The Perfect Myth

"The Perfect Myth" is the second segment of the ninth episode of the first season of the 2021 series of Rugrats. It premiered on Paramount+ on October 7th, 2021.

Characters Present

 * Tommy
 * Chuckie
 * Phil
 * Lil
 * Susie
 * Angelica
 * Stu
 * Chas
 * Randy
 * Didi
 * Charlotte
 * Spike

Summary
Angelica gives the babies impossible orders in a world where she is the Goddess of Perfect. - Description from Paramount+

Plot
Stu, Chas and Randy are all having a competition to see who can eat from Greek yogurt tubs the fastest. Stu finishes his and says he's step closer to finishing their Gut Health Challenge. He does a victory lap and hands empty yogurt tubs to the babies. Angelica comes out of a tent, holding homemade trophy and telling Stu that she put the raisins in it like he asked her to. He calls it a masterpiece, telling Chas and Randy to feast their eyes on the golden raisin cup. He gives it back to Angelica for safe-keeping and tells Chas and Randy that one of them will claim the trophy after the final test as to who can do the most sit-ups. Didi pops her head in and says that Charlotte said she would join that competition. The guys groan, Randy saying that Charlotte can probably do more sit-ups than the three of them combined. Chas says that losing isn't so bad, that he's happy and he's never won a competition in his life.

Spike sniffs the yogurt tubs given to the babies. Chuckie figures that there must be some yogurt left over in the cups. The babies go into a fantasy in which they are in ancient Greece. Tommy is the God of Building Stuffs, while Chuckie is the God of Juice who offers him something to drink. Susie pops in and scares Chuckie with a boo, declaring herself the "Goddess of Playing Tricks." Phil and Lil then show up. Lil is a cyclops, while Phil is a satyr who annoys where with his pan-flute music. In the real-world, Susie sticks a meat-bone down Chuckie's underwear, causing Spike to grab it and run him all around. Angelica tells them to watch it, saying that they almost ruined her trophy. Charlotte comes in, talking on the phone with Jonathan, and Angelica shows her the trophy. She is disgusted by it, saying that not everyone has their creative vision. Angelica agrees and Charlotte says they'll call Stu's trophy a "starting point." She tells Angelica "Either make something perfect or don't make it at all" and the trophy back to Angelica, now with some added flourishes.

Susie approaches the babies with her yogurt tub and tells them to listen to the story: "Once upon a time, a man with wings went shopping for some clouds." Angelica says that she'll tell them the "miffology," that once upon a time some dumb guy with feathers did some stuff, but nobody cared because something way better was happening somewhere else. A new fantasy begins, with Angelica as a regal goddess with headdress. She tells the babies that she is the Goddess of Perfect with her golden cup. Spike accompanies her, sporting a pair of pegasus wings. She declares that her cup is the most perfect and they're going to make sure it stays perfect. Susie, however, slips a piece of meat down her belt, causing Spike to grab her and fly her around. Susie chuckles that she can stop her from telling stories, but not from playing tricks. Angelica shouts that nobody plays tricks on the Goddess of Perfect and she'll banish her to the None-der World. Chuckie offers her some juice, saying it made him feel better when Susie played the trick on him. Angelica, however, just gets mad at him for not warning her, saying he's going to the None-der World also.

In the real world, Angelica hides the two behind some furniture, telling them to stay until she says they can come out. She tells Phil and Lil to keep an eye on the trophy. Tommy asks what he can do and she tells him to build a temple fit for a goddess as perfect as her. Outside in the yard, the sit-up competition is in full swing. Stu is exhausted and drops out quickly, while Randy is clearly losing steam as well. Chas, however, is doing great alongside Charlotte and Stu wonders how he's doing it. Chas explains that his breath control comes from playing the oboe and a lifetime of sneezes has blasted his abdominals. Inside, Tommy builds a pyramid out of the yogurt tubs, Angelica shouting at him. The fantasy resumes and Tommy asks her if bad things will happen if they don't make things perfect. She shakes her head, telling him to just keep lugging the rocks. Chuckie says that Tommy looks thirsty, asking Susie if the Goddess of Perfect will let him bring him some juice. Susie replies "Nope," but tells him she's going to play the biggest trick of all. She shouts out for Angelica and Angelica comes, demanding to know what she wants. She tells Angelica that the God of Juice's cup is way more beautiful than her golden cup. Angelica gasps. She says that she doesn't believe Susie, but wants to see anyway.

She demands to see the cup, but Susie says the door won't open. She tells Angelica to pull harder and she does so, completely pulling it away. She ends up wrecking both Tommy's pyramid and the golden cup. Susie apologizes, saying she only wanted to play trick. She offers to fix the cup, but Angelica won't let her. Stu comes in and grabs the trophy, much to Angelica's shock. She shouts that it's not ready, but Stu can't hear her. She kicks a yogurt tub, hurting her foot. Susie says that maybe one of the stories will give them an idea, picking up one with a picture of three armored men staring at what appears to be a blanket. She says they saved their friend's blankie. Tommy then picks up a tub and the fantasy resumes, with the tub becoming a helmet for Tommy. He says they're going to go outside and make the golden cup perfect again, that gods and goddesses and monsters never give up. They all follow except for Angelica. Susie tells her she has to try, but Angelica is worried it won't work. Susie tells her it'll still be a good story that'll end up on a yogurt tub someday.

Outside, Chas and Charlotte continue their series of fierce sit-ups. Randy asks Chas what keeps him in the zone. He says he's never been in it, but that playing the oboe keeps him focused and motivated. Charlotte tells him she won't be intimidated as the babies and Angelica sneak by, yogurt tubs atop their heads. Chas is given his oboe and he starts playing. Charlotte says she won't give up without a fight, but is clearly struggling. The babies reach the trophy and Angelica starts rearranging raisins, but ends up falling off the table. Charlotte collapses in exhaustion, giving the victory to Chas. Stu tries to hand him the trophy, but he refuses, saying it'll be hives on top of eczema for days if he even touches a raisin. Angelica then grabs it and hands it to Charlotte, who promptly starts scarfing down the raisins. "Mommy's so happy," she tells her, and Angelica wonders how this can be when the trophy isn't perfect. Charlotte tells her that nobody can be perfect all the time, warning the others "That doesn't leave this lawn." In the fantasy, Tommy declares that they now know what happens when they don't make stuff perfect: Everybody's happy. Susie says that they know also that tricks don't always turn out to be funny. "Yeah, but sometimes they are funny," says Angelica, stuffing meat down Susie's back and setting Spike on her. Susie shouts that she'll get her for this.

Trivia

 * When Stu thrusts yogurt tubs at the babies, declaring "Now you get some yogurt tubs, and you get some yogurt tabs, and you all get yogurt tubs!", this is a reference to The Oprah Winfrey Show in which host Oprah Winfrey would give new cars to members of the audience in a similar fashion. This would eventually become a memetic phrase on the Internet.
 * The myth referenced at the beginning is the myth of Icarus, who attempted to fly with wings made of feathers and wax, but flew too close to the sun, causing the wings to melt.