:
 * Listen to your parents and obey!
 * You can't always have your way.
 * If your parents discipline you; it is always out of love, not of being mean.
 * Running away leads nowhere.
 * Don't threaten younger children to get them to do things for you.