Sand Ho!

"Sand Ho!" is the second segment of the first episode of season 2, and the twenty-seventh Rugrats segment overall.

Characters Present

 * Tommy
 * Chuckie
 * Angelica
 * Phil
 * Lil
 * Spike
 * Lou
 * Didi

Synopsis
Intrigued by Grandpa’s pirate story, the Rugrats play pirates themselves.


 * - Description from Klasky Csupo

Plot
In the Pickles' backyard, Grandpa Lou is reading to Tommy from a pop-up book about pirates. Didi arrives with Chuckie, Phil, and Lil. She asks Grandpa to watch the rest of the "buccaneers" while she does some housework inside. Grandpa continues the story, telling the babies about treasure maps, and that an "X" marks the spot where treasure is. When Grandpa falls asleep, the children act out on an adventure to find treasure, with Tommy being Long Tom Silver. Angelica hides in the bushes nearby, plotting to steal the treasure once the babies find it.

After sailing in the wagon to the deserted island the map leads to, they follow the landmarks, such as Blackbeard's Cave (a bucket) and Mount Baldy (Grandpa). They reach the "X" and dig up the box of treasure from the sand. Moments later, Admiral Angelico of the Spinach Main shows up in her galleon and demands the treasure. She begins firing beach balls from her cannons at the babies. The babies load the treasure chest into their rowboat, and try to escape. But eventually, they find a larger ship. They board and return fire at Admiral Angelico. Soon, one of the "cannonballs" damages the babies' ship and Angelico boards.

She and Long Tom have a sword fight, leading them to the crow's nest. Angelico slips, loses her sword, and nearly falls, but Long Tom pulls her to safety. She then steals Tommy's sword and demands the treasure. Angelico makes Long Tom walk the plank in return for his refusal. Tommy is just about to fall into the water when Didi comes outside and catches Angelica physically bullying the babies. When Angelica says they're playing pirates, Didi sternly tells her that she will go inside and "swab the decks" for a while as punishment.

Tommy is relieved that Angelica never got the treasure, and shows it to his friends. Grandpa finally wakes up and finishes the book with a "The End."

Trivia

 * This is the first episode that shows Angelica wearing blue tights rather than a white diaper with blue leggings.
 * This is the first episode to feature the children imagining something rather than actually doing it.
 * The treasure consists of Spike's droppings, a Duplo brick, yellow and green Play-Doh clumps, a broken hair curler, and a comb.
 * In this episode, Angelica is known as "Admiral Angelico".
 * This is the only time we see Tommy wearing an orange, white-striped shirt.
 * This is the second episode to feature Angelica's evil side; the first being "The Trial".
 * Moral: Bullying is wrong. It can come back to bite you later on.