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"Driving Miss Angelica" is a Season 2 episode of Rugrats.
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Synopsis[]
After almost being hit by a gang of big-wheelers, Chuckie becomes Angelica's servant when she saves his life.
- Description from Klasky Csupo
Plot[]
Drew is babysitting Tommy and Chuckie for a few days. When Chuckie spots a piece of candy out on the sidewalk, he crawls over to it. However, he is almost hit by four big wheel-riders, until Angelica pulls him out of the way. It turns out she just didn't want the candy to get smushed, and eats it, until she realizes it was coconut-flavored, and she hates coconut. Chuckie tells Angelica that she saved his life, and that he wishes he could return the favor. Angelica makes Chuckie become her personal "slave" forever, claiming that that's the "rule" for when someone's life is saved.
Angelica makes Chuckie bring her some toys and crayons, until Drew comes in and sees the mess in the room. Although she blames it on the babies, Drew forces her to clean it up. Angelica says, nicely, that she will clean her room, but instead, she orders Chuckie to clean it for her.
Angelica forces Chuckie to open the door for Tommy during a "ride to the park", and then the toy car gets stuck.
Drew receives a box of chocolates in the mail, and Angelica forces Chuckie to go and find them, without even telling him where they are. When Chuckie finds the chocolates, he gets attacked by Fluffy, Angelica's cat, although Angelica says she is a "good kitty".
Angelica pushes Chuckie off of the stairs, and only offers Tommy and herself some good chocolates, while she offers Chuckie one coconut chocolate (after putting in her mouth and realizing it was coconut). Drew sees her eating the chocolates, saying they are for "after dinner". Angelica whines that she wants them now, only for Drew to take the box away and say "Well, you can't always get what you want!" Angelica gets furious and says, "he better be kidding".
Angelica then forces Chuckie to go upstairs and get the chocolates, from somewhere Chuckie is scared of: The upstairs closet. Although Chuckie does not want to go, Angelica says "Well, that's too bad, cause you're my servant, and you have to go!" Tommy then says she can't tell Chuckie what to do anymore, and even Chuckie has had enough, and yells that he is not going up to that closet. Angelica, hiding her anger, says that she is "disappointed", and guilts Chuckie into going upstairs, saying that she saved his life, and only asked for a "few little favors": "A chocolate, here or there", and "a little trip to the closet, or two".
Chuckie then says maybe he should go, but Tommy decides to stay downstairs, and Angelica says he won't get any chocolates then. In the upstairs closet, Angelica ties a blanket to Chuckie, so he can't fall down onto the floor. When he grabs the chocolates, not knowing the kids are in there, Drew closes the closet door. Angelica is unable to open the door, and thinks she and Chuckie are locked in. She yells: "DADDY!", but he is in his study, listening to Reptar on Ice music at the moment. Angelica blames what has happened on Chuckie, although Chuckie says that she forced him to go in the closet; Angelica reverses it and says that Chuckie always does everything she tells him to do ("If I told you to jump off a bridge, would you?")
Chuckie thinks that perhaps they are not truly locked in, although Angelica forces him to "hold his breath", and save all the air for her. While Angelica panics, Chuckie opens the door, saying that Angelica was turning the doorknob the wrong way.
Angelica says that Chuckie saved her life, and Chuckie forces her to become his servant, while offering Tommy some chocolates in a car ride from Angelica.
Trivia[]
- This episode's title is a play on the title of the play and film Driving Miss Daisy.
- The name "Taco King" on Angelica's crown is likely a reference to the Taco Bell and Burger King fast-food chains.
- Drew doesn't know about Angelica forcing Chuckie around after saving her life to clean up the mess and do all her chores. Technically, Drew should have known how harshly Angelica was treating Chuckie, because it is very obvious.
- The music Drew is listening to (while Angelica and Chuckie are trapped in the closet) is from the episode "Reptar on Ice" ("Reptar, Reptar, gotta find that Reptar...")
- Angelica's swimsuit is the same as the one from "Beach Blanket Babies" and "The Inside Story", but this time, it's red instead of pink.
- This episode has similarities with "Cuffed", as it features Angelica and Chuckie being in a situation where they're locked up in some form due to Angelica's greed. In this case, they both get locked in a closet due to chocolates.
- Drew is the only parent to appear in this episode.
- This is the first episode where Drew babysits Tommy at his house instead of Stu babysitting Angelica at his house.
- It is revealed in this episode that Angelica hates coconut.
- Moral: Don't take advantage of your friends or younger siblings by turning them into personal slaves; treat them like regular human beings.
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