| Phillip Richard William DeVille | |
| Also Known As | Phil DeVille Phillip (by Lil DeVille) DeVille (by Angelica Pickles) Philly (by Betty DeVille) |
| Gender | Male |
| Birth Date | March 31 [citation needed], 1990 (Rugrats 1991) |
| Age | 1 1/4 (Rugrats pilot and Rugrats 10 1/4 (All Grown Up! pilot) 11-12 (All Grown Up!) |
| Race | Human |
| Occupation | School student (All Grown Up!) |
| Interests | Devouring worms and bugs (Rugrats) Playing with his friends Drinking toilet water (Rugrats) Soccer (All Grown Up!) Cooking (All Grown Up!) |
| Relatives | Lil DeVille (older twin-sister) Betty DeVille (mother) Howard DeVille (father) Winifred (second cousin) Freddie (maternal uncle) unnamed aunt Nana & Gramps (great-grandparents) unnamed cousin |
| Friends | Tommy Pickles Lil DeVille (twin sister) Chuckie Finster Kimi Finster (1991) Susie Carmichael Dil Pickles Angelica Pickles (sometimes) Wally Ramone (former love interest/ex-girlfriend) Nicholas |
| Enemies | Angelica Pickles (sometimes) Coco LaBouche Todd McNulty Wally Ramone (once) Sammy Z (once) Josh |
| Voice Actor | Kath Soucie |
| First Appearance | "Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing" (Rugrats) (Episode Pilot) (1990) |
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Phillip Richard William [citation needed] "Phil" DeVille is a main character in both Rugrats and its spin off series, All Grown Up!, appearing in most episodes of both series. He is the first tritagonist of the series. Phil is one of Tommy's friends, and is very close with his twin sister, Lil, although the two of them often bicker with each other. He is a major supporting protagonist in the series.
Description
The next door neighbor to Tommy is a twin who, along with his sister Lil, loves to cook up mud-pies filled with worms, bugs and other slimy creatures he finds in the backyard. Phil DeVille is close to his sister, but that doesn't stop him from constantly getting into arguments with her. He loves to go on adventures with the other Rugrats, and the messier and the scarier, the better. He comes armed with a diaper filled with moldy things he finds under sofas and beds, as well as dry wit and funny quip for every situation the babies get themselves into. - Rugrats Description from Klasky Csupo
Phil DeVille has grown in many ways independent of his sister. When they were babies, each of the twins wore the same outfits, and it wasn't very easy to tell them apart. Now Phil and Lil dress differently, act differently and have different friends. Still, some things are the same. Phil is still into being gross and is still great friends with Tommy and Chuckie. Although he doesn't share a room with Lil anymore, she is still his twin, and both of them continue to have adventures together. - All Grown Up! Description from Klasky Csupo
Summary
Phil and Lil are adorable twins who are alike in almost every possible way and are even dressed to match: both wear pink and black pin-stripe shirts and turquoise outfits (Phil's being a shirt and Lil's being overalls) with a handkerchief on the left side and a duck on the right, and both have a small amount of brown hair on top of their oddly shaped heads. Phil wears blue shoes and shorts and is drawn (for the most part). Phil is younger than Lil by two minutes. Phil and Lil once played with soda and ketchup and mustard dispensers at the movie theater. They also share the same interests: playing in the mud, and consuming worms (which they have often called "Chocolate Spaghetti"), bugs and toilet water. They often use their full first names, Phillip and Lillian, against one another when arguing. Their parents, Betty and Howard, often confuse the two (especially if Lil is not wearing her bow, or if Phil wears the bow instead) despite permanent differences, like the ears, as well as (of course) their genders.
Looks
Phil's skin is mostly peach, and he has a block/football shaped head, a few teeth. He wears a pink undershirt with black pinstripes, a turquoise overall dress (with a handkerchief on the left side and a duck on the right), white ankle length/high socks, a pair of blue hi-top sneakers, and baby blue long shorts.
In Rugrats Go Wild, Phil wears a green sailor shirt in a similar design as his overall dress, a white undershirt with a blue stripe, and a white sailor hat. Years later, his hair gets longer. His outfits vary throughout the All Grown Up! series, but he usually wears a red or white jacket, an undershirt of varying colors, blue jeans, and red sneakers. Sometimes, he wears a blue polo and yellow sweater combination. In "All Growed Up", he wears an unbuttoned, pink short-sleeved dress shirt, a green undershirt with a yellow duck on it, dark green cargo pants, and blue sneakers.
In the first season of All Grown Up!, his dress shirt is orange, and his undershirt is blue. He keeps his green cargo pants, but his shoes are black. In "Thief Encounter", his pajamas are matching green and white pajama shirt and shorts with the number 0 on it. In the All Grown Up! episode "Truth or Consequences", Phil was seen as a 3-year-old; he wore a green shirt with a duck on it, pink undershirt with black pinstripes, baby blue long shorts with pockets, high ankle length socks, blue sneakers and his strands of hair had started growing out.
Appearances
Phil appears in most episodes of Rugrats and All Grown Up! although he and his sister made fewer appearances in the last few seasons of Rugrats. He and Lil are absent from 59 episodes of Rugrats. His first appearance was in "Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing".
Relationships
Lil DeVille - Throughout the course of Rugrats, despite getting into fights quite often, Phil and his twin sister, Lil, have been inseparable and care an awful lot for each other. They do everything together; they dress alike and can't stand being apart. In All Grown Up!, however, Lil sometimes wants her space from Phil; as seen in "Coup DeVille", they no longer wear the same matching clothes and Lil seems to no longer like and do things that are considered "gross". As the twins still often fight, their biggest fights in the All Grown Up! series are in three episodes: "Coup DeVille", where Lil gets tired of being around Phil and wants to be treated like her own person, "A DeVille House Divided", where Phil gets angry at Lil for breaking him and his new girlfriend up, and "Separate But Equal", where they want separate birthday parties due to Phil accidentally walking in on Lil while she was only in her training bra. It is also revealed that Phil is very protective over Lil, as he is seen chasing a neighborhood boy off when he "complimented" Lil's shirt.
Tommy Pickles - Along with Lil, Phil has always been friends with Tommy ever since they were babies and often goes on imaginary adventures. They seem to still be good friends in All Grown Up!, where they and Chuckie sometimes discuss girls, they find "hot".
Chuckie Finster - Like Tommy, Phil has always been friends with Chuckie ever since their baby days. Despite being friends, Phil sometimes finds Chuckie's constant fear of everything a bit annoying. As seen in All Grown Up!, they remain very good friends.
Kimi Finster (1991) - Like the others, Phil does not meet Kimi until Rugrats in Paris: The Movie. They seem like good friends, despite Kimi finding him immature and gross.
Dil Pickles - When Phil meets Dil, he is not very fond of him, to the point of wanting to take him back to the hospital as he and his friends refer it to as the "baby store" at the time. But he eventually accepts Dil, and they become friends. In All Grown Up!, they seem to still be friends. It is mentioned in "All Growed Up and later confirmed in "Truth or Consequences" that Phil and his sister, Lil, accidentally dropped Dil on his head when he was a baby and wonders what he would be like if that incident hadn't happened.
Betty DeVille and Howard DeVille - Along with his sister, he has a good relationship with both of his parents.
Angelica Pickles - Phil seems to be "frenemies" with Tommy's older cousin, Angelica. Ever since he and his friends were babies, Angelica always picks on them and treats them poorly which has been also seen in All Grown Up!. But despite all that, Phil, along with the rest of the gang, has a soft spot for Angelica whenever she does something nice.
Susie Carmichael - Though they don't interact that much, Phil seems to be good friends with Susie and often respects her.
Wally Ramone - Wally is a girl on Phil's soccer team and one of Lil's best friends who he develops a romantic interest in. Despite originally finding Phil annoying, Wally begins falling for him as well and the two begin spending a lot of time with each other, which causes Lil to become jealous. Wally breaks up with Phil after Lil tells her Phil hated holding her hand, which causes a major fight between the three. But eventually they all make up at the end and Phil and Wally remain friends.
Quote
- (to Lil) "Naw, that's just sticky." - "Vacation"
- "Hey, this is more fun than picking noses!" - The Rugrats Movie
- "Wow, a potty that squirts you back!" - Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
- "Anything that makes you throw up has got to be good!" - "The Age of Aquarium"
- "A twin's got to do, what a twin's got to do!" - "The Perfect Twins"
- "What's the fun of getting' garbage if ya don't get to keep it?" - "Lil's Phil of Trash"
- "Don't worry, Lil. I got your baggie." - "Rugrats in Paris: The Movie"
Trivia
- Phil has the record for the most camera views from inside his mouth, though this is never seen in All Grown Up!. This is first seen in the pilot, "Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing", to the film Rugrats Go Wild.
- Phil is seen as a 3–8-year-old in the All Grown Up! episode "Truth or Consequences".
- Phil is seen as a preteen and having braided or unbraided curly hair since Season 2 of All Grown Up!.
- Phil has straight hair in seasons 0-1 of All Grown Up!.
- Phil has fiery hair (hair wings) in seasons 2-5 of All Grown Up!.
- Phil has only cried on his own in "Together at Last" and "Chuckie's New Shirt".
- He is two minutes younger than Lil.
- His favorite colors are blue and green.
- It is revealed in a Nickelodeon Magazine that Phil and Lil's birthday is March 31st [citation needed] and that they are 15 months old when Tommy is 1 [1], making them 3 months older than Tommy.
- It is implied in The Rugrats Movie that Phil poops an awful lot, when Tommy complains to Phil, though Tommy may have only said that to insult him.
- Phil says he only has three teeth in "Clan of the Duck", and when he bites down on the hose three holes are poked into it, but he is shown with about eight teeth before biting down on the hose; of course, this could just be an animation error (or Phil just can't count properly yet.)
- Much like Chuckie, Phil can also be very protective of his sister Lil as seen in the All Grown Up! episode "Separate But Equal".
- In "Susie Goes Bad Lite", it is revealed that Phil has a talent for cooking, a trait which he has acquired from his father. Despite this fact, he is not fit for this since he always does gross stuff.
- In "A DeVille House Divided", Phil develops a crush on Wally Ramone.
- In "Susie Goes Bad Lite", it is revealed by Tommy that Phil made Didi cry after he criticized her cooking.
- In "Bad Blood", it is revealed that Phil is an excellent poker player.
- Phil along with Lil, Kimi, and Susie is the only Rugrat to not have a scene about his birth.
- in "Mother's Day", it is revealed Betty used to breastfeed him and Lil.
- In a behind the scenes video for the 2021 Rugrats series, Kath Soucie describes Phil as being very grounded; someone who is his own man.
- The Unfair Pair is the only episode where he, Lil, Betty, and Howard appear without Tommy.
- The only incarnation of the franchise where he doesn't appear is Rugrats Pre-School Daze.
- "The Way More Things Work" reveals that he and Lil are the only Rugrats who will eat a lollipop dropped in the sandbox, and even then, they only do this with red lollipops.
- Phil, along with Lil and Angelica, are the only characters to have more than one birthday episode.
- "A Step at a Time" reveals that he and Lil accidentally helped each other learn to walk after a fight, though Betty thinks they helped each other learn to walk on purpose.
- Phil and Tommy are the only two people whose names Dil knows how to pronounce.
- Phil and Lil has their names in one episode title which is Lil's Phil of Trash.
- Phil, Tommy, Chuckie, Lil, Susie, Angelica, Dil, Kimi, Didi, Harold, Stu, Drew, Lou, Charlotte, Betty, Howard, Kira, Chas, Boris, Minka, Randy, Lucy, Edwin, Buster, Alyssa, Fluffy, Spike, Fifi, Spiffy, Reptar and Cynthia are the only characters to appear in All Grown Up.
- "Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup", "Slumber Party", "Little Dude", "Baseball", "Ruthless Tommy", "Grandpa's Teeth", "Momma Trauma", "Real or Robots?", "Incident in Aisle Seven", "Graham Canyon", "Stu-Maker's Elves", "Toy Palace", "The Big House", "Showdown at Teeter Totter Gulch", "The Bank Trick", "Family Reunion", "Beach Blanket Babies", "Aunt Miriam", "A Visit From Lipschitz", "The Case of the Missing Rugrat", "Rebel Without a Teddy Bear", "Down the Drain", "Let Them Eat Cake", "The Seven Voyages of Cynthia", "Toys in the Attic", "Driving Miss Angelica", "Tooth or Dare", "Grandpa Moves Out", "The Baby Vanishes", "Angelica Breaks a Leg", "The Last Babysitter", "Sour Pickles", "Cuffed", "Mommy's Little Assets", "Spike Runs Away", "Pickles vs. Pickles", "Dust Bunnies", "Educating Angelica", "In the Naval", "Looking For Jack", "Fugitive Tommy", "Where's Grandpa?", "A Dog's Life", "Man of the House", "Submarine", "Hand Me Downs", "The Old Country", "Changes for Chuckie", "A Lulu of a Time", "The Great Unknown", "The War Room", "Dil's Bathtime", "The Way Things Work", "Tell-Tale Cell Phone", "The World According to Dil and Spike", "The Way More Things Work", "Diapies & Dragons", "Starstruck", and "Fountain of Youth" are the only episodes where he and Lil doesn't appear.
- "Golden Boy" and "Saving Cynthia" are the only episodes of All Grown Up! where he didn't appear.
- The only episodes where Phil appears without Lil are "River Rats" and "Lost at Sea".