Rats Race

Rats Race is the seventh episode from Season 3 of All Grown Up!.

Characters Present

 * Tommy
 * Dil
 * Chuckie
 * Phil
 * Lil
 * Angelica
 * Susie
 * Harold
 * Stu
 * Charlotte
 * Mr. Beaker
 * Crying Kid
 * Executive
 * Kid Driver
 * Mr. Stempe
 * Oil Can Bonnet

Plot
Tommy and the gang decide to put together a boxcar to compete in the upcoming derby. Can they make it to the finals, or will Angelica spoil their plans by entering her own car in the race?

Trivia

 * Harold's mother is an engineer.
 * When Dil and Chuckie are playing around, they are imitating Dr. Frankenstein and his monster.
 * Tommy even references the book author, Boris Karloff.
 * Ending Tagline: "But first, I'm gonna have some cereal." - Chuckie
 * Mr. Beaker references the rock band Heart during the video presentation, explaining his feminine boxcar design, featuring hearts.

Quotes

 * Tommy: Come on, guys, we'll make popcorn, grab some sodas, and figure this thing out. It'll be fun.


 * Harold: Can we get in our PJs and tickle each other?

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 * Tommy: Uh... no.

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 * Charlotte: It's a genetic thing. That and your mustache problem, but we can get that fixed.


 * Angelica: (About Harold) That skunk! All that hard work, and he's the one who gets to go to Paris, France.


 * Tommy: You mean Paris, Texas. The finals are in Texas.

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 * Angelica: Texas? You mean I risked my life for a trip to America's dust bowl?!


 * Tommy: Hey, not so rough. You're gonna strip the screw.

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 * Chuckie: (now angry) You do it, then! I'm going home to bed. But first, I'm going to have some cereal.

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 * Angelica: (About Tommy and the others' car) You call that a car? I wouldn't let my worst enemies race in that deathtrap. Oh, wait a minute - they are.


 * Charlotte: If you really want to win, baby, you're going to need to build the fastest machine on the road. You'll need to raise capital.


 * Angelica: Capital?! As in money? I don't know how to raise money.

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 * Charlotte: That's what Momma's here for. I'm going to teach you how to take an aggressive, take-no-prisoners approach. My little girl's going to have the best car somebody else's money can buy.
 * Chuckie: I'm out. Or was I already out? I forget.


 * Chuckie: I'm going to go, Tommy. We've got a race to enter, cars to build.
 * Phil: That we can crash?
 * Tommy, Chuckie, & Dil: No!

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 * Tommy: (About Angelica) She's been doing things like this my whole life! I'm sick of it!
 * Chuckie:   Ah, don't take it personally, Tommy. It's just a cousin thing.
 * Dil:   She's my cousin, too, but she's really nice to me. She was totally there for me on my quest for the lost city of Atlantis.
 * Tommy:   Well, that must be why she dunked you in the pool for so long.

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 * Tommy: (About a soapbox derby car) Imagine taking this puppy down Nosebleed Hill.
 * Phil:   And crashing it?
 * Tommy:   No, sailing past the finish line in front of the entire town.
 * Chuckie:   The only thing standing between us and this race is building one of these cars.
 * Phil:   And crashing it?!
 * Chuckie:   No.
 * Phil:   What's the fun in racing if you don't walk away unscathed from a wall of flames?

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 * Dil: (imitating Dr. Frankenstein) With just the right amount of electricity, and some rubber cement, my monster will come... alive! (flickers the lights)
 * Chuckie:   (starts groaning and stomping around, imitating Frankenstein's monster with pliers, and nails held up to his neck)
 * Tommy:   Hey, Boris Goof-off! Car's done!

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 * Chuckie: (Looking at soap box derby car diagram upside-down) Not a clue. (Tommy flips it right-side up) Thanks, Tommy... still no clue.
 * Harold: (enters the garage) Hey, guys. Holy mayhem! Phil crashed the car already?!
 * Tommy: We haven't figured out how it goes together yet.
 * Phil: This much money just to crash a car?