Rugrats Through the Years

Since its pilot episode, Rugrats has had many changes in its production of episodes and characters.

1990

 * The original Rugrats logo was different compared to the usual.


 * Tommy is voiced by Tami Holbrook.


 * The design of Tommy is very different compared to the next episodes.


 * The pilot was made in 1990 but never aired on Nickelodeon. However, it can be found on YouTube, and on the Decades in Diapers Collection.

1991

 * Rugrats begins running episodes on Nickelodeon during the 10:30AM Sunday time slot.
 * Tommy wears a red-orange shirt rather than his blue shirt in a few episodes.


 * A woman with glasses who by many is assumed to be Chuckie's mother makes a cameo in the episode Barbecue Story (This is not confirmed by Klasky Csupo).


 * The episode Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup is the only episode not to have a title card, but it was added later, first on a rerun in the Summer of 1997.
 * This season has a different look compared to the other seasons. The animation, which was done in Taiwan by Wang Film Productions is quite crude, yet smooth, and character designs are slightly different.

1992

 * Production is switched to many (South) Korean companies, mainly Anivision.

1993-1995

 * The 22nd episode of season 3 Pickles Vs. Pickles is very different compared to the next season episodes. It is the last episode containing a little dark tone (due the fact of the main plot it's about Drew's nightmare).
 * In the middle of Season 3, the animation started to get cruder. 3652044011_e385050e12.jpg
 * After "A Rugrats Passover" aired on March 18, 1995, the show went on a hiatus.

1996-1998

 * The hiatus ended, and Rugrats was given a heavier marketing campaign, and featured more detailed art.
 * Beginning here, the babies would start to talk more and Tommy would no longer have his own adventures.
 * Phil has ear lobes.
 * Mark Mothersbaugh's music toned down, compared to his more serious soundtrack of the previous seasons. (For example, the music is more serious in Chuckie's Wonderful Life - an episode of the "original" seasons ).
 * Bob Mothersbaugh replaces Denis M. Hannigan as the secondary musician of the new seasons.

1998

 * Dil makes his first appearance in The Rugrats Movie.

2000

 * At the end of the show they started to use the Klasky Csupo "Splat" logo

2001-2004

 * An all new opening was created including Susie, Dil, and Kimi.
 * Kimi, Fifi, and Kira are added in Rugrats in Paris.
 * Chuckie was voiced by Nancy Cartwright.
 * The Wild Thornberrys make a crossover with The Rugrats in Rugrats Go Wild.
 * The Rugrats end with it continuing as All Grown Up!
 * Phil no longer has ear lobes.
 * Spike doesn't appear very often.