List of Running gags

This is a list for the running gags in the franchise. Running gags are basically recurring humorous instances in an episode.

Recurring gags

 * Lou Pickles saying the number 15 in his sentences.
 * A dinosaur appearing.
 * Tommy Pickles saying, "A baby's gotta do what a baby's gotta do!"
 * Angelica Pickles calling the babies "dumb babies".
 * The babies mispronouncing or mishearing words, or written words being misspelled. Sometimes Angelica corrects the babies when they mispronounce a word.
 * Drew Pickles arguing with Stu.
 * One of the babies counting badly.
 * Someone (usually Chuckie) saying that fake coffee tastes like mud and then someone else replying with "It is mud."
 * (in the early seasons) When Angelica asks someone (other than her parents) for something in the most polite way possible. They nicely tell her no, at which point she gets angry, attacks the person, and takes what she was asking for.
 * Another occurrence was in season 1, when Tommy saw Reptar for the first time on television, he gets visibly excited whenever he sees Reptar. Tommy then tries his hardest to tell Stu and Didi how much he likes that big, green lizard, but they never realize it. They eventually figure it out in Season 2, though.
 * Dil throwing things at someone.
 * Kira having sea sickness. (This only appeared in two episodes and a movie)
 * (From the reboot) Whenever Angelica gives one of the babies the keys to her toy car, they say that if they ruin the car, Angelica might threaten them in some way. She then responds with "I say a lot of things".
 * Angelica telling the babies lies, usually to scare them.
 * The babies being called "pups" by Betty, "minis" by Taffy and "sprouts" by Grandpa Lou.
 * Grandpa Lou falling asleep.
 * Grandpa Lou ranting about his youth.
 * The twins arguing and calling each other by their given names.
 * The twins getting dirty and eating bugs.
 * Chuckie saying that he doesn't think something is such a good idea.
 * Angelica loving cookies.
 * Angelica talking to Cynthia.
 * Dil soiling himself and saying, "Poopy".
 * The babies (usually Phil and Lil) keeping things in their diapers.
 * Dil drooling.
 * Charlotte talking to Jonathan on the phone.
 * Didi quoting Lipschitz.
 * Chuckie saying he needs to go potty.
 * Dil hitting people or pulling their hair.
 * Dil grabbing things and saying, "Mine!".

Episode Running Gags

 * "Passover" -
 * Every time the adults (or Angelica) say Boris' name (except for one occasion), Minka says, "BORIS?!?" and cries.
 * "Don't close the—" (Slam!) "door."
 * "Aunt Miriam" - Miriam getting Didi's name wrong.
 * "The Word of The Day" - Whenever Angelica says a curse word, something or someone can be heard making a loud noise over it.
 * The Rugrats Movie - Frank giving Margaret some helpful advice, before promptly acting like the opposite of the advice he just told her.
 * "Interview With a Campfire" - Kira coughing whenever she talks during the play.
 * "TP+KF" - People mistaking Phil's Halloween costume as a car salesman rather than an international spy (and "ladies' man").
 * "A Dose of Dil" - Tommy and Dil's parents trying to cheer a crying Dil up, and Chuckie throwing up from watching Dil's swing and drinking ginger ale to feel better.
 * "Dil Saver" - The babies misunderstanding computer terms.