This is a list of parodies on Rugrats.
List of Parodies within the Rugrats Universe[]
- America's Wackiest Home Movies is a parody of America's Funniest Home Videos.
- Dr. Hoagie Dooser is a parody of Doogie Howser, M.D..
- Reptar is a parody of Godzilla.
- Cynthia is a parody of Barbie (and her various accessories and playsets).
- Cynthia Entertainment and Powerframe Entertainment is a parody of Barbie Entertainment and Mainframe Entertainment.
- The Dummi Bears is a parody of the Care Bears.
The Fairly OddParents' parody of Rugrats, Carpet Critters
- Blocky & Oxwinkle is a parody of Rocky and Bullwinkle.
- The Dimstones is a parody of The Flintstones.
- The Dimstones Kids is a parody of Flintstones Kids.
- The Stetsons is a parody of The Jetsons.
- The Mega Hyper Heroes are a parody of the Fantastic Four.
- The Sesame Seed mentioned in "Toys in the Attic" is a parody of Sesame Street.
- Buck E. Bee's Piggy's Pizza Palace, and Pizza Puppet Palace are parodies of Chuck E. Cheese's.
- Boingo Burger, Wacky Meals and their clown are parodies of McDonald's, Happy Meal and Ronald McDonald, respectively.
- Science Zone is a parody of Discovery Zone.
- Forte Magic is also known as Major Magic.
- Barg-N-Mart is also known as Save-A-Lot.
- Ronald Thump is a parody of former President of the United States Donald J. Trump.
- Alan Quebec is a parody of Alex Trebek.
- The Masked Detective/Defective is a parody of The Green Hornet.
- Easy Cook is a parody of Easy Bake.
- Wilmer's Moo Glue is a parody of Elmer's Glue.
- Yu-Gotta-Go is a parody of Yu-Gi-Oh.
- Perpi is a parody of Pepsi.
- Peppo is parody of Crest.
- Mud Light is parody of Bud Light.
- Space Trek Babies is a parody of Star Trek
- Space Trek Babies: The Next Generation is a parody of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- Motel Styx is a parody of Motel 6.
- Ancient Spice is a parody of Old Spice.
- Westside Octoplex is a parody of AMC, Rave, Cinemark, Regal, Carmike, Blanky, and Movieplex.
- Home is a parody of Lowe's, The Home Depot and Menard's.
- ClikClok, a social media site in the reboot, is a parody of TikTok.
- This site is also used in other Nick shows, like Danger Force and The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder.
List of Rugrats Parodies in Other Media[]
Nickelodeon[]
- The Fairly OddParents had a parody of Rugrats in the TV movie Channel Chasers and renamed it "Carpet Critters".
- In the The Loud House episode, "Linc or Swim", Lou makes a cameo appearance. He is seen in the first community pool, alongside Iroh from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Ms. Bitters from Invader Zim, Miss Fowl from The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and Phil Shortman from Hey Arnold!.
- In the The Loud House episode, "Driving Ambition", in a fantasy sequence, the youngest of Lori and Bobby's future eleven children is seen wearing a light blue t-shirt and a diaper, the same outfit of Tommy Pickles.
- In the storyboard for The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius episode "Sleepless in Retroville", Sheen was originally gonna say "What are we?! The Rugrats?!" instead of "What are we?! A bunch of babies?!".
- Rugrats Pre-School Daze was referenced in The Patrick Star Show episode "Shrinking Stars" as one of the spinning doors (in reference of being a spin-off series).
- In the Hey Arnold! episode "Parents Day", baby Arnold wears a light blue shirt and diaper: the same attire as Tommy Pickles.
- A mask resembling Reptar appears in The Casagrandes Movie during when Punguari goes to steal the Mask of Many Faces.
- In the first episode of The Amanda Show, Amanda arrives to her studio by helicopter, and the pilot asks her if she's one of the Rugrats, also in the "Blockblister" sketches, "Rag Rats" is one of the movies seen on the "New Releases" board.
- In the Kenan & Kel episode "Fenced In", the prologue has Kel trying to learn the episode's plot by reading the TV listings, but instead reads a description for Rugrats, which Kenan points out.
- A picture of Dil Pickles from Rugrats can be seen behind a green chair in the Season 1 intro of Dora the Explorer.
- In the video letter segment in the Blue's Clues episode "Blue Wants to Play a Game" shows a girl wearing a dress with Angelica Pickles on it.
- In a storyboard for The Loud House episode "Fool Me Twice", Rita was originally disguised as Didi Pickles.
- In the As Told by Ginger episode "The Wedding Frame", Carl and Hoodsey are seen flipping channels, one of the shows is a baby, referencing the Rugrats.
- Tommy Pickles was originally planned to be one of the alien babies in the Invader Zim episode "Plague of Babies", with E.G. Daily reprising the role, but Nickelodeon didn't approve of the idea at the time due to copyright infringement issues with the production company Klasky Csupo. However, Shnooky seems to resemble him.
- In the Glitch Techs episode "Age of Hinobi", Chuckie Finster's name can be seen in the leaderboards.
Non-Nickelodeon[]
- Animaniacs also had a parody of Rugrats in the intro with the Animaniacs characters as babies and renamed it "Animani-rats".
- In the TUGS segment, "Otis the Movie Star" from the Salty's Lighthouse episode, "Sound Off", Mr. Boffo and Mr. Socco tell Captain Star about their past movies, one of which is entitled, "Tugrats".
- A promo for the Cartoon Network show, Cow and Chicken features the two titular characters sitting on chairs at a desk. The (unseen) Cartoon Network boss gives ideas for the plot of the show they'll be in. One of these is a parody of Rugrats entitled, "Carpet Bunnies", with a logo that strongly resembles the Rugrats logo. Chicken is seen dressed as Tommy, and Cow is seen dressed as Chuckie. While Cow squirts the screen with udder milk, the boss says, "Here's what we're thinking for your new show; Carpet Bunnies: Little tiny babies who can hardly talk but all this complicated stuff happens to them anyway". Chicken responds by saying, "That's stupid!".
- In the Arthur episode The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies', Arthur and D.W. were watching a cartoon that was a parody of Rugrats, with Angelica named Veronica and Tommy named Bucky. Phil and Lil and Chuckie and Spike-like characters were also present, but their names were not mentioned. Music imitating the show's theme song can also be heard.
- In the real kids segment in the Bear in the Big Blue House episode "If at First, You Don't Succeed..." shows a girl wearing a dress with Tommy Pickles, Angelica Pickles and Chuckie Finster on it.
- In the real kids segment in the Bear in the Big Blue House episode "All Weather Bear" shows a boy wearing a shirt with Tommy Pickles and Chuckie Finster on it.
- In the Robot Chicken episode "Link's Sausages", one of the segments in this episode that is called "A Rugrats Joke" features the Rugrats in it. With Tommy, Chuckie (doesn't speak), Phil (doesn't speak), Lil (doesn't speak), Didi, and Stu. In this segment, Didi and Stu are getting in a fight.
- The titular characters are mentioned in the 2022 live-action Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers movie by Captain Putty, a character created for the film.
- In the Family Guy episode "This Little Piggy", Stewie made a reference to Mr. Boppo from the episode "Give and Take".
- In the Family Guy episode "And I'm Joyce Kinney", in a cutaway gag where Lois keeps tickling Stewie then pukes on him, his outfit looks the same as Tommy Pickles' outfit from Rugrats, a blue shirt and a diaper.
- In the Family Guy episode "Love Thy Trophy", Stewie seeks employment, and mentions that he squandered his munitions budget on an insipid Rugrats video.
- In the Drawn Together episode "The One Wherein There Is a Big Twist, Part II", a picture of Tommy Pickles can be seen.
Gallery[]
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Videos[]
Animaniacs Rugrats Spoof
A Rugrats Joke Robot Chicken Adult Swim