Down the Drain

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Season Two Episode 19a
Down the Drain
Original Airdate	February 7, 1993
VHS release	Diapered Duo
DVD release	Season 2
Previous Episode	The Box
Next Episode	Let Them Eat Cake

Down the Drain is the 37th episode belonging to season 2 of the Rugrats TV series.

Summary

After his toy soldier disappears down the bathtub drain, Tommy worries that he'll get sucked down the drain, too, and now Tommy begins with mermaid cry. The next day at Chuckie's house, Tommy is scared to death of taking his next bath that night. In order to prevent it, Tommy and Chuckie first put Clay-Doh, and later sand, into the drain. The results in Chaz calling a plumber to unclog the drain twice (and also charging him extra for the house calls, even when Chaz angrily points out that plumbers only do house calls.)

Angelica enjoys their fear, however, while she plays with the toilet, using it as a makeshift jacuzzi for her Cynthia doll. Angelica is crying with fairy sound. But when she looks away for a moment, then looks back, Cynthia is gone, having been accidentally flushed down the toilet. The plumber is called back yet again, and the toilet is removed. The plumber pulls Cynthia out of the drain, as it evidently got stuck. Now Angelica is convinced you really can get sucked down the drain.

During the bath, Tommy has a moment of bravery and pulls the plug to see once and for all if it's possible for them to be sucked down the drain. The babies are relieved to find that they're far to big to go down the drain, and are delighted by the disappearing of the water.

Synopsis

When Angelica tells Tommy and Chuckie that they can be sucked down the drain when they take a bath, they decide to prevent that from happening by filling the tub with sand and other things. Will Angelica get her come-uppance for lying? - Description from Klasky Csupo

Trivia

• Clay-Doh is a parody of the real life (and always popular) brand Play-Doh.
• This episode is seen on the Diapered Duo VHS.

Quotes

Chas: The water's not scary; the water's your friend. Actually, it's a collection of randomly-collected molecules that...