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"Chuckie's a Lefty" is a Season 6 episode of Rugrats.
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Summary[]
Angelica realizes Chuckie is left-handed when she sees him coloring and decides to put him in her "Weird Stuff Show" as "Chuckie The Left-Handed Boy". Can the rest of the Rugrats convince him that being left-handed doesn't make him a freak? - Description from Klasky Csupo
Plot[]
All the adults are over at Stu and Didi's house having a little potluck-picnic party. The kids, with the exception of Dil, are under the table, eating food they got from the top of the table. Drew and Charlotte are telling the adults about their vacation while Angelica tells the other kids, and it turns out that one of the places they went to was a place called "The Museum of the Strange and Unusual," which Stu had recommended to them---Drew and Angelica liked it, but Charlotte obviously didn't.
Angelica becomes inspired to start her own "weird stuff show," and does so, charging "one cookie per person" to see her show. Meanwhile, Tommy, Chuckie, and the twins are drawing at a little table. Chuckie unknowingly bumps Tommy's right arm twice with his left while doing so, but Tommy doesn't mind. Tommy later notices that Chuckie is coloring with his left hand, with Chuckie saying that it "colors better" than his right hand. When Didi sees Chuckie drawing, she notices that he's using his left hand instead of his right hand. Chas is a little worried, and Charlotte claims it's a bad thing that Chuckie's left-handed. Didi tries assuring that it's no big deal that Chuckie's left-handed, even admitting that she thinks it's kind of cool, noting how only about 10% of the population is left-handed.
When Didi suggests looking to Dr. Lipschitz for advice, Chas decides to go to a new Lipschitz-kiosk at the mall to get advice. Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, and Lil are curious as to why Chuckie's dad left, and Chuckie thinks it's because he was using his "wrong hand" (left hand) instead of his "right hand." Meanwhile, Angelica's trying but failing to get people to come to her "weird stuff show"---her first attempt being a "two-headed doll" (just Cynthia with the head of a leprechaun doll glued to her) and her second attempt being her cousin, Dil, as the "ickiest baby" in the world (Dil has a cold this episode and is drooling a lot and has a runny nose).
Meanwhile, Tommy and the twins are trying to help Chuckie to go back to using his right hand, but it goes terribly. Realizing that he'll always have to use his left hand instead of his right hand, he goes to be in Angelica's "weird stuff show," and becomes her main attraction. When Angelica leaves to get a crayon for Chuckie so people can see him draw with his left hand, Tommy and the twins come up to Chuckie to see how he's doing. But Angelica comes in and says they have to each give her a cookie in order to see Chuckie. Angelica claims that Chuckie can't be friends with Tommy, Phil, or Lil and can only be friends with friends who are considered "different." Angelica doesn't get why Chuckie would want to be friends with them anyway, pointing out how Phil eats bugs, Lil's face is always dirty, and Tommy's "bald and lumpy"; they're all "different." This makes Chuckie realize that he's just like everyone else in that they're all different.
Tommy points out that even Angelica's different, with her habit of being mean and bossy, which Angelica initially denies, but then realizes is true. While this is happening, Chas finally comes back from the mall and reveals what he learned at the Lipschitz-kiosk: don't berate Chuckie for using his left hand instead of his right, give him plenty of reassurance and he'll be fine. Chas also shows off some left-handed products that he got at a store called "Not Quite Right."
At the very end, more and more kids show up to Angelica's "Weird Stuff Show," and she makes a big profit when all the kids give her cookies to see her show.
Objects[]
- Crayons
Trivia[]
- What Didi says about how only approximately 10% of the population is left-handed is true.
- Charlotte apparently likes stick-shift cars, and presumably knows how to drive one, while neither Didi nor Chas knows how to drive a stick-shift.
- Charlotte claims that Chuckie's left-handedness will prevent him from ever being able to drive a stick-shift, but in reality, a left-handed person can drive a stick-shift car just as well as a right-handed person. In some countries, the driver sits on the right- and right-handed drivers have no problems using the gear stick.
- Stu and Drew mention having an Uncle Hugh who was left-handed. Stu remembers that, aside from having a habit of accidentally putting his pants on backwards, their uncle never really had any problems with being left-handed.
- It's unknown how Hugh was their uncle, such as him being a biological relative (either Lou or Trixie's brother) or simply being their uncle-by-marriage--which would mean that Lou or Trixie had at least one sister that was married.
- Given the rhyming names for the men in the Pickles-family ("Lou," "Drew," "Stu"), it's probable that Hugh was Lou's brother.
- It's unknown how Hugh was their uncle, such as him being a biological relative (either Lou or Trixie's brother) or simply being their uncle-by-marriage--which would mean that Lou or Trixie had at least one sister that was married.
- Phil and Lil are both left-handed. In about 25% of cases, one twin is right-handed, and the other is left-handed.
- Timmy and Teddy are the only McNulty kids to appear in this episode.
- The "Kangaroo" from "A Dog's Life" reappears in this episode.
- Moral: It is okay to be different. Be proud of the way you are.