Season 7 is the seventh season of the Rugrats television series which ran for fourteen episodes from 2001-2004. During season 7, Rugrats made a change with a different format that consisted of three segments per episode. Additionally, all half-hour stories from this point on had two ad breaks instead of one.
Episodes
- "Finsterella" (January 15, 2001)
Chuckie thinks that his life parallels that of Cinderella after hearing of the story and Angelica drawing the parallels. When he hears about a party that all the babies seem to know about (and Kimi having a new outfit for the occasion), Chuckie becomes sad thinking he was not invited, having a dream in which he is Finsterella, Angelica and Kimi are his "evil step-ed sisters," Tommy is his fairy bob brother, and Phil and Lil are Hansel and Gretel. The party turns out to be an adoption party, in which Chas and Kira adopt each other's babies as their own- they just forgot to tell Chuckie.
- "Angelicon / Dil's Binkie / Big Brother Chuckie" (January 19, 2001)
Angelica is a giant from the eyes of the babies in their new treehouse; Dil's pacifier gets tossed around the house; Chuckie, realizing that he is Kimi's big brother, tries to protect her from danger.
- "Sister Act / Spike's Nightscare / Cuddle Bunny" (January 26, 2001)
Angelica becomes lonely and jealous after watching all the babies play with their respective siblings (Tommy/Dil, Phil/Lil, Chuckie/Kimi.) When demanding her parents give her a baby sibling does not work, she enlists some of the babies to become her siblings for the day. Grandpa Lou responds to Angelica when he recollects his memory as a baby with his grandfather in the 1910s; Spike has a nightmare; Kimi falls for a piñata at a party and doesn't want the guests to break it.
- "Changes for Chuckie / The Magic Show / A Lulu of a Time" (February 2, 2001)
Chuckie goes through adjustments with his new step-mom, Kira. Kira ends up taking WaWa, Chuckie's prized teddy bear (made by his mother) to clean him up and fix him, which upsets Chuckie greatly. Kira apologizes to Chuckie for all of the changes and returns WaWa to him, who fell into the hands of Dil and returned to its worn out look; The babies visit a magic show; The babies see the retirement home with Lulu and cause predictable havoc.
- "Dayscare / The Great Unknown / Wash Dry Story" (February 9, 2001)
Chuckie and Kimi go to daycare; Tommy finds something weird on the stairs; In this musical episode, the babies and Jonathan go to the laundromat to take care of some laundry. Angelica, who is staying home with her mother, accidentally loses Cynthia in the laundry basket. The doll ends up falling into the hands of the youngest McNulty child, who falls in love with her. The babies then fight the brothers for Cynthia and the right to play at the laundromat.
- "Cat Got Your Tongue? / The War Room / Attention Please" (February 16, 2001)
Howard loses his voice, and the babies think Fluffy stole his tongue; Tommy tries to find Dil's bottle in a reception office; Kimi gets more attention than Chuckie, making him jealous.
- "And the Winner Is... / Dil's Bathtime / Bigger Than Life" (March 9, 2001)
Angelica and Susie compete in a talent contest, as do Grandpa and Lulu. A clapping meter helps decide the winner based on the crowd's applause. Angelica sabotages Susie's performance by stealing her dancing shoes, causing the girl to slip and fall around the stage. The audience loves her performance, and Susie ends up winning; Dil takes a bath with Tommy and fears the worst; The babies have "big" adventures.
- "My Fair Babies / The Way Things Work / Home Sweet Home" (March 30, 2001)
The babies attend a "lunch party" and must act formal; Tommy shows Dil how things work, such as the fridge and the toilet; Chuckie believes Kimi is going to be mailed back to Japan, so he tries to stop her from leaving.
- "Day of the Potty / Tell-Tale Cell Phone / The Time of Their Lives" (April 6, 2001)
Chuckie breaks his home's toilet, and the Rugrats take a trip to the appliance store with Chas and Kira to get a new one; Angelica believes she broke Charlotte's phone and hides it. But not before causing chaos by accidentally calling the police and listing herself as "extreme emergency." She ends up tearfully giving Charlotte the "broken" phone, to which Charlotte assures her its not broken, as the antenna on it breaks all the time; Angelica gets a watch.
- "Dil Saver / Cooking with Phil & Lil / Piece of Cake" (April 13, 2001)
Stu makes a Dil screen-saver, and Angelica tricks the babies into thinking that Dil is trapped in the computer; Phil and Lil make a pie their style; Angelica has a dream where she is powerful after eating cake.
- "Bad Shoes / The World According to Dil and Spike / Falling Stars" (April 20, 2001)
Stu has to wear uncomfortable shoes; Dil and Spike's perspectives on the world are shown; The babies wish on shooting stars and fear they are falling down.
- "Adventure Squad / The Way More Things Work / Talk of the Town" (April 27, 2001)
The Rugrats play a game of adventure squad; A follow-up from "The Way Things Work," Tommy explains more things to Dil; Angelica hosts a talk show.
- "A Rugrats Kwanzaa" (December 11, 2001)
Susie's great-aunt T visits and teaches Susie and the babies about Kwanzaa.
- "Preschool Daze" (April 10, 2004)
Angelica, Susie, and Harold go to pre-school.
Trivia
- This is the first whole season where the animation is done digitally, the show transitioned from cel to digital in the previous season.
- This is also the first whole season to be animated by Sunwoo Entertainment, who absorbed Anivision (the show's primary overseas animator) in April of 1999.
- This is the first season when Kimi Chuckie's step-sister had arrived onto the Rugrats in 2001.
