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| Season 9 Episode 14a | |
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| Fountain of Youth | |
| Original Airdate | October 5, 2002 August 1, 2004 |
| DVD release | Season 9 Complete Series |
| Previous Episode | Gimme an "A" |
| Next Episode | Kimi Takes the Cake |
"Fountain of Youth" is a Season 9 episode of Rugrats.
Characters Present[]
Summary[]
The babies think that the grown-ups are going to change into babies when they touch a fountain.
Plot[]
We see a pond in the middle of a dirt road. The family van drives up the road, and then we see Chas following the van. They drive up to a cabin next to Lake Crackanee.
Stu and Drew exit the van, and Drew then slides open the door of the van. Kira takes Kimi and Chuckie out of the car, while Chas unbuckles the straps on the luggage on top of their car.
Stu and Drew look at the cabin, and Stu remarks, "It's just like I remembered." Drew puts his hand on Stu, and Drew says that it's a great idea coming up to Lake Crackanee. Stu replies that they'll be just like kids again. He heads to the rear of the car and unbuckles the straps on the luggage; the luggage falls down, but Stu avoids it. He tries to lift up a briefcase, but his back aches, and he asks Drew for help. Drew comes to help Stu.
Didi is seen carrying a box with some stuff inside along with Dil. Stu and Drew together also carry a long box with more stuff inside. The camera pans to the babies.
Tommy says to Kimi and Chuckie that Stu and Drew used to drive to Lake Crackanee all the time when they were babies. Chuckie responds that he didn't know that babies could drive. Kimi sees the trees and she says that the trees are the biggest that she has ever seen, while a pine cone falls from the trees and Chuckie nearly avoids it. He yells, "Hey, that one's throwing stuff at me!"
Kimi looks at the cabin and marvels, "Wow! It's a house made out of trees!" Tommy asks the gang to go inside.
Chas and Kira are walking, and he begins to tell Kira that this is the place that Stu, Drew and him... and Kira finishes the sentence by saying "...met for the very first time", saying that Chas has mentioned it, more than once.
Charlotte is seen talking on her phone. The reception cuts out, and Charlotte gets frustrated and hangs up. Angelica complains to Charlotte that she doesn't want to stay in "the old stinky house with the dumb stinky babies." Charlotte responds that they're doing this for Stu and Drew, who have "the misguided belief they can recapture their youth by visiting their childhood vacation shanty." She asks her daughter if she can try to have a good time. Charlotte then smiles to Angelica, and Angelica smiles back. Angelica then has a grumpy emotion and follows Charlotte.
The gang arrives in the cabin and looks around. They explore some more. Chuckie sees a bear skin rug and shrieks. Kimi says it looks like a bear, but somebody "smooshed" him. Tommy looks under the bear and remarks to Chuckie that "he (the bear)'s not going anywheres."
The gang walks along, but Chuckie sidesteps for a little bit then runs to Tommy and Kimi.
Stu and Drew then run to the bedroom and Stu yells that he's going to get the top bunk. Drew responds that Stu always got the top bunk.
Stu yells, "Did not!" Drew responds, "Did too!" Stu and Drew repeats said words, but the ladder breaks, and they both fall down and scream. They both moan.
Didi looks into the room and asks Stu if there is anything that he didn't bring from home. Stu responds that he has some old home movies to show everyone. Stu grabs Drew with him.
We see a projector playing a movie, and Stu narrates the movie. Drew and Stu, as kids, go inside the cabin after a long hard day at the lake.
Drew rubs a fish on Stu's face, and Stu cries. Stu says to Drew that he gets the top bunk. Drew responds that HE gets it. Drew from the present world points that Stu always got the top bunk. Tommy says that their daddies used to have fun, and that they were babies like himself, Chuckie and Kimi. Chuckie giggles and says to Tommy that his daddy was never a baby like that.
On the movie, Chas, as a kid, screams and points to a bear skin, and he yells for his mommy, and runs away. The whole gang laughs, and Drew points to Chas and says, "That's Chas, all right."
Stu says that was the first weekend that they met Chas, during the "dreaded lake incident." Chas is suddenly sick of movies, and he turns off the projector, asking everyone for a game of Parcheesi.
Stu remarks that they were great times, and he wishes that they could be kids again.
Tommy says to Chuckie and Kimi that his daddy wants to be a baby again. Kimi answers: "'Course he does; we have all the fun." Tommy answers that it would be even MORE fun that if the dads were babies again.
The camera spins into Tommy's eye, and he imagines a hammer hammering a nail. Stu and Drew are both kids, and Stu shows Drew what he is building. The machine has plungers as wheels, and two shifter sticks to control the machine. Drew responds that it doesn't look very safe. The gang gets into the machine and start driving it. Tommy is with Stu and Drew. They control the machine to go up the ceiling and then Tommy's imagination scene ends.
Chuckie sighs and says he'd have somebody to be "scaredy" with, and the camera spins into Chuckie’s eye.
A door opens with a creak, with Chuckie and young Chas at the door. There is a very long and dark stairway in there, and there are some chains rattling. Chuckie says that he's not going in there, and Chas responds that he's not going in there either. Chuckie asks, "You're not?" Chas responds no. Chas hugs Chuckie and the door closes.
The camera spins out of Chuckie's eye, and he says that it would be nice if they were babies, like them. Tommy and Kimi agree.
The adults are all playing Parcheesi, and Chas rolls two dice. He throws them so hard that the dice go off the table. Drew tries to grab the dice, but his back aches, and Didi comments that Drew isn't as young as he used to be. Stu says that the only way to be young again is to find the fountain of youth.
Tommy remarks, "That's it! They can be babies again! All's we have to do is to help them find the fountain of youths." Chuckie and Kimi respond, "Yeah!"
Chuckie searches the fridge, Tommy searches the closet, and Kimi searches the toilet. The babies are searching around while Angelica asks, "What are you babies looking for?" Tommy responds, "The fountain of youths. And when we find it, our mommies and daddies are going to turn into babies." Angelica replies incredulously, "What are you..." Then, seeing an opportunity to mess around with the babies, says "Oh, really? Wow! That's going to be great, babies." Kimi responds, "Yeah! Then we're going to have lots of fun." Angelica says, "You sure are. What a great idea." Chuckie thanks Angelica, and she says, "I wonder who will be in charge when the mommies and daddies turn into babies. Let me see, let me see, let me see... Probably the oldest person. Now, who could that be? Oh! I know! Me." The gang gasps. Chuckie says to Tommy, "Oh, no, Tommy, what have we done?!" Tommy assures Chuckie that their mommies and daddies won't turn into babies, because they looked all over, and there's no fountain of youths anywhere.
Angelica responds, "Nope. Except that one." The camera shows a fountain in the middle of the lake. The babies gasp and Angelica laughs menacingly.
Charlotte moves her piece to the winning place and says she wins. She then asks if they can stop playing.
The camera goes over to the babies and Tommy says to the gang that they need to cover the windows before their parents see the fountain. The babies strain to close the windows.
Didi notices the kids and says to the parents how excited they are, and that they want to go to the lake. Stu grabs Tommy to go to the lake, but then Chas asks, "How about another game of Parcheesi?"
Everyone is now outside at the lake, and wearing swimsuits. Kimi asks Tommy what they are going to do now, and Chuckie worries about Angelica being the boss of them when the adults all become babies. Tommy thinks maybe the grownups won't go into the water, but the babies then see Kira blowing up an inflatable boat, and telling Chas that they will be able to row around the lake. She goes back into the cabin to get oars, and Chas worries about the safety of the boat. Tommy tells Chuckie not to worry, and, with Kimi's assistance, he deflates the boat, which flies around and lands onto a tree branch (frightening Chas in the process). Tommy thinks they're "safe now."
Stu offers to race Drew to the fountain, and he goes to look for his bathing suit. Tommy tells Kimi and Chuckie that they can prevent the grown ups from going into the water if they find the bathing suit before Stu is able to.
Stu and the babies look for the bathing suit, and Chuckie finds it. He and Tommy hide it in the cooler.
Stu accuses Drew of hiding his bathing suit. Drew responds that his brother is just stalling, and they get into an argument.
The babies are satisfied that now, Stu and Drew will not get to the fountain. They tell Angelica that this means she won't get to be the boss of them. Just then, Charlotte finds Stu's bathing suit in the cooler. Assuming Drew is responsible, Stu asks him just how low he could stoop. Didi says that they can all go for a swim now. Angelica smugly tells the babies that they will soon be bossed around by her after all.
Tommy sees a chain attached to a boat and gets another idea. He thinks of the chain in a bathtub, and how, when it's pulled, the water drains away. He thinks this will happen to the lake if they pull on the chain. Angelica comments to herself how dumb the babies are, recognizing the futility of what they are about to attempt.
Chas decides that he would rather stay out of the lake, and watch the kids instead. Kira says that the kids will be fine, and wonders why Chas doesn't want to swim. Stu tells her that Chas is afraid of a monster that he thinks resides in the lake. Chas defensively replies that he was just a kid.
As the babies pull on the chain, Stu and Drew dive into the lake and swim up to the fountain. When they reach it, they argue over who won, and splash each other.
Chuckie is too afraid to look at what is happening, but Tommy tells him that the adults don't look like babies. Kimi thinks they are acting like babies, however, as the grownups are splashing around and playing in the lake. Stu says that he hasn't had this much fun in years, and Drew agrees, saying he feels like a kid again. Chas sees something in the water swimming towards him and freaks out, thinking it's the sea monster. It turns out to be Kira, who was snorkeling under the water. She grabs Chas by the arm and pulls him, as Stu and Drew laugh.
Watching the grownups having fun in the water, Tommy thinks that you don't have to look like a baby to be a baby. Kimi agrees. Chuckie wonders if the adults will still be able to take care of them. Stu tells the kids to come into the water and play with them, and Tommy assures Chuckie that he thinks that will indeed still be the case.
The inflatable boat falls off the tree branch and lands on top of Angelica, who yells for someone to help her.
As Angelica struggles under the boat, we see an overview of the lake, with the parents and babies playing, and, on the other side of the fountain, a sea creature, which dives back into the water.
Trivia[]
- This is the first (and only) time we see Kimi in a bathing suit.
- This, along with "Kimi Takes the Cake" is the only episode to air after Rugrats Go Wild.
- This is also the final appearance of Angelica and her parents, Drew and Charlotte, in the original Rugrats series.
- At the end, a plesiosaur-like creature pops out of the lake briefly. This is possibly a reference to various lake monster sightings throughout the world, the most famous being the Loch Ness Monster.
- This is the fifth time Stu is shown as a kid after "Sour Pickles", The Rugrats Movie, "Hair!", and "Pee Wee Scouts", the fourth time Drew is shown as a kid after "Sour Pickles", The Rugrats Movie, and "Hair!" and the second time Chas is shown as a kid after "The Family Tree".
- Baby Stu is voiced by Charlotte's voice actor Tress MacNeille in this episode, unlike in "Sour Pickles," where he was voiced by Tommy's voice actor, E.G. Daily.
- Pamela Adlon reprises her role as Baby Drew from "Sour Pickles".
- Baby Chas is voiced by Didi's voice actor, Melanie Chartoff.
- For the longest time, this episode and its sister episode, "Kimi Takes the Cake," didn't rerun on NickRewind for unknown reasons until June 3, 2021, when they were finally aired. The block aired them again on June 24, 2021, which means that they will remain and continue to air regularly on the NickRewind block.
- Angelica is the only character to not wear a bathing suit when the parents and the kids go out to the lake.
- This is the last episode where Phil and Lil are absent until the All Grown Up! episodes River Rats (Lil) and Saving Cynthia (Phil).
Goofs[]
- When Stu and Drew run and then jump into the lake, when they go in the lake, look at Drew's right foot. His middle toe is green. This happens quickly, and you need to tape the episode, then run the tape slowly. Also, his toe is only green when his toes are at the forest in the background.
