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"Jonathan Babysits" is a Season 5 episode of Rugrats.
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Summary[]
Jonathan babysits the Rugrats at Charlotte's house while she's on an assignment, but uses this opportunity to "dig up dirt" on her for blackmailing purposes. Meanwhile, the Rugrats dig up dirt as well...(The kind used to make mudpies, that is). - Description from Klasky Csupo
Plot[]
The episode starts with Angelica playing "Little Miss Executive" with the babies. Charlotte comes in as she is cleaning the house and yelling at Jonathan on the phone. Jonathan shows up at the house with confidential information that Charlotte is demanding; but when it is inadequate, Charlotte is forced to do the job herself and leaves Jonathan in charge of the babies, the housework, and keeping Angelica entertained! While there, Jonathan decides to "dig up some dirt" on his boss.
Trivia[]
- This is the second appearance of Jonathan; the first being "Mommy's Little Assets".
- Jonathan was voiced by René Auberjonois in his first appearance. From this episode onwards, he is voiced by Dan Castellaneta, who also voiced Arnold's Grandpa, Phil, in Hey Arnold! and is best known for voicing Homer Simpson.
- This is the first and only time Charlotte is shown as a child.
- This is one of the few episodes where Charlotte appears without Drew.
- At the end of the episode, Charlotte punishes Angelica with no dessert for one week for leaving dirt all over the house (which the babies actually did). This is the second time Angelica has received this type of punishment, first by Drew in "Chuckie's Wonderful Life" for stealing Chas' Latvian Folk Dances CD. However, the punishment in the episode may have been expired shortly during the events that happened after the end of the episode, so it could have been reversed if Charlotte knew that something fishy is going on at some point.
- The first time Angelica tells the truth, and nobody believes her until Jonathan told Charlotte the same truth Angelica told her.
- Beginning with this episode, Jonathan's skin tone has considerably become lighter than in "Mommy's Little Assets". It's unknown why this change was made.
- In the scene where Angelica picks up the phone that rings, you only hear high pitched nonsense at normal speed but if slowed down, Charlotte says "Ooh, what do you mean he's not paying attention to you? I specifically told him, to make sure you were completely entertained. Can't he follow a simple instruction? I mean it's not as if-" and then this line repeats and cuts of as if again.
- According to the poster up in her office, Charlotte was voted CEO of the Year during the early '90s.
- This episode reunites Christine Cavanaugh and Dan Castellaneta (Christine voiced Gosalyn while Dan voiced Megavolt in Disney's Darkwing Duck.
- Due to the content at the end of the episode, this is one of Charlotte's disliked moments by fans and viewers since she was punishing Angelica when Angelica was trying to show and tell her that Jonathan was being weird, and by later, that the babies were the ones that placed dirt all over the house (one of the times being when Jonathan had dirt on himself because of the babies) and on grass of its backyard.
- Third appearance of the "This coffee tastes like mud" gag after "What the Big People Do" and "Stu Gets a Job".
