| Season Five | |
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| Format | Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy |
| Network | Nickelodeon |
| Run | 1997-1998 |
| # of Episodes | 17 |
| DVD release | October 4, 2011 |
| Previous Season | Season 4 |
| Next Season | Season 6 |
| "Rugrats (1991)" Episode Guide | |
Season 5 is the fifth season of the Rugrats Television series which ran for seventeen episodes from 1997-1998.
Episodes
- "Grandpa's Bad Bug / Lady Luck" (August 19, 1998)
The babies fear that there is a "bad bug" in Grandpa Lou's bed; Grandpa takes the babies to a Bingo game at the "Senior Citizens' Center".
- Hiccups / Autumn Leaves (September 12, 1998)
Tommy catches hiccups, and the babies' attempts to scare him do not cure him; A change of season makes the babies think that the trees are ill, so they apply whatever remedies they think of, but this unfortunately causes Stu to believe that that somehow the backyard is haunted.
- Crime and Punishment / Baby Maybe (August 20, 1998)
Angelica tells the babies that police officers arrest bad people while Chas dates a police officer and Chas's glasses are broken; Didi's brother and sister-in-law consider having a baby and to prove it, babysit the kids.
- The Word Of The Day / Jonathan Babysits (August 18, 1998)
Angelica learns a cuss from the host of her favorite children's show. It is bleeped out though; Jonathan looks after the kids, and searches for ways to blackmail Charlotte.
- "He Saw, She Saw" / Piggy's Pizza Palace (August 21, 1998)
Chuckie's latest crush has an over-protective brother; The gang goes to a pizzeria that resembles Chuck E. Cheese's, and try to get Angelica's tickets back from a pig that "stole" them.
- Babysitting Fluffy / Sleep Trouble (August 15, 1998)
Chas and Chuckie look after Angelica's cat while she is away; Tommy and Chuckie fear "the Sandman" after a story while Chas is out, so Stu and Didi are watching them.
- The First Cut / Chuckie Grows (August 16, 1998)
Tommy adopts chicks, but saves them from a runner. Because of that, it makes him have a first cut, which scares Tommy, leading him to security; The babies think that Chuckie has gotten bigger when his clothes shrink in the wash.
- "The Wild Wild West" / Angelica for a Day (August 17, 1998)
The kids take part in a Western spoof to re-claim ice cream coupons that Angelica took from other kids; Tommy dreams that Chuckie and Angelica switch personalities.
- Fugitive Tommy / Visiting Aunt Miriam (August 22, 1998)
Tommy is mistaken for another trouble-making baby; Grandpa Lou takes the babies to Aunt Miriam's house, where the babies think that her lady friends want to eat Chuckie, who is ironically not concerned.
- Uneasy Rider / Where's Grandpa? (August 29, 1998)
Chuckie is nervous about riding his new two-wheeled "big boy" bicycle; Stu and Didi accidentally leave Grandpa behind on a road trip, and Tommy and Chuckie try to give him time to catch up to them.
- Journey to the Center of the Basement / A Very McNulty Birthday (September 19, 1998)
The babies go down to the basement to retrieve a lost toy; The kids attend a rival's birthday party, where all the girls are left out of the activities.
- The Family Tree (September 21, 1998)
While Didi and Stu go away on vacation for their anniversary, Tommy and Angelica stay at Chuckie's house, where Chuckie learns about his ancestors. While on their cruiseship, Didi starts to feel sea-sick, but it is really something else--she's pregnant!